The Great Paris Concert


The Great Paris Concert is a 1973 live double album by jazz pianist Duke Ellington preserving pieces of a series of performances given in Paris during February 1963, a decade prior the release. For the 1989 CD reissue, 10 additional recordings from the same series of Paris concerts were added to the release. These 10 performances had previously been released on the 1967 LP Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits: Recorded "Live" In Concert.

Track listing

All tracks written by Duke Ellington unless otherwise noted.
All tracks live.
  1. "Kinda Dukish" - 1:52
  2. "Rockin' in Rhythm" - 3:47
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - 2:58
  4. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" - 4:18
  5. "All of Me" - 2:35
  6. "Theme from the Asphalt Jungle" - 4:08
  7. "Concerto for Cootie" - 2:31
  8. "Tutti for Cootie" - 4:46
  9. "Suite Thursday: Misfit Blues" - 3:39
  10. "Suite Thursday: Schwiphti" - 2:50
  11. "Suite Thursday: Zweet Zurzday" - 3:55
  12. "Suite Thursday: Lay-By" - 6:25
  13. "Perdido" - 5:22
  14. "The Eighth Veil" - 2:33
  15. "Rose of the Rio Grande" - 2:41
  16. "Cop Out" - 6:58
  17. "Bula" - 4:42
  18. "Jam With Sam" - 3:51
  19. "Happy Go Lucky Local" - 3:25
  20. "Tone Parallel to Harlem" - 14:05

Additional tracks on 1989 re-release

  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - 2:33
  3. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" - 4:33
  4. "Black and Tan Fantasy" - 2:43
  5. "Creole Love Call" - 2:08
  6. "The Mooche" - 5:38
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" - 2:53
  8. "Pyramid" - 3:25
  9. "The Blues" - 3:36
  10. "Echoes of Harlem" - 3:32
  11. "Satin Doll" - - 2:27

Personnel