The Cosmic Scene
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Cosmic Scene
| type = Album
| artist = Duke Ellington
| cover = The Cosmic Scene.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = April 2 & 3, 1958
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:31
| label = Columbia
| producer =
| chronology = Duke Ellington
| prev_title = Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Happy Reunion
| next_year = 1956-58
}}
The Cosmic Scene is a 1958 album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington. Featuring a nonet rather than his usual big band, the album was credited as "Duke Ellington's Spacemen" and was recorded and released on the Columbia label.[http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed May 17, 2010 It was reissued by Mosaic Records in 2007.
Reception
The Allmusic reviewer Michael G. Nastos stated:
Perhaps in many ways a neglected recording in the vast annals of Ellingtonia, fans will certainly welcome this long out of print re-addition to the master's CD discography. It comes highly recommended.Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r138143|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed May 17, 2010
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
:*Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York on April 2 (tracks 1, 2 & 9-11) and April 3 (tracks 3-8 & 12), 1958
{{Track listing
| title1 = Avalon
| writer1 = {{hlist|Buddy DeSylva|Al Jolson|Vincent Rose}}
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Body and Soul
| writer2 = {{hlist|Edward Heyman|Robert Sour|Frank Eyton|Johnny Green}}
| length2 = 4:57
| title3 = Bass-Ment
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ellington}}
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = Early Autumn
| writer4 = {{hlist|Ralph Burns|Woody Herman}}
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = Jones
| writer5 = {{hlist|Ellington|Clark Terry}}
| length5 = 2:55
| title6 = Perdido
| writer6 = {{hlist|Juan Tizol}}
| length6 = 2:49
| title7 = St. Louis Blues
| writer7 = {{hlist|W. C. Handy}}
| length7 = 5:06
| title8 = Spacemen
| writer8 = {{hlist|Ellington}}
| length8 = 2:32
| title9 = Midnight Sun
| writer9 = {{hlist|Sonny Burke|Lionel Hampton|Johnny Mercer}}
| length9 = 3:38
| title10 = Take the "A" Train
| writer10 = {{hlist|Billy Strayhorn}}
| length10 = 4:59
| total_length = 36:31
}}
Bonus tracks on CD reissue
{{Track listing
| title11 = Body and Soul
| note11 = alternative take
| writer11 = {{hlist|Heyman|Sour|Eyton|Green}}
| length11 = 4:46
| title12 = Jones
| note12 = alternative take
| writer12 = {{hlist|Ellington|Terry}}
| length12 = 2:35
| total_length = 43:52
}}
Personnel
References
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Category:Columbia Records albums