Duke Ellington

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This release presents the complete original classic album Black, Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson’s poignant voice backed by the Ellington orchestra. As a bonus, three vocal related Ellington works: the suite “Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald”- Duke and Billy Strayhorn’s dedication to the famous singer – and the only two vocal arrangements from the album Masterpieces by Ellington.

PERSONNEL:

• DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA:
• Cat Anderson, Harold “Shortyhorty” Baker, Clark Terry (tp) Ray Nance (tp & vln), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tb) John Sanders (v-tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Russell Procope (as, cl) Bill Graham (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bs, b-cl, cl), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d).

Recorded in Los Angeles, February 1958.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: [7] Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Chicago, Sep. 2-3, 1957. [8-9] Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Yvonne Lanauze (vcl). New York , Dec,19, 1950.

TRACKS:

• 01. Part I
• 02. Part II
• 03. Part III (aka Light)
• 04. Part IV (aka Come Sunday)
• 05. Part V (aka Come SAunday Interlude)
• 06. Part VI (23rd Psalm)
• 07. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
• 08. Mood indigo
• 09. Sophisticated Lady