Ellington '65 Explained

Ellington '65
Type:	Album
Artist:	Duke Ellington
Cover:	Ellington '65.jpg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	April 15, 16 & 27, 1964
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Reprise
Chronology:	Duke Ellington
Prev Title:	My People
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Next Year:	1965

Ellington '65 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 popular tunes arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, a formula that was revisited on Ellington '66 (1966).

Reception

The AllMusic review by Matt Collar says: "While Ellington '65 isn't a bad recording, it is by no means required listening and will most likely appeal to die-hard Ellington completists".^[2]

Track listing

Side One:

1. "Hello, Dolly!" (Jerry Herman) - 2:06
2. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 3:18
3. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (Bart Howard) - 2:30
4. "The Peking Theme (So Little Time)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:03
5. "Danke Schoen" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) - 2:35
6. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero) - 2:55

Side Two:

1. "The Second Time Around" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:43
2. "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hadjidakis) - 3:55
3. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 3:02
4. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 2:25
5. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) - 2:50

• Recorded at Fine Studios, New York on April 15 (tracks 2, 7, 8 & 11), April 16 (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 10), & April 27 (tracks 1, 5 & 9), 1964.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Rolf Ericson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
• Chuck Connors - bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney - tenor saxophone
  • Major Holley - bass Sam Woodyard - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
2. Collar, M. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r167739|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review], accessed May 10, 2010.