In a Mellow Tone

"In a Mellow Tone", also known as "In a Mellotone", is a 1939 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Milt Gabler.^[1] The song was based on the 1917 standard "Rose Room" by Art Hickman and Harry Williams,^[2] which Ellington himself had recorded in 1932.^[3] Howard Stern used a recording of this song (from Ellington's Blues in Orbit album) as the opening theme to The Howard Stern Show from 1987 to 1994.

Notable recordings

Red Norvo (1943)
Erroll Garner – Contrasts (1954)
Clark Terry – Duke with a Difference (1957)
Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy – The Original Ellington Suite (1958)
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Ben Webster (with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge) – Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
Count Basie – Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959)
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross – The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960)
Billy May – Cha Cha! Billy May (1960)
Coleman Hawkins with Eddie Lockjaw Davis – Night Hawk (1960)
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington – The Great Summit (1961)
Harry James – 1964 Live! In The Holiday Ballroom Chicago (Jazz Hour Compact Classics JH-1001, 1989)^[4]
Oscar Peterson – Mellow Mood (1968)
Paul Gonsalves – Humming Bird (1970)
Buddy Rich – "Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts" (1971)
Joe Pass – Portraits of Duke Ellington (1975)
Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
The Manhattan Transfer – Pastiche (1978)
Nick Brignola – L.A. Bound (1979)
Art Pepper and George Cables – Goin’ Home (1982)
Maynard Ferguson – Live from London (1994)
Marcus Roberts – Plays Ellington (1995)
Bob Wilber and Dick Hyman – A Perfect Match (1997)
Tony Bennett – Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)
Clare Teal – Don't Talk (2004)
Royce Campbell – A Tribute to Charlie Byrd (2004)
Bill Wurtz – (2011)

Notes

^ Douglas Martin, "Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90", The New York Times, July 25, 2001.
^ "In a Mellotone" at jazzstandards.com; retrieved 24 May 2009.
^ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 193–4. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ "Harry James And His Orchestra – Live 1964 In Holiday Ballroom Chicago". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2017.

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[1] Douglas Martin, "Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90", The New York Times, July 25, 2001.

[2] "In a Mellotone" at jazzstandards.com; retrieved 24 May 2009.

[3] Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 193–4. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.

[64Holiday-4] "Harry James And His Orchestra – Live 1964 In Holiday Ballroom Chicago". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2017.

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