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Paul Gonsalves - Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (CD)

Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
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Album Details: Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'

Release Date:08/28/1970
UPC:031397014820

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  • All Music Guide

    This relaxed session gave three of Duke Ellington's finest sidemen rare opportunities to record outside of Ellington's Orchestra: tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves, Ray Nance (who had left Ellington a few years earlier) on trumpet, violin and vocal and (for half of this CD) altoist Norris Turney. The emphasis is on slower material but there are a few romps (such as "Stompy Jones") to give the session a bit of variety. Good swinging performances on mostly familiar tunes.

    - Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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Biography

Paul Gonsalves

The greatest moment of Paul Gonsalves' musical career occurred at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival when, to bridge the gap between "Diminuendo in Blue" and "Crescendo in Blue," Duke Ellington urged him to take a long solo, egging him on through 27 exciting choruses that almost caused a riot. That wellpublicized episode resulted in Ellington having a major "comeback," and ... Read more