redray Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Duke Ellington - The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1927-1973 (1999)Artist: Duke Ellington | Release: 1999 | Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing | Quality: MP3 320 kbps | Size: 7.79 GB This 24-CD box, which dwarfs even most Bear Family sets in scope, is essentially everything Ellington cut for RCA-Victor over a 46-year period. There are gaps, especially after 1946 when he jumped to Columbia, but otherwise, this is all of it. One quickly discovers that, by virtue of its leader's taste, combined with the good sense of RCA-Victor's recording managers, this was a band that did little, if any, wrong on record. Better yet, from the opening cut on Disc One (which encompasses 1927 and part of 1928), there's scarcely a trace of tinniness, and the bass and middle are rich and natural. Disc Three takes us from 1929 into 1930, and even only two years into their recording career, the Ellington band was evolving into something more sophisticated than a dance band. Disc Five includes the 1930 session that yielded the first recording of "Mood Indigo," where the band sort of announces to the world that they're the most musically sophisticated and adept outfit in jazz. Disc Eight picks up in 1940 -- this is the Blanton-Webster band transferred properly to CD, and it never got any better than this, at least within the context of big-band swing. The excerpts from "Black, Brown and Beige" included on Disc 14 are among the most famous parts of this body of work, and they've never sounded better. Discs 18 through 20 encompass the complete trio of Sacred Concerts, and Discs 21 thru 24 cover the Far East Suite, Ellington's mid-'60s recuttings of his classic hits, and his tribute to Billy Strayhorn, through to his final concert release from 1973. This material is all worthwhile, and the 122-page book that comes with the set is chock full of extraordinarily informative and well-written essays, plus vital sessionography information. The set is also, alas, incredibly unwieldy, the individual CDs sliding out too easily from their separate sleeves. They're still a bargain, of course, but someone should have given more thought to the needs of real listeners.Disc 1 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [60:44]01. If You Can't Hold The Man You Love (Don't Cry When He's Gone) (2:51)02. Washington Wabble - Take 1 (2:48)03. Washington Wabble - Take 2 (2:50)04. Black And Tan Fantasy (3:11)05. Washington Wabble (3:04)06. Creole Love Call (3:15)07. Blues I Love To Sing - Take 1 (3:09)08. Blues I Love To Sing - Take 2 (3:12)09. Harlem River Quiver - Take 1 (2:46)10. Harlem River Quiver - Take 2 (2:47)11. Harlem River Quiver - Take 3 (2:48)12. East St. Louis Toodle-O (3:39)13. Blue Bubbles - Take 1 (3:12)14. Blue Bubbles - Take 2 (3:15)15. Black Beauty (2:53)16. Jubilee Stomp (2:35)17. Got Everything But You (3:00)18. Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back To Me (3:01)19. I Done Caught You Blues (2:57)20. The Mooche (3:32)Disc 2 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [61:01]01. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:19)02. No Papa No (3:21)03. No Papa No (3:21)04. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:06)05. Bandanna Babies (3:18)06. Diga Diga Do (2:59)07. I Must Have That Man (3:22)08. St. Louis Blues - Take 1 (4:12)09. St. Louis Blues - Take 2 (4:16)10. St. Louis Blues - Take 3 (4:21)11. Flaming Youth - Take 1 (3:15)12. Flaming Youth - Take 2 (3:16)13. Saturday Night Function (3:04)14. High Life (3:07)15. Doin' The Voom Voom - Take 1 (3:08)16. Doin' The Voom Voom - Take 2 (3:08)17. Japanese Dream (3:33)18. Harlemania (2:56)Disc 3 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [61:04]01. The Dicty Glide - Take 1 (3:12)02. The Dicty Glide - Take 2 (3:15)03. Hot Feet (2:40)04. Sloppy Joe - Take 1 (3:16)05. Sloppy Joe - Take 2 (3:15)06. Stevedore Stomp (2:49)07. A Night At The Cotton Club, Part 1: Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Mornin' (3:49)08. A Night At The Cotton Club, Part 2: Goin' To Town / Untitled Interlude / Freeze And Melt (4:32)09. Cotton Club Stomp (2:58)10. Misty Mornin' (3:08)11. Arabian Lover (2:50)12. Saratoga Swing (2:51)13. Mississippi (3:22)14. The Duke Steps Out (3:16)15. Haunted Nights (3:14)16. Swanee Shuffle (3:20)17. Breakfast Dance (3:06)18. Jazz Lips (3:17)19. March Of The Hoodlums (2:56)Disc 4 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [66:14]01. Double Check Stomp (2:54)02. My Gal Is Good For Nothing But Love (3:00)03. I Was Made To Love You (2:59)04. Sweet Dreams Of Love - Take 1 (3:23)05. Sweet Dreams Of Love - Take 2 (3:25)06. Jungle Nights In Harlem (2:54)07. Sweet Jazz O' Mine - Take 1 (2:43)08. Sweet Jazz O' Mine - Take 2 (2:40)09. Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie (2:56)10. Ring Dem Bells - Take 2 (2:54)11. Ring Dem Bells - Take 3 (2:54)12. Old Man Blues - Take 1 (3:03)13. Old Man Blues - Take 2 (3:04)14. Old Man Blues - Take 3 (3:05)15. Three Little Words (3:04)16. Three Little Words (3:06)17. Ring Dem Bells (2:58)18. Old Man Blues - Take 4 (3:10)19. Old Man Blues - Take 6 (3:06)20. Hittin' The Bottle - Take 1 (3:01)21. Hittin' The Bottle - Take 2 (2:59)22. That Lindy Hop (2:55)Disc 5 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [66:44]01. You're Lucky To Me (2:59)02. Memories Of You (3:16)03. Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee - Take 1 (3:26)04. Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee - Take 2 (3:26)05. I'm So In Love With You - Take 1 (3:34)06. I'm So In Love With You - Take 2 (3:35)07. What Good Am I Without You? (2:57)08. Blue Again (3:16)09. When A Black Man's Blue (3:06)10. Mood Indigo (3:09)11. What Good Am I Without You? (2:52)12. When A Black Man's Blue (3:02)13. The River And Me (3:17)14. Keep A Song In Your Soul (2:42)15. Sam And Delilah (3:30)16. Rockin' In Rhythm - Take 1 (2:57)17. Rockin' In Rhythm - Take 2 (2:53)18. Creole Rhapsody, Part 1 (4:01)19. Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 - Take 3 (4:24)20. Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 - Take 2 (4:21)Disc 6 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [61:00]01. Limehouse Blues (3:13)02. Echoes Of The Jungle (3:28)03. It's Glory (3:11)04. The Mystery Song (3:13)05. The Mystery Song (3:14)06. Mood Indigo / Hot And Bothered / Creole Love Call (7:39)07. Mood Indigo / Hot And Bothered / Creole Love Call (stereo version) (7:44)08. East St. Louis Toodle-O / Lot O' Fingers / Black And Tan Fantasy (stereo version) (7:34)09. Dinah (2:55)10. Bugle Call Rag (3:05)11. Maori (3:27)12. Rude Interlude - Take 1 (3:13)13. Rude Interlude - Take 2 (3:10)14. Dallas Doings - Take 1 (2:59)15. Dallas Doings - Take 2 (2:55)Disc 7 -The Early Recordings (1927-1934) [56:54]01. Dear Old Southland - Take 1 (3:37)02. Dear Old Southland - Take 2 (3:28)03. Daybreak Express - Take 1 (2:58)04. Daybreak Express - Take 2 (2:58)05. Delta Serenade - Take 1 (3:17)06. Delta Serenade - Take 2 (3:19)07. Stompy Jones (3:03)08. Solitude (3:32)09. Blue Feeling (3:12)10. Ebony Rhapsody (3:23)11. Cocktails For Two - Take 1 (3:29)12. Cocktails For Two - Take 2 (3:26)13. Live And Love Tonight (3:18)14. I Met My Waterloo (3:30)15. Troubled Waters - Take 1 (3:33)16. Troubled Waters - Take 2 (3:30)17. My Old Flame (3:21)Disc 8 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [71:38]01. You, You Darlin' (3:22)02. Jack The Bear (3:17)03. Ko-Ko - Take 1 (2:40)04. Ko-Ko - Take 2 (2:42)05. Morning Glory (3:17)06. So Far, So Good (2:53)07. Conga Brava (2:59)08. Concerto For Cootie (3:20)09. Me And You (2:55)10. Bojangles (2:45)11. Cotton Tail (3:13)12. Never No Lament (3:19)13. Blue Goose (3:22)14. Dusk - Take 1 (3:20)15. Dusk - Take 2 (3:17)16. Bojangles (2:53)17. A Portrait Of Bert Williams (3:10)18. Blue Goose (3:23)19. Harlem Air-Shaft (2:59)20. At A Dixie Roadside Diner (2:49)21. All Too Soon (3:30)22. Rumpus In Richmond (2:49)23. My Greatest Mistake (3:24)Disc 9 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [73:13]01. Sepia Panorama - Take 1 (3:25)02. Sepia Panorama - Take 2 (3:24)03. There Shall Be No Night (3:12)04. In A Mellotone (3:17)05. Five O'Clock Whistle (3:19)06. Warm Valley (3:15)07. Pitter Panther Patter - Take 1 (3:09)08. Pitter Panther Patter - Take 2 (3:03)09. Body And Soul - Take 1 (3:05)10. Body And Soul - Take 2 (3:07)11. Body And Soul - Take 3 (3:11)12. Sophisticated Lady (2:55)13. Sophisticated Lady (2:47)14. Mr. J.B. Blues - Take 1 (3:04)15. Mr. J.B. Blues - Take 2 (3:13)16. The Flaming Sword - Take 1 (3:22)17. The Flaming Sword - Take 2 (3:08)18. The Flaming Sword - Take 3 (3:10)19. Warm Valley - Take 2 (3:21)20. Warm Valley - Take 3 (3:23)21. Across The Track Blues (3:01)22. Across The Track Blues (3:00)23. Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) (3:24)Disc 10 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [74:47]01. I Never Felt This Way Before - Take 1 (3:33)02. I Never Felt This Way Before - Take 2 (3:36)03. Day Dream (2:58)04. Good Queen Bess (3:00)05. Good Queen Bess (3:03)06. That's The Blues, Old Man (2:56)07. Junior Hop - Take 1 (3:05)08. Junior Hop - Take 2 (3:10)09. Without A Song - Take 1 (2:46)10. Without A Song - Take 2 (2:47)11. My Sunday Gal (3:09)12. Mobile Bay - Take 1 (3:05)13. Mobile Bay - Take 2 (3:05)14. Linger Awhile - Take 1 (3:27)15. Linger Awhile - Take 2 (3:25)16. Charlie The Chulo - Take 2 (3:10)17. Charlie The Chulo (0:48)18. Charlie The Chulo - Take 1 (3:04)19. Lament For Javanette (3:17)20. Lament For Javanette - Take 1A (2:52)21. A Lull At Dawn (4:14)22. A Lull At Dawn (3:37)23. A Lull At Dawn - Take 1A (3:28)24. Ready Eddy - Take 1 (3:12)Disc 11 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [72:53]01. Ready Eddy (2:33)02. Ready Eddy (0:17)03. Ready Eddy - Take 2 (3:08)04. The Sidewalks Of New York (3:15)05. Flamingo (3:24)06. The Girl In My Dreams Tries To Look Like You - Take 1 (3:19)07. The Girl In My Dreams Tries To Look Like You - Take 2 (3:25)08. Take The 'A' Train (2:56)09. Jumpin' Punkins - Take 1 (3:41)10. Jumpin' Punkins - Take 2 (3:33)11. John Hardy's Wife (3:29)12. Blue Serge (3:22)13. After All (3:22)14. Dear Old Southland - Take 1 (3:19)15. Dear Old Southland - Take 2 (3:26)16. Solitude - Take 1 (3:30)17. Solitude - Take 2 (3:16)18. Bakiff (3:25)19. Are You Sticking? - Take 1 (3:05)20. Are You Sticking? - Take 2 (3:04)21. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' (3:36)22. The Giddybug Gallop (3:32)23. Chocolate Shake (2:53)Disc 12 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [74:57]01. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Take 1 (3:21)02. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Take 2 (3:22)03. Clementine (3:00)04. The Brown-Skin Girl (In The Calico Gown) (3:11)05. Jump For Joy - Take 1 (2:54)06. Jump For Joy - Take 2 (2:58)07. Moon Over Cuba (3:15)08. Some Saturday (3:00)09. Subtle Slough (3:16)10. Menelik - The Lion Of Judah - Take 1 (3:17)11. Menelik - The Lion Of Judah - Take 2 (3:17)12. Poor Bubber (3:19)13. Squaty Roo (2:24)14. Passion Flower (3:09)15. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (3:38)16. Goin' Out The Back Way (2:44)17. Five O'Clock Drag (3:13)18. Rocks In My Bed (3:08)19. Bli-Blip (3:06)20. Chelsea Bridge (3:01)21. Brown Suede (3:07)22. Noir Bleu (3:13)23. 'C' Blues (2:53)24. June (3:12)Disc 13 -The Early Forties Recordings (1940-1942) [67:40]01. Raincheck (2:31)02. What Good Would It Do? (2:48)03. I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I Got - Take 1 (3:16)04. I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I Got - Take 2 (3:22)05. Chelsea Bridge (2:55)06. Perdido - Take 1 (3:09)07. Perdido - Take 2 (3:09)08. The 'C' Jam Blues (2:39)09. Moon Mist - Take 1 (3:00)10. Moon Mist - Take 2 (3:00)11. What Am I Here For? (3:27)12. I Don't Mind - Take 1 (2:49)13. I Don't Mind - Take 2 (2:51)14. Someone (3:10)15. My Little Brown Book (3:13)16. Main Stem (2:50)17. Johnny Come Lately (2:42)18. Hayfoot, Strawfoot - Take 1 (2:35)19. Hayfoot, Strawfoot - Take 2 (2:34)20. Sentimental Lady - Take 1 (3:04)21. Sentimental Lady - Take 2 (3:02)22. A Slip Of The Lip (2:57)23. Sherman Shuffle (2:38)Disc 14 -The Complete Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) [71:03]01. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (2:42)02. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Take 1 (3:13)03. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Take 2 (3:11)04. Don't You Know I Care - Take 1 (3:06)05. Don't You Know I Care - Take 2 (2:59)06. I Didn't Know About You (2:44)07. Work Song (4:36)08. Come Sunday (4:30)09. The Blues (4:33)10. Three Dances (4:35)11. Carnegie Blues (2:48)12. Blue Cellophane (2:55)13. Mood To Be Wooed (2:59)14. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings (2:51)15. Kissing Bug (3:01)16. Everything But You (2:51)17. (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato (3:04)18. Prelude To A Kiss (3:01)19. Caravan (2:47)20. Black And Tan Fantasy (2:49)21. Mood Indigo (2:47)22. In A Sentimental Mood (3:02)Disc 15 -The Complete Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) [71:19]01. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:00)02. Sophisticated Lady (2:39)03. Tonight I Shall Sleep (With A Smile On My Face) (2:56)04. The Minor Goes Muggin' (3:02)05. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Take 1 (3:03)06. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Take 2 (3:02)07. Solitude (3:05)08. Frankie And Johnny (3:03)09. Jumpin' Room Only (2:57)10. Black Beauty (2:49)11. Every Hour On The Hour (3:05)12. Balcony Serenade (3:09)13. Strange Feeling (3:13)14. Dancers In Love (2:21)15. Coloratura - Take 2 (2:58)16. Coloratura - Take 1 (2:59)17. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (3:07)18. Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do (2:48)19. Come To Baby, Do! (2:49)20. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So (3:10)21. Long, Strong And Consecutive (2:54)22. The Wonder Of You (2:45)23. Tonk (2:47)24. Drawing Room Blues (3:38)Disc 16 -The Complete Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) [67:37]01. Rockabye River (3:02)02. Suddenly It Jumped (2:47)03. Transblucency (3:00)04. Just Squeeze Me (3:20)05. Gathering In A Clearing (3:10)06. You Don't Love Me No More (3:26)07. Pretty Woman (2:46)08. Hey, Baby (2:48)09. (Back Home Again In) Indiana (2:48)10. Blue Is The Night (3:06)11. Lover Man - Take 1 (3:20)12. Lover Man - Take 2 (3:19)13. Just You, Just Me (2:53)14. Beale Street Blues (2:53)15. Memphis Blues (3:04)16. St. Louis Blues (2:59)17. My Honey's Lovin' Arms (3:10)18. (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (With You) (3:03)19. Swamp Fire (2:51)20. Royal Garden Blues (3:08)21. Esquire Swank (3:28)22. Midriff (3:16)Disc 17 -The Complete Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) [73:04]01. Long, Long Journey (4:31)02. The One That Got Away (4:23)03. Gone With The Wind (4:35)04. Metronome All-Out (4:16)05. Skin Deep (7:35)06. How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me? (Sultry Serenade) (3:52)07. Sophisticated Lady (6:14)08. Perdido (4:39)09. Caravan (4:14)10. Harlem Suite (15:18)11. The Hawk Talks (2:53)12. Ellington Medley (6:55)-Don't Get Around Much Any More-In A Sentimental Mood-Mood Indigo-I'm Beginning To See The Light-Prelude To A Kiss-It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)-Solitude-I let A Song Go Out Of My Heart13. Jam With Sam (3:40)Disc 18 -The Three Sacred Concerts (1965/1968/1973) [76:46]01. In The Beginning God (20:02)02. Tell Me It's The Truth (2:47)03. Come Sunday (3:53)04. The Lord's Prayer (2:43)05. Come Sunday (6:05)06. Will You Be There? / Ain't But The One (4:42)07. New World A-Comin' (8:27)08. David Danced (Before The Lord With All His Might) (6:34)09. Ninety Nine Percent (1:54)10. My Mother, My Father And Love (3:57)11. New World A-Comin' (8:20)12. A Christmas Surprise (3:53)13. A Christmas Surprise (3:28)Disc 19 -The Three Sacred Concerts (1965/1968/1973) [70:13]01. Praise God (3:14)02. Supreme Being (11:50)03. Heaven (4:59)04. Something 'Bout Believing (8:16)05. Almighty God (6:36)06. The Shepherd (7:13)07. It's Freedom (13:05)08. Meditation (3:14)09. The Biggest And Busiest Intersection (4:00)10. T.G.T.T. (2:28)11. Don't Get Down On Your Knees To Pray Until You Have Forgiven Everyone (5:18)Disc 20 -The Three Sacred Concerts (1965/1968/1973) [64:11]01. Father Forgive (2:51)02. Praise God And Dance (11:03)03. Introduction by Sir Colin Crowe (1:33)04. Introduction by Duke Ellington (0:59)05. The Lord's Prayer / My Love (7:49)06. Is God A Three-Letter Word For Love? (Part I) (4:27)07. Is God A Three-Letter Word For Love? (Part II) (3:45)08. The Brotherhood (5:34)09. Hallelujah (3:29)10. Every Man Prays In His Own Language (11:09)11. Ain't Nobody Nowhere Nothin' Without God (4:17)12. The Majesty Of God (7:14)Disc 21 -The Last Recordings (1966-1973) [61:17]01. Tourist Point Of View - Take 7 (5:10)02. Bluebird Of Delhi (Mynah) - Take 12 (3:19)03. Isfahan - Take 1 (4:05)04. Depk (2:40)05. Mount Harissa (7:41)06. Blue Pepper (Far East Of The Blues) (3:02)07. Agra (2:36)08. Amad - Take 3 (4:27)09. Ad Lib On Nippon (11:38)10. Tourist Point Of View - Take 5 (5:00)11. Bluebird Of Delhi (Mynah) - Take 8 (3:10)12. Isfahan - Take 2 (4:13)13. Amad - Take 5 (4:15)Disc 22 -The Last Recordings (1966-1973) [73:47]01. Take The 'A' Train (4:41)02. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (2:37)03. Perdido (3:15)04. Mood Indigo (5:10)05. Black And Tan Fantasy (5:12)06. The Twitch (3:12)07. Solitude (3:37)08. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1:55)09. The Mooche (5:36)10. Sophisticated Lady (3:02)11. Creole Love Call (3:57)12. Caravan (5:27)13. Wings & Things (1:59)14. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1:58)15. House Of Lords (5:37)16. The Second Portrait Of The Lion (4:11)17. Take The 'A' Train (2:25)18. Caravan (4:38)19. Mood Indigo (2:55)20. Love Scene (2:24)Disc 23 -The Last Recordings (1966-1973) [73:18]01. The Mooche (3:24)02. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (2:47)03. I'm Beginning To See The Light (2:39)04. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2:45)05. Sophisticated Lady (3:21)06. Timon Of Athens March (3:09)07. Solitude (3:00)08. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (4:12)09. Satin Doll (2:34)10. Single Petal Of A Rose (2:43)11. Snibor (4:16)12. Boo-Dah (3:29)13. Blood Count (4:18)14. U.M.M.G. (3:15)15. Charpoy (3:08)16. After All (3:53)17. The Initmacy Of The Blues (2:59)18. Raincheck - Take 6 (4:38)19. Raincheck - Take 4 (5:23)20. Day Dream (4:25)21. Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note (3:01)Disc 24 -The Last Recordings (1966-1973) [73:25]01. All Day Long (2:59)02. Lotus Blossom - Take 1 (3:56)03. Lotus Blossom (4:58)04. Smada - Take 3 (3:21)05. Smada - Take 4 (3:21)06. Midriff (4:36)07. My Little Brown Book (4:13)08. Acht O'Clock Rock (2:26)09. The Piano Player (2:57)10. Creole Love Call (4:29)11. Don't You Know I Care (4:31)12. I Can't Get Started With You (5:53)13. New York, New York (3:01)14. Pitter Panther Patter (2:28)15. How High The Moon (2:18)16. Basin Street Blues (2:59)17. Tiger Rag (3:50)18. Soso (3:43)19. Meditation (3:24)20. 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