1956’s ‘Historically Speaking’ was released on the jazz independent Bethlehem, and saw the great Duke Ellington revisiting some of his earliest compositions. Recorded in February 1956 with a crack backing band, it contains some of his loveliest arrangements and melodies, including the beautiful ‘Lonesome Lullaby’.
PERSONNEL:
Duke Ellington – (piano, composer)
Cat Anderson – (trumpet)
Willie Cook – (trumpet)
Clark Terry – (trumpet)
Ray Nance – (trumpet)
Quentin Jackson – (trombone)
Britt Woodman – (trombone)
John Sanders – (valve trombone)
Jimmy Hamilton – (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Russell Procope – (alto saxophone, clarinet)
Paul Gonsalves – (tenor saxophone)
Johnny Hodges – (alto saxophone, composer)
Harry Carney – (baritone saxophone)
Jimmy Woode – (bass)
Sam Woodyard – (drums)
TRACKS:
SIDE A
A1 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
A2 Creole Love Call
A3 Stompy Jones
A4 The Jeep Is Jumpin’
A5 Jack the Bear
A6 In a Mellow Tone
SIDE B
B1 Ko-Ko
B2 Midriff
B3 Stop, Look and Listen
B4 Unbooted Charactor
B5 Lonesome Lullaby
B6 Upper Manhattan Medical Group