Wycliffe Gordon- Intimate Ellington: Ballads & Blues
On his eighth Criss Cross leader date, Wycliffe Gordon (awarded 2012 Trombonist of the Year by both the DownBeat Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists' Asssociation) distills his exhaustive knowledge of the oeuvre of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on a wellcrafted, ten-piece program spanning a timeline from 1927 (Creole Love Call) to 1967 (The Intimacy of the Blues).
Tracklist:
- Pie Eye's Blues
- Jeep's Blues
- I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
- Creole Love Call
- Stevie
- The Intimacy Of The Blues
- Lotus Blossom
- Something Sexual
- Sophisticated Lady
- Caravan
On his eighth Criss Cross leader date, Wycliffe Gordon (awarded 2012 Trombonist of the Year by both the DownBeat Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists' Asssociation) distills his exhaustive knowledge of the oeuvre of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on a wellcrafted, ten-piece program spanning a timeline from 1927 (Creole Love Call) to 1967 (The Intimacy of the Blues).
Tracklist:
- Pie Eye's Blues
- Jeep's Blues
- I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
- Creole Love Call
- Stevie
- The Intimacy Of The Blues
- Lotus Blossom
- Something Sexual
- Sophisticated Lady
- Caravan