quarta-feira, 17 de outubro de 2018

Duke Ellington / Blues In Orbit


AllMusic Review by   [-]

Blues in Orbit lacks the intellectual cache of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington's recordings of this period, but it's an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound -- indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter. Ellington and company were just back from a European tour when the bulk of this album was recorded at one after-midnight session in New York on December 2, 1959 -- the arrangements had to be hastily written out when the copyist failed to appear for the gig. So on the one hand, the band was kicking back with these shorter pieces; on the other, the group was also improvising freely and intensely at various points. The title track, recorded more than a year before most of the rest, is a slow blues that puts Ellington's piano into a call-and-response setting with the horns, with Ellingtongetting in the last word. "Villes Ville Is the Place, Man" is a bracing, beat-driven jaunt, highlighted by solos featuring Ray Nance, Harry Carney, and Johnny Hodges on trumpet, baritone sax, and alto, respectively. "Three J's Blues" shows off composer Jimmy Hamilton playing some earthy tenor sax in a swinging, exuberant blues setting. "Smada" features Billy Strayhorn on piano and Johnny Hodges on alto, in a stirring dance number, and "Pie Eye's Blues" is a hot studio improvisation featuring Ray Nanceand Jimmy Hamilton trading three solos each.




Blues in Orbit is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellingtonrecorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.[1] The album was re-released on CD in 2004 with bonus tracks including alternate takes and tracks from earlier sessions.


Track listing  

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "Three J's Blues" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 2:54
  2. "Smada" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:38
  3. "Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:27
  4. "Sweet and Pungent" (Strayhorn) - 4:03
  5. "C Jam Blues" (Ellington, Barney Bigard) - 4:52
  6. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:43
  7. "Blues in Blueprint" - 3:43
  8. "The Swingers Get the Blues, Too" (Ellington, Matthew Gee) - 3:09
  9. "The Swinger's Jump" - 3:53
  10. "Blues in Orbit" (Strayhorn) - 2:29
  11. "Villes Ville Is the Place, Man" - 2:33
  12. "Track 360" - 2:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "Sentimental Lady" - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Brown Penny" (Ellington, John La Touche) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Pie Eye's Blues" [alternate take] - 3:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Sweet and Pungent" [alternate take] (Strayhorn) - 3:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
  17. "The Swinger's Jump" [alternate take] (Ellington) - 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  18. "Blues in Orbit" [alternate take] (Strayhorn) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  19. "Track 360" [alternate take] - 2:01 Bonus track on CD reissue


    • Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on February 4, 1958 (tracks 12 & 19) and February 12, 1958 (tracks 10 & 18) and at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York on February 25, 1959 (track 11), December 2, 1959 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 13-16) and December 3, 1959 (tracks 2, 6-9 & 17).

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