Duke Ellington & His Orchestra The Conny Plank Session Jacket LP + 7" Soul’d on You Side Two

Soul’d on You Side Two 1

upbeat R&B of "Ludwig" closes out this quite remarkable album

I'd walk into town every morning and listen to the sheep talking as I walked by them

Canary features 10 new songs written

Originally released on Beggars Banquet (130) IAN [43958 600130]

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra The Conny Plank Session Jacket LP + 7" Soul’d on You Side TwoDuke Ellingtons musical works are seemingly well documented; the likelihood of finding a good,unreleased Duke Ellington recording is slight at best. When Grnland Records called and told me they had found exactly that in Conny Planks estate and asked me if I wanted to give it a listen, I felt pretty honored, and excited. The music of Duke Ellington is in my worldview to jazz what Bachs oeuvre is to classical music: THE great benchmark, or to raise it