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Released
  
1950

Release date
  
1950

Length
  
35:42

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 13, October 3 & November, 1950

Great Times!(1950)
  
Masterpieces by Ellington(1951)

Great Times!(1950)
  
Cue for Saxophone(1959)

Artists
  
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

Label
  
Universal Music (Argentina)

Similar
  
Billy Strayhorn albums, Jazz albums

Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950 and released on a 10" LP called Piano Duets. The sessions were re-released on Riverside as Great Times! in 1984 with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford.

Contents

Duke ellington great times feat billy strayhorn trio


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Cotton Tail" - 2:55
  2. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 2:58
  3. "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 3:00
  4. "Bang-Up Blues" - 3:08
  5. "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:59
  6. "Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) - 3:01
  7. "In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:06
  8. "Great Times" - 2:56
  9. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) -2:57
  10. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) - 2:20
  11. "Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) - 2:44
  12. "Blues for Blanton" - 2:36
  • Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9-12), October 3 (tracks 5-8) & November (tracks 1-4), 1950

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1-8), celeste (tracks 10 & 11)
  • Oscar Pettiford - cello (tracks 9-12)
  • Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-4), Joe Schulman (tracks 5-8), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 9-12) - bass
  • Jo Jones (tracks 9-12), Unknown (tracks 1-4) - drums

    • Songs

    1Cottontail2:55
    2C" Jam Blues2:59
    3Flamingo3:00

    References

    Great Times! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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