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The Blanton-Webster Band

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Crowns of Jazz (100 items)
list by Ruisperkele
Published 11 years, 12 months ago 1 comment

Description: These 66 songs not only represent Ellington's artistic apex, but perhaps reflect the greatest creative period by any single artist in jazz history. Ellington had already made a lasting impression on jazz by 1940, but adding writer/arranger Billy Strayhorn, young bassist Jimmy Blanton, and tenor great Ben Webster brought the band to extraordinary new heights. The new blood boosted a roster already touting Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams (replaced by Ray Nance), Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, and Barney Bigard. The set list reveals masterpiece after masterpiece: Ellington's "Cotton Tail," "Never No Lament," "All ... (more)
Manufacturer: RCA
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0078635565928 UPC: 078635565928
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