Title: It Doesn't Feel Like Ellington
Product review: I agree with the reviewer who pointed out that Barenboim just didn't "get it." Although I admire Barenboim as a classical pianist and conductor, I had great difficulty listening to this recording. It felt too "up tight" for a jazz recording - it in fact isn't jazz, and yet it isn't classical music either. That air of spontaneity you find in the best jazz recordings is missing here. The formality of Barenboim's playing placed an invisible curtain between the music and the listener. His particular skill at the piano, which I've admired at concerts, just got in the way.
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