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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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Three Wishes
Red Garland responded to Pannonica’s question of three wishes with this answer:
- “To see Jehovah’s Kingdom come to earth.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Alligator Bogaloo is the 1967 hard bop and soul jazz album by jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded on the Blue Note label. It features Donaldson with Melvin Lastie on cornet, Lonnie Smith on organ, George Benson on guitar, and Leo Morris on drums, a.k.a. Idris Muhammad.
The success of the title track surprised Donaldson as they were three minutes short for the session and had no more material. So he came up with a riff the guys could follow for three minutes to fill out the time, and that was the only thing that sold on the record.
The album’s six tracks are listed as Alligator Bogaloo, One Cylinder, The Thang, Aw Shucks!, Rev. Moses, and I Want a Little Girl. The album was produced by Alfred Lion and recorded at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood, New Jersey. #jazz #classic #collectible #music
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Three Wishes
When the question of three wishes Sonny Redd’s answered thus:
- “A healthy kid, to be healthy myself, and to have a healthy family.”
- “Be a success in the music business.”
- “Hope I can give some good to the world. Through my art, I mean.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Whims of Chambers is an album released by bassist Paul Chambers released on the Blue Note label in 1956. The album features performance personnel by Chambers with trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Horace Silver and drummer Philly Joe Jones.
The album consisted of seven compositions with three by the leader and two by Byrd and two by Coltrane. Omicron by Byrd, Whims of Chambers, Nita by Coltrane, We Six by Byrd, Dear Ann, Tale of the Fingers and Just for the Love by Coltrane.
The album was produced by Alfred Lion, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, cover photo by Frank Wolff and cover design Reid Miles.
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