Ellington at Newport is a live album by American pianist, composer and big band leader Duke Ellington, released in 1956 by Columbia Records. This album gave Duke Ellington the opportunity to relaunch his career.
The album is most famous for Paul Gonsalves' 27 choruses on Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue, which almost caused a riot.
This album is mentioned in the book Les 1001 albums qu'il faut avoir écoutés dans sa vie.
In 2004, he received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award2. In 2022, it was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in Washington for its cultural significance.