Ella at Duke's Place

For the 1965 Verve LP album, Verve V6-4070; re-issued by PolyGram-Verve on CD in 1996: Verve-PolyGram 529 700–2. Side One: • "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:35 • "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (a.k.a. "Passion") (Strayhorn) – 5:00 • "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) – 4:39 • "I Like the Sunrise" – 3:26 • "Azure" (Irving Mills) – 6:48 Side Two: • "Imagine My Frustration" (Strayhorn, Gerald Stanley Wilson) – 4:49 • "Duke's Place" (a.k.a. "C Jam Blues") (Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts, Bob Thiele) – 4:13 • "Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown)" (Paul Francis Webster) – 5:05 • "What Am I Here For?" (Frankie Laine) – 5:35 • "Cotton Tail" – 3:41 • All songs composed by Duke Ellington, with the exception of "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" and "Passion Flower". Lyricists indicated. • Recorded October 18–20, 1965, at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles. ==Personnel==

Tracks 1–10 • Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Duke Ellington – conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano • Jimmy Jones – arranger, piano • Cat Anderson – trumpet • Mercer Ellington – trumpet • Herb Jones – trumpet • Cootie Williams – trumpet • Lawrence Brown – trombone • Buster Cooper – trombone • Chuck Connors – bass trombone • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone • Russell Procope – alto saxophone • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet • John Lamb – bass • Louis Bellson – drums Album produced by Norman Granz Engineering by Val Valentin ==References==