# Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album)

Live at the Blue Note is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago for the Roulette label in 1959.
The album was originally released as a single LP and rereleased as a double CD in 1994 with fourteen bonus tracks on the Blue Note label.

## Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This two-CD set gives one a good example of how Duke Ellington's Orchestra sounded in 1959. Greatly expanded from the original single LP, the release essentially brings back a full night by the Ellington band, three nearly complete sets. The music ranges from old favorites to some newer material".
Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |

## Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington, except where noted.
Disc 1
* "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Haupe" [aka "Polly's Theme"] - 3:58
* "Flirtibird" - 3:01
* "Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:16
* "Almost Cried" - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Duael Fuel (Dual Filter)" - (Ellington, Clark Terry) - 11:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:56
* "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Shorty Baker, Ellington) - 7:17
* "El Gato" (Cat Anderson) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 4:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Drawing Room Blues" (Strayhorn) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
Disc 2
* "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:36
* "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:31
* "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington) - 2:50
* "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 3:50
* "Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 11:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
* "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
* A Disarming Visit by June Christy & Stan Kenton - 2:56
* "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
* "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Strayhorn, James "Bubber" Miley) - 9:19
* "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) 5:13
* "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:29
* "El Gato" (Anderson) - 4:18 Bonus track on CD reissue

## Personnel

* Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1.2-2.13)
* Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1.1 & 1.14)
* Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
* Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
* Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
* John Sanders - valve trombone
* Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
* Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
* Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
* Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
* Jimmy Woode - bass (tracks 1.1-2.6 & 2.8-2.13)
* Johnny Pate - bass (track 2.7)
* Sam Woodyard - drums
* James "Jimmy" Johnson Jr. - drums