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Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965.^[1] The album features recordings of tunes from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "This disc is a surprising success. Duke Ellington was somehow persuaded into revising and recording a dozen songs from the score of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, and the results are actually quite memorable".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

1. "A Spoonful of Sugar" - 3:13
2. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - 2:52
3. "Feed the Birds" - 3:42
4. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - 2:31
5. "Stay Awake" - 2:28
6. "I Love to Laugh" - 2:29
7. "Jolly Holiday" - 3:04
8. "Sister Suffragette" - 3:05
9. "The Perfect Nanny" - 4:09
10. "Step in Time" - 2:46
11. "The Life I Lead" - 3:43
12. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 2:27

• • Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on September 6, 8 & 9, 1964.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams, Nat Woodard - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
• Chuck Connors - bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• John Lamb - bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums

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