Duke Ellington - Live and Rare [3CD Set] (2002)

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Title: Live and Rare
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Bluebird [63953]
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Vocal
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 3:49:01
Total Size: 707 mb / 1.37 gb
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This 70-track, three-CD set contains a lot of seldom and never-before-released Ducal selections, from the mid-'60s to the early '70s. The 1965 Tanglewood recordings with the famed conductor Arthur Fiedler feature some rousing, jazz-and-strings renditions of "Caravan" and "The Mooch," along with a long-lost recording of a Duke radio interview. For those who love Ellington's beautiful but underrated piano playing, there are some spicy tracks from a keyboard jam session with Earl "Fatha" Hines. Some behind-the-scenes sides from a Newport Jazz Festival party are included, and 26 tracks from a previously unreleased Reader's Digest recording with organist Wild Bill Davis are unveiled. Ellington's last major concert from the United Kingdom in 1973, one year before his death, reveals his high level of musicianship till the end. Of course, stars like alto and tenor Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves solo sweetly, and Duke Ellington shows us, once again, why we loved him madly. --Eugene Holley Jr.

:: TRACKLIST ::

Eastbourne Performance (December 1, 1973)
1-1 –Duke Ellington - The Piano Player 2:47
1-2 –Duke Ellington - Creole Love Call 4:29
1-3 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Dont You Know I Care 4:28
1-4 –Duke Ellington - I Cant Get Started 5:55
1-5 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - New York New York 3:02
1-6 –Duke Ellington - Pitter Patter Panther 2:28
1-7 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - How High The Moon 2:18
1-8 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Basin Street Blues 2:56
1-9 –Duke Ellington - Tiger Rag 3:35
1-10 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Soso 3:43
1-11 –Duke Ellington - Meditation 3:25
1-12 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Mecuria, The Lion 4:00

Pittsburgh Jazz Festival (June 20, 1965)

–Duke Ellington - Take The "A" Train (3:44)
1-13a – Spoken Introduction By Duke Ellington And Billy Taylor
1-13b – Music
1-14 –Duke Ellington - Ellington's Father's Day Greeting 1:54

–Duke Ellington - House Of Lords (6:36)
1-15a – Spoken Introduction By Billy Taylor
1-15b – Music

–Duke Ellington - The Second Portrait Of The Lion (5:37)
1-16a – Spoken Introduction By Duke Ellington And Billy Taylor
1-16b – Music
1-16c – Thanks By Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor

Newport Jazz Festival Announcement Party (February 28, 1968)
1-17 –Duke Ellington - Sweet Fat And That (From It's Freedom) 2:44
1-18 –Duke Ellington - Satin Doll 3:55
1-19 –Duke Ellington - Carolina Shout 2:29

The Duke At Tanglewood (July 28, 1965)
2-1 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 3:06
2-2 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Caravan 4:31
2-3 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 3:48
2-4 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Mood Indigo 2:51
2-5 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 2:55
2-6 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - The Mooche 3:18
2-7 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 2:31
2-8 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 2:44
2-9 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 2:31
2-10 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:37
2-11 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 1:33
2-12 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 2:39
2-13 –Duke Ellington - Ellington Speaks 2:57
2-14 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Sophisticated Lady 3:21
2-15 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Timon Of Athens March 3:09
2-16 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Solitude 3:00
2-17 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 4:12
2-18 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Satin Doll 2:33
2-19 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Love Scene 2:24
2-20 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Single Petal Of A Rose 2:41
2-21 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - The Mooche 3:27
2-22 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - The Mooche 3:22
2-23 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Love Scene 2:18
2-24 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Love Scene 2:14
2-25 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:34
2-26 –Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 2:25

–Duke Ellington With Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Satin Doll (Breakdown And Take) (3:47)
2-27a – Take 1
2-27b – Take 2

Reader's Digest Recordings (September 1969)
3-1 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - La Dolce Vita 3:56
3-2 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Alfie 3:27
3-3 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Spanish Flea 2:25
3-4 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Mañha De Carnaval 2:23
3-5 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - A Taste Of Honey 2:35
3-6 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Summer Samba 3:31
3-7 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Misty 3:23
3-8 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - One Note Samba 3:51
3-9 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Soon It's Gonna Rain 3:36
3-10 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Mr. Lucky 2:11
3-11 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Walking Happy 3:07
3-12 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Moon Maiden 3:05

Reader's Digest Recordings: Alternate Takes (September 1969)
3-13 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - La Dolce Vita 5:30
3-14 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Alfie 3:08
3-15 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - A Taste Of Honey 2:37
3-16 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Summer Samba 3:38
3-17 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - One Note Samba 3:47
3-18 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Soon It's Gonna Rain 3:46
3-19 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Soon It's Gonna Rain 3:36
3-20 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Soon It's Gonna Rain 3:31
3-21 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Moon Maiden 3:04

–Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Walking Happy (2:36)
3-22a – Take 1
3-22b – Take 2
3-22c – Take 3
3-23 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Walking Happy (Excerpt Only) 0:29
3-24 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Walking Happy 3:43

Collection of rare live recordings, including some never previously released.