Duke Ellington Swings (1999) (Brown/Brubeck/Hall/Jamal/Pass )

Product Summary Label: Telarc UPC: 00089408342929 Release Date: 7/27/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60323627 Item#: M5PJCG Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists 2. In A Mellow Tone - Oscar Peterson ~ Various Artists 3. Cotton Tail - Ray Brown Trio/Ulf Wakenius ~ Various Artists 4. Take The "A" Train - Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Various Artists 5. In A Sentimental Mood - Jim Hall ~ Various Artists 6. Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me - Ahmad Jamal Trio ~ Various Artists 7. Rockin' In Rhythm - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists 8. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Andre Previn/Joe Pass/Ray Brown ~ Various Artists 9. Take Love Easy - Bobby Short ~ Various Artists 10. Satin Doll - Oscar Peterson ~ Various Artists 11. Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Dave Brubeck (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 12. Azure - Joe Pass ~ Various Artists 13. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes liner notes by Donald Elfman. Personnel: Mel Torm? (vocals, drums); Bobby Short (vocals); Jim Hall, Lorne Lofsky, Ulf Wakenius (guitar); Clark Terry (trumpet); Dave Brubeck, Andr? Previn, Oscar Peterson (piano); Lewis Nash, Martin Drew (drums). Liner Note Author: Donald Elfman. Telarc Jazz's contribution to the Ellington centenary was this engaging compilation, all material from the '90s back catalog, with two notable exceptions. As bait for the complete Dave Brubeck collector, they've thrown in a pair of unreleased tracks left over from the Brubeck Quartet's tour of the U.K. in November 1998: a lengthy exploration of "Take The 'A' Train" with a hot solo by tenor Bobby Militello and some polytonal romping by Brubeck and a relaxed solo piano version of Mercer Ellington's "Things Ain't What They Used to Be." Two live tracks with Mel Torm? at his most ingratiating bracket the album ("I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," "It Don't Mean a Thing"), and right in the center is a spiffy Torm? turn at the drums on "Rockin' in Rhythm." The remainder of the tracks are given over to such reliable mainstream stalwarts as Oscar Peterson, the Ray Brown Trio, Jim Hall, Ahmad Jamal, the trio of Andr? Previn, Joe Pass, and Brown and Bobby Short. ~ Richard S. Ginell   Technical Info Release Date : 08/15/2006 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 83429 Label : Telarc Jazz Zone Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 74m : 20s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : DDD UPC : 00089408342929    Product Image