The Jaywalker

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Released 2004 Release date 2004 Genre Jazz		Artist Duke Ellington Label Storyville Records

Recorded March 29 & August 18, 1966 and March 23, April 24 & June 23, 1967 The Jaywalker(1966-67) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World(1967) Similar Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

The Jaywalker is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring tracks recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Storyville label in 2004.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and states "some tracks are obviously not as polished as his later (and better-known) studio or live recordings. But it is always fascinating to hear works in progress by Ellington... Serious collectors of Ellington will enjoy this compilation".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"The Shepherd" - 6:29
"Up Jump" - 3:06
"Rue Bleu" - 3:02
"Chromatic Love Affair" - 4:02
"Salomé" (Raymond Fol) - 4:14
"Blood Count" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:50
"El Viti" - 3:27
"Kixx" - 3:55
"Eggo" -5:37
"I'm Hip Too" - 0:36
"Amta" - 2:51
"Warr" - 4:23
"Little Purple Flower" - 4:32
"Traffic Cop" - 3:50
"Untitled Blues" - 4:52
"Polícia" - 1:42
"The B.O. of Traffic" - 0:43
"Mac" - 2:37
"Traffic Extension" - 5:37
"Star" - 0:54
"Cross Climax" - 0:27
"B.O. Man" - 3:11
"Tin Soldier" - 2:24

Recorded at RCA Studio in New York on March 29, 1966 (track 7), August 18, 1966 (track 23), March 23, 1967 (tracks 14-22), April 24, 1967 (tracks 8-13) and June 23, 1967 (tracks 1-6).