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recorded in 1962 for the

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label.A Duke Ellington Panorama
accessed June 16, 2010 The album features performances of compositions inspired by or associated with Paris.

Reception

The Allmusic review by

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awarded the album 1½ stars and stated "One of the odder Duke Ellington collections... Pretty music but far from essential".Yanow, S. Allmusic Reviewaccessed June 16, 2010

Track listing

# "Under Paris Skies" ( Hubert Giraud) – 2:41 # " I Wish You Love" ( Charles Trenet) – 3:50 # "Mademoiselle de Paris" (Paul Durand) – 3:20 # "Comme Çi Comme Ça" ( Bruno Coquatrix) – 3:03 # "

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" ( Jean Lenoir) – 2:02 # "A Midnight in Paris" (

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) – 3:33 # "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (

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, Jean Marie Blanvillain, Henry Herpin) – 2:03 # "Guitar Amour" (Duke Ellington) – 4:57 # "The Petite Waltz" (Joe Heyne) – 4:14 # "Paris Blues" (Ellington) – 4:21 # "Javapachacha (Apache)" (adapted by Ellington) – 3:56 # " No Regrets" ( Charles Dumont) – 2:12 # "The River Seine" (Guy Lafarge) – 2:14 :*Recorded at Columbia Studio A, New York on January 30, 1962 (tracks 5, 8 & 10), January 31, 1962 (tracks 4, 9 & 11), February 27, 1962 (track 1), June 21, 1962 (tracks 3 & 6), and June 26, 1962 (tracks 2, 7, 12 & 13).

Personnel

– piano (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13) *

- piano (tracks 4, 5 & 8-11) *

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, Shorty Baker (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 8-11),

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(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, & 11-13),

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(tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13), Howard McGhee (tracks 4, 9 & 11) - trumpet * Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 12 & 13), Lyle Cox (tracks 4, 5 & 8-11) - trombone *Chuck Connors -

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* Jimmy Hamilton -

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, tenor saxophone * Johnny Hodges -

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- alto saxophone, clarinet *

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- tenor saxophone *

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, clarinet,

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* Sam Woodyard -

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References

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