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Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

Duke Ellington

1956

JazzSwing

#4469

Ranking Geral

#41

Rank 1956

#241

Rank 1950s

#4469 no Ranking TopSongs

Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

Duke Ellington

1956

JazzSwing

#4469

Ranking Geral

#41

Rank 1956

#241

Rank 1950s

Videoclipe

Letra

I don't go out walking
I ain't for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

If I had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
Makes me so blue and sad
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to drive me mad

Now if I don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That I'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

Don't go out a walking
And I for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

If I had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
I miss my lonely papa
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to, I'll blow my toppa

Now if I don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That I'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
rockin' and a sittin'
sittin' and a rockin'
All day

Videoclipe

Letra

I don't go out walking
I ain't for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

If I had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
Makes me so blue and sad
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to drive me mad

Now if I don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That I'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

Don't go out a walking
And I for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

If I had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
I miss my lonely papa
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to, I'll blow my toppa

Now if I don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That I'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
rockin' and a sittin'
sittin' and a rockin'
All day

Curiosidades

A peça foi composta por Duke Ellington em 1937 e gravada pela primeira vez em 15 de maio do mesmo ano pela Orquestra de Duke Ellington.

Na gravação original, participaram músicos notáveis como Cootie Williams e Rex Stewart no trompete e corneta, bem como Johnny Hodges e Otto Hardwick no saxofone alto.

O saxofone tenor estava completamente ausente na seção de gravação original, assim como em "Crescendo in Blue", que foi gravada no mesmo dia.

Inicialmente, as duas partes individuais, "Diminuendo in Blue" e "Crescendo in Blue", foram gravadas em lados opostos de um disco de 78 rpm.

A apresentação de 1956 no Festival de Jazz de Newport revitalizou a carreira de Ellington, impressionando o público quando membros sentados começaram a dançar e se levantar nas cadeiras durante o solo de saxofone tenor de Paul Gonsalves.