Duke & John Coltrane Ellington - Ellington & Coltrane [CD New]

• 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED

• 4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release presents Duke Ellington and John Coltrane’s only recorded encounter ever (Impulse AS30), featured here in its entirety. For the occasion, Trane and Duke were accompanied by the bassist and drummer of their respective groups (who alternated from track to track), Aaron Bell and Sam Woodyard (from Duke’s rhythm section), and Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (from Trane’s rhythm section). Four Ellington-related tunes performed by Coltrane at different sessions have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHN COLTRANE (ts, ss)
• DUKE ELLINGTON (p)
• JIMMY GARRISON (b, on 2, 3 & 6)
• AARON BELL (b, on 1, 4, 5 & 7)
• ELVIN JONES (d, on 1-3 & 6)
• SAM WOODYARD (d, on 4, 5 & 7)

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 26, 1962.

• BONUS TRACKS:
• [8-9] John Coltrane (ts), Donald Byrd (tp), Red Garland (p), Jamil Nasser (b), Art Taylor (d).
• New Jersey, November 15 (9) & December 13 (8), 1957.

• [10] John Coltrane (ts), Donald Byrd (tp), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (d).
• Hackensack, New Jersey, January 10, 1958.

• [11] John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette (ts), Frank Wess (fl, ts), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (d). New Jersey, September 20, 1957.

TRACKS:

• 01. In A Sentimental Mood
• 02 Take The Coltrane
• 03 Big Nick
• 04 Stevie
• 05 My Little Brown Book
• 06 Angelica
• 07 The Feeling Of Jazz
• 08 Solitude
• 09 I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good
• 10 Lush Life
• 11 Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

• Total Time: 72:07 Min.