Masterpieces by Ellington

How, and whom, better to not only expand the remit of his catalog — with four selections each going toward or past the ten-minute mark — but also that of the new long-playing album? “One of the first genuinely innovative twelve-inch LPs,” avers critic Gary Giddins, who fell for it hard as a teenager: his first Duke LP. Good start: The three thirties hits, here in their concert arrangements, and a newer gem, “The Tattooed Bride,” are definitive.