Columbia – CL 1198Rec. Dates : April 2 & 3, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonBass : Jimmy WoodeClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Sam WoodyardFlugelhorn : Clark TerryTenor Sax : Paul GonsalvesTrombone : Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson Billboard : 10/13/1958 A swinging performance of standard jazz pieces and some new songs…
Columbia – CL 1715 / CS 8515Rec. Dates : July 6 & 7, 1961Stream this Album Piano : Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billy StrayhornAlto Sax : Marshal Royal, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Frank WessBaritone Sax : Harry Carney, Charlie FowlkesBass : Eddie Jones, Aaron BellClarinet : Jimmy Hamilton, Marshal Royal, Russell ProcopeDrums : Sonny Payne,…
Columbia – CL 1033Rec. Date : late 1956 Stream 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…
Bethlehem – 6005Rec. Dates : February 7 & 8, 1956 Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington 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,…
Columbia – CL 934Rec. Date : July 7, 1956, July 9, 1956 Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington 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…
