Duke Ellington - 1955 - Ellington Showcase

Tracklist: 

1. "Blossom" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:29

2. "Big Drag" – 2:51

3. "Don't Ever Say Goodbye" – 3:01

4. "Falling Like a Raindrop" – 3:02

5. "Gonna Tan Your Hide" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 6:13

6. "Harlem Air Shaft" – 3:54

7. "La Virgen De La Macarena" (Bernardo Bautista Monterde) – 4:02

8. "Clarinet Melodrama" (Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:42

9. "Theme For Trambean" (Hamilton) – 3:26

10. "Serious Serenade" – 2:50

Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano (tracks 1, 2 & 5–10)

Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 3 & 4)

Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet

Quentin Jackson, George Jean (tracks 2 & 4), Juan Tizol (track 1 & 2), Britt Woodman – trombone

John Sanders – valve trombone (tracks 5–10)

Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet

Rick Henderson – alto saxophone

Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone

Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone

Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

Wendell Marshall (tracks 1–5), Jimmy Woode (tracks 6–10) – bass

Butch Ballard (tracks 1 & 2) Dave Black (tracks 3–10) – drums

Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on April 9, 1953 (track 1), at Universal Studios in Chicago on July 1, 1953 (track 2) December 29, 1953 (track 3), January 17, 1954 (track 4), May 17, 1955 (tracks 6 & 7), and May 18, 1955 (tracks 8–10), and at Capitol Studios in New York on June 17, 1954 (track 5).