Duke Ellington's Spacemen: The Cosmic Scene (LP)

Format: LPLabel: Pan Am RecordsYear: 2018Media Condition: NewSleeve/Cover Condition: New TRACKS:A1 AvalonA2 Body And SoulA3 Bass-mentA4 Early AutumnA5 JonesA6 Body And Soul (Alternate Take)B1 PerdidoB2 St. Louis BluesB3 SpacemenB4 Midnight SunB5 Take The "A" TrainB6 Jones (Alternate Take)PERSONNEL:Bass – Jimmy WoodClarinet – Jimmy HamiltonDrums – Sam WoodyardPiano – Duke EllingtonTenor Saxophone – Paul GonsalvesTrombone – Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin JacksonTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Clark Terry Originally released in 1958.Still riding the success of his triumphant concert at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Duke Ellington in 1958 decided to reduce his touring orchestra to a nonet dubbed “the Spacemen,” and recorded this lone project with them for the Columbia label. Perhaps inspired by the first orbiting satellites, Ellington is not taking cues from George Russell or Sun Ra, whose extraterrestrial inspirations led them to even more progressive paths. This large ensemble is playing m