Up in Duke's Workshop

Up in Duke's Workshop
Up in Duke's Workshop
Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released	1976
Recorded	April 25 & June 20, 1969, June 15 & December 9, 1970, February 1 & 3 and June 29, 1971, December 6, 1972
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Duke Ellington chronology

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Up in Duke's Workshop is an album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington that collects sessions recorded in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, released on the Pablo label in 1979.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This LP is primarily for Duke Ellington completists and scholars. Some of the performances are runthroughs of works that would soon be discarded or rewritten while others are true obscurities... nothing all that essential or historic occurs and there are over 100 currently available Duke Ellington recordings that one would recommend first".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"Blem" - 6:55
"Goof" - 3:14
"Dick" - 2:57
"Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) - 4:23
"Bateau" - 5:23
"Wanderlust" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 6:26
"Neo-Creole" - 3:52
"Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:40
"Mendoza" - 5:43

Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York on April 25, 1969 (track 1), 23 May 1969 (track 2), June 20, 1969 (track 3), June 15, 1970 (track 4), December 9, 1970 (track 5), February 1, 1971 (track 6), February 3, 1971 (track 7), June 29, 1971 (track 8), December 6, 1972 (track 9).

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano
Wild Bill Davis - organ (track 4–7)
Cat Anderson (tracks 2, 4–8), Johnny Coles (track 9), Willie Cook (tracks 1–8), Mercer Ellington (tracks 3, 4, 6–9), Money Johnson (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Jimmy Owens (track 2), Eddie Preston (track 6), Al Rubin (track 5), Fred Stone (track 4), Cootie Williams - trumpet
Lawrence Brown (track 2), Buster Cooper (track 2), Tyree Glenn, (track 9), Benny Green (tracks 1 & 3), Benny Powell (track 1), Julian Priester (tracks 4–8), Vince Prudente (track 9), Malcolm Taylor (track 5), Booty Wood (track 4–8) - trombone
Chuck Connors (tracks 2 & 4–9) - bass trombone
Russell Procope - clarinet, alto saxophone
Harold Minerve - flute, alto
Johnny Hodges (tracks 2 & 3), Buddy Pearson (track 8), Norris Turney (tracks 2–5) - alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Joe Benjamin (track 4–8), Victor Gaskin (tracks 2 & 3), Paul Kondziela (tracks 1–3) - bass
Rufus Jones - drums

References

^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 1, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 1, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Panorama-1] A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 1, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 1, 2010

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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