The Symphonic Ellington

The Symphonic Ellington
Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released	1964
Recorded	January 31, February 8, 14 & 21, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Reprise
Duke Ellington chronology
The Great Paris Concert (1963) The Symphonic Ellington (1964) Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session (1963)

The Symphonic Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963. ^[1] The album features recordings of Ellington's orchestra with the Paris Symphony Orchestra, the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, and the La Scala Symphony Orchestra.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "With most of his all-star soloists heard from in this program and a complete avoidance of trying to make his music sound so-called "respectable" or self-consciously third stream, Ellington's arrangements keep the strings from weighing down the proceedings and the music is actually quite successful". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Duke Ellington.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night Creature 1st Movement: Blind Bug"	4:10
2.	"Night Creature 2nd Movement: Stalking Monster"	7:51
3.	"Night Creature 3rd Movement: Dazzling Creature"	4:01
4.	"Non-Violent Integration"	5:27
5.	"La Scala, She Too Pretty to Be Blue"	6:14
6.	"Harlem"	14:03

• Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris on January 31, 1963 (tracks 3 & 6), at Solna-Sundbyberg, Sweden on February 8, 1963 (tracks 1 & 2), at Hamburg, Germany on February 14, 1963 (track 4) and at Studio Zanibelli, Milan, Italy on February 21, 1963 (track 5).

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Ray Nance – cornet
• Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Cootie Williams – trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
• Chuck Connors – bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Ernie Shepard – bass
• Sam Woodyard – drums
• The Paris Symphony Orchestra (tracks 3 & 6)
• The Stockholm Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1 & 2)
• The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (track 4)
• The La Scala Symphony Orchestra (track 5)

References

1. A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 10, 2010
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2010
3. "Duke Ellington: The Symphonic Ellington" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 164. May 2, 1964. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.