Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Duke Ellington - Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings (3-Disc Set)

This three-CD set, which has all of Duke Ellington's recordings for the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, dwarfs all of the earlier reissues that Decca and MCA have put out of this important material. Starting with the first session in which the Ellington Orchestra sounds distinctive ("East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Birmingham Breakdown" from November 29, 1926) and progressing through the Cotton Club years, this essential release (which contains 67 performances) adds a few "new" alternate takes and rare items ("Soliloquy" and a few titles by the "Six Jolly Jesters") to make this collection truly complete, at least for MCA's holdings (since Ellington also recorded for Columbia- and Victor-owned labels during the same period). With such major soloists as trumpeters Bubber Miley (and his replacement Cootie Williams), Freddy Jenkins, and Arthur Whetsol, trombonist Tricky Sam Nanton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, altoist Johnny Hodges, baritonist Harry Carney, and the pianist/leader, along with the classic arrangements/compositions, this set is essential for all serious jazz collections. ~Scott Yanow

Album: Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:27
Size: 149.9 MB
Styles: Big Band, Early jazz
Year: 1994

[2:51] 1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
[2:47] 2. Birmingham Breakdown
[3:02] 3. Immigration Blues
[2:48] 4. The Creeper (1st Take)
[2:46] 5. The Creeper (2nd Take)
[3:00] 6. New Orleans Low-Down
[3:01] 7. Song Of The Cotton Field
[2:41] 8. Birmingham Breakdown
[2:58] 9. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
[3:16] 10. Black And Tan Fantasy
[3:06] 11. Soliloquy
[2:52] 12. Red Hot Band
[3:07] 13. Doin' The Frog
[2:39] 14. Take It Easy
[2:43] 15. Jubilee Stomp
[3:08] 16. Black Beauty (1st Take)
[3:11] 17. Black Beauty (2nd Take)
[2:55] 18. Yellow Dog Blues
[2:58] 19. Tishomingo Blues
[3:15] 20. Awful Sad
[3:10] 21. The Mooche
[3:01] 22. Louisiana

Album: Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:57
Size: 151.0 MB
Styles: Big Band, Early jazz
Year: 1994

[3:08] 1. Doin' The Voom Voom
[2:52] 2. Tiger Rag (Pt. 1 Take A)
[2:51] 3. Tiger Rag (Pt. 1 Take B)
[2:51] 4. Tiger Rag (Pt. 2)
[3:27] 5. Rent Party Blues
[2:29] 6. Paducah
[3:07] 7. Harlem Flat Blues
[3:30] 8. Black And Blue
[2:44] 9. Jungle Jamboree
[3:18] 10. Ain't Misbehavin'
[3:06] 11. Doin' The New Low-Down
[3:02] 12. Jolly Wog
[2:49] 13. Jazz Convulsions
[3:08] 14. Six Or Seven Times (Take A)
[3:04] 15. Six Or Seven Times (Take B)
[2:31] 16. Goin' Nuts
[2:44] 17. Oklahoma Stomp (Take A)
[2:40] 18. Oklahoma Stomp (Take B)
[3:07] 19. Sweet Mama
[3:00] 20. Wall Street Wail (Take A)
[2:58] 21. Wall Street Wail (Take B)
[3:22] 22. Cincinnati Daddy

Album: Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:59
Size: 157.9 MB
Styles: Big Band, Early jazz
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[3:11] 1. Maori (1st Version)
[3:07] 2. When You're Smiling (Take A)
[3:06] 3. When You're Smiling (Take B)
[2:58] 4. Maori (2nd Version Take A)
[3:03] 5. Maori (2nd Version Take B)
[3:07] 6. Admiration
[2:54] 7. Double Check Stomp
[2:56] 8. Accordion Joe (Take A)
[2:57] 9. Accordion Joe (Take B)
[2:54] 10. Cotton Club Stomp (Take A)
[2:53] 11. Cotton Club Stomp (Take B)
[2:46] 12. Runnin' Wild
[2:55] 13. Mood Indigo
[2:57] 14. Home Again Blues
[2:59] 15. Wang Wang Blues
[3:10] 16. Rockin' Chair
[3:02] 17. Rockin' In Rhythm
[2:57] 18. Twelfth Street Rag
[3:16] 19. The Peanut Vendor
[3:07] 20. Creole Rhapsody (Pt. 1)
[3:18] 21. Creole Rhapsody (Take A)
[2:56] 22. Creole Rhapsody (Take Aa)
[2:20] 23. Is That Religion


24 comments:

  1. Mucho thanks Mat for this set...and also for the separate zippy links...

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  2. Well! Thx! What great music! BTW IMHO take no heed at
    all of those who say sound restoring is poor, and full
    of hiss - it's not the case, there's just a little bit,
    completely tolerable, nearly inaudible.
    And these recordings correspond to the "hot music" period
    of the band --the best IMO. Cheers and many thx again!!

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  3. Any chance of a re-up? Thanks so much!

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    1. In all links DataFileHost is working!

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    2. Disc 1 is missing, what should be Disc 1 is a repeat of Disc 3. Thank you!

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    3. New link posted in Disc 1!
      03-10-2018

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    4. Thank you SO MUCH!

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    5. Thanks a lot! Grazie mille!

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  4. Yes, it is correct: link to disc1 is showing disk3 in datafile host.

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  5. Can you please post a new link. Thank you for all you do.

    Bobby

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  6. Great sides, thank you ( once again), Roger.

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  7. Thank you, timeless recordings!

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  8. Hi, Giullia. It's possible to have a re-up of Duke Ellington "Complete Vocalion and Brunswick Recordings"?. Thanks a lot.

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  9. olá Giullia,
    great stuff, indeed
    thanks a million
    joao

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  10. you are much appreciated Giullia - thank you so much!

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