Black, Brown, and Beige

Album by Duke Ellington & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta

Black, Brown, and Beige is a large-scale jazz suite by American composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, first performed in 1943. The work combines big-band orchestration with blues- and gospel-inflected passages and extended thematic development, representing Ellington's move into longer-form, narrative-minded composition within his career and in the broader history of jazz.

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  1. 1.
    Harlem
    14:24
  2. 2.
    Black, Brown, and Beige: I. Black
    8:24
  3. 3.
    Black, Brown, and Beige: II. Brown
    5:26
  4. 4.
    Black, Brown, and Beige: III. Beige
    4:37
  5. 5.
    Three Black Kings: I. King of the Magi
    4:44
  6. 6.
    Three Black Kings: II. King Solomon
    6:27
  7. 7.
    Three Black Kings: III. Martin Luther King
    6:59
  8. 8.
    The River: I. The Spring
    3:29
  9. 9.
    The River: II. The Meander
    3:56
  10. 10.
    The River: III. The Giggling Rapids
    3:00
  11. 11.
    The River: IV. The Lake
    7:18
  12. 12.
    The River: V. The River
    3:19
  13. 13.
    Take the 'A' Train
    6:19

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