The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World | ||||
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Live album by Various artists | ||||
Released | 1975 | |||
Recorded | March 26, 1967, Carnegie Hall, New York City, July 1, 1967, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 182:09 | |||
Label | Pablo | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Duke Ellington chronology | ||||
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The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World is a 1967 live album featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, T-Bone Walker, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims. It was released in 1975.[1]
Billy Strayhorn's "Blood Count" was debuted at the Carnegie Hall concert featured on the album. This was Strayhorn's last composition, he died a few months after the piece was recorded. [2]
This album marked the last recorded collaboration between Fitzgerald and Ellington and his orchestra.
Reception
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said that "In addition to having a somewhat immodest title, this three-CD set was not actually one single concert but two...the music on the reissue is often quite special...Maybe this really was "the Greatest Jazz Concert" after all". [1]
Track listing
Disc One
- "Smedley" (Oscar Peterson) – 4:16
- "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 4:59
- "Daytrain" (Peterson) – 5:53
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 8:26
- "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 2:22
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 2:45
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 2:26
- "Wee Dot" (J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker) – 9:49
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:29
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 4:28
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) – 6:12
- "Woman, You Must Be Crazy" (T-Bone Walker) – 9:08
- "Stormy Monday" (Walker) – 6:40
Disc Two
- "Swamp Goo" (Ellington) – 4:54
- "Girdle Hurdle" (Ellington) – 2:51
- "The Shepherd" (Ellington) – 6:33
- "Rue Bleue" (Ellington) – 2:44
- "Salome" (Raymond Fol) – 3:34
- "A Chromatic Love Affair" (Ellington) – 3:58
- "Mount Harissa" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 6:39
- "Blood Count" (Strayhorn) – 3:50
- "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Mills) – 3:40
- "Very Tenor" (Ellington) – 7:51
- "Onions (Wild Onions)" (Ellington) – 2:55
- "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 5:29
Disc Three
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 5:25
- "Tootie for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 6:45
- "Up Jump" (Ellington) – 3:38
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mack Gordon, Mills) – 4:39
- "Mood Indigo"/"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills)/(Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:08
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:31
- "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 4:09
- "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) – 4:12
- "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) – 4:38
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:14
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:31
- "Day Dream" (Ellington, John La Touche, Strayhorn) – 4:49
- "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson) – 3:18
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:50
- "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 5:29
Disc One
- Tracks 1-3: The Oscar Peterson trio
- Tracks 4-8: Jam session with Sam Jones, Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Bobby Durham, Zoot Sims and Paul Gonsalves
- Tracks 9-10: Coleman Hawkins with the Oscar Peterson trio
- Track 11: Jam session with Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter
- Tracks 12-13: T-Bone Walker with Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Bobby Durham, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter
Disc Two
- Tracks 1-11: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
- Track 12: Oscar Peterson with Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Disc Three
- Tracks 1-6: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
- Tracks 7-10: Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington orchestra
- Tracks 11-14: Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones trio
- Track 15: Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones trio and Duke Ellington orchestra
Personnel
Performance
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- T-Bone Walker - vocals, guitar
- Clark Terry - trumpet
- Benny Carter - alto saxophone
- Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
- Louis Hayes - drums
- Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Durham – drums
- The Oscar Peterson trio
- Oscar Peterson - piano
- Sam Jones - double bass
- Bobby Durham - drums
- The Jimmy Jones trio
- Jimmy Jones - piano
- Bob Cranshaw - double bass
- Sam Woodyard - drums
- The Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Duke Ellington - piano
- Cat Anderson - trumpet
- Mercer Ellington
- Herbie Jones
- Cootie Williams
- Buster Cooper - trombone
- Chuck Conners
- Lawrence Brown
- Harry Carney - saxophone
- Russell Procope
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
- John Lamb - double bass
- Rufus "Speedy" Jones - drums
References
- Music infoboxes with Module:String errors
- Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters
- 1967 live albums
- Oscar Peterson live albums
- Ella Fitzgerald live albums
- Duke Ellington live albums
- Clark Terry live albums
- Benny Carter live albums
- T-Bone Walker albums
- Zoot Sims live albums
- Coleman Hawkins live albums
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- Albums recorded at the Hollywood Bowl
- Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall
- Pablo Records live albums