Duke Ellington

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie made their only serious collaboration on February 19, 1959, when Diz participated on Duke’s Columbia album "Jazz Party" (Columbia CS 8127), reissued here in its entirety. It also includes one of the few appearances of singer Jimmy Rushing with the Ellington band. As a bonus, a live version of “Toot Suite” and a medley of Rushing vocals backed by the Ellington band, both recorded at the Plaza Hotel, in New York, the previous year.

PERSONNEL:

DUKE ELINGTON & His Orchestra plus Guests

Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson(tp),
Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl), Quentin Jackson(tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl),
Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts),
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b),
Sam Woodyard (d), among others

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, February 19, 1959.
[Some sources claim part of the album was recorded on February 25.]

[9-10] BONUS TRACKS:
Clark Terry, Cat Anderson (tp), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb),
Russell Procope (as, cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts),
Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d),
Jimmy Rushing (vcl) on 10 only), among others
The Plaza Hotel, New York,Sep.9, 1958.

TRACKS:

01 Malletoba Spank
02 Toot Suite
A) Red Garter
B) Red Shoes
C) Red Carpet [Part 1]
D) Red Carpet [Part 2]
E) Red Carpet [Part 3]
F) Ready Go!
03 Satin Doll
04 U.M.M.G. [Upper Manhattan Medical Group]
05 All Of Me
06 Tymperturbably Blue
07 Fillie Trillie
08 Hello Little Girl
09 Toot Suite [Live]
A) Red Garter
B) Red Shoes
C) Red Carpet
D) Ready Go!
10 Go Away Blues - Hello Little Girl - Love To Hear My Baby Call My Name [Live]

TOTAL TIME: 79:27