When duke ellington played the final set of the newport jazz festival on saturday 7 july 1956 he not only rejuvenated his flagging career but created one of jazzs great live recordings. Paul gonsalves 27chorus tenor solo on diminuendo in blue and crescendo in blue practically started a riot at newport and made headlines around the world. Ellington at newport 1956 complete by duke ellington on spotify. Ellington at newport 1956 complete by duke ellington on. Ellingtons original 1956 newport album was his bestselling longplayer ever, and reestablished him, after a twoyear drought in the wake of his unsuccessful stay at capitol, as a vitally popular jazz artist, perceived as worth courting by the major labels. Duke ellington edward kennedy ellington, washington, d. Ellington at newport 1956 complete cd one of the first albums to ever issue recordings made at the newport jazz festival quite a b dusty groove is.
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The complete live at newport 1956 by duke ellington, released in 2005 on sony music. Our goal is to provide highquality video, tv streams, music, software, documents or any other shared files for free. Ellingtons appearance at the newport jazz festival on july 7, 1956 returned him to wider prominence and exposed him to new audiences. Ellington at newport 1956 complete, an album by duke ellington. Duke ellington at newport take the a train 1956 youtube. Complete newport 1956 performances duke ellington coming. It is interesting to note that only about 40% of the original recording was actually live, the remainder being recorded in the studio to provide patches and filler for the less than perfect live portions. Listen to this track by great american composer and supreme jazz immortal duke ellington. This was the classic concert which ellington compared to being born again in the publics mind, and at which alto saxophonist paul gonsalves excelled playing chorus after chorus on diminuendo and crescendo in.
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