Big band jazz, string quartet arrangements, and remixes of Duke Ellington songs. Tracks 1-8, 15-16 arranged by Graham Reynolds; tracks 9-14 composed by Graham Reynolds. Graham Reynolds, piano ; Jeremy Bruch, drums ; Steve Bernal, Brandon Rivas, bass ; John Mills, Thad Scott, Paul Klemperer, saxophone ; Freddie Mendoza, Wayne Myers, Jerome Smith, trombone ; Leah Zeger, Bruce Colson, Alexis Buffum, Jennifer Bourianoff, Joseph Shuffield, violin ; Leah Nelson, Jason Elinoff, viola ; Hector Moreno, violoncello. Produced, recorded and mixed at Red House Studio, Austin, Tex. Compact disc.
Contents:
The band portrait. Caravan (5:05) ; It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (3:08) ; Old King Dooji (3:08) ; Echoes of Harlem (3:55) ; Blue pepper (3:49) ; Heaven (1:31) ; Cotton tail (2:38) -- The string quartet portrait. String abstraction #1 (Heaven) (2:30) ; String abstraction #2 (It don't mean a thing) (1:37) ; String abstraction #3 (Cotton tail) (3:05) ; String abstraction #4 (Caravan slomo) (1:32) ; String abstraction #5 (Caravan pizz) (1:16) ; String abstraction #6 (Echoes of Harlem) (1:55) ; String abstraction #7 (Blue pepper) (2:37) ; String abstraction #8 (Old King Dooji) (2:15) -- The remix portrait. Level one (Heaven remix by Adrian Quesada) (3:22) ; The bear & the Duke meet the golden army (Blue pepper remix by Butcher Bear) (3:08) ; Old kings (remix by Gabriel Prokofiev) (3:19) ; The year of the rabbit (remix by Peter Stopschinski) (3:10) ; Echoes of Harlem (remix by Justin Sherburn and Jeff Hoskins) (4:20) ; It don't mean (String abstraction remix by DJ Spooky) (3:29) ; Caravan (remix by Graham Reynolds) (3:09).
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