Ellington at Newport
by Duke Ellington
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1956
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 2:07:53
- Community rating: 4.68/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Herbie Jones, Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Woode, Harry Carney, Jimmy Grissom, Jimmy Hamilton, Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Al Lucas, John Sanders, Russell Procope, Sam Woodyard, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Ellington at Newport' documents the legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival performance that single-handedly revitalized Duke Ellington's career, which had been in a commercial lull. The album is famed for the sheer energy of the orchestra and, most notably, for tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves's galvanic 27-chorus solo on "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," a moment that drove the live audience into a frenzy. Though immortalizing a pivotal event in jazz history, the original LP release was a composite, combining genuine concert recordings with studio-recreated sections to amend audio issues and perceived performance imperfections from the live set.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, classic, live, suite, groundbreaking
Tracklist
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra / Duke Introduces Tune & Anderson, Jackson, & Procope
- Black and Tan Fantasy
- Duke Introduces Cook & Tune
- Tea for Two
- Duke & Band Leave Stage / Father Norman O'Connor Talks About the Festival
- Take the "A" Train
- Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train & Nance Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Pt. I & Hamilton
- Pt. I-Festival Junction
- Duke Announces Soloists / Introduces Pt. II
- Pt. II-Blues to Be There
- Duke Announces Nance / Nance Introduces Pt. III
- Pt. III-Newport Up
- Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
- Jeep's Blues
- Duke Introduces Paul Gonsalves / Intermission Riff
- Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
- Announcements
- Pause Track
Credits
- Duke Ellington - piano
- Cat Anderson - trumpet
- Willie Cook - trumpet
- Ray Nance - trumpet, vocals
- Clark Terry - trumpet
- Herbie Jones - trumpet
- Quentin Jackson - trombone
- John Sanders - trombone
- Britt Woodman - trombone
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
- Jimmy Woode - double bass
- Al Lucas - bass
- Jimmy Grissom - vocals
- Sam Woodyard - drums
- Billy Strayhorn - composer
- George Avakian - producer, liner notes
- Louie Bellson - composer
- Phil Schaap - producer
- Arnold Newman - photography