{"product_id":"duke-ellington-live-at-the-berlin-jazz-festival-1969-1973-lp","title":"Duke Ellington - Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973 ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuke Ellington — Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180-gram hand-numbered edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited to 2,000 copies worldwide!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold foil and debossing on soft-touch cover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrinted inner sleeve; pressed at Optimal in Germany\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Nov. 8, 1969,on the stage of the Berlin Philharmonic's main hall, the Duke, whose portrait is the poster of the Jazztage Festival celebrating his 70th birthday, slowly joined his piano. His orchestra was at the helm, adorned with a gleaming section, some of whom have accompanied him for 30 years, such as Cootie Willams and Cat Anderson. Legendary saxophonists Paul Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges and Russell Procope were also present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a sort of rattle, the Duke launched \"La plus Belle Africaine.\" A baroque but perfectly mastered mixture of sunny colors captured during a tour in Dakar, launched by the solo saxophone and then taken up with flashes of inventiveness by all or part of the band. The tone is set. Cat Anderson launched into a furious \"El Gato\" which shook the audience with its creaking, deliberate deconstruction, evoking the revolutionary, fragmentary and unfinished gestures of Thelonious Monk or Cecil Taylor. A studied contrast with the gentle continuation of \"I Can't Get Started,\" just before the 43-second parenthesis of \"Caravan,\" which is a mischievous link to the flamboyant \"Satin Doll\" that masterfully punctuates this concert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1973, a few months before his death, Duke returned to Berlin in a formation based on his trio (Joe Benjamin on double bass and Quinten \"Rocky\" White Jr. on drums), joined by Harold Johnson on trumpet, the clarinettist and baritone saxophonist Harry Carney — and by his long-time sidekick, the tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves. Duke Ellington gives his piano a central place here, making it both the driving force of the ensemble and its harmonic and rhythmic backbone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the blues that opens the concert, we hear Debussy.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake the A train'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows. The Duke likes changes of mood. Only, here and there, touches of discontinuous speech remind us how sagaciously the Duke was able to draw on the audacious harmonies of his contemporaries. And then he dares to do everything. Like offering his band the rhythmic virtuosity of Baby Laurence on tap dance in \"Tap Dance\". The magic works. The success is total.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo concerts in Berlin, two facets of a poetic universe, two visions of an alchemist who knew how to draw with lightness but also with a mixture of jubilation and authority, from the harmonic sources of all music and which make so relevant the formula he loved: \"there are only two kinds of music: good and bad\". We have had the extreme privilege of resurrecting the better one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" id=\"tracks\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Piano Improvisation No. 1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Take the \"A\" Train\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Pitter Panther Patter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Sophisticated Lady\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Introduction by Baby Laurence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. 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The Most Beautiful African\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. El Gato\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/store.acousticsounds.com\/js\/jPlayer\/v12\/circle.skin\/bgr_Spacer.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd nowrap data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. 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