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    The Great Chicago Concerts

    Duke Ellington - The Great Chicago Concerts

    01/20/2046

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    All Music Guide Review

    The 1946 Duke Ellington Orchestra is heard in superior form throughout this highly recommended set. Split between a pair of separate concerts that took place in Chicago, this two-CD release of mostly previously unissued material features such top soloists as trumpeters Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker and Ray Nance, trombonist Lawrence Brown, altoist Johnny Hodges, clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears on tenor, baritonist Harry Carney and the pianist/leader. Four selections from the later concert have the great guitarist Django Reinhardt as a special guest but, although he plays well, there is virtually no interaction with the band. In addition to fresh versions of many of Ellington's standards and then-current arrangements, this two-fer has a lengthy excerpt from "Black, Brown & Beige," Ellington's three-part "Tonal Group" and the rarely heard "Deep South Suite." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

    The Great Chicago Concerts Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Ring Dem Bells
  • 2:24

  • 2
  • Jumpin' Punkins
  • 3:35

  • 3
  • Beale Street Blues
  • 3:24

  • 4
  • Memphis Blues
  • 2:26

  • 5
  • Golden Feather
  • 3:38

  • 6
  • Air-Conditioned Jungle
  • 4:44

  • 7
  • A Very Unbooted Character
  • 3:49

  • 8
  • Sultry Sunset
  • 3:58

  • 9
  • Deep South Suite: Magnolias Just Dripping With Molasses/Hearsay/There
  • 4:43

  • 10
  • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  • 4:39

  • 11
  • The Beautiful Indians, Pt. 1: Hiawatha
  • 3:47

  • 12
  • Ride, Red, Ride
  • 2:16

  • 13
  • A Blues Riff
  • 3:48

  • 14
  • Improvisation, #2
  • 2:48

  • 15
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • 3:37

  • 16
  • Blue Skies (Trumpet No End)
  • 2:24

  • 17 (2)
  • The Star Spangled Banner
  • 1:07

  • 18 (2)
  • In a Mellow Tone
  • 2:40

  • 19 (2)
  • Solid Old Man
  • 3:04

  • 20 (2)
  • Come Sunday/Work Song (Excerpts from Black, Brown & Beige)
  • 11:46

  • 21 (2)
  • Rugged Romeo
  • 2:52

  • 22 (2)
  • Circe
  • 4:41

  • 23 (2)
  • Dancers in Love
  • 2:25

  • 24 (2)
  • Coloratura
  • 2:53

  • 25 (2)
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • 6:30

  • 26 (2)
  • Caravan
  • 3:30

  • 27 (2)
  • Take the "A" Train
  • 2:42

  • 28 (2)
  • Mellow Ditty
  • 6:55

  • 29 (2)
  • Fugue
  • 2:33

  • 30 (2)
  • Jam-A-Ditty
  • 3:38

  • 31 (2)
  • Magenta Haze
  • 4:48

  • 32 (2)
  • Pitter Panther Patter
  • 3:17

  • 33 (2)
  • Suburbanite
  • 3:31

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