1976 album by Duke Ellington
Up in Duke's Workshop is an album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington that collects sessions recorded in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, released on the Pablo label in 1979.[ 1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This LP is primarily for Duke Ellington completists and scholars. Some of the performances are runthroughs of works that would soon be discarded or rewritten while others are true obscurities... nothing all that essential or historic occurs and there are over 100 currently available Duke Ellington recordings that one would recommend first".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"Blem" - 6:55
"Goof" - 3:14
"Dick" - 2:57
"Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin ) - 4:23
"Bateau" - 5:23
"Wanderlust" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges ) - 6:26
"Neo-Creole" - 3:52
"Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills ) - 3:40
"Mendoza" - 5:43
Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York on April 25, 1969 (track 1), 23 May 1969 (track 2), June 20, 1969 (track 3), June 15, 1970 (track 4), December 9, 1970 (track 5), February 1, 1971 (track 6), February 3, 1971 (track 7), June 29, 1971 (track 8), December 6, 1972 (track 9).
Personnel
Duke Ellington – piano
Wild Bill Davis - organ (track 4–7)
Cat Anderson (tracks 2, 4–8), Johnny Coles (track 9), Willie Cook (tracks 1–8), Mercer Ellington (tracks 3, 4, 6–9), Money Johnson (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Jimmy Owens (track 2), Eddie Preston (track 6), Al Rubin (track 5), Fred Stone (track 4), Cootie Williams - trumpet
Lawrence Brown (track 2), Buster Cooper (track 2), Tyree Glenn , (track 9), Benny Green (tracks 1 & 3), Benny Powell (track 1), Julian Priester (tracks 4–8), Vince Prudente (track 9), Malcolm Taylor (track 5), Booty Wood (track 4–8) - trombone
Chuck Connors (tracks 2 & 4–9) - bass trombone
Russell Procope - clarinet , alto saxophone
Harold Minerve - flute , alto
Johnny Hodges (tracks 2 & 3), Buddy Pearson (track 8), Norris Turney (tracks 2–5) - alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves , Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Joe Benjamin (track 4–8), Victor Gaskin (tracks 2 & 3), Paul Kondziela (tracks 1–3) - bass
Rufus Jones - drums
References
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
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