Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington – The Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve

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Label:	Verve Records – 314539033-2
Format:	8 x CD Box Set, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	1998
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Swing, Big Band, Bop, Vocal

Tracklist

1-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Diminuendo In Blue And Blow By Blow Written-By – Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington*	8:06
1-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Caravan Written-By – Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol	6:06
1-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Rose Of The Rio Grande Written-By – Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren b. Salvatore Guaragna, Ross Gormon	2:51
1-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Tutti For Cootie Written-By – Duke Ellington, James Hamilton*	6:24
1-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Skin Deep Written-By – Louie Bellson b. Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni*	10:49
1-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Passion Flower Written-By – William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn*	4:51
1-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Kennedy Ellington*	3:02
1-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Wings And Things Written-By – Johnny Hodges b. Cornelius Hodge*	10:27
1-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Star-crossed Lovers Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:20
1-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Such Sweet Thunder Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	3:24
1-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Madness In Great Ones Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	5:23
1-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Kinda Dukish And Rockin' In Rhythm Written-By – Duke Ellington, Harry Howell Carney*	5:07
1-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be	2:35
2-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Main Stem Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:53
		Medley	(8:55)
2-2a	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Black And Tan Fantasy Written-By – Duke Ellington, James Wesley "Bubber" Miley*
2-2b	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Love Call Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-2c	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Mooche Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	West Indian Pancake Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	El Viti (Aka "The Matador") Written-By – Gerald Stanley Wilson*	4:01
2-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Opener Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:01
2-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	La Plus Belle Africaine Written-By – Duke Ellington	11:50
2-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Azure Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	7:44
2-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Duke Ellington Introduces Ella Fitzgerald	1:05
2-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Let's Do It Written-By – Cole Albert Porter*	4:08
2-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Satin Doll Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer	3:16
2-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Cotton Tail Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:07
2-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Take The "A" Train Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	5:47
3-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Take The "A" Train Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	0:55
3-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Such Sweet Thunder Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	3:06
3-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Half The Fun Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:24
3-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Madness In Great Ones Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	5:26
3-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Star-crossed Lovers Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:21
3-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Written-By – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster	2:18
3-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Ellington	2:28
3-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Wings And Things Written-By – Johnny Hodges	8:26
3-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Kinda Dukish And Rockin' In Rhythm Written-By – Duke Ellington, Harry Howell Carney*	5:10
3-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Chelsea Bridge Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	4:18
3-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Skin Deep Written-By – Louie Bellson*	12:12
3-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Sophisticated Lady Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:13
3-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Jam With Sam Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:19
3-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Ellington	2:10
4-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Soul Call Written-By – Henry Bellson, Louie Bellson*	2:41
4-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	West Indian Pancake Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:37
4-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	El Viti (Aka "The Matador") - Incomplete Written-By – Gerald Wilson	1:19
4-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Opener Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:08
4-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	La Plus Belle Africaine Written-By – Duke Ellington	13:23
4-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Take The "A" Train Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	4:54
4-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo Written-By – William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson*	4:21
4-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Such Sweet Thunder Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	3:11
4-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Half The Fun Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:15
4-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Madness In Great Ones Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:44
4-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Star-crossed Lovers Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:20
4-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Prelude To A Kiss Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:26
4-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Ellington	2:47
5-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues Written-By – Duke Ellington	11:29
5-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Thou Swell - Incomplete Written-By – Richard Charles Rodgers - Lorenz Milton Hart*	1:39
5-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Satin Doll Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer	2:42
5-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Wives And Lovers Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David*	2:22
5-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Something To Live For Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	4:13
5-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Let's Do It Written-By – Cole Porter	4:06
5-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	The More I See You Written-By – Harry Warren (2), Mack Gordon	3:57
5-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Goin' Out Of My Head Written-By – Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo	3:01
5-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) Written-By – Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Marcus Vinícius da Cruz de Mello Moraes	5:49
5-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Lullaby Of Birdland Written-By – George Weiss, George Albert Shearing	2:53
5-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	How Long Has This Been Going On? Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin, b. Jacob And Israel Gershovitz*	3:07
5-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Mack The Knife (Orig., "Moritat" From Die Dreigroschenoper) Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein	5:01
		Medley	(9:42)
6-1a	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Black And Tan Fantasy Written-By – Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley
6-1b	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Love Call Written-By – Duke Ellington
6-1b	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Mooche Written-By – Duke Ellington
6-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Soul Call Written-By – Henry Bellson, Louie Bellson*	4:33
6-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	West Indian Pancake Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:43
6-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	El Viti (Aka "The Matador") Written-By – Gerald Wilson	4:09
6-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	La Plus Belle Africaine Written-By – Duke Ellington	12:30
6-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Such Sweet Thunder Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	3:12
6-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Half The Fun Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:20
6-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Madness In Great Ones Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	5:00
6-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Star-crossed Lovers Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:08
6-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Wings And Things Written-By – Johnny Hodges	3:22
6-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Things Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Mercer Ellington	1:58
6-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Thou Swell Written-By – Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart*	2:00
6-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Satin Doll Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	2:42
6-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Wives And Lovers Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David*	2:29
6-15	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Something To Live For Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	3:23
6-16	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Let's Do It Written-By – Cole Porter	3:26
7-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Sweet Georgia Brown Written-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard	3:36
7-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Goin' Out Of My Head Written-By – Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo	3:34
7-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba) Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes	6:07
7-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Lullaby Of Birdland Written-By – George Weiss*, George Shearing	3:06
7-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Moment Of Truth Written-By – Frank Scott, Collen Gray "Tex" Satterwhite*
7-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Misty Written-By – Erroll Louis Garner*, Johnny Burke	3:26
7-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Mack The Knife Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein	5:36
7-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald–	Cotton Tail Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:13
7-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Trip (Aka "High Passage") Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:44
7-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Jive Jam Written-By – Duke Ellington	9:34
7-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	All Too Soon Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:18
7-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:18
7-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:14
7-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) Written-By – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines	4:27
		Rehearsal
8-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues Written-By – Duke Ellington	1:09
8-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues	1:31
8-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Instructions	1:50
8-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues	1:11
8-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues	2:40
8-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues	3:38
8-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Instructions	2:00
8-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Fuse No. 2 - Preparation Written-By – Duke Ellington	1:39
8-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Fuse No. 2	0:44
8-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Fuse No. 1	0:37
8-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Fuse No. 1	0:51
8-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Fuse No. 1	2:57
8-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Shepherd Written-By – Duke Ellington	2:33
8-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues	4:44
8-15	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Complete Rehearsal Reading	8:07
8-16	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Tingling Is A Happiness Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:00

Companies, etc.

Marketed By – Verve Records
Manufactured By – Verve Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Made By – PMDC, USA
Mastered At – PolyGram Studios

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Chika Azuma
Calligraphy – Marlow Palleja
Coordinator [Production Coordinated By] – Aric Lach Morrison, Bryan Koniarz
Design [Packaging And Design Coordinated By] – Suzanne White
Edited By [Editorial Assistance] – Deborah Hay
Executive Producer – Chuck Mitchell, Richard Seidel
Illustration – Luba Lukova
Interviewee – Norman Granz
Interviewer, Booklet Editor – Peter Pullman
Liner Notes [June 1997] – Brian Priestley
Liner Notes [June 1998], Supervised By, Research, Restoration – Ben Young (3)
Liner Notes [May 1977] – Michael Ullman
Liner Notes [May 1998] – Claude Carrière
Mastered By – Chris Herles, Kevin Reeves, Suha Gur
Photography By – Jean-Pierre Leloir, Thierry Trombert
Producer [Production Assistance] – Carlos Kase, Robert Silverberg, Tom Greenwood (3)
Research [Photography Research] – Cynthia Sesso
Supervised By – Michael Lang (2)
Supervised By [Box Set Printing And Manufacturing At SHEETWISE NYC] – James Benard
Transcription By [Interview Transcription] – Bea Mullings

Notes

Recorded 1-1 – 1-13 July 26; 2-1 – 3-14, 8-16 July 27; 4-1 – 5-12, 8-1 – 8-15 July 28; 6-1 – 7-14 July 29, 1966.

This eight-CD set is a sleek affair, packaged in a plain-Jane, silver-ribbed box with just a peephole in the center. The peephole, though, looks in on the fluorescent jewel cases, each of which faithfully reproduces fantastic Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald sets from July 1966 at France's Cote d'Azur. The Ellington tunes show his orchestra in long form, taking multiple sets (with some tune repetition across the CDs) and thriving in Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's tightly scripted ensemble sections. This is some fairly standard Ellington for the era, with hard-flying solos from Paul Gonsalves and myriad others. What's great is the ability to really dig in to the band, hear it work, set after set, on the tunes and the polyphonic interplay of the ensemble's sections. And then there's the eighth CD, which presents a band rehearsal with Ellington doing what drove some mad: humming sections to instruct the band, calling out key changes quickly and sounding altogether like a practitioner of an oral tradition in musical pedagogy. It's awesome to hear him and the band, banter and all. Then there are the Ella Fitzgerald sets, which are possibly the better portion here. Fitzgerald sounds mightily driven, sometimes almost boundary breaking in her execution. Vocally, she's both tight and loose, brimming with turns of phrase and belting lyrics with popping exactness. The dates caught on this box aren't regarded as the greatest for either of the marquee artists, but in terms of the sheer quality of music and their fullness of vision, Fitzgerald's tunes vie with anything else she did in her career. Sure, many of the tunes are fast and jumping, but their propulsion is largely thanks to Fitzgerald's heightened sense of play. The spiral-bound booklet accompanying this box set is a treat, with all its pop-art slyness and off-the-cuff frankness. --Andrew Bartlett

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve (8×CD, Compilation, Deluxe Edition, Box Set)	Verve Records	314 539 033-2 QS01	US	1998