This Double album set includes the entire live set, warts and all. Historically, it is an important release in that the performances are preserved intact.
This album is equivalent to a double album
Artist(s): Piano – Duke Ellington
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax], Featuring – Gerry Mulligan
Bass – Jimmy Wood
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Saxophone – Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges,
Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope
Trombone – Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson
Trumpet – "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, "Shorty" Baker, Ray Nance
Vocals - Ozzie Bailey (Track 3), Lil Greenwood (tracks 11 & 12)
Mahalia Jackson (Tracks 17 & 18)
Recording Info: Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island (9 - 14) on July 3, 1958
Recording Engineer - George Kneurr
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by a Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for analog components
Shunyata Research Triton and Typhon for digital components
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by a Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
1. Take the "A" Train :45
2. Princess Blue 12:18
3. Duke's Place 2:44
4. Just Scratchin' the Surface 6:24
5 Happy Reunion 3:21
6. Juniflip 4:02
7. Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool 7:17
8. Jazz Festival Jazz 7:08
9. Feet Bone 3:10
10. Hi Fi Fo Fum 7:52
11. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) 3:42
12. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 2:55
13. Prima bara Dubla 6:52
14: El Gato 4:43
15: Multi-Colored Blue 6:32
16: Come Sunday (Instrumental) 7:08
17: Introduction of Mahalia Jackson
18: Come Sunday 7:08
19: Keep Your Hand on the Plow 5:20
20: Take the "A" Train (excerpt) :31
21: Jones 2:28
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