8 thoughts on “ Three Js Blues - Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (Cassette, Album) ”

1. Blues in Orbit lacks the intellectual cache of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington's recordings of this period, but it's an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound -- indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the 6/

   Reply
2. Side 1 - Three J's Blues, Smada, Pie Eye's Blues, Sweet and Pungent, C Jam Blues Side 2 - In a Mellow Tone, Blues in Blueprint, The Swingers Get the Blues Too, The Swinger's Jump, Blues in Orbit, Villes Ville is the Place, Man with Jimmy Hamilton, Johnnie Hodges, Ray Nance, Booty Wood, Mathew Gee Jr., Paul Gonzalves and Harry Carney /5(24).

   Reply
3. Recorded in and released in Blues in Orbit doesn't get the respect as much as Duke's other material. Known for the shorter pieces and improvising freely on some of the jams, you could never tell from by how solid this album is. But to me that's what Jazz is all about, improvising/5(54).

   Reply
4. Blues In Orbit Composed By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington: B6: Villes Ville Is The Place, Man Alto Saxophone – Johnnie Hodges* Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney Composed By – Duke Ellington Trumpet – Ray Nance/5(13).

   Reply
5. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the SACD release of Blues In Orbit on Discogs/5(7).

   Reply
6. Song information for Three J's Blues - Duke Ellington on AllMusic. Song information for Three J's Blues - Duke Ellington on AllMusic Duke Ellington. Blues in Orbit. Columbia:

   Reply
7. The first three tracks, recorded in February , include the slow-moving blues of the title track, on which Duke Ellington's eerie piano fills answer the statements of the full band. "Track " is a dramatic aural representation of a train wreck. The remainder of the album was recorded at two midnight sessions in December of the following year.

   Reply
8. Editors’ Notes Perhaps the most sonically alive and dynamic recording in the Ellington catalog, Blues in Orbit revisits a few chestnuts from the old repertoire and adds several appealing new compositions. The two tracks recorded in are both standouts: the title track features a call and response between the band and Ellington on piano, while “Track ” is a tense, dramatic audio.

   Reply