The Great Summit

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Released 1961 The Great Summit The Master Takes(1961) Paris Blues(1961) Release date 1961 Label Roulette Jazz		Length 1:07:23 The Great Summit The Master Takes(1961) I Love Jazz(1962) Producer Bob Thiele Genre Jazz

Recorded April 3–4, 1961.RCA Victor's Studio One, New York City. A Rare Batch of Satch(1961) The Great Summit The Master Takes(1961) Artists Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington Similar Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

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The Great Summit: The Master Takes is a 2001 Blue Note album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. It's a reissue of the two Roulette albums Together For The First Time (track 1–10) and The Great Reunion (track 11–17) from 1961. (These two albums have later resurfaced as a Roulette double-LP entitled The Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong Years and in 1990 as a remastered CD called Together for the First Time/The Great Reunion.)

The contents of this album is an all-Ellington program performed by himself and Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars. These 17 selections are the entire result of the only studio meeting by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.

The Great Summit: The Master Takes

All songs composed by Duke Ellington solely (except where otherwise stated).

Duke's Place — 5:03
Lyrics by William Katz, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts.
I'm Just a Lucky So and So — 3:09
Lyrics by Mack David.
Cottontail — 3:42
Mood Indigo — 3:57
Co-composer is Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills.
Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me — 2:38
Lyrics by Bob Russell.
The Beautiful American — 3:08
Black and Tan Fantasy — 3:59
Co-composer is James "Bubber" Miley.
Drop Me Off in Harlem — 3:49
Lyrics by Nick Kenny.
The Mooche — 3:38
Lyrics by Irving Mills.
In a Mellow Tone — 3:48
Lyrics by Milt Gabler.
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) — 3:58
Lyrics by Irving Mills.
Solitude — 4:55
Lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore — 3:31
Lyrics by Bob Russell.
I'm Beginning to See the Light — 3:37
Co-composers are Don George, Johnny Hodges and Harry James.
Just Squeeze Me — 3:58
Lyrics by Lee Gaines.
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) — 5:31
Co-composer is Paul Francis Webster.
Azalea — 5:02

The Making of the Great Summit

Already on August 1, 2000 Blue Note had released the compilation The Great Summit: The Complete Sessions, which contained the reissue above plus a second CD with alternate takes (rehearsals, false starts etc.). The alternate takes were digitally remastered in 2000.