DUKE ELLINGTON - DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCH 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT (180g IMP LP)

A retrospective program that touches on all eras and styles of the composer's long and prolific career! 

Recorded at Manchester, England's Free Trade Hall on November 26, 1969 (actually almost seven months after Duke Ellington's 70th birthday), this legendary concert captures one of the final lineups of Ellington's touring band performing a retrospective program that touches on all eras and styles of the composer's long and prolific career. Included here is everything from timeless early Cotton Club classics like 'Rockin' in Rhythm' to later, more complex compositions like 'Black Swan.'

Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert Track Listing

Track Listings 
  
Side one: 
   Rockin’ In Rhythm 
   B.P. 
   Take The “A” Train 
   Tootie For Cootie 
  
Side Two: 
   4:30 Blues 
   El Gato 
   Black Butterfly 
   Things Ain’t What They Used To Be 
   Laying On Mellow 
  
Side Three: 
   Satin Doll 
   Azure 
   In Triplicate) 
   Perdido 
   Fifi 
  
Side Four: 
   Medley: 
   ---- Prelude To A Kiss 
   ---- I’m Just A Lucky So And So 
   ---- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 
   ---- Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me 
   ---- Just Squeeze Me 
   ---- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 
   ---- Mood Indigo 
   ---- Sophisticated Lady 
   ---- Caravan 
   Black Swan 
   Final Ellington Speech