Duke Ellington

Black, Brown and Beige (PWR 27286)

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1958

Black, Brown and Beige

Duke Ellington

Poll Winners Records

8436028699773

PWR 130286

PWR 27286

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Black, Brown and Beige

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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