| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| DownBeat |  [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [7] |
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is an album by American jazz musicians Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. It was released in January 1963 through Impulse! Records.[1][2]
The album was one of Ellington's many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, and placed him with a quartet rather than a big band.[8] The quartet was filled out by the bassist and drummer from either of their bands. The album featured Ellington standards (e.g., "In a Sentimental Mood"), new Ellington compositions, and a new Coltrane composition ("Big Nick").[9]
Coltrane said of the session:
I was really honored to have the opportunity of working with Duke. It was a wonderful experience. He has set standards I haven't caught up with yet. I would have liked to have worked over all those numbers again, but then I guess the performances wouldn't have had the same spontaneity. And they mightn't have been any better![10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In a Sentimental Mood" | 4:14 | |
| 2. | "Take the Coltrane" | Ellington | 4:42 |
| 3. | "Big Nick" | John Coltrane | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Stevie" | Ellington | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Little Brown Book" | Billy Strayhorn | 5:20 |
| 2. | "Angelica" | Ellington | 6:00 |
| 3. | "The Feeling of Jazz" |
| 5:34 |
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (all but track 3) and soprano saxophone (track 3)
- Elvin Jones – drums (tracks 1–3, 6)
- Jimmy Garrison – bass (tracks 2–3, 6)
- Aaron Bell – bass (tracks 1, 4–5, 7)
- Sam Woodyard – drums (tracks 4–5, 7)
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] | 31 |
References
- 1 2 DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 655. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- 1 2 "13 ABC, 7 Impulse LPs Bow At N.Y. Distrib Meet" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. January 5, 1963. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Milkowski, Bill (June 2013). "Money Jungle: 50 Years After the Summit" (pdf). Down Beat. p. 34. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ "Duke Ellington: 'Duke Ellington & John Coltrane'". NPR. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ "John Coltrane". WARR. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ Excerpt from the CD booklet
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
