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 & John Coltrane

Title:  Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (2024)

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

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  In ASentimental Mood (4:14)

 2.  Take The Coltrane (4:42)

 3.  Big Nick (4:27)

 4.  Stevie(4:52)

 5.  In A Sentimental Mood (2:28) *

Side B:

 1.  My Little Brown Book (5:20)

 2.  Angelica (6:00)

 3.  The Feeling Of Jazz (6:32)

 4.  Big Nick (John Coltrane Quartet Version) (4:05) *

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

John Coltrane:  Tenor & Soprano Saxophone

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass o n Tracks:  A2, 3, B2

Aaron Bell:  Bass on Tracks:  A1,4, B1, 3

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  A1, 3, B2

Sam Wooduard:  Drums on Tracks:  A4, B1, 3

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is an album by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, originally released on January 1963 by Impulse, remastered and reissued on July 19, 2024 by 20th Century Masterworks, with 2 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Colored Red Vinyl.