Come Sunday
{{short description|1943 jazz standard by Duke Ellington}}
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{{Infobox song
| writer = Duke Ellington
| name = Come Sunday
| type = song
| recorded= 1943
}}
"Come Sunday" is a sacred jazz piece by Duke Ellington that has become a jazz standard. It was written as a part of the first movement of a suite entitled Black, Brown and Beige.
History
Ellington was engaged for a performance at Carnegie Hall on January 23, 1943, for which he wrote the entire composition (that whole concert was released in 1977 as The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943). In 1958 he revised the suite and recorded it in its entirety for that year's album titled after the suite.{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-1/comesunday.htm|title=Come Sunday|publisher=Jazzstandards.com|accessdate=13 December 2012}} "Come Sunday" was originally a centerpiece for alto saxophone player Johnny Hodges; the 1958 album, which contained a vocal version of the piece with new lyrics by Ellington featuring gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, greatly increased its popularity.{{cite book|title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire|first=Ted|last=Gioia|author-link=Ted Gioia|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-993739-4|pages=66–68}}
Notable recordings
- Duke Ellington – Black, Brown and Beige (rel. 1946), recording of 1943 Carnegie Hall concert
- Duke Ellington – Black, Brown and Beige (1958, with Mahalia Jackson)
- Dizzy Gillespie – A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960)
- Carmen McRae - Bittersweet (1964){{cite web|title=Bittersweet – Carmen McRae|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bittersweet-mw0000215902|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 18, 2025}}
- Jennifer Holliday – Say You Love Me (1985), Grammy Award Winner, Best Inspirational Performance, 1986{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/jennifer-holliday/3153|title=Jennifer Holliday|publisher=Recording Academy|access-date=March 13, 2024}}
- Donna McElroy – Bigger World (1990)Pitts, Leonard (August 23, 1990). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/578622359/?clipping_id=127785710 "Music Reviews: DONNA MCELROY Bigger World (Warner/Reprise)"]. LA Weekly. p. 84. Retrieved July 7, 2023. {{Cite news|title=Who's Nominated|author=|date=January 11, 1991|work=Austin American Statesman|pages=F1|quote=Here is complete list of nominations for the 33rd annual Grammy Awards: [...] Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocal(s): Body and Soul, Tony Bennett, arr. by Jorge Calandrelli; Come Sunday, Donna McElroy, arr. by Mervyn Warren and Cedric Dent; Fumilayo, Dianne Reeves, arr. by George Duke; The Places You Find Love, Siedah Garrett and Chaka Khan, arr. by Jerry Hey, Glen Ballard, Clif Magness and Quincy Jones; Recipe for Love, Harry Connick Jr., arr. by Mark Shaiman and Harry Connick Jr.|id={{ProQuest|256129966}}}}Price, Deborah Evans (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=wQcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22come+sunday+written+by+duke%22+%22diva+Donna+McElroy%22 "They're Playing My Song: 'Come Sunday'"]. Billboard. p. 32. "'Come Sunday' is a classic Duke Elligton song first made popular via his Sacred Concert series. This song has been performed and recorded by various artists over the years, including gospel/soul diva Donna McElroy. The most recent interpretation of the classic tune is the title cut of the gospel/jazz duo Allen & Allen's current CGI Records album." Retrieved July 7, 2023.
See also
References
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