Tracklist
1 Blues In Blueprint Bass – Jimmy Woode Clarinet – Harry Carney Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:43 2 Pie Eye's Blues Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:27 3 Sweet And Pungent Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton Trombone – Booty Wood Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 4:03 4 Three J's Blues Saxophone, Written-By – Jimmy Hamilton 2:54 5 The Swingers' Jump Clarinet, Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton Saxophone – Johnny Hodges Trombone – Booty Wood Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:53 6 The Swingers Get The Blues Too Horn – Mathew Gee Jr. Saxophone – Johnny Hodges Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington , Mathew Gee 3:09 7 Villes Ville Is The Place, Man Saxophone – Harry Carney , Johnny Hodges Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 2:33 8 In A Mellow Tone Saxophone – Harry Carney Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 2:43 9 Blues In Orbit Written-By – Billy Strayhorn , Duke Ellington 2:29 10 C Jam Blues Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton Saxophone – Paul Gonzalves Trombone – Booty Wood , Mathew Gee Jr. Violin – Ray Nance Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:52 11 Smada Saxophone – Johnny Hodges Trumpet – Ray Nance Written-By – Billy Strayhorn , Duke Ellington 2:38
Versions
Category Artist Title (Format )Label Category Country Year CL 1445 Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit (LP, Album, Mono) Columbia CL 1445 US 1960 CS 8241 Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit (LP) Columbia CS 8241 Canada 1960 CS 8241 Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit (LP, Album, RM, TP, 180) Classic Records CS 8241 US 1995 CS 8241 Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit (LP, Album) Columbia CS 8241 US 1960 88697492062 Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit (CD, Album, RE, RM) Columbia, Legacy 88697492062 Europe 2009
Credits
Coordinator [Jazz Masterpieces Serie Coordination] – Amy Herot , Mike Berniker Design [Cover Design] – Allen Weinberg Engineer [Digital Remix] – Larry Keyes Liner Notes – Stanley Dance Mastered By – Vlado Meller Photography By [Cover Photo] – Don Hunstein Producer [Digital] – Michael Brooks Producer [Original Recordings] – Irving Townsend (tracks: A1, A2), Teo Macero (tracks: A3 to B6) Research [Historical] – Nathaniel Brewster Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Notes
Two-disc set, 180-gram pressing by RTI cut at 45 RPM Limited edition of 2,500 numbered copies Orginal release 1960. Front-laminated flipback sleeveRecorded at place and time: Los Angeles, February 12, 1958 A1 Los Angeles, February 5, 1958 A2 New York, February 25, 1958 A3 New York, December 2, 1959 A4, A5, A7 to B1, B3 New York, December 3, 1959 A6, B2, B4 to B6 A4, B3 previously unreleased versions. "Digitally remastered directly from the original analog tapes"
Companies
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
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