Title: Complete Gus Wildi Recordings and More Artist: Duke Ellington Release Date: 4/26/2005 Label: Lone Hill Jazz Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 8436019581735, 667344263524 Genre: Jazz Style: Progressive Big Band 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. East St. Louis Toodle-O
2. Creole Love Call
3. Stompy Jones
4. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
5. Jack the Bear
6. In a Mellow Tone
7. Ko-Ko
8. Midriff
9. Stomp Look and Listen
10. Unbooted Character
11. Lonesome Lullaby
12. Upper Manhattan Medical Group
13. Summertime
14. Laura
15. I Can't Get Started
16. My Funny Valentine
17. Everything But You
18. Frustration
19. Cotton Tail
20. Day Dream
21. Deep Purple

1. Indian Summer
2. Blues
3. Rockin' in Rhythm [*]
4. Black and Tan Fantasy [*]
5. Stompin' at the Savoy [*]
6. In the Mood [*]
7. One O'Clock Jump [*]
8. Honeysuckle Rose [*]
9. Happy-Go-Lucky-Local [*]
10. Flying Home [*]
11. Body and Soul [*]
12. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Lone Hill Jazz 10173 2005 CD Lone Hill Jazz 10173

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The Duke Ellington Orchestra captured here was betwixt and between at the time -- having exited their Capitol Records contract after an unsatisfying couple of years, the band was back at full strength for the first time since 1951 with the return of Johnny Hodges to the fold, after the latter's stint running his own band, and moved over to Gus Wildi's Bethlehem label for two albums, Historically Speaking: The Duke and Duke Ellington Presents, both of which are represented here along with his earlier Ellington '55 album. Historically Speaking: The Duke, cut in February of 1956, was a look across 30 years of Ellington's music from 1926 to the present, re-creating the original arrangements with his current band, and is priceless just for the canvas it gives Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, and the others. "Ko-Ko" is worth the price of admission by itself, but juxtaposed with the exquisite "In a Mellow Mood" the disc speaks for itself. Duke Ellington Presents, which was recorded the same month, featured a different soloist on each song, in various contemporary arrangements of enduring pieces such as "Summertime," "Laura," and "I Can't Get Started." The sound on both sets of sessions is superb, state-of-the-art for 2005 with a very close acoustic and richly detailed, and it's a great opportunity to hear in a coherent body of work the band that soon re-emerged at the top of its form at the Newport Jazz Festival later that year. The bonus material off of Ellington '55 also works well in this context, and better than it did on its own. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alfred Cobbs Trombone Arthur Kramer Liner Notes, Liner Note Preparation, Liner Editor Billy Strayhorn Celeste Britt Woodman Trombone Cat Anderson Trumpet Clark Terry Trumpet Duke Ellington Piano, Author George Jean Trombone Harry Carney Baritone, Clarinet (Bass) Jimmy Grissom Vocals Jimmy Hamilton Clarinet, Sax (Tenor) Jimmy Woode Bass John Sanders Trombone Johnny Hodges Sax (Alto) Nat Hentoff Author Paul Gonsalves Sax (Tenor) Quentin Jackson Trombone Ray Nance Vocals, Violin, Trumpet Russell Procope Sax (Alto), Clarinet Sam Woodyard Drums Tom Daniels Author Wendell Marshall Bass Willie Cook Trumpet