Ella at Duke's Place

Infobox Album | Name = Ella at Duke's Place
Type = Album
Artist = Ella Fitzgerald

| Released = 1965
Recorded = October 18,19,20, 1965
Genre = Jazz
Length = 47:04
Label = Verve Records
Producer = Norman Granz
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:x0evadokt8w6 link]
Last album = "Ella at Juan-Les-Pins"
(1964)
This album = " Ella at Duke's Place "
(1963)
Next album = "Ella in Hamburg "
(1965) |

"Ella at Duke's Place" is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. It is notable as the second (and last) studio album made by Fitzgerald and Ellington.

Track listing

# "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:35
# "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (aka "Passion") (Strayhorn) – 5:00
# "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) – 4:39
# "I Like the Sunrise" (Ellington) – 3:26
# "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:48
# "Imagine My Frustration" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Gerald Stanley Wilson) – 4:49
# "Duke's Place" (aka "C Jam Blues") (Ellington, Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts, Robert Thiele) – 4:13
# "Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:05
# "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 5:35
# "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 3:41

Personnel

Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

Tracks 1-10

* Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
* Duke Ellington - Conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano
* Jimmy Jones - Arranger, piano
* Cat Anderson - Trumpet
* Mercer Ellington - Trumpet
* Herb Jones - Trumpet
* Cootie Williams - Trumpet
* Lawrence Brown - Trombone
* Buster Cooper - Trombone
* Chuck Conners - Bass trombone
* Johnny Hodges - Alto Saxophone
* Russel Procope - Alto saxophone
* Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone
* Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
* John Lamb - Bass
* Louis Bellson - Drums

Album produced by Norman Granz.Engineering by Val Valentin.