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Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert
| Recorded | Nov 26, 1969 |
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| Label | Solid State Records |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 360294 |
The record
Weeks after the leader's seventieth birthday, Hodges and Carney still anchor the reeds on this Solid State date, with organist Wild Bill Davis added for extra weight. Far from ceremonial, the orchestra swings hard deep into its fourth decade.
Session personnel
- Victor Gaskin — bass
- Rufus Jones — drums
- Wild Bill Davis — organ
- Duke Ellington — piano
- Harold Ashby — saxophone
- Harry Carney — saxophone
- Johnny Hodges — saxophone
- Norris Turney — saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves — saxophone
- Russell Procope — saxophone
- Chuck Connors — trombone
- Lawrence Brown — trombone
- Cat Anderson — trumpet
- Cootie Williams — trumpet
- Mercer Ellington — trumpet
- Rolf Ericson — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 34 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1970 | United Artists Records · SS 19000 X/1-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition · gatefold |
| 1970 | United Artists Records · UAD.60001 — Vinyl, LP, Album · gatefold |
| 1970 | United Artists Records · SUAL 933853/4 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Limited Edition, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | United Artists Records · HUS 061-59 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Capitol Record Club, Jacksonville Pressing · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing · gatefold |
| 1970 | United Artists Records · UAD.60001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing |
| 1970 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 19000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
Victor Gaskin also plays on
Rufus Jones also plays on
Wild Bill Davis also plays on