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Quick facts for kids Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released	1965
Recorded	September 6, 8 & 9, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Label	Reprise
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Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965. The album features recordings of tunes from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Track listing

All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

1. "A Spoonful of Sugar" - 3:13
2. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - 2:52
3. "Feed the Birds" - 3:42
4. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - 2:31
5. "Stay Awake" - 2:28
6. "I Love to Laugh" - 2:29
7. "Jolly Holiday" - 3:04
8. "Sister Suffragette" - 3:05
9. "The Perfect Nanny" - 4:09
10. "Step in Time" - 2:46
11. "The Life I Lead" - 3:43
12. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 2:27

• • Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on September 6, 8 & 9, 1964.

Personnel

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Cat Anderson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams, Nat Woodard - trumpet
• Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
• Chuck Connors - bass trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• John Lamb - bass
• Sam Woodyard - drums