DUKE ELLINGTON The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings - 1927-1973 (Still the greatest Ellington box set ever made but now long out of print... 1999 US remastered Twenty Four CD box set, a magnificent treasure chest gathering everything the greatest figure in 20th-century music recorded for RCA-Victor over a 46-year period. This must own set runs from the maestro's early Cotton Club days through to the genius of the Blanton-Webster years of the forties, all-star jams & famous gig recordings such as the Sacred Concert series, the album masterpiece 'Far East Suite' & much more, with special mention to the rich sound quality of this package &, of course, star players of the Orchestra such as Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves & Billy Strayhorn. Each CD is housed in a custom picture wallet, with all discs presented in a 11" square & 2" deep fabric box with an accompanying 128-page full-colour book overflowing with wonderful photos, exhaustive session information & insightful essays that explore Ellington from every possible angle. This set remains in near mint condition & comes highly recommended. Please forgive us, but we have run out of space in the tracklist field when it comes to listing every single track from this colossal tome!....)