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1991 live album by Duke Ellington

Hot Summer Dance is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Mather Air Force Base in California and first released as a CD on Bob Thiele’s Red Baron label in 1983.[1][2][3]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated, “There have been so many releases of live concert performances by Duke Ellington’s orchestra that it is easy to become blase about them. … Hot Summer Dance features the 1960 Duke Ellington Orchestra performing their usual repertoire from that era … It may not be essential, but Ellington collectors will enjoy this”.[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted

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  1. “Take the “A” Train” (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:05
  2. “Paris Blues” − 5:42
  3. “The Nutcracker Suite: Overture” (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) − 3:35
  4. “Tenderly” (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) − 3:35
  5. “Such Sweet Thunder” (Ellington, Strayhorn) − 3:17
  6. “Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche” (Ellington, Bubber Miley/Ellington/Ellington, Irving Mills) − 7:42
  7. “Satin Doll” (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) − 4:30
  8. “All of Me” (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) − 2:36
  9. “Jeep’s Blues” (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) − 3:35
  10. “Laura” (David Raksin, Mercer) − 3:42
  11. “Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)” (Tchaikovsky) − 4:50
  12. “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)” (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) − 3:38
  13. “Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me)” (Ellington, Lee Gaines) − 1:28
  14. “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” (Ellington, Mills) − 1:52
  15. “Pretty and the Wolf” (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) − 2:43
  16. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue” − 9:29

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