Title: Better Than You Might Expect
Product review: While few of these tracks will send you racing to the dance floor, they swing more than you might expect (appearances by Dianne Reeves and Don Byron help) and the recording quality is superb. Given that carefully-arranged chamber music isn't exactly out of line with Ellington's own approach, Barenboim's approach deserves consideration; just don't expect the kind of solos Ellington's own sidemen regularly supplied.
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