My People (Duke Ellington album)
| My People | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | August 20, 21 & 27, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | Contact | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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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. The album features recordings of compositions by Ellington for a stage show presented in Chicago as part of the Century of Negro Progress Exhibition in 1963.