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Released
  
1958

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
April 2 & 3, 1958

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

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The Cosmic Scene (1958)
  
Happy Reunion (1956-58)

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

The Cosmic Scene is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring a nonet credited as "Duke Ellington's Spacemen" recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1958. It was reissued by Mosaic Records in 2007.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Perhaps in many ways a neglected recording in the vast annals of Ellingtonia, fans will certainly welcome this long out of print re-addition to the master's CD discography. It comes highly recommended".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) - 3:22
  2. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 4:57
  3. "Bass-Ment" - 3:03
  4. "Early Autumn" (Ralph Burns, Woody Herman) - 3:10
  5. "Jones" (Ellington, Clark Terry) - 2:55
  6. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 2:49
  7. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 5:06
  8. "Spacemen" - 2:32
  9. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) - 3:38
  10. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:59
  11. "Body and Soul" [alternate take] (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, green) - 4:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Jones" [alternate take] (Ellington, Terry) - 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York on April 2 (tracks 1, 2 & 9-11) and April 3 (tracks 3-8 & 12), 1958

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
  • John Sanders - valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1AvalonDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:20
    2Body and SoulDuke Ellington's Washingtonians4:54
    3Bass-MentDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:01

    References

    The Cosmic Scene Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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