Festival Session APRJ1003 “Between me and Thandi

“Between me and Thandi

that due to popular demand

Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious debut album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko

with remixes and reimaginings of classics from Donald Byrd

Festival Session APRJ1003 “Between me and ThandiIn spite of its title, "Festival Session" is a studio album that primarily featured tunes Duke presented at the Newport and Playboy jazz festivals during 1959. The 1956 Newport Jazz Festival (the third edition of that event), had proven to be essential for Duke Ellingtons career, which at the time was struggling due to the hardships of sustaining a big band. Newport gave jazz a new popular dimension, taking it from a closed nightclub environment to an