Jumpin' Punkins / Duke Ellington

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。Duke Ellingtonはやっぱり1940-41年頃が最高です。

Jumpin' Punkins / Duke Ellington
RCA VRA-5013-1　IT-2261

A
1  Conga Brava (ellington-Tizol)
2  Me And You (Ellington)
3  Dusk (Ellington)
4  Blue Goose (Ellington)
5  Five O'Clock Whistle (Gennon-Meyrow-Irwin)
6  The Sidewalk of New York (Lowlor-Blake)
7  After All (Strayhorn)
8  John Hardy's Wife (Mercer Ellington)
B
1  Jumpin' Punkins (Mercer Ellington)
2  Are You Sticking? (Duke Ellington)
3  Giddy Bug Gallop (Duke Ellington)
4  Chocolate Shake (Webster-Ellington)
5  Clementine (Strayhorn)
6  Jump For Joy (Webster-Ellington)
7  Bli-Blip (Ellington)
8  Five O'Clock Drag (Ellington)

A1,2  1940 March 15, Chicago
A3,4  1940 May 28, Chicago
A5  1940 September 5, Chicago
Duke Ellington and his Fmous Orchestra
Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington (tp), Rex Stewart (cor), Juan Tizol (v-tb), Tricky Sam Nanton (tb), Lawrence Brown (tb), Berney Bigard (cl,ts), Otto Hardwick (cl,as), Johnny Hodges (as,ss), Ben Webster (ts), Harry Carney (bs,cl),  Duke Ellington (p,arr,ldr), Fred Guy (g), Jimmy Blanton (b), Sonny Greer (ds), Ivy Anderson (vo)

A6  1940 December 28, Chicago
A7,8 B1  1941 February 15, Hollywood
B2,3 1941 June 5, Hollywood
B4  1941 June 26, Hollywood
B5,6 1941 July 2, Hollywood
B7,8 1941 September 26, Hollywood
Duke Ellington and his Fmous Orchestra
Wallace Jones(tp), Ray Nance (tp,vln), Mercer Ellington(tp) , Rex Stewart (cor), Juan Tizol, Tricky Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb), Berney Bigard (cl,ts), Otto Hardwick (cl,as), Johnny Hodges (as,ss), Ben Webster (ts), Harry Carney (bs,cl),  Duke Ellington (p,arr,ldr), Billy Strayhorn (p-only A7) Fred Guy (g), Jimmy Blanton (b), Sonny Greer (ds), Ivy Anderson (vo)

1940-42 年頃のDuke Ellingtonは黄金時代と言われます。Cootie Williams (1911-1987), Rex Stewart (1907-1967), Lawrence Brown (1907-1988), Juan Tizol (1900-1984), Berney Bigard (1906-1980), Johnny Hodges (1906-1970), Ben Webster (1909-1973), Harry Carney (1910-1975), Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942) というまさに錚錚たる顔ぶれです。 Ivy Anderson (1904-1949) も若々しい歌声を聞かせます。
選曲はこの時代にしてはやや地味な感じもしますが、StrayhornやMercer Ellingtonの曲も含まれていて、多彩な感じはします。