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Title: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – The Great Reunion
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1961, Jazz, Swing
Matrix #: ES 12014
Condition: VG++

Cultural Facts:

1. Only major Armstrong–Ellington full-session collaboration, pairing Armstrong’s touring combo with Ellington sidemen in a New York studio.

2. Bridges two Black entertainment worlds: Armstrong’s New Orleans-to-Chicago vaudeville roots and Ellington’s Harlem big-band society circuit.

3. Made in the civil-rights decade, when both artists balanced public “ambassador” roles with pressures to speak to Black America at home.

12/17/25 LM