Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport - MFSL LP

Pandemonium: Historic 1956 Live Set Triggered Spontaneous Audience Outburst That Fed Directly into Feel, Outcome of Performance Ellington's Legendary Comeback Punctuated by Paul Gonsalves' 27-Chorus Saxophone Solo Unrivaled Analog Transparency: LP Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI One of the Most Riveting and Important Jazz Recordings Ever Made It spurred Duke Ellington's comeback into the mainstream. It captures a performance so energetic, wild, unexpected, and unprecedented that the music literally caused thousands of people to jump up and stand on their chairs, worrying officials that a riot might ensue. It is jazz of the highest order, played at an almost rock 'n' roll pace and with an enthusiastic pep that confirms Ellington and his ensemble fed off the crowd's reaction as the collective lit into each new stanza. It is Ellington's bestselling album. It is Ellington at Newport. Like few records before or since, the 1956 set owes as muc