In a Mellow Tone

"In a Mellow Tone", also known as "In a Mellotone", is a 1939 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Milt Gabler.^[1] The song was based on the 1917 standard "Rose Room" by Art Hickman and Harry Williams.^[2] Howard Stern used a recording of this song (from Ellington's Blues in Orbit album) as the opening theme to The Howard Stern Show from 1987 to 1994.

Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross! (1960)
Billy May - Cha Cha! Billy May (1960)
Coleman Hawkins with Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Night Hawk (1960)
Oscar Peterson - Mellow Mood (1968)
Paul Gonsalves - Humming Bird (1970)
Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington (1975)
The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche (1978)
Nick Brignola - L.A. Bound (1979)
Marcus Roberts - Plays Ellington (1995)
Tony Bennett - Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)
Clare Teal - Don't Talk (2004)
Royce Campbell - A Tribute to Charlie Byrd (2004)

Notes

↑ Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90 - New York Times
↑ In a Mellotone at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 24 May 2009

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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