Description
**THIS IS A VINYL LP**
Release Date: 2023
Label: Bethlehem
Track List
Side A
- East St. Louis Toodle-O
- Creole Love Call
- Stompy Jones
- The Jeep Is Jumpin’
- Jack the Bear
- In a Mellow Tone
Side B
- Ko-Ko
- Midriff
- Stomp Look and Listen
- Unbooted Character
- Lonesome Lullaby
- Upper Manhattan Medical Group
Notes
A Bethlehem Big Band Classic Remastered on 180g Vinyl LP
This 1956 album features updated arrangements of Duke Ellington’s early compositions. Recorded for Bethlehem at Universal Recording Corp., Chicago on February 7 and 8, 1956.
Musicians
Johnny Hodges alto sax
Paul Gonsalves tenor sax
Russell Procope alto sax, clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton tenor sax, clarinet
Harry Carney baritone sax, bass clarinet
“Cat” Anderson trumpet
Ray Nance trumpet, violin on “Lonesome Lullaby”
Clark Terry trumpet
Willie Cook trumpet
Britt Woodman trombone
John Sanders trombone
Quentin Jackson trombone
Duke Ellington piano
Jimmy Woods bass
Sam Woodyard drums