Ellingtonia Moods and Blues

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Ellingtonia Moods and Blues
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Studio album by
Paul Gonsalves
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 29, 1960
Genre Jazz
Length35.57
Label RCA Records
Producer ?
Paul Gonsalves chronology
Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues
(1958)		Ellingtonia Moods and Blues
(1960)		 Gettin' Together!
(1960)

Ellingtonia Moods and Blues is an album recorded in 1960 led by Paul Gonsalves. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

In a review for AllMusic, Cub Koda called the album "one potent date," and wrote: "This is jazz from the days when albums were recorded in one day, and that was a good thing." [2]

Jack Sohmer, writing for Jazz Times, stated: "Despite its brevity, this is an excellent and little-known session." [5]

Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson commented: "The 'Ellington without Ellington' records are their own universe and I've never heard a bad one. I am keeping Ellingtonia Moods and Blues out and about in order to remember to keep listening to it. Gonsalves and Hodges know something particularly private and wonderful about playing the saxophone." [6]

Track listing

  1. "It's Something That You Ought to Know"
  2. "Chocataw"
  3. "The Line-up"
  4. "Way, Way Back"
  5. "Day Dream"
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
  7. "D.A. Blues"

Performers

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Gonsalves - Ellingtonia Moods and Blues". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Ellingtonia Moods and Blues at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 570. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 335.
  5. ↑ Sohmer, Jack (July 1, 2000). "Paul Gonsalves: Ellingtonia Moods and Blues". Jazz Times. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Iverson, Ethan (May 19, 2019). "New Treasures". EthanIverson.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.


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