duke ellington's spacemen – cosmic scene (33rpm lp)
duke ellington's spacemen - cosmic scene (33rpm lp)
duke ellington's spacemen – cosmic scene (33rpm lp)

duke ellington's spacemen - cosmic scene (33rpm lp)

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Description
MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mono
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE     dukeellington.com

Duke Ellington – piano
Clark Terry - trumpet
Quentin Jackson - trombone
Britt Woodman - trombone
John Sanders - valve trombone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
Paul Gonsalves - tenor sax
Jimmy Woode - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums

avalon - 3:22
body and soul - 4:57
bass-ment - 3:03
early autumn - 3:10
jones - 2:55
perdido - 2:49
st. louis blues - 5:06
spacemen - 2:32
midnight sun - 3:38
take the "a" train - 4:59

Still riding the success of his triumphant concert at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Duke Ellington in 1958 decided to reduce his touring orchestra to a nonet

Dubbed "the Spacemen", and recorded this lone project with them for the Columbia label

Perhaps inspired by the first orbiting satellites, Ellington is not taking cues from George Russell or Sun Ra

Whose extraterrestrial inspirations led them to even more progressive paths

This large ensemble is playing mostly standards, but the arrangements and solos carve an integrated yet elasticized concept

That allows for a more expanded role for the ensemble's trombonists Quentin 'Butter' Jackson, John Sanders, and Britt Woodman, and select soloists

One in the solo spotlight is Clark Terry on flugelhorn exclusively, putting his fabled trumpet aside

The classic material presented includes clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton's features "Avalon" and "Early Autumn"

The slinky stripper pole blues version of "St. Louis Blues" with Ellington's piano taking the lead

And a version of "Body & Soul", with tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves completely extrapolating and re-harmonizing the tune

There's a modified "Perdido", an animated and perky "Midnight Sun" that deviates from any other slow and lugubrious version of the ballad

And "Jones" a real good swinger

There are two originals; the blues bass of Jimmy Woode and the 'bones with plentiful piano from Duke infusing "Bass-Ment"

And one of the more delightful of all of Ellington's book, the poppin' and boppin' "Spacemen"

A bright happy horn chart led by Terry that is one of the more distinctive Ellington numbers of this time period

It comes highly recommended

RECORDING at Columbia 30th Street Studio New York on April 2 and April 3 1958
ENGINEERING Fred Plaut
LABEL Columbia
RE MASTERING Ray Stuff
RE RELEASED April 2013
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany / England
STYLE Jazz / Swing
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
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