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Released
  
1971

Producer
  
Noel Walker

Release date
  
1971

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
October 22 & 24, 1971

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Togo Brava Suite (1971)
  
Live at the Whitney (1972)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

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Togo Brava Suite is the ninth studio album and the first live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in England and released on the United Artists label in 1971. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1972. The album was later reissued on CD on the Blue Note label in 1994 and studio recordings of the complete "Togo Brava Suite" were released in 2001 on the Storyville label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated, "By the time of these concerts from England, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had suffered quite a few losses of veteran personnel... However, the band was still a major force, and this set has plenty of highpoints".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted.

  1. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 4:42
  2. "Toga Brava Suite: Soul Soothing Beach/Naturellement" - 11:56
  3. "Right on Togo" - 4:58
  4. "Happy Reunion" - 4:41
  5. "Addi" - 4:04
  6. "Lotus Blossom" (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:30
  7. "Cotton Tail" - 4:18
  8. "Checkered Hat" (Judy Spencer, Norris Turney) - 4:37
  9. "La Plus Belle Africaine" - 8:39
  10. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 4:02
  11. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:29
  12. "Melancholia" - 3:41
  13. "Soul Flute" - 3:19
  • Recorded at the Birmingham Theatre in Birmingham, England on October 24, 1971 except for tracks 1 & 7 which were recorded at Colston Hall in Bristol, England on October 22, 1971.

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Johnny Coles, Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Cootie Williams - trumpet
  • Malcolm Taylor, Booty Wood - trombone
  • Chuck Connors - bass trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton, Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Norris Turney - alto saxophone
  • Harold Minerve, Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  • Wild Bill Davis - organ
  • Joe Benjamin - bass
  • Rufus Jones - Sam Woodyard drums

    • Songs

    1C-Jam Blues4:42
    2Togo Brave Suite: I Soul Soothing Beach - II Naturellement11:57
    3Togo Brava Suite: III Amour - Amour - IV Right on Togo4:58

    References

    Togo Brava Suite Wikipedia
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