Great Times!

Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950 and later released on Riverside with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"Cotton Tail" - 2:55
"C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 2:58
"Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 3:00
"Bang-Up Blues" - 3:08
"Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:59
"Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) - 3:01
"In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:06
"Great Times" - 2:56
"Perdido" (Juan Tizol) -2:57
"Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) - 2:20
"Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) - 2:44
"Blues for Blanton" - 2:36

Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9-12), October 3 (tracks 5-8) & November (tracks 1-4), 1950

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano
Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1-8), celeste (tracks 10 & 11)
Oscar Pettiford - cello (tracks 9-12)
Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-4), Joe Schulman (tracks 5-8), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 9-12) - bass
Jo Jones (tracks 9-12), Unknown (tracks 1-4) - drums

References

1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2010

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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