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The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions: The Great Summit: Deluxe

Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington
Release Date: 08/01/2000
Original Release:  2000
# of Discs:   2
J&R Item # 380169_CD
UPC # 724352454624
Label: Roulette Records
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Disc: 1
1. Duke's Place sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. I'm Just a Lucky So and So sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Cottontail sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Mood Indigo sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Beautiful American, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Black and Tan Fantasy sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Drop Me Off in Harlem sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Mooche, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. In a Mellow Tone sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Solitude sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. I'm Beginning to See the Light sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Just Squeeze Me sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Azalea sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 2
1. In a Mellow Tone: Warm Up / Complete Take (Take 1)
2. I'm Beginning to See the Light: False Start (Take 1) / Two False Starts (Take 4) / Complete Take (Take 5) / Conversation/False Start (Take 6) / Long False Start (Take 7)
3. Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me: Rehearsal/Working Out Arrangement (Take 1) / Discussion/Complete Take (Take 2) / False Start (Take 3)
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore: Breakdown (Take 2) / Breakdown (Take 3) / Discussion/False Start (Take 4) / Complete Take (Take 5) / Discussion/Rehearsal Of Ending
5. Duke's Place - (take 5, Luckey Roberts intro/complete take)
6. Drop Me Off in Harlem - (take 2, complete take)
7. I'm Just a Lucky So and So: Conversation / False Start (Take 1) / Complete Take/Discussion (Take 2)
8. Azalea: Discussion/False Start (Take 8) / False Start (Take 9) / Complete In Two Sections (Take 10)
9. Black and Tan Fantasy: False Start (Take 3) / Conversation Leading To Take Four / False Start (Take 5) / Complete Take (Take 6)
10. Band Discussion on Cottontail

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Performer: Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington
Artist: Barney Bigard; Trummy Young
Engineer: Ray Hall
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Disc 1 is the previously released THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON SESSIONS. Disc 2 is a bonus CD of conversations, false starts and outtakes from the same sessions. Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Duke Ellington (piano); Trummy Young (trombone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Mort Herbert (bass); Danny Barcelona (drums). Producer: Bob Thiele. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscana. Recorded at RCA Studios, New York, New York on April 3 & 4, 1961. Includes liner notes by Dan Morgenstern. Digitally remastered by Ron McMaster. These are Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington's only recorded studio sessions working together. As the two men were arguably the most definitive improviser and bandleader/composer of the century respectively, that alone makes this collaboration of high interest. Originally released as two LPs on Roulette, "Together for the First Time" and "The Great Reunion of..." these sessions were well produced and well recorded the first time around. This two CD set brings together all 17 official cuts, and elegantly places all the outtakes, false starts, alternate takes, and session conversations on a second disc with its own set of liner notes. Historical significance aside, this is simply some really great music. Armstrong's singing is relaxed and full of humor and grit, and the small combo setting means we get to hear more of Ellington's piano than usual. The group is rounded out with members of Armstrong's band, and includes the reunion of Duke and his former employee, clarinetist Barney Bigard. Duke's repertoire brings out the best in Armstrong, and he returns the favor, casting even the most familiar of these tunes in a fresh light. An exceptional recording through and through.
JazzTimes (10/00, p.79) - "...Disc one provides the thrills, while disc two offers serious fans insights into the process of collaboration between the 2 most important jazz musicians of the 20th century."
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