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Festival Session, recorded in 1959, acknowledges the growing
importance of the summer festival season for jazz listeners and
performers. Here Ellington attempts to capture the flavor of the
bandÆs festival performances in the studio, even making announcements
about the material or the soloists as though he were speaking to an
audience. ItÆs a bit disconcerting, and the material isnÆt quite as
complex as the previous two recordings, but it does swing like mad.
And Ellington had been reborn at a festival, the 1956 Newport
Festival, to be precise, where tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves blew
chorus after chorus on ôDiminuendo & Crescendo in Blue.ö So he was
well aware of the type of program with which to create excitement in
the festival environment.
The CD begins with yet another go at Juan TizolÆs ôPerdido,ö this time
in a Basie-esque arrangement that features flugelhorn player Clark
Terry, who had been poached by Ellington from Count BasieÆs band.
Indeed, the arrangement of ôPerdidoö heard here is structured very
much like a Basie chart, pushed along by a fiercely swinging rhythm
section punctuated by sharp but relatively simple horn section
commentary. ôCopoutö is a Gonsalves feature, taking advantage of the
tenor manÆs fantastic creativity and ability to produce a sequence of
solo choruses that brought an audience ever closer, ever farther along
the road to sheer ecstasy until they were in frenzy.
ôDuael Fuel,ö presented in three parts, is a feature for the two-drum
setup of Sam Woodyard (right channel) and Jimmy Johnson (left
channel). The two drummers trade eights linked by unison figures
played by the entire band in the first part, which is a dynamo of
energy and excitement. The relatively brief Part Two features an out
and out swinging band section, complimented by DukeÆs Basie-style
piano interjections. The Third Part belongs to the two drummers, and
is a fantastic education for any drummer to hear. Duke and the band
play the audience again, applauding and cheering at one point. ItÆs
easy to envision how festival crowds might have responded to this rip
-roaring number. But Ellington had not forgotten his more serious
aspirations as a composer, as evidenced by ôIdiom Æ59,ö a three-part
suite that offers many of the elements Ellington had made famous in
the previous few yearsùgorgeous clarinet work, smoky after-hours horn
voicingsùbut also never forgets to swing.
Mercer EllingtonÆs ôThings AinÆt What They Used to Be,ö like ôPerdidoö
was a favorite of Elington audiences. Johnny HodgesÆ signature alto
sax work is filled with the blues, yet creates a majestic and elegant
statement. Then thereÆs ôLaunching Pad,ö a number that was written by
Ellington and Clark Terry, yet is usually credited only to Ellington.
Regardless, itÆs a hip number thatÆs so cool itÆs hot. The reissue
adds on a couple of tracks as well. ôV.I.P.Æs Boogieö was originally
part of a suite that Ellington wrote for a dance performance, and then
retitled for release on 78-rpm recordings. ôJam With Samö was used by
Duke to introduce the soloing band members, using various humorous
devices to appeal to the (in this case non-existent) audience. ItÆs
not the strongest track on the CD, but it does provide a high-energy
finale.
In the second part of this article, weÆll look at the most recent
Columbia Ellington reissues, Blues In Orbit, Piano in the Foreground,
and Piano in the Background.
http://www.dukeellington.com/
Tracks:
01. Perdido (4:36)
02. Copout Extension (8:19)
03. Duael Fuel - Part I (2:45)
04. Duael Fuel - Part II (1:43)
05. Duael Fuel - Part III (6:17)
06. Idiom '59 - Part I (2:02)
07. Idiom '59 - Part II (4:36)
08. Idiom '59 - Part III (7:06)
09. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (3:00)
10. Launching Pad (7:37)
Bonus Tracks:
11. V.I.P.'s Boogie (2:57)
12. Jam With Sam (3:17)
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