Blues in Orbit

This article is about the album by Duke Ellington. For the Gil Evans album, see Blues in Orbit (Gil Evans album).
Blues in Orbit
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 4 & 12, 1958, February 25, December 2 & 3, 1959
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
Duke Ellington chronology
Festival Session
(1959) 		Blues in Orbit
(1960) 		The Nutcracker Suite
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]
Tom HullA[2]

Blues in Orbit is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.[3]

The original liner notes by Teo Macero described this album as primarily a blues album (as most of the track titles indicate). The album was re-released on CD in 2004 with bonus tracks including alternate takes and tracks from earlier sessions.

  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 18, 2010