An Intimate Piano Session

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Label
Storyville Records
Release Date
April 7, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Duke Ellington
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 07, 2017
    • UPC
      717101844524
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SVL1018445
    • LABEL
      Storyville Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. The Anticipation

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    2. Queen's Suite: Le sucrier velours (Part 1)

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    3. Lotus Blossom (Part 1)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    4. A Blue Mural from Two Perspectives (Part 1)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    5. I'm Afraid (Of Loving You Too Much)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Anita Moore, Duke Ellington

    6. I Didn't Know About You

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Anita Moore, Duke Ellington

    7. The Uwis Suite: Loco Madi

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    8. Lotus Blossom (Part 2)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    9. New World a-Comin'

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    10. Queen's Suite: Le sucrier velours(Part 2)

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    11. Melancholia

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    12. Queen's Suite: Single Petal of a Rose

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    13. The Blues Ain't

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Tony Watkins, Duke Ellington

    14. Come Sunday

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Tony Watkins, Duke Ellington

    15. Heritage (My Mother, My Father and Love)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Tony Watkins, Duke Ellington

    16. A Blue Mural from Two Perspectives (Part 2)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington

    17. Black Swan

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington, Victor Gaskin, Wild Bill Davis, Rufus Jones

    18. The Lake

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Duke Ellington, Victor Gaskin, Wild Bill Davis, Rufus Jones

    19. Satin Doll

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

      Performer: Duke Ellington, Victor Gaskin, Wild Bill Davis, Rufus Jones

    20. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines

      Performer: Duke Ellington, Victor Gaskin, Wild Bill Davis, Rufus Jones


The scene is... 311 West 57 Street, New York, Mediasounds Studio A...the date...Friday, August 25th, 1972. Duke Ellington was having an engagement with a smaller group at The Rainbow Grill, as he had several times before, finishing the gig on the following night. But on the 25th, he chose also to go to the recording studio, just himself at the piano together with his two band singers, Anita Moore and Tony Watkins, to record some pieces which were not played so often. The recordings remained in his "stockpile" until now, this being the first commercial issue of these beautiful pieces. The late Sjef Hoefsmit wrote about the session when he heard it back in 1994: "It is difficult to understand why these magnificent recordings never have been issued". Well, here they are at last - for all to enjoy! Among the gems, listeners will find tracks such as two takes of the Billy Strayhorn composition "Lotus Blossom", the Duke's own "Le Sucrier Velours" and his emotional "My Mother, My Father and Love." The latter was often performed with the Duke himself as a vocalist, reciting his own lyrics. No doubt the words meant a great deal to him, both personally and as part of his positive stories about the black communities in the USA.