This One's for Blanton!
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{{Infobox album
| name = This One's for Blanton!
| type = Album
| artist = Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
| cover = This One's for Blanton!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = December 5, 1972
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:25
| label = Pablo
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Duke Ellington
| prev_title = The Ellington Suites
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Up in Duke’s Workshop
| next_year = 1969-73
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Ray Brown
| type = Album
| prev_title = Memphis Jackson
| prev_year = 1970
| title = This One's for Blanton!
| year = 1973
| next_title = The Big 3
| next_year = 1975
}}
}}
This One's for Blanton! is a studio album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, duetting with Ray Brown, recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label.[http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed April 8, 2010
The title refers to early Duke Ellington collaborator and influential yet short-lived double bass player Jimmy Blanton.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "delightful and often-playful music".Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r138267|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed April 8, 2010
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 69
}}
| rev4 = The Village Voice
| rev4Score = A−{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=February 2, 1976|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-76.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=November 7, 2015}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=439}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:36
- "Pitter Panther Patter" - 3:06
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 4:00
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:30
- "See See Rider" (Traditional) - 3:07
- "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: First Movement" (Ray Brown, Ellington) - 4:51
- "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Second Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 5:11
- "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Third Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 3:40
- "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass: Fourth Movement" (Brown, Ellington) - 4:58
:*Recorded at United Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 5, 1972.
Personnel
References
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