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Sep 30, 2004 · Johnny Pate’s bass solo on “Satin Doll” is featured on the album Duke Ellington Live At The Blue Note (1959). Pate continued to perform, and appeared on albums featuring James Moody, Phil Woods, Shirley Horn, Wes Montgomery, Stan Getz, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith and Monty Alexander as producer and arranger.
You can hear Duke recognize Johnny after his solo on Satin Doll. Johnny was a bassist in his own band on the Federal, King, Gig, Salem, MGM and MGM labels. He also wrote and played the bass on James Moody’s 1958 Argo album, Last Train From Overbrook. This album was his last as a bassist.
Johnny Pate’s bass solo on “Satin Doll” is featured on the album "Duke Ellington Live at The Blue Note," and he has collaborated with Curtis Mayfield, produced the Impressions’s hits “Amen,” “We’re A Winner” and “Keep On Pushin’.” and arranged for B.B. King, Gene Chandler and Jerry Butler.
Lyricist (s) Johnny Mercer. " Satin Doll " is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Billy Eckstine, Nancy Wilson, Bobby Short, and many other vocalists.
Further differentiating “Satin Doll” from many other Ellington top jazz standards are the critically acclaimed lyrics. Johnny Mercer’s (and Billy Strayhorn’s) words are clever, hip, and slangy, almost beyond belief. More information on this tune... Philip Furia.
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On that recording you can hear Duke recognize Johnny following his solo on Satin Doll. Having recorded as a bassist with his own trio on the Federal, King, Gig, Salem, and MGM labels, Johnny wrote the arrangements, played bass, and conducted on James Moody’s 1958 Argo album, Last Train from Overbrook.
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3 days ago · “Satin Doll” is a jazz standard penned in 1953 by Duke Ellington and his longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn. According to Duke’s son Mercer, his father wrote it for his longtime partner, Bea “Evie” Ellis.
