Money Jungle

Money Jungle
Studio album by Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
Released	February 1963
Recorded	September 17, 1962 Sound Makers, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:25
Label	United Artists Records Blue Note
Producer	Alan Douglas
Duke Ellington chronology
Studio Sessions, New York 1962 (1962) Money Jungle (1963) Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Allmusic	[2]

Money Jungle is a jazz album by Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach recorded on September 17, 1962 and released in February 1963 by United Artists Jazz.^[3]

The LP reworks a few older compositions ("Caravan" and "Solitude"); however, Ellington wrote the bulk of the material specifically for the LP.

All songs composed by Duke Ellington solely (except where otherwise stated).

LP (1963 — United Artists Records UAJ 14017)

Side one

1. Money Jungle — 5:20
2. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower) — 3:36
3. Very Special — 4:26
4. Warm Valley — 3:32

Side two

1. Wig Wise — 3:20
2. Caravan — 4:12
     (Music by Juan Tizol; Lyrics by Irving Mills).
3. Solitude — 5:33
     (Music by Duke Ellington; Lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills).

CD (1987 — Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2)

This 1987 reissue on CD changed the order of the songs, and added four previously unreleased works written for this session (+two alternate takes). The order presented in this edition was actually the order in which the songs were recorded.

1. Very Special — 4:27
2. A Little Max (Parfait) — 2:58
3. A Little Max (Parfait) — 3:56
     Alternate take.
4. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) — 3:37
5. REM Blues — 4:17
6. Wig Wise — 3:19
7. Switch Blade — 5:25
8. Caravan — 4:14
9. Money Jungle — 5:30
10. Solitude — 4:44
      Alternate take.
11. Solitude — 5:34
12. Warm Valley — 3:34
13. Backward Country Boy Blues — 6:19

CD (2002 — Blue Note 38227)

On this reissue we're back with the original ordering of the first seven songs — with the other four songs added at the end (+four alternate takes).

1. Money Jungle — 5:29
2. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) — 3:36
3. Very Special — 4:26
4. Warm Valley — 3:32
5. Wig Wise — 3:20
6. Caravan — 4:12
7. Solitude — 5:33
8. Switch Blade – 5:24
9. A Little Max (Parfait) – 2:58
10. REM Blues – 4:18
11. Backward Country Boy Blues – 6:33
12. Solitude – 4:44
      Alternate take.
13. Switch Blade – 5:13
      Alternate take.
14. A Little Max (Parfait) — 2:57
      Alternate take.
15. REM Blues — 5:45
      Alternate take.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington (piano)
• Charles Mingus (bass)
• Max Roach (drums)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Billboard, Feb. 9, 1963, p. 28.