The Duke Plays Ellington

Studio album by Duke Ellington

Released

1953

Recorded

April 13 & 14, and December 3, 1953

Duke Ellington chronology

Premiered by Ellington
(1953)

The Duke Plays Ellington
(1953)

Ellington ‘55
(1953-4)

Piano Reflections Cover

The Duke Plays Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring trio sessions recorded for the Capitol label in 1953.^[1] The album was rereleased with additional tracks on CD as Piano Reflections in 1989

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Ellington sounds modern (especially rhythmically and in his chord voicings) and shows that he could have made a viable career out of just being a pianist".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"Who Knows?" - 2:37
"Retrospection" - 3:58
"B Sharp Blues" - 2:47
"Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:05
"Dancers in Love" - 1:56
"Reflections in D" - 3:35
"Melancholia" - 3:20
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:04
"In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 2:30
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:56
"All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 3:08
"Janet" - 2:15
"Kinda Dukish" - 2:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Montevideo" - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
"December Blue" - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - 10:17 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 13 (tracks 1-8), April 14 (tracks 9-12), and December 3 (tracks 13-15), 1953.

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano
Wendell Marshall - bass
Butch Ballard - drums (tracks 1-12)
Dave Black - drums (tracks 13-15)
Ralph Collier - congas (track 14)

References

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 21, 2010

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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