tracks

Happy Go Lucky Local
What Am I Here For
Medley
Kinda Dukish
Rockin' In Rhythm
Perdido
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Mid-Riff
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Main Stem
Take The "A" Train
Lullaby Of Birdland
The Wailer
Dreamy Sort Of Thing
Lullaby Of Birdland (Alternate Take)
Harlem Air Shaft

notes

#1-13: recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles by Alan Emig:

4, 5 on May 31, 1960.
7 on June 2, 1960.
3, 10, 12, 13 on June 20, 1960.
8 on June 22, 1960.
6, 9 on June 28, 1960.
2 on June 29, 1960.
1, 11 on June 30, 1960.

#14 recorded at Columbia Studios, Los Angeles by Harold Chapman on March 3, 1961.

#1-9 originally issued on Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Piano In The Background (Columbia CS 8346).
#10-13 originally issued on Duke 56/62, Vol. 2 (French CBS 88654).
#14 previously unissued.

credits

A&R [Legacy A&R] – Steve Berkowitz
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: All except 14)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope
Art Direction – Howard Fritzson
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Aaron Bell
Composed By – Duke Ellington (tracks: 2, 8, 14)
Coordinator [A&R] – Stacey Boyle
Design – Randall Martin
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Liner Notes [2004] – Patricia Willard
Photography By – Don Hunstein
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 5, 7, 12), Duke Ellington
Producer [Original Recordings Produced By], Liner Notes [1960] – Irving Townsend
Project Manager [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein
Recorded By – Alan Emig, Harold Chapman
Reissue Producer – Michael Brooks (2), Michael Cuscuna
Remix, Mastered By – Mark Wilder
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Booty Wood (tracks: All except 14), Britt Woodman (tracks: All except 14), Lawrence Brown, Matthew Gee (tracks: 14)
Trumpet – Andres Merenghito (Fats Ford), Eddie Mullens, Gerald Wilson (tracks: 1, 11), Ray Nance, Willie Cook
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Recorded At – Radio Recorders
Remixed At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City

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