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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 saxophonist

Aurélie Tropez — Clarinetist, Alto saxophonist

Fred Couderc — Flutist, Tenor/baritone saxophonist

Nicolas Montier — Tenor/baritone saxophonist

Philippe Chagne — Tenor/baritone saxophonist

François Biensan — Trumpeter

Franck Delpeut — Trumpeter

Richard Blanchet — Trumpeter

Franck Guicherd — Trumpeter

Jean-Louis Damant — Trombonist

Fidel Fourneyron — Trombonist

Guy Arbion — Trombonist

Pilippe Milanta — Pianist

Bruno Rousselet — Double bassist

Julie Saury — Drummer

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.

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