THE INTERNATIONAL DEMS BULLETIN DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY 04/2 August-November 2004 FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND HONORARY MEMBER: FATHER JOHN GARCIA GENSEL EDITOR: SJEF HOEFSMIT ASSISTED BY: ROGER BOYES

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Part 4. New Releases and Re-Releases

Another Columbia re-release, in the series "Jazz Moods"

DEMS 04/2-38

I picked up a review copy of the Ellington album in Columbia's new 'cheap' reissue series 'Jazz Moods'. In the series are some 'Jazz Moods - Cool', some 'Jazz Moods - Round Midnight' and some 'Jazz Moods - Hot', among the latter being the Ellington (516425 2). Here is the listing:

 1. Hot and Bothered                   12Jun30  EC
 2. It Don't Mean a Thing               2Feb32    KB
 3. Cotton Tail (Soundie)            Nov/Dec41      RT
 4. The Mooche                          1oct28    KB
 5. Battle of Swing   (take -2)        19Dec38  EC
 6. Rockin' in Rhythm                   8Jan31    KB
 7. Braggin' in Brass (take -2)         3Mar38  EC
 8. Caravan                            14May37    KB
 9. Ring dem Bells                     30oct30  EC
10. Merry Go Round                     30Apr35      RT
11. East St. Louis Toodle-O            22Mar27    KB
12. In a Jam                           29Jul36  EC
13. Take the "A" Train                 15Jan41      RT
14. Tootin' Through the Roof (take -A) 14oct39  EC

EC = Same as on The Essential Collection DEMS 00/1-16/1
KB = Same as on Ken Burns Jazz                01/1-20
RT = Same as on Reminiscing in Tempo,
         Columbia/Legacy CK 48654, not reviewed in DEMS
Brian Priestley**

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Duke Ellington - "The Jaywalker"
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DEMS 04/2-39

Los Angeles, RCA Studio, 23Jun67
 1. The Shepherd          -2
 2. Up Jump               -4
 3. Rue Bleue             -2
 4. Chromatic Love Affair -1
 5. Salomé                -1
 6. Blood Count           -1

Two other selections in this session have been released on MusicMasters 5041-2-C (Swamp Goo and Girdle Hurdle). Stanley Dance claimed in the liner-notes of MusicMasters that Jimmy Jones was also on piano, but he didn't specify in which selection.

The very last note (by Harry Carney) of Chromatic Love Affair has been deleted. That's a pity. It belongs to his rendition of this marvellous composition.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "The note you are talking about is Harry Carney's last short "honk" after the music is over."
My reaction: I cannot agree. The same "honk" was heard on all the concert performances. I think it belongs to the piece.

The six selections from this session on this CD were broadcast by Danish Radio in 1985 (broadcasts # 34, # 35 and # 37) and were in 1991 included on DEMS cassette Azure CA-14.

NYC, RCA Studio, 29Mar66
 7. El Viti               -1

This is not take -3 as claimed in the liner-notes. It is take -1 with the "ending" of take -3. The join is made at 3:07. The drum-roll at the end of the "ending" has been faded out. In the New DESOR it is 6636f combined with 6636h.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "The version of El Viti is indeed take -1."

NYC, RCA Studio, 4Apr67
 8. The Biggest (KIXX)    -1
 9. Eggo                  -7
10. I'm Hip Too           -4
11. AMTA                  -3
12. The Biggest (WARR)    -1
13. Little Purple Flower  -6

The Biggest (KIXX) should have been assigned track number -1 (and not -2 as in the liner-notes). In the New DESOR it is 6747b and it was preceded in the studio by a false start (in the New DESOR 6747a).
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "The numbering of takes sometimes presents a problem when it is not spelled out on the tape. Most often a false start or a breakdown has got its own take number on these tapes, but sometimes not. No take numbers are assigned on this particular tape. On it there is first a breakdown, then the complete take."

Eggo was part of broadcasts # 19, # 35 and # 36. It was also included in CA-25.

I'm Hip Too was part of broadcast # 28. It was also included in CA-25.

AMTA was part of broadcast # 19.

The Biggest (WARR) was part of broadcast # 35, but here it is complete.

Little Purple Flower is indeed take -6. It is different from take -5, which was part of broadcast # 35 and which was also included in CA-25.

NYC, RCA Studio, 23Mar67
14. Traffic Cop                    -1
15. Blues No.16
16. Policia                        -1
17. The B.O. of Traffic            -3
18. T.G.T.T. (MAC)
19. Traffic Extension
20. STAR
21. Cross Climax
22. The B.O. of Traffic (B.O. Man) -1

Blues No.16 is not complete. The last bar (in the coda) is missing. The indication of the duration is wrong. It is not 4:15 but 4:50. It was part of broadcast # 20 and was also included in CA-5.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "You are quite right about the indication of the duration, it is a regrettable printing error. We do not agree that the last bar (in the coda) is missing. We think the number should end as it is on the CD, which is more logical. In your comment to this and other tracks you seem to consider a description in the New DESOR as a description of the "complete" piece as it should be when issued. We think that there is much of what the New DESOR describes as "intro" and "coda" that was never meant to be part of the piece, when commercially issued."
This is regrettable. The studio tapes contained sometimes marvellous intros by Duke which were omitted on the commercial releases.

Policia was part of broadcast # 20 and was also included in CA-5.

T.G.T.T. (MAC) has been assigned take -5 in the liner-notes. In the files of the Danish Radio it is take -4. No take numbers have been recorded in the studio.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "There are five successive recordings of MAC, breakdowns included, so -5 is more correct than -4."
It is anyway in the New DESOR number 6742m. It has not been broadcast. In broadcast # 20 were the New DESOR 6742k and l. 6742k ended in a clinker. It must have been Duke's intention to add the beginning of this piano introduction (6724k) to the following 6742l as well as to 6742m because the introductions to 6742l and 6742m seem to be missing the beginning.

The first note of Traffic Extension is missing.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "We do not agree. We believe that this one piano note - before the tune starts - was to be cut, and that the piece was meant to start as on the CD. As said above, we think that there is much of what the New DESOR describes as "intro" and "coda" that was never meant to be part of the piece, when commercially issued."
A non-complete version (faded out) has been part of broadcast # 36 and was included in CA-5.

STAR happens to be the version called Star, clarinets, one. Duke asked for a copy on 7,5 inch and we see him listening to this recording in his hotel-room in the documentary "On the Road with Duke Ellington". It is in the New DESOR 6742p.

Cross Climax is not take -3 as claimed in the liner-notes. It is what could be called take -1, the New DESOR 6742q.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "You are right. It is take -1."

B.O.Man is not take -5 as claimed in the liner-notes. It is announced in the studio as take -1 after some rehearsal sounds, a false start and two breakdowns.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "Same problem as before: In many cases on these tapes no take numbers or wrong take numbers are announced, and you can find two takes with the same number assigned. In this case there is no possibility of confusion as this is the only complete take, so we agree that there is no need for not using Duke's take number assignment, which is take -1."

NYC, RCA Studio, 18Aug66
23. Tin Soldier

The recording of Tin Soldier is in fact nothing more than a few rehearsals. Still they are not complete on the CD. The very end is missing.
Bjarne Busk and Anders Stefansen responded: "As it says in the notes Tin Soldier is a rehearsal track, included as a bonus because of its rarity. There is only one take/rehearsal. We do not agree that the very end is missing. The arrangement clearly is finished as on the CD. Sam Woodyard's continuous timekeeping drum sounds on the tape are not an ending, although the New DESOR describes them as a coda."

I have interspersed my comments with Bjarne's and Anders' reactions, but here is something completely different and very important that I will add: This CD is really a "must" for every serious Ellington collector. It contains exclusively previously unissued recordings of the highest standard both musically as well as audio-technically. But there is another strong reason, which one should take into account. I have spoken with Anders Stefansen and with Mona Granager in Stockholm. They are both trying to keep Storyville as a record producing company alive. They can only release more Ellington material as long as we, the consumers, buy it. The market is very small. We need every serious Ellington collector to join us in trying to keep this very dedicated company afloat. There is still so much to be released! Let us support one of the very last serious suppliers of Ellington recordings: Storyville; and not download the music from the Internet or rent it from a library and certainly not make copies of released material for others.
Sjef Hoefsmit

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"Solitude"
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
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DEMS 04/2-40

I have been given a Duke Ellington CD titled "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra "SOLITUDE" on Starlite Records © 1988 JTV Enterprises. The CD's first 3 tracks are studio sessions and the other tracks live recordings (on the jewel case label it has Medley: 1959 Live Concert) Have you heard of this album and do you know of its personnel (including male singer) and location of the concert etc? I suspect it is a reissue/compilation CD, anyway there is some great playing and interesting re-arrangements of some of Ellington's most popular pieces.
Paul Millard

Tracks:
 1. In a Mellow Tone-----------------7/8Feb56  G     A     S
 2. The Mooche-------------------------1Jul52  G        B
 3. Prelude to a Kiss------------------1oct57  G        B  S
 4. Medley----------------------------20Sep59                 T
        Mood Indigo
        I'm Beginning  To See the Light
        Sophisticated Lady
        Caravan
        Satin Doll
        Just Squeeze Me
        It Don't Mean a Thing
        Solitude
        I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart &
           Don't Get Around Much Anymore
 5. Black and Tan Fantasy--------------7Jul56     C
 6. Take the "A" Train (1st selection)-9Sep58  G  C     B  S

G = Giants of Jazz 53066  91/2-3
C = CBS 57111             88/2-3
A = Affinity Charly 20    87/4-2
B = Bella Musica 908      90/4-5
S = Success 2140          88/4-4
T = Sarpe Top Jazz        91/1-6

You are right, tracks 1, 2 and 3 are indeed studio recordings. The first was for Bethlehem; 2 and 3 were for Columbia. The Medley is indeed the last part of the Medley from the 6:00 PM concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Track 5 is from the short afternoon session at Newport. The last track came from the Columbia session at the Plaza Hotel in NYC. We have put the correct dates at the end of each line in the list. I do not have this CD in my own collection. I found these data in the manuscript of Jerry Valburn's updated "Duke Ellington on Compact Disk", which is in preparation and in François Moulé's "The Duke Ellington Recorded Legacy on LPs and CDs". The personnel is a bit tricky since these recordings are from very different periods. The list for 1Jul52 is as follows: Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Juan Tizol, Jimmy Hamilton, Hilton Jefferson, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Duke, Wendell Marshall and Louie Bellson.
7/8Feb56: John Sanders replaced Tizol; Johnny Hodges replaced Jefferson; Jimmy Woode replaced Marshall and Sam Woodyard replaced Bellson.
In the afternoon session in Newport, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton and Jimmy Woode did not show up. Al Lucas replaced Woode.
On 1oct57, Harold Baker joined the band. On 9Sep58, Willie Cook had left.
In Paris on 20Sep59, Andres Marenguito replaced Baker. Jimmy Johnson replaced Woodyard. Lil Greenwood sang Solitude and Ray Nance did the vocal in Just Squeeze Me and It Don't Mean a Thing.
This CD was earlier mentioned by François Moulé in DEMS Bulletin 89/3-6.
Sjef Hoefsmit

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"Sophisticated Lady -
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra"
© 1989 Joker Tonverlag A.G.
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DEMS 04/2-41

Total Playing Time : 71' 55"

Recently I purchased this Ellington CD. With the exception of two tracks, Solitude (1940) and Caravan (1936), the other pieces, I believe, are all from the 1950's. My guess is that a couple of the tracks, Perdido and Things Ain't What They Used to Be, are from "Festival Session" and are, therefore, not "live" (as stated on the CD's insert). In addition, I would venture to say that a few pieces are from "Newport '56", some are from "Bal Masqué" and others are, perhaps, from "Historically Speaking" or "At the Plaza". These are all guesses of mine and may be totally wrong. This CD has several tracks in common with the Starlite CD 51053. Perhaps you can help me to sort it all out.
Lloyd Mair

Tracks:
 1. Take the "A" Train (1st selection)-9Sep58  G  C     B  S
 2. Sophisticated Lady-----------------7Jul56  G        B  S
 3. Cotton Tail----------------------7/8Feb56  G     A  B  S
 4. Creole Love Call-----------------7/8Feb56        A  B  S
 5. East St. Louis Toodle-O----------7/8Feb56  G     A  B
 6. Perdido (n.c.)---------------------8Sep59     C     B  S
 7. I Got It Bad-----------------------7Jul56  G  C     B  S
 8. Mood Indigo (5735f)----------------9Sep57  G        B  S
 9. Satin Doll------------------------31Mar58  G  C     B  S
10. Black and Tan Fantasy--------------7Jul56     C
11. Things Ain't What They Used To Be--8Sep59     C     B  S
12. Prelude to a Kiss------------------1oct57  G        B  S
13. Dancers in Love--------------------9Dec57  G        B  S
14. The Mooche-------------------------1Jul52  G        B
15. Ko-Ko----------------------------7/8Feb56  G     A  B  S
16. Day Dream------------------------7/8Feb56        A  B
17. In a Mellow Tone-----------------7/8Feb56  G     A     S
18. Solitude--------------------------14Feb40  J  C        S
19. Caravan (-1)----------------------19Dec36     C     B  S
20. Indian Summer--------------------7/8Feb56        A  B  S

G = Giants of Jazz 53066  91/2-3
J = Giants of Jazz 53046  89/4-4
C = CBS 57111             88/2-3
A = Affinity Charly 20    87/4-2
B = Bella Musica 908      90/4-5 (has only these 17 selections)
S = Success 2140          88/4-4 (has only these 16 selections)

You don't need my help. Track 1 is indeed from the Plaza session. Tracks 2 and 7 are from the evening concert at Newport. Tracks 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17 and 20 are indeed from the Bethlehem recording sessions. Tracks 6 and 11 are indeed from the Festival Session. Tracks 8 and 12 are from studio sessions for the album Ellington Indigos. Track 9 is from the album Bal Masqué. Track 10 is from the afternoon session at Newport. Track 13 belongs to the Perfume Suite (released together with the Girls Suite). Track 14 is from Ellington Uptown. Track 18 is a Brunswick recording and track 19 was recorded for the Master label. I have not found a description in earlier DEMS Bulletins but I may have overlooked it (that has happened before).
Sjef Hoefsmit

DEMS 04/2-42

CD 1
Treasury broadcast No. 18 - Radio City , NYC,
    11Aug45
 1. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 2. What Am I Here For?
 3. Blue Is the Night
 5. The Wish I Wish Tonight
 6. Someone
 7. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 8. Harlem Air-Shaft
 9. Out of This World
11. Midriff
12. Everything but You
13. Ring dem Bells
14. Mood To Be Wooed
16. Emancipation Celebration (into bc close)

MBS Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC,
    26Sep45
17. Take the "A" Train (theme)
18. Suddenly It Jumped
19. Laura
20. Kissing Bug
21. Stompy Jones
22. Solid Old Man
23. Carnegie Blues
24. In a Mellow Tone
25. Fancy Dan
26. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (theme)

CD 2
Treasury broadcast No. 19 - Radio City , NYC,
    18Aug45
 1. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 2. BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
       Worksong
 4.    The Blues
 5.    West Indian Dance
 7.    Come Sunday/Light
 8. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 9. Take the "A" Train (theme)
10. Subtle Slough
12. Blue Skies
13. I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
14. Riff Staccato
15. Bugle Breaks
16. Kissing Bug
18. Suddenly It Jumped
19. Warm Valley (into bc close)

CBS Broadcast from the 400 Restaurant, NYC,
    4May45
20. Take the "A" Train (theme)
21. I Miss Your Kiss
22. He's Home for a Little While
23. Riff Staccato
24. I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
25. I'm Beginning To See the Light (into bc close)

Jerry Valburn has told me that he has evidence that the 400 Restaurant broadcast that is included in DETS Vol. 10 is really from 4May45 and not from 1May45 as mentioned in the Ellington discographies.
Richard Ehrenzeller

The two Treasury broadcasts have been previously released on DETS LPs but the broadcasts of 4May and 26Sep45 have never been issued before.
One can now listen to Ray Nance on CD 1, track 24 in In a Mellow Tone. Klaus Stratemann was wrong on p263: Ray Nance was still in the band after 12Sep45.
Track 26 on CD 1 is wrongly titled Take the "A" Train.
The missing track numbers belong to Ellington Bond Promo's.
Sjef Hoefsmit

DEMS 04/2-43

CD 1
Treasury broadcast No. 20 - Fieldston Ballroom, Marshfield, MA,
     25Aug45
 1. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 2. Mood Indigo
 4. In a Jam
 5. Everything but You
 6. Tonk (Pianistically Allied)
 7. I Don't Mind
 9. Jeep Is Jumpin'
10. Take the "A" Train (into station break)
11. Take the "A" Train (and return)
12. Black and Tan Fantasy
13. I'm Beginning To See the Light
14. After All
16. Don't You Know I Care?
17. Back Home Again in Indiana
18. The More I See You
20.^Let the Zoomers Drool (into bc close)

NBC Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC,
     7oct45
21. Suddenly It Jumped
22. Every Hour on the Hour
23. Cotton Tail
24. Everything but You (into bc close)

CD 2
Treasury broadcast No. 21 - Earle Theatre , Philadelphia,
     1Sep45
 1. Take the "A" Train (theme)
 2. On the Alamo
 4. Sugar Hill Penthouse
 5. Stomp, Look and Listen
 6. There's No You
 7. Jumpin' Punkins
 8. Body and Soul
10. Take the "A" Train (and return)
11. A Tropical Triumvirate (Medley)
       Caravan
       Flamingo
       Air Conditioned Jungle
12. Everything but You
13. Pitter Panther Patter
14. One O'Clock Jump
15. Moon Mist
17. Jump for Joy
18. Take the "A" Train (theme and close)

MBS Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC,
     18oct45
19. A Door Will Open
20. Lily Belle
21. West Indian Dance
22. Waiting for the Train To Come In
23. Blues on the Double

The two Treasury broadcasts have been previously released on DETS LPs. The first part (6 selections) of the 7oct45 broadcast has been released on DETS 903 9002 at the end of CD2, the following 4 selections of this broadcast are at the end of this release CD1. These 4 selections have never been issued before. The broadcast on CD2 of this release has never been issued before either.
The missing track numbers belong to Ellington Bond Promo's.
CD1 has 71:04 and CD2 has 71:25 playing time.
Sjef Hoefsmit**

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Duke's second visit to the Hurricane
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DEMS 04/2-44

Tracks:
    1Apr44
 1. Take the "A" Train (theme and intro)
 2. Concerto for Cootie
 3. Johnny Come Lately
 4. My Heart Tells Me
 5. Blue Skies
 6. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (theme and close)

    6May44
 7. Take the "A" Train (theme and intro)
 8. Now I Know
 9. Perdido
10. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
11. My Gal Sal
12. Sentimental Lady
13. Take the "A" Train (theme and close)

    25May44
14. Take the "A" Train (theme and intro)
15. Someone
16. G.I.Jive
17. Three Cent Stomp
18. My Little Brown Book
19. Johnny Come Lately
20. Blue Skies
21. Sentimental Lady
22. Stomp, Look and Listen
23. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (and close)

Tracks 8, 9, 10 and11 have been previously released on CD Musica Jazz MJCD 1124. They are together with the "fresh" track 12 confirmed in the Timme Rosenkrantz collection as being from 7May44 (35-12-B).
Track 18 has been previously released on LP FDC 1011. It has long been dated as 31May44, but that was the date of the mastering by the V-Disc technicians.
All other tracks (a total of 18) are "fresh".
Sjef Hoefsmit

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DEMS 04/2-45

 17Jan45, Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles
 BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
   Worksong
   The Blues (Mauve)
   West Indian Dance
   Sugar Hill Penthouse (Creamy Brown)
   Emancipation Celebration (Lighter Attitude)
   Come Sunday
   Light

 22Nov48, The Click, Philadelphia
   Take the "A" Train
   Suddenly It Jumped
   It's Monday Every Day
   How High the Moon
   On a Turquoise Cloud
   Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
   Blue Skies
   H'ya Sue (and broadcast close)

BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE, from the Esquire All-American Jazz Concert was not included in the ABC network broadcast. It was only recorded by AFRS and appeared later on One Night Stand #486 and 487. It has since never been released.
The broadcast from the Click Restaurant has been released completely on the LP Raretone 5000-FC and the first part of the broadcast (including On a Turquoise Cloud) has been released on the LP Joyce 1066. This is the first release on CD.
Sjef Hoefsmit**

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The Uncovered Ellington - © 2004
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DEMS 04/2-46

 1. Blue Pepper
 2. Hand Me Down Love
 3. My Love
 4. Azure
 5. Don't You Know I Care?
 6. Who Knows?
 7. Almost Cried
 8. Johnny Come Lately
 9. East East by East
10. After All
11. Cop Out
12. Searchin'
13. That's What He Says
14. What Are You Gonna Do?
15. Tootin' Through the Roof
16. Lotus Blossom

There has been recently some discussion on the Duke-LYM list about the 'correct' way Ellington's music should be played. This is not the first time that this topic has been discussed and it will certainly not be the last. The question which forms the title of this CD could be taken as a very suitable contribution to the topic. However, I feel that in this case, we have an answer to the question, 'who knows?' Brian Priestley knows how to play Ellington. He does it with great respect for Ellington and he only adds his own ideas when he has something important to say. Duke's music has always seemed to me not suitable for only two horns, but Brian Priestley has proved me wrong. With Frank Griffith on tenor and clarinet, Bruce Adams on trumpet and flugel, Simon Woolf on bass and Steve Brown on drums, he managed to record 16 selections from the Ellington repertoire which are seldom played, as a tribute to Ellington. All odd numbered tracks plus track 2 are played by the quintet.
Among them (on track 9) is the very rare East East by East a.k.a. Foreign Blues, never recorded by Ellington himself, but uncovered by Brian in the Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. It has some similarities with Mendoza (15Jun70, Up in Duke's Workshop, see DEMS 97/3-7/1).
No manuscript of the opening selection, Blue Pepper a.k.a. Far East of the Blues has been found. Brian has made a nice transcription from the only recording that exists (21Dec66, Far East Suite).
Track 13 is a Priestley original. In the liner-notes he explains the title: Asked whether he agreed with Mingus that he [Mingus] belonged to the school of Ellington, Duke replied: "Well, that's what he says".
I cannot identify what are undoubtedly one or two Mingus tunes but I recognised from Duke's hand "G" for Groove, REM Blues and See See Rider (respectively from The Private Collection Volume 3, Money Jungle and This One's for Blanton). I spent two days trying to find the "lick" between 3:49 and 3:53 but I had to give up. Bruce Adams plays a great solo on flugelhorn. He must have been inspired by Clark Terry.
It seems almost impossible to do justice to a number as Tootin' Through the Roof (on track 15) with only a quintet. On the CD it is a great success however with only one clarinet and one trumpet and Brian filling in some ensemble-parts.
Track 8, a swinging Johnny Come Lately, is actually a piano-duet. Brian has dubbed his second solo over the recording of his first.
Steve Brown and Simon Woolf take solo roles on track 12 in Searchin' a.k.a. Pleadin' (the third movement of "Fragmented Suite for Piano and Bass" and on the album Piano in the Foreground wrongly titled Yearning for Love).
On track 6 we find a very truthful rendition of Who Knows? in which Simon Woolf plays the role of Wendell Marshall.
In track 14 Brian plays an extremely old Ellington tune: What You Gonna Do When the Bed Breaks Down.
On tracks 4, 10 and 16 Brian excels as a piano soloist in a very original version of Azure, and a beautiful After All. Brian really did his homework on Lotus Blossom (on the final track, 16). He went back to the first recording (by Johnny Hodges) under the title Charlotte Russe.
This concluded a very fine album, which I can strongly recommend to all Ellington aficionados. It is just great. One of the most successful tributes to Duke!
If you cannot find it in your favourite record shop, you can try to contact 33Records: 65-67 Bute Street, Luton, Beds, LU1 2EY, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1582 419 584. Fax: +44 (0)1582 459 401. Email: 33jazz@compuserve.com Web: www.33jazz.com
You can also buy it from DESUK, even for a reduced price if you are a member. I can send you details.
Sjef Hoefsmit

Thanks for sending your very appreciative review.
If you want to give the authoritative answer on 3:49 of track 13, Duke quotes himself similarly on REM Blues but it's the theme of Blues for Blanton from the 1950 Pettiford session for Mercer. Also used by Duke somewhere else later, but I can't remember where either.
Oh, and the chorus that follows on piano, first appears I believe during Mr. J.B. Blues.
Brian Priestley

REM Blues and Blues for Blanton are considered the same by the New DESOR p766.
See See Rider and Mr. J.B. Blues are considered the same by Vittorio Castelli in DEMS Bulletin 99/5-22(p1119).
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Senators Records SEN-01 (Fr) (2002)
10 of Duke's and 6 Originals
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DEMS 04/2-47

Steve Lacy died on 4Jun04. He admired Ellington and made some nice Ellington albums. "10 of Duke's + 6 Originals" was recorded live on 15oct2000 at the Egg Farm, Saitama, Japan as a solo performance on soprano by Steve Lacy. It was released in 2002, inaugurating the new French label Senators Records.
Here are the details:

 1. In a Mellow Tone
 2. The Mooche
 3. Morning Glory
 4. Prelude to a Kiss
 5. Portrait of Bert Williams
 6. Azure
 7. Cottontail
 8. In a Sentimental Mood
 9. Ko-Ko
10. To the Bitter

11. Art
12. Gospel
13. On a Midnight Kick
14. Wave Lover
15. The Breath
16. Traces

The liner notes, written by Lacy himself, start as follows: "I was invited by the San Francisco Jazz Festival, to play a solo concert in Grace Church Cathedral, during the '99 Ellington Anniversary Celebrations. Duke Ellington was my first inspiration in jazz, and he will surely be my last one, as well. His music is so vast, and so interesting, that it is not easy to make a selection for a single concert. Also, some of his compositions are better suited to saxophone solo performance than others (......).
... After long consideration, trial, practice, reconsideration, performance, this sequence - which I call "10 of Duke's" - evolved into its present form, which I have played in San Francisco, and, over the next couple of years, in theatres, clubs and churches in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium and the U.S.A. (...)".

A review of the concert in Japan can be read at: www.stevelacymusic.org
Louis Tavecchio

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Soul Note Records SN-1170 (1993)
Sempre Amore
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DEMS 04/2-48

This CD was recorded by Mal Waldron (piano) and Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) in 1986. In contains the following compositions by Duke and Billy:

1. Johnny Come Lately
2. Prelude to a Kiss
3. Star-Crossed Lovers
4. To the Bitter
5. Azure
6. Sempre Amore
7. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
8. Smada

Track 10 of the Senators CD and track 4 of the Soul Note CD contain the same composition:
To the Bitter. Have you ever heard of this composition?
Louis Tavecchio

I have never heard the composition but it has been mentioned in the ASCAP listing as To The Better, copyrighted in 1967. It is consequently also mentioned in MIMM p518.
The recordings of this rare Ellington composition make these CDs very interesting. I hope I can find one.
Sjef Hoefsmit