Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at Duke's Place
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Artist: Duke Ellington, Ella FitzgeraldEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-02-27
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- Something To Live For
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (AKA 'Passion')
- Passion Flower
- I Like The Sunrise
- Azure
- Imagine My Frustration
- Duke's Place (AKA 'C-Jam Blues')
- Brown-Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown)
- What Am I Here For?
- Cotton Tail
Music reviews of Ella at Duke's Place
Music Review: Another Pinnacle
Rating: 5 Stars
Before hearing this summit meeting, I was prepared to call "Blue Rose" (see review) one of Duke's 3-4 greatest albums and certainly the most underrated. My 40-year-long ignorance about this consummate encounter between Duke and Ella tells me "Blue Rose" has competition in the underrated category.
This is Ellington at full strength (before the loss of Johnny Hodges) and Ella, too (before some of the wavering vibrato of the 1970s). Above all, it's a session that captures every delicate shade and hue of the exquisitely beautiful, albeit often challenging, music of Billy Strayhorn. There's no fooling around during this session, no jam session looseness, no programming to meet general consumer approval (starting the session with "Something to Live For" and "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" is in itself indicative of the seriousness of this project).
As respectful as this date is, there are fine moments by some of the Ellington stars--Hodges, Gonsalves, Cootie, Jimmy Hamilton, even Duke's piano. And to the usual brain trust of Duke and Stray, add the arranging talents of the wonderful Jimmy Jones (accompanist for Sarah, then Nancy Wilson). Ellingtonphiles will appreciate the inimitable orchestral colors and textures along with the absence of haste and sloppiness while at the same time discovering a more "personal" Ellington and Ella than on the 50s Songbook.
Anyone new to the pair might wish to save this one for later and start instead with the Duke-Ella Cote d'Azure date, where there's more scattin' and jammin'. And if you want to hear Ella singing the greatest C-Jam Blues/Duke's Place (the titles are always used interchangeably) of all time, there's only one recording worth considering: "Bluella."
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