Duke Ellington & Mahalia Jackson: Black, Brown And Beige
Vinyl reissue of the 1958 version again confirms that cutting several sections of the original 1943 suite was a bad idea
Source: jazzjournal.co.uk
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Vinyl reissue of the 1958 version again confirms that cutting several sections of the original 1943 suite was a bad idea
In 1997, I had the opportunity to spend the day with the late great Cream bassist Jack Bruce. This is what came out of it - in its entirety.
After its 1956 Newport appearance pushed up the Ellington band's stock, it capitalised with festival specials, recorded here in 1959
Two-album collection with bonuses underlines the musical connections between Ellington's small groups and immediate post-bop jazz stylists