……[M]y mother decided I should take piano lessons. My piano teacher, Mrs. Clinkscales (that was really her name), got paid several times a week for many weeks for these lessons, but I missed more than I took, because of my enthusiasm for playing ball, and running and racing through the street. That I remember very well, because when she had her piano recital with all her pupils in the church, I was the only one who could not play his part.
-Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress
Duke Ellington and Erroll Garner
Earl “Fatha” Hines and Duke Ellington
Transcription of Duke Ellington’s “In A Sentimental Mood” solo
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
In A Sentimental Mood (CD: “Piano Reflections” Capitol Jazz CDP 7 92863 2)
Recorded 13/14 April 1953
Duke Ellington – piano; Wendell Marshall – bass; Butch Ballard – drums.
In A Sentimental Mood (CD: “Eloquence” Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-814-2)
Recorded 1975, Montreux, Switzerland
Bill Evans – piano; Eddie Gomez – bass.
In A Mellow Tone (CD: “Earl Hines plays Duke Ellington”
Recorded 27 November 1972, New York City
Earl Hines – piano.
I Wanna Be A Rug Cutter (sic) (CD: “The Original Misty” Mercury 834 910-2)
Recorded 14 March 1955, Chicago
Erroll Garner – piano; Wyatt Ruther – bass; Eugene “Fats” Heard – drums.
I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart (CD: “Thelonious Monk plays Duke Ellington” Universal 0546796)
Recorded 21 July 1955, Hackensack, New Jersey
Thelonious Monk – piano; Oscar Pettiford -bass; Kenny Clarke – drums.
Satin Doll (CD: “Ready Take One” Sony Music 88985363312)
Recorded 1967, New York City
Erroll Garner – piano; Ike Isaacs – bass, Jimmie Smith – drums; Jose Mangual – congas.
Caravan (CD: “Art Tatum, The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces” Pablo 7PACD-4404-2)
Recorded 22 April 1954, Los Angeles
Art Tatum – piano
Money Jungle (CD: “Money Jungle, Provocative In Blue” GrooveJazz Media LLC – GJA 34026 02)
Released 2013
Gerald Clayton – piano; Christian McBride – bass; Terri Lynne Carrington – drums.
Caravan (CD: “Money Jungle” Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9)
Recorded 17 September 1962, New York City
Duke Ellington – piano; Charles Mingus – bass; Max Roach – drums.
— Our closing music —-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.