Money Jungle (2024 Reissue)
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The complete original album Money Jungle (United Artists UAS 15017), which was the only trio collaboration of Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach.
Most of the repertoire here was especially composed for the date, while the only standard tunes recorded were Warm Valley, Caravan, and Solitude.
"This album is astonishing -this is Ellington the soloist in some of the fastest company around. I've never heard Ellington play as he does on this album; Mingus and Roach, especially Mingus, push him so strongly that one can almost hear Ellington show them who's the boss -and he dominates both of them, which is no mean accomplishment." ***** - Down Beat (Don DeMicheal)
Released: May 2024
Cat: 350262
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
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Tracklist
Side 1
1. Money Jungle
2. Fleurette Africaine
3. Very Special
4. Warm Valley
5. Switch Blade
Side 2
1. Wig Wise
2. Caravan
3. Solitude
4. A Little Max
5. Backward Country Boy Blues