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1973 studio album by Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
This One's for Blanton! is a studio album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington , duetting with Ray Brown , recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label.[ 1]
The title refers to early Duke Ellington collaborator and influential yet short-lived double bass player Jimmy Blanton .
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "delightful and often-playful music".[ 2]
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me " (Ellington, Bob Russell ) - 5:36
"Pitter Panther Patter" - 3:06
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be " (Mercer Ellington ) - 4:00
"Sophisticated Lady " (Ellington, Irving Mills , Mitchell Parish ) - 5:30
"See See Rider " (Traditional) - 3:07
"Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: First Movement" (Ray Brown, Ellington) - 4:51
"Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Second Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 5:11
"Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Third Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 3:40
"Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Fourth Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 4:58
Recorded at United Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 5, 1972.
^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed April 8, 2010
^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 8, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ Christgau, Robert (February 2, 1976). "Christgau's Consumer Guide" . The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved November 7, 2015 .
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 439. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
Orchestra members Related
Years listed are the years the album was recorded, not released
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This Is Ray Brown (1958)
Jazz Cello (1960)
Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (1962)
Much in Common (with Milt Jackson , 1964)
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
This One's for Blanton! (with Duke Ellington , 1972)
The Big 3 (with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass , 1975)
Jones-Brown-Smith (with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith , 1976)
Quadrant (with Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, and Mickey Roker , 1977)
Something for Lester (1977)
Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979)
Breakin' Out (with George Shearing and Marvin Smith , 1987)
After Hours (with André Previn and Joe Pass, 1989)
Uptown (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe , 1990)
Old Friends (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1991)
Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (with André Previn, Mundell Lowe, and Kiri Te Kanawa , 1991)
Don't Get Sassy (1994)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994)
SuperBass (1997)
Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998)
Live at Starbucks (2001)
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