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1961 studio album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
The Great Summit: The Master Takes
Released 1961 Recorded April 3–4, 1961. RCA Victor's Studio One, New York City.
Genre Jazz Length 1 :07 :23
Label
Roulette (
Blue Note )
Producer
Bob Thiele
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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 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".
The Great Summit: The Master Takes
All songs composed by Duke Ellington solely (except where otherwise stated).
Duke's Place — 5:03 Lyrics by
William Katz ,
Bob Thiele and
Ruth Roberts .
I'm Just a Lucky So and So — 3:09 Lyrics by
Mack David .
Cottontail — 3:42
Mood Indigo — 3:57 Co-composer is
Barney Bigard with lyrics by
Irving Mills .
Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me — 2:38 Lyrics by
Bob Russell .
The Beautiful American — 3:08
Black and Tan Fantasy — 3:59 Co-composer is James "Bubber" Miley.
Drop Me Off in Harlem — 3:49 Lyrics by
Nick Kenny .
The Mooche — 3:38 Lyrics by
Irving Mills .
In a Mellow Tone — 3:48 Lyrics by
Milt Gabler .
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) — 3:58 Lyrics by
Irving Mills .
Solitude — 4:55 Lyrics by
Eddie DeLange and
Irving Mills .
Don't Get Around Much Anymore — 3:31 Lyrics by
Bob Russell .
I'm Beginning to See the Light — 3:37 Co-composers are
Don George ,
Johnny Hodges and
Harry James .
Just Squeeze Me — 3:58 Lyrics by
Lee Gaines .
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) — 5:31 Co-composer is
Paul Francis Webster .
Azalea — 5:02
The Making of the Great Summit
Already on August 1, 2000 Blue Note had 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.
In a Mellow Tone — 4:15
I'm Beginning to See the Light — 6:56
Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me — 5:42
Don't Get Around Much Anymore — 10:43
Duke's Place — 4:18
Drop Me Off in Harlem — 4:57
I'm Just a Lucky So and So — 4:37
Azalea — 8:05
Black and Tan Fantasy — 7:13
Band Discussion on
Cottontail — 1:08
Personnel
Credits
Bob Thiele (producer)
Ray Hall (recording engineer)
Arnold Meyers (cover photograph))
Michael Cuscuna (reissue producer)
Ron McMaster (remix and remaster)
References
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
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