Ellington Suite Explained

Ellington Suite
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chico Hamilton Quintet
Cover:	Ellington Suite.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	January 9 & 12, 1959 Sound Enterprises in Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	World Pacific WP-1258 / ST-1258
Producer:	Richard Bock
Chronology:	Chico Hamilton
Prev Title:	Gongs East!
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	The Three Faces of Chico
Next Year:	1959

Ellington Suite is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the World Pacific label.^{[1] [2]} Hamilton recorded the album to replace recordings from 1958 which were originally shelved and issued as The Original Ellington Suite in 2000.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Well worth picking up by listeners fortunate enough to find it, this is one of Hamilton's hardest-swinging sets of the 1950s".

Track listing

1. "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58
2. "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30
3. "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51
4. "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
5. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
6. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35
7. "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19
8. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz) - 4:43
9. "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52
10. "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton - drums
• Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute
• Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• Fred Katz - cello
• Jim Hall - guitar
• Carson Smith - bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-1200-series/#wp-1258 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series
2. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 30, 2015