All Helsinki Breaks Loose

 

I don't know if these recordings have done the rounds before. I seem to have burnt CD versions already and a version also on DVD-A but I discovered this website the other day and thought it worth sharing here: a concert from Duke Ellington's European Tour, Helsinki, 5 February, 1963.

The CD cover images posted above are provided on the site and I've copied also the text, below. The links in the text below take you directly to each track and the site itself may be found here.

DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
Helsinki 1963 [no label, 2CD]
Live at the House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland; February 5, 1963. Very good web stream.

Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death [in 1974] over a career spanning more than six decades. Although widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase “beyond category” as a liberating principle and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music rather than to a musical genre such as jazz. - wikipedia

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Thanks to Lewojazz; Marc; and goody for sharing the show at Dime.

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from the Series of Jazz Legends in Finland by the finnish radio Station Yle-1

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Disc 1 (Set 1)
Track 101. Intro 0:21
Track 102. Take the A Train (by Billy Strayhorn) 0:55
Track 103. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:27
Track 104. Asphalt Jungle Theme (Duke Ellington) 4:25
Track 105. annoucement - Duke Ellington 1:09
Track 106. Guitar Amour (Duke Ellington) 6:35
Track 107. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:09
Track 108. Jam with Sam (Duke Ellington) 3:50
Track 109. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:10
Track 110. Cop-out + Cop-out Extension (Duke Ellington) 7:38
Track 111. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:22
Track 112. New Concerto for Cootie (Cootie Williams) 2:42
Track 113. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:36
Track 114. Star-Crossed Lovers (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn) 4:20
Track 115. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:10
Track 116. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 10:16
Track 117. One More Once - Milt Grayson, vocals (Duke Ellington) 3:38
Track 118. Take the A Train 0:39
49 mins

Disc 2 (Set 2)
Track 201. Take the A Train (by Billy Strayhorn) 1:0
Track 202. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:45
Track 203. Bula/Afro Bossa (Duke Ellington) 4:31
Track 204. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:11
Track 205. Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ in Rhythm (Duke Ellington) 6:02
Track 206. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:20
Track 207. Caline/Silk Lace (Duke Ellington) 4:37
Track 208. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:12
Track 209. The Eight Veil (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) 2:46
Track 210. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:20
Track 211. Pyramid (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol) 4:00
Track 212. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:17
Track 213. New Concerto for Cootie (Cootie Williams) 2:44
Track 214. Tootie for Cootie (Duke Ellington) 5:04
Track 215. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (Mercer Ellington) 3:17
Track 216. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:16
Track 217. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 12:24
Track 218. The Blues (Duke Ellington) 3:45
Track 219. Do Nothin ‘Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington, San. Bob Russell) 5:22
Track 220. annoucement - Duke Ellington 0:47
Track 221. Caravan (Juan Tizol) 6:40
Track 222. Take the A Train 0:43
66 mins

Performers:
Duke Ellington - piano
Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Roy Burrows, Ray Nance (also violin) - trumpet
Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors - trombone
Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney - saxophone
Ernie Shepard - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums
Milt Grayson - vocals