1975 live album by Duke Ellington
Eastbourne Performance is a live album by the American pianist, composer and band leader Duke Ellington , featuring his concerts at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne , England, in December 1973. It was released on the RCA label in 1975. It is his last concert to have been commercially released.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The Ellington Orchestra was a bit weaker than it had been (many of the veterans had either died or retired) but it was still a mighty outfit... Actually the most impressive soloist on the album ... is Ellington himself... A fitting ending to a truly remarkable career".[2] The compilers of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "The Eastbourne set is not quite as bad as its reputation. There are dreadful moments for Moore and Watkins, and some of the features seem redundant... But a final 'Creole Love Call' retains its elegance, and Ellington himself ... sounds very good on 'Pitter, Panther, Patter' – his very last officially recorded feature."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"The Piano Player"
"Creole Love Call "
"Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David , Ellington)
"I Can't Get Started " (Vernon Duke , Ira Gershwin )
"New York, New York"
"Pitter Panther Patter" (Ellington, Jimmy Blanton)
"How High the Moon " (Nancy Hamilton , Morgan Lewis )
"Basin Street Blues " (Spencer Williams )
"Tiger Rag " (Nick La Rocca , Eddie Edwards , Henry Ragas , Tony Sbarbaro , Larry Shields , Harry Da Costa)
"Woods"
"Meditation"
Recorded in concert at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England on December 1, 1973.
Personnel
Duke Ellington – piano, conductor
Mercer Ellington , Money Johnson , Johnny Coles , Barry Lee Hall – trumpet
Vince Prudente, Art Baron , Chuck Connors – trombone
Harry Carney , Harold Ashby , Russell Procope , Geezil Minerve , Percy Marion – reeds
Joe Benjamin – bass
Rocky White – drums
Anita Moore, Money Johnson – vocals
References
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Back to Back
Side by Side
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
The Great Summit: The Master Takes
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Money Jungle
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
Orchestra members Related
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