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:  Blues In Orbit (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz

Label:  Waxtime

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Three J's Blues (2:56)

 2.  Smada (2:40)

 3.  Pie Eye's Blues (3:30)

 4.  Sweet & Pungent (4:06)

 5.  C Jam Blues (4:54)

 6.  Sweet & Pungent (Bonus Track) (Alternate Take) (3:55)

Side B:

 1.  In A Mellow Tone (2:45)

 2.  Blues In Blueprint (3:46)

 3.  The Swingers Get The Blues Too (3:11)

 4.  The Swinger's Jump (3:56)

 5.  Blues In Orbit (2:31)

 6.  Villes Ville Is The Place, Man (2:35)

 7.  Blues In Orbit (Bonus Track) (Alternate Take) (2:41)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano on Tracks:  A1, 3-6, B2-7

Billy Strayhom:  Piano on Tracks:  A2, B1

Ray Nance:  Trumpet, Violin

Cat Anderson:  Trumpet on Tracks:  B5-7

Shorty Baker:  Trumpet on Tracks:  B5-7

Clark Terry:  Trumpet on Tracks:  B5-7

Fats Ford:  Trumpt on Track B6

Britt Woodman:  Trombone

Matthew Gee:  Trombone on Tracks:  A1-6, B7

Bootyu Wood:  Trombone on Tracks:  A1-5, B7

Quenth Jackson:  Trombone on Tracks:  B5-7

John Sanders:  Valve Trombone on Tracks:  B5-7

Jimmy Hamilton:  Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Johnny Hodges:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  A1-6, B6

Russell Procope:  Alto Saxophone on Track, Clarinet

Paul Gonsalves:  Tenor Saxophone

Harry Carney:  Baritone Saxophone

Jimmy Woods:  Bass

Jimmy Johnson:  Drums on Tracks:  A1-6, B7

Sam Woodyard:  Drums on Tracks:  B5-7

Blues In Orbit is an album by Duke Ellington, originally released in 1960 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on December 17, 2023 by Waxtime.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.