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Concert in the Virgin Islands

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Released
  
1965

Label
  
Collectables Records

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 4 & 17 and April 14, 1965

Concert in the Virgin Islands(1965)
  
Ella at Duke's Place(1965)

Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington's Washingtonians

Similar
  
Herbie Jones albums, Jazz albums

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Concert in the Virgin Islands is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1965. The album features studio recordings that Duke composed after he and his orchestra played concerts on St. Croix and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in April, 1965. This album includes the four-part Virgin Islands Suite, as well as numbers played at the concerts on the islands.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Although in his mid-60s, Duke Ellington proves on this program of mostly new music that he never declined nor lost his creativity".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn except as indicated
  1. "Island Virgin" - 4:08
  2. "Virgin Jungle" - 3:45
  3. "Fiddler on the Diddle" - 3:13
  4. "Jungle Kitty" - 3:00
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:56
  6. "Big Fat Alice's Blues" - 3:58
  7. "Chelsea Bridge" (Strayhorn) - 3:46
  8. "The Opener" - 2:50
  9. "Mysterious Chick" - 3:15
  10. "Barefoot Stomper" - 2:52
  11. "Fade Up" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 3:31
  • Recorded at Fine Studios, New York on March 4, 1965 (tracks 7, 8 & 11), March 17, 1965 (tracks 4 & 5), and April 14, 1965 (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 10).

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Herb Jones - trumpet
  • Cootie Williams - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6-11)
  • Howard McGhee - trumpet (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
  • Chuck Connors - bass trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  • John Lamb - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1Island Virgin4:08
    2Virgin Jungle3:46
    3Fiddler on the Diddle3:14

    References

    Concert in the Virgin Islands Wikipedia
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