Juan Amalbert Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 The complete recording of Duke Ellington;s "My People" is a new CD released with all the original music on Storyville Records. With the music that I composed and played on the original recording session in Chicago, Ill., 1963. Rhythmically, Juan Amalbert a/k/a Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim http://www.storyvillerecords.com/default.aspx?tabID=2633&productId=27314&state_2838=2 Duke Ellington: My People Cat No#: 1018430 Series: Format: CD Artist: Duke Ellington Price: €23.10 $24.70 £13.99 DKK155.20 Duke Ellington’s ‘My People’ opened in Chicago August 16, 1963. Duke Ellington did everything. He wrote the music, the words, directed it and did the orchestrations. There were not enough money involved to hire Duke Ellington’s orchestra. Instead they hired a 16 piece orchestra with Jimmy Jones as the pianist. A recording of the show was made on August 20, 21 and 28 supervised by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. The CD contains for the fi rst time the complete show. Duke Ellington in ’My People’ chose the strategy to emphasize the positive achievements of black people to America life, rather than protest against injustice. It had only one minute of social protest written into its script. ‘My People’ is not political. It has social signifi cance, but the accent will be on entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 I've always liked what has been released of this show before. This looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranemonk Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Wow. Any idea when we'll get a US distributor or be able to order through Amazon or importcds??? Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 It would be nice to see the contents. Unless something is "really special" I will stick with my original Contact lp ordered by mail a thousand years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Contents: 1. Jungle Triangle #1* 2. Come Sunday 3. Will You Be There/99% Won't Do 4. Ain't But No One 5. David Danced 6. Heritage (My Mother, My Father, and Love)* 7. After Bird Jungle* 8. Montage 9. My People (Soap Box) 10. The Blues Ain't 11. Blues at Sundown* 12. Walking and Singing the Blues* 13. Working Blues 14. My Man Sends Me 15. Jail Blues 16. I Love My Lovin' Lover* 17. Jungle Triangle #2* 18. King Fit the Battle of Alabam 19. King* 20. Purple People* 21. What Color is Virtue 22. Purple People - Music* 23. Piano Blues Overture* 24. Strange Feeling* 25. Heritage (My Mother, My Father and Love)#2 * indicates a piece or take not on the original issue "The musical number and their succession on this CD strictly follow the only known live recording of the show, as it was performed on the 25th of August 1963. This recording was found on a casette tape in Mercer Ellington's collection. The sound quality of the tape is very poor...the tape is invaluable to document how the show was performed. All numbers on the tape except two were also recorded in the studio during the three recording sessions in Chicago August 1963 the 20th, the 21st, and the 27th, so it has been possible to recreate the (almost) complete performance in great sound quality." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l p Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 it seems that all sources -amazon reviews, storyville, and the above posts- are purposely(?) vague about the contents of this release. the original lp is studio with strayhorn on piano, and duke sidemen. i still can't figure out if this new cd is supposed to be the studio lp with studio bonus tracks, or a live performance (no duke/no strayhorn/no duke sidemen) with some studio filler for missing portions. conflicting statements in the above posts. either way, duke's not on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I believe that they are all studio recordings. The live tape was just used to find the correct sequence of the songs. And apparently two numbers from the show were not recorded in the studio and are not on the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l p Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) yes, all studio. basically the original lp with bonus tracks, put into a 'correct' sequence order. whoever wrote the description on the storyville site must have been drunk. details of the studio dates are in the attachment below. thanks my people as actually performed on-stage here assembled from various studio recordings Edited January 24, 2014 by l p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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