Mark Stryker Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Hey gang, Does anyone know whether Gerald Wilson's great arrangement of "Perdido" that appears on Duke's "The Great Paris Concert" from 1963 was recorded previously by Ellington? What a roaring chart ... (though the beboppish two-tenor intro that Jimmy Hamilton and Paul Gonsalves play was conceived if memory serves by Clark Terry and Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 With some very minor modifications of orchestration, it's on Piano In the Foreground, from 1960. And Duke is delighted that you ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted December 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thanks for this -- appreciate it. That's not a record I know at all. Quite a press roll (!) leading to Wilson's intro, after the bebop choruses on top ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Also found here, which is a nice listen in and of itself, although now that all the material is available elsewhere, far from "essential". But if found used cheaply, hey, why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIS Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 I can tell you how you can obtain a good transcription of Gerald Wilson's "Perdido" if anyone's interested in acquiring the big-bandchart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yes, interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIS Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Lazaro -Sent you a response by PM about obtaining a copy of Gerald Wilson's "Perdido" recorded by Duke Ellington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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