Blues in Orbit
Blues in Orbit is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960. The original liner notes by Teo Macero described this album as primarily a blues album (as most of the track titles indicate). The album was re-released on CD in 2004 with bonus tracks including alternate takes and tracks from earlier sessions. Reception. The Allmusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: ""Blues in Orbit" lacks the intellectual cachet of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington's recordings of this period , but it's an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound. Indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter". Track listing. ":All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated"