Description
Title: At Newport 1956 Complete
Artist: Duke Ellington
Label: Sony
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 074646493229
Genre: Big Band
Release Date: 1999-05-11
Number of Discs: 2
This legendary 1956 Newport Concert is now twice as long (an additional 100+ minutes) and in stereo for the 1st time! Featuring supplemental studio material (originally passed off with fake applause as live concert performances), this release boasts saxophonist Paul Gonsalves” 27-chorus solo on the climactic “”Diminuendo And Crescendo in Blue”” in crystal clear sound. Part of Columbia/Legacy”s Ellington Centennial celebration, it features 20-bit digital remastering and deluxe packaging.
Tracks:
1.1 Star Spangled Banner
1.2 Father Norman O”Connor Introduces Duke ; the Orchestra/Duke Introduces Tune ; Anderson, Jackson
1.3 Black and Tan Fantasy
1.4 Duke Introduces Cook ; Tune
1.5 Tea for Two
1.6 Duke ; Band Leave Stage/Father Norman O”Connor Talks About the Festival
1.7 Take the a Train
1.8 Duke Announces Strayhorn”s a Train ; Nance/Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Part I ; Hamilton
1.9 Festival Suite: Part I – Festival Junction (Live)
1.10 Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II (Live)
1.11 Festival Suite: Part II – Blues to Be There (Live)
1.12 Duke Announces Nance ; Procope; Introduces Part III (Live)
1.13 Festival Suite: Part III – Newport Up
1.14 Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, ; Terry/Duke Introduces Carney ; Tune (Live)
1.15 Sophisticated Lady (Live)
1.16 Duke Announces Grissom ; Tune (Live)
1.17 Day in, Day Out (Live)
1.18 Duke Introduces Tune(S) and Paul Gonsalves Interludes (Live)
1.19 Diminuendo in Blues and Crescendo in Blue (Live)
1.20 Announcements, Pandemonium (Live)
1.21 Pause Track
2.1 Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
2.2 I Got It Bad (And That Ain”t Good) (Live)
2.3 Jeep”s Blues (Live)
2.4 Duke Calms Crowd; Introduces Nance ; Tune
2.5 Tulip or Turnip
2.6 Riot Prevention
2.7 Skin Deep
2.8 Mood Indigo
2.9 Studio Concert (Excerpts)
2.10 Father Norman O”Connor Introduces Duke Ellington/Duke Introduces New Work, Part I, ; Hamilton
2.11 Festival Suite: Part I – Festival Junction
2.12 Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II (Production)
2.13 Festival Suite: Part II – Blues to Be There
2.14 Duke Announes Nance ; Procope; Introduces Part III (Production)
2.15 Festival Suite: Part III – Newport Up (Production)
2.16 Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, ; Terry/Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges (Production)
2.17 I Got It Bad (And That Ain”t Good) (Production)
2.18 Jeep”s Blues (Studio)
2.19 Pause Track
