The Jaywalker Explained

The Jaywalker
Type:	studio
Artist:	Duke Ellington
Cover:	The Jaywalker.jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	March 29 & August 18, 1966 and March 23, April 24 & June 23, 1967
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Storyville
Chronology:	Duke Ellington
Prev Title:	Berlin '65 - Paris '67
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
Next Year:	1967

The Jaywalker is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring tracks recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Storyville label in 2004.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and states "some tracks are obviously not as polished as his later (and better-known) studio or live recordings. But it is always fascinating to hear works in progress by Ellington... Serious collectors of Ellington will enjoy this compilation".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington, except as indicated

• Recorded at RCA Studio in New York on March 29, 1966 (track 7), August 18, 1966 (track 23), March 23, 1967 (tracks 14–22), April 24, 1967 (tracks 8–13) and June 23, 1967 (tracks 1–6).

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington (tracks 1–7 & 23), Herb Jones, Cootie Williams – trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
• Chuck Connors – bass trombone
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
• Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Jimmy Jones – piano (tracks 1-6)
• John Lamb – bass
• Chris Columbus (tracks 1–6), Bobby Durham (tracks 8–22), Sam Woodyard (tracks 7 & 23) – drums
• Emanuel Abdul-Rahim – congas (tracks 8–22)

Notes and References

1. http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama
2. Dryden, K. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r701433|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed May 7, 2010