Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City: Swingin with the Duke - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra records a tribute to the big band sounds of the past with THEY CAME TO SWING. The homage is successful due to the variety in the styles of it's musicians, who perform at the band stand as if it is their duty to push swing forward and keep it relevant. Album Tracks 1. Take the 'A' Train 2. Black and Tan Fantasy 3. Express Crossing 4. Light Blue 5. Jelly, Jelly 6. Things to Come 7. Boy Meets Horn 8. Lost in Loveliness 9. Back to Basics 10. Tattooed Bride

In 1946 it was widely conceded that Duke Ellington's instrument was not the piano but the orchestra. It is totally conceded today that his greatest orchestra was that of the first half of the 1940s. That period has been most admirably documented with recordings of concerts, broadcasts and the original recordings. Hindsight presents here the Ellington orchestra that survived World War II and while not the superlative instrument of 1940 it, too, is nothing short of magnificent. These recordings were taken from several performances taking place across the United States in 1946 and 1947. All performances on this double CD come not from phonograph recordings but from electrical transcriptions made especially for radio stations only. When the late Wally Heider, Hindsight's founder, cleared these transcriptions for their issuance, originally as five long play records and are available now for the first time on CD here. Album Tracks 1. 9 20 Special 2. Take the 'A' Train 3. Come Rain or Come Shine 4. On the Alamo 5. Perdido 6. Passion Flower 7. Double Ruff 8. Park at 106th 9. Happy Go Lucky Local 10. Frisky 11. Just You, Just Me 1. Crosstown 2. Moon Mist 3. Pretty Woman 4. Mooche 5. Who Struck John? 6. Swamp Fire 7. How High the Moon 8. Just Squeeze Me 9. One O'Clock Jump 10. Blue Lou 11. Tea for Two

Directly after World War II, the great Duke Ellington recorded his most ambitious and experimental works. The selections here all hail from that glorious period and feature one of the best line-ups of his famed orchestra including Ray Nance on violin and trumpet, vocalist Kay Davis, who positively shines on InchThe Beautiful IndiansInch; Harry Carney's baritone sax is featured on InchGolden FeatherInch and the golden alto sax of Johnny Hodges features on InchMagenta HazeInch. All selections newly re-mastered. Album Tracks 1. Satin Doll 2. The Beautiful Indians - Hiawatha 3. The Beautiful Indians - Minnehaha 4. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream 5. Diminuedo in Blue 6. Happy Go Lucky Local (Part 1) 7. Happy Go Lucky Local (Part 2) 8. Jam a Ditty 9. Blue Skies 10. Magenta Haze 11. Golden Feather 12. Sultry Sunset 13. Flippant Flurry 14. Glory