Duke Ellington at the Alhambra is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 at the Alhambra Theater, Paris, and released on the Pablo label in 2002.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 15, 2010
Reception The AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden stated: "Much of the music on this CD from Duke Ellington's 1958 Paris concerts is familiar to collectors from its appearance on various European bootleg labels, but Pablo does a better job arranging and annotating this music, which was recorded by Radio France with permission".Dryden, Ken. . Accessed June 15, 2010.
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:21 "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" – 8:53 "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 5:10 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:43 "Juniflip" – 4:19 "Frustration" – 4:18 "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:03 "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 3:31 "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:47 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 4:07 "Jam With Sam" – 3:52 "Hi Fi Fo Fum" – 7:02 "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" -10:41 Recorded at the Alhambra Theater, Paris, on October 29, 1958.
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone John Sanders – valve trombone Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone Jimmy Woode – bass Sam Woodyard – drums
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