Ellington '65

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Ellington '65
Ellington '65.jpg
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedApril 15, 16 & 27, 1964
Genre Jazz
Label Reprise
RS-6122
Duke Ellington chronology
My People
(1963)
Ellington '65
(1965)
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
(1965)

Ellington '65 is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965. [1] The album features recordings of popular tunes arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, a formula that was revisited on Ellington '66 (1966).

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Reception

The AllMusic review by Matt Collar says: "While Ellington '65 isn't a bad recording, it is by no means required listening and will most likely appeal to die-hard Ellington completists". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Hello, Dolly!" (Jerry Herman) - 2:06
  2. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 3:18
  3. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (Bart Howard) - 2:30
  4. "The Peking Theme (So Little Time)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:03
  5. "Danke Schoen" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) - 2:35
  6. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero) - 2:55

Side Two:

  1. "The Second Time Around" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:43
  2. "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hadjidakis) - 3:55
  3. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 3:02
  4. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 2:25
  5. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) - 2:50

Personnel

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References

  1. A Duke Ellington Panorama, accessed May 10, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Collar, M. Allmusic Review, accessed May 10, 2010.