Duke Ellington

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Piano In The Background

Duke Ellington

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4260019715494

LPS 151743

4260019715494

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Piano In The Background

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Big band fans, take note! These nine numbers, in precisely this version, belong in every collection. We are talking about the year 1960, and the 17 musicians involved have probably performed this very repertoire every night in a different venue all over the globe. But in the studio it all sounds fresh and new, well practised but never dull, cool, groovy and intoxicating. The difference to a great number of other Ellington LPs is that here not a single wind soloist stands in the foreground but the whole body of musicians.

PERSONNEL:

DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
JOHNNY HODGES, HARRY CARNEY, RUSSELL PROCOPE, sax
RAY NANCE, WILLIE COOK, trumpet
LAWRENCE BROWN, "BOOTY" WOOD, trombone
AARON BELL, bass
SAM WOODYARD, drums

Recording: May and June 1960 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles

SIDE A:

01. Happy Go Lucky Local
02. What Am I Here For
03. Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
04. Perdido

SIDE B:

01. I'm Beginning To See The Light
02. Midriff
03. It Don't Mean A Thing
04. Main Stem
05. Take The "A" Train