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- Artist: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
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- Release Date: 1977
- Total Time: 34:42
- Type: Compilation (best of), Live, Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The Ellington orchestra was undergoing some personnel (and personality) changes during this era, none of it unexciting. This Carnegie Hall concert (available on two CDs) introduced Ellington's "Perfume Suite," and includes a half-hour series of selections from "Black, Brown and Beige," but also in the shorter pieces shows the impact of tenorman Al Sears and high-note wizard Cat Anderson on the band's sound, making it a more potentially boisterous and extroverted ensemble. Lots of great moments from this brilliant orchestra occured during this concert. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Bluetopia | Duke Ellington | (4:19) | |
| Midriff | Billy Strayhorn | (3:33) | |
| Creole Love Call | Duke Ellington | (5:42) | |
| Suddenly It Jumped | Duke Ellington | Duke Ellington | (2:31) |
| Pitter Panther Patter | Duke Ellington | (2:35) | |
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Irving Mills, Duke Ellington | (3:46) | |
| Things Ain't What They Used to Be | Mercer Ellington, |
(4:57) | |
| Perfume Suite: Introduction/Sonata/Strange Feeling/Dancers in Love | Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington | (:58) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Work Song/The Blues/Three ... | (7:00) | ||
| The Mood to Be Wooed | Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges | (5:25) | |
| Blue Cellophane | Duke Ellington | (6:29) | |
| Blue Skies [Trumpet No End] | Irving Berlin | (11:48) | |
| Frankie and Johnny | Traditional | (6:21) |
