I’ve had the Duke on my mind since the last Friday Cocktail Hour so let’s segue from Satin Doll to At The Bal Masque:

Actually, Satin Doll is on this 1958 album. Despite the swell cover, At The Bal Masque is regarded as lesser Ellington, which is why I couldn’t track down the whole damn album. Here are a couple of tracks from it:

Note the misspelled title and inferior re-release cover. Woe is me, bop.