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Portraits Of Duke Ellington

Joe Pass

Recorded	Jun 21, 1974
Label	Pablo Records
Released	1974
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 540938

The record

Cut in a single day in '74, this trio session works through the Ellington songbook with Brown anchoring low and Durham brushing time overhead. Pass leans on chord voicings clearly borrowed from Duke's own piano, melodic and unforced throughout.

Session personnel

Ray Brown — bass
Bobby Durham — drums
Joe Pass — guitar

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 25 pressings on file.

1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1975	Pablo Records — STEREO
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 A — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · MW 2123 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	Pablo Records · MTF 1015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1975	Pablo Records · MW 2123 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1975	Pablo Records · K10-716 — Cassette, Album
1975	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1979	Pablo Records · 2310 716 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo