Duke Ellington Duke Box on Storyville: opinions?

[David]

I searched a while and couldn't find anything on this box.

I know it is a repackaging of individual Storyville releases, but is it worth it if one does not own any of the Storyville releases already?

I am interested in acquiring the Fargo material, and this seems to be the best (if only current way) to do so.

How is the rest of the set in terms of sound quality and performances?

Thanks!

[jazzbo]

Very much worth it musically in my opinion. And the sound is good to very good on these discs. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[J.A.W.]

This set contains some very good music. Recommended.

[Pete B]

I have it all in the original issues. Yes, it's worth it.

[David]

Thanks for the advice! I'm primarily interested in the Fargo material, but everything else will be an added bonus.

[mmcgerr]

This issue of the Duke Ellington Music Society Bulletin gives a helpful description of the contents of the box:

http://www.depanorama.net/dems/071c.htm

[king ubu]

I don't know why a search doesn't bring up the right pages (didn't work for me either, but a google domain-search did).

Here's an earlier thread:

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32097

And here's the Ellington corner, where I tried to link several useful threads about Ellington, including the one about the Duke Box:

Addition: if you want the Fargo, I'd get the longbox 2CD version, which has an amazing and detailled booklet! Even though I got the Duke Box (which has one page of notes per disc), I kept the Fargo set because of all the documentation!

[ornette]

Very cheap download here.

[Big Wheel]

Listened to a bit of disc 7 today...did anyone else catch Jimmy Hamilton quote Monk's 52nd St. Theme around 1:15 on C Jam Blues? Interesting to hear an Ellingtonian listening to bop as early as 1945.

[romualdo]

Addition: if you want the Fargo, I'd get the longbox 2CD version, which has an amazing and detailled booklet! Even though I got the Duke Box (which has one page of notes per disc), I kept the Fargo set because of all the documentation!

ditto!!