The Jaywalker
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The Jaywalker is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring tracks recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Storyville label in 2004.[1]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and states "some tracks are obviously not as polished as his later (and better-known) studio or live recordings. But it is always fascinating to hear works in progress by Ellington... Serious collectors of Ellington will enjoy this compilation".[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "The Shepherd" - 6:29
- "Up Jump" - 3:06
- "Rue Bleu" - 3:02
- "Chromatic Love Affair" - 4:02
- "Salomé" (Raymond Fol) - 4:14
- "Blood Count" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:50
- "El Viti" - 3:27
- "Kixx" - 3:55
- "Eggo" -5:37
- "I'm Hip Too" - 0:36
- "Amta" - 2:51
- "Warr" - 4:23
- "Little Purple Flower" - 4:32
- "Traffic Cop" - 3:50
- "Untitled Blues" - 4:52
- "Polícia" - 1:42
- "The B.O. of Traffic" - 0:43
- "Mac" - 2:37
- "Traffic Extension" - 5:37
- "Star" - 0:54
- "Cross Climax" - 0:27
- "B.O. Man" - 3:11
- "Tin Soldier" - 2:24
- Recorded at RCA Studio in New York on March 29, 1966 (track 7), August 18, 1966 (track 23), March 23, 1967 (tracks 14-22), April 24, 1967 (tracks 8-13) and June 23, 1967 (tracks 1-6).
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington (tracks 1-7 & 23), Herb Jones, Cootie Williams - trumpet
- Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clainet, bass clarinet
- Jimmy Jones - piano (tracks 1-6)
- John Lamb - bass
- Chris Columbus (tracks 1-6), Bobby Durham (tracks 8-22), Sam Woodyard (tracks 7 & 23) - drums
- Emanuel Abdul-Rahim - congas (tracks 8-22)
References
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 11, 2010
- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 7, 2010