Black, Brown, and Beige (album)

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Black, Brown, and Beige
Album by Duke Ellington
Released	1958
Recorded	1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	Re-release: 72:48
Label	Columbia
Producer	Irving Townsend
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Duke Ellington chronology
Live at the 1957 Stratford Festival (1957)	Black, Brown, and Beige (1958)	Newport Jazz Festival (1958) (1958)

Black, Brown, and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson.

The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington's Black, Brown, and Beige suite. After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" and "Work Song", and it is this version that is recorded here.

[edit] Personnel

• Duke Ellington — piano
• William "Cat" Anderson — trumpet
• Harold Shorty Baker — trumpet
• Clark Terry — trumpet
• Ray Nance — trumpet, violin
• John Sanders — valve trombone
• Quentin Jackson — trombone
• Britt Woodman — trombone
• Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
• Bill Graham — alto saxophone
• Harry Carney — baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode — bass
• Sam Woodyard — drums
• Mahalia Jackson — vocals

[edit] Track listing

1. "Part I" –8:14
2. "Part II" –6:10
3. "Part III" [aka Light] –6:19
4. "Part IV" [(AKA Come Sunday)] –7:55
5. "Part V" –3:39
6. "Part VI" (23rd Psalm) –3:05

   Bonus tracks on re-releases

7. "Track 360" ("Trains") (alternative take) V2:02
8. "Blues in Orbit" (alternative take) V2:36
9. "Part I" (alternative take) –6:49
10. "Part II" (alternative take) –6:38
11. "Part III" (alternative take) –3:08
12. "Part IV" (alternative take) –2:23
13. "Part V" (alternative take) –5:51
14. "Part VI" (alternative take) –1:59
15. Studio conversation –:07
16. "Come Sunday" (a capella) –5:47
17. (Pause track) –0:06