Composition by Duke Ellington, arranged for big band by Hemphill. This arrangement was performed in concert at Town Hall in New York City, on July 6, 1980, as part of an Ellington tribute concert titled “The New Music Remembers the Old Master.” There is no known copy of the score or parts for this arrangement, though the Julius Hemphill Papers includes recordings of the concert.
From Marty Ehrlich: I was in the saxophone section at this concert, for which a fourteen-piece ensemble performed Ellington pieces as arranged by Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Leroy Jenkins, and Muhal Richard Abrams.