The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Ellington '66 is yet another example of how the change in popular music toward an all rock & roll format found jazz musicians attempting crossover material with varying degrees of success... While Ellington '66 isn't a bad recording and actually bests '65 for sheer listening pleasure, it is by no means required listening and will most likely appeal to die-hard Ellington completists".[3]
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- "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) – 3:40
- "Charade" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
- "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 3:22
- "All My Loving" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:26
- "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 2:47
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:04
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Mercer) – 3:23
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 3:57
- "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 3:16
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:31
- "Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) – 2:42
- "Ellington '66" (Ellington) – 2:34
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cat Anderson, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams – trumpet
- Rolf Ericson – trumpet (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9)
- Ray Nance – trumpet (tracks 1, 4–7 & 10–12)
- Mercer Ellington – trumpet (tracks 4, 7, 10 & 11)
- 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, Harry Carney – tenor saxophone
- Peck Morrison – double bass (tracks 2, 3, 8 & 9)
- John Lamb – bass (tracks 1, 4–7 & 10–12)
- Sam Woodyard – drums