Ellington Showcase

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Field	Value
name	Ellington Showcase
type	Album
artist	Duke Ellington
cover	Ellington Showcase.jpg
released	1955
recorded	April 9, July 1 & December 29, 1953, January 17, June 17, 1954, May 17 & 18, 1955
genre	Jazz
label	Capitol
chronology	Duke Ellington
prev_title	Dance to the Duke!
prev_year	1954
next_title	Blue Rose
next_year	1956
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| name = Ellington Showcase | type = Album | artist = Duke Ellington | cover = Ellington Showcase.jpg | alt = | released = 1955 | recorded = April 9, July 1 & December 29, 1953, January 17, June 17, 1954, May 17 & 18, 1955 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Capitol | producer = | chronology = Duke Ellington | prev_title = Dance to the Duke! | prev_year = 1954 | next_title = Blue Rose | next_year = 1956

Ellington Showcase is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label at various sessions in 1953–55. The album has not been released on CD but the tracks have appeared on The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington released by Mosaic Records in 1995.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

1. "Blossom" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:29
2. "Big Drag" – 2:51
3. "Don't Ever Say Goodbye" – 3:01
4. "Falling Like a Raindrop" – 3:02
5. "Gonna Tan Your Hide" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 6:13
6. "Harlem Air Shaft" – 3:54
7. "La Virgen De La Macarena" (Bernardo Bautista Monterde) – 4:02
8. "Clarinet Melodrama" (Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:42
9. "Theme For Trambean" (Hamilton) – 3:26
10. "Serious Serenade" – 2:50

• Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on April 9, 1953 (track 1), at Universal Studios in Chicago on July 1, 1953 (track 2) December 29, 1953 (track 3), January 17, 1954 (track 4), May 17, 1955 (tracks 6 & 7), and May 18, 1955 (tracks 8–10), and at Capitol Studios in New York on June 17, 1954 (track 5).

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano (tracks 1, 2 & 5–10)
• Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 3 & 4)
• Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
• Quentin Jackson, George Jean (tracks 2 & 4), Juan Tizol (track 1 & 2), Britt Woodman – trombone
• John Sanders – valve trombone (tracks 5–10)
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Wendell Marshall (tracks 1–5), Jimmy Woode (tracks 6–10) – bass
• Butch Ballard (tracks 1 & 2) Dave Black (tracks 3–10) – drums

References

References

1. [http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed May 21, 2010
2. "Duke Ellington - Dance to the Duke! Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic".

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