Black, Brown and Beige (1958 album)

Black, Brown and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson.

Black, Brown and Beige
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1958
RecordedFebruary 4–5 & 11-12, 1958
GenreSwing
Big band music
Length72:48
LabelColumbia
ProducerIrving Townsend
Duke Ellington chronology
Live at the 1957 Stratford Festival
(1957)		 Black, Brown and Beige
(1958)		 Newport Jazz Festival (1958)
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[1]
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige suite. After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" and "Work Song", and it is this version that is recorded here.

Track listing

All tracks by Duke Ellington

  1. "Part I" – 8:17
  2. "Part II" – 6:14
  3. "Part III" (a.k.a. Light) – 6:26
  4. "Part IV" (a.k.a. Come Sunday) – 7:58
  5. "Part V" (a.k.a. Come Sunday) – 3:46
  6. "Part VI" (23rd Psalm) – 3:01
    Bonus tracks on re-releases
  7. "Track 360" (a.k.a. Trains) (alternative take) - 2:02
  8. "Blues in Orbit" (a.k.a. Tender) (alternative take) - 2:36
  9. "Part I" (alternative take) – 6:49
  10. "Part II" (alternative take) – 6:38
  11. "Part III" (alternative take) – 3:08
  12. "Part IV" (alternative take) – 2:23
  13. "Part V" (alternative take) – 5:51
  14. "Part VI" (alternative take) – 1:59
  15. "Studio conversation" (Mahalia Swears) – 0:07
  16. "Come Sunday" (a cappella) – 5:47
  17. "(Pause track)" – 0:06

Personnel

References
  1. Down Beat: September 18, 1958 Vol. 25, No. 19
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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