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AND HIS ORCHESTRA

A DRUM IS A WOMAN

Description:
An indispensable and long unavailable Ellington suite. Includes the complete original album plus a rare tune from the same work omitted from the LP. During his long and prolific career, Duke Ellington composed music for concerts ranging from the most prestigious venues to dance halls. He also wrote for the theatre, for movies with and without him on screen, and, of course, for records. The work contained on this album, however, originates from an early television special. "Another great opportunity occurred later in the year [1956]," wrote Duke Ellington in his memoirs titled Music Is My Mistress, "when we presented A Drum Is a Woman on the 'U.S. Steel Hour'. This musical fantasy or allegory told the story of jazz in terms of the adventures of Madam Zajj and Carribee Joe, from the Caribbean to the moon via Congo Square and Fifty Second Street. It was in four parts with a dozen selections, two reprises, and a finale. Extra percussion, a harp, and the voices of Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill, and Ozzie Bailey were used, but what could not be experienced on the album was the radiant presence of Carmen de Lavallade, who danced so superbly in the television version." Our edition presents the complete original album A Drum Is a Woman plus a rare song played at the original TV show but omitted from the LP.

Songs:

Personnel

Details:

Part 1: A Drum Is A Woman

Rhythm Pum Te Dum

What Else Can You Do With A Drum

Part 2: New Orleans

Hey, Buddy Bolden

Carribee Joe

Congo Square

Part 3: A Drum Is A Woman (Part 2)

You Better Know It

Madam Zajj

Ballet Of The Flying Saucers

Part 4: Zajj's Dream

Rhumbop

Carribee Joe (Part 2)

Finale

Pomegranate (Bonus Track)

Personnel: Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Rick Henderson, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Betty Glamann, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard, Terry Snyder, Candido Camero, Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill, Ozzie Bailey

Label:	JAZZ TRACK
Number:	933
Item Code:	62010
Format:	CD
Genre:	JAZZ
Dates:	(1956-1957)
Price:	$17.00
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