Duke Ellington Stratford

Duke Ellington - Live from the 1956 Stratford Festival (1989)  Music

Posted by Designol at April 3, 2023
Duke Ellington - Live from the 1956 Stratford Festival (1989)

Duke Ellington - Live from the 1956 Stratford Festival (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 196 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 131 Mb | Scans included
Jazz, Big Band, Swing | Label: Music and Arts | # CD-616 | Time: 00:54:29

Now that Duke Ellington had regained his former commercial success with his performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, he was free for the remainder of his career to essentially play what he pleased. This live performacne from ranges from old favorites like "I Got It Bad" and "Sophisticated Lady" to the spectacular Britt Woodman trombone feature on "Theme Trambene," the whimsical "Pretty and the Wolf," a fresh rendition of "Harlem Air Shaft" featuring trumpeter Clark Terry and the extended "Harlem Suite." Baritonist Harry Carney, high-note trumpet wizard Cat Anderson and altoist Johnny Hodges all have their great moments on this enjoyable set.

Stanley Silverman - Duke Ellington's Timon of Athens (1993)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 16, 2018
Stanley Silverman - Duke Ellington's Timon of Athens (1993)

Stanley Silverman - Duke Ellington's Timon of Athens (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 211 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Varese Sarabande (VSD-5466)

Duke Ellington composed incidental music for a Timon Of Athens production at the Stratford Festival in 1963. Remarkably, Ellington's sketches and partial score remained in the Stratford archives since then and have only recently been recuperated, reconstructed, and recorded by Stanley Silverman and an ensemble of musicians associated with the Stratford Festival. Consisting of 20 pieces - including numbers like the "Overture: Black and Tan Fantasy"; "Market Crash"; "False Friends: Banquet Theme"; "Revolutionary March"; and "soured for the Second Banquet: Creole Love Call" - the music blends Afro-American jazz stylistics and social consciousness with the themes of Shakespeare's play: greed, generosity, betrayal, revolution, reconciliation, and resurrection.

VA - Norman Granz: The Founder (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 7, 2018
VA - Norman Granz: The Founder (2018)

VA - Norman Granz: The Founder (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 501 Mb | 03:38:46
Jazz | Label: Verve Records

A four-CD/digital box set titled The Founder, honouring the unique career of jazz figurehead Norman Granz, will be released by Verve/UMe on 7 December. It features a 44-track, chronological collection of music spanning his unique career, with recordings by most of the distinguished musicians he recorded.