MUSIC ON CD Duke Ellington Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-58 (9CD)

9 CD box set / The Clamshell box contains, besides the 9CD wallets, a 24 page booklet with an essay by Loren Schoenberg, musician and Executive Director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem. Also included are pictures and information about the tracks, personnel, recording dates and releases. This essential Ellington library features rare bonus tracks & new state-of-the-art mixes of some of the most enduring recordings in American jazz history. About the Artist The initial Columbia album, ‘Masterpieces By Ellington’ found the maestro embracing the new technology, displaying grand arrangements of his popular anthems. Other visionary projects soon followed: ‘Ellington Uptown’, featuring masterful compositions like A Tone Parallel To Harlem & Blue Rose with singer Rosemary Clooney & Black, Brown and Beige with majestic contributions from Mahalia Jackson. Such Sweet Thunder is a masterpiece with Johnny Hodges at his voluptuous best. Ranging from ambitious themed projects to extended remakes of early classics, this collection emphasizes how restlessly wide-ranging the maestro was! 9 CD albums: