The Feeling of Jazz – Spotlight-2 on Duke Ellington Small Groups, 02-13-2022

By David Woodworth

Published April 30, 2022 at 3:39 PM CDT

The 1956-58 Small Group Recordings - The Jazz Messengers — The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 448 airing February 13, 2022 featured a second spotlight on the Duke Ellington Small Groups.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 448 airing February 13, 2022 featured another spotlight on the small groups of Duke Ellington (Born: April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C.; Died: May 24, 1974, New York, NY), in music presented by co-host Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Al Corns featured other main stream jazz artists like Scott Hamilton, Slim Gaillard, Woody Herman and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

8 p.m. Hour - Music by Title, Artist (Album), Composer, Time length

1. Kentucky Avenue, A.C.; Duke Ellington Small Groups, The Intimacy of the Blues (Fantasy), Duke Ellington, 4:00 min.

2. Lonesome Road, Toots Thielemans, The Soul of Toots Thielemans (Doctor Jazz 1986), Nathaniel Shilkret-Gene Austin, 4:18 min.

3. Blues ala Willie Cook, Duke Ellington Small Groups, The 1956-58 Small Group Recordings (Lone Hill), Duke Ellington, 4:03 min.

4. Satan Takes a Holiday, Chuck Hedges, Chuck Hedges Swingtet (Sells Printing Company 1991), Larry Clinton, 5:37 min.

5. Body and Soul, Duke Ellington Small Groups, Spacemen: The Cosmic Scene (Mosaic - April 1958), Johnny Green, 4:55 min.

6. Have You Met Miss Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Swing's The Thing (Verve 2012), Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart, 5:53 min.

7. Have You Met Miss Jones, Ahmad Jamal, At The Top - Live at The Village Gate (Impulse! 1969), Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart, 3:40 min.

8. Everything But You, Duke Ellington Small Groups (Quartet), Duke's Big 4 (Pablo), Duke Ellington, 5:18 min.

9. Stardust, Jimmy Cleveland, A Map of Jimmy Cleveland (Mercury 1953), Hoagy Carmichael, 4:51 min.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 447, Hour-2, 02-13-2022.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 447, Hour-2, airing January 9, 2022 featured a second spotlight on the Duke Ellington Small Groups.

9 p.m. Hour - Music by Title, Artist (Album), Composer, Time length

1. Drop Me Off in Harlem, Louis Armstrong-Duke Ellington, The Great Summit (Roulette Jazz), Duke Ellington, 3:46 min.

2. So Far So Good, Al Cohn-Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn Quintet (Coral 1957), Al Cohn, 3:44 min.

3. Stompy Jones, Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges, Side By Side (Verve), Duke Ellington, 6:38 min.

4. Green Peppers, Cal Tjader, Along Comes Cal (Verve 1967), Sol Lake, 3:23 min.

5. St. Louis Blues, Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges, Back to Back - Ellington & Hodges Play the Blues (Verve), W.C. Handy, 5:46 min.

6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Andre Previn, Andre Previn and His Pals Play Pal Joey (Contemporary 1957), Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart, 5:34 min.

7. The Jeep is Jumpin', Duke Ellington-Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse!), Duke Ellington- Johnny Hodges, 4:50 min.

8. Heat 'N Serve, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, The Eddie Lockjaw Davis Cookbook (Prestige 1960), E. Davis-S. Scott, 7:23 min.

9. The Feeling of Jazz, Duke Ellington-John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse!), Duke Ellington, 5:32 min.