Billy Byers - Impressions Of Duke Ellington
Genre: Jazz
Singer: Billy Byers
Title: Impressions Of Duke Ellington
Short-info: Label: Mercury ‎– PPS-6028
Series: Perfect Presence Sound Series – PPS-6028
Type: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: 1961
Category: Jazz
Style: Big Band
MP3 album size .rar: 1682 mb
APE album size .rar: 1462 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC WMA ADX AAC DXD VOX XM WAV

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Take The "A" Train
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
2:13
A2 Sophisticated Lady
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
2:27
A3 Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
3:12
A4 Chelsea Bridge
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
3:05
A5 Caravan
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
5:15
B1 Mood Indigo
Written-By – Albany Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
4:40
B2 I'm Beginning To See The Light
Written-By – Don George, Duke Ellington, Harry James , John Hodges*
3:02
B3 Solitude
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange*, Irving Mills
3:35
B4 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Written-By – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
3:10
B5 All Too Soon
Written-By – Carl Sigman, Duke Ellington
2:58

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
  • Arranged By – Billy Byers
  • Baritone Saxophone – Sol Schlinger
  • Bass – Milt Hinton
  • Bass Clarinet – Sol Schlinger
  • Clarinet – Eric Dixon (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5), Jerry Dodgion, Spencer Sinatra (tracks: A1, A4, B2)
  • Conductor – Billy Byers
  • Drums – Osie Johnson
  • Engineer – Bob Fine*
  • Flute – Eric Dixon (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5), Jerry Dodgion, Spencer Sinatra (tracks: A1, A4, B2)
  • French Horn – Don Corrado* (tracks: A3, B1, B3, B5), Jimmy Buffington*, Julius Watkins (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2, B4), Ray Alonge, Bob Northern*
  • Percussion – Eddie Shaughnessy*, Eddie Costa
  • Piano – Patti Bown
  • Supervised By – Quincy Jones
  • Tenor Saxophone – Eric Dixon (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5), Spencer Sinatra (tracks: A1, A4, B2)
  • Trombone – Jack Rains* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2, B4), Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Tony Studd, Wayne Andre (tracks: A3, B1, B3, B5)
  • Trumpet – Al De Risi (tracks: A2, A5, B4), Clark Terry, Doctor Christian (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Ernie Royal, Joe Newman
  • Tuba – Harvey Phillips

Notes

HI-FInformation
This album was recorded both monaurally and stereophonically at Fine Recording (Bayside) with Bob Fine at the engineering controls. Instruments and mikes were: (Left) Celeste--Telefunken U-47; Woodwinds--Telefunken U-47; Percussion (vibes & bell)--Telefunken U-47;Percussion (bongo & traps)--AKG; French Honrs--Telefunken U-47; (Rights) Trumpets--RCA 77DX; Trombones--RCA 77DX; Bass--AKG; Drum--AKG; Tuba--RCA 77DX. The session was recorded on 35mm magnetic film at a a speed of 90 feet per minute.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): PPS-6028A-RFR1 FF
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): PPS-6028B-RFR1 FF

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SRW 16397 Billy Byers Impressions Of Duke Ellington ‎(LP, Album, RE) Mercury Wing SRW 16397 US 1969
MDY 135 375 Billy Byers Impressions Of Duke Ellington ‎(LP, Gat) Mercury MDY 135 375 Netherlands Unknown
PPS-6028(E) Billy Byers Impressions Of Duke Ellington ‎(LP, Gat) Mercury PPS-6028(E) Canada 1961
PPS-2028 Billy Byers Impressions Of Duke Ellington ‎(LP, Mono, Gat) Mercury PPS-2028 US 1961
222 006 MWY Billy Byers' Big Band Take The Duke's Train ‎(LP, Album, RE) Mercury 222 006 MWY Netherlands 1962
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