Up in Duke's Workshop is an album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington that collects sessions recorded in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, released on the Pablo label in 1979.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 1, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This LP is primarily for Duke Ellington completists and scholars. Some of the performances are runthroughs of works that would soon be discarded or rewritten while others are true obscurities... nothing all that essential or historic occurs and there are over 100 currently available Duke Ellington recordings that one would recommend first."Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review] accessed June 1, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "Blem" – 6:55 "Goof" – 3:14 "Dick" – 2:57 "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) – 4:23 "Bateau" – 5:23 "Wanderlust" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 6:26 "Neo-Creole" – 3:52 "Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:40 "Mendoza" – 5:43 Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York on April 25, 1969 (track 1), 23 May 1969 (track 2), June 20, 1969 (track 3), June 15, 1970 (track 4), December 9, 1970 (track 5), February 1, 1971 (track 6), February 3, 1971 (track 7), June 29, 1971 (track 8), December 6, 1972 (track 9).
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Wild Bill Davis – organ (track 4–7) Cat Anderson (tracks 2, 4–8), Johnny Coles (track 9), Willie Cook (tracks 1–8), Mercer Ellington (tracks 3, 4, 6–9), Money Johnson (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Jimmy Owens (track 2), Eddie Preston (track 6), Al Rubin (track 5), Fred Stone (track 4), Cootie Williams – trumpet Lawrence Brown (track 2), Buster Cooper (track 2), Tyree Glenn, (track 9), Benny Green (tracks 1 & 3), Benny Powell (track 1), Julian Priester (tracks 4–8), Vince Prudente (track 9), Malcolm Taylor (track 5), Booty Wood (track 4–8) – trombone Chuck Connors (tracks 2 & 4–9) – bass trombone Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone Harold Minerve – flute, alto Johnny Hodges (tracks 2 & 3), Buddy Pearson (track 8), Norris Turney (tracks 2–5) – alto saxophone Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby – tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone Joe Benjamin (track 4–8), Victor Gaskin (tracks 2 & 3), Paul Kondziela (tracks 1–3) – bass Rufus Jones – drums
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