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Album Features
UPC: 724383274628
Artist: Duke Ellington
Format: CD
Release Year: 1995
Record Label: Blue Note
Genre: Big Band
Number Of Discs: 2

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Rockin' in Rhythm
2. B.P. Blues
3. Take the "A" Train
4. Tootie for Cootie
5. 4:30 Blues
6. El Gato
7. Black Butterfly
8. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
9. Layin' on Mellow

DISC 2:
1. Satin Doll
2. Azure
3. In Triplicate
4. Perdido
5. Fifi
6. Medley: Prelude to a Kiss/I'm Just a Lucky So and So/I Let a Song Go Ou: Prelude To A Kiss / I'm Just A Lucky So And So / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me / Just Squeeze Me / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Mood Indi
7. Black Swan
8. Final Ellington Speech

Details
Playing Time: 96 min.
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type: Live
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Norris Turney (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Harold Ashby (flute, tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington, Rolf Ericson, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Lawrence Brown , Chuck Connors (trombone); Wild Bill Davis (organ); Rufus "Speedy" Jones (drums).Recording information: Colston Hall, Bristol, England (11/25/1969-11/26/1969); Free Trade Hall, Manchester Eng (11/25/1969-11/26/1969).Photographer: David Redfern.Unknown Contributor Roles: Cootie Williams; Harry Carney; Johnny Hodges; Lawrence Brown ; Paul Gonsalves; Wild Bill Davis; Cat Anderson.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.