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Great Times! 
Summary
Great Times! is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington's featuring duet performances with his arranger and musical partner Billy Strayhorn originally recorded for the Mercer Records label in 1950, and later released on a 10" LP called Piano Duets. The sessions were re-released on Riverside as Great Times! in 1984 with tracks from an additional session with Oscar Pettiford.
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, October 3 & November, 1950 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:40 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
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| Billy Strayhorn chronology | ||||
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Reception edit
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "quite fascinating... most memorable. Intriguing music".[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
Track listing edit
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Cotton Tail" – 2:55
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) – 2:58
- "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 3:00
- "Bang–Up Blues" – 3:08
- "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:59
- "Johnny Come Lately" (Strayhorn) – 3:01
- "In a Blue Summer Garden" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:06
- "Great Times" – 2:56
- "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) –2:57
- "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 2:20
- "Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) – 2:44
- "Blues for Blanton" – 2:36
- Recorded in New York on September 13 (tracks 9–12), October 3 (tracks 5–8) & November (tracks 1–4), 1950
Personnel edit
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 1–8), celeste (tracks 10 & 11)
- Oscar Pettiford – cello (tracks 9–12)
- Wendell Marshall (tracks 1–4), Joe Schulman (tracks 5–8), Lloyd Trotman (tracks 9–12) – bass
- Jo Jones (tracks 9–12), Unknown (tracks 1–4) – drums
References edit
- ^ a b AllMusic Review accessed May 25, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1348. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.