Ellington Suite is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the World Pacific label.Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 30, 2015Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 30, 2015 Hamilton recorded the album to replace recordings from 1958 which were originally shelved and issued as The Original Ellington Suite in 2000.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Well worth picking up by listeners fortunate enough to find it, this is one of Hamilton's hardest-swinging sets of the 1950s".
Track listing "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58 "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30 "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51 "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29 "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00 "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35 "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19 "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz) - 4:43 "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52 "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16
Personnel Chico Hamilton - drums Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Fred Katz - cello Jim Hall - guitar Carson Smith - bass
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