The Ellington Suites

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Although there are some good moments from Ellington's orchestras of 1959 and 1971–72, few of the themes (outside of 'The Single Petal of a Rose' from 'The Queen's Suite') are all that memorable. But even lesser Ellington is of great interest and veteran collectors may want to pick this up". }} ==Track listing==

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted. • "The Queen's Suite: Sunset and the Mocking Bird" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:50 • "The Queen's Suite: Lightning Bugs and Frogs" (Strayhorn) – 2:52 • "The Queen's Suite: Le Sucrier Velours" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:46 • "The Queen's Suite: Northern Lights" (Strayhorn) – 3:37 • "The Queen's Suite: The Single Petal of a Rose" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 4:08 • "The Queen's Suite: Apes and Peacocks" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:05 • "The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare" – 0:31 • "The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas" – 1:12 • "The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness" – 1:55 • "The Goutelas Suite: Something" – 5:22 • "The Goutelas Suite: Having at It" – 3:35 • "The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare" – 0:34 • "The Uwis Suite: Uwis" – 7:51 • "The Uwis Suite: Klop" – 2:00 • "The Uwis Suite: Loco Madi" – 5:52 • Recorded February 25, 1959 (2–4), April 1, 1959 (1 and 6), April 14, 1959 (5), April 27, 1971 (7–12), and October 5, 1972 (13–15) ==Personnel==

• Duke Ellington – piano • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1–4, 6, 13–15) • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone (tracks 1–4, 6–15) • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet (tracks 1–4, 6) • Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone (tracks 1–4, 6) • John Sanders – valve trombone (tracks 1–4, 6) • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1–4, 6) • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone (tracks 1–4, 6) • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone (tracks (tracks 1–4, 6–12) • Jimmy Woode – double bass (tracks 1–6) • Jimmy Johnson – drums (tracks 1–4, 6) • Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Cootie Williams – trumpet (tracks 7–15) • Eddie Preston – trumpet (tracks 7–12) • Johnny Coles – trumpet (tracks 13–15) • Booty Wood – trombone (tracks 7–15) • Malcolm Taylor – trombone (tracks 7–12) • Chuck Connors – bass trombone (tracks 7–12) • Norris Turney – alto saxophone (tracks 7–15), flute (track 10) • Harold Minerve – alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 7–12) • Harold Ashby – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 7–15) • Joe Benjamin – bass (tracks 7–15) • Rufus Jones – drums (tracks 7–15) • Vince Prudente – trombone (tracks 13–15) • Russ Andrews – tenor saxophone (tracks 13–15) • Wulf Freedman – bass guitar (track 15) ==References==