Released 1959 | Producer Richard Bock Release date 1959 | |
Recorded January 9 & 12, 1959Sound Enterprises in Hollywood, CA Label World Pacific WP-1258 / ST-1258 Similar Chico Hamilton albums, Jazz albums | ||
Ellington Suite is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the World Pacific label. Hamilton recorded the album to replace recordings from 1958 which were originally shelved and issued as The Original Ellington Suite in 2000.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Well worth picking up by listeners fortunate enough to find it, this is one of Hamilton's hardest-swinging sets of the 1950s".
Track listing
- "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58
- "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30
- "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51
- "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35
- "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz) - 4:43
- "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52
- "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16
Personnel
Eric Dolphy
References
Ellington Suite Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA