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Dance Concerts, California 1958

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Released
  
1987

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 4, 1958

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

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Dance Concerts, California 1958 (1958)
  
Dance Dates, California 1958 (1958)

Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington's Washingtonians

Similar
  
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians albums, Jazz albums

Dance Concerts, California 1958 is the second volume of The Private Collection a series documenting recordings made by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington for his personal collection which was first publicly released on the LMR label in 1987 and later on the Saja label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The music on this CD sticks to standards (some of which were not usually associated with Duke) and can be thought of as a live version of Indigos... A typically excellent example of 1958 Duke Ellington".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Main Stem" - 3:26
  2. "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:22
  3. "Stompy Jones" - 3:36
  4. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) - 4:36
  5. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) - 5:29
  6. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:44
  7. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:27
  8. "All Heart" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:46
  9. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Ellington, Gaines, Strayhorn 4:15
  10. "Take the 'A' Train" (Strayhorn) - 3:53
  11. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:28
  12. "The Mooche" (Ellington, Mills) - 5:42
  13. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 6:10
  14. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 6:47
  15. "Oh, Lady Be Good" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:56
  16. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 1:37
  • Recorded at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California on March 4, 1958.

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Shorty Baker, Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Ray Nance - trumpet, violin, vocals (tracks 9 & 10)
  • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
  • John Sanders - valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Bill Graham - alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums
  • Ossie Bailey - vocals (track 14)

    • Songs

    Main Stem3:26
    Dancing in the Dark4:22
    Stompy Jones3:36

    References

    Dance Concerts, California 1958 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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