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Carnegie Hall on November 14, 1952

Michael J. Connor | Waltham, MA USA | 06/22/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Love You Madly
The music on this CD was recorded at Carnegie Hall on November 14, 1952. During his long career Ellington played many prestigious venues including Newport, Theatre Des Champs Elysees, and The Royal Albert Hall, but perhaps the most important venue for Ellington was Carnegie Hall. Starting in 1943 and continuing for several years Ellington would stage concerts at Carnegie Hall to showcase his compositions and his soloists. Many of these concerts are groundbreaking. However this one is not a groundbreaking concert. The sound quality is only fair, and the only long piece is "The Tatooed Bride." (The version recorded at Ellington's November 13, 1948 Carnegie Hall concert is superior.) There have to be atleast 15 or 20 CD's of Ellington's concerts which are better than this one. For completests only. Dizzy Gilespie shows up on "Body and Soul.""