Duke Ellington Live At Newport Vinyl

Duke ellington orchestra with soloist paul gonsalves performing diminuendo in blue and crescendo in blue from the 1956 newport jazz festival.

Duke ellington live at newport vinyl.

Duke ellington s appearance at the 1956 newport jazz festival has long been famous and justifiably so. Duke ellington ellington at newport on numbered edition mono lp from mobile fidelity silver series. Vinyl limited edition live january 15 2013 please retry 95 00 audio cd 114 92 1 new from 114 92 vinyl from 95 00 1 new from 95 00 1 collectible from 145 00 customers who viewed this item also viewed. Columbia cl 934 format.

Historic 1956 live set triggered spontaneous audience outburst that fed directly into feel outcome of performance. Big band swing. Ellington s legendary comeback punctuated by paul gonsalves 27 chorus saxophone solo. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1957 vinyl release of ellington at newport on discogs.

Vinyl lp album mono country. Ellington at newport is a 1956 live jazz album by duke ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the newport jazz festival a concert which revitalized ellington s flagging career jazz promoter george wein describes the 1956 concert as the greatest performance of ellington s career. It is included in the book 1001 albums you. The 1956 newport jazz festival put ellington back on top solely because of the 14 56 performance of diminuendo and crescendo in blue with 27 choruses by paul gonsalves on tenor saxophone and aided in large part by a beautiful blonde woman whose dancing inspired the crowd nearly as much as the music.

Paul gonsalves 27 chorus tenor solo on diminuendo in blue and crescendo in blue practically started a riot at newport and made headlines around the world the momentum generated by this concert led to ellington s comeback and never let up during his 18 remaining years. It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be. Vinyl lp album mono promo country. Columbia cl 934 format.

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