The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
Live album by Duke Ellington
Released	1977
Recorded	January 4, 1946
Genre	Jazz
Length	88:09
Label	Prestige
Duke Ellington chronology
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 (1944) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 (1946) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 (1947)

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1946 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "The 1946 concert is not as memorable as the others but the many major soloists still make this lesser item an enjoyable listening experience".^[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

1. "Caravan" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 3:45
2. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:54
3. "Solid Old Man" - 3:35
4. "Spiritual (Come Sunday)/Work Song" - 12:06
5. "The Blues" - 5:08
6. "Rugged Romeo" - 3:09
7. "Sono" - 5:04
8. "Air-Conditioned Jungle" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) - 5:45
9. "Pitter Panther Patter" - 2:14
10. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:26
11. "Mellow Ditty" - 7:30
12. "Fugueaditty" - 2:40
13. "Jam-A-Ditty" - 3:34
14. "Magenta Haze" - 4:41
15. "Diminuendo in Blue/Transblucency" (Ellington/Ellington, Lawrence Brown) - 7:28
16. "Crescendo in Blue" - 3:40
17. "Suburbanite" - 4:32
18. "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Mack David, Ellington) - 4:32
19. "Riffin' Roll" - 2:26

• Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on January 4, 1946.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Wilbur DeParis - trombone
• Claude Jones - valve trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Otto Hardwick - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Al Sears - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone
• Fred Guy - guitar
• Oscar Pettiford, Al Lucas - bass
• Sonny Greer - drums
• Joya Sherrill (track 5), Kay Davis (track 15), Al Hibbler (track 18) - vocals

References

1. A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2010
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 68. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.