Afro-Bossa is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded and released on the Reprise Records label in 1963.[ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 11, 2010]
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "This is easily one of Duke Ellington's essential studio recordings of the 1960s, though it isn't as widely recognized as it ought to be".
[Dryden, K. accessed May 11, 2010]
Track listing
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
-
"Afro-Bossa" – 4:22
-
"Purple Gazelle" (also recorded as "Angelica") – 2:44
-
"Absinthe" (Billy Strayhorn, originally copyrighted in 1941 as "Lament for an Orchid") – 3:34
-
"Moonbow" – 2:33
-
"Sempre Amore" – 3:14
-
"Caline (Silk Lace)" – 2:31
-
"Tigress" (Strayhorn, also recorded as "Telstar") – 3:06
-
"Angu" – 2:42
-
"Volupté" – 2:44
-
"Bonga" – 2:49
-
"Pyramid" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:03
-
"Eighth Veil" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:48
Recorded at Fine Studios, New York, on November 29, 1962 (track 9), December 14, 1962 (track 12), December 20, 1962 (tracks 6 & 11), January 4, 1963 (track 10), and January 5, 1963 (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8).
Personnel
-
Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4–7 & 9–11)
-
Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 3 & 8)
-
Ray Nance – cornet, violin
-
Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Cootie Williams – trumpet
-
Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
-
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
-
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
-
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
-
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
-
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
-
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
-
Ernie Shepard – double bass
-
Sam Woodyard – drum kit
