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Ellington Indigos
| Recorded | Mar 13 & Oct 14, 1957 |
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| Label | Columbia |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 18 credited players |
| Discogs | master 171165 |
The record
Torch songs and standards played at half-light tempo, the reed section curling around 'Solitude' and 'Mood Indigo' with unusual patience. Woodyard and Woode keep things settled while the horns take their time getting where they're going.
Session personnel
- Jimmy Woode — bass
- Sam Woodyard — drums
- Duke Ellington — piano
- Harry Carney — saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton — saxophone
- Johnny Hodges — saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves — saxophone
- Russell Procope — saxophone
- Britt Woodman — trombone
- John Sanders — trombone
- Quentin Jackson — trombone
- Cat Anderson — trumpet
- Clark Terry — trumpet
- Harold Baker — trumpet
- Ray Nance — trumpet
- Willie Cook — trumpet
- Ozzie Bailey — vocals
- Jimmy Grissom — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Mono CL 1085 and stereo CS 8053 both date to 1958, and deep groove turns up on copies of each; the stereo also appears in Hollywood and Pitman plant pressings. Canadian CL 1085 copies are on file from the same year. Reissues run through 1963 and into Czech Supraphon editions. For a modern copy, Impex remastered it as IMP6010 in 2012 and cut a 45 RPM edition, IMP6060-45, in 2024.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 52 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Columbia · CS 8053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · deep groove |
| 1958 | Columbia — MONO |
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Columbia · GCB 18 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, 2-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1958 | Columbia · B-10851 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1958 | Columbia · CS 8053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Columbia · CS 8053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Hollywood Pressing |
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Columbia · CS 8053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1958 | Coronet (2) · KLP 662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | Columbia · CL 1085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
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