[Dixielandjazz] Duke Ellington reviewed

[Marek Boym]

I wish reviewers knew English!


 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master
Recordings
> of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic Records)
> by Colin Fleming
> JazzTimes.com, July 10, 2011
> Mosaic isn't exactly mucking around on this gargantuan 11-disc set that essentially
> distills
Distills?  There is no distilling - it's the COMPLETE recordings!
True, there were other companies, but stil...  Distillation certainly
is not the right description.
Otherwise, the music has very few blemishes, but that is another story.


> the first grand age of Ellingtonia into the contents of one box set.

And what about the late 1920's?  The grand age certainly started thenm
not in 1932!

Cheers