''Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues'' is an album recorded in 1958 by the C Jam All-Stars led by
Paul Gonsalves
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 ...
.
Recording and music
The album was recorded in Munich on November 15, 1958,
during a
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
orchestra tour of Europe.
The musicians are tenor saxophonist
Paul Gonsalves
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 ...
, trumpeter
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
, local pianist
Carlos Diernhammer, bassist
Jimmy Woode, and drummer
Sam Woodyard.
The material "is a mix of Ellington tunes, a couple of standards, and five songs written by Terry or Gonsalves".
Release and reception
''Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues'' was released in Germany by Bertelsmann Record Club.
It was reissued on CD in the US by RCA Victor in 1999.
The
AllMusic reviewer commented on the brief running time of the CD version, but concluded that the album was "highly recommended".
Track listing
#"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
#"
I Cover the Waterfront"
#"C Jam Blues"
#"Evad"
#"
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophe ...
"
#"Autobahn"
#"
Willow Weep for Me"
#"Hildegard"
#"Ocean Motion"
#"Jivin' With Fritz"
Personnel
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Paul Gonsalves
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 ...
– tenor saxophone
*
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
– trumpet
*
Carlos Diernhammer – piano
*
Jimmy Woode – bass
*
Sam Woodyard – drums
References
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1958 albums
Paul Gonsalves albums
RCA Records albums