Plays Duke Ellington

Infobox Album
Name = Plays Duke Ellington
Type = studio
Artist = World Saxophone Quartet


Released = 1986
Recorded = April 1986
Genre = Jazz
Length = 69:16
Label = Elektra/Nonesuch
Producer = Robert Hurwitz
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wa9as30ya39g]
Last album = "Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music
(1986)
This album = "Plays Duke Ellington"
(1986)
Next album = "Dances and Ballads"
(1987)

"Plays Duke Ellington" was the seventh album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet, released in 1986.

The album marked a departure for the quartet, in that their first six albums had been of music written by the four musicians themselves; this was their first venture into covers.

Track listing

*"Take the 'A' Train" (Strayhorn) –1:33
*"Lush Life" (Strayhorn) –6:30
*"Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington–Gordon–Mills} –2:43
*"Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington–Mills–Parish) –4:41
*"I Let a Song Go out of My Heart" (Ellington–Mills–Nemo) –6:02
*"Come Sunday" (Ellington) 7:36
*"In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington–Kurtz–Mills) –5:16
*"Take the 'A' Train" (Strayhorn) –34:55

Personnel

*Hamiet Bluiett — baritone saxophone
*Julius Hemphill — alto saxophone
*Oliver Lake — alto saxophone
*David Murray — tenor saxophone