My People (Duke Ellington album)

My People

Studio album by Duke Ellington

Recorded

August 20, 21 & 27, 1963

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:16

Label

Flying Dutchman

Duke Ellington chronology

Studio Sessions New York 1963
(1963)

My People
(1963)

Ellington '65
(1965)

My People is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington written and recorded in 1963 for a stage show and originally released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label and later released on CD on the Red Baron label.^[1] The album features recordings of compositions by Ellington for a stage show presented in Chicago as part of the Century of Negro Progress Exposition in 1963.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Ellington created music whose message of racial harmony remains timeless. Due to the high quality of the "Black, Brown and Beige" suite and the shorter originals, this interesting set is more enloyable than one might expect".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington

"Ain't But the One/Will You Be There?/99%" - 5:16
"Come Sunday/David Danced Before the Lord" - 6:09
"My Mother, My Father (Heritage)" - 2:50
"Montage" - 6:54
"My People/The Blues" - 8:56
"Workin' Blues/My Man Sends Me/Jail Blues/Lovin' Lover" - 5:57
"King Fit the Battle of Alabam'" - 3:25
"What Color Is Virtue?" - 2:49

Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on August 20 (tracks 1a, 2, 4, 5b, 6a, 6c & 7), August 21 (tracks 1b, 1c, 3, 5a & 8) and August 27 (tracks 6b & 6d), 1963.

Personnel

Duke Ellington – director, narration
Ray Nance - cornet
Bill Berry, Ziggy Harrell, Nat Woodard - trumpet
Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone
Chuck Connors - bass trombone
John Sanders - valve trombone
Rudy Powell - alto saxophone
Pete Clark, Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Bob Freedman - tenor saxophone
Billy Strayhorn - piano
Joe Benjamin - bass
Louis Bellson - drums
Juan Amalbert - conga
Joya Sherrill, Lil Greenwood, Jimmy McPhail, Irving Bunton Singers - vocals

References

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 28, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 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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