Title: Anthology 1928-1954 Artist: Duke Ellington Release Date: 4/24/2007 Label: Cabu Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 826596075259 Genre: Jazz Styles: Big Band, Progressive Big Band, Swing, Classic Jazz, Orchestral Jazz Moods: Atmospheric, Lively, Lush, Poignant, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Stately, Sweet, Intimate, Light, Playful, Romantic, Soothing, Swaggering, Boisterous, Dramatic, Elegant, Freewheeling, Fun, Humorous, Literate, Passionate, Rollicking, Smooth, Theatrical, Warm, Bright, Carefree, Cheerful, Exuberant, Gentle, Nocturnal, Rousing, Soft, Spooky, Stylish, Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Party/Celebratory, Refined/Mannered, Reserved, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual, Joyous Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Black Beauty
2. Swampy River
3. Fast and Furious (Lots O'Fingers)
4. Mood Indigo/Solitude
5. Sophisticated Lady/In a Sentimental Mood
6. Swing Session (Soda Fountain Rag)
7. Love in My Heart (Swing Baby Swing)
8. Portrait of the Lion
9. Mr J.B. Blues
10. Dear Old Southland
11. Solitude
12. Jumping Room Only
13. Frankie and Johnny
14. Metronome All Out
15. Dancers in Love [From the Perfume Suite]
16. Drawing Room Blues
17. Tip Toe Topic
18. New World A' Comin'
19. There Was Nobody Looking [From the Deep South Suite]
20. The Clothed Woman
21. New York City Blues

1. Who Knows
2. Retrospection
3. B Sharp Blues
4. Passion Flower
5. Dancers in Love
6. Reflections in D
7. Melancholia
8. Prelude to a Kiss
9. In a Sentimental Mood
10. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
11. All Too Soon
12. Janet
13. Kinda Dukish
14. Montevideo
15. The New Piano Roll Blues
16. Tonk
17. Johnny Come Lately
18. In a Blue Summer Garden
19. Great Times
20. Cotton Tail
21. C Jam Blues
22. Flamingo
23. Bang-Up Blues
24. Band Call

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Cabu 525

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was a gifted composer, a brilliant bandleader, and a skilled pianist who, like Fats Waller, learned his craft from James P. Johnson, Luckey Roberts, and Willie "The Lion" Smith. In 2007 the French Cabu label did the world a favor by releasing a double-disc anthology containing some of Duke Ellington's all-time greatest piano performances, proceeding somewhat chronologically from October 1928 to April 1954. In addition to several early piano solos, this exciting collection includes a wonderful reinterpretation of "Soda Fountain Rag," Ellington's earliest published composition, dating from 1937. Here too are creative collaborations with bassists Jimmy Blanton, Oscar Pettiford, and Junior Raglin; several marvelous interactions with Billy Strayhorn; and all but one of the tracks from Duke's Piano Reflections album, recorded for Capitol in 1953. As is the case with most everything issued by Cabu, the illustration on the cover detracts rather than enhances. Duke Ellington was a handsome gentleman whose distinctive physiognomy bore evidence of years spent leading the world's greatest jazz orchestra, on and off the road as well as in the recording studio. Although Cabu's caricaturist came up with a better likeness than usual, that's not saying much. This is sloppy work -- Duke deserved better. It is only a minor flaw in an outstanding compilation, without a doubt one of the best in the entire Cabu catalog. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Sears Sax (Tenor) Arthur Whetsol Trumpet Barney Bigard Clarinet, Sax (Tenor) Billy Strayhorn Piano Billy Taylor, Jr. Bass Brick Fleagle Guitar Britt Woodman Trombone Bruno Theol Producer Butch Ballard Drums Cat Anderson Trumpet, Soloist Christian Bonnet Direction Clark Terry Trumpet, Soloist Claude Carriere Selection, Text Claude Jones Trombone Cootie Williams Trumpet Duke Ellington Soloist, Piano Francis Williams Trumpet Fred Guy Banjo, Guitar Freddy Jenkins Trumpet Harold Baker Trumpet Harry Carney Clarinet, Sax (Baritone), Clarinet (Bass) Hayes Alvis Bass Jack Maisel Drums Jimmy Blanton Bass Jimmy Hamilton Clarinet, Soloist, Sax (Tenor) Joe Shulman Bass John Sanders Trombone Johnny Hodges Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto) Juan Tizol Trombone (Valve) Junior Raglin Bass Lawrence D. Brown Trombone Max Roach Drums Oscar Pettiford Bass, Soloist Otto Hardwick Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Bass) Paul Gonsalves Sax (Tenor) Quentin Jackson Trombone Ralph Collier Conga Ray Nance Trumpet, Violin Rex Stewart Cornet, Trumpet Russell Procope Sax (Alto), Clarinet Shelton Hemphill Trumpet Sonny Greer Drums, Soloist Taft Jordan Trumpet Wallace Jones Trumpet Wellman Braud Bass Wendell Marshall Bass Wilbur DeParis Trombone Willie Cook Trumpet