
Title: ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Label: RCA
Country: France
Released: 1984
Style: Big Band, Swing
Cat: NL 89166
Rating: 4.1/5
Format: MP3, FLAC, WMA
FLAC size: 1209 mb | MP3 size: 2169 mb | WMA size: 2376 mb
1 | All Day Long | 2:56 |
2 | Day-Dream | 4:18 |
3 | The Intimacy Of The Blues | 2:55 |
4 | Smada | 3:14 |
5 | My Little Brown Book | 3:52 |
6 | Snidor | 4:16 |
7 | Charpoy | 3:05 |
8 | Rain Check | 4:34 |
9 | Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note | 2:59 |
10 | U.M.M.G. | 3:09 |
11 | Lotus Blossom | 3:55 |
12 | Boo-Dah | 3:25 |
13 | After All | 3:28 |
14 | Blood Count | 4:16 |
- Bass – Aaron Bell
- Clarinet – Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope
- Drums – Steve Little
- Flugelhorn – Clark Terry (tracks: A2, A4, B7)
- Piano – Duke Ellington
- Saxophone [Alto] – Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope
- Saxophone [Baritone] – Harry Carney
- Saxophone [Tenor] – Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves
- Trombone – Buster Cooper, Lawrence Brown
- Trombone [Bass] – Chuck Connors
- Trombone [Valve] – John Sanders (tracks: B2, B4, B6)
- Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington
Dedicated to the memory of Billy Strayhorn.
Originally released in 1967.
And His Mother Called Him Bill is a studio album by Duke Ellington recorded in the wake of the 1967 death of his long-time collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. It won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1969. Ellington recorded the album as a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, who died of cancer in May 1967. Strayhorn was a composer, arranger, and one of Ellington's closest friends. And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. When Billy Strayhorn died of cancer in 1967, Duke Ellington was devastated. His closest friend and arranger had left his life full of music and memories. As a tribute, Ellington and his orchestra almost immediately began recording a tribute to Strayhorn, using the late arranger's own compositions and charts. Erfahren Sie mehr über Veröffentlichungen von Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - . Lesen Sie Rezensionen und Empfehlungen und informieren Sie sich über Tracklisten, beteiligte Personen und Weiteres. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Duke Ellington And His Orchestra-Sammlung. Songs in album Duke Ellington His Mother Called Him Bill 1967. Duke Ellington - Snibor. Duke Ellington - Boo-Dah. Duke Ellington - Blood Count. Duke Ellington - . Duke Ellington - Charpoy. Album 1966 16 Songs. After All. Duke Ellington & Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra. The Intimacy of the Blues. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra. Rock Skippin' At the Blue Note. All Day Long. Duke ellington - and his mother called him bill - CD. Track Listings. Disc: 1. The musical relationship between Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn is often difficult to unravel but the album bar one additional track solely features Strayhorn compositions and arrangements and is probably the best opportunity to fully appreciate both his genius and, more surprisingly, his modernity. Duke Ellington chronology. North of the Border in Canada 1967. And His Mother Called Him Bill 1968. Francis A. Edward K. Recording and music. Ellington recorded the album as a tribute to his friend and collaborator Billy Strayhorn, who died of cancer in 1967, using Strayhorn's arrangements and compositions. It includes popular and unrecorded music. Ellington chose the songs to demonstrate Strayhorn's versatility and range, as well as to pay homage to the qualities that he most admired in his late writing partner. Blood Count was Strayhorn's last chart, written for the Ellington Orchestra's 1967 concert at Carnegie Hall