Black, Brown and Beige | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Ellington | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | February 4–5 & 11-12, 1958 | |||
Genre |
Swing Big band music |
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Length | 72:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Irving Townsend | |||
Duke Ellington chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
Black, Brown and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson.
The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige suite. After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" and "Work Song", and it is this version that is recorded here.
All tracks by Duke Ellington