Duke Ellington

Artist:  Duke Ellington
Birth Name:  Edward Kennedy Ellington
Born:  April 29, 1899.  Washington, D.C. USA
Died:  May 24, 1974 (Aged 75).  New York City, New York. USA
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Occupation:  Bandleader, Musician, Composer, Conductor, Songwriter
Instruments: Piano

Duke Ellington was an American Composer, Pianist and Bandleader of a Jazz Orchestra, was based on New York City from the mid-1920s onward together continuously for almost 50 years, and was the most important composer in the history of Jazz.  Some of the musicians who were members of Duke Ellington's Orchestra, such as Saxophonist Johnny Hodges.  He wrote more than one thousand compositions.  He was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1999.

Title:   The Popular  (2002)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Label:  RCA Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Take The "A" Train  (4:42)
 2.  I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)  (2:40)
 3.  Perdido  (3:18)
 4.  Mood Indigo  (5:13)
 5.  Black And Tan Fantasy  (5:15)
 6.  The Twitch  (3:14)
 7.  Solitude  (3:39)
 8.  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me  (1:56)
 9.  The Mooche  (5:40)
10. Sophisticated Lady  (3:05)
11. Creole Love Call  (3:58)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano
Johnny Hodges:  Alto Saxophone
Harry Carney:  Saxophone
Russell Procope:  Saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton:  Clarinet
Paul Gonsalves:  Tenor Saxophone
Lawrence Brown:  Trombone
Buster Cooper:  
Chuck Connors:  Trombone
Cootie Williams:  Trumpet
William "Cat" Anderson:  Trumpet
Mercer Ellington:  Trumpet
Herbie Jones:  Trumpet
John Lamb:  Bass
Sam Woodyard:  Drums

The Popular is the essence of Duke Ellington, was reissued and released in 1997 from the original released on February, 1967, featuring Duke Ellington And His Orchestra running through 11 of the leader's hits.