Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport [MOFI]
Release Date: 01/15/2013
Format: LP
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL)
Release type: 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl LP Pressing
It spurred Duke Ellington's comeback into the mainstream. It captures a performance so energetic, wild, unexpected, and unprecedented that the music literally caused thousands of people to jump up and stand on their chairs, worrying officials that a riot might ensue. It is jazz of the highest order, played at an almost rock n' roll pace, and with an enthusiastic pep that confirms Ellington and his ensemble fed off the crowd's reaction as the collective lit into each new stanza. It is Ellington's best-selling album. It is Ellington at Newport.
- Festival Junction
- Blues to Be There
- Newport Up
- Jeep's Blues
- Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue
