Title: A few good tracks..
Product review: 5 Stars for Duke. Minus 4 stars for remastering (or lack of). The material is the cream of the crop Ellington, but the people who remastered this tried to get too much clarity and the end result is distortion. Definitive releases are usually a good bargain but this is a complete waste of money.Buy the "Never No Lament" compilation. It's also has suffered the overuse of the original masters but it's the best you can get.Where's JT Davies on this one? RCA probably would let him near these recordings 'cause then we'd have affirmation that most remastering is pretty average.Add One star for the tracks here that are Columbia issues and they are impossible to find elsewhere(Hello Columbia...not everyone wants the Complete... And how about issuing the late 40's/Early 50's seperately?).Also Mr JB Blues and a couple other Blanton duets are here and difficult to find elsewhere.Dave Wilson
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