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The Vienna Art Orchestra
Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Red Garter
2. Very Sepcial
3. Blues in Blueprint
4. Mood Indigo - Vienna Art Orchestra, Bigard, Barney
5. Smada
6. Warm Valley
7. Circle of Fourths
8. Take the "A" Train - Vienna Art Orchestra, Strayhorn, Billy
9. After All - Vienna Art Orchestra, Strayhorn, Billy
10. I'm Just a Lucky So and So - Vienna Art Orchestra, David, Mack
11. Blood Count - Vienna Art Orchestra, Strayhorn, Billy
12. Rockin' in Rhythm - Vienna Art Orchestra, Carney, Harry
13. A Little Max (Parfait)
14. Sophisticated Lady

CD Details

All Artists: The Vienna Art Orchestra
Title: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tcb Music
Original Release Date: 2/15/2000
Release Date: 2/15/2000
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Swing Jazz, Orchestral Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 723723761224, 7619945998025

Synopsis

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Matthias Rüegg's Vienna Art Orchestra have taken jazz fans on some genuine adventures, covering Anthony Braxton and Scott Joplin vividly within the span of an album. Here, they explore Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, presumably the more intimate sides of the two. Things are, as you might expect, quickly colorful, with a wild-ride swing taking the listener to emotional peaks and blaring precipices. It's not often one finds "Red Garter" and "Blood Count" among Ellington tributes, especially rendered with such a gigantic mix of sonorities. Then there's "Mood Indigo," played as a stellar duet between trombone and guitar that ranges over and riffs on the blues in a slow, plunger-mute bonanza. "Take the 'A' Train" is no less wonderful, made miniature in a bass clarinet and bass duo that rumbles with a bumpy rhythm, just like the rails to Harlem. Among Ellington tributes, Anthony Brown's rundown of the Far East Suite is an instant classic. This live session from the Vienna Art Orchestra is right behind Brown, standing tall in a crowded field of nods to the Duke. --Andrew Bartlett

CD Reviews

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Andrew Hingston | Saint Helena, CA United States | 08/20/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a virtuoso band of virtuoso players, and it cooks like hell on fire. I've been playing it almost non-stop since I bought it about three weeks ago. The arrangements are not Ellington's, not really anything like Ellington's, except that they capture the master's suaveness and subtlety...and up the octane significantly; they are mostly Matthias Rüegg's -- leader and principal arranger. Whether Ellington purists should buy this CD or not, I cannot say -- probably not. But if you don't mind your Ellington with a big dose of impishly applied Tabasco Sauce, and some humorously unintentional Europeanisms (such as singer Ann Lauvergnac's obviously un-idiomatic English pronounciations and cadances), then this one should have you toe tapping, finger snapping, and smiling all over -- from early morning to late at night, or vice-versa. Worth the price just for the arrangements of Red Garter, Very Special, Circle in Fourth, Rockin in Rhythm and Take the A-Train (unexpectedly presented as an extended bass improvisation on the theme of TTAT). The most exciting recording I've heard in ages, full of brilliant, challenging solos, precise yet lively ensemble work, superb rhythm work, and overflowing joyfulness (you don't just hear it, you feel it). BUY THIS CD NOW!"