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.

Artist:  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Title:  Rotterdam 1969   (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Label:  Storyville
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Take The A Train/C Jam Blues  (4:21)
 2.  Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm  (5:34)
 3.  Take The A Train  (5:31)
 4.  Up Jump  (3:25)
 5.  La Plus Belle Africaine  (8:50)
 6.  Come Off The Veldt  (2:09)
 7.  El Gato  (4:04)
 8.  Black Butterfly  (4:36)
 9.  Things Ain't What They Used To Be  (3:10)
10. Don't Get Around Much More  (2:50)
11. Caravan/Mood Indigo/Sophisticated Lady  (7:23)
12. Making That Scene/It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing/Be Cool And Groovy For Me  (5:52)
13. Satin Doll  (6:48)
14. R.T.M.  (6:19)
15. In Triplicate Into Satin Doll  (8:14)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra:

Duke Ellington:  Piano
Cat Anderson:  Trumpet
Cootie Williams:  Trumpet
Ambrose Jackson:  Trumpet
Mercer Ellington:  Trumpet
Nelson Williams:  Trumpet
Benny Bailey:  Trumpet
Lawrence Brown:  Trombone
Chuck Connors:  Trombone
Russell Procope:  Alto Saxophone, Clarinet
Johnny Hodges:  Alto Saxophone
Norris Turney:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Harold Ashby:  Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Paul Gonsalves:  Tenor Saxophone
Harry Carney:  Baritone Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Victor Gaskin:  Bass
Rufus Jones:  Drums
Tony Watkins:  Vocals

Rotterdam 1969 is the live album by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, was released on February 19, 2016 by Storyville Records, recorded live at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland, November 7, 1969 (2nd Concert).