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by: Duke Ellington

CD-Charts Price: $11.98
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731458941521
Label: Umvd Labels
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Umvd Labels
Release Date: February 12, 2002
Studio: Umvd Labels
Sales Rank: 223968
MPN: 589415

Disc 1:
  1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  2. Black and Tan Fantasy
  3. Jubilee Stomp
  4. Black Beauty
  5. The Mooche
  6. Rent Party Blues
  7. Double Check Stomp - Duke Ellington, Bigard, Barney
  8. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington, Bigard, Barney
  9. Creole Rhapsody, Pt. 1
  10. Creole Rhapsody, Pt. 2
  11. Stompy Jones
  12. Self-Portrait (Of the Bean)
  13. In a Sentimental Mood
  14. Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington, Strayhorn, Billy
  15. Prelude to a Kiss
  16. Sophisticated Lady/Solitude
  17. Satin Doll

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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Ridiculous Title, But Good Music
As if it were possible to reduce Duke Ellington's two thousand some odd composititions spanning four decades to a "Finest Hour"! The title would make you perhaps think these were great tracks selected from the Duke's whole spectrum of musical output. What it is is a sampler from that small portion of E's output that Verve owns the rights to.

This is really 2 CD's. The first 10 tracks are culled from the complete Brunswick/Vocalion recordings (available en toto on a 3CD set) recorded between 1926 and 1931. This is an "old timey" Duke mid-sized bands remastered from old 78's. If you're not accustomed to listening to jazz from this era, you may be a little put off by the low-fi monaural sound. If you are able to listen through the ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Great Compilation
At first glance, "Duke Ellington's Finest Hour" seems like another Ellington collection with the same recordings. However, this one in particular proves to be much more than that. While versions of songs like "East St. Louis Toodle-O" and "Mood Indigo" can be found on many Ellington compliations, there are quite a few different versions of other famous Ellington songs. For example, "In a Sentimental Mood" is from the session with John Coltrane. "Take the "A" Train" features Duke playing a longer, improvised introduction. He then quotes "I'm Beginning to See the Light" before launching into the famous 4 bar intro. Another gem is a medley of "Sophisticated Lady" and "Solitude," which features Duke on solo piano. On this ablum in general, one can ... Read More:
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