The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1946 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 17, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "The 1946 concert is not as memorable as the others but the many major soloists still make this lesser item an enjoyable listening experience".Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review] accessed June 17, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "Caravan" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:45 "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 2:54 "Solid Old Man" – 3:35 "Spiritual (Come Sunday)/Work Song" – 12:06 "The Blues" – 5:08 "Rugged Romeo" – 3:09 "Sono" – 5:04 "Air-Conditioned Jungle" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:45 "Pitter Panther Patter" – 2:14 "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:26 "Mellow Ditty" – 7:30 "Fugueaditty" – 2:40 "Jam-A-Ditty" – 3:34 "Magenta Haze" – 4:41 "Diminuendo in Blue/Transblucency" (Ellington/Ellington, Lawrence Brown) – 7:28 "Crescendo in Blue" – 3:40 "Suburbanite" – 4:32 "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Mack David, Ellington) – 4:32 "Riffin' Roll" – 2:26 Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York on January 4, 1946.
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams – trumpet Lawrence Brown, Wilbur DeParis – trombone Claude Jones – valve trombone Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Otto Hardwick – clarinet, alto saxophone Al Sears – tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone Fred Guy – guitar Oscar Pettiford, Al Lucas – bass Sonny Greer – drums Joya Sherrill (track 5), Kay Davis (track 15), Al Hibbler (track 18) – vocals
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