Great Times!
Great Times! | ||||
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Released | 1950 | |||
Recorded | September 13, October 3 & November, 1950 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:42 | |||
Label | Riverside | |||
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Billy Strayhorn chronology | ||||
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Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950 and released on a 10" LP called Piano Duets. The sessions were re-released on Riverside as Great Times! in 1984 with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford.
Reception[]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".[1]
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Track listing[]
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Cotton Tail" - 2:55
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 2:58
- "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 3:00
- "Bang-Up Blues" - 3:08
- "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:59
- "Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) - 3:01
- "In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:06
- "Great Times" - 2:56
- "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) -2:57
- "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) - 2:20
- "Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) - 2:44
- "Blues for Blanton" - 2:36
- Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9-12), October 3 (tracks 5-8) & November (tracks 1-4), 1950
Personnel[]
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1-8), celeste (tracks 10 & 11)
- Oscar Pettiford - cello (tracks 9-12)
- Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-4), Joe Schulman (tracks 5-8), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 9-12) - bass
- Jo Jones (tracks 9-12), Unknown (tracks 1-4) - drums
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic Review accessed May 25, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1348. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Categories:
- Riverside Records albums
- Duke Ellington albums
- 1950 albums
- Billy Strayhorn albums