Ellington at Newport 1956 (complete)
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Columbia :, [1999].
Language
English
UPC
074646493229

Notes

General Note
In part previously released in 1956 on Columbia CL 933, CL 934, and C2 38262; includes 10 previously unreleased tracks.
General Note
Program notes by George Avakian, from original album, and Phil Schaap, and discographical information (34 pages : illustrations, portraits) inserted in container.
General Note
The three successively performed pieces Festival junction, Blues to be there, and Newport up together constitute the Newport Jazz Festival suite (program notes, page 7).
Creation/Production Credits
Reissue produced by Phil Schaap ; original recordings produced by George Avakian.
Participants/Performers
Duke Ellington, piano, and his orchestra.
Date/Time and Place of 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.
Language
Sung in English, announcements in English.