The Intimate Ellington: Ballads And Blues by Wycliffe (quintet) Gordon, released 7 March 2013.
This version of The Intimate Ellington: Ballads And Blues comes as a 1xCD. -
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).
Recorded on October 10, 2012 at Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.