Black, Brown and Beige (1958 album)

Black, Brown and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson.

Black, Brown and Beige
Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released	1958
Recorded	February 4–5 & 11–12, 1958
Genre	Swing Big band music
Length	72:48
Label	Columbia
Producer	Irving Townsend
Duke Ellington chronology
Live at the 1957 Stratford Festival (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (1958) Newport Jazz Festival (1958) (1958)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
DownBeat	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige suite.^[5] After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" and "Work Song", and it is this version that is recorded here.

Track listing

All tracks by Duke Ellington

1. "Part I" – 8:17
2. "Part II" – 6:14
3. "Part III" (a.k.a. Light) – 6:26
4. "Part IV" (a.k.a. Come Sunday) – 7:58
5. "Part V" (a.k.a. Come Sunday) – 3:46
6. "Part VI" (23rd Psalm) – 3:01

   Bonus tracks on re-releases

7. "Track 360" (a.k.a. Trains) (alternative take) – 2:02
8. "Blues in Orbit" (a.k.a. Tender) (alternative take) – 2:36
9. "Part I" (alternative take) – 6:49
10. "Part II" (alternative take) – 6:38
11. "Part III" (alternative take) – 3:08
12. "Part IV" (alternative take) – 2:23
13. "Part V" (alternative take) – 5:51
14. "Part VI" (alternative take) – 1:59
15. "Studio conversation" (Mahalia Swears) – 0:07
16. "Come Sunday" (a cappella) – 5:47
17. "(Pause track)" – 0:06

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Clark Terry – trumpet
• Ray Nance – trumpet & violin
• Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone
• John Sanders – valve trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet
• Bill Graham – alto saxophone (subbing for Johnny Hodges)
• Russell Procope – clarinet & alto saxophone
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode – bass
• Sam Woodyard – drums
• Mahalia Jackson – vocals

References

1. Down Beat: September 18, 1958 Vol. 25, No. 19
2. "Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Pierpont, Claudia Roth. "Black, Brown, And Beige". The New Yorker.