Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins

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Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
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Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released 1965
Recorded September 6, 8 & 9, 1964
Genre Jazz
Label Reprise
Duke Ellington chronology
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Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965.[1] The album features recordings of tunes from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "This disc is a surprising success. Duke Ellington was somehow persuaded into revising and recording a dozen songs from the score of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, and the results are actually quite memorable".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
  1. "A Spoonful of Sugar" - 3:13
  2. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - 2:52
  3. "Feed the Birds" - 3:42
  4. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - 2:31
  5. "Stay Awake" - 2:28
  6. "I Love to Laugh" - 2:29
  7. "Jolly Holiday" - 3:04
  8. "Sister Suffragette" - 3:05
  9. "The Perfect Nanny" - 4:09
  10. "Step in Time" - 2:46
  11. "The Life I Lead" - 3:43
  12. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 2:27
    • Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on September 6, 8 & 9, 1964.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 10, 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2010
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