DUKE ELLINGTON - the legendary 1956 NEWPORT JAZZ FEST w/ 27 chorus sax solo

A playlist of other ELLINGTON videos on this channel is HERE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the annals of jazz history the Duke Ellington set at the July 7, 1956 Newport Jazz Festival occupies mythic status. As this clip makes reference to, Paul Gonsalves, Duke’s tenor saxophonist, got a full head of steam going and proceeded to roar through chorus after chorus of permutations on the blues-based composition “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue“. Here’s a quote from