The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
Live album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Released	1977
Recorded	January 23, 1943
Genre	Jazz, swing, big band jazz
Length	119:18
Label	Prestige P-34004
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Duke Ellington chronology
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (1940-42) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (1977) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 (1944)

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1943 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated: "This two-CD set captures one of the milestones in Duke Ellington's long and extremely productive career, highlighted by his monumental suite "Black, Brown and Beige" in the only full-length version ever recorded by his orchestra... Every serious jazz library should contain this set".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions (and arrangements) by Duke Ellington except as indicated

1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) - 1:12
2. "Black and Tan Fantasy" (Ellington, James "Bubber" Miley) - 6:35
3. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:12
4. "Moon Mist" - (Mercer Ellington) - 3:38
5. "Jumpin' Punkins" (Mercer Ellington) - 3:24
6. "A Portrait of Bert Williams" - 2:56
7. "Bojangles" - 3:17
8. "Portrait of Florence Mills (Black Beauty)" - 3:40
9. "Ko-Ko" - 2:23
10. "Dirge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:28
11. "Stomp (Johnny Come Lately)" (Strayhorn) - 2:59
12. "Are You Sticking?" - 3:13
13. "Black [First Movement of Black, Brown and Beige]" - 21:52
14. "Brown [Second Movement of Black Brown and Beige]" - 11:49
15. "Beige [Third Movement of Black, Brown and Beige]" - 14:34
16. "Bakiff" (Ellington, Juan Tizol) - 6:36
17. "Jack the Bear" - 3:19
18. "Blue Belles of Harlem" - 6:09
19. "Cotton Tail" - 3:11
20. "Day Dream" (Ellington, John La Touche, Strayhorn) - 4:02
21. "Boy Meets Horn" (Ellington, Rex Stewart) - 5:58
22. "Rose of the Rio Grande" (Ross Gorman, Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren) - 2:33
23. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 4:39
24. "Going Up" - 3:56
25. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 4:38

• Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on January 23, 1943.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano (all tracks exc. 10 & 11)
• Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 10 & 11)
• Rex Stewart - cornet
• Shorty Baker, Wallace Jones - trumpet
• Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
• Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton - trombone
• Juan Tizol - valve trombone
• Otto Hardwicke - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Chauncy Haughton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Ben Webster - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone
• Fred Guy - guitar
• Junior Raglin - bass
• Sonny Greer - drums

References

1. A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
2. Yanow, S. "Allmusic Review". accessed June 17, 2010
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 68. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.