Tracklist

A1	Blues For New Orleans	7:40
A2	Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies	4:00
A3	Portrait Of Louis Armstrong	3:02
A4	Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta	3:38
A5	Portrait Of Wellman Braud	4:05
B1	Second Line	6:00
B2	Portrait Of Sidney Bechet	3:55
B3	Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte	3:27
B4	Portrait Of Mahalia Jackson	4:53

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Recorded At – National Recording Studios, New York City
• Mixed At – Atlantic Studios
• Edited At – Atlantic Studios

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Norris Turney
• Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Joe Benjamin
• Bass Trombone – Chuck Connors (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4), Dave Taylor* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Composed By, Arranged By, Piano, Producer – Duke Ellington
• Cover [Design] – Sam Smidt
• Design [Album] – Haig Adishian
• Drums – Rufus Jones
• Engineer – Roger Rhodes
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Roger Rhodes
• Mixed By, Edited By, Sequenced By – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Organ – Wild Bill Davis (tracks: 1)
• Photography By [Inside Liner] – Ray Ross*
• Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Harold Ashby
• Trombone – Booty Wood, Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4), Cootie Williams
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Al Rubin*, Fred Stone, Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)

Notes

Recorded on April 27, 1970 (tracks A1, A2, A4, B1 and B3), and on May 13, 1970 (A3, A5, B2 and B4) at the National Recording Studios, New York City.
Mixing, editing, sequencing at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): ST-A-712141RI
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): ST-A-712142RI
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): ST-A-712141C AT/GP
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): ST-A-712142C AT/GP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1580	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Atlantic	SD 1580	Canada	1971
ATL 50 403	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Atlantic	ATL 50 403	Europe	1977
sd 1580	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	sd 1580	Turkey	Unknown
1 15 1357	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(LP, Album, Club)	Supraphon, Atlantic, Gramofonový Klub	1 15 1357	Czechoslovakia	1973
1580-2	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	1580-2	US	Unknown

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