The Symphonic Ellington
The Symphonic Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963.[1] The album features recordings of Ellington's orchestra with the Paris Symphony Orchestra, the Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, and the La Scala Symphony Orchestra.
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | January 31, February 8, 14 & 21, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "With most of his all-star soloists heard from in this program and a complete avoidance of trying to make his music sound so-called "respectable" or self-consciously third stream, Ellington's arrangements keep the strings from weighing down the proceedings and the music is actually quite successful".[2]
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| Record Mirror | [3] |
Track listing
All music is composed by Duke Ellington
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Creature 1st Movement: Blind Bug" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Night Creature 2nd Movement: Stalking Monster" | 7:51 |
| 3. | "Night Creature 3rd Movement: Dazzling Creature" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Non-Violent Integration" | 5:27 |
| 5. | "La Scala, She Too Pretty to Be Blue" | 6:14 |
| 6. | "Harlem" | 14:03 |
Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris on January 31, 1963 (tracks 3 & 6), at Solna-Sundbyberg, Sweden on February 8, 1963 (tracks 1 & 2), at Hamburg, Germany on February 14, 1963 (track 4) and at Studio Zanibelli, Milan, Italy on February 21, 1963 (track 5).
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Ray Nance - cornet
- Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Cootie Williams - trumpet
- Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - 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
- Ernie Shepard - bass
- Sam Woodyard - drums
- The Paris Symphony Orchestra (tracks 3 & 6)
- The Stockholm Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1 & 2)
- The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (track 4)
- The La Scala Symphony Orchestra (track 5)
References
- A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 10, 2010
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2010
- "Duke Ellington: The Symphonic Ellington" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 164. 2 May 1964. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.