Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album) explained

Live at the Blue Note is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago for the Roulette label in 1959.^[1]

The album was originally released as a single LP and rereleased as a double CD in 1994 with fourteen bonus tracks on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This two-CD set gives one a good example of how Duke Ellington's Orchestra sounded in 1959. Greatly expanded from the original single LP, the release essentially brings back a full night by the Ellington band, three nearly complete sets. The music ranges from old favorites to some newer material".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

Disc 1

1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "Haupe" [aka "Polly's Theme"] - 3:58
4. "Flirtibird" - 3:01
5. "Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:16
6. "Almost Cried" - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Duael Fuel (Dual Filter)" - (Ellington, Clark Terry) - 11:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:56
9. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Shorty Baker, Ellington) - 7:17
10. "El Gato" (Cat Anderson) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 4:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Drawing Room Blues" (Strayhorn) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:57 Bonus track on CD reissue

Disc 2

1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:36
2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:31
3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington) - 2:50
4. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 3:50
5. "Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 11:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
7. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. A Disarming Visit by June Christy & Stan Kenton - 2:56
9. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Strayhorn, James "Bubber" Miley) - 9:19
11. "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) 5:13
12. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:29
13. "El Gato" (Anderson) - 4:18 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1.2-2.13)
• Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1.1 & 1.14)
• Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
• Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
  • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone John Sanders - valve trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode - bass (tracks 1.1-2.6 & 2.8-2.13)
• Johnny Pate - bass (track 2.7)
• Sam Woodyard - drums
• James "Jimmy" Johnson Jr. - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r161749|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed May 18, 2010