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The Great Paris Concert

Duke Ellington

The Great Paris Concert

Pure Pleasure

PPAN SD2-304

2LP Black $50

• Recorded: February 1963 at The Olympia Theatre, Paris, France
• Format: 180 gram LP x 2 gatefold sleeve
• Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

Description

This set came about, in part, as a result of Ellington’s signing to Frank Sinatra’s Reprise label in November 1962, with the ending of his exclusive contract to Columbia. Six numbers from the three Paris dates were initially edited and released by Reprise as part of the ten-song Duke Ellington’s Greatest Hits, but the bulk of the performances from those shows didn’t surface until many years later as The Great Paris Concert on two LPs.

This set came about, in part, as a result of Ellington’s signing to Frank Sinatra’s Reprise label in November 1962, with the ending of his exclusive contract to Columbia. Six numbers from the three Paris dates were initially edited and released by Reprise as part of the ten-song Duke Ellington’s Greatest Hits, but the bulk of the performances from those shows didn’t surface until many years later as The Great Paris Concert on two LPs.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ In Rhythm 
  • 2 On the Sunny Side of the Street
  • 3 The Star-Crossed Lovers
  • 4 All of Me
  • 5 Theme From "Asphalt Jungle"
  • 6 Concerto For Cootie
  • 7 Tuttie For Cootie
  • 8 Suite Thursday In Four Movements: Misfit Blues/Schwiphti/Zweet Zurzday/Lay-By
  • 9 Perdido
  • 10 The Eighth Veil
  • 11 Rose of the Rio Grande
  • 12 Cop Out
  • 13 Bula
  • 14 Jam with Sam
  • 15 Happy-Go-Lucky Local
  • 16 Tone Parallel to Harlem