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This listing is for a very rare 8-CD Box Set - a USED, Near Mint minus condition set in superb overall condition, PRESSED and ISSUED by VERVE Records. It is a highly collectible edition, featuring -

Ella Fitzgerald / Duke Ellington

Box Set Title -

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve

Track Listing -

1-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Diminuendo In Blue And Blow By Blow
Written-By – Edward Kennedy "Duke” Ellington 8:06
1-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Caravan 
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol 6:06
1-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Rose Of The Rio Grande
Written-By – Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren b. Salvatore Guaragna, Ross Gormon 2:51
1-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Tutti For Cootie
Written-By – Duke Ellington, James Hamilton 6:24
1-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Skin Deep
Written-By – Louie Bellson b. Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni 10:49
1-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Passion Flower
Written-By – William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn 4:51
1-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Mercer Kennedy Ellington 3:02
1-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Wings And Things
Written-By – Johnny Hodges b. Cornelius Hodge 10:27
1-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Star-crossed Lovers
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:20
1-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Such Sweet Thunder
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 3:24
1-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Madness In Great Ones
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 5:23
1-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Kinda Dukish And Rockin' In Rhythm
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Harry Howell Carney 5:07
1-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be 2:35

2-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Main Stem
Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:53
Medley (8:55)
2-2a Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Black And Tan Fantasy
Written-By – Duke Ellington, James Wesley "Bubber" Miley
2-2b Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Creole Love Call
Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-2c Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Mooche
Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– West Indian Pancake
Written-By – Duke Ellington
2-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– El Viti (Aka "The Matador”)
Written-By – Gerald Stanley Wilson 4:01
2-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Opener
Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:01
2-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– La Plus Belle Africaine
Written-By – Duke Ellington 11:50
2-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Azure
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills 7:44
2-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Duke Ellington Introduces Ella Fitzgerald 1:05
2-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Let's Do It
Written-By – Cole Albert Porter 4:08
2-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Satin Doll 
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer 3:16
2-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Cotton Tail 
Written-By – Duke Ellington 7:07
2-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Take The "A" Train 
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 5:47

3-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Take The "A” Train
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 0:55
3-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Such Sweet Thunder
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 3:06
3-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Half The Fun
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:24
3-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Madness In Great Ones
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 5:26
3-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Star-crossed Lovers
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:21
3-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster 2:18
3-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Mercer Ellington 2:28
3-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Wings And Things
Written-By – Johnny Hodges 8:26
3-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Kinda Dukish And Rockin' In Rhythm
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Harry Howell Carney 5:10
3-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Chelsea Bridge 
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 4:18
3-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Skin Deep 
Written-By – Louie Bellson 12:12
3-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Sophisticated Lady
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:13
3-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Jam With Sam
Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:19
3-14 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Mercer Ellington 2:10

4-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Soul Call
Written-By – Henry Bellson, Louie Bellson 2:41
4-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– West Indian Pancake
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:37
4-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– El Viti (Aka "The Matador") - Incomplete
Written-By – Gerald Wilson 1:19
4-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Opener
Written-By – Duke Ellington 3:08
4-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– La Plus Belle Africaine
Written-By – Duke Ellington 13:23
4-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Take The "A” Train
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 4:54
4-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo
Written-By – William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson 4:21
4-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Such Sweet Thunder
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 3:11
4-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Half The Fun
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:15
4-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Madness In Great Ones
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:44
4-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Star-crossed Lovers
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:20
4-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Prelude To A Kiss
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:26
4-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Mercer Ellington 2:47

5-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues
Written-By – Duke Ellington 11:29
5-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Thou Swell - Incomplete
Written-By – Richard Charles Rodgers - Lorenz Milton Hart 1:39
5-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Satin Doll
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer 2:42
5-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Wives And Lovers
Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David 2:22
5-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Something To Live For
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 4:13
5-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Let's Do It
Written-By – Cole Porter 4:06
5-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– The More I See You
Written-By – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon 3:57
5-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Goin' Out Of My Head
Written-By – Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo 3:01
5-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba)
Written-By – Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Marcus Vinícius da Cruz de Mello Moraes 5:49
5-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Lullaby Of Birdland
Written-By – George Weiss, George Albert Shearing 2:53
5-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– How Long Has This Been Going On?
Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin, b. Jacob And Israel Gershovitz* 3:07
5-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Mack The Knife (Orig., "Moritat" From Die Dreigroschenoper)
Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein 5:01

Medley (9:42)
6-1a Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Black And Tan Fantasy
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley
6-1b Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Creole Love Call
Written-By – Duke Ellington
6-1b Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Mooche
Written-By – Duke Ellington
6-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Soul Call
Written-By – Henry Bellson, Louie Bellson 4:33
6-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– West Indian Pancake
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:43
6-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– El Viti (Aka "The Matador”)
Written-By – Gerald Wilson 4:09
6-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– La Plus Belle Africaine
Written-By – Duke Ellington 12:30
6-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Such Sweet Thunder
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 3:12
6-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Half The Fun
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:20
6-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Madness In Great Ones
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 5:00
6-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Star-crossed Lovers
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 4:08
6-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Wings And Things
Written-By – Johnny Hodges 3:22
6-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Mercer Ellington 1:58
6-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Thou Swell
Written-By – Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart 2:00
6-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Satin Doll
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 2:42
6-14 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Wives And Lovers
Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David 2:29
6-15 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Something To Live For
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn 3:23
6-16 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Let's Do It
Written-By – Cole Porter 3:26

7-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Sweet Georgia Brown
Written-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard 3:36
7-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Goin' Out Of My Head
Written-By – Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo 3:34
7-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba)
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes 6:07
7-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Lullaby Of Birdland
Written-By – George Weiss*, George Shearing 3:06
7-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Moment Of Truth
Written-By – Frank Scott, Collen Gray "Tex" Satterwhite
7-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Misty
Written-By – Erroll Louis Garner, Johnny Burke 3:26
7-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Mack The Knife
Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein 5:36
7-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald– Cotton Tail
Written-By – Duke Ellington 7:13
7-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Trip (Aka "High Passage”)
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:44
7-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Jive Jam
Written-By – Duke Ellington 9:34
7-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– All Too Soon
Written-By – Duke Ellington 7:18
7-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues
Written-By – Duke Ellington 7:18
7-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Written-By – Duke Ellington 7:14
7-14 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines 4:27

Rehearsal
8-1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues
Written-By – Duke Ellington 1:09
8-2 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues 1:31
8-3 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Instructions 1:50
8-4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues 1:11
8-5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues 2:40
8-6 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues 3:38
8-7 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Instructions 2:00
8-8 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Blue Fuse No. 2 - Preparation
Written-By – Duke Ellington 1:39
8-9 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Blue Fuse No. 2 0:44
8-10 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Blue Fuse No. 1 0:37
8-11 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Blue Fuse No. 1 0:51
8-12 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Blue Fuse No. 1 2:57
8-13 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Shepherd
Written-By – Duke Ellington 2:33
8-14 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues 4:44
8-15 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues - Complete Rehearsal Reading 8:07
8-16 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Tingling Is A Happiness
Written-By – Duke Ellington 4:00

Other Information -

• Marketed By – Verve Records
• Manufactured By – Verve Records
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Made By – PMDC, USA
• Mastered At – PolyGram Studios
• Art Direction, Design – Chika Azuma
• Calligraphy – Marlow Palleja
• Coordinator [Production Coordinated By] – Aric Lach Morrison, Bryan Koniarz
• Design [Packaging And Design Coordinated By] – Suzanne White
• Edited By [Editorial Assistance] – Deborah Hay
• Executive Producer – Chuck Mitchell, Richard Seidel
• Illustration – Luba Lukova
• Interviewee – Norman Granz
• Interviewer, Booklet Editor – Peter Pullman
• Liner Notes [June 1997] – Brian Priestley
• Liner Notes [June 1998], Supervised By, Research, Restoration – Ben Young
• Liner Notes [May 1977] – Michael Ullman
• Liner Notes [May 1998] – Claude Carrière
• Mastered By – Chris Herles, Kevin Reeves, Suha Gur
• Photography By – Jean-Pierre Leloir, Thierry Trombert
• Producer [Production Assistance] – Carlos Kase, Robert Silverberg, Tom Greenwood
• Research [Photography Research] – Cynthia Sesso
• Supervised By – Michael Lang
• Supervised By [Box Set Printing And Manufacturing At SHEETWISE NYC] – James Benard
• Transcription By [Interview Transcription] – Bea Mullings
• Recorded 1-1 – 1-13 July 26; 2-1 – 3-14, 8-16 July 27; 4-1 – 5-12, 8-1 – 8-15 July 28; 6-1 – 7-14 July 29, 1966.
• This eight-CD set is a sleek affair, packaged in a plain-Jane, silver-ribbed box with just a peephole in the center. The peephole, though, looks in on the fluorescent jewel cases, each of which faithfully reproduces fantastic Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald sets from July 1966 at France's Cote d'Azur. The Ellington tunes show his orchestra in long form, taking multiple sets (with some tune repetition across the CDs) and thriving in Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's tightly scripted ensemble sections. This is some fairly standard Ellington for the era, with hard-flying solos from Paul Gonsalves and myriad others. What's great is the ability to really dig in to the band, hear it work, set after set, on the tunes and the polyphonic interplay of the ensemble's sections. And then there's the eighth CD, which presents a band rehearsal with Ellington doing what drove some mad: humming sections to instruct the band, calling out key changes quickly and sounding altogether like a practitioner of an oral tradition in musical pedagogy. It's awesome to hear him and the band, banter and all. Then there are the Ella Fitzgerald sets, which are possibly the better portion here. Fitzgerald sounds mightily driven, sometimes almost boundary breaking in her execution. Vocally, she's both tight and loose, brimming with turns of phrase and belting lyrics with popping exactness. The dates caught on this box aren't regarded as the greatest for either of the marquee artists, but in terms of the sheer quality of music and their fullness of vision, Fitzgerald's tunes vie with anything else she did in her career. Sure, many of the tunes are fast and jumping, but their propulsion is largely thanks to Fitzgerald's heightened sense of play. The spiral-bound booklet accompanying this box set is a treat, with all its pop-art slyness and off-the-cuff frankness. --Andrew Bartlett
• Barcode (on shrinkwrap): 731453903326 
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 314 539 0342 01@ B
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L006
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 0347
• Other (Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 314 539 0352 01% AB
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L007
• Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 0351
• Other (Disc 2, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): 314 539 0362 02% XX
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI L007
• Mould SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI 0353
• Other (Disc 3, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): 314 539 0372 01% C
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI L007
• Mould SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI 0355
• Other (Disc 4, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 5): 314 539 0382 02% A
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 5): IFPI L005
• Mould SID Code (Disc 5): IFPI 0348
• Other (Disc 5, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 6): 314 539 0382 01@ B
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 6): IFPI L006
• Mould SID Code (Disc 6): IFPI 0346
• Other (Disc 6, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 7): 314 539 0402 01% C
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 7): IFPI L007
• Mould SID Code (Disc 7): IFPI 0355
• Other (Disc 7, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 8): 314 539 0402 01! A
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 8): IFPI L005
• Mould SID Code (Disc 8): IFPI 0353
• Other (Disc 8, Center Mould): MADE IN USA BY PMDC

Audiophile quality issue (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Do not let this rarity slip by!