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Released
  
1977

The Carnegie Hall Concerts December 1947 (1947)
  
Great Times! (1950)

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
90:05

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
December 27, 1947 at Carnegie Hall in New York

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1947 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The judicious editing out of certain material provides a fresh set list, with little duplication from other live recordings and no overworked hits, making this a wonderful addition to anyone's Ellington collection".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "The New Look (Snibor)" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:27
  2. "Blue Serge" (Mercer Ellington) - 4:16
  3. "Triple Play" - 5:39
  4. "Harlem Air Shaft" - 3:10
  5. "Johnny Hodges Medley: Wanderlust/Junior Hop/Jeep's Blues/Jeep Is Jumpin'/Squaty Roo/Mood To Be Woo'd" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 6:15
  6. "Mella Brava" - 3:44
  7. "Kickapoo Joy Juice" - 3:37
  8. "On a Turquoise Cloud" (Lawrence Brown, Ellington) - 3:33
  9. "Bakiff" (Juan Tizol) - 5:54
  10. "Cotton Tail" - 3:04
  11. "Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise" - 4:50
  12. "Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1" - 4:52
  13. "Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2" - 4:09
  14. "Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3" - 3:46
  15. "Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4" - 4:13
  16. "Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5" - 5:08
  17. "Theme Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo/Echoes of Harlem/Black and Tan Fantasy/Things Ain't What They Used to Be" - 6:29
  18. "Basso Profundo" - 2:08
  19. "New York City Blues" - 4:42
  20. "The Clothed Woman" - 4:27
  21. "Trumpet No End (Blue Skies)" (Irving Berlin) - 2:42

Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Shorty Baker, Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams - trumpet
  • Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
  • Lawrence Brown - trombone
  • Tyree Glenn - trombone, vibraphone
  • Claude Jones - valve trombone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Al Sears - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Fred Guy - guitar
  • Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin - bass
  • Sonny Greer - drums
  • Kay Davis (track 8), Al Hibbler (track 11) - vocals

    • Songs

    1The New Look (Snibor)Duke Ellington's Washingtonians3:45
    2Blue SergeDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:55
    3Triple PlayDuke Ellington's Washingtonians6:13

    References

    The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 Wikipedia
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