Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert Jan 1943

[skeith]

Was the Lp version of this made using NONoise?

Is the sound quality on the vinyl significantly better than the available CD?

[Stereojack]

Was the Lp version of this made using NONoise?

Is the sound quality on the vinyl significantly better than the available CD?

This is one instance where I thought the CD was better. The original source material leaves a lot to be desired.

[Chuck Nessa]

What Jack said.

[Ken Dryden]

I still have all of the LPs so I haven't invested in the CD reissue set. Didn't some of the other CD reissues in this Carnegie Hall series on Prestige have tracks deleted in order to fit them onto one disc?

[kh1958]

I can't tell much difference--but either the LP or the CD are good enough to be considered listenable, and this is a great concert.

My favorite part was always the sequence on side 2 of the LP, where Ellington says, "And now our Portraits," leading into Portrait of Bert Williams, Portrait of Bojangles, Portrait of Florence Mills, then onto a great version of Koko, and then on to two Strayhorn pieces, "Dirge," which is the bleakest piece of music I've ever heard, and another great Johnny Come Lately.

Of course, side 5 of the old LP set, with Bakiff, Jack the Bear, Cotton Tail and Day Dream, I like almost as much.

[ghost of miles]

(Responding to Ken's post) I thought most of the Carnegie Hall concerts had been reissued on CD as double-discs.

Some of the Jan. 1943 performances are taken from a Boston concert.

Edited March 22, 2006 by ghost of miles

[skeith]

thanks for all your helpful comments