Program

Duke Ellington, Battle Royal

Duke Ellington, In A Mellow Tone

Freddie Green/Donald E. Wolf, Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)

Billy Strayhorn, Manhattan Murals

Billy Strayhorn, Take The “A” Train

Billy Strayhorn, A Midnight In Paris

Count Basie/Lester Young, Dickie's Dream

Harry Carney/Duke Ellington/Irving Mills, Rockin' In Rhythm

Thad Jones, To You

Duke Ellington/Irving Mills, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Frank W. Wess, Segue In C

Count Basie, Jumpin At The Woodside

Battle Royal - Basie vs. Ellington in France

Jazz à Vienne 2011

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Cast

Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Orchestra

Laurent Mignard — Conductor

Didier Desbois — Alto saxophone

Aurélie Tropez — Clarinet, Alto saxophone

Fred Couderc — Flute, Baritone saxophone

Nicolas Montier — Baritone saxophone

Philippe Chagne — Baritone saxophone

François Biensan — Trumpet

Program notes

Relive a historic meeting through music on the stage of the 2011 edition of the Jazz à Vienne festival, that of Duke Ellington and Count Basie's bands on the First Time! : The Count meets Duke, recorded on July 6th 1961.

Fifty years later, the Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra and the Michel Pastre Big Band, both mighty ambassadors for the two composers, relight the flame of their trademark swing in a brilliant and virtuosic performance. With forty musicians on stage, the sublime Théâtre Antique comes alive with the sound of Jazz's brightest hours.