Where's the Music?

Today Essentially Ellington 2020 starts. While we're waiting, I discovered performances of four very rare Duke Ellington compositions by the Wynton Marsalis septet recorded live at the Village Vanguard.

Ellington originally recorded these four pieces with a septet of his own on 19 March, 1956. Where's the Music? (mis-titled on the Marsalis anthology as Midnight in Paris), in particular,  is a striking piece of work, very untypical of this period in Ellington's career. It sounds more like a recording from his 'blue period' of the mid-30s in hi-fi.

The performances by the Wynton Marsalis Septet were recorded in December 1994. The septet on these recordings is drawn from:

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Wessell Anderson (alto sax), Victor Goines, Todd Williams (tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet), Marcus Roberts, Eric Reed (piano), Reginald Veal, Ben Wolfe (bass), Herlin Riley (drums).

Midnight in Paris is listed correctly as Where's the Music (sans question mark) in the discography on Wynton's own website here.

Please note, I've posted the pieces here in the order Ellington recorded them.

Now, if I can only get hold of a copy of The Deep South Suite the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra recorded at the Festival de Jazz in August 1993...