Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite

Tracklist

A1	Blues For New Orleans	7:40
A2	Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies	4:00
A3	Portrait Of Louis Armstrong	3:02
A4	Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta	3:38
A5	Portrait Of Wellman Braud	4:05
B1	Second Line	6:00
B2	Portrait Of Sidney Bechet	3:55
B3	Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte	3:57
B4	Portrait Of Mahalia Jackson	4:53

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – National Recording Studios, New York City
• Edited At – Atlantic Studios
• Mixed At – Atlantic Studios
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Pressed By – Presswell
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Published By – Tempo Music

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Norris Turney
• Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Joe Benjamin
• Composed By, Arranged By, Piano – Duke Ellington
• Design [Album] – Haig Adishian
• Design [Cover] – Sam Smidt
• Drums – Rufus Jones
• Engineer – Roger Rhodes
• Liner Notes – Stanley Dance
• Mastered By – GP*
• Mixed By – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Organ – Wild Bill Davis (tracks: A1)
• Photography By – Ray Ross*
• Producer – Duke Ellington
• Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Harold Ashby
• Trombone – Booty Wood, Chuck Connors (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4), Dave Taylor* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4), Cottie Williams*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Al Rubin*, Fred Stone, Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)

Notes

Recorded on April 27, 1970 at National Recording Studios, New York City, except the 'Portraits'. They were recorded on May 13, 1970. This session took place without Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone; he died on May 11, two days before the session.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): ST-A-712141 PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): ST-A-712142 PR
• Matrix / Runout (Var. 1 Side 1 Runout Etched): ST-A-712141 D
• Matrix / Runout (Var. 1 Side 2 Runout Etched): ST-A-712142 D
• Matrix / Runout (Var. 2 Side 1 Runout Etched): ST-A-712141 D AT/gp PR
• Matrix / Runout (Var. 2 Side 2 Runout Etched): ST-A-712142 D AT/gp PR

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1580	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1580	US	1971
SD 1580	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Atlantic	SD 1580	Canada	1971
ATL 50 403	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Atlantic	ATL 50 403	Europe	1977
sd 1580	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	sd 1580	Turkey	Unknown
1 15 1357	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, Club)	Supraphon, Atlantic, Gramofonový Klub	1 15 1357	Czechoslovakia	1973

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