Dance to the Duke! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010 The album has not been released on CD but the tracks have appeared on The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington released by Mosaic Records in 1995.
Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[ Allmusic Review] accessed May 24, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "C Jam Blues" – 4:52 "Orson" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:37 "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) – 4:32 "Kinda Dukish" – 2:32 "Bakiff" – 5:48 "Frivolous Banta" (Rick Henderson) – 2:39 "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 6:22 "Montevideo" – 2:33 Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 7, 1953 (track 2), December 28, 1953 (track 8), and September 1, 1954 (track 5), in San Francisco on April 26, 1954 (track 1) and in Chicago on January 1, 1954 (track 6), January 2, 1954 (track 7) and October 8, 1954 (track 3). "Montevideo" was mistakenly issued as "Night Time".
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson (tracks 1 & 5) – trumpet Quentin Jackson, George Jean (tracks 6–8), Juan Tizol (track 2), Britt Woodman – trombone John Sanders – valve trombone (tracks 1, 3 & 5) Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet Rick Henderson – alto saxophone Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 2, & 4–8), Oscar Pettiford (track 3) – bass Butch Ballard (track 2), Dave Black – drums (tracks 1 & 3–8) Ralph Collier – congas (tracks 1 & 5) Frank Rollo – bongos (track 3)
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