| A Portrait of Duke Ellington | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | April 27 & 28, 1960 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:38 | |||
| Label | Verve MG V-8386 | |||
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A Portrait of Duke Ellington is an album featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and orchestra performing compositions associated with Duke Ellington, recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label.[1] All of the orchestral arrangements were provided by then Hi-Lo's accompanist – and sometimes arranger – Clare Fischer, hired on the basis of a previously recorded but unreleased album with strings, arranged by Fischer for erstwhile University of Michigan classmate Donald Byrd. Byrd played the tape for Gillespie; Gillespie liked what he heard. Unfortunately for Fischer, especially in light of the critical accolades given the eventual fruit of his, and Gillespie's, labor, Fischer's name was nowhere to be found on the finished LP;[2] widespread awareness of his participation would have to await the CD reissue almost 2½ decades later.[3]
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 22, 2012
- ^ Jolley, Craig. "Meet Clare Fischer". All About Jazz. 1999. Archived 2010-10-28. Retrieved 20123-02-23.
- ^ "A Portrait of Duke Ellington". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-23.