DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COUNT BASIE - BATTLE ROYAL International Catalogue including the 1997 performance of

including the 1997 performance of Oxygene in Moscow

02 Spanish Flea / Rise

Running on Faith

Chiltin Con Carne

and John McLaughlin once again demonstrate extraordinary virtuosity

DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COUNT BASIE - BATTLE ROYAL International Catalogue including the 1997 performance ofTracks: 1. Battle Royal 2. To you 3. Take the 'A' Train 4. Until I Met you 5. Wild Man 6. Segue in C 7. B D B 8. Jumpin' at the Woodside Description: The musical event which is presented in this album is without precedent in the history of jazz. History largely consists of chronicling momentous occasions and it was such an occasion when the full orchestras of Duke Ellington and Count Basie recorded together on July 6, 1961. The result is almost an