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1961 studio album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Summit: The Master Takes is a 2001 Blue Note album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. It is a reissue of the two Roulette albums Together For The First Time (track 1–10) and The Great Reunion (track 11–17) from 1961. (These two albums have later resurfaced as a Roulette double-LP entitled The Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong Years and in 1990 as a remastered CD called Together for the First Time/The Great Reunion.)
The Great Summit: The Master Takes | ||||
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | April 3–4, 1961 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor Studio One (New York City) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:07:23 | |||
Label | Roulette (Blue Note) | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Louis Armstrong chronology | ||||
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Together for the First Time | ||||
The Great Reunion | ||||
The contents of this album is an all-Ellington program performed by himself and Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars. These 17 selections are the entire result of the only studio meeting by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. They both lead a small band - Louis Armstrong's All Stars - and play classic compositions by Ellington such as "Mood Indigo" and "Black And Tan Fantasy".
All songs composed by Duke Ellington (except where otherwise stated).
On August 1, 2000 Blue Note released the compilation The Great Summit: The Complete Sessions, which contained the reissue above plus a second CD with alternate takes (rehearsals, false starts etc.). The alternate takes were digitally remastered in 2000.
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