Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Uptown

Format: CD, Cardboard sleeve

1 Skin Deep 6:58
2 The Mooche 6:36
3 Take The 'A' Train 8:00 met Betty Roché
4 A Tone Parallel To Harlem (Harlem Suite) 13:47
5 Perdido 8:23
6 The Controversial Suite: Before My Time 6:08
7 The Controversial Suite: Later 4:23
8 The Liberian Suite: I Like The Sunrise 4:28
9 The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1 4:50
10 The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2 3:26
11 The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3 3:45
12 The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4 3:05
13 The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5 5:08

Al in 1943 werd Betty Roché beroemd met haar vertolking van 'Take the A-Train' in de film 'Reveille with Beverly'. Haar vertolking werd pas in 1952 op dit album vastgelegd, toen ze weer lid van Ellingtons band was
The Liberian Suite componeerde Ellington in opdracht van de regering van de Afrikaanse staat Liberia ter gelegenheid van het 100-jarig bestaan.

• Bass – Wendell Marshall
• Drums – Louis Bellson
• Leader, Piano – Duke Ellington
• Piano – Billy Strayhorn
• Producer – George Avakian
• Saxophone – Harry Carney, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope, Willie Smith
• Trombone – Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Dick Vance, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Ray Nance, Willie Cook