How many duke ellington albums

Hits of the Sixties: This Time by Ellington. Concert in the Virgin Islands. The Duke at Tanglewood. Jumpin' Punkins. Ella at Duke's Place. Duke Ellington Orchestral Works. Soul Call. Sacred Music. Status UK. Serenade to Sweden. Real Gone Music. The Popular Duke Ellington. Johnny Come Lately. Francis A. North of the Border in Canada. Duke Ellington's Far East Suite. Yale Concert. Second Sacred Concert. Pretty Woman. Latin American Suite. New Orleans Suite. The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse. Togo Brava Suite.

This One's for Blanton. Up in Duke's Workshop. Eastbourne Performance. The World of Duke Ellington, Vol. Duke Ellington's Third Sacred Concert. Music Is My Mistress. American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington. Play On [Original Broadway Cast]. Jazz Hits, Vol.

Famed Fieldcup Concert. Duke Ellington: Queenie Pie. Chaise Lounge: Symphony Lounge. Louis Toodle-Oo in and his final recorded concert Eastbourne Performance in posthumously released two years later , Duke managed to release more than albums along with countless singles. Out of that fantastically lengthy library of music, here are five albums that will give you perhaps the best idea of how influential and important Duke Ellington was and remains to this day.

Duke released a ton of singles with almost every record label during his first decade in music. This is a collection of some of those early singles — my favourite being The Mooche. Because it was a inch record — one of the earliest, at that — Duke was able to take advantage of the runtime and stretch out the tunes to the minute mark and beyond.

See more: The Yardbirds Songs Ranked. I can listen to Duke in any era right up until the end in , but this group of standout performances is the holy grail of Ellington masterpieces.

When my original copy was stolen, I had to replace it. I was pleasantly surprised by the improved sound quality, and the bonus tracks are a fine addition. See more: The Faces Songs Ranked.

This album is great — both the playing and the remastering. What I love is that you can hear Ellington changing the flow of the music slightly by playing a few surprising notes.

And the orchestra responds immediately. Now one of my favorite LPs.