Afro-Bossa
Afro-Bossa | ||||
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Released | April 1963 | |||
Recorded | November 29, 1962, December 20, 1962 & January 4 & 5, 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Afro-Bossa is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963.[1]
Reception[]
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is easily one of Duke Ellington's essential studio recordings of the 1960s, though it isn't as widely recognized as it ought to be".[2]
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Track listing[]
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Afro-Bossa" – 4:22
- "Purple Gazelle" – 2:44
- "Absinthe" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:34
- "Moonbow" – 2:33
- "Sempre Amore" – 3:14
- "Caline (Silk Lace)" – 2:31
- "Tigress" (Strayhorn) – 3:06
- "Angu" – 2:42
- "Volupté" – 2:44
- "Bonga" – 2:49
- "Pyramid" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) �� 3:03
- "Eighth Veil" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:48
- Recorded at Fine Studios, New York on November 29, 1962 (track 9), December 14, 1962 (track 12), December 20, 1962 (tracks 6 & 11), January 4, 1963 (track 10), and January 5, 1963 (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8).
Personnel[]
- Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4-7 & 9-11)
- Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 3 & 8)
- Ray Nance – cornet, violin
- Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Cootie Williams – trumpet
- Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
- Chuck Connors – bass trombone
- Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Ernie Shepard – bass
- Sam Woodyard – drums
References[]
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 11, 2010
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2010
- ^ Down Beat:May 23, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 12
Categories:
- Reprise Records albums
- Duke Ellington albums
- 1963 albums