Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album)

Live at the Blue Note
Live album by Duke Ellington
Released	1959
Recorded	August 9, 1959 at The Blue Note, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	134:46
Label	Roulette
Duke Ellington chronology
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Live at the Blue Note (1959) Festival Session (1959)

Live at the Blue Note is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago for the Roulette label in 1959.^[1]

The album was originally released as a single LP and rereleased as a double CD in 1994 with fourteen bonus tracks on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This two-CD set gives one a good example of how Duke Ellington's Orchestra sounded in 1959. Greatly expanded from the original single LP, the release essentially brings back a full night by the Ellington band, three nearly complete sets. The music ranges from old favorites to some newer material".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

Disc 1

1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "Haupe" [aka "Polly's Theme"] - 3:58
4. "Flirtibird" - 3:01
5. "Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:16
6. "Almost Cried" - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Duael Fuel (Dual Filter)" - (Ellington, Clark Terry) - 11:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:56
9. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Shorty Baker, Ellington) - 7:17
10. "El Gato" (Cat Anderson) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 4:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Drawing Room Blues" (Strayhorn) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:57 Bonus track on CD reissue

Disc 2

1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:36
2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:31
3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington) - 2:50
4. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 3:50
5. "Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 11:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
7. "Satin Doll]" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. A Disarming Visit by June Christy & Stan Kenton - 2:56
9. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Strayhorn, James "Bubber" Miley) - 9:19
11. "Passion Flower Strayhorn 5:13
12. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:29
13. "El Gato" (Anderson) - 4:18 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1.2-2.13)
• Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1.1 & 1.14)
• Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
• Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
• Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
• John Sanders - valve trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode - bass (tracks 1.1-2.6 & 2.8-2.13)
• Johnny Pate - bass (track 2.7)
• Sam Woodyard - drums

References