Ellington Indigos

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Ellington Indigos
Duke Ellington Indigos LP.jpg
Photo: Roy DeCarava
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMarch 13, September 9 to October 14, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length44:36
Label Columbia
Producer Irving Townsend
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Ellington Indigos (reissue)
Duke Ellington Indigos CD.jpg
A CD reissue cover.

Ellington Indigos is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington.

Contents

The stereo CD reissue released by Columbia (CK 4444) in 1987 contains a track listing and cover art that is drastically different from the original mono LP. A change in song order and two "new" songs — "Night and Day" and "All The Things You Are" — were added to the CD while "The Sky Fell Down" was omitted.

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LP (Columbia CL1085)

Side one
  1. "Solitude" — 4:43
      (Duke Ellington)
      Soloist is Duke Ellington on piano.
      Recorded on October 14, 1957.
  2. "Where or When" — 4:02
      (Richard Rodgers)
      Soloist is Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone.
      Recorded on October 10, 1957.
  3. "Mood Indigo" — 3:07
      (Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard)
      Soloist is Shorty Baker on trumpet.
      Recorded on September 9, 1957.
  4. "Autumn Leaves" — 7:10
      (Music: Joseph Kosma, Lyrics: Jacques Prévert/Johnny Mercer)
      Vocalist is Ozzie Bailey.
      Soloist is Ray Nance on violin.
      Recorded on Oct 1, 1957.
Side two
  1. "Prelude to a Kiss" — 4:44
      (Duke Ellington)
      Soloist is Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone.
      Recorded on October 1, 1957.
  2. "Willow Weep for Me" — 4:15
      (Ann Ronell)
      Soloist is Shorty Baker on trumpet.
      Recorded on October 10, 1957.
  3. "Tenderly" — 5:23
      (Walter Gross)
      Soloist is Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet.
      Recorded on September 9, 1957.
  4. "Dancing in the Dark" — 4:28
      (Arthur Schwartz)
      Soloist is Harry Carney on baritone saxophone.
      Recorded on October 1, 1957.

CD (Columbia COL 4723642)

  1. "Solitude"
  2. "Where or When"
  3. "Mood Indigo"
  4. "Night and Day" — 2:54
      (Cole Porter)
      Soloist is Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone.
      Recorded on October 10, 1957.
  5. "Prelude to a Kiss"
  6. "All the Things You Are" — 3:50
      (Jerome Kern)
      Soloist is Duke Ellington on piano.
      Recorded on October 10, 1957.
  7. "Willow Weep for Me"
  8. "Tenderly"
  9. "Dancing in the Dark"
  10. "Autumn Leaves"
  11. "The Sky Fell Down"

Different versions

The original mono (CL 1085) and stereo (CS 8053) LP issues contained some different takes between them on various tracks, "Willow Weep for Me" being one of them.

The CD (CBS 463342 2) liner notes say that "All The Things You Are and "Night and Day" were previously unreleased versions and that "Autumn Leaves" was an alternate take. Analyzing the two versions of "Autumn Leaves" shows that they are identical — but the LP has Ozzie Bailey's first vocal chorus (a French one) edited out. (There is indeed an alternate version of "Autumn Leaves" recorded September 9, 1957 available, on Duke Ellington & His Great Vocalists (Columbia CK 66372).) The stereo versions of "Mood Indigo" and "Willow Weep for Me" are different from their mono counterparts.

There are a multitude of versions of this album in circulation. For instance, there is another mono take of "Mood Indigo" available on the LP (CBS 88653 side 2, track 6).

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References

  1. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 440. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.