Wycliffe Gordon - Intimate Ellington: Ballads & BluesOn 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).

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but digital sound restoration techniques have made huge advances in the years since it was recorded and it was time to give it a spring-clean

Mystery Train is a triptych of stories that pay playful tribute to the home of Stax Records