1977 live album by Duke Ellington
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 City in 1944 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.[1]
Reception [ edit ] 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]
Track listing [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
Studio albums Harlem Jazz, 1930 Ellingtonia, Vol. One Ellingtonia, Vol. Two Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year The Blanton–Webster Band Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Smoke Rings Liberian Suite Great Times! Masterpieces by Ellington Ellington Uptown The Duke Plays Ellington Ellington '55 Dance to the Duke! Ellington Showcase Historically Speaking Duke Ellington Presents... The Complete Porgy and Bess A Drum Is a Woman Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 Such Sweet Thunder Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 Ellington Indigos Black, Brown and Beige Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque The Cosmic Scene Happy Reunion Jazz Party Anatomy of a Murder Festival Session Blues in Orbit The Nutcracker Suite Piano in the Background Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. Unknown Session Piano in the Foreground Paris Blues Featuring Paul Gonsalves Midnight in Paris Studio Sessions, New York 1962 Afro-Bossa The Symphonic Ellington Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session Studio Sessions New York 1963 My People Ellington '65 Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Ellington '66 Concert in the Virgin Islands The Popular Duke Ellington Far East Suite The Jaywalker Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York ...And His Mother Called Him Bill Second Sacred Concert Studio Sessions New York, 1968 Latin American Suite The Pianist New Orleans Suite Orchestral Works The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 The Intimacy of the Blues The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 The Intimate Ellington The Ellington Suites This One's for Blanton! Up in Duke's Workshop Duke's Big 4 Mood Ellington Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
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