The Big Challenge is an album by trumpeter Cootie Williams and cornetist Rex Stewart, recorded in 1957 and released on the Jazztone label.

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "a fun and unusual Jazztone session. Six distinctive and very different veterans were teamed together ... the unique matchups are very successful. Each of the musicians has an opportunity to be featured and the tradeoffs are quite memorable. A colorful gem." - Wikipedia

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Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1966 on Verve

The album is divided between “The Pretty, The Lovely, The Tender, The Hold-Me-Close Side” and “The Finger-Snapping, Head-Shaking, Toe-Tapping, Go-For-Yourself Side.” Recorded by Val Valentin and produced by Norman Granz (those are his black & white photos), this is Verve at its mid-60s best.

In addition to Ellington and Fitzgerald, personnel included Louis Bellson on drums; John Lamb on […]

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Portrait of #LawrenceBrown, #JohnnyHodges, and #AdeleGirard, #TurkishEmbassy, #Washington, #D.C., 193-

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Portrait of #JuanTizol?) and #LawrenceBrown?), #Aquarium, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Portrait of #JohnnyHodges and #LawrenceBrown, #TurkishEmbassy, #Washington, #D.C., 193-

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Portrait of #LawrenceBrown, #Aquarium, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Portrait of Junior #Raglin, #LawrenceBrown, #JohnnyHodges, #DukeEllington, #RayNance, #SonnyGreer, #FredGuy, and #HarryCarney, #Aquarium, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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