“In a Mellow Tone”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

"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] which Ellington himself had recorded in 1932.^[3] 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

Red Norvo (1943)

Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1954)

Clark Terry - Duke with a Difference (1957)

Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy - The Original Ellington Suite (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)

Ben Webster (with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge) - Ben Webster and Associates (1959)

Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross! (1960)

Billy May - Cha Cha! Billy May (1960)

Coleman Hawkins with Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Night Hawk (1960)

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - The Great Summit (1961)

Harry James - 1964 Live! In The Holiday Ballroom Chicago (Jazz Hour Compact Classics JH-1001, 1989)^[4]

Oscar Peterson - Mellow Mood (1968)

Paul Gonsalves - Humming Bird (1970)

Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington (1975)

Sonny Stitt - A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)

The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche (1978)

Nick Brignola - L.A. Bound (1979)

Art Pepper and George Cables - Goin’ Home (1982)

Marcus Roberts - Plays Ellington (1995)

Bob Wilber and Dick Hyman - A Perfect Match (1997)

Tony Bennett - Hot & Cool (1999)

Clare Teal - Don't Talk (2004)

Royce Campbell - A Tribute to Charlie Byrd (2004)

Maynard Ferguson - "Live from London" (1994)

Bill Wurtz (2011)

Notes

1. ^Douglas Martin, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E7DD1F3AF936A15754C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print "Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90"], The New York Times, July 25, 2001.
2. ^"In a Mellotone" at jazzstandards.com; retrieved 24 May 2009.
3. ^{{cite book|last=Gioia|first=Ted|title=The Jazz Standards|date=2012|pages=193-4|chapter=|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-993739-4}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Harry-James-And-His-Orchestra-Live-1964-In-Holiday-Ballroom-Chicago-/release/4804330 |title=Harry James And His Orchestra – Live 1964 In Holiday Ballroom Chicago |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=February 4, 2017}}

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