Recollections of the Big Band Era
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- A1 Minnie the Moocher 2:47
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- A2 For Dancers Only 3:04
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- A3 It's a Lonesome Old Town When You're Not Around 2:20
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- A4 Cherokee 2:54
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- A5 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 3:06
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- A6 Let's Get Together 2:40
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- B1 I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 3:25
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- B2 Chant of the Weed 3:26
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- B3 Ciribiribin 3:28
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- B4 Contrasts 2:45
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- B5 Christopher Columbus 3:05
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- B6 Auld Lang Syne 2:19
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- Total length: 35:19
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Recollections of the Big Band Era [p] 33 rpm, Archival
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Recollections of the Big Band Era Bonus Tracks
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The companion piece to Will Big Bands Ever Come Back? – recorded at the same late 1962, early 1963 sessions, this is also a series of numbers identified with, and dedicated to, other big bands. But, despite having the better title, overall this is the much weaker album. Where many of the tracks on the previous collection, and the best on this album, were Ellington paying his respects to his friends and peers by holding a musical dialogue with them, taking the style of the other big band and moulding it into something deeply Ellingtonian, too many of the tracks here are much simpler: listen to For Dancers Only, dedicated to Jimmie Lunceford – it is a fun number, but it uses Sy Oliver’s 1930s arrangement, and where it is an affectionate nod to an old rival, there is nothing startling about it. And I could have lived without the version of Auld Land Syne that closes the album. But there are good things here: listen to Johnny Hodges’ suave alto on The Midnight Will Never Set, Billy Strayhorn’s jaunty arrangement for Chant of the Weed, or the three reeds on Contrasts, Paul Gonsalves’ tenor followed by Jimmy Hamilton’s clarinet followed by Johnny Hodges, an exercise in continuations and contrasts. A fun but minor Ellington album, or a minor but fun album.
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Catalog
3 Dec 2023
22 Jul 2023
23 May 2023
24 Apr 2023
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A1
Minnie the Moocher
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A2
For Dancers Only
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A3
It's a Lonesome Old Town When You're Not Around
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A4
Cherokee
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A5
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
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A6
Let's Get Together
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B1
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
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B2
Chant of the Weed
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B3
Ciribiribin
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B4 Contrasts
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B5 Christopher Columbus
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B6 Auld Lang Syne
12 Jan 2023
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A1
Minnie the Moocher
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A2
For Dancers Only
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A3
It's a Lonesome Old Town When You're Not Around
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A4
Cherokee
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A5
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
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A6
Let's Get Together
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B1
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
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B2
Chant of the Weed
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B3
Ciribiribin
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B4
Contrasts
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B5
Christopher Columbus
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B6
Auld Lang Syne
23 Jul 2022
20 Sep 2021
21 Jul 2021
9 Jul 2020
4 May 2020
18 Dec 2019
13 Nov 2019
30 Nov 2018
18 Aug 2018
24 Nov 2016
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