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Duke Ellington Symphonic Ellington

In 1963 Duke Ellington realized a longtime goal, 
to record some of his extended works using both 
a symphony orchestra and his regular big band. 
Included on this fine CD are the three movements 
of "Night Creature," the relatively brief 
"Non-Violent Integration," 
"La Scala," and an adaptation of Ellington's 
"Harlem Air Shaft." With most of his all-star 
soloists heard from in this program and a 
complete avoidance of trying to make his 
music sound so-called "respectable" or 
self-consciously third stream, Ellington's 
arrangements keep the strings from weighing 
down the proceedings and the music is actually 
quite successful.

Recording information: 
Germany; Milan, Italy; Paris, France; 
Stockholm, Sweden.

Personnel: Duke Ellington 
piano; 
Duke Ellington 

trombone;
Lawrence Brown  
Buster Cooper
Chuck Connors

trumpet;
Ray Nance +violin and cornet 
Cootie Williams
Roy Burrowes
Cat Anderson

sax;
Russell Procope 
Jimmy Hamilton
Harry Carney
Johnny Hodges 
Paul Gonsalves 

bass;
Ernie Shepard 

drums; 
Sam Woodyard


Down Beat; 
"...THE SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON involves a 
now-fully-stabilized 1963 personnel plus, in 
[annotator Stanley] Dance's words, `some 500 
of the best talents from the symphonic resources 
of Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm and Milan'..."

Zeer speciale opname van The THE SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON
Ik kon hem nergens op het net vinden, dus ik dacht..
laat ik het dan maar eens doen, speciaal voor de 
verzamelaar. (mag niet ontbreken)

Regards Paul Gonsalves