The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall concerts, December 1947.
| Author/creator | Ellington, Duke performer. |
| Other author | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : Prestige, ℗1977. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?JAZZ;595813 |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The new look (3:44) -- Blue serge (3:55) -- Triple play (6:14) -- Harlem airshaft (3:52) -- Johnny Hodges medley: Wanderlust ; Junior hop ; Jeep's blues ; Squatty roo ; The mood to be wooed (6:54) -- Mella brava (4:11) -- Kickapoo joy juice (3:57) -- On a turquoise cloud (4:11) -- Bakiff (6:17) -- Liberian suite: I like the sunrise (5:48) ; Dance #1 (5:09) ; Dance #2 (4:09) ; Dance #3 (3:50) ; Dance #4 (4:16) ; Dance #5 (5:25) -- Cotton tail (3:24) -- Theme medley: East St. Louis toodle-oo ; Echoes of Harlem ; Black and tan fantasy ; Things ain't what they used to be (6:40) -- Basso profundo (3:47) -- New York City bluesn (4:59) -- Clothed woman (4:54) -- Trumpets no end (Blue skies) (3:43). |
| General note | Big band music. |
| General note | Program notes by J.R. Taylor with personnel data on original container. |
| Performer | Duke Ellington, piano and conductor, with his Orchestra. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on Dec. 27, 1947; final selection recorded on Dec. 26. |