Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Uptown Mp3

Tracklist

Versions

Credits

• Co-producer – Mercer Ellington (tracks: 1)
• Drums – Louis Bellson
• Piano – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
• Producer – Duke Ellington (tracks: 1), George Avakian (tracks: 2 to 13)
• Recorded By – Bert Porter (tracks: 1)
• Saxophone – Harry Carney, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gansalves, Russell Procope
• Trombone – Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson
• Trumpet – William Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie Cook

Notes

"Skin Deep" was originally produced by Duke & Mercer Ellington.
All other selections originally produced by George Avakian.

Recording dates:
Track 1 February 29, 1952 at Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno California
Tracks 2 & 5 July 1, 1952 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Track 3 June 30, 1952 same
Track 4 December 7, 1951 same
Tracks 6 & 7 December 11, 1951 same
Track 8 May 19, 1947 same
Track 9 to 13 December 24, 1947 Liederkranz Hall, New York City

This album was issued on three occasions with shlightly different content.
The original album (ML4639) contained tracks 1 through 5.
"Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown" (CL830) omitted "A Tone Parallel To Harlem" and put "The Controversial Suite" in its place
The third version (CL848) dropped "Perdido" and added "The Liberian Suite".

Barcodes

• Barcode (Text): 696998706620
• Matrix / Runout: DIDP-111208 J3 17 02
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L472
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 6100

Companies

• Recorded At – Liederkranz Hall, New York
• Recorded At – Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno
• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio

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