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Diminuendo In Blue (Live)

by Duke Ellington · from Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete) [Live]

1991Jazz14:15Track 19

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Review by Tomasz W.★★★★Sample

an album you don't listen to so much as live inside for a month.

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Review by DeShawn Price★★★½Sample

the highs are high but it sags in the middle. still coming back for “Diminuendo In Blue (Live)” though.

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Disc 1
1
The Star Spangled Banner (Live)
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1:10
2
Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & the Orchestra / Duke Introduces Tune & Anderson, Jackson, & Procope (Live)
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3:39
3
Black and Tan Fantasy (Live)
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6:21
4
Duke Introduces Cook & Tune (Live)
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0:27
5
Tea for Two (Live)
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3:34
6
Duke & Band Leave Stage / Father Norman O'Connor Talks About the Festival (Live)
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2:29
7
Take the "a" Train (Live)
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4:21
8
Duke Announces Strayhorn's a Train & Nance Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Pt. I & Hamilton (Live)
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0:41
9
Pt. I-Festival Junction (Live)
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8:05
10
Duke Announces Soloists / Introduces Pt. II (Live)
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0:42
11
Pt. II-Blues to Be There (Live)
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7:09
12
Duke Announces Nance & Procope / Introduces Pt. III (Live)
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0:15
13
Pt. III-Newport Up (Live)
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5:32
14
Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry / Duke Introduces Carney & Tune (Live)
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0:26
15
Sophisticated Lady (Live)
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3:52
16
Duke Announces Grissom & Tune (Live)
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0:17
17
Day In, Day Out (Live)
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3:49
18
Duke Introduce Tune(s) and Paul Gonsalves Interludes (Live)
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0:26
19
Diminuendo In Blue (Live)
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14:15
20
Announcements, Pandemonium (Live)
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0:44
Disc 2
1
Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges (Live)
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0:18
2
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Live]
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3:38
3
Jeep's Blues (Live)
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4:58
4
Duke Calms Crowd, Introduces Nance & Tune (Live)
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0:09
5
Tulip or Turnip (Live)
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2:50
6
Riot Prevention (Live)
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1:07
7
Skin Deep (Live)
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9:12
8
Mood Indigo (Live)
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1:15
9
Studio Concert (Excerpts)
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3:56
10
Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington / Duke Introduces New Work, Pt. I, & Hamilton
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1:02
11
Pt. I-Festival Junction
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8:46
12
Duke Announces Soloists / Introduces Pt. II
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0:30
13
Pt. II-Blues to Be There
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7:53
14
Duke Announces Nance & Procope / Introduces Pt. III
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0:11
15
Pt. III-Newport Up
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5:12
16
Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry / Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
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0:12
17
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
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3:46
18
Jeep's Blues
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4:32