Ellington Suite
| Ellington Suite | ||||
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| Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | January 9 & 12, 1959 Sound Enterprises in Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | World Pacific WP-1258 / ST-1258 | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| Chico Hamilton chronology | ||||
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Ellington Suite is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the World Pacific label.[1][2] Hamilton recorded the album to replace recordings from 1958 which were originally shelved and issued as The Original Ellington Suite in 2000.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [3] |
The
Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Well worth picking up by listeners fortunate enough to find it, this is one of Hamilton's hardest-swinging sets of the 1950s".[3]
Track listing
- "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58
- "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30
- "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51
- "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35
- "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19
- "Manny Kurtz) - 4:43
- "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52
- "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16
Personnel
- Chico Hamilton - drums
- Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute
- Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Fred Katz - cello
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Carson Smith - bass
References
- ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 30, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 30, 2015
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.