In a Mellow Tone
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In a Mellow Tone | |
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Artista | Duke Ellington |
Autore/i | Duke Ellington (musica), Milt Gabler (testo) |
Genere | Jazz |
Data | 1939 |
In a Mellow Tone, noto anche come In a Mellotone, è uno standard jazz del 1939 composto da Duke Ellington, con testo di Milt Gabler.[1]
Descrizione
La canzone era basata sullo standard del 1917 Rose Room di Art Hickman e Harry Williams,[2] che lo stesso Ellington aveva registrato nel 1932.[3] che lo stesso Ellington aveva registrato nel 1932.[3] Howard Stern ha utilizzato una registrazione di questa canzone (dall'album Blues in Orbit di Ellington) come tema di apertura di The Howard Stern Show dal 1987 al 1994.
Cover
- Red Norvo (1943)
- Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1954)
- Clark Terry - Duke with a Difference (1957)
- Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy - The Original Ellington Suite (1958)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
- Ben Webster (with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge) - Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
- Count Basie - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959)
- Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960)
- Billy May - Cha Cha! Billy May (1960)
- Coleman Hawkins with Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Night Hawk (1960)
- Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - The Great Summit (1961)
- Harry James - 1964 Live! In The Holiday Ballroom Chicago (Jazz Hour Compact Classics JH-1001, 1989)[4]
- Oscar Peterson - Mellow Mood (1968)
- Paul Gonsalves - Humming Bird (1970)
- Buddy Rich - Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts (1971)
- Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington (1975)
- Sonny Stitt - Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
- The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche (1978)
- Nick Brignola - L.A. Bound (1979)
- Art Pepper e George Cables - Goin' Home (1982)
- Maynard Ferguson - "Live from London" (1994)
- Marcus Roberts - Plays Ellington (1995)
- Tony Bennett - Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)
- Clare Teal - Don't Talk (2004)
- Royce Campbell - A Tribute to Charlie Byrd (2004)
- Bill Wurtz - (2011)
Note
- ^ (EN) Douglas Martin, Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90, in The New York Times, 25 luglio 2001. URL consultato il 18 giugno 2023.
- ^ Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (In a Mellotone), su jazzstandards.com. URL consultato il 18 giugno 2023.
- ^ a b Ted Gioia, The Jazz Standards, New York, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 193–4, ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ Harry James And His Orchestra – Live 1964 In Holiday Ballroom Chicago, su discogs.com, Discogs. URL consultato il 4 febbraio 2017.
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) In a Mellow Tone, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
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Album in studio | The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington '55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes · Paris Blues · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington |
Album dal vivo | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance |
Collaborazioni | con Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit · con Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · con Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing · con Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · con Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · con Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · con John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · con Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · con Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke |
Composizioni principali | All Too Soon · Azure · Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · Harlem · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · The Mooche · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady |
Composizioni di Billy Strayhorn per Ellington: | Take the A Train · Lush Life · Chelsea Bridge · Something to Live For · Satin Doll · Blood Count |
Composizioni di Juan Tizol per Ellington: | Caravan · Perdido |
Album tributo | Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) · Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (1962) · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 |
Membri dell'Orchestra | Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · Bubber Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard |
Filmografia | Black and Tan · Belle of the Nineties · Il mistero del varietà · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · U-112 assalto al Queen Mary · Change of Mind |
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