Dance to the Duke!

1954 studio album by Duke Ellington
Dance to the Duke!
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1954
RecordedApril 7 & December 28, 1953, January 1 & 2, April 26, September 1, and October 8, 1954.
GenreJazz
LabelCapitol
Duke Ellington chronology
Ellington ‘55
(1954) 		Dance to the Duke!
(1954) 		Ellington Showcase
(1954)

Dance to the Duke! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953.[1] 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.[2]

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Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "C Jam Blues" - 4:52
  2. "Orson" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:37
  3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
  4. "Kinda Dukish" - 2:32
  5. "Bakiff" - 5:48
  6. "Frivolous Banta" (Rick Henderson) - 2:39
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 6:22
  8. "Montevideo" - 2:33
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 7, 1953 (track 2), December 28, 1953 (track 8), and September 1, 1954 (track 5), in San Francisco on April 26, 1954 (track 1) and in Chicago on January 1, 1954 (track 6), January 2, 1954 (track 7) and October 8, 1954 (track 3).
  • "Montevideo" was mistakenly issued as "Night Time".

Personnel

References

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010
  2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 24, 2010
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