The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
1977 live album by Duke Ellington
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall , in New York City in 1944 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.[ 1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "Lots of great moments from this brilliant orchestra occurred during this concert".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"Blutopia" – 4:22
"Midriff" (Billy Strayhorn ) – 4:00
"Creole Love Call" – 6:29
"Suddenly It Jumped" – 2:50
"Pitter Panther Patter" – 2:57
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) " – 3:56
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be " (Mercer Ellington ) – 5:17
"Perfume Suite: Introduction" – 0:54
"Perfume Suite: Sonata" – 3:15
"Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling" – 5:09
'Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love" – 2:33
"Purfume Suite: Coloratura" – 3:24
"Work Song" – 7:00
"The Blues" – 5:25
"Three Dances: West Indian Dance/Creamy Brown/Emancipation Celebration" – 6:29
"Come Sunday" – 11:48
"The Mood to Be Wooed" – 4:47
"Blue Cellophane" – 3:15
"Blue Skies " (Irving Berlin ) – 3:34
"Frankie and Johnny " (Traditional) – 8:08
Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 19, 1944.
Personnel
Duke Ellington – piano
Rex Stewart – cornet
Cat Anderson , Shelton Hemphill , Taft Jordan – trumpet
Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
Lawrence Brown , Joe Nanton – trombone
Claude Jones – valve trombone
Otto Hardwick – alto saxophone , clarinet
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Al Sears – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone , clarinet, bass clarinet
Fred Guy – guitar
Junior Raglin – bass
Hillard Brown – drums
Kay Davis (track 3), Ray Nance (track 6), Al Hibbler (track 10), Marie Ellington (track 14) – vocals
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