All Star Road Band Volume 2 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Holiday Ballroom in Chicago for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label in 1985.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed August 14, 2017Doctor Jazz Label Discography accessed August 14, 2017
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This two-LP set finds Duke Ellington's orchestra in surprisingly inspired form playing at a dance in Chicago ... the all-star ensemble brings new life to the potentially tired repertoire, introduces some relatively new arrangements and seems to have a good time playing for an enthusiastic audience. Excellent music".
Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted
Disc 1 "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 6:45 "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 4:04 "Happy Go Lucky Local" – 8:05 "Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons / Ellington, Bob Russell) – 5:14 "Guitar Amour" – 5:32 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:57 "C Jam Blues" – 4:17 "Silk Lace" – 4:44
Disc 2 "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:29 "Isfahan" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:34 "Timon of Athens" – 2:42 "Tutti for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:54 "Stomping at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf) – 4:07 "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 4:40 "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 5:56 "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" – 6:59 "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 1:44
Personnel Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams, Nat Woodard – trumpet Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone Chuck Connors – bass trombone Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone Peck Morrison – bass Sam Woodyard – drums
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