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Up in Duke's Workshop

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Released
  
1976

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Up in Duke's Workshop (1969-1972)
  
Duke's Big 4 (1973)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Pablo Records

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Recorded
  
April 25 & June 20, 1969, June 15 & December 9, 1970, February 1 & 3 and June 29, 1971, December 6, 1972

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

Up in Duke's Workshop is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects sessions recorded in 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1972 and was released on the Pablo label in 1979.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and states "primarily for Duke Ellington completists and scholars. Some of the performances are runthroughs of works that would soon be discarded or rewritten while others are true obscurities... nothing all that essential or historic occurs and there are over 100 currently available Duke Ellington recordings that one would recommend first".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "Blem" - 6:55
  2. "Goof" - 3:14
  3. "Dick" - 2:57
  4. "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) - 4:23
  5. "Bateau" - 5:23
  6. "Wanderlust" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 6:26
  7. "Neo-Creole" - 3:52
  8. "Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:40
  9. "Mendoza" - 5:43
  • Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York on April 25, 1969 (track 1), 23 May 1969 (track 2), June 20, 1969 (track 3), June 15, 1970 (track 4), December 9, 1970 (track 5), February 1, 1971 (track 6), February 3, 1971 (track 7), June 29, 1971 (track 8), December 6, 1972 (track 9).

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Wild Bill Davis - organ (track 4-7)
  • Cat Anderson (tracks 2, 4-8), Johnny Coles (track 9), Willie Cook (tracks 1-8), Mercer Ellington (tracks 3, 4, 6-9), Money Johnson (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Jimmy Owens (track 2), Eddie Preston (track 6), Al Rubin (track 5), Fred Stone (track 4), Cootie Williams - trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown (track 2), Buster Cooper (track 2), Tyree Glenn, (track 9), Benny Green (tracks 1 & 3), Benny Powell (track 1), Julian Priester (tracks 4-8), Vince Prudente (track 9), Malcolm Taylor (track 5), Booty Wood (track 4-8) - trombone
  • Chuck Connors (tracks 2 & 4-9) - bass trombone
  • Russell Procope - clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Harold Minerve - flute, alto
  • Johnny Hodges (tracks 2 & 3), Buddy Pearson (track 8), Norris Turney (tracks 2-5) - alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  • Joe Benjamin (track 4-8), Victor Gaskin (tracks 2 & 3), Paul Kondziela (tracks 1-3) - bass
  • Rufus Jones - drums

    • Songs

    1Blem7:00
    2Goof3:14
    3Dick2:58

    References

    Up in Duke's Workshop Wikipedia
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