Ellington Showcase

Studio album by Duke Ellington

Released

1955

Recorded

April 9, July 1 & December 29, 1953, January 17, June 17, 1954, May 17 & 18, 1955.

Duke Ellington chronology

Dance to the Duke!
(1954)

Ellington Showcase
(1954)

Blue Rose
(1956)

Ellington Showcase is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label at various sessions in 1953-5.^[1] The album has not been released on CD but the tracks have appeared on The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington released by Mosaic Records in 1995.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"Blossom" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:29
"Big Drag" - 2:51
"Don't Ever Say Goodbye" - 3:01
"Falling Like a Raindrop" - 3:02
"Gonna Tan Your Hide" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:13
"Harlem Air Shaft" - 3:54
"La Virgen De La Macarena" (Bernardo Bautista Monterde) - 4:02
"Clarinet Melodrama" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 5:42
"Theme For Trambean" (Hamilton) - 3:26
"Serious Serenade" - 2:50

- Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on April 9, 1953 (track 1), at Universal Studios in Chicago on July 1, 1953 (track 2) December 29, 1953 (track 3), January 17, 1954 (track 4), May 17, 1955 (tracks 6 & 7), and May 18, 1955 (tracks 8-10), and at Capitol Studios in New York on June 17, 1954 (track 5).

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano (tracks 1, 2 & 5-10)
Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 3 & 4)
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet
Quentin Jackson, George Jean (tracks 2 & 4), Juan Tizol (track 1 & 2), Britt Woodman - trombone
John Sanders - valve trombone (tracks 5-10)
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Rick Henderson - alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-5), Jimmy Woode (tracks 6-10) - bass
Butch Ballard (tracks 1 & 2) Dave Black (tracks 3-10) - drums

References

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010
1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 24, 2010

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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