Canadian Brass - Take The A Train: The Best of Duke Ellington (1999)
Canadian Brass - Take The A Train: The Best of Duke Ellington (1999)
Jazz, Big Band | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 59 min | 136 MB
Label: RCA Victor | Rel: 1999
Jazz, Big Band | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 59 min | 136 MB
Label: RCA Victor | Rel: 1999
If you know anything about the Canadian Brass you know that the group is capable of just about anything musically. What the group has done here is expertly interpret the music of the most legendary composer of American jazz, the great Duke Ellington, for the brass quintet medium with nary a note sounding out of place. Ellington classics like "It Don't Mean a Thing," "Sophisticated Ladies," and "Cottontail" are richly arranged by arranger Luther Henderson and ring gallantly with the bell tones of refined brass. The sound of the group is so complete that the listener never misses the familiar big-band setting in which Ellington's tunes are traditionally performed.
Tracklist:
01. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
02. Echoes Of Harlem
03. Sophisticated Lady
04. The Cottontail Caper
05. Pitter Panther Patter
06. Come Sunday
07. I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter
08. Solitude
09. Blood Count
10. Life Is Lonely
11. Come What May Places
12. A Week in Paris
13. Portrait of Cootie
14. Portrait of Johnny
15. New World a-Comin'
16. Harlem/Sunday Morning
17. Take the "a" Train