DUKE ELLINGTON

DUKE ELLINGTON

Live At The Blue Note

We’ve been leaving out Duke.

This two-CD set gives one a good example of how Duke Ellington's Orchestra sounded in 1959. Greatly expanded from the original single LP, the release essentially brings back a full night by the Ellington band, three nearly complete sets. The music ranges from old favorites to some newer material and highlights include Billy Strayhorn sitting in on his "Take the 'A' Train," several selections from the recent Anatomy of a Murder soundtrack, versions of "Drawing Room Blues" and "Tonk" that have both Ellington and Strayhorn on piano, an 11-minute rendition of "Mood Indigo" and quite a few features for altoist Johnny Hodges.

• Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1.2-2.13)

• Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1.1 & 1.14)

• Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet

• Ray Nance - trumpet, violin

• Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone

• John Sanders - valve trombone

• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone

• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet

• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone

• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone

• Jimmy Woode - bass (tracks 1.1-2.6 & 2.8-2.13)

• Johnny Pate - bass (track 2.7)

• Sam Woodyard - drums