Festival Session

Festival Session is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia Records label in 1959.[1] The album was rereleased on CD in 2004 with two bonus tracks.

According to the original liner notes by Irving Townsend Ellington waited with the recording of the new material till the end of the festival season, before he started the recording session in New York and finally recorded the whole album "from 8 a.m. to Noon".

Festival Session
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1959
RecordedSeptember 8, 1959
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
Duke Ellington chronology
Live at the Blue Note
(1959)		 Festival Session
(1959)		 Blues in Orbit
(1959)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Duke Ellington was constantly composing new material as well as creating new arrangements of vintage works, as heard on this Columbia LP recorded in 1959... Long one of the classic sleepers awaiting discovery in Duke Ellington's considerable discography... Highly recommended".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

LP Side A

  1. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) – 4:36
  2. "Copout Extension" – 8:19
  3. "Duael Fuel, Part 1" (Ellington, Clark Terry) – 2:45
  4. "Duael Fuel, Part 2" (Ellington, Terry) – 1:43
  5. "Duael Fuel, Part 3" (Ellington, Terry) – 6:17

LP side B

  1. "Idiom '59, Part 1" – 2:02
  2. "Idiom '59, Part 2" – 4:36
  3. "Idiom '59, Part 3" – 7:06
  4. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 3:00
  5. "Launching Pad" (Ellington, Terry) – 7:37

Bonus tracks on 2004 CD re-issue

  1. "V.I.P.'s Boogie" – 2:57
  2. "Jam With Sam" – 3:17

Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York on September 8, 1959.

Personnel

References
  1. A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 18, 2010
  2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 18, 2010
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  • Columbia CS 8200
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