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Title information

A Flat Minor

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Date of recording

7.8.1956

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Performers

His Orchestra Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (Orchestra / Ensemble)

Duke Ellington (piano)

* 29.4.1899, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 24.5.1974, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Johnny Hodges (Soloist) (alto sax)

* 25.7.1906, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.1970, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Paul Gonsalves (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 12.7.1920, Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 14.5.1974, London, England, United Kingdom

Cat Anderson (trumpet)

* 12.9.1916, Greenville, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 29.4.1981, Norwalk, California (CA), United States

Willie Cook (trumpet)

* 11.11.1923, Tangipahoa, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 22.9.2000, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Ray Nance (trumpet)

* 10.12.1913, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 28.1.1976, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Clark Terry (trumpet)

* 14.12.1920, St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 21.2.2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas (AR), United States

Quentin Jackson (Trombone)

* 13.1.1909, Springfield, Ohio (OH), United States

† 2.10.1976, New York City, New York (NY), United States

John Sanders (Trombone)

* 1925, Elmsford, New York (NY), United States

† 6.1.2019

Britt Woodman (Trombone)

* 4.6.1920, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 13.10.2000, Hawthorne, California (CA), United States

Harry Carney (baritone sax)

* 1.4.1910, Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 8.10.1974, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor sax)

* 25.5.1917, Dillon, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 20.9.1994, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Russell Procope (clarinet, alto sax)

* 11.8.1908, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 21.1.1981, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Woode (Double Bass)

* 23.9.1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 23.4.2005, Lindenwood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Sam Woodyard (drums)

* 7.1.1925, Elizabeth, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 20.9.1988, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Authors

Duke Ellington (Composer)

* 29.4.1899, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 24.5.1974, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Billy Strayhorn (Composer)

* 19.11.1915, Dayton, Ohio (OH), United States

† 31.5.1967, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Such Sweet Thunder

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Year of production

1999

Record Label

Columbia

Tracks

1. Such Sweet Thunder
2. Sonnet for Caesar
3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
4. Lady Mac
5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
6. The Telecasters
7. Up and Down, Up and Down Down)
8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
9. The Star-Crossed Lovers
10. Madness in Great Ones
11. Half the Fun
12. Circle of Fourths
13. The Star-Crossed Lovers
14. Circle of Fourths
15. Suburban Beauty
16. A-Flat Minor
17. Café au lait
18. Half the Fun
19. Suburban Beauty
20. A-Flat Minor
21. Café au lait
22. Pretty Girl (a.k.a. The Star-Crossed Lovers) (first recording)
23. [silence]