Festival Session

Festival Session is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia Records label in 1959. The album was rereleased on CD in 2004 with two bonus tracks.

Reception
The Allmusic reviewer Ken Dryden stated: "Duke Ellington was constantly composing new material as well as creating new arrangements of vintage works, as heard on this Columbia LP recorded in 1959... Long one of the classic sleepers awaiting discovery in Duke Ellington's considerable discography... Highly recommended".

Track listing

 * All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

LP Side A LP side B Bonus tracks on 2004 CD re-issue
 * 1) "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) – 4:36
 * 2) "Copout Extension" – 8:19
 * 3) "Duael Fuel, Part 1" (Ellington, Clark Terry) – 2:45
 * 4) "Duael Fuel, Part 2" (Ellington, Terry) – 1:43
 * 5) "Duael Fuel, Part 3" (Ellington, Terry) – 6:17
 * 1) "Idiom '59, Part 1" – 2:02
 * 2) "Idiom '59, Part 2" – 4:36
 * 3) "Idiom '59, Part 3" – 7:06
 * 4) "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 3:00
 * 5) "Launching Pad" (Ellington, Terry) – 7:37
 * 1) "V.I.P.'s Boogie" – 2:57
 * 2) "Jam With Sam" – 3:17
 * Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York on September 8, 1959.

Personnel

 * Duke Ellington – piano
 * Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
 * Britt Woodman – trombone
 * Quentin Jackson – trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 6-12), bass (tracks 3-5)
 * John Sanders – valve trombone
 * Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
 * Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
 * Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
 * Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
 * Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
 * Jimmy Woode – bass (tracks 1, 2 & 9-12)
 * Joe Benjamin – bass (tracks 6-8)
 * Sam Woodyard, James Johnson – drums