Duke Ellington - First Annual Tour Of Pacific Northwest Spring 1952 / 2CD set

A long out-of-print two-album box set from Folkways documents the Duke Ellington Orchestra during three concerts in Oregon and Washington during their supposed "off period" in 1952. With four fine trumpet soloists and tenor-saxophonist Paul Gonsalves showing increasing indivuality, this hard-to-find set is worth searching for. ~ AllMusicGuide

Recorded at four venues during Duke Ellington's first annual tour of the Pacific Northwest in 1952, these songs bring listeners to the ballrooms and armories of Oregon and Washington, where the legendary Ellington and his band had been hired to play for dancers.

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Take the "A" Train
    2 Fancy Dan
    3 Time on My Hands
    4 On the Sunny Side of the Street
    5 Tea for Two
    6 Blue Skies (Trumpet(S) No End)
    7 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
    8 Lady of the Lavender Mist
    9 How High the Moon
    10 The Tattooed Bride (Aberdeen)
    11 Love You Madly
    - Disc 2 -
    1 Bensonality
    2 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
    3 Deep Purple
    4 Caravan
    5 Cottontail
    6 Solitude
    7 C Jam Blues
    8 Happy Birthday
    9 Sophisticated Lady
    10 Chelsea Bridge
    11 Mood Indigo