Duke Ellington - Switzerland '59 3/7 [Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm]

Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm
Solos: Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Quentin Jackson
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Andres Merenguito, Ray Nance - trumpets
Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Booty Wood - trombones
Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl) - reeds
Duke Ellington, (p)
Jimmy Woode (b)
Jimmy Johnson (d)

[@oldtimejazzfan]

I was in that concert, most probably also in a suit with tie.

[@jackstanton8212]

We did in those days - not anymore !

[@Bitterblogger]

Love the overhead camera work on the Duke . . .

[@ghairraigh]

Love seeing Baritone saxophonist Harry Carney leading the sax section on his clarinet as they stand in front of the band after the piano intro...

[@jackstanton8212]

Nobody has commented about Johnny Hodges looking accusingly at the clarinet because of the squeaks .

[@ghairraigh]

"Rockin' in Rhythm" was composed by Duke Ellington for the famous Fan Dancer, Sally Rand, who wowed them at the Chicago World's Fair (a.k.a., A Century of Progress) in 1933. In other words, despite the bright tempo, it is strip music.

[@michaelwilcox5168]

ghairraigh you seem to be knocking it. African American music was composed to be UTILITARIAN, not for the academy. A living had to be made on a daily basis.

[@michaelhayes690]

Great thanks!

[@ACABSTUDIOS]

This is awesome. I just wish I could hear what they're singing in the background.

[@FireypepperCP]

This is a bit late, but I'll give it a shot.
"Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're singing. Yeah, yeah. Just singing! Alright then! [...?...] Just swinging! Just singing! We're singing! Yeah, we're singing!"
It sounds like they're not fully together or singing the same thing most of the time, but that might just be the quality of the recording.

[@da11king]

Cat Anderson was probably not feeling well loll no screeching extreme register stuffs! Song not the same to me without it 🤓🎺

[@kurtarmbruster]

Greatest reed section of all time and place! Fascinating look, too, at the Duke's hands--what are those ghost chords he's playing? One never knows, do one?

[@dertagesschauer2484]

Sechzig Jährchen sind's schon her.
Leuchtigkeiten frei von Schwer !

[@caponsacchi]

Didn't realize Harry Carney was in on the composing of this standard, a minor masterpiece--and the arranging is prime Ellington. Catch the complexity of the sax section motifs playing counterpoint w muted wah-wah brass.. Not exactly hi-def video, but all of the essential pieces are in place (L to R: Gonsalves, (2nd tenor player?), Carney (on cl?), Hodges and Procope. Nance, trip. (fav of W. Marsalis), Butter Jackson. Dr=Woodyard, bs? (not Aaron Bell). CT should have been w the band at this time.. About this time Columbia unthinkably dismissed Duke (even after Newport '56 and Time Magazine cover story) because of popularity of Brubeck, Miles, Monk, Mingus, small groups. Musicians who don't "get" Duke should retire. He's the small group equivalent of the big band--sophisticated, complex, refined--yet he created the storm (mini-riot during Paul's 30-chorus solo) that established the outdoor jazz festival (the primary venue today) and was even the harbinger of Woodstock. Start with his 1st Col. album, "Ellington Uptown," include the CD reissue of "At Newport, '56), "Such Sweet Thunder" (ONLY the original LP has the CT quote by Puck "Oh, What Fools These Mortals Be"--describes the bungling reissuers of the original).

[@michaelpacheco6916]

Paul Gonzalves, tenor, Jimmy Hamilton, tenor, Harry Carney, cl, Johnny Hodges, alto, Russell Procope, alto. At 5:10 or so it is definitely Hodges solo. He often began concerts with these tunes. See 70th Birthday Concert Recording in London.

[@harriairaksinen5694]

caponsacchi Jimmy Woode on bass, drummer is not Sam Woodyard.

[@walthammond6816]

@@harriairaksinen5694 who is the drummer? He does not look familiar.

[@harriairaksinen5694]

Walt Hammond Hard to say. Might be Panama Francis or a guy who used to play with Monk in the 70’s (not Ben Riley). But he is not Sam Woodyard, Duke’s regular drummer in 1959. Jimmy Johnson?

[@walthammond6816]

@@harriairaksinen5694 yeah I saw the Duke in 1967 and Sam Woodyard was his drummer. He was playing a red sparkle Premier kit.