Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Spotlight Bands #381 (AFRS #226)
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra : Taft Jordan, Wallace Jones, Harold “Shorty” Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Juan Tizol (v-tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Nat Jones (cl,as)Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (d) Betty Roche (vcl)
NBC Blue Broadcast, Langley Field Army Air Force Base, Va., December 8, 1943
01 Duke Ellington’s introduction
Three cent stomp
02 I wonder why
03 Coca Cola commercial
04 Goin’ up
05 Boy meets horn
06 Jump for joy (& Closing)
NBC Blue Broadcast, Fort Dix, Trenton, N.J., November 19, 1942
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra :
Wallace Jones, Rex Stewart (tp), Ray Nance (tp, voc) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Juan Tizol (v-tb) Chauncey Haughton (cl,ts), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (d), Jimmy Britton (voc)
07 Just as though you were here
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra : Taft Jordan, Wallace Jones, Harold “Shorty” Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Juan Tizol (v-tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Nat Jones (cl,as)Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (d)
MBS Broadcast, “Hurricane Restaurant”, New York, May, 1943
08 Take the “A” train (theme/intro)
09 I love coffee, I love tea
10 Day dream
11 Way low
12 Perdido
13 Don’t get around much anymore (& broadcast closing)
LP: Duke Records D 1015 (early 80’s, Italy)
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