Braggin' in Brass (1991) more music like this

by The Empire Brass & Friends

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Drop Me Off in Harlem (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

One of a few available compilations that riff on the presence of the word Harlem in jazz material -- mostly from the late '20s and early '30s -- Living Era's Drop Me Off in Harlem includes a majority of the musical figures active in the Harlem Renaissance of the period. Among the excellent performances are Duke Ellington's strutting "Harlem Air ...

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Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties (2007) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington established his jazz orchestra during the late 1920s; throughout the '30s he perfected it and laid the foundation for the Blanton/Webster Band he was to lead during the early '40s. Living Era presents Creole Rhapsody, a well-conceived and intelligently organized chronological survey of 44 recordings Duke Ellington made between ...

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Pleasure Mad (1994) more music like this

by The Charleston Chasers

In the 1920s the Charleston Chasers were a studio group that played jazz-influenced hot dance music and often featured Phil Napoleon, Red Nichols, the Dorsey Brothers and/or Benny Goodman. The ten-piece unit featured on this Stomp Off set has no relation to the original band except occasionally for the hot dance style it performs. Based in England ...

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Duke at the Cotton Club (2000) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

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Gold Collection [Retro] (1998) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

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Jazz Cocktail (1928) more music like this

by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Solidly ensconced at one of the most popular night spots in New York, the Cotton Club, when the earliest track on the album was laid down, Duke Ellington's distinctive sound of this early period was already well known. In addition to heavy recording and live performance schedules, Ellington was also producing a steady course of his own ...

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Gold Collection [Fine Tune] (1998) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

There are no liner notes on Fine Tunes' The Gold Collection, nor is there any indication to when the music was made. It is clear that many of Duke's most famous songs, from "East St. Louis Toodle-OO" to "Sophisticated Lady" and "Take the 'A' Train," are on the collection, but these are most likely latter-day versions from Ellington. Leo Stanley, ...

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Jungle Nights in Harlem (1927) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

This second of three CDs of early Ellington released by Bluebird has the loose theme of his Cotton Club days as an excuse to release a variety of recordings from a five-year period. Highlights include the two part "A Night at the Cotton Club" (essentially a medley), some of the hotter songs from the Broadway musical Blackbirds of 1928 ("Bandanna ...

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Duke Ellington (1927-1934) (1927) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

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Original Sounds of Harlem (1999) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Uptown Lowdown: A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple (2000) more music like this

by Nagel-Heyer Allstars

It took a German recording team to enable trumpeter/arranger Randy Sandke to assemble this all-American, 12-piece ensemble for a panorama of New York-inspired tunes, recorded in the Big Apple in the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse as part of the 1999 JVC Jazz Festival. In doing so, he raided the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, as well as several ...

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The Duke Steps Out [History] (1999) more music like this

by Duke Ellington

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