Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport (Vinil 140g, LP)

„Ellington at Newport” launched Ellington’s comeback into the mainstream. It is a recording of a spectacular performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island in 1956, which exceeded all audience expectations and ensured Ellington’s financial success for the rest of his life. The concert began with a strongly blues-influenced suite written especially for the festival, in which Ellington’s agile piano riffs, Jimmy Hamilton’s peppery clarinet interludes and Clark Terry’s trumpet runs set the tone. The highlight of the evening, however, was a combination of the titles „Diminuendo in Blue” and „Crescendo in Blue” with tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves as soloist. The very first notes got the audience moving and by the seventh chorus people were dancing. And then, for 27 choruses, the hall turned into such a cauldron that the organisers were on the verge of abandoning the concert.

Remastered and pressed by RTI, Mobile Fidelity is now releasing this jazz classic in the Silver Series with unprecedented transparency and authenticity. Musically and sonically a must!

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label

Under the product name Silver Label, MFSL has been releasing a new series of LPs since early 2011. These are remastered and cut at Mobile Fidelity on the mastering chain designed by Tim de Paravicini and pressed on 140g vinyl at RTI in Los Angeles. The packaging meets the same high standards as the well-known Original Master Recording series with a lined rice paper inner sleeve, a protective intermediate sleeve and a sequential serial number on the outer cover. Mobile Fidelity is planning a series of experimental releases as well and is willing to make do with a copy of the master tape in this series if the original tape cannot be provided. All LPs will be released as limited editions and are likely to become sought-after collector’s items.

Lista pieselor

1. Festival Junction

2. Blues to Be There

3. Newport Up

4. Jeep’s Blues

5. Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue