update 2010-01-26
EARLY
BIG AND
SMALL BAND
Duke Ellington TRANSCRIPTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS Here is a list of about 20 transcribed arrangements from recordings with Duke's big and small bands Items marked in the "print" column were computer made. You will note that several arrangements require clarinets. |
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| DUKE ELLINGTON TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR BIG BANDS | |||||||||||
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| title | composers | recording/ revised stock |
tp (opt) |
tb | sax | cl | rhythm | vo | € | ||
| BLACK BEAUTY | Ellington | E 29 film version | 3 | 1 (2) | as ts bars | 1 | sbs | pr | 50 | ||
| BLACK AND TAN FANTASY | Ellington | E 27 | 2 | 1 | as ts bars (as ts) | tu | 60 | ||||
| CREOLE LOVE CALL | Ellington-Miley-Jackson | E 27 | 2 | 1 | 2as ts | 3 | sbs | vo | 60 | ||
| HARLEM RIVER QUIVER | Ellington | E 27 | 2 | 1 | as ts bars | sbs | 80 | ||||
| HAUNTED NIGHTS | Ellington | E 29 | 3 | 2 | as bars | 1 | sbs g | 60 | |||
| IT DON'T MEAN A THING (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
Ellington | E 32 | 3 | 2 | 2as (ts) bars | 1 | sbs p dr | vo | pr | 90 | |
| JUNGLE NIGHTS IN HARLEM | Ellington | E 30 | 3 | 2 | as ts bars | 1 | sbs p dr | pr | 80 | ||
| THE MOOCHE | Ellington | E Oct 28 Pathé | 3 | 1 | as | 3 | sbs | 60 | |||
| MOOD INDIGO | Ellington-Bigard | E 30 r | 3 | 2 | 2as ts | 3 | p sbs dr | pr | 70 | ||
| RING THEM BELLS | Ellington | E 30 oct | 3 | 2 | as ts bars | 1 | bells | vo | pr | 80 | |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUES | Ellington | E 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | p sbs | 40 | ||||
| (I Gotta Be a) RUG CUTTER |
Ellington | E 37 | 2 | 2 | as ts bars | 1 | p | vo4 | pr | 60 | |
| SERENADE TO SWEDEN | Ellington | E 39 | 3 | 3 | 2as ts bars | sbs | 70 | ||||
| TAKE THE A-TRAIN | Strayhorn | E 41 | 3 | 3 | 2as ts bars | pr | 70 | ||||
| YELLOW DOG BLUES | W.C Handy | E 28 | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | ss/as ts bars | 3 | 70 | ||||
| Ellington transcriptions for small bands | ||||||||||
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| title | composers | recording/ reduced |
tp | tb | sax | cl | rhythm | vo | € | |
| CREOLE RHAPSODY (excerpt) | Ellington | E 31 / r | 1 | 1 | as ts | sbs | 30 | |||
| DICTY GLIDE | Ellington | E 29 / r | 1 | 1 | as ts | 1 | sbs | 50 | ||
| HARLEMANIA | Ellington | E 29 / r | 1 | 1 | as bars | 1 | sbs | 40 | ||
| THE JEEP IS JUMPING | Ellington | E 38 | 1 | 1 | as bars | pr | 40 | |||
| MOOD INDIGO | Ellington | E 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | sbs p | pr | 40 | ||
| RING THEM BELLS | Ellington | Hampton 38 | 1 | 1 | as bars | vo | 40 | |||
| SWINGING IN THE DELL | Ellington | E 38 | 1 | 1 | as bars | sbs | 40 | |||
| Arrangements of Ellington tunes for small bands | ||||||||||
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| title | composers | recording/ reduced |
tp | tb | sax | cl | rhythm | vo | € | |
| DO NOTHING TIL YOU HEAR FROM ME | Ellington | trombone feature | 1 | 1 | as bars | (vo) | 40 | |||
| DO NOTHING 'TIL YOU HEAR FROM ME | Ellington | for low alto vo | 3 | 2 | 2as bars | 1 (opt) | sbs | vo | 40 | |
| DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM | Ellington | 1 | 1 | as ts | 30 | |||||
| IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD | Ellington | 1 | 1 | as ts (bars) | 50 | |||||
| SLIPPERY HORN | Ellington | E 32 r | 1 | 1 (3) | as bars | 1 | 40 | |||
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Bent Persson |