78rpm: Reminiscing In Tempo, parts I & II - Duke Ellington & his Orch., 1935 - Columbia 36114

(Original release on Brunswick 7546)

One of Duke's earliest extended pieces - moody melancholy spread thick with fuzzy skyward halos. ;)

A 4-part recording, parts 3 & 4 can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvjuy6CIckU

Dig.....

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• Duke
• Ellington
• big
• band
• moods
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[the50sjazzfan]

Mark you have a treasure-trove there thank you. 5*

[SwingMan1937]

Thanks, guy - these babies survived 2 apartment break-ins and various moves ove the last 24 years.

I've been REAL lucky in that regard. ;)

[BcuzJazz]

Superb!  Thanks for posting!

[SwingMan1937]

You bet, guy. :)

Say, you wouldn't happen to have an extra 78 of Duke's "Harlem Air Shaft" lying around, would you?

[JCJasion]

"Reminiscing In Tempo" was an elegy to Ellington's mother, who died in 1935.

[SwingMan1937]

Now THAT I never knew - makes this piece all the more touching.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

AWESOME MUSIC!!!

[phaasch]

@SwingMan1937 Its hard to believe, listening to these sides, that they were panned by critics on release- no one seemed to understand the extended format idea, and even John Hammond said it was "Gutless"!. Ellington stopped writing for a year after his Mother died, virtually gave up the band, and this work was his first, and probably his most heartfelt of all, and to have his elegy rubbished like that must have been a devastating blow. Any lesser person would have just given up. Lucky for us,eh?

[danirox79]

so so so amazing!!! thanks. and just..... wow.

[dudepower100]

@SwingMan1937 He had to rewrite several times because his teirs would wet the paper

[ZigZagWoman]

Thank you so much for sharing! Love this song!!

[wahunter]

I love these pre-bop avant garde treasures - this is as out there as Fletch & Bean's "Queer Notions" - Duke has a lot of these beauties though

[BcuzJazz]

I wish! I haven't had much luck finding duplicates of pre-war Duke, other than Take the A Train & The Mooche. I'll keep you in mind if I *do* find a duplicate of Harlem Air Shaft, though!

[100lemon]

thanks so much for posting have a good week.