| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Big band jazz. |
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Chiefly composed by Duke Ellington. |
| Performer |
Duke Ellington, piano, conductor ; Duke Ellington Orchestra. |
| Event |
Recorded live for radio broadcast at the Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City, May 1937-May 1938 and at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 29, 1939. |
| Note |
Enhanced compact discs; includes 80-second newsletter clip showing the activity on Lenox Avenue in Harlem and a look inside the Cotton Club with a choir of ladies and Duke Ellington with his Orchestra, 1933. |
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Program notes and notes on the performers (11 p.) included. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Swing session (2:00) -- Medley. Solitude ; In a sentimental mood (3:00) -- Harmony in Harlem (3:20) -- If you were in my place (3:20) -- Mood indigo (2:44) -- Theme : East St. Louis toodle-oo (1:14) -- Theme : East St. Louis toodle-oo (:25) -- Oh babe, maybe someday (2:58) -- Dinah's in a jam (2:12) -- If dreams come true (1:45) -- Scrontch (1:49) -- You went to my head (1:42) -- Three blind mice (3:11) -- Solitude (3:28) -- Downtown uproar (3:12) -- Dinah's in a jam (3:26) -- On the sunny side of the street (4:09) -- Ev'ry day (2:45) -- Azure (2:46) -- Carnival in Caroline (2:50) -- Harmony in Harlem (3:35) -- At your beck and call (2:22) -- Solitude (3:18) -- The gal from Joe's (3:06) -- Riding on a blue note (2:38) -- If dreams come true (2:54) -- |
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Disc 2. Oh babe, maybe someday (2:51) -- I let a song go out of my heart (1:31) -- Birmingham breakdown (2:38) -- Rose room (2:10) -- If dreams come true (2:34) -- It's the dreamer in me (4:37) -- Lost in meditation (3:53) -- Ev'ry day (2:40) -- Echoes of Harlem (4:40) -- Theme : East St. Louis toodle-oo (:58) -- Jig walk (2:02) -- In a sentimental mood (1:13) -- I'm slapping 7th Ave. (2:50) -- Lost in meditation (2:45) -- Alabamy home (3:32) -- If you were in my place (2:15) -- Prelude in C sharp minor (2:56) -- Rockin' in rhythm (3:58) -- Serenade to Sweden (5:38) -- Rockin' in rhythm (4:24) -- In a red little cottage (5:13). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Big band music.
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Swing (Music)
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Jazz -- 1931-1940.
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Piano music (Jazz)
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Jazz vocals.
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| Added Author |
Duke Ellington Orchestra.
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Cotton Club.
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| Added Title |
Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club |
| Standard No. |
717101841523 |
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00717101841523 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
1038415 Storyville Records |
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