Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington
Transcribed by David Berger as part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington series, Bonga (Empty Town Blues) is from Duke’s 1963 Afro-Bossa album. (Check out that tempo!)
The lineup: Cootie Williams, Roy Burrowes, Cat Anderson (t); Ray Nance (t,vl,v); Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tb); Chuck Connors (btb); Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts); Russell Procope (cl,as); Johnny Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Harry Carney (cl,bcl,as,bar); Duke Ellington (p); Ernie Shepherd (sb); Sam Woodyard (d).
