Playlist
DISC 1
TITLE Take The A-Train
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Strayhorn
ALBUM Never No Lament - The Blanton Webster Band
LABEL Bluebird
NUMBER 50857 CD 2 Track 7
Dur 1.13
DISC 2
TITLE Jack The Bear
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington
ALBUM Never No Lament - The Blanton Webster Band
LABEL Bluebird
NUMBER 50857 CD 1 Track 2
DUR 3.15
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Jimmy Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d.
Chicago: 6 March 1940
DISC 3
TITLE St Louis Blues
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Handy
ALBUM The Complete Legendary Fargo Concert
LABEL Definitive
NUMBER 11207 CD 2 Track 18
DUR 2.12
personnel as above, plus Ray Nance, t, vn. Fargo, N Dakota, Nov 1940.
DISC 4
TITLE Main Stem
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington
ALBUM Never No Lament - The Blanton Webster Band
LABEL Bluebird
NUMBER 50857 CD 3 Track 21
DUR 2.50
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Wardell Jones, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d.
Hollywood, 26 June 1942
DISC 5
TITLE Come Sunday from Black, the first movement of Black, Brown and Beige.
ARTIST Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington's Orchestra
COMPOSER Ellington
ALBUM Carnegie Hall Concert January 1943
LABEL Prestige
NUMBER 2PCD 34004 CD1 Track13
DUR 2.33
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Rex Stewart, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Chauncey Haughton, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d.
notionally Carnegie Hall, NYC, 23 Jan 1943 (This is actually one of the patches recorded in Boston at a repeat of the concert on 28 January.)
DISC 6
TITLE It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington / Mills
ALBUM Sophisticated Lady
LABEL RCA Victor Jazz
NUMBER 09026 68516-2 Track 13
DUR 3.01
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Shelton Hem,phill, Cat Andertson, t; Ray Nance, t, vn; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Al Sears, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Bob Haggart, b; Sonny Greer, d. Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Marie Ellington, v.
NYC 14 May 1945
DISC 7
TITLE Trumpets No End (Blue Skies)
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Berlin, arr Mary Lou Williams
ALBUM Jam-A-Ditty
LABEL Naxos
NUMBER 8.120813 Track 3
DUR 2.04
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Shelton Hemphill, Franc Williams, Harold Baker, Al Killian, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, t; Claude Jones, Wilber De Paris, Lawrence Brown, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Al Sears, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Oscar Pettiford, b; Sonny Greer, d.
NYC 25 Nov 1946
DISC 8
TITLE Monologue (Pretty and the Wolf)
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington / Hamilton
ALBUM Essential Duke Ellington Collection (1927-62)
LABEL Columbia
NUMBER 1C3K92684 CD2 Track 19
DUR 2.13
DISC 9
TITLE: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington
ALBUM The Complete Ellington at Newport, 1956
LABEL Columbia
NUMBER 64932 CD 1 Track 19
DUR 7.32
Personnel: DE, p, dir; Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Hamilton, Procope, Carney, Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, reeds; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d.
7 July 1956, Newport RI.
DISC 10
TITLE Sugar Rum Cherry
ARTIST: Duke Ellington
COMPOSER: Tchaikowsky arr Strayhorn
ALBUM (Nutcracker Suite) Three Suites
LABEL: Columbia
NUMBER CK 46825 Track 4
DUR 3.05
Personnel: DE p, dir; Andres Merenghito, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance, t; Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, tb; Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney; Aaron Bell, b; Woodyard, d.
Hollywood, 3 June 1960.
DISC 11:
TITLE: Heaven
ARTIST: Duke Ellington Orchestra with Alice Babs
COMPOSER: Ellington
ALBUM: Second Sacred Concert
LABEL: Prestige
NUMBER 24045 Track 3
Dur: 2.51
i) TITLE Satin Doll
ARTIST: Ellington
Composer: Ellington
ALBUM: 70th Birthday Concert
LABEL: Blue Note
NUMBER 1230393 CD 2 Track 1
DUR: 2.51
from 70th Birthday Concert
Personnel: DE (p, dir); Norris Turney (alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harold Ashby (tenor saxophone, flute); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet); Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rolf Ericson, Mercer Ellington (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors (trombone); Wild Bill Davis (organ); Victor Gaskin (bass); Rufus "Speedy" Jones (drums). Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded live at Colston Hall, Bristol, England on November 25, 1969 and Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England on November 26, 1969
Recommendations: Never No Lament: Blanton Webster Band (RCA Bluebird) Sophisticated Lady (RCA Victor Jazz) Ellington at Newport 56 (Columbia)
Read Alyn Shipton's Ellington profile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/duke_ellington.shtml
Duke Ellington 'The Reprise Recordings' CD review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/x925/
