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by Duke Ellington. The stereo CD reissue released by Columbia (CK 4444) in 1987 contains a track listing and cover art that is drastically different from the original mono LP. A change in song order and two "new" songs — " Night and Day" and " All The Things You Are" — were added to the CD while " The Sky Fell Down" was omitted.

LP (Columbia CL1085)

;Side one #" Solitude" — 4:43
( Duke Ellington)
Soloist is Duke Ellington on piano.
Recorded on October 14, 1957. #"

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" — 4:02
( Richard Rodgers)
Soloist is Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone.
Recorded on October 10, 1957. #" Mood Indigo" — 3:07
( Duke Ellington/ Barney Bigard)
Soloist is

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on trumpet.
Recorded on September 9, 1957. #" Autumn Leaves" — 7:10
(Music:

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, Lyrics:

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/ Johnny Mercer)
Vocalist is Ozzie Bailey.
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on violin.
Recorded on Oct 1, 1957. ;Side two #" Prelude to a Kiss" — 4:44
( Duke Ellington)
Soloist is

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on alto saxophone.
Recorded on October 1, 1957. #"

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" — 4:15
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)
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on trumpet.
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" — 5:23
( Walter Gross)
Soloist is

Jimmy Hamilton Jimmy Hamilton (May 25, 1917 – September 20, 1994) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, who was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Biography Hamilton was born in Dillon, South Carolina, United States, and grew up in ...

on clarinet.
Recorded on September 9, 1957. #" Dancing in the Dark" — 4:28
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)
Soloist is Harry Carney on baritone saxophone.
Recorded on October 1, 1957.

CD (Columbia COL 4723642)

#" Solitude" #"

" #" Mood Indigo" #" Night and Day" — 2:54
( Cole Porter)
Soloist is Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone.
Recorded on October 10, 1957. #" Prelude to a Kiss" #" All the Things You Are" — 3:50
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)
Soloist is Duke Ellington on piano.
Recorded on October 10, 1957. #"

" #"

" #" Dancing in the Dark" #" Autumn Leaves" #" The Sky Fell Down"

Different versions

The original mono (CL 1085) and stereo (CS 8053) LP issues contained some different takes between them on various tracks, "Willow Weep for Me" being one of them. The CD (CBS 463342 2) liner notes say that " All The Things You Are and " Night and Day" were previously unreleased versions and that " Autumn Leaves" was an alternate take. Analyzing the two versions of "Autumn Leaves" shows that they are identical — but the LP has Ozzie Bailey's first vocal chorus (a French one) edited out. (There is indeed an alternate version of "Autumn Leaves" recorded September 9, 1957 available, on '' Duke Ellington & His Great Vocalists'' (Columbia CK 66372).) The stereo versions of " Mood Indigo" and "

" are different from their mono counterparts. There are a multitude of versions of this album in circulation. For instance, there is another mono take of "Mood Indigo" available on the LP (CBS 88653 side 2, track 6).

Listing

*LP: Columbia CL 1085 (mono — 9 tracks — original album) *LP: Columbia CS 8053 (stereo — 8 tracks — no "The Sky Fell Down") *LP: CBS 88653 (stereo — 8 tracks — no "The Sky Fell Down") *CD: Columbia CK 4444 (stereo — 10 tracks — no "The Sky Fell Down") *CD: CBS 463342 2 (stereo — 10 tracks — no "The Sky Fell Down") *CD: Columbia COL 4723642 (stereo — 11 tracks — French)

Personnel

Performance

* Duke Ellington (piano) *

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(bass) *

Sam Woodyard Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925 – September 20, 1988) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940 ...

(drums) * Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone) *

Russell Procope Russell Keith Procope (August 11, 1908 – January 21, 1981) was an American clarinetist and alto saxophonist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra. Before Ellington Procope was born in New York City, United States, and grew up in ...

(clarinet, alto saxophone) * Harry Carney (baritone saxophone) *

Rick Henderson Richard Andrew Henderson (April 25, 1928 – May 21, 2004) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and arranger. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., Henderson studied composition as a high schooler and played in the late 1940s locally. He served ...

(alto saxophone) * John Sanders, (bass trombone) * Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (trombone) * Cat Anderson,

Willie Cook Willie Cook (November 11, 1923 – September 22, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. Cook was born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on November 11, 1923.Hogan, E"Willie Cook" AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2017. He grew up in Chicago and learned to p ...

, Clark Terry (trumpet) *

(trumpet, violin) * Ozzie Bailey (vocal)

Credits

*Irving Townsend (producer) *Stanley Dance (liner notes) *Allen Weinberg (artwork, cover design) *David Gahr (photography) *Michael Brooks (digital producer) *Larry Keyes (remixing) *

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, Amy Herot (production & Jazz masterpieces series coordinators)

References

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