Ellington, Duke - Braggin' In Brass (1938) (Duke Ellington, Vol. 5)

Оригинальный альбом записан в 1938. Duke Ellington accomplished so much during his 75 years thatit is impossible to accurately measure his innovations. As a pianist, he developed a verylikable stride style in the 1920s based on James P. Johnson and Willie "theLion" Smith, evolving through the years to sound quite modern even as late asthe 1960s. His inventivearrange-ments overlooked the conventional rules to carve out a path of his own,somehow blending together a group of very individual musicians into arecogni-zable and unified ensemble.