DEMS BULLETIN
DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY
04/3 December 2004 - March 2005
26th Year of Publication
FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND
HONORARY MEMBER: FATHER JOHN GARCIA GENSEL
EDITOR: SJEF HOEFSMIT
ASSISTED BY: ROGER BOYES
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THE INTERNATIONAL DEMS BULLETIN DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY 04/3 December 2004 - March 2005 26th Year of Publication FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND |
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Telephone: +32 3 315 75 83
Email: dems@skynet.be
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RCA Bluebird 82876-60090-2
Duke Ellington
The Centennial Collection
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DEMS 04/3-35
"Centennial Collection" is the title for a set of 6 releases in
which an audio CD is combined with a DVD. It is a proper title for
the releases dedicated to Coleman Hawkins, Glenn Miller and Fats
Waller. For Duke it seems a bit too late and for Benny Goodman and
certainly for Artie Shaw much too early.
Duke's CD starts with 13 tracks with well-known RCA Victor
recordings.
1. Black and Tan Fantasy 26oct27
2. East St. Louis Toodle–O 19Dec27
3. The Mooch 30oct28
4. Old Man Blues –6 26Aug30
5. Mood Indigo 10Dec30
6. Rockin' in Rhythm –2 16Jan31
7. Stompy Jones 9Jan34
8. Solitude 10Jan34
9. Jack the Bear 6Mar40
10. Ko–Ko –2 6Mar40
11. Concerto for Cootie 15Mar40
12. Dusk –1 28May40
13. Perdido –1 21Jan42
I suspect that there was a typo in the liner-notes: the
matrix-number of Perdido should read BS-070682-1 and not
BS-070668-1.
The great surprise is in the following 7 tracks. They are as promised
by Steven Lasker in Stockholm (see DEMS 04/2-10) taken from the
Californian broadcasts of 20Feb41 and mid Jun41, featuring Jimmie
Blanton, volunteered by Steven Lasker for this CD. (Steven also wrote
the liner-notes for this remarkable release.) The transfers are
impeccable. Especially the selections from the 20Feb41 broadcast have
an amazing sound quality. Thanks to Steven's generosity both broadcasts
have been documented in the New DESOR (4107 and 4112).
20Feb41, KHJ remote broadcast
from the Casa Mañana, Culver City
14. Are You Sticking?
15. Chelsea Bridge
16. Love Like This Can't Last
17. Moon Mist
Mid Jun41, KHJ remote broadcast
from the Trianon Ballroom, South Gate
18. It's Square, but It Rocks
19. In a Mellow Tone
20. Sepia Panorama
I wonder how many people will have complaints about the
quality of the last broadcast of three selections. I am very glad
that Bluebird decided to include these selections in its centennial
release. The music is so overwhelmingly good that the poor sound
quality doesn't bother me in the least. This convincing example
explains why some people are eager to collect Ellington recordings
beyond the level of what is generally considered an acceptable sound
quality. Even the closing selection is not complete at the end, but
that doesn't matter. It is an unique recording in which Jimmie
Blanton takes an extra chorus for his solo.
The DVD contains eight well-known Ellington movies:
1. Symphony in Black Klaus Stratemann p119
2. Record Making with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra p145
3. Hot Chocolate (Soundie # 5304) p175
4. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (# 5105) p176
5. Flamingo (# 4907) p176
6. Bli-Blip (# 4904) p177
7. Jam Session (# 5503) p177
8. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jamboree #7) p245
Be careful about the DVD zone. My copy (which I was so careless to
order from the USA) does not play in my DVD player in Europe. This is
new territory for me and I am sure you all know already that zone 1
is for America, zone 2 for Europe and zone 0 for world-wide. The zone
number is not mentioned in the liner-notes or on the DVD itself. So
watch out.
The DVD ends with a previously unreleased audio recording:
9. Interview of Duke by Doug Hatton at the Casa Mañana, 28Jan41
In the meantime, I have bought myself a set here in the Netherlands.
It has a slightly different number: 82876-60091-2 (instead of 60090)
and on the DVD I found the mention of PAL and a symbol which I
believe means zone 0 (world-wide). I can now give you my opinion
about the DVD. It has an impeccable film quality with the exception
of track 7, but the sound on this DVD is superior, compared with my
video tapes. A part of Jam Session can be seen in the
documentary Reminiscing in Tempo (at 0'.44") in a somewhat better
quality.
If you are interested to hear and to see the longest Sonny Greer
solo, you should consider buying the Coleman Hawkins CD/DVD
combination in Bluebird's Centennial Collection with liner-notes by
Dan Morgenstern (here in the Netherlands numbered 82876 60087 2). In
the second selection (Avalon) on the DVD Sonny played his
solos very eloquently in a telecast, recorded 28Sep58 at an Art Ford
Jazz Party.
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Some web-sites have started advertising this re-release, due out 14Sep.
Quentin Bryar
This set was originally issued in connection with the Duke Ellington
Centennial under the title "The Duke: Duke Ellington - The Essential
Collection - 1927-1962 (Columbia Legacy C3K-65841). The accompanying
profusely-illustrated booklet included complete personnel listings
and detailed notes by Robert G. O'Meally, who has also written books
on Ralph Ellison and Billie Holiday. It has been several years since
I listened to it (most of the items are duplicates of sides already
in my collection), so I can't comment on the sound quality. Complete?
No. A good cross section? Yes.
Ben Pubols
See the track listing in DEMS 2000/1-16/1.
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These CDs are the same as Duke Ellington Live in Italy 1967 Vol 1
and Vol 2 on Jazz Up JU 305 and 306. Both of these CD issues were
recorded at the Teatro Sistina in Rome on 22Feb67. Newer collectors
will want the Lone Hill Jazz CDs since the Jazz Up issues have not
been available for more than ten years. It can be purchased through
Cadence at (315) 287-2852 or www.cadencebuilding.com
Richard Ehrenzeller
See for the Jazz Up CDs DEMS 90/1-2. The 2 CD set is also available
from Worlds Records item code 55409 for USD 23.00. info@worldsrecords.com
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Ben Webster — Portrait
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DEMS 04/3-38
Even though I have all these recordings in my collection, I
couldn't resist buying this very low priced CD. I am sure that it is
a welcome release for beginning collectors. It contains exclusively
RCA Victor material from the years 1940-42. Total time 47:52. The
quality is OK. I even liked the noise reduction of All Too
Soon on this CD better than on the Centennial 24 CD box. See for
another low budget Sabam CD DEMS 03/2-25/1. It is a pity that tracks
1 and 5 on this Ben Webster CD were earlier released on that
Ellington CD but on track 3 is now an alternate take.
Joe Farrier
1. Chelsea Bridge 2Dec41
2. Raincheck 2Dec41
3. Perdido -2 21Jan42
4. What Am I Here For? 26Feb42
5. Main Stem 26Jun42
6. Sepia Panorama -1 24Jul40
7. Cotton Tail 4May40
8. All Too
Soon 22Jul40
9. Conga Brava 15Mar40
10. Bojangles 28May40
11. My Greatest Mistake 24Jul40
12. Chloe
28oct40
13. Blue Serge 15Feb41
14. Just A-Sittin' and
A-Rockin' 5Jun41
15. Five O'Clock Drag 26Sep41
Track 3 is from 21Jan42 and not from 21Jan41.
Track 6 is from 24Jul40 and not from 7Jul.
Track 11 is from 24Jul40 and not from 22Jul.
Track 12 is from 28oct40 and not from 17oct.
21Jan, 5Jun, 26Sep and 2Dec41: delete Cootie Williams, add Ray Nance.
26Feb and 26Jun42: delete Cootie Williams and Jimmie Blanton, add Ray
Nance and Junior Raglin.
2Dec41 (2) and 26Jun42 (5): only Billy Strayhorn on piano.
It is remarkable that Ben Webster is credited as composer for five of
these fifteen selections and in three further cases as co-composer.
The composer of Main Stem is a certain E. Ellington. I found
that this is not a typing error but that Main Stem was also
credited on the previous CD to E. Ellington, who also composed
Jump for Joy. E. Ellington is apparently a member of a large
family. On that CD we also found the composers B. Ellington (for
Things Ain't What They Used To Be) and the more familiar D.
Ellington among many family members without any initial.
One keeps wondering why the selections on this kind of release are
not put in the correct chronological order.
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This compilation was made with the kind permission of the Earl
Okin Archive, London. The liner-notes are partly incomplete and/or
wrong. Here is a correct listing:
1. Yellow Dog Blues 25Jun28
2. Tishomingo Blues -1 25Jun28
3. Louisiana 17oct28
5. The Mooche 17oct28
6. Tiger Rag Part 1 -A 8Jan29
7. Tiger Rag Part 2 8Jan29
8. The Dicty Glide -2 7Mar29
9. Harmony in Harlem -2 20Sep37
10. Blue Tune 4Feb32
11. Doing the Voom Voom 8Jan29
12. Rent Party Blues 1Mar29
13. Riff Staccato 1May45
14. I'm Beginning To See the Light -2 1Dec44
15. Mood To Be Wooed 4Jan45
16. Concerto for Cootie 15Mar40
This following track is not by Ellington but by Chick Webb
with vocal by Ward Pinkett:
4. Dog Bottom 14/27Jun29
See for track 9, Harmony in Harlem, DEMS 03/2-14/1.
In the liner-notes tracks 11 and 12 have been interchanged.
Track 16 is erroneously named Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me.
The liner-notes by Robert Laue are exclusively dedicated to
praising the way he has transferred the music from old shellac
records, intentionally not reducing the surface noise. "To preserve their unique sound, no digital
restoration procedures were employed". The result is indeed that the
surface noise is very noticeable. I wonder how much interest there
will be among younger collectors in hearing this, and to what extent
elderly collectors will be happy to hear the old kind of sound for
nostalgic reasons. I prefer the sound as close as possible to what it
must have been before it went into the microphones. I imagine that I
am not the only one and that is why I would say that the threat of
"legal action in case of unauthorised copying of this digital datas
[sic]" seems rather pointless. I prefer personally the fine sound
restoration done by Charlie Crump and Martin Haskell for a recent
re-release on the label ASV Living Era, see 04/3-44. Geff Ratcheson
wrote an article about sound-quality, see 04/3-33.
Sjef Hoefsmit
I have the same release, but the booklet states "Duke Ellington Records
1928-1945" on the cover. The catalogue number on the disc is :-No:005
[Note No. in English way not the Austrian/German Nr.]
On the jewel box spine I have SPV 1085-3104 2, which is also on the
bar-code label.
Lance Travis
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Duke Ellington — The Strayhorn Touch
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1. Take the "A" Train 15Feb41
2. Day Dream 2Nov40
3. Clementine 2Jul41
4. Blood Count take-4 28Aug67
5. Chelsea Bridge 2Dec41
6. Raincheck 2Dec41
7. Johnny Come Lately 26Jun42
8. Strange Feeling 24Jul45
9. I Don't Mind 26Feb42
10. Drawing Room Blues 10Jan46
Lance Travis
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Mark Tucker says in his notes to the Mosaic Reprise album that
Azure Records of Sweden produced a recording of Ellington's "Jazz
Violin Session" of the same material as on the LP from Atlantic
Recording Company SD 1688. Mosaic spreads it over two CDs. I can't
afford the whole Mosaic album just for that music. I have all the
rest on Discovery CDs and Reprise LPs, but not the Violin Session.
Tucker's death was a tragic loss. A great man, accomplished musician
and scholar, whom I visited at William and Mary College in
Virginia.
Frank Schenck
It was not the same material. It was issued on Azure Cassettes from
DEMS. They were exclusively alternate takes.
On cassette CA-3: track 5. Tricky’s Lick (2 rehearsals;
one unissued take)
On CA-7: tracks 8, 9 & 10. Pretty Little One; String
Along with Strings (2 takes) and Cotton Tail.
On CA-9: track 2. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.
DEMS
I wrote you recently to DEMS about finding The Duke's Violin Session
on CD anywhere except buying the whole Mosaic set. Well, it found me:
Wounded Bird Records: WOU 1688. Can order direct for $10.98 not
including taxes, postage and handling. Record pressed by Rhino
records. High quality, pass it on. Company has a web site and as
address PO box 48, Guilderland, NY, 12084-0048. In their
advertisement they ask you to send them your want-list if you are
looking for re-releases of LPs.
Frank Schenck
For those who are not familiar with this recording session: It took
place in Paris on 22Feb63. Duke and Billy Strayhorn recorded with
Stephane Grappelli and Ray Nance (violins); Svend Asmussen (viola),
Ernie Shepard and Sam Woodyard:
Take the "A" Train; In a Sentimental Mood; Don't Get Around Much
Anymore; Day Dream; Cotton Tail; Pretty Little One; Tricky's Licks;
Blues in C; String Along with Strings; Limbo Jazz and The
Feeling of Jazz.
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The remastering of a Jazz Unlimited/Storyville vintage Ellington
release is in the making. It´s a double-set with all the
surviving 1938 Cotton Club airchecks and bonus tracks including (the
previously unissued) Skrontch (24Mar38) and Solitude
(17Apr38).
I located some of the original acetates, including 24Mar and 17Apr.
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28May43, The Hurricane, New York City
Way Low
Around My Heart (comp. by Tizol)
Perdido
Ogeechee River Lullaby (vcl Jimmy Britton)
11Jul43, The Hurricane, New York City
A complete Pastel Period broadcast
Moon Mist
Out of Nowhere
And Russia Is Her Name
It Don't Mean a Thing
Blue Serge
Blue Bells of Harlem
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(Leonard Feather was the producer for this unique series of
Ellington "mood music".)
14Aug43, The Hurricane, New York City
"Dinner music by the Duke"
Clementine
I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
A Slip of the Lip
There Is a Man in My Life
Pitter Panther Patter
Rockin' in Rhythm
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
Main Stem
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
The session of 28May had a wrong date (28Apr43) in the New DESOR.
This error has been corrected with a small correction in DEMS
02/1-25. This broadcast has not been released previously.
The 11Jul and the 14Aug broadcasts have been issued in 1979 on the LP
Hurricane HC-6002, titled "Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club
– Volume 2"
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"The Duke Steps Out"
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I'm enjoying 'The Duke Steps Out', a new album on ASV Living Era
CD AJA 5573.
Chosen by and annotated by Vic Bellerby, there's a remarkable job of
sound restoration by Charlie Crump who did the transfers and Martin
Haskell who did the remastering.
The album is dedicated to Patricia Willard.
It's a great job and the only slip I can find is that the personnel
listing seems to place Lonnie Johnson on six tracks that he patently
isn't. In passing the tracks with Lonnie Johnson and Baby Cox (The
Mooche and Hot and Bothered) are exquisitely cleaned up.
There's a pretty good job on Duke's band's first recording, Choo
Choo.
Steve Voce**
1. East St.Louis Toodle-Oo 14Mar27
2. Choo Choo Nov24
3. Birmingham Breakdown 28Feb27
4. Creole Love Call 26oct27
5. The Blues I Love To Sing take-1 26oct27
6. Black and Tan Fantasy 26oct27
7. Washington Wobble 26oct27
8. Take It Easy 19Jan28
9. Black Beauty 26Mar28
10. Jubilee Stomp 26Mar28
11. The Mooche 1oct28
12. Hot and Bothered 1oct28
13. Awful Sad 2oct28
14. Blues with a Feeling 22Nov28
15. Misty Mornin' 22Nov28
16. Tiger Rag, part 1 take-B 8Jan29
Tiger Rag, part 2 8Jan29
17. Doing the Voom Voom take-2 16Jan29
18. Rent Party Blues 1Mar29
19. The Dicty Glide take-2 7Mar29
20. Hot Feet 7Mar29
21. Stevedore Stomp 7Mar29
22. Cotton Club Stomp 3May29
23. Saratoga Swing 3May29
24. The Duke Steps Out
For track 16, Tiger Rag, take –B of part 1 has been used
and not take –A as claimed in the discographical notes. This is
remarkable because on the CD ASV Living Era CD AJA 5024 (titled "Jazz
Cocktail"), take –A of part 1 was used (see DEMS 88/1-1).
Track 21 is the same as track 1 on ASV 5024. It is take –2.
There is no take –1 of Stevedore Stomp, as suggested by
Hoefsmit and Aasland in DEMS 88/1-1. The cover of the RCA LP 741029
showed a wrong matrix and wrong take number: 49771-1. It should have
read 49770-2.
The sound quality is indeed astonishing. This is "Dreyfus" quality!
Sjef Hoefsmit**
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Out of Time … Music Co. (1999)
Duke Ellington for Solo Guitar
Steve Hancoff
Discipline Global Mobile DGM 9914
Bar-code 33367 99142
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DEMS 04/3-45
When I started to review the 2004 second volume of "Duke
Ellington on Solo Guitar" I looked in previous DEMS Bulletins to find
my review of the first Volume. To my embarrassment, I did not find
any review. So, let us first introduce Steve Hancoff. Participants in
the Duke Ellington Conference in Los Angeles must remember him as the
guitarist who offered us on Friday 26May2000 a wide-ranging selection
of Ellington tunes in the Cinegrill room. The recital was very
special. Steve did not play the usual Ellington tunes but he chose to
perform the very rare. See Roger Boyes's report in DEMS 00/2-23. His
very intelligent arrangements for guitar of seldom performed tunes
that we all know so very well gave us a special sensation, like
feeling the needle finding its way in the groove. His music might be
a bit too complicated for people who do not know the melody, but for
us it was a really fresh and pleasant experience. After the recital,
I bought his first CD with the intention of writing a favourable
review in DEMS Bulletin. See what you will find on this CD:
1. Drop Me Off in Harlem
2. Misty Morning
3. Day Dream
4. Move Over
5. Lament for a Lost Love
6. Awful Sad
7. Mississippi Moan
8. Come Sunday
10. Rent Party Blues
11. Beautiful Romance
12. Dusk
13. After All
14. Have a Heart
15. Blues of the Vagabond
16. Reflections in D
You can imagine that if you hear these tunes, you immediately
recognise the melodies. You know exactly the next note. Even more so,
because Steve starts very faithfully with the piece as it was
written. However, you have a problem to find the title immediately. I
have played this CD several times late at night in the belief that I
had done my duty to tell you about it. I had not, and I am sorry that
I am so late setting the record straight.
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"The Single Petal of a Rose"
Duke Ellington for Solo Guitar Volume II
7695 Hancoff
Bar code 34479 90092
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DEMS 04/3-46
I was fortunate enough to hear from the release of the second
Volume. I contacted Steve and he has sent me a copy. It arrived just
too late for the August Bulletin (04/2). However, I am sure that I am
not too late this time for you. The official release date is 7Sep04.
If you contact the distributor: Inner Knot, Inc. (213) 386-3900 or
<www.disciplineglobalmobile.com> you will certainly get an
answer. You can also pay a visit to Steve's web-site
<www.stevehancoff.com>. You can also ask me for the e-mail
address of Steve Hancoff.
This second Ellington CD contains, if this is possible, compositions
that are even more unusual:
1. Hard Way
2. Gypsy Without a Song
3. Gal from Joe's
4. Single Petal of a Rose
5. Serious Serenade
6. The Creeper
7. Melancholia
8. Pelican Drag
9. Village of the Virgins
10. Goin' to Town
11. Grievin'
12. Star-Crossed Lovers
13. Junior Hop
14. Isfahan
15. I'm in Another World
16. Race
17. Serenade to Sweden
18. Looking Glass
This second CD has not only two selections more than the first, it
has also 15 minutes more music (now 70'). That is not the most
important point. Steve has again recorded a very special selection of
Ellington tunes, which are very well known to all of us. That is what
makes these CDs so special for us, Ellington aficionados. We
recognise every note of the recorded selections because we know them
by heart. It is as if you meet an old friend and his name is on the
tip of your tongue. We should be grateful to Steve that he has
produced these CDs especially for us. They may be too difficult for
others, but for us they are a real treat. What Steven wrote about
Ellington is also applicable to himself: "He is less concerned with
popularity and more intent on expressions of universal human
experience".
It seems sometimes that the strings are played with two hands, like
on the piano: one for the high notes and one for the low register. It
amazes me how Steve managed to do that.
I normally do not give my opinion about the pure Ellington releases,
because I do not have to convince you that they are great.
Nevertheless, the CDs in the category Ellingtonia should be reviewed,
because they are not all of the same high quality. These two CDs I
can recommend fully. Especially since you know the tunes, they will
give you an exciting experience.
Sjef Hoefsmit
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See DEMS 02/3-23/4
With Harry Carney's All Stars: Taft Jordan, Harold Baker, Russell
Procope, Jack McVea (ts), Harry Carney, Lady Will Carr (p), Ralph
Hamilton (g), Red Callender, Harold West.
Los Angeles, Jul/Aug46
How Long; I Got It Bad; Don't Take Your Love from Me; S'posin'.
with Tab Smith All Stars: according to Timner the same as above.
Doesn't seem likely.
Los Angeles, 1946
I Surrender, Dear; Fat and Forty.
with Billy Strayhorn and orchestra: Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, Al
Sears, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Junior Raglin, Fletcher
Jackson.
New York, 1947
Fat and Forty; Solitude; My Little Brown Book; Feather Roll Blues
(instrumental).
with Mercer Ellington and orchestra: 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3
reeds, Luther Henderson (p), Joe Benjamin, Heyward Jackson. Mercer is
apparently conducting.
New York, Spring 1947
My Ev'a Lovin' Baby; Summertime.
with his own orchestra: Taft Jordan, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears,
Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer.
Detroit, Nov47
Trees; Lover, Come Back to Me; Tonight I Shall Sleep.
with his own orchestra: Ray Nance, Tyree Glenn, Ben Webster, Billy
Strayhorn, Junior Raglin, Fletcher Jackson.
Chicago, 1948-1949
Ghost of Love; Hey Baby; It Don't Mean a Thing; What Will I Tell
My Heart; Poor Butterfly; I Love You; By the River St. Marie.
This first in a short series of Classics CDs dedicated to Al Hibbler
contains a lot of nice early "Ellingtonia". It makes together with
the LP MCA-3115 (DEMS 80/1-5) and the CD Atlantic 12512-2 (DEMS
01/2-28/6) almost a complete Hibbler (outside Ellington)
collection.
Lance Travis
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Henry Chaix Orchestra with Rex Stewart in Baden 12Jun66:
1. Blues for Zizi
2. Happy Go Lucky Local
3. Love Do I
4. St. Louis Blues
5. Sour-mash Strut
6. Headshrinker Blues
7. Danse Intrigue
8.^Strike Up the Band
9. Conversation Piece
Henry Chaix Orchestra without Rex Stewart in Montreux 16Jun71
10, 11 and 12: Three Medley's
Tracks 1 to 9 issued originally on Polydor 623.234 and Ex
Libris 6711.
Tracks 10 to 12 previously unissued.
Total playing time 61':25".
Sackville Recordings, Box 1002, Station O, Toronto, Ontario M4A 2N4.
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