Ellington Is Forever Volume Two

1977 studio album by Kenny Burrell
Ellington Is Forever Volume Two
Studio album by
Kenny Burrell
Released1977
RecordedNovember & December 1975
StudioFantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
Length71:18
LabelFantasy
F-79008
ProducerKenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell chronology
Ellington Is Forever
(1975) 		Ellington Is Forever Volume Two
(1977) 		Prime: Live at the Downtown Room
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Ellington Is Forever Volume Two is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and released on the Fantasy Records label.[3] Originally released as a double album set in 1977 it was rereleased on CD in 1994.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Burrell's initial plan was to release a volume in tribute to Ellington once a year, but this record and the one that preceded it were the only two albums in this proposed series that were ever made. One can only imagine what could have been if Burrell had continued. Alternately, and more positively, one can be glad that the only records that were released were as beautiful and as close to perfection as these two".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Azure" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 1:50
  2. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:37
  3. "In a Sentimental Mood" – 5:30
  4. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 4:17
  5. "Satin Doll" – 3:32
  6. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" – 5:37
  7. "In a Mellow Tone" – 5:47
  8. "Solitude" – 3:19
  9. "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 4:57
  10. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" – 6:56
  11. "Prelude to a Kiss" – 2:55
  12. "Satin Doll (Segue)" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 0:21
  13. "Come Sunday" – 3:10
  14. "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" – 8:01
  15. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" – 7:45
  16. "Orson" – 3:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Gioffre, D. Allmusic Review, accessed August 9, 2012
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 33. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography accessed August 9, 2012
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