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Duke Ellington at Newport: the comeback solo Paul Gonsalves played into the wrong microphone

By the time Duke Ellington called the tune, the night air at Freebody Park had the sleepy feel of a party running out of coffee. Then a tenor saxophone began to climb, and climb, and climb.

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