- jazz, big band
- 36 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Blues in Orbit is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.
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Grave, character-led, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1Three J's Blues2:54
- A2Smada2:39
- A3Pie Eye's Blues3:29
- A4Sweet & Pungent4:04
- A5C Jam Blues4:54
- B1In a Mellow Tone2:43
- B2Blues in Blueprint3:40
- B3The Swingers Get the Blues, Too3:11
- B4The Swinger's Jump3:51
- B5Blues in Orbit2:28
- B6Villes Ville Is the Place, Man2:34
11 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Duke Ellington
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1960
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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