“Mood Ellington” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1948 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1940s |
The 49-year-old bandleader’s first album on Columbia, a moody 10" LP record issued in 1948. The album consisted of CBS sessions recorded in L.A. (14th August 1947) and NYC (pooled from 5 sessions 1st September to 30th December 1947). Opens up enjoyably enough off with “On A Turquoise Cloud”, interesting for, what sounds like, its wordless female vocal – though you never quite know with some of these exotic players. “Hy’a Sue” is the highlight – and that’s definitely the trumpet doing the talking! These two aside, there’s nothing here that moves or excites me…
The Jukebox Rebel
15–Jun–2012
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:15]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - On A Turquoise Cloud (Edward Ellington, Lawrence Brown) Jazz |
| A2 | [03:05]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - New York City Blues (Edward Ellington) Jazz |
| A3 | [02:50]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Golden Cress (Edward Ellington, Lawrence Brown) Jazz |
| A4 | [02:55]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Three Cent Stomp (Edward Ellington) Jazz |
| B1 | [02:45]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Hy’a Sue (Edward Ellington) Jazz |
| B2 | [03:10]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Lady Of The Lavender Mist (Edward Ellington) Orchestra Dance |
| B3 | [02:50]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - The Clothed Woman (Edward Ellington) Jazz |
| B4 | [02:58]  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Progressive Gavotte (Billy Strayhorn) Jazz |
