At Newport 1956 Complete Duke Ellington Orchestra

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  • Release Date: 05/11/1999
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 16,197
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 074646493229

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At Newport 1956 Complete

Disc 1
1LISTENThe Star Spangled Banner previously unreleased 1:10
2LISTENFather Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra/Duke Introduces 3:36
3LISTENBlack and Tan Fantasy 6:21
4LISTENDuke Introduces Cook & Tune 0:26
5LISTENTea for Two previously unreleased 3:34
6LISTENDuke & Band Leave Stage/Father Norman O'Connor Talks About Festival 2:30
7LISTENTake the "A" Train 4:27
8LISTENDuke Announces Strayhorn's a Train & Nance/Duke Introduces ... 0:41
9LISTENPart I- Festival Junction previously unreleased 8:10
10LISTENDuke Announces Soloists: Introduces, Pt. 2 0:38
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Disc 2
1LISTENDuke Introduces Johnny Hodges 0:18
2LISTENI Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) previously unreleased 3:38
3LISTENJeep's Blues 4:36
4LISTENDuke Calms Crowd; Introduces Nance & Tune 0:42
5LISTENTulip or Turnip previously unreleased 2:49
6LISTENRiot Prevention 1:08
7LISTENSkin Deep 9:13
8LISTENMood Indigo previously unreleased 1:30
9LISTENStudio Concert Excerpts 1:15
10LISTENFather Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington/Duke Introduces ... 1:02
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One of the greatest live jazz festival recordings ever has gotten better, and more interesting as well, with this 1999 reissue, a result of the kind of effort that most record companies normally won't even discuss. Ellington's original 1956 Newport album was his best-selling long-player ever, and re-established him, after a two-year drought in the wake of his unsuccessful stay at Capitol, as a vitally popular jazz artist, perceived as worth courting by the major labels. But that record was, in keeping with Columbia's standard operating proceedure of the day, a cut-and-paste job made up of studio re-recordings of the festival's repertory. The producers of the 1999 double-CD reissue, containing 20 tracks, have assembled the complete live performance in true, real stereo as well as the studio-produced tracks. The result is the first complete consideration of the actual Newport performance, as well as a complete account of the studio-generated portions of the original release. The highlight is an extraordinarily vivid account of Paul Gonsalves' legendary 27-chorus tenor sax solo on "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue." The latter ends Disc One, and Disc Two gives a vivid account of the aftermath of Gonsalves' moment of glory and finishes the live set. The concert portion is followed by the original LP's studio-generated fake-live productions, which aren't as exciting as the live renditions, but are worth hearing. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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