HISTORICALLY SPEAKING - DUKE ELLINGTON (180 GRAM VINYL LP)

1956’s ‘Historically Speaking’ was released on the jazz independent Bethlehem, and saw the great Duke Ellington revisiting some of his earliest compositions. Recorded in February 1956 with a crack backing band, it contains some of his loveliest arrangements and melodies, including the beautiful ‘Lonesome Lullaby’.

PERSONNEL:
Duke Ellington - (piano, composer)
Cat Anderson - (trumpet)
Willie Cook - (trumpet)
Clark Terry - (trumpet)
Ray Nance - (trumpet)
Quentin Jackson - (trombone)
Britt Woodman - (trombone)
John Sanders - (valve trombone)
Jimmy Hamilton - (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Russell Procope - (alto saxophone, clarinet)
Paul Gonsalves - (tenor saxophone)
Johnny Hodges - (alto saxophone, composer)
Harry Carney - (baritone saxophone)
Jimmy Woode - (bass)
Sam Woodyard - (drums)

TRACKS:
SIDE A
A1 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
A2 Creole Love Call
A3 Stompy Jones
A4 The Jeep Is Jumpin'
A5 Jack the Bear
A6 In a Mellow Tone
SIDE B
B1 Ko-Ko
B2 Midriff
B3 Stop, Look and Listen
B4 Unbooted Charactor
B5 Lonesome Lullaby
B6 Upper Manhattan Medical Group