Title: Celebration for the 'Duke' Artist: Bigband & Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin Label: Euroarts Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 880242117175 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2025-06-06 Number of Discs: 2
The big band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin has long made a name for it's outstanding jazz interpretations. This tribute concert was performed and recorded as part of Musikfest Berlin on 16 September 2024. The program features some of Ellington's greatest hits from the big band era, as well as compositions from his later creative period such as 'Night Creature' and 'A Tone Parallel to Harlem': works that made him one of the founders of the 'Third Stream', that typically American combination of jazz with elements of European symphonic music and classical modernism.
Tracks: 1.1 Black And Tan Fantasy 1.2 The Jeep Is Jumpin 1.3 Speech: Swing is my beat 1.4 In A Mellow Tone 1.5 Mood Indigo 1.6 Take The A Train 1.7 Speech: I contend that the Black is the creative 1.8 I Almost Cried 1.9 Caravan 1.10 Sophisticated Lady 1.11 Cotton Tail 1.12 Tone Parallel To Harlem 1.13 Night Creature, 1st Movement: Blind Bug 1.14 Night Creature, 2nd Movement: Stalking Monster 1.15 Night Creature, 3rd Movement: Dazzling Creature 1.16 The Famous Duke-Suite
