Hot Summer Dance Explained

Hot Summer Dance
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Duke Ellington
Cover:	Hot Summer Dance.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	July 22, 1960
Venue:	Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:19
Label:	Red Baron AK 48631
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Duke Ellington
Prev Title:	Piano in the Background
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Next Year:	1961

Hot Summer Dance is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Mather Air Force Base in California and first released as a CD on Bob Thiele's Red Baron label in 1983.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "There have been so many releases of live concert performances by Duke Ellington's orchestra that it is easy to become blase about them. ... Hot Summer Dance features the 1960 Duke Ellington Orchestra performing their usual repertoire from that era ... It may not be essential, but Ellington collectors will enjoy this".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted

1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:05
2. "Paris Blues" − 5:42
3. "The Nutcracker Suite: Overture" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) − 3:35
4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) − 3:35
5. "Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Strayhorn) − 3:17
6. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Bubber Miley/Ellington/Ellington, Irving Mills) − 7:42
7. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) − 4:30
8. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) − 2:36
9. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) − 3:35
10. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) − 3:42
11. "Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" (Tchaikovsky) − 4:50
12. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) − 3:38
13. "Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)" (Ellington, Lee Gaines) − 1:28
14. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) − 1:52
15. "Pretty and the Wolf" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) − 2:43
16. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" − 9:29

Personnel

• • Duke Ellington – piano Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ed Mullens, Ray Nance – trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman – trombone Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Aaron Bell – bass Sam Woodyard – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Red_Baron.htm Jazzlists: Red Baron discography
3. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/redbaron.pdf Both Sides Now: Red Baron Label Discography