Festival Session

Studio album by Duke Ellington

Released

1959

Recorded

September 8, 1959

Duke Ellington chronology

Live at the Blue Note
(1959)

Festival Session
(1959)

Blues in Orbit
(1959)

Festival Session is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia Records label in 1959.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD in 2004 with two bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Duke Ellington was constantly composing new material as well as creating new arrangements of vintage works, as heard on this Columbia LP recorded in 1959... Long one of the classic sleepers awaiting discovery in Duke Ellington's considerable discography... Highly recommended".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

LP Side A

"Perdido" (Juan Tizol) – 4:36
"Copout Extension" – 8:19
"Duael Fuel, Part 1" (Ellington, Clark Terry) – 2:45
"Duael Fuel, Part 2" (Ellington, Terry) – 1:43
"Duael Fuel, Part 3" (Ellington, Terry) – 6:17

LP side B

"Idiom '59, Part 1" – 2:02
"Idiom '59, Part 2" – 4:36
"Idiom '59, Part 3" – 7:06
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 3:00
"Launching Pad" (Ellington, Terry) – 7:37

Bonus tracks on 2004 CD re-issue

"V.I.P.'s Boogie" – 2:57
"Jam With Sam" – 3:17

Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York on September 8, 1959.

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano
Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
Britt Woodman – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 6-12), bass (tracks 3-5)
John Sanders – valve trombone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Jimmy Woode – bass (tracks 1, 2 & 9-12)
Joe Benjamin – bass (tracks 6-8)
Sam Woodyard, James Johnson – drums

References

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 18, 2010
1 2 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 2010
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Columbia CS 8200

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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