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All Star Road Band Volume 2

All Star Road Band Volume 2 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Holiday Ballroom in Chicago for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label in 1985.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This two-LP set finds Duke Ellington's orchestra in surprisingly inspired form playing at a dance in Chicago ... the all-star ensemble brings new life to the potentially tired repertoire, introduces some relatively new arrangements and seems to have a good time playing for an enthusiastic audience. Excellent music".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted

Disc 1

  1. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 6:45
  2. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 4:04
  3. "Happy Go Lucky Local" – 8:05
  4. "Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons / Ellington, Bob Russell) – 5:14
  5. "Guitar Amour" – 5:32
  6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:57
  7. "C Jam Blues" – 4:17
  8. "Silk Lace" – 4:44

Disc 2

  1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:29
  2. "Isfahan" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:34
  3. "Timon of Athens" – 2:42
  4. "Tutti for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 5:54
  5. "Stomping at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf) – 4:07
  6. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 4:40
  7. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 5:56
  8. "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" – 6:59
  9. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 1:44

Personnel

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