The Beginning / Duke Ellington vol1.(1926-27)

 こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜はEllingtonのclassicです。

The Beginning / Duke Ellington vol1.(1926-27)

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A

1  Immigration Blues (Ellington)

2  The Creeper (Ellington)

3  New Orleans Low Down (Ellington)

4  Song of the Cotton Fields (Porter Grainger)

5  Birmingham Breakdown (Ellington)

6  East St.Louis Toodle-Oo (Ellington-Miley)

7  Black and Tan Fantasy (EllingtonMiley)

B

1  Red Hot Band (Fields-McHugh)

2  Doin' The Frog (Fields-McHugh-Healy)

3  Take It Easy (Ellington)

4  Jubilee Stomp (Ellington)

5  Black Beayty (Ellington)

6  Yellow Dog Blues (Handy)

7  Tishomingo Blues (Spencer Williams)

A1,2  1926 December 29, NYC

A3,4  1927 February 3, NYC

A5  1927 February 28, NYC

A6  1927 March 14, NYC

A7  1927 April 7, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe Nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney (cl,as,bs), Rudy Jackson (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,ldr), Fred Guy (bjo), Bass Edwards (b), Sonny Greer (ds)

B1,2  1927 December 29, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe Nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney (cl,as,bs), Rudy Jackson (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,ldr), Fred Guy (bjo), Wellman Braud (b), Sonny Greer (ds)

B3,4,5  1928 March 21, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Arther Whetsol, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe Nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney (cl,as,bs), Berney Bigard (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,ldr), Fred Guy (bjo), Bass Edwards (b), Sonny Greer (ds)

B6,7  1928 June 5, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe Nanton (tb), Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney (cl,as,bs), Brney Bigard (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,ldr), Fred Guy (bjo), Bass Edwards (b), Sonny Greer (ds)

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)の初期の作品集です。エリントン臭は十分に感じられますが、何か今一つ古い感じも抜けません。1920年代の演奏にしては、シカゴのJazzほどプリミティブではなく、ニューヨークらしい洗練が感じられます。soloistがBubber Miley(1903-1932), Rudy Jackson(1901-1968), Louis Metcalf (1905-1981)あたりがメインです。ニューオリンズ出身のWellman Braud（1891-1966）が加わったセッションでは、ベースがよく効いています。