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Ellington Suite

1959 studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet

This article is about the Chico Hamilton album recorded in 1959. For the Chico Hamilton album recorded in 1958 and released in 2000, see The Original Ellington Suite.

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.

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Reception

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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

  1. "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58
  2. "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30
  3. "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51
  4. "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
  5. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
  6. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35
  7. "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19
  8. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz) - 4:43
  9. "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52
  10. "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 30, 2015
  2. [2]
    Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 30, 2015
  3. [3]
    Yanow, Scott. Ellington Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.


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