Come Sunday

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Mahalia Jackson · 1958 · parties IV/V de l'album Black, Brown and Beige

Context

Written by Ellington for the first movement of the suite Black, Brown and Beige, premiered at Carnegie Hall on January 23, 1943, "Come Sunday" was at first a showcase for alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. In February 1958, Ellington re-recorded a reworked version of the suite for Columbia, with a new text sung by Mahalia Jackson. This vocal version made the track a standard.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 18, 2026: Come Sunday - DE LA SUITE DANS LES IDEES (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Move On Up a Little Higher (1947)

Sources

• EN: Come Sunday
• EN: Black, Brown and Beige (1958 album)

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