Black Brown & Beige

Artist: Louie Bellson

Number of Discs: 1

Total time: 70:53
Label: Music Master
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Item #: 5136338

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Review

Rather than try to recreate Duke Ellington's famous "Black, Brown & Beige," Louie Bellson's big band does a reinterpretation of the 50-minute work on this CD that takes a lot of liberties with the composition. A little more space is allocated to solos, Johnny Hodges's famous "Come Sunday" melody statement is given to Clark Terry, Joe Williams sings "The Blues" and such players as trumpeter Barrie Lee Hall, Art Baron on plunger trombone, pianist Harold Danko and baritonist Joe Temperley are heard from. This version does give some new life to the classic suite. In addition, Bellson's band plays five of the drummer's originals including the boppish "Hawk Talks" and "Skin Deep." The shorter orchestral pieces fit into the general mood of the respectful but fairly creative tribute. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Read About This Recording

Notes on the program by Maurice Peress:

With the approach of the fiftieth anniversary of Black, Brown and Beige, I had been proposing a new digital recording of the 1943 original. Unknown to me, the master drummer and composer Louie Bellson had been talking with Jazz Heritage about recording his Ellington-Strayhorn Suite, written while he was with Duke's band in the '50s. We were brought together and our projects were merged. Louie's All-Star Big Band was augmented with Ellington alumni assembled to record the works from October 20-22, 1992. As an added bonus, one more Ellingtonian, Joe Williams, agreed to sing his interpretation of The Blues section from the movement titled Brown.

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Hawk Talks; Skin Deep; Ellington-Strayhorn Suite: European Skallyhoppin'; Portrait of Billy Strayhorn; Sketches; Work Song; Come Sunday; Light; Brown: West Indian Dance; Emancipation Proclamation; The Blues (Joe Williams, Vocal); Beige.

Louie Bellson, Drums; Joe Williams, Vocals; Clark Terry, Trumpet; Harold Danko, Piano; Marvin Stamm, Trumpet/Flugelhorn; Gene Bertoncini, Guitar; Frank Wess, Sax; Bellson's All-Star Orchestra; Maurice Peress, Conductor; others.

Tracks + Soundclips

Black Brown & Beige
	1. Hawk Talks	3:53
	2. Skin Deep	4:25
	3. Work Song	7:25
	4. Come Sunday	5:55
	5. Light	6:48
	6. West Indian Dance	2:32
	7. Emancipation Proclamation	2:08
	8. Blues	4:45
	9. Beige	14:22
	10. European Skallyhoppin'	4:09
	11. Portrait of Billy Strayhorn	8:04
	12. Sketches	6:27

Details and Credits

Product Details

Label: Music Master
Release date: 1994

Styles

Bop
Swing

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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Alan Raph	Trombone
Anthony Kadleck	Trumpet
Art Baron	Trombone
Barry Hall	Trumpet
Bill Easley	Clarinet
Britt Woodman	Trombone
Clark Terry	Trumpet
Dave Bargeron	Trombone
Frank Wess	Flute
Gene Bertoncini	Guitar
Harold Danko	Piano
Joe Temperley	Clarinet
Joe Williams	Vocals
John Beal	Bass
Lesa Terry	Violin
Louie Bellson	Percussion
Marvin Stamm	Trumpet
Phil Bodner	Clarinet
Robert Millikan	Trumpet
Scott Robinson	Sax (Tenor)
Ted Nash	Sax (Tenor)