Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Piano In the Background 180g LP (Vinyl)

High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
AAA Recording!

Big band fans, take note! These nine numbers belong in every collection. We are talking about the year 1960, and the 17 musicians involved have probably performed this very repertoire every night in a different venue all over the globe. But in the studio it all sounds fresh and new, well practiced but never dull, cool, groovy and intoxicating. The difference to a great number of other Ellington LPs is that here not a single wind soloist stands in the foreground but the whole body of musicians. The arrangements are all new and some of them are even quite unusual, but Sam Woodyard on the drums has everything well under control - sometimes not at all 'Ellington-like'.

Snapping the fingers is automatic, and tapping your foot is also not to be frowned on; however this recording demands careful listening! If you have the first version of these numbers in your collection then it would be a good idea to compare them with this recording. The Duke Ellington Orchestra remains young, dynamic and varied thanks to a continually changing ensemble. And the 'Piano Man', as the best 'pause-filling' pianist ironically called himself, sat full of vigour before the 88 keys of the keyboard at the age of 60.

Not only jazz fans will be saying a big thank you that this recording - made in the early days of stereophony - is available once again on virgin vinyl with superb sound.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features:
• 180g High Quality Vinyl
• Pure Analogue
• AAA Recording

Musicians:
Duke Ellington, piano
Ray Nance, trumpet
Willie Cook, trumpet
Andres Meringuito, trumpet
Eddy Mullins, trumpet
Gerald Wilson, trumpet
Lawrence Brown, trombone
Britt Woodman, trombone
"Booty" Wood, trombone
Juan Tizol, trombone
Johnny Hodges, saxophone
Harry Carney, saxophone
Paul Gonzalves, saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton, saxophone
Russell Procope, saxophone
Aaron Bell, bass
Sam Woodyard, drums

Selections:
Side I:
1. Happy Go Lucky Local
2. What Am I Here For
3. Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
4. Perdido
Side II:
1. I'm Beginning To See The Light
2. Midriff
3. It Don't Mean A Thing
4. Main Stem
5. Take The "A" Train