''Historically Speaking'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

recorded for the Bethlehem label in 1956.A Duke Ellington Panorama
accessed May 21, 2010 The album features updated arrangements of many of Ellington's early compositions.

Reception

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

awarded the album 2 stars. Allmusic Reviewaccessed May 21, 2010

Track listing

''All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated'' # "East St. Louis Toodle-o" (Ellington, James "Bubber" Miley) - 3:30 # "Creole Love Call" (Ellington, Miley) - 3:47 # "Stompy Jones" - 3:53 # "The Jeep Is Jumpin'" (Ellington,

Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...

, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:25 # "Jack the Bear" - 3:20 # " In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:54 # "Ko-Ko" - 2:18 # "Midriff" (Strayhorn) - 3:52 # "Stomp, Look and Listen" - 2:41 # "Unbooted Character" - 4:18 # "Lonesome Lullaby" - 3:19 # "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" (Strayhorn) - 3:09 :*Recorded at Universal Recording Corp., Chicago on February 7 & 8, 1956.

Personnel

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

Quentin Jackson Quentin "Butter" JacksonFe ...

, Britt Woodman -

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

* John Sanders - valve trombone * Jimmy Hamilton -

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* Russell Procope -

, clarinet * Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone * Harry Carney - baritone saxophone * Jimmy Woode - bass * Sam Woodyard -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Bethlehem Records albums Duke Ellington albums 1956 albums