Duke With a Difference

by Clark Terry

Duke With a Difference cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1957
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:18
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gathering key members of the Ellington orchestra, the masterful trumpeter reimagines the Duke's repertoire utilizing highly intricate, small-group bop arrangements. Terry's famously joyous, vocalized horn tone drives the session, breathing fresh rhythmic vitality into the established canonical classics.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. C-Jam Blues (3:04)
  2. In A Sentimental Mood (2:56)
  3. Cotton Tail (6:54)
  4. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (6:15)
  5. Mood Indigo (6:55)
  6. Take The "A" Train (3:29)
  7. In A Mellow Tone (5:07)
  8. Come Sunday (3:34)

Credits

  • Clark Terry - primary artist, arranged by, trumpet
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Mercer Ellington - arranged by
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Luther Henderson - celesta [celeste]
  • Sam Woodyard - drums
  • Billy Strayhorn - piano
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes

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