The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:The Carnegie Hall Concerts December 1944.jpg | ||||
| Live album by Duke Ellington | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | December 19, 1944 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige | |||
| Duke Ellington chronology | ||||
|
||||
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York in 1944 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Lots of great moments from this brilliant orchestra occurred during this concert".[2]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Blutopia" - 4:22
- "Midriff" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
- "Creole Love Call" - 6:29
- "Suddenly It Jumped" - 2:50
- "Pitter Panther Patter" - 2:57
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - 3:56
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 5:17
- "Perfume Suite: Introduction" - 0:54
- "Perfume Suite: Sonata" - 3:15
- "Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling" - 5:09
- 'Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love" - 2:33
- "Purfume Suite: Coloratura" - 3:24
- "Work Song" - 7:00
- "The Blues" - 5:25
- "Three Dances: West Indian Dance/Creamy Brown/Emancipation Celebration" - 6:29
- "Come Sunday" - 11:48
- "The Mood to Be Wooed" - 4:47
- "Blue Cellophane" - 3:15
- "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 3:34
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) - 8:08
-
- Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 19, 1944.
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Rex Stewart - cornet
- Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan - trumpet
- Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
- Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton - trombone
- Claude Jones - valve trombone
- Otto Hardwick - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Al Sears - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Fred Guy - guitar
- Junior Raglin - bass
- Hillard Brown - drums
- Kay Davis (track 3), Ray Nance (track 6), Al Hibbler (track 10), Marie Ellington (track 14) - vocals
References
- ↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2010
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
