Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Ella At Duke's Place
| Recorded | Oct 18-20, 1965 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 17 credited players |
| Discogs | master 317122 |
The record
Duke's own charts and piano frame her here, the orchestra's reed section -- Hodges, Carney, Procope -- giving this mid-'60s Verve summit the feel of two old collaborators trading ideas rather than a singer fronting a band.
Session personnel
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Russell Procope — alto saxophone
- Duke Ellington — arranged by, piano
- Jimmy Jones — arranged by, piano
- Harry Carney — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- John Lamb — bass
- Chuck Connors — bass trombone
- Louis Bellson — drums
- Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Buster Cooper — trombone
- Lawrence Brown — trombone
- Cat Anderson — trumpet
- Cootie Williams — trumpet
- Herbie Jones — trumpet
- Mercer Ellington — trumpet
- Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 51 pressings on file.
| 1966 | Verve Records · V-4070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · deep groove; gatefold |
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| 1984 | Verve Records · UMJ 3286 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold OJC · gatefold |
| 1966 | Verve Records · V6-4070 (E) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1966 | Verve Records · V6-4070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Verve Records · V6-4070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Verve Records · SVLP.9119 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1966 | Verve Records · V-4070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Verve Records · VLP.9119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1966 | Verve Records · SMAS-90644 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo |
| 1966 | Verve Records · SLV-4070 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Jukebox |
| 1966 | Verve Records · L-14-4070 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album |
| 1966 | Verve Records · V6-4070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1966 | Verve Records · VLP 9119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1966 | Verve Records · 72006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
Johnny Hodges also plays on
Russell Procope also plays on
Duke Ellington also plays on