Ellington Vinyl

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (* April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C.; † May 24, 1974 in New York City) was one of the most influential American jazz musicians. As a pianist, he was one of the most important innovators of the Stride piano. As a composer, he composed almost 2000 compositions (songs and suites), a hundred of which soon became jazz standards. As a bandleader, he contributed to the development of swing as a big band style.

What we have here is the welcome memento of Duke Ellington and his band’s 1959 European tour. Berlin’s Sportpalast is not a concert hall and during the cursed Nazi reign often was the site of speeches by Hitler and his fellow criminals, but the hall can be said to have been thoroughly purified by sounds of jazz by the time of this concert.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

Issued in tip-on gatefold jacket. Blue Note Tone Poet Series hype sticker reads: 'Mastered from the original analog tapes, reissue supervised by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray at Coherent Audio, manufactured at Record Technology Inc. on 180 gram vinyl' Recorded: New York City, Sept. 17, 1962.

Issued in tip-on gatefold jacket. Blue Note Tone Poet Series hype sticker reads: 'Mastered from the original analog tapes, reissue supervised by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray at Coherent Audio, manufactured at Record Technology Inc. on 180 gram vinyl' Recorded: New York City, Sept. 17, 1962.

Two titans of jazz come together in a rare and highly acclaimed collaboration, recorded in 1962. At the time, Duke Ellington had been working with various veteran jazz artists of the day such as Louis Armstrong and Count Basie, but John Coltrane was half Ellington's age and not nearly as famous at the time as he was going to be. For these small group sessions, each headliner brought his own bassist and drummer, who play in various combinations on the seven songs.

When Billy Strayhorn died of cancer in 1967, Duke Ellington was devastated. His closest friend and arranger had left his life full of music and memories. As a tribute, Ellington and his orchestra almost immediately began recording a tribute to Strayhorn, using the late arranger's own compositions and charts.

The 1959 courtroom crime drama "Anatomy of a Murder" was directed by Otto Preminger and adapted by Wendell Mayes from the best-selling homonymous novel written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D.

Two titans of jazz come together in a rare and highly acclaimed collaboration, recorded in 1962. At the time, Duke Ellington had been working with various veteran jazz artists of the day such as Louis Armstrong and Count Basie, but John Coltrane was half Ellington's age and not nearly as famous at the time as he was going to be. For these small group sessions, each headliner brought his own bassist and drummer, who play in various combinations on the seven songs.

Ellington at Newport is a live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, which ranks it "one of the most famous… in jazz history".