50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival

Duke Ellington's postwar reputation was faltering until one spectacular night in Newport in 1956 that would alter his fortunes for everJazz was finding itself in a changed world by the mid-1950s – though not all the changes disadvantaged it. The invention of the long-playing record had allowed the art of extended improvisation, as well as the freedoms of the jam session, to at last be represented on disc. Moreover, the enthusiasm of postwar college students was providing a young audience ...

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