Duke at His Very Best - Legendary Works 1940-1942: The Jimmy Blanton - Billy Strayhorn - Ben Webster Sessions

"This 4-CD set was produced by Alain Pailler and Tony Baldwin from meticulously restored originals that let you relive the Duke Ellington Orchestras golden age as though you were right there. These legendary 1940-1942 sessions include Ellington classics such as Ko-Ko, Take The A Train, Perdido and Harlem Air-Shaft, masterfully arranged by the Duke himself and his right-hand man Billy Strayhorn. The set prominently features several Swing Era giants at their very peak: Cootie Williams and Ray Nance on trumpets; cornettist Rex Stewart; trombone players Joe Nanton and Lawrence Brown; Barney Bigard on clarinet; Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Harry Carney on saxophones, plus the brilliant young doublebass prodigy Jimmy Blanton. Its a milestone in jazz history and makes essential listening

Disc 1
1: Jack the Bear
2: Ko-ko
3: Morning Glory
4: Conga Brava
5: Concerto for Cootie
6: Cotton Tail
7: Never No Lament
8: Dusk
9: Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
10: A Portrait of Bert Williams
11: Blue Goose
12: Harlem Air-shaft
13: All Too Soon
14: Rumpus in Richmond
15: Sepia Panorama
16: In a Mellotone
17: Warm Valley
18: Across the Track Blues
19: Chloë (Song of the Swamp)
20: The Sidewalks of New York
21: Take the 'A' Train
22: Blue Serge
23: Jumpin' Punkins

Disc 2
1: John Hardy's Wife
2: After All
3: Are You Sticking ?
4: Just A-settin' and A-rockin'
5: The Giddybug Gallop
6: Chocolate Shake
7: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
8: Clementine
9: Jump for Joy
10: Five O'clock Drag
11: Rocks in My Bed
12: Bli-blip
13: Chelsea Bridge
14: Raincheck
15: I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
16: Perdido
17: C Jam Blues
18: Moon Mist
19: What Am I Here For?
20: I Don't Mind
21: Someone
22: Main Stem
23: Johnny Come Lately
24: Sentimental Lady

Disc 3
1: You, You Darlin'
2: So Far, So Good
3: Me and You
4: At a Dixie Roadside Diner
5: My Greatest Mistake
6: There Shall Be No Night
7: Five O'clock Whistle
8: The Flaming Sword
9: I Never Felt This Way Before
10: Flamingo
11: The Girl in My Dreams (Tries to Look Like You)
12: Bakiff
13: The Brown-skin Gal (In the Calico Gown)
14: Moon Over Cuba
15: What Good Would It Do?
16: My Little Brown Book
17: Hayfoot, Strawfoot
18: A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
19: Sherman Shuffle
20: Pitter Panther Patter
21: Body and Soul
22: Sophisticated Lady
23: Mr. J.B. Blues

Disc 4
1: Good Queen Bess
2: Day Dream
3: That's the Blues, Old Man
4: Junior Hop
5: Without a Song
6: My Sunday Gal
7: Mobile Bay
8: Linger Awhile
9: Charlie the Chulo
10: Lament for Javanette
11: A Lull at Dawn
12: Ready Eddy
13: Some Saturday
14: Subtle Slough
15: Menelik (The Lion of Judah)
16: Poor Bubber
17: Squatty Roo
18: Passion Flower
19: Things Ain't What They Used to Be
20: Goin' Out the Back Way
21: Brown Suede
22: Noir Bleu
23: 'C' Blues
24: June

Number of Discs: 4

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