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DUKE ELLINGTON / CHARLES MINGUS / MAX ROACH
MONEY JUNGLE + 7 BONUS TRACKS
| Label | CRACKERJACK |
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| Catalog | 63201 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 1 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2015-06-14 |
- DE-LUXE DIGI-SLEEVE EDITIONS ORIGINAL CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUMS Including bonus tracks and up-to-date liner notes.
Money Jungle (United Artists UAS 15017) was the only trio collaboration of Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Both youngsters greatly admired Duke and Ellington himself briefly featured Roach in his band during the early 1950s and expressed on multiple occasions his appreciation for Mingus’ compositions. Most of the repertoire here was especially composed for the date while the only old tunes they recorded were “Warm Valley” “Caravan” and “Solitude”. This edition also offers seven further trio selections by Ellington presenting a different personnel recorded in 1957 and 1953.
DUKE ELLINGTON piano.
CHARLES MINGUS bass.
MAX ROACH drums.
New York September 17 1962.
Original recordings produced by Alan Douglas.
*BONUS TRACKS:
13: Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d). New York October 10 1957.
14-19: Wendell Marshall (b) Butch Ballard (d). Los Angeles April 13 & 14 1953.
- 1. MONEY JUNGLE
2. FLEURETTE AFRICAINE
3. VERY SPECIAL
4. WARM VALLEY
5. WIG WISE
6. CARAVAN
7. SOLITUDE
8. SWITCH BLADE
9. A LITTLE MAX (PARFAIT)
10. REM BLUES
11. BACKWARD COUNTRY BOY BLUES
12. SOLITUDE [alt tk]
13. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE *
14. PASSION FLOWER *
15. DANCERS IN LOVE *
16. REFLECTIONS IN D *
17. MELANCHOLIA *
18. PRELUDE TO A KISS *
19. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD *
