Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque

1958 studio album by Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque

Studio album by

Duke Ellington

Released| 1958
Recorded| March 20, 24, 26, 31 & April 1, 1958
Genre| Jazz
Label| Columbia
Duke Ellington chronology
| Dance Dates, California 1958
(1958)  | Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
(1958)  | The Cosmic Scene
(1958)

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Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 and released on the Columbia label.[1]

## Program[edit]

Most of the music on Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque consisted of older popular songs and operetta numbers, including three songs first published before 1920, and eight songs that were first published between 1922 and 1937. "Satin Doll" (1953), was both the newest composition on the album and the only composition Ellington participated in the composition of. The music for "Satin Doll" was originally credited on the LP label to solely to Ellington. (After the deaths of composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington in 1967 and 1974 respectively, a lawsuit resulted in the change of the composer credit to include Billy Strayhorn as co-composer. The Johnny Mercer lyric had not been written in 1958 when Ellington recorded "Satin Doll" for the album.) All of the performances on the album are instrumental only.

The songs were chosen for their relationship to orchestral dance music, as the album title (a reference to the masquerade ball tradition) indicates.

## Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "the music works quite well for Ellington and his all-star orchestra manage to transform what could be a set of tired revival swing into superior dance music and swinging jazz. While certainly not the most essential Ellington record, At the Bal Masque is a surprise success".[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Alice Blue Gown" (Harry Tierney, Joseph McCarthy) - 3:02
2. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (Frank Churchill, Ann Ronell) - 2:53
3. "Got a Date with an Angel" (Jack Waller, Joseph Turnbridge; Sonnie Miller, Clifford Grey) - 2:25
4. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 3:40
5. "Satan Takes a Holiday" (Larry Clinton) - 3:15
6. "The Peanut Vendor" (Moisés Simons, Marion Sunshine, Wolfe Gilbert) - 3:33
7. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 3:48
8. "Lady in Red" (Mort Dixon, Allie Wrubel) - 2:49
9. "Indian Love Call" (Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach) - 3:36
10. "The Donkey Serenade" (Friml, Stothart, George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 2:14
11. "Gypsy Love Song" (Victor Herbert, Harry B. Smith) - 3:54
12. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Ted Fio Rito, Samuel Lewis, Joseph Young) - 3:02

* Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York on March 20 (tracks 3, 5 & 12), March 24 (tracks 4 & 6), March 26 (track 9), March 31 (tracks 1, 7, 8 & 10) and April 1 (tracks 2 & 11), 1958.

## Personnel[edit]

* Duke Ellington – piano
* Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry \- trumpet
* Ray Nance\- trumpet, violin on "Poor Butterfly" and "Gypsy Love Song"
* Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman \- trombone
* John Sanders \- valve trombone
* Jimmy Hamilton \- clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Johnny Hodges \- alto saxophone
* Russell Procope \- alto saxophone, clarinet
* Bill Graham \- alto saxophone
* Paul Gonsalves \- tenor saxophone
* Harry Carney \- baritone saxophone
* Jimmy Woode \- bass
* Sam Woodyard \- drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 17, 2010
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2010

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Harlem Jazz, 1930
* Ellingtonia, Vol. One
* Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
* Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
* The Blanton–Webster Band
* Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
* Smoke Rings
* 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
* Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
* 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
* Featuring Paul Gonsalves
* 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
* 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 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

Live albums|

* Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
* Black, Brown, and Beige
* 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
* Hot Summer Dance
* 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

Collaborations|

* Serenade to Sweden
* First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
* It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
* Blue Rose
* First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
* Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
* Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
* Ella at Duke's Place
* The Stockholm Concert, 1966
* Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
* Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions|

* "African Flower"
* "All Too Soon"
* "Azure"
* "Black and Tan Fantasy"
* "Black, Brown and Beige"
* "C Jam Blues"
* "Cotton Tail"
* "Creole Love Call"
* "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"
* "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"
* "Echoes of Harlem"
* "Everything but You"
* "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"
* "I Didn't Know About You"
* "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
* "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
* "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"
* "(In My) Solitude"
* "Sophisticated Lady"
* Queenie Pie (unfinished opera)

| by Billy Strayhorn|

* "Take the 'A' Train"
* "Lush Life"
* "Chelsea Bridge"
* "Something to Live For"
* "Satin Doll"
* "Blood Count"

|

by Juan Tizol|

* "Caravan"
* "Perdido"

Orchestra
members|

* 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
* Shelton Hemphill
* Rick Henderson
* Al Hibbler
* Johnny Hodges
* Major Holley
* Charlie Irvis
* Quentin Jackson
* Hilton Jefferson
* Herb Jeffries
* Freddie Jenkins
* Money Johnson
* Herbie Jones
* Wallace Jones
* Taft Jordan
* Al Killian
* Queen Esther Marrow
* Wendell Marshall
* Murray McEachern
* Louis Metcalf
* James "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
* Elmer Snowden
* Rex Stewart
* Billy Strayhorn
* Billy Taylor
* Clark Terry
* Juan Tizol
* Norris Turney
* Ben Webster
* Arthur Whetsel
* Cootie Williams
* Nelson Williams
* Skippy Williams
* Booty Wood
* Jimmy Woode
* Britt Woodman
* Sam Woodyard

Related|

* Mercer Ellington (son)
* Sacred Concerts
* Duke Ellington Bridge
* Duke Ellington Circle
* Duke Ellington Memorial
* Duke Ellington House
* Duke Ellington School of the Arts
* Luther Henderson
* Irving Mills
* Sophisticated Ladies
* Play On!
* Jam Session

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Clark Terry

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader

co-leader|

* Clark Terry (1955)
* Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957)
* Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957)
* Duke with a Difference (1957)
* In Orbit (1958)
* Top and Bottom Brass (1959)
* Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960)
* Color Changes (1960)
* Everything's Mellow (1961)
* Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962)
* Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
* 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963)
* Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964)
* The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964)
* Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964)
* The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965)
* Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966)
* Mumbles (1966)
* Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966)
* Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
* It's What's Happenin' (1967)
* Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (1979)
* Mother———! Mother———!! (1979)
* Memories of Duke (1980)

With
Duke
Ellington|

* Ellington Uptown (1952)
* Premiered by Ellington (1953)
* Ellington '55 (1953–54)
* Dance to the Duke! (1953–54)
* Ellington Showcase (1953–55)
* A Drum Is a Woman (1956)
* Blue Rose (1956)
* Ellington at Newport (1956)
* Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
* All Star Road Band (1957)
* Ellington Indigos (1957)
* Black, Brown and Beige (1958)
* Blues in Orbit (1958–59)
* Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958)
* The Cosmic Scene (1958)
* Festival Session (1959)
* The Ellington Suites (1959)
* The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)

With
Johnny
Hodges|

* Creamy (1954)
* Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
* Duke's in Bed (1956)
* The Big Sound (1957)
* Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962)
* For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963)
* Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)

With
Quincy
Jones|

* The Birth of a Band! (1959)
* I Dig Dancers (1960)
* The Quintessence (1961)
* Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
* Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63)
* Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
* Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65)
* The Hot Rock (1972)

With
Herbie
Mann|

* Our Mann Flute (1960–66)
* Latin Fever (1962–64)
* My Kinda Groove (1964)
* The Beat Goes On (1964–67)
* The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)

With
Oliver
Nelson|

* Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
* Full Nelson (1962–63)
* Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
* Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
* The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
* The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)

With
others|

* My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959)
* Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
* Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961)
* Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
* Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
* One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
* Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
* Goodies (George Benson, 1968)
* Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968)
* Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954)
* Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964)
* Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
* Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963)
* Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960)
* The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962)
* Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
* Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
* Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
* Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81)
* Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962)
* Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
* Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
* Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
* Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957)
* The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960)
* White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
* Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993)
* The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966)
* It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
* You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
* Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
* Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992)
* Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983)
* Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
* J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964)
* Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
* Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
* Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977)
* Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
* At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
* The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960)
* Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960)
* Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
* The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962)
* The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
* Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
* Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
* The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
* Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
* A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
* Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965)
* Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
* Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
* That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962)
* Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
* Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
* The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
* Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954)
* The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974)
* Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
* Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
* Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
* New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963)
* The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
* Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
* New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961)
* Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
* Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966)
* Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61)
* Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
* Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963)
* Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
* Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
* At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963)
* New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
* Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961)
* The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)

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