My People is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington written and recorded in 1963 for a stage show and originally released on Bob Thiele's short-lived Contact label before being reissued on the Flying Dutchman label and later released on CD on the Red Baron label.[1][2] The album features recordings of compositions by Ellington for a stage show presented in Chicago as part of the Century of Negro Progress Exposition in 1963.
All compositions by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
"Ain't But the One/Will You Be There?/99%" – 5:16
"Come Sunday/David Danced Before the Lord" – 6:09
"My Mother, My Father (Heritage)" – 2:50
"Montage" – 6:54
"My People/The Blues" – 8:56
"Workin' Blues/My Man Sends Me/Jail Blues/Lovin' Lover" – 5:57
"King Fit the Battle of Alabam'" – 3:25
"What Color Is Virtue?" – 2:49
Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on August 20 (tracks 1a, 2, 4, 5b, 6a, 6c & 7), August 21 (tracks 1b, 1c, 3, 5a & 8) and August 27 (tracks 6b & 6d), 1963.
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