The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1944 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "Lots of great moments from this brilliant orchestra occurred during this concert".Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review] accessed June 17, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "Blutopia" – 4:22 "Midriff" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:00 "Creole Love Call" – 6:29 "Suddenly It Jumped" – 2:50 "Pitter Panther Patter" – 2:57 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" – 3:56 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 5:17 "Perfume Suite: Introduction" – 0:54 "Perfume Suite: Sonata" – 3:15 "Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling" – 5:09 'Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love" – 2:33 "Purfume Suite: Coloratura" – 3:24 "Work Song" – 7:00 "The Blues" – 5:25 "Three Dances: West Indian Dance/Creamy Brown/Emancipation Celebration" – 6:29 "Come Sunday" – 11:48 "The Mood to Be Wooed" – 4:47 "Blue Cellophane" – 3:15 "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:34 "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 8:08 Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 19, 1944.
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Rex Stewart – cornet Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan – trumpet Ray Nance – trumpet, violin Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton – trombone Claude Jones – valve trombone Otto Hardwick – alto saxophone, clarinet Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone Al Sears – tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Fred Guy – guitar Junior Raglin – bass Hillard Brown – drums Kay Davis (track 3), Ray Nance (track 6), Al Hibbler (track 10), Marie Ellington (track 14) – vocals
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