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Released
  
2002

Duke Ellington at the Alhambra (1958)
  
Jazz Party (1959)

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Recorded
  
October 29, 1958

Release date
  
2002

Genre
  
Jazz

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Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington's Washingtonians

Similar
  
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians albums, Jazz albums

Duke Ellington at the Alhambra is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 at the Alhambra Theater, Paris and released on the Pablo label in 2002.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Much of the music on this CD from Duke Ellington's 1958 Paris concerts is familiar to collectors from its appearance on various European bootleg labels, but Pablo does a better job arranging and annotating this music, which was recorded by Radio France with permission".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:21
  2. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" - 8:53
  3. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:10
  4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:43
  5. "Juniflip" - 4:19
  6. "Frustration" - 4:18
  7. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) - 6:03
  8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 3:31
  9. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:47
  10. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 4:07
  11. "Jam With Sam" - 3:52
  12. "Hi Fi Fo Fum" - 7:02
  13. "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" -10:41
  • Recorded at the Alhambra Theatre, Paris on October 29, 1958.

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
  • John Sanders - valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1Take The "A" Train3:21
    2Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy - Creole Love Call - The Mooche8:54
    3Newport Up5:10

    References

    Duke Ellington at the Alhambra Wikipedia
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