Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk

Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk
Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk
Studio album by Dave Burrell
Released	April 2, 1978
Genre	Post-bop; Free jazz; Avant-garde music; Avant-garde jazz
Length	47:27
Label	Denon
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Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk is a studio album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was first released by Denon Records on April 2, 1978. All of the songs on the album were originally written by Duke Ellington, Ellington's partner Billy Strayhorn, or Thelonious Monk.

Track listing[]

"In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) — 5:20
"Lush Life" (Strayhorn) — 6:58
"Come Sunday" (Ellington) — 4:47
"Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) — 8:30
"'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) — 7:36
"Blue Monk" (Monk) — 4:27
"Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) — 7:42
"A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Strayhorn) — 2:04

Personnel[]

Dave Burrell — piano
Takashi Mizuhashi — bass

References[]

^ Allmusic review

External links[]

Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk at AllMusic

[1] Allmusic review

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	High Won-High Two (1968) Echo (1969) La Vie de Bohème (released 1969) After Love (1970) In: Sanity (The 360 Degree Music Experience, 1976) Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978) Lush Life (1978) Windward Passages (hatART, 1979) The Jelly Roll Joys (1990) Recital (and Tyrone Brown, 2000) Consequences (2005) Margy Pargy (2005) Momentum (2005)
With David Murray	Hope Scope (1987) Ballads (1988) Deep River (1988) Lovers (1988) Lucky Four (1988) Spirituals (1988) Tenors (1988) Daybreak (Burrell, 1989) Remembrances (1990) Death of a Sideman (1991) In Concert (1991) Picasso (1992) Brother to Brother (1993)
With Archie Shepp	For Losers (1968–69) Kwanza (1968–69) The Way Ahead (1968) Black Gipsy (1969) Blasé (1969) Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969) Pitchin Can (1969–70) Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969) Things Have Got to Change (1971) Attica Blues (1972) The Cry of My People (1972) A Sea of Faces (1975) Body and Soul (1975) Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975) Montreux One (1975) Montreux Two (1975) There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975) U-Jaama (Unite) (1975) Lover Man (1988)
With others	Three for Shepp (Marion Brown, 1966) I Plan to Stay a Believer (William Parker, 2001–08) Essence of Ellington (William Parker, 2012) Epitome (Odean Pope, 1993) Black Woman (Sonny Sharrock, 1969)