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Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete),Duke Ellington

- Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
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Duke Ellington
Released 1999

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- 1
- The Star Spangled Banner
- 01:10
- 398 plays

- 2
- Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra/Duke Introduces Tune & Anderson, Jackson, & Procope
- 03:43
- 357 plays

- 3
- Black And Tan Fantasy
- 06:21
- 579 plays

- 4
- Duke Introduces Cook & Tune
- 00:26
- 352 plays

- 5
- Tea For Two
- 03:34
- 422 plays

- 6
- Duke & Band Leave Stage/Father Norman O'Connor Talks About The Festival
- 02:30
- 300 plays

- 7
- Take The A Train
- 04:21
- 543 plays

- 8
- Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train & Nance Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Part 1 & Hamilton
- 00:41
- 356 plays

- 9
- Part I-Festival Junction
- 08:05
- 483 plays

- 10
- Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II
- 00:42
- 306 plays

- 11
- Part II-Blues To Be There
- 07:09
- 402 plays

- 12
- Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III
- 00:14
- 160 plays

- 13
- Part III-Newport Up
- 05:32
- 375 plays

- 14
- Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry/Duke Introduces Carney & Tune
- 00:26
- 258 plays

- 15
- Sophisticated Lady
- 03:52
- 319 plays

- 16
- Duke Announces Grissom & Tune
- 00:16
- 173 plays

- 17
- Day In, Day Out
- 03:49
- 292 plays

- 18
- Duke Introduce Tune(s) And Paul Gonsalves Interludes
- 00:25
- 297 plays

- 19
- Diminuendo In Blue
- 14:20
- 674 plays

- 20
- Announcements, Pandemonium
- 00:43
- 361 plays

- 21
- Pause Track
- 00:06
- 102 plays

- 22
- Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
- 00:18
- 172 plays

- 23
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- 03:38
- 354 plays

- 24
- Jeep's Blues
- 04:58
- 337 plays

- 25
- Duke Calms Crowd, Introduces Nance & Tune
- 00:09
- 192 plays

- 26
- Tulip Or Turnip
- 02:50
- 392 plays

- 27
- Riot Prevention
- 01:07
- 315 plays

- 28
- Skin Deep
- 09:12
- 378 plays

- 29
- Mood Indigo
- 01:15
- 338 plays

- 30
- Studio Concert
- 03:56
- 302 plays

- 31
- Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington/Duke Introduces New Work, Part I, & Hamilton
- 01:02
- 253 plays

- 32
- Part I-Festival Junction
- 08:46
- 298 plays

- 33
- Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II
- 00:30
- 211 plays

- 34
- Part II-Blues To Be There
- 07:53
- 296 plays

- 35
- Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III
- 00:10
- 146 plays

- 36
- Part III-Newport Up
- 05:12
- 263 plays

- 37
- Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry/Pause/Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
- 00:12
- 208 plays

- 38
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- 03:45
- 258 plays

- 39
- Jeep's Blues
- 04:32
- 302 plays

- 40
- Pause Track
- 00:06
- 100 plays

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album review

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