Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling (DVD)

Contents

Sophisticated Lady; Caravan; The Mooche; VIP's Boogie; Solitude; Mood Indigo; The Hawk Talks; I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good; Bli-Blip; Flamingo; Cottontail; C Jam Blues (Hot Chocolate).

Duke Ellington, Piano; Ivy Anderson, Marie Bryant, Jimmy Grissom, Herb Jeffries, Betty Roche, Vocals; Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Wallace Jones, Clark Terry, Trumpets; Ray Nance, Trumpet/Violin/Vocals; Lawrence Brown, Quentin L. Jackson, Tricky Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman, Trombones; Rex Stewart, Cornet; Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster, Tenor Saxes; Johnny Hodges, Alto Sax; Barney Bigard, Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinets/Tenor Saxes; Harry Carney, Baritone Sax/Bass Clarinet/Clarinet; Otto Hardwick, Clarinet/Alto Sax; Russell Procope, Clarinet/Alto & Soprano Sax; Fred Guy, Guitar; Wendell Marshall, Junior Raglin, Basses; Louie Bellson, Drums; Sonny Greer, Drums.

Read About This Recording

This exceptional collection offers, for the first time in an economical series, the best filmed jazz material of all time. Legendary figures at the height of their creativity appear here, thanks to material of incalculable artistic value that today forms part of the human cultural heritage. In order to put together this incomparable selection of masterpieces, well known artists have been chosen such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Billy Holiday, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, B.B. King and Keith Jarrett.

With the concurrence of the new format DVD and the latest technological advances, the recovery of these images constitutes an authentic happening for jazz and blues fans, who now have something so aesthetically satisfying available that previously was unimaginable in terms of quality and clarity.

In the Stars of Jazz Collection both diehard aficionados of these musicians as well as jazz lovers in general who are constantly on the lookout for new, enriching experiences will find, without a doubt, the best visual and auditory legacy which has been bequeathed to us by the great mythical names of Jazz and Blues.