tracks

C-Jam Blues
Kinda Dukish / Rockin In Rhythm
4:30 Blues
Fife
Black Power
Take The "A" Train
Up Jump
Birth Of The Blues
Passion Flower
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Come Off The Veldt
Medley Part 1: (Fanfare, Don't You Know I Care, In A Sentimental Mood, Prelude To A Kiss)
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Mood Indigo
I'm Beginning To See The Light
It Don't Mean A Thing
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Be Cool
Sophisticated Lady
Caravan
I Can't Get Started
Stone Soul Jones
April In Paris

notes

Recorded Live at The Cave Theatre Restaurant April 2, 1970.
First issued on two LPs by The Old Masters as Duke Ellington Opens The Cave Volume One (TOM 44) and Volume Two (TOM 45).
One of Johnny Hodges' last appearances with Duke Ellington, as he died from a heart attack on May 11, 1970.

credits

Bass – Joe Benjamin
Design, Layout – Jesse Scherr
Drums – Rufus Jones
Organ – Wild Bill Davis
Piano – Duke Ellington
Saxophone – Harold Ashby, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Norris Turney, Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope
Trombone – Booty Wood, Chuck Connors, Julian Priester
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Fred Stone, Mercer Ellington
Vocals – Toney Watkins

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