The Real... Duke Ellington (Columbia) 2012
Duke Ellington
Portada: Sony Music
Compositor, pianista y director de orquesta, Duke Ellington es uno de los representantes fundamentales del nacimiento del jazz moderno. Su legado musical se distribuye en 2000 composiciones, algunas de las cuales pertenecen desde hace tiempo al grupo de las piezas clásicas del género músical nacido con el siglo XX. Algunas de las conocidas, y otras no tanto, se encuentran recogidas en los tres discos de The Real...Duke Ellington, un amplio recopilatorio centrado principalmente en los años 30 del siglo pasado. El repertorio de esta antología de 75 temas ofrece la excelentes cualidades de Ellington para el swing y la dirección de grandes bandas.
Composiciones:
CD1
1. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
2. Lazy Rhapsody
3. Blue Tune
4. Baby, When You Ain't There
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Creole Love Call
7. Blue Harlem
8. The Sheik Of Araby
9. Best Wishes
10. Blue Ramble
11. Clouds In My Heart
12. Blue Mood
13. Ducky Wucky
14. Jazz Cocktail
15. Lightnin'
16. Swing Low
17. Slippery Horn
18. Drop Me Off In Harlem
19. Happy As The Day Is Long
20. Get Yourself A New Broom
21. Bundle Of Blues
22. Sophisticated Lady - Boston Pops Orchestra
23. Jive Stomp
24. Harlem Speaks
25. Daybreak Express
CD 2
1. Ebony Rhapsody II
2. Ebony Rhapsody II
3. Solitude
4. Saddest Tale
5. Moonlight Fiesta
6. Prelude To A Kiss
7. Hip Chic
8. Buffet Flat
2. Lazy Rhapsody
3. Blue Tune
4. Baby, When You Ain't There
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Creole Love Call
7. Blue Harlem
8. The Sheik Of Araby
9. Best Wishes
10. Blue Ramble
11. Clouds In My Heart
12. Blue Mood
13. Ducky Wucky
14. Jazz Cocktail
15. Lightnin'
16. Swing Low
17. Slippery Horn
18. Drop Me Off In Harlem
19. Happy As The Day Is Long
20. Get Yourself A New Broom
21. Bundle Of Blues
22. Sophisticated Lady - Boston Pops Orchestra
23. Jive Stomp
24. Harlem Speaks
25. Daybreak Express
CD 2
1. Ebony Rhapsody II
2. Ebony Rhapsody II
3. Solitude
4. Saddest Tale
5. Moonlight Fiesta
6. Prelude To A Kiss
7. Hip Chic
8. Buffet Flat
9. Jazz Potpourri
10. It On Toast
11. In A Sentimental Mood
12. Showboat Shuffle
13. Merry-Go-Round
14. I Don't Know Why I Love You So
15. Isn't Love The Strangest Thing?
16. Clarinet Lament
17. Echoes Of Harlem
18. Trumpet In Spades
19. Yearning For Love
20. In A Jam
21. Exposition Swing
22. Uptown Downbeat
23. Scattin' At The Cotton Club
24. Black Butterfly
25. Battle Of Swing
CD3
1. The New Birmingham Breakdown
2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
3. Caravan
4. Azure
11. In A Sentimental Mood
12. Showboat Shuffle
13. Merry-Go-Round
14. I Don't Know Why I Love You So
15. Isn't Love The Strangest Thing?
16. Clarinet Lament
17. Echoes Of Harlem
18. Trumpet In Spades
19. Yearning For Love
20. In A Jam
21. Exposition Swing
22. Uptown Downbeat
23. Scattin' At The Cotton Club
24. Black Butterfly
25. Battle Of Swing
CD3
1. The New Birmingham Breakdown
2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
3. Caravan
4. Azure
5. Chatterbox
6. Diminuendo In Blue
6. Diminuendo In Blue
7. Crescendo In Blue
8. Harmony In Harlem
9. Dusk On The Desert
10. Steppin' Into Swing Society
11. Prologue To Black And Tan Fantasy
12. The New Black And Tan Fantasy
13. Ridin' On A Blue Note
14. Lost In Meditation
15. The Gal From Joe's
16. Scrounch
17. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
18. Braggin' In Brass
19. Carnival In Caroline
20. I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue
21. Dinah's In A Jam
22. Rose Of The Rio Grande
23. Pyramid
24. A Gypsy Without A Song
25. Stevedore's Serenade
Más portadas: Cotton Club Days (1962), The Duke In Harlem 1926-1930 (1963), Cotton Club Days 2 (1965), Jungle Nights in Harlem (1927–1932) (1991) y Duke Ellington Playing the Blues (1927–1939) (2002).
