Duke Ellington - 1957 - A Drum Is a Woman

Tracklist: 

1. "A Drum Is a Woman" 3:36

2. "Rhythm Pum Te Dum" 2:53

3. "What Else Can You Do with a Drum" 1:50

4. "New Orleans" 2:29

5. "Hey, Buddy Bolden" 4:51

6. "Carribee Joe" 3:57

7. "Congo Square" 4:55

8. "A Drum Is a Woman, Part 2" 2:47

9. "You Better Know It" 2:45

10. "Madam Zajj" 2:47

11. "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" 5:33

12. "Zajj's Dream" 3:02

13. "Rhumbop" 2:16

14. "Carribee Joe, Part 2" 3:05

15. "Finale" 3:51

16. "Pomegranate" 2:46

Duke Ellington – piano, narration

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

Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone

John Sanders – valve trombone

Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone

Rick Henderson – alto saxophone

Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet

Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone

Harry Carney – baritone saxophone

Jimmy Woode – bass

Sam Woodyard – drums

Cándido Camero – percussion

Joya Sherrill (5, 6, 12, 13, 14), Margaret Tynes (1, 8, 15, 16), Ozzie Bailey (3, 9, 15, 16) – vocals

Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York, on September 17 (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 13), September 24 (tracks 2 & 3), September 25 (tracks 5, 8, 10 & 14), September 28 (tracks 4 & 12), October 23 (track 11), and December 6 (tracks 9 & 15), 1956.