Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Explained

Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Type:album
Artist:Duke Ellington
Cover:Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins.jpg
Released:1965
Recorded:September 6, 8 & 9, 1964
Genre:Jazz
Label:Reprise
Chronology:Duke Ellington
Prev Title:Ellington '65
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Ellington '66
Next Year:1965

Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965.[1] The album features recordings of tunes from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "This disc is a surprising success. Duke Ellington was somehow persuaded into revising and recording a dozen songs from the score of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, and the results are actually quite memorable".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

  1. "A Spoonful of Sugar" - 3:13
  2. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - 2:52
  3. "Feed the Birds" - 3:42
  4. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - 2:31
  5. "Stay Awake" - 2:28
  6. "I Love to Laugh" - 2:29
  7. "Jolly Holiday" - 3:04
  8. "Sister Suffragette" - 3:05
  9. "The Perfect Nanny" - 4:09
  10. "Step in Time" - 2:46
  11. "The Life I Lead" - 3:43
  12. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 2:27

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
  2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r138160|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review], accessed May 10, 2010.

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