Ellington '65

Ellington '65 is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965.^[1] The album features recordings of popular tunes arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, a formula that was revisited on Ellington '66 (1965).

The AllMusic review by Matt Collar says: "While Ellington '65 isn't a bad recording, it is by no means required listening and will most likely appeal to die-hard Ellington completists."^[2]

Side One:

1. "Hello, Dolly!" (Jerry Herman) – 2:06
2. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:18
3. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (Bart Howard) – 2:30
4. "The Peking Theme (So Little Time)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:03
5. "Danke Schoen" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) – 2:35
6. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero) – 2:55

Side Two:

1. "The Second Time Around" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:43
2. "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hadjidakis) – 3:55
3. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 3:02
4. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:25
5. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) – 2:50

• Recorded at Fine Studios, New York on April 15 (tracks 2, 7, 8 & 11), April 16 (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 10), & April 27 (tracks 1, 5 & 9), 1964.

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Rolf Ericson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams – trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
• Chuck Connors – bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – tenor saxophone
• Major Holley – bass
• Sam Woodyard – drums