Duke Ellington's My People

• Artist: Duke Ellington
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• Release Date: 1963
• Total Time: 42:16
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

In 1963 Duke Ellington wrote the music for a short-lived show titled My People, which was a sort of combination of his early-'40s Jump for Joy play along with some of the music from his "Black, Brown and Beige" suite. Using an orchestra comprised of Ellingtonians past, present and future along with a few compatible outsiders, and featuring a variety of vacalists that include Joya Sherrill, Jimmy Grissom and Lil Greenwood, Ellington created music whose message of racial harmony remains timeless. Due to the high quality of the "Black, Brown and Beige" suite and the shorter originals, this interesting set is more enloyable than one might expect. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

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