Jazz Party

Jazz Party
Studio album by Duke Ellington
Released	1959
Recorded	February 19 & 25, 1959
Studio	Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY
Genre	Jazz, big band, swing
Length	44:47 (LP) 49:57 (CD)
Label	Columbia CS 8127, mono: CL 1323
Producer	Irving Townsend
Duke Ellington chronology
Duke Ellington at the Alhambra (1958) Jazz Party (1959) Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (1959)

Jazz Party is a 1959 album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra which contains a "formidable gallery of jazz stars" guesting, including Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Rushing (formerly the vocalist for Count Basie).^[1] It featured also a 9-strong percussion section on two tracks.

The recording was first digitally remixed by Larry Keyes and remastered by Vlado Meller in 1987 and released on CD in the "CBS Jazz Masterpieces" series. A new remastering by Bernie Grundman in the early 2000s was first issued by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.