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Personnel: Duke Ellington (conductor, piano); Norris Turney (alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harold Ashby (tenor saxophone, flute); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet); Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rolf Ericson, Mercer Ellington (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors (trombone); Wild Bill Davis (organ); Victor Gaskin (bass); Rufus "Speedy" Jones (drums). Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded live at Colston Hall, Bristol, England on November 25, 1969 and Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England on November 26, 1969. Includes original liner notes by Derek Jewell. Recorded at Manchester, England's Free Trade Hall on November 26, 1969 (actually almost seven months after Duke Ellington's 70th birthday), this legendary concert captures one of the final lineups of Ellington's touring band performing a retrospective program that touches on all eras and styles of the composer's long and prolific career. Included here is everything from timeless early Cotton Club classics like "Rockin' in Rhythm" to later, more complex compositions like "Black Swan." Each of Ellington's brilliant sidemen, including Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, and the great Paul Gonsalves, gets his own solo spotlight, but as always with the Ellington Orchestra, the real treat is hearing so many great talents working together under the direction of the finest arranger/composer in jazz history. As usual, Ellington's most popular tunes, from "Prelude to a Kiss" to "Caravan," are squeezed into one 16-minute medley, one that is performed with joy and grace.
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