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Released
  
1987

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 5, 1958

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

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Dance Dates, California 1958 (1958)
  
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958)

Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington's Washingtonians

Similar
  
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians albums, Jazz albums

Dance Dates, California 1958 is the sixth 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 4½ stars and stated "Recordings like this one give one a chance to hear how Ellington rearranged tunes to make them sound fresh year after year and sometimes decade after decade".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:41
  2. "Blues to Be There" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:59
  3. "Juniflip" - 4:05
  4. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:09
  5. "Together" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 4:11
  6. "Californio Mello" - 3:38
  7. "Suburban Beauty" - 3:43
  8. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 6:33
  9. "Blues in Orbit" (Strayhorn) - 5:03
  10. "Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Irving Mills) - 8:09
  11. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:34
  12. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:37
  13. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Juan Tizol) - 7:39
  14. "Wailing Interval" - 3:39
  • Recorded at Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California on March 5, 1958.

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Shorty Baker, Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Ray Nance - trumpet, violin, vocals
  • 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 (tracks 4 & 5)

    • Songs

    1Such Sweet Thunder2:42
    2Blues to Be There7:00
    3Juniflip4:06

    References

    Dance Dates, California 1958 Wikipedia
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