My People (Duke Ellington album)

My People is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington written and recorded in 1963 for a stage show and originally released on Bob Thiele's short-lived Contact label before being reissued on the Flying Dutchman label and later released on CD on the Red Baron label.[1][2] The album features recordings of compositions by Ellington for a stage show presented in Chicago as part of the Century of Negro Progress Exposition in 1963.

My People
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1963
RecordedAugust 20, 21 & 27, 1963
GenreJazz
Length42:16
LabelFlying Dutchman
ProducerBob Thiele
Duke Ellington chronology
Studio Sessions New York 1963
(1963)		 My People
(1963)		 Ellington '65
(1965)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Released in 1963 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Stephen Thomas Erlewine says "My People is a snapshot of a specific era and is most interesting as a representation of its time, not as an individual work."[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
  1. "Ain't But the One/Will You Be There?/99%" - 5:16
  2. "Come Sunday/David Danced Before the Lord" - 6:09
  3. "My Mother, My Father (Heritage)" - 2:50
  4. "Montage" - 6:54
  5. "My People/The Blues" - 8:56
  6. "Workin' Blues/My Man Sends Me/Jail Blues/Lovin' Lover" - 5:57
  7. "King Fit the Battle of Alabam'" - 3:25
  8. "What Color Is Virtue?" - 2:49
  • Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on August 20 (tracks 1a, 2, 4, 5b, 6a, 6c & 7), August 21 (tracks 1b, 1c, 3, 5a & 8) and August 27 (tracks 6b & 6d), 1963.

Personnel

References
  1. A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 28, 2010.
  2. Anderson, D. Derek's Blog: Duke Ellington's My People, accessed May 14, 2019
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Duke Ellington – My People: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2020..
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