Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
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Description
This live recording of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) features several rare masterworks composed by Duke Ellington between 1940 and 1968. Some of these pieces may be new to longtime Ellington fans, but each composition reveals a unique aspect of his genius.
Ellington is widely acknowledged as jazz's greatest composer. While he certainly experienced many artistic peaks, such as the 1927 Cotton Club "Jungle Band," the 1940 orchestra with Ben Webster and Jimmie Blanton, the post-Newport 1956 band,and the mid-60s ensembles powered by drummers Sam Woodyard and Rufus Jones, he produced memorable compositions during every phase of his career, as Ellington Masterworks proves.
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - conductor and artistic director Charlie Young
Saxophone section: Steve Williams, Lead Alto Saxophone; Bill Mulligan, Scott Silbert, Leigh Pilzer. Trumpet section: Josh Kauffman, Lead Trumpet; Barbara Laronga, Ally Hany Albrecht, Kenny Rittenhouse. Trombone section: Jennifer Krupa, Lead Trombone; Matt Niess, Bill Holmes. Rhythm section: Tony Nalker - piano, Amy Shook - bass, Ken Kimery - drums and Executive Producer.
Tracklisting
Moya Brennan & Cormac de Barra
Los Days (Tommy Guerrero & Josh Lippi)
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
WDR Big Band
WDR Big Band & Bob Mintzer
Gerald Allbright
Rick Braun
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Bohuslan Big Band; Daniel Boyacioglu; Mathias Landaeus
Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra
WDR Big Band
Josefine Cronholm; Norrbotten Big Band
WDR Big Band & Bob Mintzer
Oscar Peterson Trio
Louis Armstrong; Peanuts Hucko; Trummy Young; Billy Kyle; Mort Herbert; Danny Barcelona; Velma Midd
