Vinyl plays with crackles and occasional clicks and pops (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, slight discoloration with darker discoloration and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear with splits. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Split near right of both edges. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Name written on one side of label. 6-eye label. (Not a cut-out.)
At Newport, by Duke Ellington, 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". The original release was partly recreated in the studio after the Ellington Orchestra's festival appearance. Ellington released a follow-up album also recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport 1958, two years later. In 2022, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".