Big BandDuke Ellington - Newport 1958 (MCD-1014)
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"Ellington collectors have welcomed this issue as finally sorting out the shambling cut and paste tactics used in the earliest editions of this album." - Steve Voce, Jazz Journal, Intl. |
When Duke Ellington set out to make a live album at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, he set his sights high, targeting new material that had been played by the band only infrequently in the months leading up to the concert. After the performance, Ellington and producer Irving Townsend decided to re-cut eight pieces under more ideal studio conditions and dub in applause to recreate the Newport event. The subsequent Newport 1958 album contained the eight studio tracks with doctored audience and only two real Newport performances ("Just Scratchin' The Surface" and "Prima Bara Dubla" with guest soloist Gerry Mulligan).
A 2-CD Live At Newport 1958 of all the real Ellington performances from the festival only served to prove that the original assessment by Ellington to re-cut a lot of the material was correct. That reissue also sentenced the musically-superior studio material to obscurity.
So for the Mosaic edition of Newport 1958, we have restored the mono masters of the studio material without the annoying dubbed-in audience, retained the two Newport tracks and added four more successful tracks from the concert, including a version "Feet Bone" which was not remade in the studio.
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Great Remastering! |
| I owned the 90s release of this material and Mosaic refined and perfected what was recorded at Newport. Wonderful sound quality with the expert remastering! Another great release from Mosaic!!! | |
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personnel correction |
| All aspects of this are great. Cootie Williams wasn't in the band at this time. He left in 1940 and returned in 1962. Francis Williams is in the trumpet section, not Cootie. When Columbia issued this on a two cd set is when this misinformation started. On that release it listed Francis "Cootie" Williams as being in the trumpet section. Cootie's name was Charles Melvin Williams. The personnel listing on the original lp was correct. You would think that someone would have noticed this. Anyway, Cootie Williams is NOT on this recording. | |
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NEWPORT JAZZ FOREVER!!!! |
| Absolute MASTERPIECE as usual! DUKE and GEORGE WEIN forever!!!! | |
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Wonderful Duke!! |
| The studio versions WITHOUT the fake audience noise is worth the price alone. Adding the selected stereo concert songs gives you the best of the entire concert. All is in the usual great sound by Mosaic. Excellent job!! | |
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Excellent Ellington |
| The sound on this cd is great. Lifelike and vibrant. Much better than the previous release of Newport '58- not done by Mosaic btw. Johnny Hodges is on top form, not to mention the brass! One of his best trumpet sections Ellington had. Again, another wonderful example of what Mosaic does! | |
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Exciting Innovative Ellington |
| This set shows Ellington moving away from his standard repertoire and experimenting musically, much the same as the Reprise Set and Cosmic Scene set. Despite half of the tracks being studio recordings, there is a lot of excitement in this music. Keep the Ellington sets coming!!! | |
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Love It Madly |
| The studio takes are pristine. The live material soars. There are few things as joyous as live Ellington cuts from this era. The band is clearly having as much fun as the listener. | |
Duke Ellington - Newport 1958 (MCD-1014)
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