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Complete at Newport by: Duke Ellington List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £9.47 You Save: £4.52 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099706493228 Format: Live Label: Sony Jazz Manufacturer: Sony Jazz Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Sony Jazz Release Date: May 17, 1999 Studio: Sony Jazz Sales Rank: 10288 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - A masterclass in bandleading and group playingThe reviews below are, IMO, pretty churlish for what is one of the great live albums of all time, in -any- genre. The original 'Ellington at Newport' LP consisted of the legendary Diminuendo/Crescendo In Blue performance (of which more in a bit), plus some re-recorded stuff with overdubbed applause, a shoddy and largely faked document of what was reportedly one of the stonkingest live gigs in history. The Columbia team have hunted down the original tapes and reconstructed the entire concert, bum notes and all. (The bum notes were the reason why Columbia insisted on Ellington rerecording a lot of the stuff in the studio a few days later. This CD includes the re-recordings, but restores the original performances, so nobody feels ... Read More: Rating: - Riotous Assembly'Ellington At Newport' turned out to be the best-selling album of the Duke's career largely due to the exceptional performances of the soloists on the album. But Ellington's compositions always gave great scope for improvisation by his band and it's his own enthusiasm and momentum that spurred the band on to great things that night. On 'Black & Tan Fantasy' Cat Anderson's solo is a throwback to the era in which it was composed, while Willie Cook on 'Tea For Two' swings unstoppable. Ellington himself puts in some spirited piano playing at the beginning of 'Take The A Train' and 'Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue'. 'Festival Junction' is an inspired name for the opening part of the festival suite as it builds and builds in its thumping ... Read More: Rating:  - First extended saxophone soloThis record is not in itself one of Ellington's best. It merits a place in this list for its historical importance: it documents the first extended live saxophone solo. There is a broad consensus now that it was unplanned. Indeed, it seems that the climax of the evening had been reserved for Johnny Hodges on "Jeep's Blues". Paul Gonsalves was then Duke's principal tenor, though as a saxophone voice, Johnny Hodges' alto was far more distinctive and admired. The circumstances appear to have led to Gonsalves' protagonism on this occasion. He played a full 27 choruses as if he were reading from a score. Some claim that a woman dancing on stage propelled him and the band to do this, others that the veteran drummer Jo Jones was in the wings egging ... Read More: Rating: - Liked the newport album, loved this one!I've been listening to the original Newport album regularly since the mid eigties. I am not a jazz fan but I love Duke Ellington. This cd version is better quality and the stereo is very effective. Although there are extra tracks the best ones remain those that where on the original. Paul Gonsalves' solo on diminuendo and crescendo in blue of course needs no introduction. He was apparently off mike in the original. This recording however brings him to the fore apparently using recently found tapes recorded for the V.O.A.. This is worth the price of the album alone! The only odd thing is that the crowd noises, which always make the hair on the back of my neck stand up in the original, are ironically quieter on this version.Overall brilliant! If you want ... Read More: |
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