Duke Ellington – In Coventry, 1966 (2018) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – In Coventry, 1966 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 1:05:31 minutes | 724 MB | Genre: Jazz
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During the year of 1966 Duke Ellington was touring Europe. Duke Ellington’s sacred concerts had many incarnations, more than the three on the commercial records: The First (1965), The Second (1968) and The Third (1973). At concerts Ellington often made changes in the proceedings – left out some numbers, and played others, and altered the succession of numbers played. This was evidenced at Coventry Cathedral on a winter’s Monday, February 21st 1966. The Coventry concert had its centerpiece in “In The Beginning God”, but apart from that it was no ordinary sacred concert: Two numbers, “Come Sunday” and “Tell Me It’s The Truth” would have a vocal on the issued record and in other performances of A Concert of Sacred Music the previous year, but were purely instrumental here – and the two numbers following “In The Beginning God” had no connection to a religious theme. With him on that day in Coventry Cathedral were some highly professional British vocalists, The Cliff Adams Singers and the baritone singer George Webb, giving the performance a special quality, which the band acknowledged by playing on the top of their game. The concert was filmed for TV, and part of it was telecast. Two numbers were regrettably omitted from the TV production, but are on this album, a powerful version of “Light (Montage)” from Black, Brown And Beige, and the above-mentioned “Come Sunday.” The concert also includes a premiere and only performance of a new Ellington composition “Come Easter,” a premiere of another new Ellington piece “West Indian Pancake,” and one of the first performances of a piece which would become an important part of many concerts during the following years, “La Plus Belle Africaine.”

Tracklist:
01 – New World A-Comin
02 – Come Sunday
03 – Light (Montage)
04 – Come Easter
05 – Tell Me It’s the Truth
06 – In the Beginning God
07 – West Indian Pancake
08 – La Plus Belle Africaine

Recorded on February 21, 1966 in Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK.
Digitally Remastered.

Musicians:
Duke Ellington – piano
Willie “Cat” Anderson – trumpet
Cootie Williams – trumpet
Herbie Jones – trumpet
Mercer Ellington – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Buster Cooper – trombone
Chuck Conners – bass trombone
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
John Lamb – double bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
George Webb – vocals
Cliff Adams Singers – vocals

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