Big Band & Swing
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Far East Suite
RecommendedDuke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet), Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone), Chuck Conners (trombone), Buster Cooper (trombone), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Russell Procope (alto saxophone), John Lamb (bass), Rufus Jones (drums), Harry Carney...
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Grammy Awards, 11th Awards (1968), Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, 4 Star
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Ellington often acknowledged that the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival offered him a virtual rebirth in terms of his in-person and recording career but there is little doubt as to why. —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Grammy Awards, 11th Awards (1968), Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, 4 Star
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
RecommendedDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Fred Guy (guitar), Duke Ellington (piano), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone), Harry Carney (alto saxophone), Jimmie Blanton (bass), Harry Carney (clarinet), Sonny Greer (drums), Herb Jeffries (vocal), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Johnny Hodges (clarinet),...
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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New. Sing Seven Seas
Callum Au, Duncan Hemstock, Jake Willson, Nadim Teimoori, Gareth Lockrane, Tom Walsh, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Matt Forbes, Emma Rawicz (saxophone)
Genres are crossed and re-crossed with defiant abandon, textures expand and contract from the intimate to the gargantuan, soloists reach ever greater heights of virtuosity, string sections swoop... —
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Live At Carnegie Hall-1938 Complete
RecommendedBenny Goodman, Howard Fritzson (director), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Vocal by Helen Forrest, Walter Page, Johnny Hodges, Buck Clayton, Harry Carney, Lester Young, Lionel Hampton, Babe Russin (tenor saxophone), Ziggy Elman (trumpet), Chris Griffin (trumpet), Red Ballard (trombone), Art Rollini...
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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New Orleans Suite
RecommendedDuke Ellington (piano), Norris Turney (clarinet), Norris Turney (flute), Money Johnson (trumpet), Money Johnson (flugelhorn), Mercer Ellington (flugelhorn), Mercer Ellington (trumpet), Norris Turney (alto saxophone), Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone), Russell Procope (alto saxophone), Wild Bill Davis...
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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...it certainly had an explosive enough impact as it was his first album to capture the rich ensemble sound as well as the beat. Some of the charts wear better than others, but the overall feel... —
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Jazz Performance, Group
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Jazz Performance, Group
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Performance by a Dance Band
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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