Black, Brown and Beige (1958 album)
| Black, Brown and Beige | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | February 4–5 & 11–12, 1958 | |||
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| Length | 35:42 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Irving Townsend | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Black, Brown and Beige is a 1958 jazz album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson.
The album is a recording of a revised version of Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige suite. After a disappointing critical response to its first performance in 1943, Ellington divided the three-part suite into six shorter sections, leaving in "Come Sunday" and "Work Song", and it is this version that is recorded here.