Duke Ellington - The Duke At Fargo, 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition

Duke Ellington's Orchestra recorded on November 17, 1940. Storyville's Fargo box set had been out of stock for a while until it was reissued on this fine double CD now packed as a digipak. This new edition includes: The Fargo Dance Date by Jerry Valburn, After Fargo by William Strother, then a 19 year old Ellington-fan who happened to catch the band the very next evening after the Fargo date. His impressions of his first live exposure of the Ellington band and Recording The Duke at Fargo 1940 by Jack Towers.