Duke Ellington - Unknown Session.nfo
The musical legacy Duke Ellington left us includes a considerable number of previously unreleased studio session like those in this album. Some were frankly experimental, made so that he could *hear* what he had written. Others were partly a matter of getting some return from musicians on a regular salary during a lay-off, and partly a matter of playing in a relaxed context where unusual roles could be assigned them.
In this case, the intention seems to have been to fashion a quiet, melodic album of "mood" music on relatively familiar themes, an album which would appeal to the same large audience that had enjoyed "Ellington Indigos", but using this time a septet instead of the full band.
matrix/deadwax info:
AL 35342-1A
BL 35342-1A
tracks:
A1 - Everything But You
A2 - Black Beauty
A3 - All Too Soon
A4 - Something To Live For
A5 - Mood Indigo
A6 - Creole Blues
B1 - Don't You Know I Care
B2 - A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
B3 - Mighty Like The Blues
B4 - Tonight I Shall Sleep
B5 - Dual Highway
B6 - Blues
musicians:
Duke Ellington - piano
Ray Nance - cornet
Lawrence Brown - trombone
Johnny Hodges - alto sax
Harry Carney - baritone sax
Aaron Bell - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums
Recorded in Hollywood, CA, July 14, 1960
original producer: Irving Townsend
Reissue producer: Michael Brooks
Reissue engineer: Frank Abbey
Executive producers of The Contemporary Masters Series: Jim Fishel and Bruce Lundvall
transfer info:
Nitty Gritty 1.5 RCM
sticky hand stylus cleaning
Music Hall MMF 9.1
Grado Master Reference 1 cartridge
Graham Slee Era Gold Reflex phono preamp
Mytek Stereo192 ADC (analog to digital converter)
cork platter mat, Blue Jean LC-1 interconnects, KAB super record grip Mk2
software used: Soundforge 9.0, ClickRepair 3.0.1 (in manual mode), Flac frontend 1.7.1
Great sound on this release, nice tone with lots of dynamics.
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