Ellington at newport 1956 original recording remastered live edition by ellington duke 1999 audio cd 5 0 out of 5 stars 2.
Ellington at newport 1956 vinyl.
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Released in september 1956 on columbia catalog no.
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.
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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.
It is ellington s best selling album.
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.
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.
It is jazz of the highest order played at an almost rock n roll pace and with an enthusiastic pep that confirms ellington and his ensemble fed off the crowd s reaction as the collective lit into each new stanza.
It is ellington at newport.
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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.
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