A very particular album with symphonic percussionists. It was sheer chance that I bought it, I decided only reading the featuring list (especially Dizzy Gillespie in U.M.M.G. and in Hello Little Girl). It was a fantastic discovery. Probably it isn’t one of his much known works, but I recommend it to everyone, because there are sonorities different from the Ellington’s classics. If you love tympani, xylophones and percussions you must listen to it.
Un album molto particolare con percussionisti sinfonici. Ho comprato quest’album praticamente per caso, solo leggendo i partecipanti (tra cui Dizzy Gillespie in U.M.M.G. ed Hello Little Girl) ed è stata un’autentica scoperta. Probabilmente non è uno dei suoi album più famosi ma lo raccomando a tutti anche perché esce un po’ dalle classiche sonorità di Ellington. Assolutamente da sentire per chi ama timpani, xilofoni e le percussioni in genere.
Super Sirio
Trumpets: Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Andres Ford
Saxophones: Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope
Trombones: Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders
Piano: Duke Ellington Jimmy Jones
Bass: Jimmy Woode
Drums: Sam Woodyard
Vocalist: Jimmy Rushing
Percussionist: Morris Goldenberg, George Gaber, Elden C. Bailey, Chauncey Morehouse, Harry Breuer, Robert Rosengarden, Walter Rosenberger, Bradley Spinney, Milton Schlesinger