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Release Date

1957

Duration

44:15

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

September 9, 1957 - October 14, 1957

Recording Location

  • New York, NY
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AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

An easy listening set of ballads (only three of the ten songs were associated with Ellington), this is a relaxing if unexciting program. On this reissue, two "new" performances ("Night and Day" and a trio version of "All the Things You Are") were added to the original LP, but one song ("The Sky Fell Down") was dropped and an alternate version of "Autumn Leaves" was substituted for the original; all 12 performances could have easily fit. Nice subtle music, but not essential.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Solitude
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington 04:40 Amazon
2
Where or When
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Duke Ellington 03:59 Amazon
3
Mood Indigo
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington 03:04 Amazon
4
Night and Day
Cole Porter
Duke Ellington 02:52 Amazon
5
Prelude to a Kiss
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington 04:42 Amazon
6
All the Things You Are
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
Duke Ellington 03:48 Amazon
7
Willow Weep for Me
Ann Ronell
Duke Ellington 04:13 Amazon
8
Tenderly
Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence
Duke Ellington 05:21 Amazon
9
Dancing in the Dark
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
Duke Ellington 04:26 Amazon
10
Autumn Leaves
Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prévert
Duke Ellington 07:10 Amazon
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