Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

The Newport Jazz Festival (like its Folk cousin) had a reputation for being cerebral and (small c) conservative, which was why it was such a revelation when Duke Ellington pulled off this barnstorming performance that had the normally staid crowd dancing in the aisles. Due to problems with the recording the original release of this album was mostly a studio performance recorded the next day, but in 1999 another tape of a radio broadcast surfaced enabling us to hear the full show for the first time. This is really live jazz at its best! Nice!

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