Duke Ellington Live At Newport Vinyl

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Duke ellington live at newport vinyl. Columbia cl 934 format. Columbia cl 934 format. 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.

Duke ellington orchestra with soloist paul gonsalves performing diminuendo in blue and crescendo in blue from the 1956 newport jazz festival. Historic 1956 live set triggered spontaneous audience outburst that fed directly into feel outcome of performance. Columbia cl 934 format. Big band swing.

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. Big band duke ellington and his orchestra ellington at newport 1957 vinyl discogs explore. Vinyl lp album mono promo country. Duke ellington ellington at newport on numbered edition mono lp from mobile fidelity silver series.

Duke ellington s appearance at the 1956 newport jazz festival has long been famous and justifiably so. It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be. 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. 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.

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