All Star Road Band, Vol. 2

• Artist: Duke Ellington
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1983
• Total Time: 67:23
• Type: Compilation (best of), Live, Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

All Star Road Band, Vol. 2 delivers more of the lively performance that Ellington and his stars -- who include trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson, trombonists Lawrence Brown and Buster Cooper, saxophonists Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, and Harry Carney, and vocalist Ray Mance -- gave at a dance in Chicago. This volume includes fresh arrangements of standards such as "Satin Doll," "Jeep's Blues," "Summertime," and "Stomping at the Savoy" that sound just as invigorating now as they did in 1964. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mood Indigo (Lyrics)	Irving Mills, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(6:50)
Satin Doll (Lyrics)	Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington, Ray Nance	(4:07)
Happy Go Lucky	Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington	Duke Ellington	(8:10)
Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be/Do Nothin' Till You Hear From	Ted Persons, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(5:25)
Guitar Amour	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(5:52)
Summertime	Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin	Duke Ellington	(2:17)
C-Jam Blues	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(4:38)
Silk Lace	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(3:47)
I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster	Duke Ellington	(3:36)
Isfahan	T. Cohan, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn	Duke Ellington	(3:47)
Timon of Athens	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(2:52)
Tutti for Cootie	Jimmy Hamilton, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(6:03)
Stomping at the Savoy	Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson	Duke Ellington	(4:18)
Jeep's Blues	Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(5:05)
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(7:00)
Satin Doll (Lyrics)	Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn	Duke Ellington	(1:48)

Credits

John Sanders (Trombone), Jack Towers (Remixing), Clark Terry (Trumpet), Harold Baker (Trumpet), Ken Robertson (Remixing), Johnny Hodges (Sax (Alto)), Joe Benjamin (Bass), Chuck Connors (Trombone (Bass)), Jack Towers (Engineer), Harry Carney (Clarinet (Bass)), Paul Gonsalves (Sax (Tenor)), Willie Cook (Trumpet), Russell Procope (Clarinet), Russell Procope (Sax (Alto)), Ray Nance (Vocals), Jimmy Hamilton (Clarinet), Harry Carney (Sax (Baritone)), Bob Thiele (Producer), Peck Morrison (Bass), Ray Nance (Performer), Stanley Dance (Liner Notes), Duke Ellington (Piano), Herbie Jones (Trumpet), Quentin Jackson (Trombone), Ray Nance (Cornet), Bob Thiele (Remixing), Jimmy Hamilton (Sax (Tenor)), John Gill (Engineer), Nat Woodward (Trumpet), Ken Robertson (Mastering), Cootie Williams (Trumpet), Buster Cooper (Trombone), Cat Anderson (Trumpet), Lawrence Brown (Trombone), Sam Woodyard (Drums), Britt Woodman (Trombone)