Blue Rose (album)

Untitled

Blue Rose is a 1956 studio album by Rosemary Clooney, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

Clooney was pregnant at the time of this recording, and so she dubbed her vocals in Los Angeles rather than travel to the Ellington band in New York. The final two tracks on the CD reissue, "If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" and "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" were originally issued as a single and not included on the original LP issue.

Track listing

1. "Hey Baby" – 3:53
2. "Sophisticated Lady" (Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57
3. "Me and You" – 2:28
4. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:33
5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Mills, Henry Nemo) – 2:37
6. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Mills) – 2:48
7. "Grievin'" (Strayhorn) – 4:10
8. "Blue Rose" – 2:21
9. "I'm Checkin' Out – Go'om Bye" (Strayhorn) – 3:09
10. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Paul Francis Webster) – 3:07
11. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) – 6:28
12. "If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" (Mills, Nemo) – 3:01
13. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Lee Gaines) – 2:40

All music composed by Duke Ellington, lyricists indicated, except "Passion Flower", written by Billy Strayhorn.

Personnel

Performance

• Rosemary Clooney – vocal
• Duke Ellington – piano (except on tracks 12 & 13)
• Billy Strayhorn – arranger, conductor, piano (tracks 12 & 13)
• Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams - trumpet
• Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
• John Sanders - valve trombone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums