Duke Ellington Quartet: Duke's Big 4, LP 1974, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Louis Bells

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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info for details. 
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Duke Ellington Quartet: Duke's Big 4

Label:    Pablo Records – 2310 703, Pablo Records – 2310-703
Format:    12", 33rpm, Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    US
Released:    1974
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Modern Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Bebop, Bop

Tracklist

A1        Cottontail
4:15
A2        The Blues
5:25
A3        The Hawk Talks
5:06
A4        Prelude To A Kiss
5:40
B1        Love You Madly
6:35
B2        Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
6:03
B3        Everything But You
5:15

Notes

    Band – Duke Ellington Quartet
    Bass – Ray Brown
    Drums – Louis Bellson
    
    Guitar – Joe Pass
   
    
    Piano – Duke Ellington
    Producer – Norman Granz

 Recorded 1973

- bio - Joe Pass
Real Name:
Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua
Profile:
American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent.
Born: January 13, 1929 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Died: May 23, 1994 in Los Angeles, California.
Although active as a player from the age of 14, it wasn't until the 1960s – following a long battle with, and eventual rehabilitation from drug addiction – that he began to establish himself as one of the very great jazz guitarists. A brilliant improviser, his early small group recordings featured fluent, bop-influenced, single note lines, coupled with a sophisticated harmonic sense and tremendous rhythmic drive and invention. -wiki

 - Louis Bellson
Real Name:
Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni
Profile:
Italian-American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator.
Born: 6 July 1924 in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA.
Died: 14 February 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

He is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums, a set-up he already used at the age of 15. He received the prestigious Jazz Masters Award from the US National Endowment of the Arts in 1994 and was made a “Living Legend” by the Kennedy Centre in 2007. -wiki

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NM-
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VG++/EX
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VG+
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VG
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