01. "Money Jungle" 02. "Fleurette Africaine" 03. "Very Special" 04. "Warm Valley" 05. "Switch Blade" 06. "A Little Max (Parfait)" 07. "Wig Wise" 08. "Caravan" 09. "Solitude" 10. "Rem Blues" 11. "Backward Country Boy Blues"
Number of discs:
1
Extra-Infos:
180gr.- Alternative Original Cover
Description:
Reissued 1963 album as limited edition, including two orchestral version of â??Solitudeâ?? (from 1957 and 1950) and an orchestral version of â??Caravanâ?? (from 1962). Featuring great songs such as â??Money Jungleâ??, â??Fleurette Africaineâ?? and â??Wig Wise. The album is best known for being Dukeâ??s only true recorded collaboration with two much younger jazz geniuses: Charles Mingus and Max Roach. - 180GR.- ALTERNATIVE ORIGINAL COVER
Presented here is the complete original album Money Jungle), which was the only trio collaboration of Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Both youngsters greatly admired Duke. Ellington himself briefly featured Roach (in 1950)and Mingus (in 1953) in his band, and expressed on multiple occasions his appreciation for Mingus' compositions.