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Duke With A Difference

Duke With A Difference cover
RecordedJul 29 & Sep 6, 1957
LabelRiverside Records
Released1957
Personnel11 credited players
Discogsmaster 530006

The record

Ellington sidemen Hodges, Gonsalves, and Strayhorn fall in behind Terry on this 1957 spinoff drawn from the Duke's book. Strayhorn's piano and Henderson's celesta add odd, welcome color against a trombone-thick front line.

Session personnel

  • Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Woode — bass
  • Luther Henderson — celesta [celeste]
  • Sam Woodyard — drums
  • Billy Strayhorn — piano
  • Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
  • Britt Woodman — trombone
  • Quentin Jackson — trombone
  • Tyree Glenn — trombone
  • Clark Terry — trumpet
  • Marian Bruce — vocals

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1958Riverside Records · RLP 12-246 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file
1959Riverside Records · RLP 1108 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1960Riverside Records · RLP 12-246 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1961Riverside Records · RLP 12-246 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1986Original Jazz Classics
1990Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-229-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1990Carrere · 100008 — CD
1990Carrere · 100 008 — CD, Album, Reissue
Riverside Records · REP 129 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
Riverside Records · RLP 12-246 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
Riverside Records · RLP 12-246 — Vinyl, LP
ADA Sound Ltd. · ADASD 07012 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-229-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-229-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, DADC

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