Louis Armstrong

The Great Summit (EJC 55536)

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1961

The Great Summit

Louis Armstrong

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 129142

EJC 55536

JAZZ

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The Great Summit

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CD 9,98 €

2 LPs ON 1 CD PLUS 3 BONUS TRACKS
4 1/2 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE - 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release contains the complete master takes from the only full studio session ever made by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington together. The date was originally divided onto two albums: Together For The First Time (Roulette SR52074) and The Great Reunion of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (Roulette SR 52103). As a bonus a true rarity that appears on CD here for the first time ever: Louis and Duke’s last preserved appearance together, promoting their album on the Ed Sullivan TV Show, as well as an additional song by Louis alone which completes all existing music from that program.

PERSONNEL:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, vocal & trumpet
DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
TRUMMY YOUNG, trombone
BARNEY BIGARD, clarinete
MORT HERBERT, bass
DANNY BARCELONA, drums

New York, April 3 & 4, 1961

[18-20] Bonus Tracks:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG (voc, tp); DUKE ELLINGTON (p); TRUMMY YOUNG (tb);
JOE DARENSBOURG (cl); IRVING MANNING (b); DANNY BARCELONA (d).
On track 20, only Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) and studio orchesta.
The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV Studio,
New York, December 17, 1961.

TRACKS:

01. Duke’s Place
02. I’m Just A Lucky So and So
03. Cottontail
04. Mood Indigo
05. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
06. The Beautiful American
07. Black and Tan Fantasy
08. Drop Me off In Harlem
09. The Moochie
10. In A Mellow Tone
11. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If Ain’t Got That Swing)
12. Solitude / 13. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
14. I’m Beginning To See The Light
15. Just Squeeze Me
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
17. Azalea
18. Duke’s Place (Live)*
19. In A Mellow Tone (Live)*
20. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (Live) *
* For the first time ever on CD

Total time: 75:50