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Author Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, performer.

Title Ellington at Newport 1956 (complete).

Publication Info. New York, NY : Columbia/Legacy, [1999]
℗1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott Media  CD 9824v    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk  Gift of Mendel Music Library, Princeton University
Description 2 audio discs : digital, stereo, mono ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 pages : portraits)
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
mono
digital recording
Note Columbia/Legacy: C2K 64932 (CK 65915--CK 65916).
Performer Duke Ellington, piano, and his orchestra.
Event Principally recorded in performance at the American Jazz Festival at Newport, R.I., July 7-8, 1956; some tracks are studio recordings made July 9, 1956.
Note In part previously released in 1956 on Columbia CL 933, CL 934, and C2 38262; includes 10 previously unreleased tracks.
Compact disc.
Program notes by George Avakian, from original album, and Phil Schaap, and discographical information (34 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents Disc 1. Star spangled banner -- Black and tan fantasy -- Tea for two -- Take the A train -- Part I-Festival Junction -- Part II-Blues to be there -- Part III-Newport up -- Sophisticated lady -- Day in, day out -- Diminuendo in blue and crescendo in blue.
Disc 2. I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Jeep's blues -- Tulip or turnip -- Skin deep -- Mood indigo -- Part I-Festival junction -- Part II-Blues to be there -- Part III-Newport up -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Jeep's blues.
Note The three successively performed pieces Festival junction, Blues to be there, and Newport up together constitute the Newport Jazz Festival suite (program notes, p. 7).
Subject Jazz -- 1951-1960.
Jazz.
Chronological Term 1951-1960
Subject Suites (Piano with jazz ensemble)
Dance orchestra music.
Dance orchestra music.
Genre/Form Dance orchestra music.
Live sound recordings.
Live sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Black and tan fantasy.
Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946. No, no, Nanette. Tea for two.
Strayhorn, Billy. Take the "A" train.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Newport Jazz Festival suite.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Sophisticated lady.
Bloom, Rube. Day in, day out.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Diminuendo and crescendo in blue.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. I got it bad.
Hodges, Johnny. Jeep's blues.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Tulip or turnip.
Bellson, Louie, 1924-2009. Skin deep.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Mood indigo.
Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer.
Newport Jazz Festival (1956 : Newport, R.I.)
Added Title Star-spangled banner (Song)
Standard No. 074646493229
Music No. C2K 64932 Columbia/Legacy
CK 65915 Columbia/Legacy
CK 65916 Columbia/Legacy
CL 933 Columbia
CL 934 Columbia
C2 38262 Columbia