Midnight in Paris (album)

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Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 1½ stars and stated "One of the odder Duke Ellington collections... Pretty music but far from essential".[2]

1. "Under Paris Skies" (Hubert Giraud) – 2:41
2. "I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet) – 3:50
3. "Mademoiselle de Paris" (Paul Durand) – 3:20
4. "Comme Çi Comme Ça" (Bruno Coquatrix) – 3:03
5. "Speak to Me of Love" (Jean Lenoir) – 2:02
6. "A Midnight in Paris" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:33
7. "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (Harold Rome, Jean Marie Blanvillain, Henry Herpin) – 2:03
8. "Guitar Amour" (Duke Ellington) – 4:57
9. "The Petite Waltz" (Joe Heyne) – 4:14
10. "Paris Blues" (Ellington) – 4:21
11. "Javapachacha (Apache)" (adapted by Ellington) – 3:56
12. "No Regrets" (Charles Dumont) – 2:12
13. "The River Seine" (Guy Lafarge) – 2:14

• Recorded at Columbia Studio A, New York on January 30, 1962 (tracks 5, 8 & 10), January 31, 1962 (tracks 4, 9 & 11), February 27, 1962 (track 1), June 21, 1962 (tracks 3 & 6), and June 26, 1962 (tracks 2, 7, 12 & 13).

• Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13)
• Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 4, 5 & 8-11)
• Ray Nance - cornet
• Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 8-11), Bill Berry (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, & 11-13), Roy Burrowes (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13), Howard McGhee (tracks 4, 9 & 11) - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13), Lyle Cox (tracks 4, 5 & 8-11) - trombone
• Chuck Connors - bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Aaron Bell - bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums