Album · 1966
Tracklist
A1 Take the "A" Train
A2 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
A3 Perdido
A4 Mood Indigo
A5 Black and Tan Fantasy
B1 The Twitch
B2 Solitude
B3 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
B4 The Mooche
B5 Sophisticated Lady
B6 Creole Love Call
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – John Lamb
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Piano – Duke Ellington
Reeds – Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope
Trombone – Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Wilbur "Bud" Brisbois (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B3), Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B4 to B6), Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington
About this release
RCA Victor LSP-3576 (US)
All recorded in Los Angeles:
May 9, 1966 A1, A2, B4.
May 10, 1966 A5, B1, B5, B6.
May 11, 1966 A3, A4, B2, B3
Reissued in 1978 as "Pure Gold"(RCA – ANL1-2811,US). Released in East Germany as "Duke Ellington"(AMIGA – 8 55 450,1975)
Thanks to snobb for the addition