Duke Ellington - At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition Disc1, Disc2

Album: At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition Disc 1

Styles: Big Band

Year: 2000

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 77:31

Size: 179,3 MB

Art: Front

(0:47)  1. It's Glory

(5:24)  2. The Mooche

(2:55)  3. The Sheik Of Araby

(1:15)  4. Sepia Panorama

(2:22)  5. Ko Ko

(3:09)  6. There Shall Be No Night

(4:34)  7. Pussy Willow

(3:22)  8. Chatterbox

(4:15)  9. Mood Indigo

(3:43) 10. Harlem Airshaft

(1:33) 11. Ferryboat Serenade

(3:36) 12. Warm Valley

(2:42) 13. Stompy Jones

(4:03) 14. Chloe

(4:02) 15. Bojangles

(5:08) 16. On The Air

(2:36) 17. Rumpus In Richmond

(0:15) 18. Chaser

(5:07) 19. The Sidewalks Of New York

(4:59) 20. The Flaming Sword

(4:21) 21. Never No Lament

(3:44) 22. Caravan

(3:28) 23. Clarinet Lament

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Album: At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

Time: 76:54

Size: 177,8 MB

(3:24)  1. Slap Happy

(5:11)  2. Sepia Panorama

(5:36)  3. Boy Meets Horn

(1:27)  4. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

(2:17)  5. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday

(2:00)  6. Five O'Clock Whistle

(0:32)  7. Fanfare

(1:33)  8. Call Of The Canyon

(4:54)  9. Rockin' In Rhythm

(5:11) 10. Sophisticated Lady

(3:06) 11. Cotton Tail

(2:30) 12. Whispering Grass

(4:07) 13. Conga Brava

(5:29) 14. I Never Felt This Way Before

(6:44) 15. Across The Track Blue

(5:08) 16. Honeysuckle Rose

(2:49) 17. Wham

(4:15) 18. Star Dust

(3:33) 19. Rose Of The Rio Grande

(5:39) 20. St. Louis Blues

(0:50) 21. Warm Valley

(0:28) 22. God Bless America

This two-disc set is a true historical treasure. An amateur recording of a Duke Ellington dance engagement at the Crystal Ballroom in Fargo, North Dakota made by two dedicated fans, one a high-school senior at the time, and the other a college student, coupled with a remote radio broadcast complete with a KVOX announcer, it makes a fascinating document of an era long gone. Ellington's famed orchestra at the time consisted of Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Fred Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Sonny Greer, and vocalists Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries, and having played the night before in Winnipeg, Canada and traveling by train, they still delivered a fine set. This is not a professional recording, however, with occasional missed openings and several ongoing microphone adjustments throughout, but that adds to the immediacy and intimacy of it all, really, and as an archival document of one of jazz's greatest bands in full dress at a typical gig, this set is simply a blessing to have and to hear. ~ Steve Leggett https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-duke-at-fargo-1940-special-60th-anniversary-edition-mw0000678707

Personnel: piano and conducting: Duke Ellington.; trumpet : Wallace Jones, Ray Nance; cornet : Rex Stewart; trombone : Tricky Sam Nanton , Lawrence Brown; valve trombone : Juan Tizol; clarinet : Barney Bigard; alto saxophone : Johnny Hodges; tenor saxophone : Ben Webster , Otto Hardwick; baritone saxophone : Harry Carney; guitar : Fred Guy; double bass : Jimmy Blanton; percussion instruments : Sonny Greer; singing : Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries

At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition

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