The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944

Live album by Duke Ellington

Released

1977

Recorded

December 19, 1944

Duke Ellington chronology

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
(1943)

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
(1944)

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
(1946)

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

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

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2010
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 68. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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