В 1971-м году Дюк Эллингтон со своим оркестром посетил с концертами СССР, выступив в Москве, Ленинграде, Минске, Киеве и Ростове-на-Дону. Советские гастроли музыканта оказались исключительно успешными: билеты на его концерты были полностью проданы. На каждом из трех концертов Эллингтона в Киеве присутствовало десять тысяч человек, а московские выступления посетило более двенадцати тысяч человек...
В данной статье собраны материалы о ленинградской части гастролей Дюка Эллингтона. О том, как наши музыканты (смело, дерзко, с нарушением границы!) встречали Эллингтона в аэропорту, о концертах и легендарных джем-сейшнс.
В дополнение – ссылка на фрагменты фильма «Попурри на тему о солирующих барабанах» о выдающемся музыканте Владимире Яковлеве, участнике исторического джема с Дюком Эллингтоном в Доме Дружбы на Фонтанке.

    Artist: Various Artists
    Album: Live Action (Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 15)
    Label: Charly Records
    Release: 1992
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 160 kb/s
    Time: 37:26
    Size: 43,4 Mb

   This is a live reunion of the gods of blues recorded sometimes in the 60s. Among them Buddy Guy seams almost unsignificant but his guitar blueprint can be found everywhere. Even his vocal is strong among his illustrious mates. A milestone in blues history strongly recommended to all blues lovers.

    Artist: Buddy Guy
    Album: Buddy's Blues: The Best of the JSP Sessions
    Label: JSP Records
    Year: 1979 - 1982
    Release: 1998
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 224 kb/s
    Time: 1:01:23
    Size: 98,6 Mb
    AMG Rating:

   Buddy Guy remains one of the true international superstars of the blues. One of his most glorious periods was his time on JSP records, the best of which is collected here. Try such classics as "Have You Ever Been Lonesome?"
   - Borders.com

   Artist: Michael Bublй
   Album: Meets Madison Square Garden
   Label: Reprise Records
   Year:2009
   Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 Kbps
   Time: 43:49
   Size: 52Mb + 56Mb (full scans)

   Michael Bublй Meets Madison Square Garden finds Canadian crooner Bublй making a highly anticipated appearance at the storied New York City concert venue. Often seen as a symbolic moment for a performer having achieved a high level of populist success, Madison Square Garden performances have led to a few well-known live albums, including one from Bublй's own most notable influence, Frank Sinatra. Interestingly, while Sinatra's 1974 album The Main Event came toward the latter half of his career, Bublй's appeared right as some critics and even his contemporaries like smooth jazz trumpeter Chris Botti were proclaiming his ascension to Sinatra's throne as the best traditional pop vocalist of his generation.
    ~ Matt Collar, Barnes and Noble

   Artist: Mina Agossi Trio
   Album: Live at Opera National de Lyon
   Label: AGOSSI
   Year: 2004
   Release: 2009
   Format: FLAC
   Time: 53.2
   Size: 308 mb

    Artist: Oscar Peterson
    Album: Oscar's Choice
    Label: MPS Records
    Year: 1970
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s
    Time: 41:34
    Size: 96,2 Mb
    AMG Rating:

          EVERY DAY IS AN OSCAR PETERSON DAY!

   Pianist Oscar Peterson is in his usual hard-swinging form on this LP which features one of his more obscure trios (with bassist George Mraz and drummer Ray Price). In addition to such standards as "I'm Old Fashioned," "All the Things You Are" and "Too Close for Comfort," Peterson explores "Greensleeves," Johnny Griffin's "The Jamfs Are Coming" and (the biggest surprise) James P. Johnson's "Carolina Shout" which actually sounds much closer to "Little Rock Getaway."
   - Scott Yanow, AMG