8 Replies to “ Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Jazz Party (Vinyl, LP, Album) ”

1. Jun 14,  · Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Rushing and Jimmy Jones (3) - Ellington Jazz Party ‎ (Cass, Album, RM) Suzy, CBS CBS 1, CBS /5().

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2. Label: Columbia - CL • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Mono • Country: US • Genre: Jazz • Style: Big Band, Swing Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Jazz Party (, Vinyl) | Discogs Explore/5(25).

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3. Jazz Party is a sublime example of big band jazz at it's most innovative. Duke Ellington's producer Irving Townsend described it as "The Most exciting album of jazz I've ever heard. " and went on to set the scene for this most historic recording session, "This album began as a single recording session during which we intended to record three or four of Duke's recent 5/5(5).

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4. Duke Ellington • Ellington Jazz Party In Stereo This original stereo LP record was released as Columbia Records CS in the record has the Columbia Deep Groove red, black and white label with black print and "COLUMBIA" in white at the bottom and "STEREO-FIDELITY" in white at the top. Duke Ellington (piano) is featured with Dizzy Gillespie/Ray Nance/Clark Terry/Cat /5(3).

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5. Following an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in July , Ellington and his orchestra enjoyed a major revival and embarked on world tours. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mids onward and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in anspecconsrelamasc.edarbrigwaytrandeveguglitangolfsyn.co Rating: % positive.

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6. This most unusual Duke Ellington record includes two selections featuring nine symphonic percussionists on timpani, vibes, marimbas, and xylophones. Dizzy Gillespie makes a historic appearance with Ellington's orchestra on "U.M.M.G." (a meeting that should have been repeated often but sadly never was), Jimmy Rushing (Count Basie's former vocalist) sings .

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7. Jazz Party is a album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra which contains a "formidable gallery of jazz stars" guesting, including Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Rushing. It featured also a 9-strong percussion section on two tracks. The recording was first digitally remixed by Larry Keyes and remastered by Vlado Meller in and released on CD in the "CBS Jazz Masterpieces" series. A new remastering by Bernie Grundman .

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8. Amazingly, it took Columbia Records until the very end of , two years into the LP era and the transition from disc to magnetic tape recording, to get Duke Ellington and His Orchestra into the studio to cut a long-playing record. For the first time in his recording career, Ellington was able to forego the three-minutes-and-change restrictions in running time of the 78 rpm disc -- he and .

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