Plays Duke Ellington
by World Saxophone Quartet
- Type: Album
- Released: 1986
- Label: Nonesuch
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:31
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The acclaimed avant-garde ensemble honors the legacy of Duke Ellington with incredibly inventive, unaccompanied saxophone arrangements. Eschewing a traditional rhythm section, the quartet relies on dissonant counterpoint and collective improvisation to radically reinterpret classic jazz standards.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, dissonant
Tracklist
- Take the "A" Train - Edit (1:34)
- Lush Life (6:32)
- Prelude to a Kiss (2:44)
- Sophisticated Lady (4:42)
- I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (6:04)
- Come Sunday (7:38)
- In a Sentimental Mood (5:18)
- Take the "A" Train (4:56)
Credits
- World Saxophone Quartet - primary artist
- Julius Hemphill - alto saxophone, arranged by
- Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, soloist, arranged by, arranged by, soloist
- Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone, arranged by, soloist
- Duke Ellington - composed by
- Arthur Moorhead - editor
- David Murray - tenor saxophone, arranged by, soloist
- Billy Strayhorn - composed by