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Duke Ellington: Dance To The Duke!

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In November 1954, “Capitol” label released “Dance to the Duke!”, the eleventh Duke Ellington album. It was recorded 1953 in “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, 1954, in San Francisco and Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson  
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums
  • Ralph Collier – congas
  • Frank Rollo – bongos

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.

  1. C Jam Blues
  2. Orson – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  3. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  4. Kinda Dukish
  5. Bakiff
  6. Frivolous Banta – Rick Henderson
  7. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Mercer Ellington
  8. Montevideo

Duke Ellington: Ellington Showcase

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In June 1955, “Capitol” label released “Ellington Showcase”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded April – December 1953 at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Universal Studios” in Chicago, January – June 1954 at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and May 1955.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Blossom – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Big Drag
  3. Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
  4. Falling Like a Raindrop
  5. Gonna Tan Your Hide – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  6. Harlem Air Shaft
  7. La Virgen De La Macarena – Bernardo Bautista Monterde
  8. Clarinet Melodrama – Jimmy Hamilton
  9. Theme For Trambean – Jimmy Hamilton
  10. Serious Serenade

Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose

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On May 21, 1956, “Columbia” label released “Blue Rose”, the debut Rosemary Clooney studio album. It was recorded January – February 1956, and was produced by Irwing Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Rosemary Clooney – vocals
  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – arranger, conductor
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpets
  • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombones
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Sam Woodyard – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hey Baby – Duke Ellington
  2. Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
  3. Me and You – Duke Ellington
  4. Passion Flower – Billy Strayhorn, Milton Raskin
  5. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond
  6. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  7. Grievin’ – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  8. Blue Rose – Duke Ellington
  9. I’m Checkin’ Out – Goombye – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  10. I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
  11. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills

Duke Ellington: Uptown Ellington

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In March 1953, “Columbia” label released “Ellington Uptown”, the fifth Duke Ellington album. It was recorded in December 1951 in New York City, February – June – July 1952 in Fresno, California.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Betty Roché, Al Hibbler – vocal
  • Willie Smith, Johnny Hodges, Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Clark Terry, Francis Williams – trumpet
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone
  • Claude Jones, Juan Tizol – valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Fred Guy – guitar
  • Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin – bass
  • Louis Bellson, Sonny Greer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Skin Deep – Louis Bellson
  2. The Mooche – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  3. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  4. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite)
  5. Perdido – Juan Tizol
  6. Controversial Suite Part 1: Before My Time
  7. Controversial Suite Part 2: Later

Duke Ellington Orchetra: Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live

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In December 1978, “Book of the Month” label released “Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live”, a live album by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. It was recorded in November 1940, at “Crystal Ballroom” in the “Fargo City Auditorium”, in Fargo, North Dakota, US. In 1980, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick – alto saxophone
  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Barney Bigard – clarinet
  • Rex Stewart – cornet
  • Ray Nance, Wallace Jones – trumpet
  • Tricky Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown – trombone
  • Fred Guy – guitar
  • Jimmy Blanton – bass
  • Sonny Greer – drums
  • Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries – vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Mooche
  2. Sepia Panorama (theme)
  3. Ko-Ko
  4. There Shall Be No Night
  5. Pussy Willow
  6. Chatterbox
  7. Mood Indigo
  8. Harlem Air Shaft
  9. The Ferryboat Serenade
  10. Warm Valley
  11. Stompy Jones
  12. Bojangles
  13. You Took Advantage of Me
  14. Rumpus in Richmond
  15. The Flaming Sword
  16. Never No Lament
  17. Clarinet Lament
  18. Slap Happy
  19. Sepia Panorama
  20. Boy Meets Horn
  21. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
  22. Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday
  23. Five O’Clock Whistle
  24. Rockin’ in Rhythm
  25. Sophisticated Lady
  26. Cotton Tail
  27. Whispering Grass
  28. Conga Brava
  29. I Never Felt This Way Before
  30. Across the Track Blues
  31. Honeysuckle Rose
  32. Wham
  33. Star Dust
  34. Rose of the Rio Grande
  35. St. Louis Blues

Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Duets

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In November 1968, “Milestone” label released “The Lee Konitz Duets”, the 21st Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dick Katz.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, amplified alto saxophone
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Brown – valve trombone, euphonium
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Karl Berger – vibes
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Ray Nance – violin

Track listing:

  1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  3. Variations on Alone Together
  4. Checkerboard
  5. Erb
  6. Tickletoe
  7. Duplexity
  8. Alphanumeric

Paul Gonsalves: Tell It The Way It Is!

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On September 24, 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Tell It the Way It Is!”, the sixth Paul Gonsalves album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Ernie Shepard – bass, vocals
  • Osie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Tell It the Way It Is! – Addison Amor, Walter Bishop Jr.
  2. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Johhny Mercer, Duke Ellington, Ted Persons
  3. Duke’s Place – Duke Ellington, Bob Katz, Bob Thiele
  4. Impulsive – Johnny Hodges
  5. Rapscallion in Rab’s Canyon – Johnny Hodges
  6. Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour

Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder

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In April 1957, “Columbia” label released “Such Sweet Thunder”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded August 1956 – March 1957, and was produced by Irving Townsend. The album is a twelve-part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Harry Carney – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Ray Nance – trumpet
  • Willie Cook – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • John Sanders – trombone
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Sam Woodyard – drums
  • Billy Strayhorn – orchestration
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Randall Martin – design
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Irving Townsend – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, except where noted.

  1. Such Sweet Thunder – Cleo
  2. Sonnet for Caesar
  3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
  4. Lady Mac
  5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
  6. The Telecasters
  7. Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) – Puck
  8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
  9. The Star-Crossed Lovers
  10. Madness in Great Ones – Hamlet
  11. Half the Fun
  12. Circle of Fourths

Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder

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In April 1957, “Columbia” label released “Such Sweet Thunder”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded in August 1956 – May 1957, and was produced by Irving Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano, conductor
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Ray Nance – trumpet
  • Willie Cook – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • John Sanders – trombone
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Sam Woodyard – drums
  • Billy Strayhorn – orchestration
  • Irving Townsend – liner notes
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Randall Martin – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

  1. Such Sweet Thunder
  2. Sonnet for Caesar
  3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
  4. Lady Mac
  5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
  6. The Telecasters
  7. Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)
  8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
  9. The Star-Crossed Lovers
  10. Madness in Great Ones
  11. Half the Fun
  12. Circle of Fourths

Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

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In January 1963, “Impulse” label released “Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins”, album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins. It was recorded on August 18, 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington– piano
  • Coleman Hawkins– tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges– alto saxophone
  • Harry Carney– baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Lawrence Brown– trombone
  • Ray Nance– cornet, violin
  • Aaron Bell– double bass
  • Sam Woodyard– drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder– engineer
  • Jason Claiborne – design
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Joe Alper – photography
  • Stanley Dance – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Limbo Jazz
  2. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
  3. Ray Charles’ Place
  4. Wanderlust – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
  5. You Dirty Dog
  6. Self-Portrait (of the Bean)
  7. The Jeep Is Jumpin’ – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
  8. The Ricitic
  9. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange