The Duke at Tanglewood
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | July 28, 1965 | |||
| Venue | Tanglewood, Lennox, MA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA Victor Red Seal Records LM-2857 | |||
| Producer | Peter Dellheim | |||
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The Duke at Tanglewood is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington fronting the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler which was recorded at Tanglewood and released on RCA Victor's classical Red Seal label.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Ellington's piano is fine throughout this LP but unfortunately the arrangements were written by Richard Hayman and are hilariously overblown and pompous; 'Caravan' is an unintentional scream. Those Ellington collectors without a strong sense of humor are obliged to skip this odd greatest-hits performance".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted
- "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:48
- "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard, Mills) – 3:00
- "The Mooch" (Ellington, Mills) – 3:29
- "Love Scene" – 2:31
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 2:52
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:43
- "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:45
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:23
- "Timon of Athens March" – 3:07
- "Solitude" (Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Mills) - 3:02
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:11
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 2:32
Personnel
[edit]- Duke Ellington – piano, arranger on track 9
- Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
- Richard Hayman – arranger on tracks 1-5, 7-8, 10-12
- Patrick Hollenbeck - arranger on track 6
References
[edit]- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed August 14, 2017
- ^ Boston Pops Discography accessed August 14, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Duke Ellington: The Duke at Tanglewood – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (5 March 1966). "Duke Ellington: The Duke At Tanglewood" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 260. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.