The Duke at Tanglewood

The Duke at Tanglewood
Live album by
Duke Ellington with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
Released1966
RecordedJuly 28, 1965
VenueTanglewood, Lennox, MA
GenreJazz
LabelRCA Victor Red Seal Records
LM-2857
ProducerPeter Dellheim
Duke Ellington chronology
Cool Rock
(1965) 		The Duke at Tanglewood
(1966) 		Ella at Duke's Place
(1965)

The Duke at Tanglewood is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington fronting the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler which was recorded at Tanglewood and released on RCA Victor's classical Red Seal label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Record Mirror[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Ellington's piano is fine throughout this LP but unfortunately the arrangements were written by Richard Hayman and are hilariously overblown and pompous; 'Caravan' is an unintentional scream. Those Ellington collectors without a strong sense of humor are obliged to skip this odd greatest-hits performance".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted

  1. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:48
  2. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard, Mills) – 3:00
  3. "The Mooch" (Ellington, Mills) – 3:29
  4. "Love Scene" – 2:31
  5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 2:52
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:43
  7. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:45
  8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:23
  9. "Timon of Athens March" – 3:07
  10. "Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Mills) - 3:02
  11. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:11
  12. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 2:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed August 14, 2017
  2. ^ Boston Pops Discography accessed August 14, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Duke Ellington: The Duke at Tanglewood – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (5 March 1966). "Duke Ellington: The Duke At Tanglewood" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 260. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.