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200 live Albums you must hear without labeling music by marianna kofinaki
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich Nietzsche Who could imagine life without music? Music is but a single They’re all works of art, regardless of musical genre or era. entity, devoid of “labels”, destined to speak to our very souls. And of course listening to our favorite artists performing live Burst Magazine is proud to present all those live musical is a priceless, unforgettable experience. diamonds, traveling you from the end of the ‘50’s till now. Are you ready for the trip? Brace yourselves and let us begin! Have you ever wondered how many beautiful live albums are out there? There’s no need to prioritize them by preference. Special Thanks to George Kofinakis
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Duke Ellington
1958
Ellington at Newport
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington’s flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as “the greatest performance of [Ellington’s] career... It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be.”. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, which ranks it “one of the most famous... in jazz history”
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Ray Charles
1958
At Newport
Ray Charles at Newport is a 1958 live album of Ray Charles’ July 5, 1958 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. All tracks from this album, along with all tracks from his 1959 Herndon Stadium performance in Atlanta, were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation, Ray Charles, Live. This cd reissue includes a previously unissued number from the Newport concert, Swanee River Rock.
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Ella Fitzerald
1958
Live at Mister Kelly’s
Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly’s is a live album of a 1958 Ella Fitzgerald performance at Mister Kelly’s, and released in 2007. Released to coincide with the 90th anniversary of Fitzgerald’s birth, this is one of several live albums that Fitzgerald recorded in the late 1950s.
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