Soul Call
Live album by
Duke Ellington
Released1967
RecordedJuly 10–29, 1966, at the Juan-les-Pins/Antibes Jazz Festival, Côte d'Azur
GenreJazz
Length54:41
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Duke Ellington chronology
Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
(1967) 		Soul Call
(1967) 		The Popular Duke Ellington
(1961)
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Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Soul Call is a 1967 live album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, recorded live at the Juan-les-Pins/Antibes Jazz Festival on the Côte d'Azur.[3] Ella Fitzgerald appeared with Ellington and his band at the same festival, and a more complete version of Ellington's appearance at the festival is documented on the 1998 album Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur.

Track listing

  1. "La Plus Belle Africaine" (Duke Ellington) – 14:00
  2. "West Indian Pancake" (Ellington) – 4:41
  3. "Soul Call" (Louie Bellson, Henry Bellson) – 3:09
  4. "Skin Deep" (Bellson) – 13:03
  5. "Jam with Sam" (Ellington) – 3:38
  6. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 4:20 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  7. "Wings and Things" (Johnny Hodges) – 3:00 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  8. "The Opener" (Ellington) – 3:16 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  9. "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Juan Tizol) – 6:18 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  10. "Kinda Dukish"/"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Ellington)/(Harry Carney, Ellington, Mills) – 5:55 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  11. "Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:36 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  12. "Madness in Great Ones" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:42 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  13. "Main Stem" (Ellington) – 4:21 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  14. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 5:13 Bonus track on Cd reissue
  • Recorded at Juan Les Pins on July 26 (track 9), July 27 (tracks 2, 4-6, 8 & 10), July 28 (tracks 1, 3 & 11-14) and July 29 (track 7)

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Performance

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Soul Call at AllMusic
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