Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946
Tracklist
A1 |
Caravan
|
3:50 |
A2 |
In A Mellotone
|
3:08 |
A3 |
Solid Old Man
|
3:45 |
Selections From Black, Brown And Beige: [A4] | ||
A4 |
Spiritual (Come Sunday) Work Song
|
12:57 |
Black, Brown And Beige Selections (Cont.): [B1] | ||
B1 |
The Blues
|
6:02 |
B2 |
Rugged Romeo
|
4:12 |
B3 |
Sono
|
5:30 |
B4 |
Air-Conditioned Jungle
|
6:20 |
B5 |
Pitter Panther Patter
|
2:45 |
C1 |
Take The “A” Train
|
3:35 |
A Tonal Group: [C2, C3, C4] | ||
C2 |
Melloditti
|
8:20 |
C3 |
Fugueaditty
|
3:18 |
C4 |
Jam-A-Ditty
|
4:24 |
C5 |
Magenta Haze
|
5:26 |
D1 |
Diminuendo In Blue/Transblucency
|
8:06 |
D2 |
Crescendo In Blue
|
3:59 |
D3 |
Suburbanite
|
4:35 |
D4 |
I’m Just A Lucky So And So
|
4:55 |
D5 |
Riffin’ Drill
|
3:14 |
Credits
- Arranged By – Duke Ellington
- Arranged By [Assistant] – Billy Strayhorn
- Art Direction – Phil Carroll
- Bass – Oscar Pettiford
- Design – Lance Anderson (2)
- Drums – Sonny Greer
- Guitar – Al Lucas, Fred Guy
- Leader – Duke Ellington
- Liner Notes – Stanley Dance
- Mastered By – David Turner (2)
- Piano – Duke Ellington
- Reeds – Al Sears, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke*
- Trombone – Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur DeParis*
- Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan
- Vocals – Al Hibbler, Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis
Notes
At this 1946 edition of the Duke’s historic 1940’s concert series, the emphasis was on expansiveness, with selections from the previously-presented Black, Brown and Beige; a brand new “tonal group”; and a reshaping of one of his earliest longer works, the 1930’s pairing of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue.
Recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City,
on January 4, 1946