See also http://www.amazon.com/2007-2012-Building-Excluding-Cafeteria-Restaurant/dp/0497503093
― bendy, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
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― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Duke puts it on wax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKlFFp4-IE
Like making waffles.
― bendy, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I bought a cheapy 3-disc Ellington set the other day and it is totally ruling my life.
― GayQuil (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 06:32 (fourteen years ago) link
your saying so inspired me to listen to the yale concert, which re-blew my damn mind
― brad whitford's impotent rage (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Once I get my sound back, I'll have to track that down.
― i am giving you the viking of compliments (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
whenever this thread is revived, i worry that duke died.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
nobody tell amatuerist what happened, i'm afraid it might break his heart
― i am giving you the viking of compliments (The Reverend), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
longish piece in the NYorker on Duke, http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/17/100517crat_atlarge_pierpont?currentPage=all
― H in Addis, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
just saw that! amazing photo. was going to ask if anyone had read that new book -- i was just flipping through it at the bookstore.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Keep eyeing that one in the bookstore, but haven't taken the bait yet.
― Generation Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
"Blazing Saddles" was made in 1974!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
??
― Generation Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
He's in it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no he ain't, that's count basie
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
oh.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a good scene though. http://www.morethings.com/fan/blazing_saddles/blazing-saddles-490.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Basie & feel like he doesn't get enough love these days
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Basie does seem sort of out of fashion it's true.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
he's a little less varied when placed against Ellington, and a bit less of a monumental, American hero kind of figure ... but when it comes to swinging, he can kick Ellington's band's ass any day. Duke probably would've agreed.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
its a Stooges vs. Stones sort of thing. Basie's sixties stuff with Neil Hefti has a late-career shine that's completely different than Ellington, but just as neat.
― bendy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i haven't heard a lot of late-period Basie, I should check it out. any specific recommendations?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Atomic.
― Generation Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that's the latest one I've heard ... but that's late 50s, right? He lived/recorded for a couple more decades ... oh i've also got this one from 1966, which is pretty off the hook. http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Sands-Count-Basie/dp/B000009D1P/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1273683671&sr=1-1
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, Atomic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%3DMC2_%28Count_Basie_album%29
― bendy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, who doesn't love basie?
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 13 May 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
he definitely insinuated himself into my generation's consciousness via his sesame street appearances.
and then there's this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZOXF83zBg
(you really owe it to yourself to watch the whole thing. you will thank me.)
maybe i should take this to the basie thread, if one exists.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 13 May 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Listened to this a couple times in last year & still sounds great.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Q6SFZAZL._SS500_.jpg
― Mark, Thursday, 13 May 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been gradually acquiring volumes in the Private Collection series and so far all of those have been great. It blows my mind to think about him recording hours and hours of big band compositions on his own dime and just putting the tapes on the shelf. The excellent New Yorker article linked above describes how his work as a composer was inseparable from his constant interaction with the band. One of the main reasons he kept touring so hard in the leaner 50s and 60s years must have been to be able to write and record this way.
Lots of Duke material, including the Private Collection stuff, is available for cheap on emusic.
― Brad C., Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
don't think i've heard any of the private collection stuff ... any tips on where to start? jesus there is so much Ellington. Scary thing is that pretty much all of it is pretty great!
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
The first one I got is v. 5, "The Suites, New York, 1968 & 1970," and that is pretty sweet.
― Brad C., Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Volume 5 kicks off with a take on "Such Sweet Thunder" that's one of my favorite tracks ever. The "Ocht O'Clock Rock" on Vol 8 is one of his funkiest numbers. I love the room sound on the Private Collection studio albums. For that reason, I like the "Ad Lib on Nippon" better than the one of Far East Suite.
― bendy, Thursday, 13 May 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
cool, i'll check that out. love the late 60s Ellington sound.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
oh nice, you can get a set of them for pretty cheap: http://www.amazon.com/Duke-Ellington-DUKE-ELLINGTON-Box/dp/B00006L5TC/ref=reg_hu-wl_mrai-recs
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Are these private collection volumes in roughly chronological order? Because I majorly fuck with 60s Ellington and I wonder if the box of Volumes 6-10 is therefore the one for me.
― Felix Frankfurter, Man Of Justice (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Almost wish he wrote less sometimes - feel like I just can't get my mind around his body of work.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, but it warms my heart to think that there's a lifetime of duke to listen to ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
The Private Collection series jumps all over the place chronologically. According to allmusic:
Vol. 1: Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956Vol. 2: Dance Concerts, California, 1958Vol. 3: Studio Sessions, New York, 1962Vol. 4: Studio Sessions, New York, 1963Vol. 5: The Suites, New York, 1968 & 1970Vol. 6: Dance Dates, California, 1958Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962Vol. 8: Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New YorkVol. 9: Studio Sessions, New York, 1968Vol. 10: Studio Sessions, New Your & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
You'd think somewhere on the web there'd be a review of the whole series, but I'm not able to find one.
― Brad C., Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
another great ellington deal: http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Duke-Ellington/dp/B000UO7IME/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1CGIV5J69DXFS&colid=1X3ACMTXW3S2I5 50s albums for just about ten bucks
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
and then there's all these Treasury Shows too, yeesh: http://www.storyvillerecords.com/default.aspx?tabID=2627&productId=27249&state_2837=2
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost that is a great deal! Stuff from when he began to record longer pieces thanks to the new LP format iirc.
― Felix Frankfurter, Man Of Justice (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
in terms of their bands/styles (not nec. their overall impact) I've always thought of it like this
Basie:James Brown::Ellington:George Clinton
― Limp Bizkit Virtual Raping Teddy Bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that's a good way to think about it. who's sly stone, though? all of those records on that Original Album Classics thing are pretty great. Such Sweet Thunder, the shakespeare one, has some amazing stuff.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been collecting versions of Duke Ellington's "Caravan" for a while now. My favorite is a hidden track at the end of a best of Ferlin Husky CD. Or is it the Three Suns'? For some reason this song inspired the maddest cover versions, especially in the '60s.
― Yuval, Friday, 14 May 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
who's sly stone, though?
lol I dunno would have to be someone who's classic period was in between or concurrent with Basie and Ellington...
― Limp Bizkit Virtual Raping Teddy Bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 May 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe he's cab calloway
― tylerw, Friday, 14 May 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
and xpost, yeah, i love hearing all the different interpretations of Ellington's event the not-so-good ones. For awhile I was collecting versions "Solitude" ...
― tylerw, Friday, 14 May 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
*even* the not so good ones
this record is wild -- synthy, moog-y versions of Ellington standardshttp://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/u/umilia_pier_odetoduke_101b.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 14 May 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
so my sister got me the "private collection" (all ten discs) for xmas. haven't waded through all of it, but everything so far is great. some of the ate 50s live shows, like at air force bases or something, are fab, really loose. you can hear the band talking to each other during songs onstage.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link