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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Studio album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
Released	1962
Recorded	September 26, 1962 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:05
Label	Impulse! (AS-30)
Producer	Bob Thiele
Professional reviews
Allmusic [1]
John Coltrane chronology
Coltrane (1962) Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962) Ballads (1962)

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a 1962 album by jazz musicians Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Ellington always recognized talent, and Coltrane seemed quite happy to be recording with a fellow genius".^[1]

Coltrane felt very honoured to work with Ellington: "I was really honoured to have the opportunity of working with Duke. It was a wonderful experience. He has set standards I haven't caught up with yet. I would have liked to have worked over all those numbers again, but then I guess the performances wouldn't have had the same spontaneity. And they mightn't have been any better!" (Excerpt from the CD booklet)

Track listing

All songs written by Duke Ellington, unless otherwise noted.

1. "In a Sentimental Mood" – 4:14
2. "Take the Coltrane" – 4:42
3. "Big Nick" (John Coltrane) – 4:30
4. "Stevie" – 4:22
5. "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:20
6. "Angelica" – 6:00
7. "The Feeling of Jazz" (Bobby Troup / Ellington / George T. Simon) – 6:00

Personnel

• Duke Ellington — piano
• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, except on "Big Nick", where he plays soprano saxophone
• Jimmy Garrison — bass (tracks 2,3,6)
• Aaron Bell — bass (tracks 1,4,5,7)
• Elvin Jones — drums (tracks 1-3, 6)
• Sam Woodyard — drums (tracks 4,5,7)

References