Release Date: 30 June 2016
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437012830639
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 30 August 2016
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437012830868
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 19 May 2023
Label: Poll Winner Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436028691562
Genres: Jazz
Description
In spite of its title, "Festival Session" is a studio album that primarily featured tunes Duke presented at the Newport and Playboy jazz festivals during 1959. The 1956 Newport Jazz Festival (the third edition of that event), had proven to be essential for Duke Ellington’s career, which at the time was struggling due to the hardships of sustaining a big band. Newport gave jazz a new popular dimension, taking it from a closed nightclub environment to an outdoor stage in broad daylight.
During that magic 1956 evening, the audience became hysterical after Paul Gonsalves’ multiple choruses on “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue”. In later years, Duke used to say that he had been “born” at Newport ’56. From that point on he was a regular attraction at that annual festival, and during each edition he tended to introduce new pieces. Festival Session was given a five-star rating in Down Beat by Don DeMicheal, who wrote, “What a wonderfully powerful yet subtle instrument is the Ellington band. In this release, it kicks its way through part of the 1959 summer’s festival material. The moods range from thundering jubilation through pixyish humour and satire to quiet reflection. By all means, listen to this.”
Description
The complete 1959 classic album Festival Session, on which Duke Ellington introduces extended versions of some of his best composition.
As a bonus, two additional live tracks from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival complete this special edition; extended versions of 'Copout Extension" and 'Idiom '59'. 12-page comprehensive booklet included.
"What a wonderfully powerful yet subtle instrument is the Ellington band. In this release, it kicks its way through part of the 1959 summer's festival material. The moods range from thundering jubilation through pixyish humour and satire to quiet reflection." - ***** Don De Michael, DownBeat
Tracklisting
1. Copout extension (Live)
2. Idiom '59 (Live)
3. Jam with Sam
4. V.I.P.'s boogie
5. Launching pad
6. Things ain't what they used to be
7. Idiom '59 [Part III]
8. Idiom '59 [Part II]
9. Idiom '59 [Part I]
10. Duel Fuel [Part III]
11. Duel Fuel [Part II]
12. Duel Fuel [Part I]
13. Copout extension
14. Perdido
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Paul Chambers Quintet
John Coltrane
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
