Ellington At Newport 1956 Vinyl

Ellington at newport an album by duke ellington.

Ellington at newport 1956 vinyl. 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. George avakian liner notes jimmy woode bass sam woodyard drums jimmy hamilton clarinet duke ellington piano composer willie cook trumpet paul gonsalves tenor saxophone britt woodman trombone harry carney. 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. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2013 vinyl release of ellington at newport 1956 on discogs.

It is ellington at newport. It is included in the book 1001 albums you. Amazon best sellers rank. Referencing ellington at newport lp album mono ltd num re rm mofi 1 035 i have gone through two copies of this pressing and both have several locked grooves 4 or 5 on the last track of side b in nearly the same spots.

Classic album review ellington at newport 1956 3rd april 2019 let us journey back to the newport jazz festival in 1956 to witness a demoralised ellington band find its mojo in realtime thanks to a storming paul gonsalves solo that runs for 27 choruses and caused a mini riot. 323 161 in cds vinyl see top 100 in cds vinyl 231348 in pop cds vinyl 40437 in jazz cds vinyl. Released in september 1956 on columbia catalog no. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1957 vinyl release of ellington at newport on discogs.

It is ellington s best selling album. Ellington at newport 1956 original recording remastered live edition by ellington duke 1999 audio cd 5 0 out of 5 stars 2.