Eastbourne Performance

Live album by Duke Ellington

Released

1975

Recorded

December 1, 1973

Genre

Jazz

Label

RCA

Duke Ellington chronology

Third Sacred Concert
(1973)

Eastbourne Performance
(1973)

Eastbourne Performance is a live album by American pianist, composer and band leader Duke Ellington featuring his final recorded concert at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne, England in December 1973 and released on the RCA label in 1975.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "The Ellington Orchestra was a bit weaker than it had been (many of the veterans had either died or retired) but it was still a mighty outfit... Actually the most impressive soloist on the album (which has yet to be reissued on CD) is Ellington himself... A fitting ending to a truly remarkable career".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"The Piano Player"
"Creole Love Call"
"Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Ellington)
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
"New York, New York"
"Pitter Panther Patter" (Ellington, Jimmy Blanton)
"How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis)
"Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams)
"Tiger Rag" (Nick La Rocca, Eddie Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Harry Da Costa)
"Woods"
"Meditation"

Recorded in concert at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England on December 1, 1973.

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano, conductor
Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Johnny Coles, Barry Lee Hall - trumpet
Vince Prudente, Art Baron, Chuck Connors - trombone
Harry Carney, Harold Ashby, Russell Procope, Geezil Minerve, Percy Marion - reeds
Joe Benjamin - bass
Rocky White - drums
Anita Moore, Money Johnson - vocals

References

↑ Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews accessed April 8, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 8, 2010
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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