Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk

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Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk
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ReleasedApril 2, 1978
Genre Post-bop
Free jazz
Avant-garde music
Avant-garde jazz
Length47:27
Label Denon
Dave Burrell chronology
Echo
(1969)
Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk
(1978)
Lush Life
(1978)
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Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk is a studio album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was first released by Denon Records on April 2, 1978. All of the songs on the album were originally written by Duke Ellington, Ellington's partner Billy Strayhorn, or Thelonious Monk.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) — 5:20
  2. "Lush Life" (Strayhorn) — 6:58
  3. "Come Sunday" (Ellington) — 4:47
  4. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) — 8:30
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) — 7:36
  6. "Blue Monk" (Monk) — 4:27
  7. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) — 7:42
  8. "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Strayhorn) — 2:04

Personnel

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