All Star Road Band Volume 2
1985 live album by Duke Ellington
All Star Road Band Volume 2 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Holiday Ballroom in Chicago for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele 's Doctor Jazz label in 1985.[ 1] [ 2]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 3]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This two-LP set finds Duke Ellington's orchestra in surprisingly inspired form playing at a dance in Chicago ... the all-star ensemble brings new life to the potentially tired repertoire, introduces some relatively new arrangements and seems to have a good time playing for an enthusiastic audience. Excellent music".[ 3]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted
Disc 1
"Mood Indigo " (Ellington, Barney Bigard , Irving Mills ) - 6:45
"Satin Doll " (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn , Johnny Mercer ) – 4:04
"Happy Go Lucky Local" – 8:05
"Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Do Nothing till You Hear from Me " (Mercer Ellington , Ted Persons / Ellington, Bob Russell ) – 5:14
"Guitar Amour" – 5:32
"Summertime " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) – 1:57
"C Jam Blues " – 4:17
"Silk Lace" – 4:44
Disc 2
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) " (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster ) – 3:29
"Isfahan" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:34
"Timon of Athens" – 2:42
"Tutti for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton ) – 5:54
"Stomping at the Savoy " (Edgar Sampson , Benny Goodman , Chick Webb , Andy Razaf ) – 4:07
"Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges ) – 4:40
"I Can't Stop Loving You " (Don Gibson ) – 5:56
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue " – 6:59
"Satin Doll " (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer ) – 1:44
Personnel
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
Orchestra members Related