Great Times!

Great Times!
Studio album by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Released	1950
Recorded	September 13, October 3 & November, 1950
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:42
Label	Riverside
Duke Ellington chronology
Billy Strayhorn chronology

Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950 and released on a 10" LP called Piano Duets. The sessions were re-released on Riverside as Great Times! in 1984 with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"Cotton Tail" - 2:55
"C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 2:58
"Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 3:00
"Bang-Up Blues" - 3:08
"Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:59
"Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) - 3:01
"In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:06
"Great Times" - 2:56
"Perdido" (Juan Tizol) -2:57
"Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) - 2:20
"Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) - 2:44
"Blues for Blanton" - 2:36

Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9-12), October 3 (tracks 5-8) & November (tracks 1-4), 1950

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano
Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1-8), celeste (tracks 10 & 11)
Oscar Pettiford - cello (tracks 9-12)
Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-4), Joe Schulman (tracks 5-8), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 9-12) - bass
Jo Jones (tracks 9-12), Unknown (tracks 1-4) - drums

References

1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2010

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[Allmusic-1] 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2010