Artist:Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Song:The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues
Album:Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur
Of course Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is one of the great innovators of jazz especially as it relates to the use of a large band. I always like it when Duke is jamming live with his big band. That's what he's doing here. Duke is channelling Thelonious Monk on the piano and then saxman Johnny Hodges starts wailing and that's always a lot of fun. This 2CD package from Verve is from a series of concerts in the south of France in July 1966. Ella Fitzgerald is also featured with her band and also on a couple of songs with Duke. These are jazz immortals at the top of their game.
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