My People

$17.99
Label
Storyville Records
Release Date
February 1, 2013
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Duke Ellington
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 01, 2013
    • UPC
      717101843022
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SVL1018430
    • LABEL
      Storyville Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. I. —

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    2. Black, Brown and Beige: Come Sunday

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    3. Will You Be There

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    4. Ain't But No One

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    5. David Danced

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    6. Heritage

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    7. After Bird Jungle

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    8. Montage

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    9. My People

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    10. The Blues Ain't

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    11. Blues at Sundown

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    12. Walking and Singing the Blues

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    13. Working Blues

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    14. My Man Sends Me

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    15. Jail Blues

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    16. I Love My Lovin' Her

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    17. II. —

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    18. King Fit the Battle of Alabama

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    19. King Fit the Battle of Alabama

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    20. Purple People

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    21. What Color Is Virtue

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    22. Purple People

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    23. Piano Blues Overture

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    24. Strange Feeling

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra

    25. Heritage

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra


To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves during the Civil War, jazz giant Duke Ellington began work on a special suite of music commemorating the struggles, triumphs and ongoing battle for the civil rights of blacks in America. This jazz masterpiece debuted in Chicago in the summer of 1963. Legends such as pianist and composer Billy Strayhorn and drummer Louie Bellson were a big part of the performance. And while portions of this master suite have been available for years, this is the very first time the complete piece has been available in it's entirety.