Favorite Ellington / Strayhorn tributes (single artist)

[T.D.]

2 hours ago, jazztrain said:

Still more.  I remember finding [this] a little disappointing...

 

I guess it's not a great Ellington tribute, but I rather enjoy it.

Let's throw in

[JSngry]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[duaneiac]

It's been a long time since I listened to this one, but I recall liking it.  The band included some native Far Eastern instruments along with the usual jazz instrumentation.

 

This Newport Jazz Festival concert was an Ellington tribute by the DBQ with 5 Ellington tunes, "Flamingo" (which had been a hit for the Ellington band) and DB's own "The Duke".

[A Lark Ascending]

[OliverM]

 

Edited July 15, 2016 by OliverM

[jazztrain]

Just remembered this one:

 

[JSngry]

 

 

[soulpope]

15 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

The handful of Elingtunes Bechet did are all pretty special, IMHO.

This is pretty special. 

 

!!!

[soulpope]

Martial Solal solo .... recorded December 1975 (LP Musica Records MUS-3005)

 

[alankin]

Ran Blake – Duke Dreams: The Legacy of Strayhorn-Ellington (Soul Note)

Recorded in 1980.
 

Edited July 15, 2016 by alankin

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, alankin said:

Ran Blake – Duke Dreams: The Legacy of Strayhorn-Ellington (Soul Note)

Recorded in 1980.
 

That's a good one ....

[duaneiac]

I have this on vinyl, but haven't listened to it in years, so maybe it's not a real "favorite", but here it is anyway.

And I'm generally not a big Dr. John fan, but I thought his Ellington tribute album was good in many ways,

[JSngry]

Yeah, that Dr. John thing worked far better than I thought it would. Actually knew a DJ who would spin "I'm Gonna Go Fishing" for his crowd, and the floor would pack every time.

[duaneiac]

[medjuck]

8 hours ago, JSngry said:

Yeah, that Dr. John thing worked far better than I thought it would. Actually knew a DJ who would spin "I'm Gonna Go Fishing" for his crowd, and the floor would pack every time.

I quite like it and it has one song (On the Wrong Side of the Railway Track) I'd never heard anywhere else. 

[JSngry]

 

 

 

[Milestones]

So much good stuff.  Just a couple that are very special to me are the Ellington is Forever sets by Burrell and the MJQ album.

There are quite a few I've never heard of or run across.

The sheer number is staggering.

[uli]

 

i think i thought of this first on the monk thread but the tunes are about half and half iirc.

 

[king ubu]

The James Newton is excellent!

[alankin]

2 hours ago, king ubu said:

The James Newton is excellent!

Agreed!  I was just about to post it myself.  Here's a pretty nice one that isn't too well known:

Tommy Smith – The Sound of Love: The Ballads of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Linn)
— With Kenny Barron, Peter Washington, Billy Drummond

Edited July 16, 2016 by alankin

[A Lark Ascending]

5 hours ago, uli said:

 

Another fan of that one. 

Many years ago I saw James Newton and David Murray do an Ellington concert with a large-ish band. Might have leaked out on a live bootleg somewhere (from another date) but I don't think it ever made the studio. Pity. 

Edited July 16, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Milestones]

I love the Newton record as well.  I even saw a group similar to the one from the record performing Duke's music at the Tri-C JazzFest.  That must have been 15 years ago or more.  I would like to see Newton still doing something in the jazz field.  He seems to be more into modern classical and education.   

[duaneiac]

Half an album is better than none  -- or perhaps not in the case of the immortal Jonathan & Darlene Edwards . . .

 

[HutchFan]

10 hours ago, uli said:

Another fan of this one!  

With Sir Roland.  

 

 

8 hours ago, alankin said:

Tommy Smith – The Sound of Love: The Ballads of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Linn)
— With Kenny Barron, Peter Washington, Billy Drummond

Thanks for posting this, alankin. I didn't even know that it existed. . . 

Edited July 16, 2016 by HutchFan

[king ubu]

2 hours ago, duaneiac said:

 

 

won't play for me, alas, but I bet it's a hoot!