Duke Ellington - piano Sam Woodyard - drums Major Holley - bass Cootie Williams - trumpets Rolf Ericson - trumpets Herbie Jones - trumpets Cat Anderson - trumpets Lawrence Brown - trombones Chuck Conners - trombones Buster Cooper - trombones Paul Gonsalves - reeds, tenor sax Jimmy Hamilton - reeds, tenor sax, clarinet Johnny Hodges - alto sax Russell Procope - alto sax, clarinet Harry Carney - bass
On April 20, 1964, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra began an engagement at the Casa Loma Club in Montreal, and the opening night was filmed by Radio-Canada. The band, here at its peak, performs "Take the A Train," "Never on Sunday", "Afro Bossa" and other standards and rarities. Featured soloists include Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, and Harry Carney. |