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Released
  
1953

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Capitol Jazz

The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
  
Ellington ‘55 (1953-4)

Release date
  
1953

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 13 & 14, and December 3, 1953

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

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The Duke Plays Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring trio sessions recorded for the Capitol label in 1953. The album was rereleased with additional tracks on CD as Piano Reflections in 1989

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Ellington sounds modern (especially rhythmically and in his chord voicings) and shows that he could have made a viable career out of just being a pianist".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Who Knows?" - 2:37
  2. "Retrospection" - 3:58
  3. "B Sharp Blues" - 2:47
  4. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:05
  5. "Dancers in Love" - 1:56
  6. "Reflections in D" - 3:35
  7. "Melancholia" - 3:20
  8. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:04
  9. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 2:30
  10. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:56
  11. "All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 3:08
  12. "Janet" - 2:15
  13. "Kinda Dukish" - 2:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Montevideo" - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "December Blue" - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 13 (tracks 1-8), April 14 (tracks 9-12), and December 3 (tracks 13-15), 1953.

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Butch Ballard - drums (tracks 1-12)
  • Dave Black - drums (tracks 13-15)
  • Ralph Collier - congas (track 14)

    • Songs

    1Who KnowsDuke Ellington's Washingtonians2:38
    2RetrospectionDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:58
    3B Sharp BluesDuke Ellington's Washingtonians2:48

    References

    The Duke Plays Ellington Wikipedia
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