Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige
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| Artist: | Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Joe Williams |
| Release date: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Bop |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Duration: | 01:11:04 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Hawk Talks (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 3:55 |
| 2. | Skin Deep (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 4:26 |
| 3. | Black, Brown & Beige: Black - Work Song (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 7:25 |
| 4. | Black, Brown & Beige: Black - Come Sunday (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 5:54 |
| 5. | Black, Brown & Beige: Black - Light (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 6:49 |
| 6. | Black, Brown & Beige: Brown - West Indian Dance (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 2:32 |
| 7. | Black, Brown & Beige: Brown - Emancipation Proclamation (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 2:08 |
| 8. | Black, Brown & Beige: Brown - the Blues (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 4:47 |
| 9. | Black, Brown & Beige: Beige (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 14:25 |
| 10. | Ellington - Strayhorn Suite - European Skallyhoppin' (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 4:11 |
| 11. | Ellington - Strayhorn Suite - Portrait of Billy Strayhorn (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 8:04 |
| 12. | Ellington - Strayhorn Suite - Sketches (featuring Maurice Peress, Louis Bellson All-Star Orchestra) | 6:28 |
Details
[Edit]Rather than try to recreate Duke Ellington's famous "Black, Brown & Beige," Louie Bellson's big band does a reinterpretation of the 50-minute work on this CD that takes a lot of liberties with the composition. A little more space is allocated to solos, Johnny Hodges's famous "Come Sunday" melody statement is given to Clark Terry, Joe Williams sings "The Blues" and such players as trumpeter Barrie Lee Hall, Art Baron on plunger trombone, pianist Harold Danko and baritonist Joe Temperley are heard from. This version does give some new life to the classic suite. In addition, Bellson's band plays five of the drummer's originals including the boppish "Hawk Talks" and "Skin Deep." The shorter orchestral pieces fit into the general mood of the respectful but fairly creative tribute.