Duke Ellington at the Alhambra

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Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
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Live album by
Duke Ellington
Released2002
RecordedOctober 29, 1958
Venue Alhambra Theater, Paris
Genre Jazz
Label Pablo
Duke Ellington chronology
Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II
(1958)		Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
(2002)		 Jazz Party
(1959)

Duke Ellington at the Alhambra is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 at the Alhambra Theater, Paris, and released on the Pablo label in 2002. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden stated: "Much of the music on this CD from Duke Ellington's 1958 Paris concerts is familiar to collectors from its appearance on various European bootleg labels, but Pablo does a better job arranging and annotating this music, which was recorded by Radio France with permission". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:21
  2. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" – 8:53
  3. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 5:10
  4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:43
  5. "Juniflip" – 4:19
  6. "Frustration" – 4:18
  7. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:03
  8. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 3:31
  9. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:47
  10. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 4:07
  11. "Jam With Sam" – 3:52
  12. "Hi Fi Fo Fum" – 7:02
  13. "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" -10:41

Recorded at the Alhambra Theater, Paris, on October 29, 1958.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 15, 2010
  2. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Duke Ellington at the Alhambra at AllMusic. Accessed June 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 435. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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