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Black, Brown and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson, released on the Philips label.

The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige suite. After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943 at Carnegie Hall, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in “Come Sunday” and “Work Song“, and it is this version that is recorded here.

The compositions recorded at this session and presented on this limited edition release are: Part I (Work Song), Part II (Come Sunday), Part III (a.k.a. Light), Part IV (a.k.a. Come Sunday) featuring Mahalia Jackson, Part V (a.k.a. Come Sunday Interlude) featuring Ray Nance,  Part VI (23rd Psalm) featuring Mahalia Jackson. Three additional tracks were added Part IV (Come Sunday) Featuring Mahalia Jackson [Alt. Take], Part V (Come Sunday Interlude) Featuring Ray Nance [Alt. Take] and Part Vi (23rd Psalm) Featuring Mahalia Jackson [Alt. Take]

The orchestra included Duke Ellington/piano, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker, Clark Terry/trumpet, Ray Nance/trumpet & violin, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman/trombone, John Sanders/valve trombone, Jimmy Hamilton/clarinet, Bill Graham/alto saxophone (subbing for Johnny Hodges), Russell Procope/clarinet & alto saxophone, Paul Gonsalves/tenor saxophone, Harry Carney/baritone saxophone, Jimmy Woode/bass, Sam Woodyard/ drums and Mahalia Jackson/vocals. 

 

 

 

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