Duke Ellington ‎– The Reprise Studio Recordings

#1-8 is mono. All other is stereo.
# 2-15 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-5 Produced Under License From Atlantic Recording Corp., All Other Produced Under License From Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

NOTES TO TRACKS AND SESSIONS:
# 1-1 to 1-6, 2-9: It is possible that the November 29 &30 sessions were indeed one long session that ran past midnight.
# 1-8: Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington.
# 1-21: Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington.
# 1-22: Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington.
# 2-3: Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington.
# 2-18: Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington.
# 3-8, 3-11: Gèrard Calvi conduct The Paris Symphony Orchestra.
# 5-1 to 5-12: Tenor saxophonist Eddie Johnson replaced an ailing Paul Gonsalves on probably the last of these sessions.

SESSIONS DATE AND LOCATION:
# 1-1 to 1-3: Universal Studios, Chicago, November 29, 1962.
# 1-4 to 1-6, 2-9: Universal Studios, Chicago, November 30, 1962.
# 1-7 to 1-9: Fine Studios, NYC, December 11, 1962.
# 1-10, 1-11: Fine Studios, NYC, December 13, 1962.
# 1-11, 1-12, 2-12: Fine Studios, NYC, December 14, 1962.
# 1-14 to 1-16, 2-6, 2-11: Fine Studios, December 20, 1962.
# 1-17, 1-18: Fine Studios, NYC, December 29, 1962.
# 1-19 to 1-21: Fine Studios, NYC, January 3, 1963.
# 1-22 to 1-24, 2-10: Fine Studios, NYC, January 4, 1963.
# 2-1 to 2-5, 2-7, 2-8: Fine Studios, NYC, January 5, 1963.
# 2-13, 2-14: Fine Studios, NYC, January 8, 1963.
# 3-8, 3-11: Salle Wagram, Paris, France, January 31, 1963.
# 3-6, 3-7: Solna-Sundbyberg, Sweden, February 8, 1963.
# 3-9: Hamburg, Germany, February 14, 1963.
# 2-15 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-5: Barclay Studios, Paris, France, February 22, 1963.
# 4-2, 4-7, 4-8, 4-10: NYC, April 15, 1964.
# 4-3, 4-4, 4-6, 4-11: NYC, April 16, 1964.
# 4-1, 4-5, 4-9: NYC, April 27, 1964.
# 5-1 to 5-12: Universal Studios, Chicago, September, 6, 8 & 9, 1964.
# 4-15, 4-18, 4-21, 4-22: NYC, January 19, 1965.
# 4-12, 4-16, 4-17, 4-23: NYC, January 21, 1965.
# 5-19, 5-20, 5-23: Fine Studios, NYC, March 4, 1965.
# 5-16, 5-17: Fine Studios, NYC, March 17, 1965.
# 5-13 to 5-15, 5-18, 5-21, 5-22: Fine Studios, NYC, April 14, 1965.

PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED:
# 2-13

ALBUM INDEX:
Reprise R9-6069 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Afro-Bossa.
Reprise R9-6097 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – The Symphonic Ellington.
Reprise RS-6122 – Duke Ellington – Ellington ’65 (Hits Of The 60’s).
Reprise RS-6141 – Duke Ellington – Plays With The Original Motion Picture Score Mary Poppins.
Reprise RS-6154 – Duke Ellington – Ellington ’66.
Reprise RS-6168 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?.
Reprise RS-6185 – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Concert In The Virgin Islands.
Reprise RS-6234 – Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington’s Greatest Hits.
Reprise SD-1665 – Duke Ellington – Recollections Of The Big Band Era.
Reprise SD-1668 – Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington’s Jazz Violin Session. (The correct label number is probably SD-1688).

Label: Mosaic Records (2) – MD5-193
Format: 5 x CD Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Stereo, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1999

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Incredible condition. Maybe played once by previous owner.