Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues)

Name: Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues) - Duke Ellington
Brand: Duke Ellington
SKU: 0602498840290
Price: 6.52 EUR
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Duke Ellington

Format: 1 CD

Genre: blues, jazz

Barcode: 0602498840290

. BACK/ORIGINALS series

Description

. BACK/ORIGINALS series

Artist

Influential American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (29 April 1899, Washington, D.C. - 24 May 1974 in New York City, N.Y.).

Known for his residency at the Cotton Club (1927-1931) and for composing over a thousand pieces, many of them now standards. Billy Strayhorn was a frequent collaborator.

Father of Mercer Ellington, who took over the leadership of his father's orchestra until his own death in 1996.

Tracks

1 Wabash Blues 06:25

2 Basin Street Blues 08:01

3 Beale Street Blues ( Orig. Beale Street ) 07:35

4 Weary Blues 06:54

5 St. Louis Blues 05:46

6 Loveless Love ( Orig. Careless Love [Traditional] ) 07:09

7 Royal Garden Blues 05:24

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Reel-To-Reel, CD, Cassette, SACD, File

Labels

Universal, Essential Jazz Classics, Barclay, Analogue Productions, Verve Records, Speakers Corner Records, Jazz Wax Records, Verve, His Master's Voice, Verve Reissues , MGM Records, Verve Tape, VSP, Bulletin

Countries

Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Scandinavia

years

1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

Members