The sound is incredible, with packaging to match. If you’re just getting into jazz, this album is highly recommended as a great way to initiate your collection. Dexter Gordon (19) Diana Krall (5) Dinah Washington (9) Dizzy Gillespie (17) Django Reinhardt (10) Donald Byrd (4) Duke Ellington (26) Earl Hines (4) Eddie Harris (2) Eliane Elias (4) Ella Fitzgerald (20) Eric Dolphy (11) Erroll Garner (10) Etta James (1) Fats Waller (1) Flora Purim (1) Frank Sinatra (1) Freddie Hubbard (11) Gene Ammons (1. After dinner, and a breather for the band, the sessions finished around dawn in a swinging fashion. a sizzling steak, a pot of coffee with lemons in it, portions of American cheese, and grapefruits. Each night Duke’s late dinner arrived at 2 a.m. Lastly we’ve stashed each super-silent 200-gram disc in a premium Stoughton Printing gatefold jacket.Īll of the takes were recorded during after midnight sessions recorded over two nights starting on Decemin New York at Columbia Record’s studio on East 30th Street. The lacquers were plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings, maker of the world’s finest-sounding LPs.
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The full Analogue Productions reissue treatment is at work on this smashing LP - famed mastering engineer Bernie Grundman handled the remastering from the original analog tapes. Johnnie, in particular is well showcased here, taking the lead not only in slow pieces like “Brown Penny” and “Sentimental Lady”, but also in the rousing, “Smada.” The featured performers include Ellington stalwarts Johnnie Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney and Jimmy Hamilton, as well as the less familiar Booty Wood and Matthew Gee. There are some familiar favourites such as “In a Mellotone” and “C Jam Blues” as well as less often heard gems like “Blues in Blueprint and “Sweet and Pungent.” It is also in stereo, and the arrangements are superb. There are 14 tracks, none of them is longer than 4:50 and it is all good stuff. It’s tempting for Blues in Orbit to be overlooked when Duke Ellington’s best albums are discussed, but truly it’s an undisputed gem. Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Gatefold old-school “tip-on” on jacket by Stoughton Printing Remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes