Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – The Great Paris Concert album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


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The Great Paris Concert isn’t a single concert, but rather a collation of three performances given by jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899–1974) and his orchestra. Recorded at the Olympia in Paris on February 1st, 2nd, and 23rd, 1963, they were edited and sequenced by İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012) and released by Atlantic Records as a double album a decade later, in 1973.

The cover typeface is Dave Davison’s Moulin Rouge, with descending initial caps. Fun fact: the eponymous Moulin Rouge is located a mere two kilometers north of the Olympia. It was co-founded in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who in 1893 opened the Olympia. Giuseppe G. Pino (1940–2022) took the cover photograph. No designer is credited.

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Text on the back cover is set in Palatino Bold.

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