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:   Uppsala 1971 (2019)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Label:  Storyville Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD:

Tracks:

 1.  C-Jam Blues  (3:35)
 2.  Kinda Dukish - Rockin' In Rhythm  (5:22)
 3.  Happy Reunion  (4:55)
 4.  Take The "A" Train  (5:35)
 5.  Fife  (4:30)
 6.  Satin Doll  (3:36)
 7.  Chinoserie  (6:33)
 8.  Harlem  (15:07)
 9.  Medley  (19:11)
10. Things Ain't What They Used To Be  (0:44)
11. Hello, Dolly (MJ)  (3:56)
12. One More Time For The People (NB, TW)  (2:55)
13. Lotus Blossom  (3:05)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano
Norris Turney:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Harry Carney:  Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet
Russell Procope:  Alto Saxophone, Clarinet
Paul Gonsalves:  Tenor Saxophone
Harold Ashby:  Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Cootie Williams:  Trumpet
Eddie Preston:  Trumpet
Mercer Ellington:  Trumpet
John Coles:  Trumpet
Booty Wood:  Trombone
Chuck Connors:  Trombone
Malcolm Taylor:  Trombone
Joe Benjamin:  Bass
Rufus Jones:  Drums
Lena Junoff, Nell Brookshire, Tony Watkins:  Vocals


Uppsala 1971 is a tape collection live album by Duke Ellington, released on October 11, 2019 by Storyville Records, recorded live concert at Universaittsaulan, Uppsala, Sweden, November 9, 1971.