A Drum Is a Woman

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

A Drum Is a Woman is a studio album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, released in 1957. It is a jazz suite that combines big-band orchestration with spoken narration and draws rhythmic material from African and Caribbean sources, and it is part of Ellington's 1950s work on extended, narrative-driven compositions.
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  1. 1.
    A Drum Is a Woman
    3:36
  2. 2.
    Rhythm Pum Te Dum
    2:38
  3. 3.
    What Else Can You Do With a Drum?
    1:51
  4. 4.
    New Orleans
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Hey, Buddy Bolden
    4:53
  6. 6.
    Carribee Joe
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Congo Square
    8:34
  8. 8.
    A Drum Is a Woman, Part 2
    2:54
  9. 9.
    You Better Know It
    2:45
  10. 10.
    Madam Zajj
    8:23
  11. 11.
    Ballet of the Flying Saucers
    0:59
  12. 12.
    Zajj's Dream
    3:02
  13. 13.
    Rhumbop
    2:17
  14. 14.
    Carribee Joe, Part 2
    3:06
  15. 15.
    Finale
    0:43

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