Duke Ellington: Festival Session (1959) [Vinyl, 24-96]
A1 "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) A2 "Copout Extension" A3 "Duael Fuel, Part 1" (Ellington, Clark Terry) A4 "Duael Fuel, Part 2" (Ellington, Terry) A5 "Duael Fuel, Part 3" (Ellington, Terry) B1 "Idiom '59, Part 1" B2 "Idiom '59, Part 2" B3 "Idiom '59, Part 3" B4 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) B5 "Launching Pad" (Ellington, Terry)
Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet Britt Woodman – trombone Quentin Jackson – trombone (A1, A,2, B1-B5), bass (A3-A5) 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 (A1, A2, B4, B5) Joe Benjamin – bass (B1-B5) Sam Woodyard, James Johnson – drums
"I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman)
"Blue Riff" (Gene Harris)
"Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson)
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)
Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Gene Harris - piano
Andrew Simpkins - bass
Bill Dowdy - drums
Recorded June 29, December 16, 1960 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
A1 Makin' Whoopee
A2 Soulville
A3 Lover Come Back To Me
B1 Time On My Hands
B2 Where Are You
B3 Late Date
B4 Ill Wind
C1 The Touch Of Your Lips
C2 When Your Lover Has Gone
C3 Bye Bye Blackbird
C4 How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
D1 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
D2 Sunday
D3 This Can't Be Love
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster
Guitar – Herb Ellis (A1-B4)
Piano – Oscar Peterson
Bass – Ray Brown
Drums – Stan Levey (A1-B4) / Ed Thigpen (C1-D3)
"Lady Sings the Blues" (Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols)
"Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer)
"I Must Have That Man" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
"Some Other Spring" (Irene Higginbotham, Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
"Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allan)
"No Good Man" (Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop, Dan Fisher)
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
"Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher)
"Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
"Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)
"I Thought About You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
Los Angeles session: Billie Holiday, vocals; Willie Smith, alto saxophone; Harry Edison, trumpet; Bobby Tucker, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Red Callender, bass; Chico Hamilton, drums
New York session: Billie Holiday, vocals; Paul Quinichette, tenor saxophone; Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Tony Scott, clarinet; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Wynton Kelly, piano; Aaron Bell, bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums
Recorded September 3, 1954 at Capitol Studios, LA and June 6, 7, 1956 at Fine Sound Studios, NYC
1 "So in Love" (Cole Porter)
2 "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link)
3 "Solitude" (Duke Ellington)
4 "The Song is Ended" (Irving Berlin)
5 "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds)
6 "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis)
7 "Gerry's Blues"
8 "Hello"
9 "Bright Blues"
Milt Jackson – vibes, Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone (6, 8. 9), John Lewis - piano (1, 3, 5, 6, 8. 9), Barry Galbraith (1, 3. 5) or Barney Kessel (2, 4. 7) or Skeeter Best (6, 8, 9 – guitar, Oscar Pettiford (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9) or Percy Heath (2, 4, 7) - bass, Kenny Clarke (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9) or Lawrence Marable (2, 4. 7) – drums
Recorded in New York City on January 17 (6, 8 & 9) and January 21 (1, 3. 5) and February 14 (2, 4. 7), 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" (Words and music by Robert Allen and Al Stillman)
"Winter Wonderland" (Words and music by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith)
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Words and music by Johnny Marks)
"The Christmas Song" (Words and music by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (Words and music by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots)
"White Christmas" (Words and music by Irving Berlin)
"Here We Come A-Caroling"/"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional arranged by Ray Charles)
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional Christmas music)
"O Holy Night" (Words and music by Adolphe Adam)
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Words and music by Phillips Brooks and Lewis Redner)
"Come, Come, Come to the Manger" (Traditional Christmas music adapted by Mitchell Ayres)
"The First Noël" (Traditional Christmas music)
"O Come All Ye Faithful" (Latin hymn translated by Frederick Oakeley)
"We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Adapted by Mitchell Ayres and Jack Andrews)
"Silent Night" (Words and music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Grube
A1 Ballerina
A2 Funny (Not Much)
A3 The Continental
A4 I Wish You Love
A5 You Leave Me Breathless
A6 Thou Swell
B1 My Kinda Love
B2 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
B3 Where Or When
B4 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
B5 Joe Turner Blues
Nat King Cole - Vocals, Piano (B3), John Collins - Guitar, Charlie Harris - Bass, Lee Young - Drums
Conductor – Antonio Morelli, Arrangements - Dave Cavanaugh (A3 to B3, B5), Nelson Riddle (A1, B4), Pete Rugolo (A2)
"Battle Royal"
"To You" (Thad Jones)
"Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn)
"Corner Pocket" [a.k.a. "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf)
"Wild Man" [a.k.a. "Wild Man Moore"]
"Segue in C" (Frank Wess)
"B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
"Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie)
Duke Ellington, Count Basie – piano
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Thad Jones, Snooky Young - trumpet
Lou Blackburn, Lawrence Brown, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell - trombone
Juan Tizol - valve trombone and tambourine on Wild Man
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Russell Procope, Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Aaron Bell, Eddie Jones - bass
Sam Woodyard, Sonny Payne - drums
Recorded July 6, 1961
"Idle Moments" (Pearson)
"Jean De Fleur" (Green)
"Django" (John Lewis)
"Nomad" (Pearson)
Grant Green - guitar; Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone; Duke Pearson - piano; Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone; Bob Cranshaw - double bass; Al Harewood - drums
Recorded November 4, 15, 1963 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio