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The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World

3 CD, Live

Jazz At The Philharmonic (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Smedley - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
2 Some Day My Prince Will Come - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
3 Daytrain - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
4 Now's the Time - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
5 The Ballad Medley: Memories of You - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
6 The Ballad Medley: Misty - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
7 The Ballad Medley: I Can't Get Started - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
8 Wee - the Oscar Peterson Trio - The Oscar Peterson Trio
9 Moonglow - Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins
10 Sweet Georgia Brown - Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins
11 Jam Session: C Jam Blues - Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins
12 Woman You Must Be Crazy - T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Walker
13 Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Walker

Disc: 2

1 Swamp Goo - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
2 Gurdle Hurdle - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
3 The Shepherd - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
4 Rue Bleue - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
5 Salome - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
6 A Chromatic Love Affair - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
7 Mount Harrissa - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
8 Blood Count (Manuscript) - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
9 Rockin' in Rhythm - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
10 Very Tenor - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
11 Onions (Wild Onions) - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
12 Take the 'A' Train - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra

Disc: 3

1 Satin Doll - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
2 Tootie for Cootie - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
3 Up Jump - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
4 Prelude to a Kiss - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
5 Medley: Mood Indigo/I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
6 Things Ain't What They Used to Be - the Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
7 Don't Be That Way - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
8 You've Changed - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
9 Let's Do It - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
10 On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
11 It's Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
12 Day Dream - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
13 If I Could Be with You - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
14 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald
15 Cotton Tail - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald

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Actually, the title should be "Greatest Jazz Concerts" because this 3-CD set features two legendary nights from Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic series! Includes Memories of You Clark Terry, Benny Carter & Zoot Sims; Moonglow; Sweet Georgia Brown Coleman Hawkins & Oscar Peterson Trio; C Jam Blues Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter & Coleman Hawkins; Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker, Clark Terry & Johnny Hodges; Satin Doll; Prelude to a Kiss Duke Ellington Orchestra; Someday My Prince Will Come Oscar Peterson Trio; Don't Be That Way; It's Only a Paper Moon; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio, and more, 38 in all.

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.92 x 5.59 x 1.02 inches; 5.93 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Vanguard
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1986361
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1991
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Vanguard
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000000XNT
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
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  • Samuel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Uneven but none the worse . . . (Worth the price for the two patriarchs of the alto saxophone plus a re-energized Ellington)
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2010
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    [Later, Dec.'15: After five years I've returned to this recording and have a much better opinion of it. The audio is not as "sub-par" as I had originally thought. True, the performances are uneven: Hawk is in severe decline (as was Prez when I heard him at JATP ten years earlier). Gonsalves is off his game (it was as if he tried but could never regain the form that had led to his historic, marathon, game-changing solo at Newport "56, when in the concert's 6th hour he ignited a fire that not only served as a harbinger of Woodstock but established the outdoor festival as the primary venue for performing jazz artists).. Zoot and CT are agreeable but overly familiar to these ears. But the concert comes alive on the 2nd disc. The Ellington segment is special, with new pieces featuring and introducing each of Duke's instrumental voices, including Lawrence Brown (the notes call him "bland"--but he was as vital to the "Ellington sound" as Johnny Hodges). And on what must be one of the 3-4 greatest "A-Train"'s on record, Duke incorporates Oscar Peterson's explosive swing.. But the numbers featuring the 2 patriarchs of the alto--Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges--are sublime, worth the price. (At the very least, download: "Prelude to a Kiss" for these 2 giants, and "Blood Count" for Hodges alone. All demonstrate why Ellington's/Billy Strayhorn's art is forever.) They must be saved and reissued. And Ella before 1970 had full control of her instrument. Result: I've bumped my rating up to 5 stars.]

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    Certainly the greatest jazz concert from the perspective of Norman Granz, the ex-Verve and Jazz at the Philharmonic impresario who assembled and released these tracks in 1975 on his Pablo label based on two concerts from just after the mid-sixties. Johnny Hodges, who died in 1970, is in top form (Strayhorn's "Isfahan"), but the "father of the tenor saxophone," Coleman Hawkins, who passed in 1969, evidences the sad decline that some of us had to witness with no small amount of pain. Still, Oscar and Ella were at the top of their game, and it's a treat to hear the always-swinging tenor of Zoot Sims incorporated in the Ellington ensemble, mixing it up with Duke's all-star tenor, Paul Gonsalves. Overall, this music represents a refreshing, sane oasis during the hey-day of electric, fusion, and disco music--well worth your notice even if it doesn't represent what was actually going down with the public in 1975. As for Hawk, best overlook his playing here in favorite of a couple of recent reissues that are highly worthy of him: "The Hawk Relaxes" (an RVG remaster) and "Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins" (an overlooked masterpiece and first-time/last-time meeting of the two jazz icons from the Verve catalog).
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  • RMC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Deal!! Great Music!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
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  • BigTimeSwingFan
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Audio Snapshot Of Swinging Mainstream Jazz In Performance In 1967
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2015
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    This 3-CD reissue of an LP set from Pablo Records is a snapshot of historical jazz figures in 1967. Taken from various Norman Granz jazz concerts in New York and California in mid-1967, you get greats like Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and many, many others in live performances. Want variety? How about Benny Carter & Johnny Hodges soloing on "Prelude To A Kiss", in the same set as Hodges, Peterson, Clark Terry, and others jamming on "Stormy Monday" and "Woman, You Must Be Crazy" - with T-Bone Walker! Throw into the mix nearly two dozen Duke Ellington Orchestra cuts, an aged Coleman Hawkins on two numbers near the end of his astonishing career, and Ella Fitzgerald singing several numbers with her trio and with The Ellington Orchestra.

    The sound quality is pretty darn good, considering how Granz would sometimes produce some fuzzy recordings, and you can feel the audience's interest and appreciation. All-In-All, if you enjoy the swinging side of mainsteam jazz circa 1967, you'll enjoy this set.
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  • Clocklady50
    4.0 out of 5 stars Best to know
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
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  • Morehouse 1960
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is The Greatest Concert in the World
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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    There is everything to like about this CD, as it is truly THE GREATEST CONCERT IN THE WORLD. Anyone that calls themselves a lover of Be-Bop and Straight-Ahead Jazz needs to have this CD in their collection, as everyone on it was really playing great. It was a pleasure to sit, listen and enjoy all the different Jazz Artists on it at one sitting. The sound and clarity was excellent.
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  • Paul in Canaan
    5.0 out of 5 stars The title is not HYPE!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2013
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    I love this three CD set. The sound quality of these remastered recordings is incredibly good, and the music is some of the best. The voice of Ella Fitzgerald still beats any of the current jazz singers. I was playing this music while driving shuttle services for an event, several people raved about the music.
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  • David Keymer
    3.0 out of 5 stars SOME CUTS EXCELLENT BUT OVER ALL, DISAPPOINTING
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
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    ELLINGTON, Duke, etc. The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World. 3 CDs Pablo. Orig. 1975.

    CD1 1-3. Oscar Peterson Trio: OP, p; Sam Jones, b; Bobby Durham, dr. 4-8. Jam Session: Clark Terry, tpt; Benny Carter, alto sx; Zoot Sims, Paul Gonsalves, ten sx; OP trio. 9-10. Coleman Hawkins w/ the OP Trio: CH, ten sx; etc. 11-13: Jam Session: T-Bone Walker, voc, guit; CT, tpt; Johnny Hodges, alto sx; PG, ten sx; OP trio.

    CD2 1-12. Ellington Orch.: soloists Russell Procope, alto sx; Jimmy Hamilton, clari; Cootie Williams, tpt; Lawrence Brown, tbn; Harry Carney, bari sx; Johnny Hodges, alto; Zoot Sims, ten sx; Clark Terry, tpt; Cat Anderson, tpt; OP, p.

    CD3 1-6. Ellington Orch. 7-10. Ella Fitzgerald w/Jimmy Jones Trio and Ellington Orch.: EF, voc; JJ, p; Bob Cranshaw, b; Sam Woodyard, dr. 11-14. Ella w/ Jimmy Jones Trio: same 15: Ella, Ellington, Jimmy Jones, Paul Gonsalves

    This 3-CD album, recorded on tour in 1975, is basically an updated Jazz at the Philharmonic session. In other words, an assortment of mainstream jazz stars, not all still in their prime, cranking out a non-stop string of solos on ballads, up tunes and bop standards. A touch of difference here is the inclusion of the Ellington band in its entirety including tunes, written by the master to showcase members of his ensemble or other tour guests like Benny Carter, Zoot Sims, Coleman Hawkins, Ella, even Oscar Peterson, whose trio plays its own set to start the concert and then backs a couple ballads by Coleman Hawkins, ,two jam sessions (Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Zoot Sims and Paul Gonsalves on one; Johnny Hodges, Carter and the Hawk on the other) and two tunes with downhome blues guitarist-vocalist T-Bone Walker. Ella has her own trio (Jimmy Jones on piano, Bob Cranshaw bass, Sam Woodyard drums) but for the rest, it’s either Ellington (the orchestra cuts) or Peterson on piano, with Sam Jones and Bobby Durham.

    The collection is about what you’d expect in such an outing. It reminds me of the ditty I used to hear sung-chanted when I was a little boy: “There was a little girl / And she had a little curl / Right in the middle of her forehead. / And when she was good, / She was very, very good, / But when she was bad, / She was horrid.” Some of this is good. some of it, well, horrid. There’s not much in between, and I’m afraid, listened to en masse, the horrid overwhelms the good. So let’s rate it.

    The Peterson trio cuts which kick off the alum are uniformly good., especially Peterson’s original, “Smedley,” which starts them off. I’m not a great lover of Peterson, whose funk always struck me as a bit too manufactured, but he plays well here and his partners in crime for the session, bassist Jones and drummer Durham, are up to the challenge. I have always admired Sam Jones’s deep rich tone. He probably played walking bass as well as anyone of his age and thus was perfect for a combo like this. As to Durham, well, he’s just fine, like he always was.

    Then trumpeter Terry, Benny Carter on alto and Zoot Sims and Paul Gonsalves come on for a jam on the bop classic, Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time.” The result is mixed –fair Terry, fluid Carter (Carter plays uniformly brilliantly throughout the concert), good Sims and … the worst solo I‘ve ever heard from Paul Gonsalves. I’m not a fan of Gonsalves. He had moments (Ellington at Newport and a lovely solo on John Lewis’s The Wonderful World of Jazz), but I never liked his sound –adenoidal and mushy—nor really, his solo work. Here, he just sounds out of it, barely up keeping with the changes. He solos several times–in jam, with Duke, behind T-Bone Walker—and on only one of his solos, I think with the Ellington band, “Satin Doll,” soloing in alternation with Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton (in tenor, a rarity!) and Carter), does he make a coherent, enjoyable solo. For the rest, it’s mush.

    Three very short ballads follow: Sims, then Terry, then Carter backed by Peterson’s group –it’s pleasant but basically theme statements and a quick chorus or two of improvisation—nothing to make your blood stir. Two cuts with Hawkins –the same. Another jam –this one enlivened by the sax trio: Hodges, Carter, Hawkins—who are worth listening to just because of who they are in the history of jazz. All play well. The T-Bone session follows: “Woman, You Must Be Crazy” and “Stormy Monday,” both with plenty of room for the players to stretch out. Walker isn’t bad but it’s Hodges who shines here and reminds us that behind or alongside that beneath elegant veneer of his lies a ferociously jumping blues player. That’s the first disc.

    The second disc is all Ellington, a series of short, short pieces highlighting different soloists, from Russell Procope to Peterson. There are new compositions but they’re pleasant throwaways and no one plays long enough to work up a sweat. The best of the lot? The elegant Johnny Hodges on Strayhorn’s “Blood Count.” But this version adds little or nothing to the superb original version. Disc three is more ?Ellington, more cameos for soloists, followed by Ella with the Jimmy jones trio, then Ella with Duke and the band. Ella’s good, her backing trio solid but unspectacular, the cuts with the orchestra nothing new, and Gonsalves has another solo to close out on “Cottontail.”

    Over all, I’d rate this collection a tepid three stars out of five, not embarrassing to own but certainly not offering enough new to merit buying it.
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  • Frank Mclellan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic tunes
    Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2020
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    A collection of classic standards and artists.
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  • Marco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Grande collezione
    Reviewed in Italy on April 22, 2020
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    Raccolta live di concerti memorabili di e con artisti del calibro infinito come Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzterald , Coleman Hawkins....ma anche tutti, proprio tutti tutti , i componenti della cosiddetta "corazzata Ellingrton", la big band composta da straordinari solisti a mio parere più straordinaria di ogni tempo , in area jazz. Possiedo anche il vinile , ma per praticità ascolto molto anche il cd. Bellissimo cofanetto !
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  • Julia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Maravilloso
    Reviewed in Mexico on April 8, 2018
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    Lo compré para regalarle a una persona a la que le gusta mucho el jazz, ¡y quedó maravillada!

    Es una buena selección de piezas de los grandes, sin duda vale la pena.
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  • Philippe N.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Finalement pas si présomptueux ..
    Reviewed in France on December 10, 2018
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    Bien sûr le titre accrocheur fait "réclame de supermarché des années 60". Mais le contenu, tant musical que sonore, est là et bien là. Rien à jeter, même si j'apprécie moins la partie "jam session". Le concert final de Miss Fitzgerald est fabuleux
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  • 茨城のswing4beat
    5.0 out of 5 stars JAZZはいいよ！！！！！
    Reviewed in Japan on November 18, 2021
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    JAZZを聴き始めてから50年。最初はやはりブルーノート、プレステッジ、インパルスを聴きあさり
    毎月スィングジャーナルのレコードレビューをみてはレコード屋に行き買いあさっていました。
    しかし一通りきて50歳を過ぎてからは、JAZZはブァーブだときずきました。
    この3枚組は最高です。これがJAZZ！！！！！友人にも勧めて買わせました。
    ノーマングランツはいいよ！！！！！
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