Duke Elligton Review / Muddy Waters Preview (Album 32)

This was some seriously good jazz music. At least that is the label I would give it; some combination of jazz and big band. Anyways, it was really good. It was hard to tell exactly what was Duke Ellington, but on some of those songs the horns get blazin'. The trumpet and clarinet and trombone is so amazing, they don't make music like this anymore folks. My favorite song was the one where the showcase a bunch of the muscians in one song are wonderful. And there is aparently one of the best solos of all time on this album, by one Paul Gonsalves on the saxaphone. I hope it's the solo on Festival Junction, because that song is amazing.

Favorite Songs:
     Festival Junction

Album: Muddy Waters at Newport

Artist: Muddy Waters

Release Year: 1960

"If this album simply represented the moment when live blues invited itself into suburban homes, it would still be remembered. If it were only the album that acquainted the likes of Jimmy Paige and Eric Clapton with America's urban sound, it would be a landmark. But after 45 years of consistent sales, Muddy Waters at Newport is, at its essence, a testament to the magnetism and soulfulness of raw blues at it's best." - Matthew Oshinsky

(This is, again, the remastered 2001 version tracklist)

01 - I Got My Brand On You

02 - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man

03 - Baby, Please Don't Go

04 - Soon Forgotten

05 - Tiger In Your Tank

06 - I Feel So Good

07 - Got My Mojo Workin'

08 - Got My Mojo Workin' (Part 2)

09 - Goodbye Newport Blues

10 - I Got My Brand On You

11 - Soon Forgotten

12 - Tiger In Your Tank

13 - Meanest Woman

Stream: Radio3.net

iTunes: Muddy Waters

Spotify: Muddy Waters at Newport

Skip forward 6 years and you have another one of the biggest names in jazz and blues shakin things up yet again. 

~mfm

M.J. Cole Review / Duke Ellington Preview (Album 31)

I don't know where the term 'house music' came from. It must have something to do with the 80s and the music was made 'in-house' so to speak. Like they had their own DJ up there mixing beats up in Studio 54 or something. Anyways, it's an interesting sound. If you don't mind the same thing...for almost an hour. Each song on it's own is good. But it's all the songs together that kind of wear on you a little bit. Each song it probably over 4 minutes each too...which doesn't really help anything. Anyways, some of the beats are good. Some are ok, some are meh.

Favorite Songs:
     Slum King
     Sincere
     Hold On To Me

Album: Ellington At Newport

Artist: Duke Ellington

Release Year: 1956

"After a spell in the doldrums when swing bands went out of fashion, Duke Ellington's performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1956, heralded a dramatic resurgence in his popularity...The resulting album is a patched together-fusion of live recordings, studio retakes, and canned applause. It became the biggest selling record of Duke's career." - Will Fulford-Jones

(You may notice right away that there are 2 very different versions of this album: the original 1956 version, and the updated 1999 version. The only real difference is that the new version is cleaner and has filler tracks of him talking and whatnot. Anyways, I will be listening to the new updated version.)

Disc 1

01 - The Star Spangled Banner

02 - Black and Tan Fantasy

03 - Tea for Two

04 - Take the 'A' Train

05 - Part I - Festival Junction

06 - Part II - Blues to Be There

07 - Part III - Newport Up

08 - Sophisticated Lady

09 - Day In, Day Out

10 - Diminuendo In Blue and Crescendo In Blue

Disc 2

01 - I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

02 - Jeep's Blues

03 - Tulip or Turnip

04 - Skin Deep

05 - Mood Indigo

06 - Part I - Festival Junction

07 - Part II - Blues To Be There

08 - Part III - Newport Up

09 - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

10 - Jeep's Blues

Stream: Radio3.net

iTunes: Duke Ellington

Spotify: Ellingnton At Newport (This is the old version, they don't have the new version.)

Your tracks won't be the same, I took out all the in-between parts when I listed the tracks. Still though, it's the same essentially.

~mfm