The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York in 1944 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Lots of great moments from this brilliant orchestra occurred during this concert".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Blutopia" - 4:22
- "Midriff" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
- "Creole Love Call" - 6:29
- "Suddenly It Jumped" - 2:50
- "Pitter Panther Patter" - 2:57
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - 3:56
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 5:17
- "Perfume Suite: Introduction" - 0:54
- "Perfume Suite: Sonata" - 3:15
- "Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling" - 5:09
- 'Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love" - 2:33
- "Purfume Suite: Coloratura" - 3:24
- "Work Song" - 7:00
- "The Blues" - 5:25
- "Three Dances: West Indian Dance/Creamy Brown/Emancipation Celebration" - 6:29
- "Come Sunday" - 11:48
- "The Mood to Be Wooed" - 4:47
- "Blue Cellophane" - 3:15
- "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 3:34
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) - 8:08
- Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 19, 1944.
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Rex Stewart - cornet
- Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan - trumpet
- Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
- Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton - trombone
- Claude Jones - valve trombone
- Otto Hardwick - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Al Sears - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Fred Guy - guitar
- Junior Raglin - bass
- Hillard Brown - drums
- Kay Davis (track 3), Ray Nance (track 6), Al Hibbler (track 10), Marie Ellington (track 14) - vocals
References
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- The Blanton–Webster Band
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
- Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
- Liberian Suite
- Great Times!
- Masterpieces by Ellington
- Ellington Uptown
- The Duke Plays Ellington
- Ellington ‘55
- Dance to the Duke!
- Ellington Showcase
- Historically Speaking
- Duke Ellington Presents...
- The Complete Porgy and Bess
- A Drum Is a Woman
- Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Ellington Indigos
- Black, Brown and Beige
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
- The Cosmic Scene
- Happy Reunion
- Jazz Party
- Back to Back
- Side by Side
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Festival Session
- Blues in Orbit
- The Nutcracker Suite
- Piano in the Background
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
- Unknown Session
- Piano in the Foreground
- The Great Summit: The Master Takes
- Paris Blues
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Featuring Paul Gonsalves
- Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
- Midnight in Paris
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
- Studio Sessions, New York 1962
- Money Jungle
- Afro-Bossa
- The Symphonic Ellington
- Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
- Studio Sessions New York 1963
- My People
- Ellington '65
- Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
- Ellington '66
- Concert in the Virgin Islands
- The Popular Duke Ellington
- The Far East Suite
- The Jaywalker
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
- ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
- Second Sacred Concert
- Studio Sessions New York, 1968
- Latin American Suite
- The Pianist
- New Orleans Suite
- Orchestral Works
- The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
- The Intimacy of the Blues
- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
- Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
- The Intimate Ellington
- The Ellington Suites
- This One's for Blanton!
- Up in Duke’s Workshop
- Duke's Big 4
- Mood Ellington
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