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 Duke Ellington  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Label:   Sony Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Take The "A" Train  (4:41)
 2.  I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (1999 Remastered) (2:37)
 3.  Perdido (1999 Remastered)  (3:15)
 4.  Mood Indigo  (5:10)
 5.  Black And Tan Fantasy  (5:12)
 6.  The Twitch  (3:12)
 7.  Solitude (1999 Remastered)  (3:37)
 8.  Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me (1999 Remastered) (1:55)
 9.  The Mooche (1999 Remastered)  (5:36)
10. Sophisticated Lady  (3:02)
11. Creole Love Call  (3:57)

Bonus Tracks:  Not On Original LP:

12. Caravan  (5:27)
13. Wings And Thing (1999 Remastered)  (1:59)
14. Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me (1999 Remastered) (1:56)

Personnel:

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

The Popular Duke Ellington is a studio album by Duke Ellington, originally released in 1967 by RCA Victor, remastered and reissued on March 3, 2017 by Sony Music, contains previously released material originally issued and plus 3 bonus Tracks.