First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1961 album by Duke Ellington
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Ellington and Count Basie | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | July 6, 1961 | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:58 (original release) 73:43 (1999 expanded and remastered edition) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Teo Macero | |||
Duke Ellington chronology | ||||
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Count Basie chronology | ||||
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First Time! The Count Meets the Duke is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961.[1]
On stereo releases of the album, Basie's band is featured on the left channel and Ellington's on the right.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing".[2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Down Beat (Original LP release) | [3] |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Battle Royal" - 5:33
- "To You" (Thad Jones) - 3:53
- "Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46
- "Corner Pocket" [a.k.a. "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) - 4:53
- "Wild Man" [a.k.a. "Wild Man Moore"] - 6:20
- "Segue in C" (Frank Wess) - 8:22
- "B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:43
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) - 3:09
- 1999 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks
- "One More Once" - 3:25
- "Take the "A" Train" [alternate take] (Strayhorn) - 5:50
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" [alternate take] (Basie) - 3:14
- "B D B" [alternate take] (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:30
- "Blues in Hoss' Flat" (Basie, Frank Foster) - 3:13
- "Wild Man" [alternate take] - 5:55
- "Battle Royal" [alternate take] - 6:32
Personnel
- Duke Ellington, Count Basie – piano
- Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Thad Jones, Snooky Young - trumpet
- Lou Blackburn, Lawrence Brown, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell - trombone
- Juan Tizol - valve trombone and tambourine on Wild Man
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Russell Procope, Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Aaron Bell, Eddie Jones - bass
- Sam Woodyard, Sonny Payne - drums
References
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 17, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 17, 2010
- ^ Down Beat: May 10, 1962 vol. 29, no. 10
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Far East Suite
- The Jaywalker
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- The Pianist
- New Orleans Suite
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- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
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- The Ellington Suites
- This One's for Blanton!
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- Duke's Big 4
- Mood Ellington
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- "Black and Tan Fantasy"
- "Black, Brown and Beige"
- "C Jam Blues"
- "Come Sunday"
- "Cotton Tail"
- "Creole Love Call"
- "Day Dream"
- "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
- "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- "Drop Me Off in Harlem"
- "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"
- "Echoes of Harlem"
- "Everything but You"
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"
- "I Didn't Know About You"
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
- "In a Mellow Tone"
- "In a Sentimental Mood"
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
- "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
- "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
- "The Mooche"
- "Mood Indigo"
- " Prelude to a Kiss"
- "Rocks in My Bed"
- "(In My) Solitude"
- "Sophisticated Lady"
- Queenie Pie (unfinished opera)
by Billy Strayhorn |
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by Juan Tizol |
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members
- Hayes Alvis
- Cat Anderson
- Ivie Anderson
- Harold Ashby
- Alice Babs
- Shorty Baker
- Butch Ballard
- Art Baron
- Aaron Bell
- Louie Bellson
- Joe Benjamin
- Barney Bigard
- Lou Blackburn
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud
- Lawrence Brown
- Harry Carney
- Johnny Coles
- Willie Cook
- Buster Cooper
- Kay Davis
- Wild Bill Davis
- Wilbur de Paris
- Bobby Durham
- Mercer Ellington
- Rolf Ericson
- Jimmy Forrest
- Victor Gaskin
- Peter Giger
- Tyree Glenn
- Paul Gonsalves
- Sonny Greer
- Fred Guy
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Otto Hardwick
- Shelton Hemphill
- Rick Henderson
- Al Hibbler
- Johnny Hodges
- Major Holley
- Charlie Irvis
- Quentin Jackson
- Hilton Jefferson
- Herb Jeffries
- Freddie Jenkins
- Money Johnson
- Herbie Jones
- Wallace Jones
- Taft Jordan
- Al Killian
- Queen Esther Marrow
- Wendell Marshall
- Murray McEachern
- Louis Metcalf
- James "Bubber" Miley
- Harold "Geezil" Minerve
- Ray Nance
- Tricky Sam Nanton
- Oscar Pettiford
- Eddie Preston
- Russell Procope
- Junior Raglin
- Betty Roché
- Ernie Royal
- Al Sears
- Joya Sherrill
- Willie Smith
- Elmer Snowden
- Rex Stewart
- Billy Strayhorn
- Billy Taylor
- Clark Terry
- Juan Tizol
- Norris Turney
- Ben Webster
- Arthur Whetsel
- Cootie Williams
- Nelson Williams
- Skippy Williams
- Booty Wood
- Jimmy Woode
- Britt Woodman
- Sam Woodyard