Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport - MONO LP - Numbered Edition from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport - MONO LP - Numbered Edition from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab A historic live set triggered spontaneous audience outbursts that fed directly into the feel, outcome of performance. It spurred Duke Ellington's comeback into the mainstream. It captures a performance so energetic, wild, unexpected, and unprecedented that the music literally caused thousands of people to jump up and stand on their chairs, worrying officials that a riot might ensue. It is jazz of the highest order, played at an almost rock n' roll pace, and with an enthusiastic pep that confirms Ellington and his ensemble fed off the crowd's reaction as the collective lit into each new stanza. It is Ellington's best-selling album. It is Ellington at Newport.Track Listing Festival Junction Blues to Be There Newport Up Jeep's Blues Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue Like few records before or since, the 1956 set owes as much to context and circumstance as it does instrumental execution. Yea