Duke Ellington / Blues In Orbit +2 bonus tracks



Side A

1. Three J's Blues 2:56 (Jimmy Hamilton)

2. Smada 2:40 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn)

3. Pie Eye's Blues 3:30 (Duke Ellington)

4. Sweet & Pungent 4:06 (Billy Strayhorn)

5. C Jam Blues 4:54 (Duke Ellington)

6. Sweet & Pungent [Alt Tk] 3:55* (Billy Strayhorn)


Side B

1. In A Mellow Tone 2:45 (Duke Ellington)

2. Blues In Blueprint 3:46 (Duke Ellington)

3. The Swingers Get The Blues, Too 3:11 (Duke Ellington-Matthew Gee)

4. The Swinger's Jump 3:56 (Duke Ellington)

5. Blues In Orbit 2:31 (Billy Strayhorn)

6. Villes Ville Is The Place, Man 2:35 (Duke Ellington)

7. Blues In Orbit [Alt Tk] 2:41* (Billy Strayhorn)

*Bonus Tracks



メンバー： DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA A1, A3-A6: Ray Nance (tp, vln), Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Matthew Gee (tb),

Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as),

Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar, b-cl, cl), Duke Ellington (p),

Jimmy Woode (b), Jimmy Johnson (ds).

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York,

Midnight to 4:30 a.m., December 2, 1959.

A2, B1-B4: Same personnel as above except Paul Gonsalves out;

Billy Strayhorn (p) replaces Ellington on A2 & B2.

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, Midnight to 4:30 a.m., December 3, 1959.

B5 & B7: Cat Anderson, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Clark Terry (tp),

Ray Nance (tp, vln), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb),

Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Bill Graham (as, ts, bar), Russell Procope (as, cl),

Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Duke Ellington (p),

Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (ds). Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, February 12, 1958.

B6: Ray Nance (tp), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb),

Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (bar), Duke Ellington (p),

Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (ds). Columbia 30th Street Studio,

New York, February 25, 1959.

Original sessions recorded by Lowell Frank & produced by Irving Townsend (Los Angeles);

recorded by Fred Plaut & produced by Teo Macero (New York).