Paul Gonsalves (Saxophone)
Born: 12th July 1920, Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: 15th May 1974, London, England
Nationality: American
Artist's website: http://www.paulgonsalves.com/
Paul Gonsalves was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," a performance credited with revitalizing Ellington's waning career in the 1950s.
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Ellington at Newport 1956
3rd April 2019
Let us journey back to the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956, to witness a demoralised Ellington Band find its mojo in realtime, thanks to a storming Paul Gonsalves solo that runs for 27 choruses, and caused a mini-riot.
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