The Great Summit
| The Great Summit: The Master Takes | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | April 3–4, 1961 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studio One (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:07:23 | |||
| Label | Roulette (Blue Note) | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Louis Armstrong chronology | ||||
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| Together for the First Time | ||||
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| The Great Reunion | ||||
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The Great Summit: The Master Takes is a 2001 Blue Note album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. It is a reissue of the two Roulette albums Together For The First Time (tracks 1–10) and The Great Reunion (tracks 11–17) from 1961. (These two albums have later resurfaced as a Roulette double-LP entitled The Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong Years and in 1990 as a remastered CD called Together for the First Time/The Great Reunion.)
The contents of this album is an all-Ellington program performed by himself and Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars. These 17 selections are the entire result of the only studio meeting by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. They both lead a small band - Louis Armstrong's All Stars - and play classic compositions by Ellington such as "Mood Indigo" and "Black and Tan Fantasy".