Credited to 'Duke Ellington's Spacemen' (recalling Sun Ra), this is session features a relatively stripped back configuration of Ellington's orchestra (three trombones, a trumpet, a clarinet and Paul Gonsalves' ever-present tenor saxophone join the conventional rhythm section) stretching out on various standards and originals. While the arrangements here are absolutely up to par, the feeling of this release is more of the band relaxing and playing than of pulling off ear-defying set pieces. Released on Columbia in 1958 and recorded in the same year.
Performers: Duke Ellington (pi), Clark Terry (tp), John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb), Paul Gonsalves (t-sx), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Jimmy Wood (bs), Sam Woodyard (dr)
A1. Avalon
A2. Body And Soul
A3. Bass-ment
A4. Early Autumn
A5. Jones
B1. Perdido
B2. St. Louis Blues
B3. Spacemen
B4. Midnight Sun
B5. Take The "A" Train
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