"The 1958 album ... isn't a recording of the whole composition, but an extended reworking on two of his most important themes, mostly 'Come Sunday' and 'Work song'"--Notes, p. [3].
Principally composed by Duke Ellington.
Compact disc.
Program notes, original liner notes and 1958 Downbeat review ([16] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Duke Ellington, piano, and his orchestra ; Mahalia Jackson, vocals (tracks 4 & 6) ; Ray Nance, trumpet, violin (track 5) ; Yvonne Lanauze, vocals (tracks 8-9).
Recorded Feb. 1958 in Los Angeles (tracks 1-6), Sept. 2, 1957 in Chicago (track 7) and Dec. 19, 1950 in New York (tracks 8-9).
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