Dance to the Duke!

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Released 1954 Release date 1954 Genre Jazz		Artist Duke Ellington Label BNF Collection

Recorded April 7 & December 28, 1953, January 1 & 2, April 26, September 1, and October 8, 1954. Dance to the Duke!(1954) Ellington Showcase(1953-4) Songs Caravan, Things Ain't Wat They Used to Be Similar Ellington Showcase, Dance Concerts - California, Orchestral Works, Up in Duke's Workshop, The Suites - New York 1968 & 1

Dance to the Duke! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953. The album has not been released on CD but the tracks have appeared on The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington released by Mosaic Records in 1995.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"C Jam Blues" - 4:52
"Orson" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:37
"Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
"Kinda Dukish" - 2:32
"Bakiff" - 5:48
"Frivolous Banta" (Rick Henderson) - 2:39
"Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 6:22
"Night Time" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:53

Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 7, 1953 (track 2), December 28, 1953 (track 8), and September 1, 1954 (track 5), in San Francisco on April 26, 1954 (track 1) and in Chicago on January 1, 1954 (track 6), January 2, 1954 (track 7) and October 8, 1954 (track 3).