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- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra / The Symphonic Ellington (US, mono, Reprise Records, R-6097) <1964>
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra / The Symphonic Ellington (US, mono, Reprise Records, R-6097) <1964>
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra / The Symphonic Ellington (US, mono, Reprise Records, R-6097) <1964>
(A) 10291-1C
(B) 10292-1C
Released ; 1964
Recorded ; January 31, February 8, 14 & 21, 1963
The Symphonic Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963.The album features recordings of Ellington's orchestra with the Paris Symphony Orchestra, the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, and the La Scala Symphony Orchestra.
エリントンは「天才」で、様々なジャンルに貪欲に取り組んだミュージシャンです。この作品は「自身のヒット作をクラシック風に」というような安易な作品ではなく、あくまでもジャズで、しかも大真面目に新作でクラシック音楽に挑んでいます。聴き応えのある作品です。
La Scala, She Too Pretty To Be Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ay3NpYeU2M