The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2

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The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2
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Studio album by
Sarah Vaughan
Released1979
Recorded1979
StudioGroup IV Studio, Hollywood and RCA Studio, New York
Genre Jazz
Length41:04
Label Pablo Today
Producer Norman Granz
Sarah Vaughan chronology
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1
(1979)		The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2
(1979)		 Copacabana
(1979)
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The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan, focusing on the works of Duke Ellington.

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Reception

Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote that the album showed that Vaughan "never did decline" and sounded "top form throughout". Yanow chose "I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues," "Chelsea Bridge," "Rocks in My Bed," "I Got It Bad" and "Mood Indigo" as highlights. [1]

Track listing

  1. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) - 4:36
  2. "Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:03
  3. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:26
  4. "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 3:34
  5. "Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)" (Ellington, Mack Gordon) - 3:59
  6. "Rocks in My Bed" (Ellington) - 5:22
  7. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:31
  8. "Everything But You" (Ellington, George, Harry James) - 5:29
  9. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 5:04
  10. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 2:29
  11. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) - 5:58

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References

  1. 1 2 The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1444. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 199. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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