Azure (song)

"Azure" is a 1937 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills.^[1] The composition is an example of Ellington's early use of bi- and polytonality, and some parts of it are almost atonal in nature.^[2]

Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) "Ella at Duke's Place" (1965)
Earl Grant - Midnight Sun (1962)
Tony Bennett - "Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool" (1999)

References

↑ Jazz Standards website
↑ Wallenfeldt, Jeff (2010). The Black Experience in America: From civil rights to the present. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-61530-177-5.

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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Azure (song)

Notable recordings

See also

References