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- Date Released: April 27, 1999
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Recorded 1956, Originally Released 1956, 1982, (P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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One of the greatest live jazz festival recordings ever has gotten better, and more interesting as well, with this 1999 reissue, a result of the kind of effort that most record companies normally won't even discuss. Ellington's original 1956 Newport album was his best-selling long-player ever, and re-established him, after a two-year drought in the wake of his unsuccessful stay at Capitol, as a vitally popular jazz artist, perceived as worth courting by the major labels. But that record was, in keeping with Columbia's standard operating proceedure of the day, a cut-and-paste job made up of studio re-recordings of the festival's repertory. The producers of the 1999 double-CD reissue, containing 20 tracks, have assembled the complete live performance in true, real stereo as well as the studio-produced tracks. The result is the first complete consideration of the actual Newport performance, as well as a complete account of the studio-generated portions of the original release. The highlight is an extraordinarily vivid account of Paul Gonsalves' legendary 27-chorus tenor sax solo on "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue." The latter ends Disc One, and Disc Two gives a vivid account of the aftermath of Gonsalves' moment of glory and finishes the live set. The concert portion is followed by the original LP's studio-generated fake-live productions, which aren't as exciting as the live renditions, but are worth hearing.
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The Star Spangled Banner |
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Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra/Duke Introduces Tune & Anderson, Jackson, & Procope |
3:43 |
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Black And Tan Fantasy |
6:21 |
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Duke Introduces Cook & Tune |
0:27 |
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Tea For Two |
3:34 |
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Duke & Band Leave Stage/Father Norman O'Connor Talks About The Festival |
2:30 |
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Take The A Train |
4:38 |
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Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train & Nance Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Part 1 & Hamilton |
0:41 |
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Part I-Festival Junction |
8:05 |
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Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II |
0:42 |
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Part II-Blues To Be There |
7:09 |
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Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III |
0:21 |
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Part III-Newport Up |
5:32 |
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Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry/Duke Introduces Carney & Tune |
0:26 |
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Sophisticated Lady |
3:52 |
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Duke Announces Grissom & Tune |
0:18 |
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Day In, Day Out |
3:49 |
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Duke Introduce Tune(s) And Paul Gonsalves Interludes |
0:27 |
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Diminuendo In Blue
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14:20 |
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Announcements, Pandemonium |
0:50 |
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Pause Track
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0:06 |
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21 Total Tracks, 69:03 Total Length
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Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges |
0:18 |
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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) |
3:38 |
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Jeep's Blues
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4:32 |
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Duke Calms Crowd, Introduces Nance & Tune |
0:20 |
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Tulip Or Turnip |
2:50 |
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Riot Prevention |
1:07 |
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Skin Deep |
9:12 |
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Mood Indigo |
1:15 |
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Studio Concert |
3:56 |
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Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington/Duke Introduces New Work, Part I, & Hamilton |
1:02 |
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Part I-Festival Junction |
8:46 |
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Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II |
0:30 |
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Part II-Blues To Be There |
7:53 |
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Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III |
0:11 |
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Part III-Newport Up |
5:12 |
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Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry/Pause/Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges |
0:12 |
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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) |
3:58 |
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Jeep's Blues |
4:32 |
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Pause Track |
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19 Total Tracks, 59:30 Total Length
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