Liberian Suite

Liberian Suite album in studio
Artista	Duke Ellington, and his Orchestra
Pubblicazione	1948
Dischi	1
Tracce	6
Genere	Jazz
Etichetta	Columbia Records
Registrazione	Liederkranz Hall, New York, 24 dicembre 1947
Duke Ellington - cronologia
Album precedente Black, Brown & Beige: The 1944-1946 Band Recordings (1946) Album successivo The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 (1947)

Liberian Suite è un album discografico del musicista e compositore jazz Duke Ellington, inciso per l'etichetta discografica Columbia Records nel 1947.

Descrizione

L'album è uno delle prime registrazioni di Ellingon per la Columbia.^[1] La suite rappresenta una della prime composizioni estese di Ellington e venne commissionata dal governo africano per il centenario della fondazione della nazione liberiana. Liberian Suite è stata pubblicata su CD come bonus track dell'album Ellington Uptown nel 2004.

Tracce

Tutt i brani sono opera di Duke Ellington

The Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise – 4:28
The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1 – 4:50
The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2 – 3:26
The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3 – 3:45
The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4 – 3:04
The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5 – 5:08

Formazione

Duke Ellington: pianoforte
Shorty Baker, Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams: tromba
Ray Nance: tromba, violino
Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn: trombone
Claude Jones: trombone a pistoni
Jimmy Hamilton: clarinetto, sax tenore
Russell Procope: sax contralto, clarinetto
Johnny Hodges: sax contralto
Al Sears: sax tenore
Harry Carney: sax baritono
Fred Guy: chitarra
Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin: contrabbasso
Sonny Greer: batteria
Al Hibbler: voce (traccia 1)

Note

^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archiviato il 9 settembre 2017 in Internet Archive. consultato il 25 maggio 2010

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Liberian Suite, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
(EN) Liberian Suite, su Discogs, Zink Media.
(EN) Liberian Suite, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

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Album dal vivo	The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance
Collaborazioni	con Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit · con Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · con Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing · con Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · con Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · con Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · con John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · con Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · con Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
Composizioni principali	All Too Soon · Azure · Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · Harlem · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · The Mooche · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady
Composizioni di Billy Strayhorn per Ellington:	Take the A Train · Lush Life · Chelsea Bridge · Something to Live For · Satin Doll · Blood Count
Composizioni di Juan Tizol per Ellington:	Caravan · Perdido
Album tributo	Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) · Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (1962) · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2
Membri dell'Orchestra	Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · Bubber Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard
Filmografia	Black and Tan · Belle of the Nineties · Il mistero del varietà · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · U-112 assalto al Queen Mary · Change of Mind