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1954 studio album by Duke Ellington
Dance to the Duke! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953.[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]
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Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "C Jam Blues" - 4:52
- "Orson" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:37
- "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
- "Kinda Dukish" - 2:32
- "Bakiff" - 5:48
- "Frivolous Banta" (Rick Henderson) - 2:39
- "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 6:22
- "Montevideo" - 2:33
- Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 7, 1953 (track 2), December 28, 1953 (track 8), and September 1, 1954 (track 5), in San Francisco on April 26, 1954 (track 1) and in Chicago on January 1, 1954 (track 6), January 2, 1954 (track 7) and October 8, 1954 (track 3).
- "Montevideo" was mistakenly issued as "Night Time".
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson (tracks 1 & 5) - trumpet
- Quentin Jackson, George Jean (tracks 6-8), Juan Tizol (track 2), Britt Woodman - trombone
- John Sanders - valve trombone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
- 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, 2, & 4-8), Oscar Pettiford (track 3) - bass
- Butch Ballard (track 2), Dave Black - drums (tracks 1 & 3-8)
- Ralph Collier - congas (tracks 1 & 5)
- Frank Rollo - bongos (track 3)
References
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 24, 2010
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