My People (The Complete Show), by Duke Ellington

My People (The Complete Show)

by Duke Ellington

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1.	Jungle Triangle, Pt. 1 02:21	buy track
2.	Come Sunday 03:14	buy track
3.	Will You Be There / Won't Do 03:11	buy track
4.	Ain't but the One 02:51	buy track
5.	David Danced 03:00	buy track
6.	Heritage (My Mother, My Father and Love), Pt. 1 03:18	buy track
7.	After Bird Jungle 03:35	buy track
8.	Montage 06:56	buy track
9.	My People (Soap Box) 03:04	buy track
10.	The Blues Ain't 05:51	buy track
11.	Blues At Sundown 02:14	buy track
12.	Walking and Singing the Blues 02:35	buy track
13.	Working Blues 02:01	buy track
14.	My Man Sends Me 01:21	buy track
15.	Jail Blues 01:58	buy track
16.	I Love My Lovin' Lover 02:23	buy track
17.	Jungle Triangle, Pt. 2 03:45	buy track
18.	King Fit the Battle of Alabam 03:23	buy track
19.	King 05:23	buy track
20.	Purple People 01:38	buy track
21.	What Color Is Virtue 02:52	buy track
22.	Purple People - Music 02:07	buy track
23.	Piano Blues Ouverture 02:51	buy track
24.	Strange Feeling 04:07	buy track
25.	Heritage (My Mother, My Father and Love), Pt. 2 02:53	buy track

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Duke Ellington’s ‘My People’ opened in Chicago August 16, 1963. Duke Ellington did everything. He wrote the music, the words, directed it and did the orchestrations. There were not enough money involved to hire Duke Ellington’s orchestra. Instead they hired a 16 piece orchestra with Jimmy Jones as the pianist. A recording of the show was made on August 20, 21 and 28 supervised by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. The CD contains for the fi rst time the complete show. Duke Ellington in ’My People’ chose the strategy to emphasize the positive achievements of black people to America life, rather than protest against injustice. It had only one minute of social protest written into its script. ‘My People’ is not political. It has social signifi cance, but the accent will be on entertainment.

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released January 16, 2020

Duke Ellington's Orchestra

Recorded August 20, 21 & 27, 1963

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Storyville Records Denmark

Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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