23 maggio 2012

24 maggio 1974 - Muore il musicista jazz Duke Ellington















(Washington, 29 aprile 1899 – New York, 24 maggio 1974)

Un direttore d'orchestra, pianista e compositore statunitense.
Duke Ellington è considerato uno dei più importanti compositori di tutta la storia del jazz e uno dei grandi compositori Americani del 1900.
Durante una carriera durata più di 50 anni, le composizioni di Ellington hanno toccato generi distinti dal jazz, quali il blues, il gospel, le colonne sonore e la musica classica.

Discografia

1926

1924-1926: The Birth of A Band Vol. 1 (EPM Musique) (released 1988)
The Birth of Big Band Jazz (Riverside) (EP) (released 1956)
Complete Edition (1924-1926) (Masters of Jazz)

1927

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1924-1927 (Classics)
Complete Edition (1926-1927) (Masters of Jazz)

1928

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: 1927-1928 (Classics) (Released 1996)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: 1928 (Classics)
Complete Vol. 1: 1925-1928 (Columbia - France) (released 1973)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1927-1928 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1928 (Classics)
Complete Edition (1927-1928) (Masters of Jazz)
Complete Edition (1928) (2 discs) (Masters of Jazz)

1929

Flaming Youth (1927-1929) (RCA Victor) (Released 1965)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1928-1929 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929 (Classics)
Complete Edition (1929) (2 discs) (Masters of Jazz)

Anni trenta

1930

The Okeh Ellington (Columbia) (1927-1930) (pubblicato nel 1991)
The Works of Duke: Vol. 1 - Vol. 5 (RCA) (1927-1930)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1930 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1930 (2 volume) (Classics)
Complete Edition (1929-1930) (Masters of Jazz)
Complete Edition (1930) (2 dischi) (Masters of Jazz)

1931

Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick Recordings (3 dischi) (Decca) (1926-1931) (pubblicato nel 1994)
Jazz Heritage Brunswick/Vocalion Rarities (1926-1931) (MCA) (pubblicato nel 1983)
Mood Indigo (1927-1931) (Columbia) (pubblicato nel 1992)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1930-31 (Classics)
Complete Edition (1930-1931) (Masters of Jazz)

1932

Jungle Nights in Harlem (1927-1932) (Bluebird) (pubblicato nel 1991)
Jazz Cocktail (AVS/Living Era) (1928-1932)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1931-32 (Classics)

1933

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1932-33 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1933 (Classics)

1934

Early Ellington: 1927-1934 (Bluebird) (pubblicato nel 1954; pubblicato in CD nel 1990 dalla RCA)
Duke Ellington 1927-1934 (Nimbus) (1991)
Great Original Performances 1927-1934 (Mobile Fidelity (pubblicato nel 1989)
Jubilee Stomp (Bluebird) (1928-1934)

1935

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1933-35 (Classics)

1936

Rockin' in Rhythm (1927-1936) (Jazz Hour) (pubblicato nel 1996)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1935-36 (Classics)

1937

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1936-37 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1937 (2 volumi) (Classics)

1938

Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year (Portrait)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1938 (Classics)

1939

Duke Ellington Playing the Blues (1927-1939) (Black and Blue) (Released 2002)
The Duke's Men: Small Groups vol. 2, 1938-1939 (Columbia/Vocalion)
The Blanton–Webster Band (1939-1942) (RCA/BlueBird)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1938-39 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1939 (2 volumi) (Classics)

Anni quaranta

1940
On the Air
Fargo, North Dakota, November 7, 1940 (Vintage Jazz Classics)
The Duke in Boston (Jazz Unlimited)
The British Connection: 1933-1940 (Jazz Unlimited)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1939-40 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1940 (2 volumes) (Classics)

1941

Take the 'A' Train (Vintage Jazz Classics)
The Great Ellington Units (Bluebird)
1941 Classics - Live in Hollywood (Alamac)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1940-41 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1941 (Classics)

1942

Hollywood Swing & Jazz (1937-1942) (Rhino)
Main stem: The Blanton-Webster Band (1939-1942)

1943

Black, Brown and Beige (Storyville, I versione)
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1943 (Storyville)
Live at the Hurricane (Storyville)

1944

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1942-44 (Classics)

1945

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1944-45 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1945 (2 volumi) (Classics)
The Treasury Shows 1943-1945 (13 LP doppi) (D.E.T.S.)
Duke's Joint (1943-1945) (Buddha)
The Duke Ellington World Broadcasting Series (Circle)

1946

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946”
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1945-46 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1946 (2 volumi) (Classics)
The Great Chicago Concerts (Music Masters)
Happy Go Lucky Local (Musicraft)

1947

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947
Daybreak Express
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Duke Ellington Vol. 4: April 30, 1947
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1946-47 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1947 (2 volumes) (Classics)
Duke Ellington at Ciro's (Dems)
Liberian Suite (Columbia)

1948

Live at Click Restaurant Philadelphia Vol. 1
Live at Click Restaurant Philadelphia Vol. 2
Carnegie Hall 11/30/1948
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1947-48 (Classics)
Cornell University (Music Masters)

1949

The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1948-49 (Classics)
Duke Ellington at the Hollywood Empire (Storyville)

Anni cinquanta

1950

Masterpieces By Ellington (Columbia)
Great Times (Riverside)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1949-50 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1950 (Classics)
Live In Zurich, Switzerland 2.5.1950 (TCB Music)

1951

Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn All Stars (Prestige)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1950-51 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1951 (Classics)

1952

Duke on the Air
The Seattle Concert
Live at the Blue Note (Bandstand)
Duke Ellington at Birdland (Jazz Unlimited)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1952 (Classics)
Uptown (Columbia)

1953

Piano Reflections
The Pasadena Concert (GNP)
Premiered by Ellington
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington Showcase
Duke Ellington Plays the Blues
Ellington Uptown
Satin Doll
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1952-53 (Classics)
The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1953 (2 volumi) (Classics)

1954

Dance to the Duke
Duke Ellington Plays
Happy Birthday Duke! April 29 Birthday Sessions (Laserlight)

1955

Ellington '55
Duke's Mixture
The Duke and His Men
Jazz Masters: 1953-1955 (EMI)
The Washington, D.C. Armory Concert (Jazz Guild)
The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: March 1955

1956

Ellington at Newport (Columbia)
Ellington at Newport-Complete (1999; riedizione integrale e restaurata dell'esibizione al Newport Jazz Festival del 1956)
A Drum is a Woman (Jazz Track)
Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All Stars at Newport
Al Hibbler with the Duke
Historically Speaking: The Duke (Rhino)
Studio Sessions, Chicago, 1956 (LMR)
The Complete Porgy and Bess
Ellington '56 (Charly)
Blue Rose (Columbia)
Live From The 1956 Stratford Festival (Music and Arts)

1957

Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Happy Reunion (Sony)
Live at the 1957 Stratford Music Festival (Music & Arts)
All-Star Road Band - Volume 2 (CBS)

1958

Ellington Indigos
Newport Jazz Festival
Jazz at the Plaza (Columbia)
Black, Brown and Beige (Columbia, II versione)
Blues in Orbit (Columbia)
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene: Duke Ellington's Spacemen (Mosaic)
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Side by Side
Blues Summit
Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
In Concert at the Pleyel Paris, 1958 (Magic)
Duke Ellington At The Alhambra(Pablo)
Happy Reunion (Sony)
The Duke in Munich (Storyville)

1959

Jazz Party (Columbia)
Festival Session (Columbia)
The Ellington Suites
Anatomy of a Murder (colonna sonora del film Anatomia di un omicidio) (Columbia)
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Back to Back
Elegant Mister Ellington
The Duke's DJ Special (Fresh Sound)
Live in Paris 1959 (Affinity)
Live at the Blue Note (Roulette)
Back to Back (Verve)

Anni sessanta

1960

Three Suites (Columbia)
Piano in the Background (Columbia)
Piano in the Foreground (Columbia)
The Nutcracker Suite
Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Paris Blues
Reminiscing in Tempo (1928-1960) (Columbia)
Unknown Session (French Columbia)
Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron)
Live At Monterey 1960 (Status)

1961

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (Roulette). (ristampato nel 2001 dalla Blue Note Records come The Great Summit)
Together for the First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
S.R.O.
The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite (Columbia)
Paris Blues (Ryko)

1962

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
Money Jungle
Afro-Bossa
Midnight in Paris (Columbia)
All American in Jazz (Columbia)
Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?
Duke Ellington Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Studio Sessions, New York, 1962 (Saja)
Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic)
The Feeling of Jazz (Black Lion)
Duke 56/62 (in three volumes) (CBS)

1963

The Great Paris Concert (pubblicato nel 1973)
A Morning in Paris (pubblicato nel 1996, ristampa 2007/08)
Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions, New York, 1963 (Saja)
In The Uncommon Market (Pablo)
Serenade to Sweden (Telstar)
My People (Red Baron)
Wise Woman Blues (Rosetta)

1964

Hits of the Sixties: This Time By Ellington
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Jazz Group 1964 (Jazz Anthology)
Live at Carnegie Hall 1964 (Jazz Up)
Harlem (Pablo)
All-Star Road Band (CBS)
At Basin Street East (Music & Arts)
London: The Great Concerts (MusicMasters)
New York Concert (Musicmasters)

1965
Concert in the Virgin Isles
Ella at Duke's Place (Verve)
The Symphonic Ellington (1985 ristampa)
The Duke at Tanglewood
Jumpin' Pumkins
'65 Revisited (Affinity)
Two Great Concerts (1949 e 1965) (Accord)
A Concert of Sacred Music From Grace Cathedral (Status)

1966

Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (Status)
The Far East Suite
Orchestra Works
The Pianist
Soul Call
Sacred Music (live)
Live at the Greek - 9/23/1966
The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (Pablo)
In the Uncommon Market (Pablo)
Solo & Quintet: I'm Beginning To See The Light (West Wind)

1967

...And His Mother Called Him Bill (Bluebird)
The Popular Duke Ellington
Intimacy of the Blues (Fantasy)
Johnny Come Lately
North of the Border in Canada
Live at the Rainbow Grill
Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (1927-1967) (Smithsonian)
Live in Italy (Jazz Up)
1967 European Tour (Lone Hill)
Berlin '65 / Paris '67 (Pablo)
Collages
The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World (Pablo)
The Jaywalker (Storyville)

1968

The Famed Fieldcup Concert
Francis A. & Edward K. (Reprise) (con Frank Sinatra)
Latin American Suite (Fantasy)
Yale Concert (pubblicato nel 1973) (Fantasy)
Second Sacred Concert (live) (Prestige)
Studio Sessions, New York, 1968 (Saja)
Live in Mexico (Tring)

1969

70th Birthday Concert (Blue Note)
The Intimate Ellington
Up in Duke's Workshop
Pretty Woman
Standards: Live at at Salle Pleyel
April in Paris (West Wind)

Anni settanta

1970

New Orleans Suite (Atlantic)

1971

The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy)
Togo Brava Suite (Storyville)
The English Concerts: 1969 and 1971 (Sequel)
Up in Duke's Workshop (Pablo)

1972

Live at the Whitney (pubblicato nel 1995) (Impulse)
This One's for Blanton (con Ray Brown)
The Ellington Suites (Pablo)

1973

Duke's Big 4 (Pablo)
Collages
Third Sacred Concert: Tha Majesty of the God
Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Columbia)
Rugged Jungle (Lost Secret Records)

1974

Eastbourne Performance

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