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At any rate it was a great delight to find a tape box marked ”Ellington – Uppsala 9-11-71” in the collection, containing a tape with a concert at the university town of Uppsala, Sweden on Nov. 9th 1971, the second of two concerts in this very old and very beautiful town founded in the 13th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concert in Uppsala, the second on this Tuesday evening, started with the \u003cem\u003eC-Jam Blues\u003c\/em\u003e as was usual at that time. The tune had sort of replaced \u003cem\u003eTake The A Train\u003c\/em\u003e as the band’s signature. Norris Turney is heard on the clarinet over the band at the beginning, and Cootie Williams, Paul Gonsalves, Booty Wood, and Russell Procope follow. 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As evident from the performance at the Uppsala concert, the band could live up to the challenges, and it was received everywhere with enthusiasm and – love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ctl00_MainContent_gvReviews_cell0_12_ASPxPopupControl1_ASPxLabel2\" class=\"dxeBase_PlasticBlue\"\u003eThis album, recorded at a concert in the great hall of Uppsala University on November 9, 1971, was found in what Ellington called \"The Stockpile,\" his private tape collection. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It starts with \"C-Jam Blues\" which at the time had largely replaced \"Take the A-Train\" as the band's opening number. One of the more interesting numbers is the little known \"Fife,\" written as a vehicle for Norris Turney on flute and there is also a version \"A Tone Parallel to Harlem,\" the title of which Ellington simply abbreviated to \"Harlem.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Chinoiserie\" is another rarity, the title referring to an artistic passion for things Oriental, which in his erudite introduction Duke links to a statement by the Canadian philosopher, Marshall McLuhan. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At the other end of the scale, trumpeter Money Johnson comes on like Louis Armstrong for \"Hello Dolly.\" Nell Brookshire lends a hand on vocals, and Ellington shows his age somewhat by referring to her as a \"torch singer.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Those \"good old good ones\" are there aplenty, with longer versions of \"It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\" and \"Satin Doll.\" Nell Brookshire vies with Money Johnson for slapstick vocal honors on \"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Of course Billy Strayhorn's \"Take the A-train\" couldn't be omitted altogether. 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