Ellington Uptown

Album de Duke Ellington
Sortie	1952
Enregistré	7 décembre 1951, 11 décembre 1951, 29 février 1952, 30 juin 1952, 1^er juillet 1952
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia Records
Critique	Allmusic ^[1]

Albums de Duke Ellington

Ellington Uptown est un album du pianiste, compositeur et leader de big band américain Duke Ellington édité en 1952 par Columbia Records.

Une version CD est sortie en 2004, avec des titres issus de Liberian Suite (1948).

Liste des pistes

N^o	Titre	Durée
1.	Skin Deep	6:49
2.	The Mooche	6:36
3.	Take the "A" Train	8:02
4.	A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite)	13:48
5.	Perdido	8:25
6.	Controversial Suite Part 1: Before My Time	6:09
7.	Controversial Suite Part 2: Later	4:14
8.	The Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise (Bonus track)	4:28
9.	The Liberian Suite: Dance n^o 1 (Bonus track)	4:50
10.	The Liberian Suite: Dance n^o 2 (Bonus track)	3:26
11.	The Liberian Suite: Dance n^o 3 (Bonus track)	3:45
12.	The Liberian Suite: Dance n^o 4 (Bonus track)	3:04
13.	The Liberian Suite: Dance n^o 5 (Bonus track)	5:08

Musiciens

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn : piano
Cat Anderson (1-3 & 5), Shorty Baker, Willie Cook (1-7), Shelton Hemphill (8-13), Al Killian (8-13), Clark Terry (1-7), Francis Williams (4 & 6-13) : trompette
Ray Nance : trompette, violon
Lawrence Brown (8-13), Quentin Jackson (1-7), Britt Woodman (1-7) : trombone
Tyree Glenn (8-13) : trombone, Vibraphone
Claude Jones (8-13), Juan Tizol (1-7) : trombone à pistons
Jimmy Hamilton : clarinette, saxophone ténor
Willie Smith (1, 4, 6 & 7), Johnny Hodges (3 & 8-7), Hilton Jefferson (1-3 & 5) : saxophone alto
Russell Procope : saxophone alto, clarinette
Paul Gonsalves (1-7), Al Sears (8-13) : saxophone ténor
Harry Carney : saxophone baryton
Fred Guy (8-13) : guitare
Wendell Marshall (1-7), Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin (8-13) : contrebasse
Louis Bellson (1-7), Sonny Greer (8-13) : batterie
Betty Roche (3), Al Hibbler (8) : chant (sur I Like the Sunrise)

Notes

↑ (en) Richard S. Ginell, « Critique de Ellington Uptown », sur allmusic.com (consulté le 9 janvier 2014).

v · m Albums de Duke Ellington
En studio	Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year (1938) The Blanton-Webster Band (1942) Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (1942) Liberian Suite (1947) Great Times! (en) (1950) Masterpieces by Ellington (en) (1951) Ellington Uptown (1952) The Duke Plays Ellington (en) (1953) Ellington ‘55 (en) (1954) Dance to the Duke! (en) (1954) Ellington Showcase (en) (1955) Historically Speaking (en) (1956) Duke Ellington Presents... (en) (1956) The Complete Porgy and Bess (en) (1956) A Drum Is a Woman (en) (1956) Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 (en) (1957) Such Sweet Thunder (en) (1957) Ellington Indigos (en) (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (en) (1958) Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (en) (1958) The Cosmic Scene (en) (1958) Happy Reunion (1958) Jazz Party (1959) Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (en) (1959) Side by Side (1959) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Festival Session (en) (1959) Blues in Orbit (en) (1959) The Nutcracker Suite (1960) Piano in the Background (en) (1960) Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (1960) Unknown Session (en) (1960) Piano in the Foreground (1961) The Great Summit: The Master Takes (en) (1961) Paris Blues (1961) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (en) (1961) Duke Ellington and John Coltrane (1962) Featuring Paul Gonsalves (en) (1962) Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 (en) (1962) Midnight in Paris (en) (1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962) Studio Sessions, New York 1962 (en) (1962) Money Jungle (1962) Afro-Bossa (1963) The Symphonic Ellington (en) (1963) Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session (1963) Studio Sessions New York 1963 (1963) My People (en) (1963) Ellington '65 (en) (1964) Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins (en) (1964) Ellington '66 (en) (1965) Concert in the Virgin Islands (en) (1965) The Popular Duke Ellington (en) (1966) Far East Suite (1966) The Jaywalker (en) (1967) Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York (en) (1967) ...And His Mother Called Him Bill (1967) Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York (en) (1967) Second Sacred Concert (1968) Studio Sessions New York, 1968 (en) (1970) Latin American Suite (en) (1970) The Pianist (en) (1970) New Orleans Suite (en) (1970) Orchestral Works (en) (1970) The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 (en) (1970) The Intimacy of the Blues (en) (1970) The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (en) (1971) Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 (en) (1971) The Intimate Ellington (en) (1971) The Ellington Suites (en) (1972) This One's for Blanton! (1972) Up in Duke’s Workshop (en) (1972) Duke's Big Four (1973)
En concert	The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (en) (1943) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 (en) (1944) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 (en) (1946) The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 (en) (1947) Ellington at Newport (1956) Dance Concerts, California 1958 (en) (1958) Dance Dates, California 1958 (en) (1958) Newport 1958 (en) (1958) Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II (en) (1958) Duke Ellington at the Alhambra (en) (1958) Live at the Blue Note (en) (1959) The Great Paris Concert (en) (1963) A Concert of Sacred Music (1965) In the Uncommon Market (1966) Soul Call (en) (1966) The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Yale Concert (en) (1968) 70th Birthday Concert (en) (1969) Togo Brava Suite (en) (1971) Live at the Whitney (en) (1972) Third Sacred Concert (1973) Eastbourne Performance (en) (1973)
Les dates indiquées entre parenthèses correspondent à la dernière séance d'enregistrement de l'album.

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