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Black, Brown and Beige

Duke Ellington/Mahalia Jackson - CD

  • 1. Part I
  • 2. Part II
  • 3. Part III (AKA Light)
  • 4. Part IV (AKA Come Sunday)
  • 5. Part IV (AKA Come Sunday Interlude)
  • 6. Part VI (23rd Psalm)
  • 7. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald [Bonus Track]
  • 8. Mood Indigo [Bonus Track]
  • 9. Sophisticated Lady [Bonus Track]
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Black, Brown and Beige by Duke Ellington/Mahalia Jackson on CD


This album, Duke Ellington's revised version of his formerly 50-minute long "Black, Brown and Beige," has always been a bit of a disappointment. Stung by criticism from 15 years before, Ellington divided the suite into six much shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" (which is hurt by Johnny Hodges's absence due to a brief illness) and "Work Song" and featuring gospel singer Mahalia Jackson during two of the parts. Despite some good moments, this rendition has little of the power of the original arrangement. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
  • Label: Essential Jazz
  • Genre: Jazz, Religious
  • Style: Big Band, Gospel, Black Gospel, Swing
  • Album Time: 78:36

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  • Black, Brown and Beige Duke Ellington/Mahalia Jackson CD
Black, Brown and Beige Duke Ellington/Mahalia Jackson CD