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Duke Ellington

Title: Black Brown & Beige feat. Mahalia Jackson

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55430
Format:CD

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• The complete original classic album Black, Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson’s poignant voice backed by the Ellington orchestra.

• As a bonus, three vocal related Ellington works: the suite “Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald” (1957) – Duke and Billy Strayhorn’s dedication to the famous singer – and the only two vocal arrangements from the album “Masterpieces” (1950) by Ellington.

• Personnel: Duke Ellington (p), with Cat Anderson, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Clark Terry (tp), Ray Nance (tp & vln), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tb), John Sanders (v-tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Russell Procope (as, cl), Bill Graham (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bs, b-cl, cl), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d).

• Total Time: 78:42 - 9 tracks - Includes 16-page booklet.

Track Listing for Black Brown & Beige feat. Mahalia Jackson
01 PART I 8:15
02 PART II 6:11
03 PART III (aka Light) 6:20
04 PART IV (aka Come Sunday) Featuring Mahalia Jackson 7:56
05 PART V (aka Come Sunday interlude) Featuring Ray Nance 3:41
06 PART VI (23rd Psalm) Featuring Mahalia Jackson 3:05
07 PORTRAIT OF ELLA FITZGERALD 16:16*
08 MOOD INDIGO 15:28*
09 SOPHISTICATED LADY 11:26*

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