Black, Brown and Beige

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Mahalia Jackson

Black, Brown and Beige is a 1943 suite by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. The work blends big band jazz, blues and orchestral textures and it is one of Ellington's early long-form compositions that sought to expand jazz into extended concert formats.

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  1. 1.
    Part I
    8:17
  2. 2.
    Part II
    6:13
  3. 3.
    Part III (Light)
    6:25
  4. 4.
    Part IV (Come Sunday)
    7:58
  5. 5.
    Part V (Come Sunday Interlude)
    3:46
  6. 6.
    Part VI (23rd Psalm)
    3:08
  7. 7.
    Track 360 (Trains) (alternate take)
    2:05
  8. 8.
    Blues in Orbit (Tender) (alternate take)
    2:41
  9. 9.
    Part I (1958 alternate take)
    6:48
  10. 10.
    Part II (alternate take)
    6:37
  11. 11.
    Part III (Light) (alternate take)
    3:07
  12. 12.
    Part IV (Come Sunday) (alternate take)
    2:23
  13. 13.
    Part V (Come Sunday) (alternate take)
    5:50
  14. 14.
    Part VI (23rd Psalm) (alternate take)
    1:59
  15. 15.
    Studio Conversation (Mahalia swears)
    0:06
  16. 16.
    Come Sunday (a cappella)
    5:47
  17. 17.
    [silence]
    0:05

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