North of the Border in Canada explained

North of the Border in Canada
Type:	Album
Artist:	Duke Ellington with the Ron Collier Orchestra
Cover:	North of the Border in Canada.jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	July 24 and 25, 1967
Studio:	Hallmark Studio, Toronto, Canada
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Decca DL 75069
Producer:	Louis Applebaum
Chronology:	Duke Ellington
Prev Title:	Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
Prev Year:	1957-67
Next Title:	...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Next Year:	1967

North of the Border in Canada (also released as Collages) is an album by the Ron Collier Orchestra performing music by Canadian composers,^[1] with American pianist Duke Ellington as the featured soloist, which was recorded in Toronto in 1967 and released on Decca label.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "None of the complex suitelike originals are particularly memorable, and the arrangements for the orchestra (two of the pieces utilize a string section) are reasonably colorful, but not too distinctive. Purely for Duke Ellington completists".

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Collier except where noted:

1. "Aurora Borealis" – 10:13
2. "Nameless Hour" (Norman Symonds) – 8:26
3. "Collage #3" (Gordon Delamont) – 2:47
4. "Fair Wind" (Symonds) – 3:35
5. "Silent Night, Lonely Night" – 2:57
6. "Song and Dance" (Delamont) – 9:27

Personnel

• • Duke Ellington – piano The Ron Collier Orchestra:
    • • Dick Van Evera (track 1), Eric Traugott (tracks 1 & 3-6) – trumpet Guido Basso – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Fred Stone – flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Ray Sikora, Butch Watanabe - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Ron Hughes – bass trombone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Mary Barrow - French horn (track 1)
  • Moe Koffman – alto saxophone, flute (track 1)
  • Bernard Piltch – clarinet, alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Eugene Amaro, Rick Wilkins – tenor saxophone (track 1)
  • Gary Morgan – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Ed Bickert – guitar (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Lenny Boyd, Sam Levine (track 2) – bass
  • Jerry Fuller – drums (tracks 1 & 3-6)
  • Peter Appleyard – percussion, vibraphone (track 1)
  • Andrew Benac, Berul Sugarman, Bill Richards, David Zafer, Harold Sumberg, John Dembeck, Joseph Zera, Samuel Hersenhoren – violin (tracks 1 & 2)
  • Jack Neilson (tracks 1 & 2), Stanley Soloman (tracks 1 & 2), Robert Warburton (track 2) – viola (tracks 1 & 2)
  • George Horvath (track 2), C. G. Ysselstein (tracks 1 & 2), Don Whitton (tracks 1 & 2) – cello

Notes and References

1. https://newspaperarchive.com/oswego-palladium-times-jan-25-1969-p-9/ "Duke Ellington North of The Border in Canada"
2. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
3. Vail, K. Duke's Diary Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington 1950-1974. Scarecrow Press, 2002. p. 319-320.