Track Listing
1. Star Spangled Banner
2. Father Norman Introduces Duke And Orchestra
3. Black And Tan Fantasy
4. Duke Introduces Cook And Tune
5. Tea For Two
6. Duke And Band Leave Stage
7. Take The 'A' Train
8. Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train...
9. Festival Junction (part 1)
10. Duke Announces Soloists (intro part 2)
11. Blues To Be There (part 2)
12. Duke Announces Nance And Procope
13. Newport Up (part 3)
14. Duke Announces Hamilton And Gonsalves
15. Sophisticated Lady
16. Duke Announces Grissom And Tune
17. Day In Day Out
18. Duke Introduces Tune And Paul Gonzalves Interludes
19. Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo
20. Announcements And Pandemonium
21. Pause Track
1. Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
2. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
3. Jeep's Blues
4. Duke Introduces Nance And Tune
5. Tulip Or Turnip
6. Riot Prevention
7. Skin Deep
8. Mood Indigo
9. Studio Concert
10. Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington/Duke Introd
11. Festival Junction (part 1)
12. Duke Announces Soloists/Introduces Part 2
13. Blues To Be There (part 2)
14. Duke Introduces Part Three
15. Newport Up (part 3)
16. Duke Announces Hamilton Gonzalves And Terry/Duke Announces J
17. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
18. Jeep's Blues
19. Pause Track
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Recording Type: | Live | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Ray Nance (vocals, trumpet); Jimmy Grisson (vocals); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); John Cook, Clark Terry, William "Cat" Anderson (trumpet); John Sanders, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (trombone); Jimmy Woode (bass); Sam Woodyard (drums). Producer: George Avakian.Reissue producer: Phil Schaap.Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island on July 7, 1956. Includes liner notes by George Avakian and Phil Schaap.Digitally remastered by Phil Schaap (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).What makes this classic recording endure is the monumental level of intensity the band brings to each number. Ellington, in speaking of the band's competitive nature, recalled that they were all in a particularly fesity mode for this performance. That crackling energy translates to every number, and even extended to Count Basie's original drummer Jo Jones, who sat grinning from ear to ear in the front row, so moved by the swing of it all that he beat time for the band with a rolled up copy of The Christian Science Monitor. From Johnny Hodges' ultra-suave "Jeep's Blues," to Paul Gonsalves' epic tenor marathon on "Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue" (which set the crowd to dancing and screaming), ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT is one of the really great big band recordings.
Editorial Reviews
...presents for the first time in true stereo every note that the band played at Newport over that famous weekend of July 7/8, 1956....To hear this classic performance in stereo...is alone worth the price of admission...
JazzTimes (10/01/1999)
3 stars (out of 5) - ...one of the most famous of jazz concerts of all time...generally acknowledged to have put him back on the map after a period in the commercial doldrums....every fan will want a copy.
Q (09/01/1999)
...dizzying jazz, from the swinging orchestra suite composed for the festival to saxophonist Paul Gonsalvas' 27-chorus improvisation in Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (06/24/1999)
...presents for the first time in true stereo every note that the band played at Newport over that famous weekend of July 7/8, 1956....To hear this classic performance in stereo...is alone worth the price of admission... Q (9/99, p.125) - 3 stars (out of 5) - ...one of the most famous of jazz concerts of all time...generally acknowledged to have put him back on the map after a period in the commercial doldrums....every fan will want a copy.Entertainment Weekly (6/24/99, p.133) - ...dizzying jazz, from the swinging orchestra suite composed for the festival to saxophonist Paul Gonsalvas' 27-chorus improvisation in Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue. - Rating: A
JazzTimes (10/01/1999)
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