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

Duke Ellington chronology

This One's for Blanton!
(1972)

Up in Duke's Workshop
(1969-1972)

Duke's Big 4
(1973)

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

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and states "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 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
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2010
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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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