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Ken Burns Jazz: Duke Ellington,Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington
Released 2000

Take It Easy
02:35
933 plays

Creole Love Call
04:08
850 plays

Back Room Romp
02:47
835 plays

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- 1
- East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
- 03:03
- 1,197 plays

- 2
- Black And Tan Fantasy
- 03:24
- 1,016 plays

- 3
- Take It Easy
- 02:35
- 933 plays

- 4
- The Mooche (78 RPM Version)
- 03:14
- 825 plays

- 5
- Rockin' In Rhythm
- 03:14
- 762 plays

- 6
- Mood Indigo
- 02:55
- 251 plays

- 7
- Creole Rhapsody
- 06:27
- 792 plays

- 8
- It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- 03:08
- 1,043 plays

- 9
- Creole Love Call
- 04:08
- 850 plays

- 10
- Sophisticated Lady
- 03:14
- 1,061 plays

- 11
- Solitude (78 RPM Version)
- 03:11
- 756 plays

- 12
- Caravan
- 02:39
- 1,088 plays

- 13
- Back Room Romp
- 02:47
- 835 plays

- 14
- Ko-Ko
- 02:42
- 760 plays

- 15
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- 02:54
- 769 plays

- 16
- Cotton Tail
- 03:10
- 700 plays

- 17
- Take The 'A' Train
- 02:54
- 1,098 plays

- 18
- Satin Doll
- 02:57
- 402 plays

- 19
- Jeep's Blues (Live)
- 04:40
- 772 plays

- 20
- Come Sunday
- 05:46
- 775 plays

- 21
- Black Beauty
- 03:17
- 717 plays

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album review

In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary Jazz, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant artists, as well as a five-disc historical summary. Since the individual compilations attempt to present balanced overviews of each artist's career, tracks from multiple labels have thankfully been licensed where appropriate. This volume features many of Duke Ellington's best-known standards, including "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo," "Black and Tan Fantasy," "Mood Indigo," "Caravan," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Sophisticated Lady," "Take the 'A' Train," and the later-period comeback hit "Satin Doll." For the sake of unity, Ellington's longer-form works aren't emphasized here, nor are extended live tracks like the legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival version of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," which revitalized Ellington's career. Instead of undertaking the impossible task of recounting that career over a single disc, Ken Burns Jazz concentrates on the Ellington pieces that are burned the most indelibly into jazz history. As such, it's a very strong, cohesive introduction to one of the largest, richest, and most influential bodies of work in American music. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide