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Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (1957)

Aug 13, 2023grogg1957, Billy Strayhorn, Britt Woodman, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Columbia, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, John Sanders, Johnny Hodges, LN - Townsend, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson, Ray Nance, Russell Procope, Sam Woodyard, Willie Cook

Columbia – CL 1033Rec. Date : late 1956Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonAlto Sax : Johnny Hodges, Russell ProcopeBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Jimmy WoodeBass Clarinet : Harry CarneyClarinet : Jimmy Hamilton, Russell ProcopeDrums : Sam WoodyardOrchestration : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy HamiltonTrumpet : Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie CookTrombone : Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman Army TimesTom Scanlan : 10/19/1957 Speaking of The…

Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington Presents… (1956)

Jul 10, 2023grogg1956, Bethlehem, Duke Ellington, LN - Muranyi

Bethlehem – 6005Rec. Dates : February 7 & 8, 1956Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington’s Orchestra Billboard : 12/8/1956Score of 83 These sides were cut in February, 1956, and are representative of what the Ellington band has been doing this year. There have been greater Ellington ensembles and greater individual soloists in his organization, but measured…

Duke Ellington – At Newport (1956)

Jul 10, 2023grogg1956, Columbia, Duke Ellington, LN - Wilson

Columbia – CL 934Rec. Date : July 7, 1956, July 9, 1956Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington’s Orchestra Billboard : 12/29/1956Spotlight on… selection Herein is the Ellington performance that stampeded last summer’s Newport Jazz Festival and brought the Duke back into the jazz picture, but good. The number that blew things apart was Diminuendo and Crescendo in…

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Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (1957)

Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington Presents… (1956)

Duke Ellington – At Newport (1956)