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 (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2022)

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

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  In A Sentimental Mood (4:14)

 2.  Take The Coltrane (4:42)

 3.  Big Nick (4:30)

 4.  Stevie (4:22)

 5.  In A Sentimental Mood (2:27)

Side B:

 1.  My Little Brown Book (5:20)

 2.  Angelica (6:00)

 3.  The Feeling Of Jazz (5:34)

 4.  Big Nick (4:04)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

John Coltrane: Tenor Saxophone on All Tracks, except 3, Soprano on Track 3

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass on Tracks:   A2, A3, B2

Aaron Bell:  Bass on Tracks:  A1, A4, B1, B3

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  A1-3, B3

Sam Woodyard:  Drums on Tracks:  A4, B1, B3

Bonus Tracks:  *

A5:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

Wendell Marshall:  Bass

Butch Ballard:  Drums

B4:

John Coltrane:  Tenor & Soprano Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jone:  Drums

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is an album by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, originally released on January, 1963 by Impulse! remastered and reissued on November 14, 2025 by Number One Essentials.  18 Gram Audiophile Vinyl