SOUNDTRACKS

PARIS BLUES

Reference: DIS-124411 Featuring
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

The complete original soundtrack to Martin Ritt’s feature film Paris Blues, starring Paul
Newman & Sidney Poitier. All of the music was composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn,
and Louis Armstrong was a featured star on two tracks.

Plus Bonus: Ellington’s complete original soundtrack to Otto Preminger’s movie Anatomy of a Murder.

All music composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
[except “Take the ‘A’ Train” (Billy Strayhorn) and “Mood Indigo” (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills)]
On 1, 4, 6-8, 10 & 14: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Willie Cook, Ed Mullens, Cat
Anderson, Clark Terry (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl), Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown,
Murray McEachern, Lou Blackburn (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (as,cl), Johnny
Hodges, Oliver Nelson (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Babe Clark (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Harry
Smiles (oboe), Les Spann (fl, g), Duke Ellington (p), Aaron Bell (b), Jimmy Johnson, Sonny Greer, Max
Roach, Dave Jackson, Philly Joe Jones (d).
On 3 & 9: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (tp soloist) with studio orchestra conducted by Duke Ellington.
On 12: Jimmy Gourley (guitar solo).
Tracks 2, 5, 11 & 13 consist of dialogues from the original film.

*Bonus album: ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Original Film Soundtrack)
DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp),
Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts),
Russell Procope (as, cl), Johnny Hodges (as, sop), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar, b-cl, cl),
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p, celeste), Jimmy Woode (b), Jimmy Johnson (d).

Label

JAZZ SOUND TRACK

Artist:

DUKE ELLINGTON

Format:

Label code:

248137

Number of discs:

Recording:

Title:

PARIS BLUES

Colaborations:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, BILLY STRAYHORN

Price

8.43 €