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  • Writer's pictureOksana Pleskova
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Program №2: Jazz with Louis, Duke and Ella



Listening to music from various eras, it appears to me that music in the 1950s and 1960s was of the best quality and professionalism, both in terms of performance and recording quality; it was also very lively, emotional, energetically filling, true and sincere. Perhaps this is just my subjective impression, or maybe there are reasons for this, in particular, the advent of stereo recording and the crazy interest of musicians and sound engineers in the new technology and its possibilities


Just at that time, the trio of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald were already mega-successful mature luminaries who enjoyed the true art of jazz themselves and, at the same time, shared this enjoyment with others. In the 1950-70s the best albums of these artists were released in such a high quality recording that it poses a serious challenge to modern technologies and sound engineers


In our collection of CDs, we have some specially valuable treasures from PolyDan Sound Laboratory. These CDs are based on the musical material from the archives of the recording studios. When played on the Sound Reality audio system, they create the true effect of being so close together with these fantastic people and brilliant musicians! We even have the opportunity to join one of the rehearsals...


 

So, let me introduce you the second program for the sessions of in-depth listening to music: "Jazz with Louis, Duke and Ella"


  1. Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald - 'Summertime'

  2. Louis Armstrong - 'Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen'

  3. Duke Ellington - 'Three J's Blues'

  4. Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - 'Don't Be That Way'

  5. Duke Ellington - 'Smada'

  6. Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - 'Days of Wine and Roses'

  7. Duke Ellington - 'The Swingers Get The Blues Too'

  8. Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - 'I Want A Little Girl'

  9. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - 'Azalea'

  10. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - 'Medley: Here Come De Honey Man - Crab Man - Oh, Day's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman)'

  11. Louis Armstrong - 'Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?'

  12. Duke Ellington (Ozzie Bailey - vocal) - 'Autumn leaves'

  13. Duke Ellington - 'The Swingers' Jump'


Recording:

Tr. 1, 2, 10, 11 - August 18-19 & October, 14, 1957, Los Angeles & Chicago, Verve Records

Tr. 3, 5, 7, 13 - Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York City, February 25, 1959 & December 2-3, 1959

Tr. 4, 6, 8 - Group IV Recording Studios Los Angeles, California, February 25 and 28, 1986

Tr. 9 - RCA Studios, New York City, April 3th and 4th, 1961 (the track recorded from the original three-track tape)

Tr. 12 - Recorded October, 1, 1957, New York City, studio unknown


CDs: remastered by PolyDan Sound Laboratory


 

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See you soon!

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