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Duke Ellington - Unreleased 1957 & 1962 (1962)

Track listing:
  1. Introduction/Take the "A" Train 2:20
  2. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 2:38
  3. Perdido 2:58
  4. Interview 2:58
  5. Monk's Dream 5:45
  6. Frere Monk 4:30
  7. Perdido 3:08

Notes

1) DUKE ELLINGTON ALLSTARS
Tonight Show Telecast From the Hickory House, 1957-04-23

Source: NBC-TV>unknown master (probably reel tape)
Sound: A-/B+

LINEUP:
Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach

TRACKS:
1. Introduction/Take the "A" Train
2. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
3. Perdido
4. Interview with Duke Ellington by Ben Gross (Daily News columnist)



2) DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport-US, 1962-07-08

Source: FM>unknown master (probably reel tape)
Sound: B+

LINEUP:
Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Bill Berry, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Gene Hull, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard,
*substitue Thelonious Monk for Duke Ellington

TRACKS
5. Monk's Dream*
6. Frere Monk*
7. Perdido