How we got there. A phrase with six tones-apart, yet integral ; Ellington's long road to Newport: apparitions within the music ; Duke's instrument: the '56 band ; The Tiffany label: Columbia Records ; ...

Festival Junction; Blues to Be There; Newport Up; eep's Blues; Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue Reissue: Disc One: Start Spangled Banner; Black and Tan Fantasy; Tea for Two; Take the ‘A’ Train; ...

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Then, on July 7, 1956, Ellington headlined the Newport Jazz Festival, closing out a weekend jammed with such luminaries as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, ...

Before Ellington left Newport he was to introduce a new suite, written and named for the festival, including a section in which tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was to play one hundred and ...

The first concert held at Camp Randall Stadium only drew 6,000 people, but it wasn't due to subpar talent or high ticket prices. The Duke Ellington Orchestra was performing on a warm night in the ...

Despite their years in the spotlight, Duke Ellington and Leonard Bernstein had never met face to face, until a summer's day in 1966 in Milwaukee. Both men were performing concerts at Milwaukee's ...