Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Artist:  Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
Origin:  USA
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Big Band, Modern Big Band, Dixieland, Standards, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Piano Jazz,Vocal Jazz

Original line-up:

Louis Armstrong:   Vocals, Trumpet
Duke Ellington:  Piano

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington player together  for the first time Jazz Album in 1961 by Jazz Giant Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. They both lead a small band - Louis Armstrong's All Stars, and play classic compositions by Duke Ellington.

Title:  The Great Summit  (2012)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Big Band, Modern Big Band, Dixieland, Standards, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Piano Jazz,Vocal Jazz
Label:  Essential Jazz Classics
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

The Great Summit:

 1.  Duke's Place  (5:05)
 2.  I'm Just A Lucky So And So  (3:10)
 3.  Cottontail  (3:43)
 4.  Mood Indigo  (3:58)
 5.  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me  (2:39)
 6.  The Beautiful American  (3:09)
 7.  Black And Tan Fantasy  (4:01)
 8.  Drop Me Off In Harlem  (3:50)
 9.  The Mooche  (3:39)
10. In A Mellow Tone  (3:49)
11. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:59)
12. Solitude  (4:56)
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore  (3:33)
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light  (3:38)
15. Just Squeeze Me  (4:00)
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)  (5:33)
17. Azalea  (5:06)

Bonus Tracks:  Live at The Ed Sullivan Show CBS TV Studio, New York, December 17, 1961.:

18. Duke's Place (2:20)
19. In A Mellow Tone  (3:22)
20. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen  (2:25)

Personnel:

Louis Armstrong:  Vocals, Trumpet
Duke Ellington:  Piano
Trummy Young:  Trombone
Barney Bigard:  Clarinet
Mort Herbert:  Bass
Danny Barcelona:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

Louis Armstrong:  Vocals, Trumpet
Duke Ellington:  Piano
Trummy Young:  Trombone
Joe Darensbourg:  Clarinet
Irving Manning:  Bass
Danny Barcelona:  Drums

The Great Summit is a 1961 album by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, originally released in 1961 by Roulette Records, remastered and reissued on January 16, 2012 by Essential Jazz Classics, with 3 Bonus Tracks live at The Ed Sullivan Show, December 17, 1961, featuring Trummy Young, Danny Barcelona, Barney Bigard, Mort Herbert, Joe Darensbourg and Irving Manning.