Reception

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

1. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell
   Bob Russell (songwriter)
   Sidney Keith "Bob" Russell, was an American songwriter born in Passaic, New Jersey.In 1968, Russell along with songwriting partner Quincy Jones was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category...
   
   ) - 5:36
2. "Pitter Panther Patter" - 3:06
3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be
   Things Ain't What They Used to Be
   Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork, in 1989...
   
   " (Mercer Ellington
   Mercer Ellington
   Mercer Kennedy Ellington was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.Ellington was born in Washington, DC, the son of famous composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington...
   
   ) - 4:00
4. "Sophisticated Lady
   Sophisticated Lady
   "Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, to which words were added by Mitchell Parish. The words met with approval from Ellington, who described them as "wonderful—but not entirely fitted to my original conception".That...
   
   " (Ellington, Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   , Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
   
   ) - 5:30
5. "See See Rider
   See See Rider
   The song is generally regarded as being traditional in origin. Ma Rainey's version became popular during 1925, as "See See Rider Blues." It became one of the most famous of all blues songs, with well over 100 versions. It was recorded by Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, Lead Belly,...
   
   " (Traditional) - 3:07
6. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: First Movement" (Ray Brown, Ellington) - 4:51
7. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Second Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 5:11
8. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Third Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 3:40
9. "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Fourth Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 4:58
   • Recorded at United Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 5, 1972.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington
  Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Ray Brown
  Ray Brown (musician)
  Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
  
   - bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...