North of the Border in Canada
1969 studio album by Duke Ellington with the Ron Collier Orchestra
North of the Border in Canada | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Ellington with the Ron Collier Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | July 24 and 25, 1967 | |||
Studio | Hallmark Studio, Toronto, Canada | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Decca DL 75069 | |||
Producer | Louis Applebaum | |||
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North of the Border in Canada (also released as Collages) is an album by the Ron Collier Orchestra performing music by Canadian composers,[1] with American pianist Duke Ellington as the featured soloist, which was recorded in Toronto in 1967 and released on Decca label.[2][3]
Reception
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Allmusic | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "None of the complex suitelike originals are particularly memorable, and the arrangements for the orchestra (two of the pieces utilize a string section) are reasonably colorful, but not too distinctive. Purely for Duke Ellington completists".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Ron Collier except where noted:
- "Aurora Borealis" – 10:13
- "Nameless Hour" (Norman Symonds) – 8:26
- "Collage #3" (Gordon Delamont) – 2:47
- "Fair Wind" (Symonds) – 3:35
- "Silent Night, Lonely Night" – 2:57
- "Song and Dance" (Delamont) – 9:27
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- The Ron Collier Orchestra:
- Dick Van Evera (track 1), Eric Traugott (tracks 1 & 3-6) – trumpet
- Guido Basso – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Fred Stone – flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Ray Sikora, Butch Watanabe - trombone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Ron Hughes – bass trombone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Mary Barrow - French horn (track 1)
- Moe Koffman – alto saxophone, flute (track 1)
- Bernard Piltch – clarinet, alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Eugene Amaro, Rick Wilkins – tenor saxophone (track 1)
- Gary Morgan – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Ed Bickert – guitar (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Lenny Boyd, Sam Levine (track 2) – bass
- Jerry Fuller – drums (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Peter Appleyard – percussion, vibraphone (track 1)
- Andrew Benac, Berul Sugarman, Bill Richards, David Zafer, Harold Sumberg, John Dembeck, Joseph Zera, Samuel Hersenhoren – violin (tracks 1 & 2)
- Jack Neilson (tracks 1 & 2), Stanley Soloman (tracks 1 & 2), Robert Warburton (track 2) – viola (tracks 1 & 2)
- George Horvath (track 2), C. G. Ysselstein (tracks 1 & 2), Don Whitton (tracks 1 & 2) – cello
References
- ^ "Duke Ellington North of The Border in Canada". Oswego Palladium Times, via Newspaper Archives, January 25, 1969 - Page 9.
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2017
- ^ Vail, K. Duke's Diary Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington 1950-1974. Scarecrow Press, 2002. p. 319-320.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Duke Ellington: North of the Border in Canada – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
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