Collector:ELLA FITZERALD & DUKE ELLINGTON COTE D AZUR CONCERT ON VERVE

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8CD ELLA FITZERALD & DUKE ELLINGTON COTE D AZUR CONCERT ON VERVE. État : "Occasion"

Rare Full 8CD Box Set of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts, On Verve - OUT OF PRINT - THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ARTFUL OBJECT

VG+ Condition, with minor external cosmetic scuff. CDs in perfect condition. Includes 8CDs and spiral bound booklet. Unique colored CD cases are etched with fantastic art - unique.

This eight-CD set is a sleek affair, packaged in a plain-Jane, silver-ribbed box with just a peephole in the center. The peephole, though, looks in on the fluorescent jewel cases, each of which faithfully reproduces fantastic Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald sets from July 1966 at France's Cote d'Azur. The Ellington tunes show his orchestra in long form, taking multiple sets (with some tune repetition across the CDs) and thriving in Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's tightly scripted ensemble sections. This is some fairly standard Ellington for the era, with hard-flying solos from Paul Gonsalves and myriad others. What's great is the ability to really dig in to the band, hear it work, set after set, on the tunes and the polyphonic interplay of the ensemble's sections. And then there's the eighth CD, which presents a band rehearsal with Ellington doing what drove some mad: humming sections to instruct the band, calling out key changes quickly and sounding altogether like a practitioner of an oral tradition in musical pedagogy. It's awesome to hear him and the band, banter and all. Then there are the Ella Fitzgerald sets, which are possibly the better portion here. Fitzgerald sounds mightily driven, sometimes almost boundary breaking in her execution. Vocally, she's both tight and loose, brimming with turns of phrase and belting lyrics with popping exactness. The dates caught on this box aren't regarded as the greatest for either of the marquee artists, but in terms of the sheer quality of music and their fullness of vision, Fitzgerald's tunes vie with anything else she did in her career. Sure, many of the tunes are fast and jumping, but their propulsion is largely thanks to Fitzgerald's heightened sense of play. The spiral-bound booklet accompanying this box set is a treat, with all its pop-art slyness and off-the-cuff frankness. --Andrew Bartlett

Disc One

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"Diminuendo in Blue" / "Blow by Blow" (Duke Ellington) – 8:06"Caravan" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 6:06"Rose of the Rio Grande" (Ross Gorman, Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren) – 2:51"Tutti for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 6:24"Skin Deep" (Louie Bellson) – 10:49"Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:51"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:02"Wings and Things" (Johnny Hodges) – 10:27"The Star-Crossed Lovers" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:20"Such Sweet Thunder" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:24"Madness in Great Ones" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 5:23"Kinda Dukish" / "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, D. Ellington, Mills) – 5:07"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:35

Disc Two

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald on tracks 9–11."Main Stem" (D. Ellington) – 3:53Medley: "Black and Tan Fantasy" / "Creole Love Call" / "The Mooche" (D. Ellington, Bubber Miley) – 8:55"West Indian Pancake" (D. Ellington) – 4:45"El Viti" (Gerald Wilson) – 4:01"The Opener" (D. Ellington) – 3:01"La Plus Belle Africane" (D. Ellington) – 11:50"Azure" (D. Ellington, Mills) – 7:44Duke Ellington introduces Ella Fitzgerald – 1:05"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:08"Satin Doll" (D. Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 3:16"Cotton Tail" (D. Ellington) – 7:07"Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 5:47

Disc Three

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"Take the "A" Train" – 0:55"Such Sweet Thunder" – 3:06"Half the Fun" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:24"Madness in Great Ones" – 5:26"The Star-Crossed Lovers" – 4:21"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (D. Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:18"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:28"Wings and Things" – 8:26"Kinda Dukish" / "Rockin' in Rhythm" – 5:10"Chelsea Bridge" (Strayhorn) – 4:18"Skin Deep" – 12:12"Sophisticated Lady" (D. Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 4:13"Jam with Sam" (D. Ellington) – 3:19"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:18

Disc Four

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"Soul Call" (Bellson) – 2:41"West Indian Pancake" – 4:37"El Viti" – 1:19"The Opener" – 3:08"La Plus Belle Africane" – 13:23"Take the "A" Train" – 4:24"Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo" (Cat Anderson) – 4:21"Such Sweet Thunder" – 3:11"Half the Fun" – 4:15"Madness in Great Ones" – 4:15"The Star-Crossed Lovers" – 4:20"Prelude to a Kiss" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:26"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:27

Disc Five

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald on all tracks, except track 1."The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" (D. Ellington) – 11:29"Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 1:39"Satin Doll" – 2:42"Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:22"Something to Live For" – 4:13"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" – 4:06"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Warren) – 3:57"Goin' Out of My Head" – 3:01"So Danco Samba" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) – 5:49"Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:53"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:07"Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein) – 5:01

Disc Six

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald on tracks 12–16.Medley: "Black and Tan Fantasy" / "Creole Love Call" / "The Mooche" (Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley) – 9:42"Soul Call" – 4:33"West Indian Pancake" – 4:43"El Viti" – 4:09"La Plus Belle Africane" – 12:30"Such Sweet Thunder" – 3:12"Half the Fun" – 4:20"Madness in Great Ones" – 5:00"The Star-Crossed Lovers" – 4:08"Wings and Things" – 3:22"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 1:58"Thou Swell" – 2:00"Satin Doll" – 2:42"Wives and Lovers" – 2:29"Something to Live For" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:23"Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" – 3:26

Disc Seven

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald on tracks 1–8."Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:36"Goin' Out of My Head" – 3:34"So Danco Samba" – 6:07"Lullaby of Birdland" – 3:06"Moment of Truth" (Tex Satterwhite, Frank Scott) – 2:14"Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 3:26"Mack the Knife" – 5:36"Cotton Tail" – 7:13"The Trip" (D. Ellington) – 4:44"Juve Jam" (D. Ellington) – 9:34"All Too Soon" (D. Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 7:18"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 7:18"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (D. Ellington, Mills) – 7:14"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" (D. Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 4:27

Disc Eight

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 1:09"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 1:31"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 1:50"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 1:11"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 2:40"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 3:38"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 2:00"Blue Fuse No. 2" (D. Ellington) – 1:39"Blue Fuse No. 2" – 0:44"Blue Fuse No. 1" (D. Ellington) – 0:37"Blue Fuse No. 1" – 0:51"Blue Fuse No. 1" – 2:57"The Shepherd" (D. Ellington) – 2:33"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 4:44"The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" – 8:07"Tingling Is a Happiness" (D. Ellington) – 4:00