Track Listing 1. Old Circus Train, The 2. Swamp Goo 3. Trombone Buster 4. Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies 5. Mellow Ditty 6. To Know You Is to Love You 7. Naidni Remmus 8. Prowling Cat, The 9. Maiera 10. Thanks For the Beautiful Land 11. Charpoy 12. Portrait of Louis Armstrong 13. Girdle Hurdle 14. Sans Snyphelle 15. Woods
| Details | | Playing Time: | 66 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Louie Bellson, Nat Adderley | | Producer: | Duke Ellington | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Tony Watkins (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney, Norris Tunny, Harold Ashby, Buddy Pearson, Harold Minerve (reeds); Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Ray Nance, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Nat Adderley, Allen Smith, Fred Stone, Nelson Williams, Money Johnson, Al Rubin, Richard Williams, Eddie Preston (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Booty Wood, Malcolm Taylor (trombone); Jimmy Jones (piano); Wild Bill Davis (organ); John Lamb, Joe Benjamin (bass); Sam Woodyard, Louie Bellson, Chris Columbus, Rufus Jones (drums). Includes liner notes by Stanley Dance. Whenever there was "down time" for Ellington and his band, he'd get them into the studio to rework older pieces or design prototypes for new ones in order to keep the band's edge intact. This happened frequently enough, and the great jazz composer/bandleader was so prolific a composer, that throughout his long career there accumulated what Ellington would refer to as "the stockpile." Taken from the "stockpile," this set contains works recorded in Los Angeles, NY, Chicago, San Francisco and Milan, Italy. Earlier styles (as his group's '20s/'30s sound) were "revisited" in the shimmering "Swamp Goo." "Charpoy" is an interesting bit of India-inspired exotica. "Girdle Hurdle" swings like a dance tune from the height of the Swing Era, with Jimmy Hamilton's virtuoso clarinet playing in the spotlight (is there a bit of klezmer music in that solo?). A fine collection with lots of variety for Ellington fans to savor.
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