| I have been thinking about doing this for a long time, making a record for Duke Ellington, so on Friday, November 13th, 1998, with Lloyd Mayers on piano, Earl May on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums, I went into Clinton Studios and recorded these ten songs.
Lloyd Mayers and Earl May played in the Broadway musical “Sophisticated Ladies.” The three of us, along with Leroy Williams have played together before, so we did this recording with no rehearsals.
-Harold Ashby |