Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965.[1] The album features recordings of tunes from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | September 6, 8 & 9, 1964 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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Reception edit
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "This disc is a surprising success. Duke Ellington was somehow persuaded into revising and recording a dozen songs from the score of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, and the results are actually quite memorable".[2]
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Track listing edit
- All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- "A Spoonful of Sugar" - 3:13
- "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - 2:52
- "Feed the Birds" - 3:42
- "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - 2:31
- "Stay Awake" - 2:28
- "I Love to Laugh" - 2:29
- "Jolly Holiday" - 3:04
- "Sister Suffragette" - 3:05
- "The Perfect Nanny" - 4:09
- "Step in Time" - 2:46
- "The Life I Lead" - 3:43
- "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 2:27
- Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on September 6, 8 & 9, 1964.
Personnel edit
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cat Anderson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams, Nat Woodard - trumpet
- Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
- John Lamb - bass
- Sam Woodyard - drums
References edit
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama, accessed May 10, 2010.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 10, 2010.