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Post by sztiv on Nov 27, 2023 10:09:22 GMT
Unlike the artists themselves I was introduced to Ellington’s music by other musicians who recorded his songs.
Monk’s Ellington LP was one of the first jazz records I owned but I’ve acquired a few more over the years. Stan Tracey and Quadrant are two I’ve been playing of late.
There must be lots of LPs dedicated to Ellington’s music. Do you have any you like?
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Post by gregorythefish on Nov 27, 2023 15:02:21 GMT
can't beat monk, imo
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Post by DmGrl on Nov 27, 2023 16:03:03 GMT
Unlike the artists themselves I was introduced to Ellington’s music by other musicians who recorded his songs. Monk’s Ellington LP was one of the first jazz records I owned but I’ve acquired a few more over the years. Stan Tracey and Quadrant are two I’ve been playing of late. There must be lots of LPs dedicated to Ellington’s music. Do you have any you like? Ellington made many, many albums in all sorts of configurations, even including with Coltrane. Why not listen to Ellington by Ellington? As for "tributes" there are also many of these. Wikipedia even has an article on it. |
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Post by bassman on Nov 28, 2023 8:37:08 GMT
Mingus recorded his own versions of Ellington’s “Mood Indigo“ and “Take The ‘A‘ Train“ (a Strayhorn tune, to be precise). One of the best versions of the former, however, is on the Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins LP, due to Bean's solo, while the latter in my opinion only works when played by Duke himself, i.e. the original Strayhorn arrangement. I have meticulously avoided touching upon either in playing situations.
I appreciate Dizzy Gillespie’s Ellington album (Verve V6-8386), and Dizzy can be heard with Duke himself on "U.M.M.G." (Ellington Jazz Party), another Strayhorn tune I love.
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Post by sztiv on Nov 29, 2023 14:36:21 GMT
I frequently do listen to Ellington by Ellington. In my spare time I also listen to Ellington by other people.
I must check out the Mingus and Hawkins.
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Post by sztiv on Nov 29, 2023 14:36:58 GMT
..and the Gillespie, thanks!
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Post by doctorsientetebien on Nov 29, 2023 19:53:36 GMT
Hello Sztiv. Some records from my collection that are dedicated to the music of Ellington and/or Strayhorn.
Randy Weston - Caravan. Portarit of DE
Joe Henderson - Lush Life. Music of BS.
Dizzy Gillespie - Portrait of DE
McCoy Tyner - Plays DE
Mal Waldron Steve lacy - Semper amore
Ella Fitzgerald - DE song book
WSQ - Plays DE
Kenny Burrell - Ellington is forever I & II
Ran Blake - Duke Dreams. The legacy of DE & BS.
I hope some of it is to your liking.
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Post by bassman on Dec 1, 2023 17:55:41 GMT
[ ... ] Ella Fitzgerald - DE song book [ ... ] What I like best about the Fitzgerald album (which is great as such, no doubt) is Duke's own 4-part "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", played by Duke's band without Ella (albeit with some dispensable spoken comments by Duke and Billy Strayhorn). So here we are again: Ellington by Ellington is the real thing. |
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Post by sztiv on Dec 4, 2023 14:01:42 GMT
Hello Sztiv. Some records from my collection that are dedicated to the music of Ellington and/or Strayhorn. Randy Weston - Caravan. Portarit of DE Joe Henderson - Lush Life. Music of BS. Dizzy Gillespie - Portrait of DE McCoy Tyner - Plays DE Mal Waldron Steve lacy - Semper amore Ella Fitzgerald - DE song book WSQ - Plays DE Kenny Burrell - Ellington is forever I & II Ran Blake - Duke Dreams. The legacy of DE & BS. I hope some of it is to your liking. Thank you for the proposals. Some of these are on my radar, some are new to me and others I already have. Whilst Ellington by Ellington is the real thing, I'm interested in how others have interpreted his work and because the material is mostly very familiar (can I call it 'straight ahead'?), for a non-musician like myself, the contrasts in style are easier to grasp and appreciate. So for example, Joe Henderson playing Ellington immediately looks interesting to me. I guess Henderson listened to Johnny Hodges when he was little but I'll be damned if I can hear any influence. With an album of Ellington material you get to hear the likes of Waldron or Monk playing music that they both knew inside out but that they took somewhere else. And then they come back to it and whilst treating it with respect (deference might be a good word to use), they shape it so that it conform more to their own vision. |
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Post by alunsevern on Feb 1, 2024 12:40:10 GMT
Hi Sztiv, I hope you're well.
Amongst pianists, what about, Abdullah Ibrahim's lovely solo piano LP Ode to Ellington (he covers Duke tunes a lot but I can only think of one LP on which all or perhaps almost all the material is Duke's)? I think Ran Blake has done an Ellington record; and the great French improviser Martial Solal has certainly covered Duke tunes, most notably as a starting point for his own solo improv, but also on Martial Solal Dodecaband Plays Ellington, which I seem to remember having a long and superb 'Caravan'...
Free jazzers have also paid tribute. There's Cecil Taylor's remarkable takes on the Duke (on Jumpin' Punkins and New York R 'n B, if I remember correctly); and Archie Shepp's various nods (on Live in San Francisco and Fire Music, and others that I am forgetting, I'm sure).
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Post by sztiv on Feb 4, 2024 12:48:52 GMT
Hello Alun
I'm ok more or less ok and thank you (and everyone else) for the Ellington recommendations.
Music and gardening are keeping me just the right side of sane.
Waldron and Lacy's 'Sempre Amore' is one of my favourite LPs by these two gentlemen. It's great to hear them play sraight for a change if you know what I mean.
I purchased a CD of Joe Henderson's Lush Life and I'm on the look out for a copy of 'Ella Fitzgerald sings with..'
Ran Blake, WSQ, Cecil Taylor, Martial Solal all sound interesting.
But it's Abdullah Ibrahim that really takes my interest. His debt to Ellington in his arrangements is self evident, so some solo piano appeals. I will try and track down 'Ode to Ellington'.
Many thanks and I trust that you are also well.
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Post by alunsevern on Feb 9, 2024 10:55:22 GMT
And playing Way Out West, Sonny Rollins' great trio record, reminded me that there is a glorious version of Duke's Solitude. Impeccably hip drumming throughout the record from Shelley Manne.
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Post by bassman on Feb 9, 2024 15:43:47 GMT
And playing Way Out West, Sonny Rollins' great trio record, reminded me that there is a glorious version of Duke's Solitude. Impeccably hip drumming throughout the record from Shelley Manne. Shelly's my main Manne. "Impeccably hip [and] absolutely bang up to the moment"  just like on Ornette's "Tomorrow Is The Question!"
More than 65 years later, tomorrow still is the question. (Music is the answer, to quote our friend heavyp above.)
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Post by alunsevern on Feb 9, 2024 15:49:51 GMT
And playing Way Out West, Sonny Rollins' great trio record, reminded me that there is a glorious version of Duke's Solitude. Impeccably hip drumming throughout the record from Shelley Manne. Shelly's my main Manne. "Impeccably hip [and] absolutely bang up to the moment" just like on Ornette's "Tomorrow Is t The Question!" More than 65 years later, tomorrow is still the question. Music is the answer, to quote our friend
Bassman, You got me: I have used that quote before and may have forgotten to attribute it then too; it is Cook & Morton's description of Manne's drumming in The Penguin Guide to Jazz... I love him on the Ornette record and wish he had had a longer tenure in the line-up. Are there other Manne records you would recommend? I don't know Live at the Blackhawk sets, for instance... |
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Post by Doom Girl on Feb 9, 2024 16:02:20 GMT
...Are there other Manne records you would recommend?... one of the first jazz albums I owned - MY SON THE JAZZ DRUMMER |
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just like on Ornette's "Tomorrow Is The Question!"