Friday, November 29, 2013

Duke Ellington's Perdido: Other Recordings (a laundry list!)

If a student makes it through each of the major styles of Ellington arrangements of Perdido, then it comes time to kick the door open to all of the recordings of this perennial jazz standard by other folks.  Some of my favorites include:

Al Haig - Expressly Ellington
Art Tatum - The Art Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 3
Ben Webster - Live at the Haarlemse Jazz Club
Ben Webster - Live In Paris
Ben Webster - Plays Duke Ellington
Ben Webster & Dexter Gordon - Baden 1972
Ben Webster & Don Byas - Ben Webster Meets Don Byas
Ben Webster & The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live In Hannover
Ben Webster With The Mike Renzi Trio - Ben Webster With The Mike Renzi Trio
Bill Harris - Live at Birdland 1952
Bucky Pizzarelli - Swing Live
Bud Powell - Bud In Paris
Charlie Parker - Bird_ The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve CD 3
Count Basie - Class Of '54
Count Basie - New Year at Birdland
Count Basie - The Chronological Classics_ 1953-1954
Dave Brubeck - Ken Burns Jazz
Dick Johnson - Swing Shift LP
DMP Big Band - Salutes Duke Ellington
Don Patterson - Dem New York Dues
Duke Ellington - 1969 All-Star White House Tribute
Duke Ellington - 70th Birthday Concert CD 2
Duke Ellington - All Star Road Band Vol. II
Duke Ellington - At The First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, July 28, 1956
Duke Ellington - Big Band Sounds
Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Live! At The Newport Jazz Festival '59
Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits
Duke Ellington - Festival Session
Duke Ellington - Great London Concerts, The
Duke Ellington - Greatest Hits (RCA Victor)
Duke Ellington - Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
Duke Ellington - Live At The Blue Note CD 2
Duke Ellington - Rugged Jungle
Duke Ellington - Satin Doll (European Concert Recordings, Ca. 1958 and 1959, 'Jazz Time')
Duke Ellington - Stereo Reflections In Ellington
Duke Ellington - The 1956-58 Small Group Recordings
Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor CD 13 (take 1)
Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor CD 13 (take 2)
Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor CD 17
Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor CD 22
Duke Ellington - The Forum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (8 Feb. 1954) CD 1
Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert CD 1
Duke Ellington - The Private Collection Volume Seven Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 (Instrumental)
Duke Ellington - The Private Collection Volume Seven Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Duke Ellington - Verve Jazz Masters 4
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Piano Duets_ Great Times!
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - 1941-1951
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Chronological Classics_ 1942-1944
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Chronological Classics_ 1949-1950
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Ellington Songbook CD 1
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - 1941 The Complete Standard Transcriptions CD 2
Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra - The Duke In Washington
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Uptown
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - En Concert Avec Europe1_ Theatre Des Champs Elysees 29-30 Janvier 1965 CD 2
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Happy Birthday, Duke! CD 2
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - In A Mellotone
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Live At Monterey 1960 The Unheard Recordings Part One
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Piano In The Background
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Blanton-Webster Band CD 3
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Treasury Shows Volume 4 CD 1
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Treasury Shows Volume 14 CD 2
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Treasury Shows Volume 15 CD 1
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Treasury Shows Volume 16 CD 2
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Togo Brava Suite (Storyville)
Duke Ellington Octet - At The Rainbow Grill 1967
Duke Ellington Orchestra - Essentially Ellington 2008-09 Reference Recordings
Duke Ellington Orchestra, The - Digital Duke
Duke Ellington's Spacemen - The Cosmic Scene
Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich - Drum Battle
Howard McGhee - Maggie - The Savoy Sessions CD 2
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra - Essentially Ellington 2008-09 Reference Recordings
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Rhythm Section - Essentially Ellington 2008-09 Reference Recordings
Johnny Hodges - A Memory Of Johnny Hodges LP
Johnny Hodges - Perdido
Johnny Hodges - The Complete Johnny Hodges Sessions 1951-55 CD 5
Johnny Hodges - The Jeep is Jumpin' CD 3 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Johnny Hodges & Earl _Fatha_ Hines - Stride Right
Louis Armstrong - When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra, The - Deep Passion
Quintet, The - Jazz At Massey Hall
Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77
Sonny Stitt And Paul Gonsalves - Salt And Pepper
Tal Farlow - Autumn Leaves
Woody Herman Big Band, The - World Class

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