Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Ellington Suites

It took until 1976 before these three extended works ("The Queen's Suite," "The Goutelas Suite" and "The Uwis Suite") were released and their obscurity is somewhat deserved. Although there are some good moments from Ellington's orchestras of 1959 and 1971-72, few of the themes (outside of "The Single Petal of a Rose" from "The Queen's Suite") are all that memorable. But even lesser Ellington is of great interest and veteran collectors may want to pick this up. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Booty Wood Trombone Britt Woodman Trombone Cat Anderson Trumpet Chuck Connors Trombone Clark Terry Trumpet Cootie Williams Trumpet Duke Ellington Producer, Piano, Performer Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Performer Eddie Preston Trumpet Harold "Geezil" Minerve Reeds Harold Ashby Reeds Harry Carney Reeds, Saxophone Jimmy Hamilton Reeds Jimmy Johnson, Jr. Drums Jimmy Woode Bass Joe Benjamin Bass John Sanders Trombone Johnny Coles Trumpet Johnny Hodges Saxophone, Reeds Malcolm Taylor Trombone Mercer Ellington Trumpet, ? Money Johnson Trumpet Norman Granz Layout Design, Cover Photo, Photography, Cover Design Norris Turney Reeds Paul Gonsalves Sax (Tenor), Reeds Quentin Jackson Trombone Ray Nance Trumpet Rufus "Speedy" Jones Drums Russ Andrews Reeds Russell Procope Sax (Alto), Reeds Shorty Baker Trumpet Stanley Dance Liner Notes Tamaki Beck Engineer, Mastering Vincent Prudente Trombone Wulf Freedman Bass (Electric)