Columbia's 30th St studio on Feb. 19, 1959, the day before the Back to Back/Side by Side sessions with Johnny Hodges and six days before the Queen's Suite.
Have it on cd and still think it's lame. I certainly didn't expect it to sound like regular Ellington (was looking for a new slant) and it sounded lame to me, like a grad student's attempt.
FWIW, I am a fan of much of Fischer's work.
I bought the lp at the time it was released. I was "in love" with Diz at the time - I thought he and Rollins and Ellington were gods, but I never could connect with the date and I still can't. I have to think early Clare and Diz and Duke were a mis-match.
I bought my first 12" lp (Fats Domino on Imperial) from a grocery store in 1957. It was sealed in a plastic bag. The store was Mac's Super Value in Story City, IA, a farming community with a population of around 1200 souls.