Cat No: JAZZBEAT527
Format: CD

• An outstanding example of the Ellington Orchestra playing jazz standards, this release includes the complete original album “Ellington Indigos” plus two rare tunes from the sessions omitted from the original LP and all of the alternate takes.

• Much of the bonus material appears here on CD for the first time ever. This is the Ellington leading his legendary dance band, not the concert hall purveyor of extended suites.

• "Ellington Indigos is virtually a dance set. Duke mixes some of his tunes with some standards by other composers and plays them with emphasis on shades of colour.... this shouldn't be missed." 4.5 stars Down Beat (1957) Dom Cerulli.

• Personnel : Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (as, cl), Johnny Hodges, Rick Henderson (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d), Jimmy Grissom (vcl), Ozzie Bailey (vcl). Total Time: 78:53 - 19 tracks - Splendid Sound Quality - New & Careful 20-Bit Remastering