Unknown Session

Studio album by Duke Ellington

Released

1979

Recorded

July 14, 1960

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:36

Label

Columbia

Duke Ellington chronology

Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
(1960)

Unknown Session
(1960)

Piano in the Foreground
(1961)

Unknown Session is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1960 but not released on the Columbia label until 1979.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "these renditions are quite enjoyable, swing hard and sound fresh. Ellington fans should pick this one up".^[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

"Everything But You" (Ellington, Don George, Harry James) - 3:32
"Black Beauty" - 3:16
"All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 3:12
"Something to Live For" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:45
"Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:48
"Creole Blues [Excerpt from Creole Rhapsody]" - 2:30
"Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Ellington) - 2:57
"A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Strayhorn) - 3:12
"Mighty Like the Blues" (Leonard Feather) - 3:19
"Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)" (Ellington, Irving Gordon) - 2:42
"Dual Highway" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 2:52
"Blues" - 4:57

Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on July 14, 1960

Personnel

References

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