Duke Ellington CDs

There is no explanation of the title of this unusual CD, evidently recorded for radio broadcast only by Sesac; Timmer's Ellington discography also lists a spoken introduction [more]

One of the more obscure Duke Ellington LPs, this session features the orchestra playing ten of Ellington's more popular numbers (all at least 20 years old at the time) and [more]

Releases such as this Jazz Hour CD compilation can drive a Duke Ellington collector nuts. Generic liner notes fail to identify the source of these [more]

One of the greatest live jazz festival recordings ever has gotten better, and more interesting as well, with this 1999 reissue, a result of the kind of effort that most [more]

Not much has been said about Duke Ellington's Reprise Records period, and even less that's enthusiastic, mostly owing to the fact that his output there ran between two [more]