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Ellington at Newport 1963

December 20, 2018 11:09 / Leave a comment

Bildresultat för Cat Anderson

The Cat is back!

Eighth Veil

Cat Anderson left the Ellington band after the European Tour ended in March 1963 and was absent during the summer tour that same year, to return only on the 6th of July, when the band played at Freebody Park at Newport. Nobody seems to know what he was doing during that absence. Ellington had a great band also that year, and he was probably very comfortable in returning to the “place of the crime of 1956”. DESS members will find parts of Ellington’s concert in Newport in the Goodies Room.

After the Theme has been played we here an unusual version of Take The A Train, with the bass player Ernie Shepard as the vocalist. Afro-Bossa, which was a new composition by Ellington, was played next, with virtually all the soloists that the band could muster at this occasion. (more…)

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