| Description |
3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Big band music and jazz. |
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Composed by Duke Ellington and others; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, arrangers. |
| Performer |
Duke Ellington, piano, with his orchestra; Jimmy Blanton, bass; Ben Webster, saxophone. |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. 6, 1940-July 28, 1942, in Chicago, Hollywood, and New York. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical and program notes by Mark Tucker ([28] p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
You, you darlin' -- Jack the bear -- Ko-ko -- Morning glory -- So far, so good -- Conga brava -- Concerto for Cootie -- Me and you -- Cotton tail -- Never no lament -- Dusk -- Bojangles (A portrait of Bill Robinson) -- A portrait of Bert Williams -- Blue goose -- Harlem air shaft -- At a Dixie roadside diner -- All too soon -- Rumpus in Richmond -- My greatest mistake -- Sepia panorama -- There shall be no night -- In a mellotone -- Five o'clock whistle -- Warm valley -- The flaming sword -- Across the track blues -- Chloe (Song of the swamp) -- I never felt this way before -- The sidewalks of New York -- Flamingo -- The girl in my dreams tries to look like you -- Take the "A" train -- Jumpin' punkins -- John Hardy's wife -- Blue serge -- After all -- Bakiff -- Are you sticking? -- Just a-settin' and a-rockin' -- The giddybug gallop -- Chocolate shake -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Clementine -- The brown-skin gal (in the calico gown) -- Jump for joy -- Moon over Cuba -- Five o'clock drag -- Rocks in my bed -- Bli-blip -- Chelsea Bridge -- Raincheck -- What good would it do? -- I don't know what kind of blues I got -- Perdido -- The "C" jam blues -- Moon mist -- What am I here for? -- I don't mind -- Someone -- My little brown book -- Main stem -- Johnny come lately -- Hayfoot strawfoot -- Sentimental lady -- A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) -- Sherman shuffle. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Big band music.
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Jazz -- 1931-1940.
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Jazz -- 1941-1950.
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| Added Author |
Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942. Performer.
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Webster, Ben, 1909-1973. Performer.
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Strayhorn, Billy. Arranger.
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Duke Ellington Orchestra. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
078635565928 |
| Music No. |
5659-2-RB Bluebird |
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