Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie Battle Royal

ビッグバンド・リーダーの両巨頭がタッグを組んだ唯一のアルバム。ボーナストラックは、お互いがお互いの楽曲を演奏している5曲とアルバム曲のオリジナル・ヴァージョン2曲をエリントンの映画サウンドトラックから収録されている。（輸入元情報）

メンバー：
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (heard on the right channel):
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ed Mullens, Fats Ford (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln),Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Louis Blackburn (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl),
Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar), Duke Ellington,Billy Strayhorn (p), Aaron Bell (b), Sam Woodyard (d).

The Count Basie Orchestra (heard on the left channel):
Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Snooky Young, Lonnie Johnson (tp),Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as),
Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster, Budd Johnson (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d).

New York, July 6 & 7, 1961.
Original sessions produced by Teo Macero.

*Bonus Tracks (11-17):
11: COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra. New York, August 16 & 17, 1954.
12: COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra. New York, January 4, 1956.
13: COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra. Los Angeles, April 28, 1956.
14: COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra. Live at The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida, May 31, 1959.
15: DUKE ELLINGTON and His Orchestra. Live at Travis Air Force Base, Suisun City, California, March 4, 1958.
16-17: From DUKE ELLINGTON's PARIS BLUES
soundtrack: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (tp soloist) with studio orchestra conducted by DUKE ELLINGTON. Paris, France, December 15-16, 1960

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