Duke Ellington - The English Concert (1972) {BGO Records}

Posted By: tiburon
Date: May 17, 2017

Duke Ellington - The English Concert (1972) {BGO Records}
EAC 1.3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3u | Full Scans 300dpi | 423MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 178MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Big Band, Swing

During the 1960s and early '70s, Duke Ellington toured his orchestra all over the world, widening and broadening the scope of his travels to include as many nations as humanly possible. BGO's 1999 release, The English Concert contains music that was actually recorded at three different concerts. The first occurred at the Odeon Theatre in Bristol England on October 22, 1971; the other two performances, presumably a matinee and evening show, both took place at the Birmingham Theatre in Birmingham on October 24, 1971. Originally issued on the United Artists label, this relatively unknown caché of live Ellingtonia features two of the Duke's most vivid latter day works: the "Togo Brava-Brava Togo Suite" (complete with the composer's gently enunciated description of "…a hundred miles of beautiful silver sand beach with a southern exposure facing the equator on the western bulge of Africa") and the positively mind expanding "La Plus Belle Africaine." Ellington explains to the audience that this piece was composed in anticipation of the orchestra's "first visit to Africa – after writing African music for thirty-five years!" Key participants include trumpeters Cootie Williams, Money Johnson and Johnny Coles; trombonists Chuck Connors and Booty Wood; saxophonists Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves and Harold Ashby; sax and flute men Harold "Geezil" Minerve and Norris Turney, and string bassist Joe Benjamin, who duets with Duke on Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom." (Minerve, incidentally, was also handy with the piccolo). "Happy Reunion" is performed by a quartet composed of Gonsalves and the rhythm section; "Checkered Hat" was Norris Turney's portrait of Johnny Hodges; it is a good likeness and a moving tribute to the alto saxophonist who had passed away suddenly only months earlier. This excellent late period Ellington album deserves wider recognition.
Track List
Togo Brava-Brava Togo Suite
01. Part I: Soul Soothing Beach/Part II: Naturellement (12:02)
02. Part III: Amour, Amour/Part IV: Right on Togo (4:44)
03. C-Jam Blues (4:42)
04. Happy Reunion (4:42)
05. Addi (4:03)
06. Lotus Blossom (2:37)
07. Cotton Tail (4:25)
08. Checkered Hat (4:36)
09. La Plus Belle Africaine (8:40)
10. In a Mellotone (4:04)
11. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (5:28)
12. Melancholia (Goof) (3:40)
13. Soul Flute (Flute Ame) (3:19)

musicians
Duke Ellington - piano
Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington, Eddie Preston, John Coles, Harold "Money" Johnson - trumpet
Chuck Connors, Mitchell "Booty" Wood, Malcolm Taylor - trombones
Russell Procope, Norris Turney, Paul Gonsalves, Harold "Geezil" Minerve, Harold Ashby, Harry Carney - saxophones
Joe Benjamin - bass
Rufus Jones - drums
Nell Brookshire & Cootie Williams - vocals (#11)

Recorded at Odeon Theatre, Bristol on October 22, 1971 and Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham on October 24, 1971.

Produced by Noel Walker


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