DEMS BULLETIN
DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY
06/2 August - November 2006
Our 28th 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 06/2 August - November 2006 Our 28th Year of Publication. FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND |
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Telephone: +32 3 315 75 83
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NEW RELEASES AND RE-RELEASES
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Stan Kenton with Ellington
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DEMS 06/2-36
Richard Ehrenzeller reported on 28May on the
Duke-LYM list: "Stan Kenton & Friends Dynaflow 20061 contains Duke
and Stan playing Take the A Train from Stan's television show in 1955. It does not contain Monologue that Duke performed on that show. The rest of the CD is other well known jazz stars appearing with Stan".
On track 9 of this CD is the performance of the combination of Artistry in Rhythm by Duke with Take the "A" Train,
played on two pianos by Duke and Stan. See Klaus Stratemann page 357.
The date of the recording for the telecast was 26Jul55.. It was the
third in a series called "Music '55" with Stan Kenton as host. The date
is confirmed in the Smithsonian collection where there is a 78 rpm, 12"
disc, titled "Music '55" with on side 1: Take the "A" Train Duke Ellington with Stan Kenton's Orchestra and side 2: Monologue Duke Ellington; Come Sunday (spiritual) (Yehudi Menuhin & Duke Ellington), dated 7-26-55.
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Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall Concerts 1946-1947
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DEMS 06/2-37
Squeezed together onto three CDs are the
contents of the two double CDs Prestige 2PCD-24074-2 and 2PCD-24075-2.
It is true to say that this issue is complete as far as the dub from the
Prestige CDs is concerned, however the concerts themselves remain
incomplete.
From the 4Jan46 concert is missing: National Anthem; Perfume Suite; Frankie and Johnny; My Little Brown Book; Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Seen and Fat and Forty. The first movement of Suite Ditty is titled with the alternate title Melloditty. The original title is Rhapsoditty. It has nothing to do with Mellow Ditty as recorded several times in 1966.
From the 27Dec47 concert is missing: National Anthem; Midriff; He
Makes Me Believe; Entrance of Youth; Stomp, Look and Listen; Rockin' in
Rhythm; On the Sunny Side of the Street; It's Monday Every Day; Lover
Come Back to Me; Don't Take Your Love from Me; It Don't Mean a Thing; Medley with 8 selections and Tulip or Turnip. Added to the 27Dec47 concert is the selection Blue Skies, which was the encore of the 26Dec47 concert.
It is a pity that this 3 CD set was not expanded into a 4 CD set with
the inclusion of the missing titles or with the 3Nov46 Carnegie Hall
concert, which was released on the LP Queen Disc 018, 30 years ago.
The three CD release is available from Worlds Records for $ 28.-. (See also DEMS 02/1-17/5)
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Frémeaux & Associés FA 236
Duke Ellington Vol. 2 (2 CD set)
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DEMS 06/2-38
See for Volume 1: DEMS 03/1-20/2
Solos: Swampy River; Mood Indigo/Solitude; Informal Blues; Dear Old Southland; There Was Nobody Looking.
Quasi Solos: Fast and Furious; The Clothed Woman.
Duos: Sophisticated Lady; Mr J.B. Blues; Dancers in Love; Tonk; Drawing Room Blues.
Trios: Frankie and Johnny; Jumpin' Room Only; Cotton Tail; C-Jam Blues; Johnny Come Lately; Great Times.
The Six Jolly Sisters: Goin' Nuts.
Duke Ellington Sextet: Tough Truckin'; Indigo Echoes.
Rex Stewart and His 52nd Street Stompers: Rexatious; Love in My Heart; Fat Stuff Serenade.
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra: My Sunday Gal; Mobile Bay; Subtle Slough; Menelik the Lion of Judah
Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators: Clouds in My Heart; Stompy Jones; Lamest for a Lost Love.
Barney Bigard & His Orchestra: A Lull at Dawn.
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters: Blue Reverie; Echoes of Harlem; Delta Mood; Mobile Blues.
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Mosaic Records
Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety,
Vocalion and OKeh small group sessions.
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NYC, 5Mar35
B16975-2 Tough Truckin’ Col 37297
B16975-1 Tough Truckin’ Raretone RTE 23001 (LP)
B16976-2 Indigo Echoes Col 37297
B16976-1 Indigo Echoes Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
Hollywood, 16Dec36
B 4369-B Rexatious R/V 1001 (CD)
B 4369-A Rexatious Vri 517
B 4370-B Lazy Man’s Shuffle Vri 517
B 4370-A Lazy Man’s Shuffle CBS (E) M-52628 (LP)
Hollywood, 19Dec36
L-0371-1 Clouds in My Heart UTD 2004 (LP)
L-0371-2 Clouds in My Heart Vri 525
L-0372-1 Frolic Sam UTD 2004 (LP)
L-0372-2 Frolic Sam Vri 525
L-0373-1 Caravan Vri 515
L-0373-2 Caravan Vri 515
L-0374-1 Stompy Jones Vri 515
L-0374-2 Stompy Jones Vri 515
Hollywood, 21Dec36
L-0377-1 Mood Indigo/Solitude/Mood Indigo Mas 102
L-0378-1 In a Sentimental Mood/Sophisticated Lady Mas 102
NYC, 8Mar37
M 185-2 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me UTD 2002 (LP)
M 185-1 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me Vri 555
M 186-2 Downtown Uproar UTD 2002 (LP)
M 186-1 Downtown Uproar Vri 527
M 187-2 Digga Digga Do CBS (F) 88185 (LP)
M 187-1 Digga Digga Do Vri 555
M 188-2 Blue Reverie Vri 527
M 188-1 Blue Reverie CBS (F) 88185 (LP)
M 189-2 Tiger Rag FDC (It) 1022 (LP)
M 189-1 Tiger Rag Tax (Sw) M-8011 (LP)
NYC, 25Mar37 – THE GOTHAM STOMPERS
M 301-1 My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms Vri 629
M 302-2 Did Anyone Ever Tell You? Meritt 25 (LP)
M 302-1 Did Anyone Ever Tell You? Vri 541
M 303-1 Alabamy Home Vri 629
M 304-1 Where Are You? Vri 541
NYC, 29Apr37
M 433-2 Solace Vri 564
M 433-1 Solace Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 434-2 Four and One-Half Street Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 434-1 Four and One-Half Street Vri 564
M 435-2 Demi-tasse Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 435-1 Demi-tasse Vri 655
M 436-2 Jazz a la Carte Vri 655
M 436-1 Jazz a la Carte Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
NYC, 20May37
21186-2 Foolin’ Myself Raretone RTE 23005 (LP)
21186-1 Foolin’ Myself Vri 576
21187-2 A Sailboat in the Moonlight Raretone RTE 23005 (LP)
21187-1 A Sailboat in the Moonlight Vri 586
21188-2 You’ll Never Go to Heaven Vri 576
21188-1 You’ll Never Go to Heaven previously unissued
21189-3 Peckin’ Raretone RTE 23005 (LP)
21189-2 Peckin’ Raretone RTE
23005 (LP)
21189-1 Peckin’ FDC 1022 (LP)
NYC, 16Jun37
M 525-2 Get It Southern Style Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 525-1 Get It Southern Style Vri 596
M 526-2 Moonlight Fiesta Vri 626
M 526-1 Moonlight Fiesta CBS (F) 88137 (LP)
M 527-2 Sponge Cake and Spinach Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 527-1 Sponge Cake and Spinach Vri 626
M 528-2 If You’re Ever in My Arms Again Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 528-1 If You’re Ever in My Arms Again Vri 596
NYC, 7Jul37
M 549-2 The Back Room Romp CBS Realm (E) M-52628 (LP)
M 549-1 The Back Room Romp Vri 618
M 550-2 Love in My Heart CBS 88210 (LP)
M 550-1 Swing Baby Swing Vri 664
M 551-2 Sugar Hill Shim Sham CBS Realm (E) M-52628 (LP)
M 551-1 Sugar Hill Shim Sham Vri 664
M 552-3 Tea and Trumpets CBS Realm (E) M-52628 (LP)
M 552-2 Tea and Trumpets R/V 1001 (CD)
M 552-1 Tea and Trumpets Vri 618
NYC, 26oct37
M 669-2 Jubilesta Voc 3922
M 670-1 Watchin’ Voc 3890
M 671-1 Pigeons and Peppers Voc 3922
M 672-1 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Voc 3890
NYC, 19Jan38
M 724-1 Drummer’s Delight Voc 3985
M 725-2 If I Thought You Cared Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 725-1 If I Thought You Cared Voc 3985
M 726-2 Have a Heart Voc 3960
M 726-1 Have a Heart CBS (F) 88220 (LP)
M 727-2 My Day Voc 3948
M 728-1 Silvery Moon and Golden Sands Voc 3948
M 729 Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take) previously unissued
M 729-2 Echoes of Harlem Voc 3960
M 729-1 Echoes of Harlem CBS (F) 88220 (LP)
NYC, 28Mar38
M 793-1 Jeep’s Blues Voc 4115
M 794-1 If You Were in My Place Voc 4046
M 795-1 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Voc 4046
M 796-2 Rendezvous with Rhythm Voc 4115
NYC, 4Apr38
M 801-1 A Lesson in C Voc 4086
M 802-1 Swingtime in Honolulu Voc 4061
M 803-1 Carnival in Caroline Voc 4061
M 804-1 Ol’ Man River Voc 4086
NYC, 22Jun38
M 852-2 You Walked Out of the Picture Voc 4213
M 852-1 You Walked Out of the Picture Blu-Disc T1003 (LP)
M 853-1 Pyramid Voc 4242
M 854-1 Empty Ballroom Blues Voc 4213
M 855-2 Lost in Meditation Voc 4242
M 855-1 Lost in Meditation Raretone RTE 23005 (LP)
NYC, 1Aug38
M 872-2 A Blues Serenade Voc 4309
M 873-1 Love in Swingtime Voc 4335
M 874-1 Swingin’ in the Dell Voc 4335
M 875-1 Jitterbug’s Lullaby Voc 4309
NYC, 2Aug38
M 876-1 Chasin’ Chippies Voc 4425
M 877-1 Blue Is the Evening Voc 4324
M 878-2 Sharpie Voc 4324
M 879-1 Swing Pan Alley Voc 4425
NYC, 24Aug38
M 887-1 Prelude to a Kiss Voc 4386
M 888-1 There’s Something About an Old Love Voc 4351
M 889-1 The Jeep Is Jumpin’ Voc 4386
M 890-1 Krum Elbow Blues Voc 4351
NYC, 20Dec38
M 950-2 I’m in Another World Voc 4622
M 951-1 Hodge Podge Voc 4573
M 952-1 Dancing on the Stars Voc 4622
M 953-1 Wanderlust Voc 4573
NYC, 21Dec38
M 954-1 Delta Mood Voc 4574
M 955-1 The Boys from Harlem Voc 4574
M 956-2 Mobile Blues Voc 4636
M 956-1 Mobile Blues Epic LN 3237 (LP)
M 957-1 Gal-avantin’ Voc 4636
NYC, 22Dec38
M 958-2 Blue Light Br 8297
M 958-1 Blue Light Col (Au) DO-2165
NYC, 27Feb39
M 974-1 Like a Ship in the Night Voc 4710
M 975-1 Mississippi Dreamboat Voc 4849
M 976-1 Swingin’ on the Campus Voc 4710
M 977-1 Dooji Wooji Voc 4849
NYC, 28Feb39
M 982-1 Beautiful Romance Voc 5411
M 983-1 Boudoir Benny Voc 4726
M 984-2 Ain’t the Gravy Good ? Blu-Disc T 1003 (LP)
M 984-1 Ain’t the Gravy Good ? Voc 4726
M 985-1 She’s Gone Voc 5411
NYC, 8Mar39
WM 990-1 Just Good Fun FDC (It) 1003 (LP)
WM 991-1 Informal Blues FDC (It) 1003 (LP)
NYC, 20Mar39
M 994-1 San Juan Hill Voc
5510
M 995-1A I’ll Come Back for More Voc 5448
M 996-1 "Fat Stuff" Serenade Voc 5448
NYC, 21Mar39
WM 1001-2 Savoy Strut CBS (F) 88518 (LP)
WM 1001-1 Savoy Strut Voc 5170
WM 1002-1 Rent Party Blues Voc 5100
WM 1003-1 Dance of the Goon Voc 4941
WM 1004-1 Good Gal Blues Voc 5170
WM 1005-1 Finesse Col CL 663 (LP)
NYC, 2Jun39
WM 1026-A Kitchen Mechanic’s Day Voc 4917
WM 1027-A My Heart Jumped Over the Moon Voc 5330
WM 1028-A You Can Count on Me Voc 4917
WM 1029-A Home Town Blues Voc 4941
NYC, 8Jun39
WM 1034-A Utt-Da-Zay Voc 4928
WM 1035-A Chew-Chew-Chew Voc 4928
WM 1036-A Barney Goin’ Easy Voc 5378
WM 1037-A Just Another Dream OK 5663
NYC, 21Jun39
WM 1042-A Night Song Voc 4958
NYC, 22Jun39
WM 1043-A Blues a Poppin’ Voc 5618
WM 1044-A Top and Bottom OK 6336
WM 1045-A Black Beauty Voc 4958
NYC, 1Sep39
WM 1072-A The Rabbit’s Jump Voc 5100
WM 1073-A Moon Romance OK 5940
WM 1074-A Truly Wonderful Voc 5330
WM 1075-A Dream Blues Voc 5353
Chicago, 14oct39
WM 1096-A Skunk Hollow Blues Voc 5533
WM 1097-A I Know What You Do Voc 5353
WM 1098-A Your Love Has Faded OK 5940
WM 1099-A Tired Socks Voc 5533
WM 1100-A Blues Raretone (It) RTE 23004 (LP)
Chicago, 16oct39
WM 1105-A Early Mornin’ Voc 5422
Chicago, 22Nov39
WM 1117-A Minuet in Blues Voc 5378
WM 1118-A Lost in Two Flats Voc 5422
WM 1119-A Honey Hush OK 5663
WM 1120-A Blues Col 35322
WM 1121-A Plucked Again Col 35322
Chicago, 14Feb40
WM 1139-A Pelican Drag Epic LN 3237 (LP)
WM 1140-A Tapioca Epic LN 3237 (LP)
Chicago, 15Feb40
WM 1141-A Mardi Gras Madness Voc 5595
WM 1142-A Watch the Birdie Voc 5595
WM 1143-A Black Butterfly Voc 5618
WM 1144-A Dry Long So OK 5690
WM 1145-A Toasted Pickle OK 6336
WM 1146-A Give It Up OK 5690
The sequential order of the different takes may
sometimes seem wrong. In this discographical listing however the most
likely chronological order is shown.
See for the rehearsal take of Echoes of Harlem (19Jan38) DEMS 02/3-18/3.
Mosaic Records is preparing the release of this 7 CD set for the end of this year for the price of $ 119.-.
The phone number for ordering is 203-327-7111, fax is 203-323-3526 or log onto www.mosaicrecords.com.
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"Duke Ellington Masters of Jazz"
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The first set of 9 tracks are the same as the entire Storyville CD STCD 4108 titled Masters of Jazz Vol.
6 Duke Ellington. This 1987 CD contained eight
selections from the soundtrack of the film short "The Good Years of
Jazz", recorded in NYC for the Goodyear Tyre Company of 5Jan62; plus two
piano solos, New World a-Comin' and the Medley, recorded at
Goutelas en Forez on 25Feb66. If you think the number of tracks must
therefore total 10, that is not so. VIP Boogie and Jam with Sam occupy together one track on the old Storyville CD. (See 87/4-4)
The second set of 9 tracks follow:
10. What Am I Here For ? 3Apr43
11. Johnny Come Lately 4Apr43
12. Main Stem 4Apr43
13. Ring dem Bells 11Dec43
14. Rockin' in Rhythm 11Dec43
15. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 11Dec43
16. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' Feb49
17. C-Jam Blues Feb49
18. Cotton Tail Feb49
Track 10 has been previously released on Azure LP
431. Tracks 11 and 12 were on LP Rarities 56. They all three originated
from broadcasts from the Hurricane Restaurant in NYC and were
re-released on the Storyville CD 101 8359 (see DEMS 03/1-15/6)
Tracks 13, 14 and 15 originate from a Carnegie Hall concert. This
concert was (including these three selections) first released on the
double LP Ember 2001 and not long ago re-released on the double CD
Storyville 103.8341 (see DEMS 02/1-19/1).
On 1Feb49 Duke opened a three-week engagement at the Hollywood Empire in
LA. This resulted in 9 documented sessions (broadcasts) most of which
have no specific date. Track 16 is documented in the New DESOR under
number 4903e. Track 17 has number 4903b. They originated both from an
AFRS broadcasts Just Jazz-46 and were earlier released on the LP
Raretone 5004. Track 18 is documented under number 4908f and originated
from the AFRS broadcast Jubilee-361. All these three tracks, 16, 17 and
18, have been previously re-released on the Storyville CD 101 8346 (see
DEMS 03/3-21).
One wonders whether the new owners of Storyville know what they are
doing. It makes no sense to re-release material that recently was
released by the same company. Even if the stocks of the existing CDs are
exhausted, the market for so called "fresh" material will always be
more interesting for both producers and collectors.
Milo van den Assem and Sjef Hoefsmit
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Duke Ellington - Masterpieces
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There has been some discussion among my friends on the Duke-LYM
list about the correct dates of the recordings on the 4 CD set Proper
Box 25 "Duke Ellington - Masterpieces". Only the titles of the
selections have been mentioned in DEMS Bulletin 01/3-30 in Jerry
Valburn's column "New Releases on Compact Disc". Some people rent
these CDs from local libraries. I imagine that in that case the
liner-notes get lost after some time, but even if they are available
they contain a couple of confusing errors which were transferred into
Jerry Valburn's manuscript for the second edition of his CD
Directory. Lance Travis was so kind to send me the 4 CDs. As usual, I
do not give matrix-numbers and I only mention the take-numbers in
cases where there may be some possibility of doubt.
I also do not mention the errors found in the personnel listings.
After examination I can state the following:
CD 1 - Mood Indigo
1. East St. Louis Toodle-O 29Nov26
2. Birmingham Breakdown 29Nov26
3. Black and Tan Fantasy 7Apr27
4. Black Beauty 26Mar28
5. The Mooche 1oct28
6. Yellow Dog Blues 25Jun28
7. The Blues with a Feeling 22Nov28
8. Misty Mornin' 22Nov28
9. Flaming Youth -2 16Jan29
10. Hot Feet 7Mar29
11. Double Check Stomp 11Apr30
12. Ring dem Bells -3 20Aug30
13. Old Man Blues -6 26Aug30
14. Mood Indigo 17oct30
15. Rockin' in Rhythm 8Jan31
16. Echoes of the Jungle 16Jun31
17. The Mystery Song -1 17Jun31
18. It Don't Mean a Thing 2Feb32
19. Lazy Rhapsody -A 2Feb32
20. Creole Love Call -A 11Feb32
21. Blue Ramble -A 18May32
22. Ducky Wucky -A 19Sep32
23. Eerie Moan -A 7Jan33
24. Sophisticated Lady -2 15Feb33
Track 6 is not Awful Sad.
Track 12 has Ring dem Bells take -3 from 20Aug30 and not track
-6 from 26Aug30 as suggested by mentioningg the release Victor
22528.
Track 15 is from 8Jan31 and not from 8Nov30. The liner-notes were
apparently written before the New DESOR Small Corrections were
published in DEMS Bulletin 02/1-25. See also DEMS 01/3-13/1.
CD 2 - In a Sentimental Mood
1. Slippery Horn -A 17Feb33
2. Drop Me Off in Harlem -A 17Feb33
3. Daybreak Express -1 4Dec33
4. Delta Serenade -2 9Jan34
5. Stompy Jones 9Jan34
6. Solitude 10Jan34
7. Blue Feeling 10Jan34
8. Saddest Tale 12Sep34
9. Moonglow 12Sep34
10. In a Sentimental Mood 30Apr35
11. Showboat Shuffle 30Apr35
12. Reminiscing in Tempo, part 1 12Sep35
Reminiscing in Tempo, part 2 12Sep35
Reminiscing in Tempo, part 3 12Sep35
Reminiscing in Tempo, part 4 12Sep35
13. Clarinet Lament 27Feb36
14. Echoes of Harlem 27Feb36
15. Black Butterfly -1 21Dec36
16. Caravan -1 19Dec36
17. Azure -1 22Apr37
18. Diminuendo in Blue -1 20Sep37
19. Crescendo in Blue -1 20Sep37
20. Steppin' into Swing Society 13Jan38
21. Lost in Meditation -2 22Jun38
Track 4 has Delta Serenades take -2 and
not track -1. This is correctly suggested by mentioning the release
Victor 24755.
Track 16 has Caravan take -1 from 19Dec36 and not take -2 from
14May37.
Track 17 has Azure -1 from 22Apr37 and not take -1 from 14May37.
Track 21 has Lost in Meditation -2 from 22Jun38 and not take
-1 from 2Feb38. The mention of the matrix number and the label number
of the original 78 rpm recordings have no relevance. These numbers
have apparently been found in discographies and not on the wax or on
the labels of the copied 78 rpms.
CD 3 - Ko-Ko
1. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart-2 3Mar38
2. Rose of the Rio Grande -1 7Jun38
3. Pyramid 7Jun38
4. Prelude to a Kiss -1 9Aug38
5. Blue Light -1 22Dec38
6. Boy Meets Horn 22Dec38
7. Slap Happy -1 22Dec38
8. Serenade to Sweden 6Jun39
9. The Sergeant Was Shy 28Aug39
10. Jack the Bear 6Mar40
11. Ko-Ko -2 6Mar40
12. Conga Brava 15Mar40
13. Concerto for Cootie 15Mar40
14. Cotton Tail 4May40
15. Never No Lament 4May40
16. Dusk 28May40
17. Bojangles 28May40
18. A Portrait of Bert Williams 28May40
19. Harlem Air-Shaft 22Jul40
20. All Too Soon 22Jul40
21. Sepia Panorama -2 24Jul40
22. In a Mellotone 5Sep40
23. Warm Valley -1 5Sep40
24. Across the Tracks Blues-1 28oct40
25. Day Dream 2Nov40
Many of the first group of 9 tracks have a too
high speed.
Track 4 is from 9Aug38 and not from 4Aug.
Track 21 is not take -1 but it is take -2 from Sepia Panorama.
Track 23, Warm Valley, is not take -3 from 17oct40, but it is
take -1 from 5Sep40.
CD 4 - Take the "A" Train
1. Pussy Willow 7Nov40
2. The Sidewalks of New York 28Dec40
3. Take the "A" Train 15Feb41
4. Blue Serge 15Feb41
5. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' 5Jun41
6. I Got It Bad -1 26Jun41
7. Clementine 2Jul41
8. Jump for Joy -2 2Jul41
9. Chelsea Bridge 2Dec41
10. Raincheck 2Dec41
11. Perdido -1 21Jan42
12. C-Jam Blues 21Jan42
13. Moon Mist -2 21Jan42
14. What Am I Here For? 26Feb42
15. Main Stem 26Jun42
16. Johnny Come Lately 26Jun42
17. I'm Beginning To See the Light-2 1Dec44
18. Transblucency 9Jul46
19. Lady of the Lavender Mist -2 14Aug47
20. Sultry Serenade -f 6oct47
21. Air Conditioned Jungle -d 10Nov47
22. The Clothed Woman -e 30Dec47
23. Snibor -i 1Sep49
Track 18 is the last of a series of Victor recordings, which started
with track 10 on CD 3. The speed of these recordings is suspiciously
identical with those of the Centennial 24 CD box.
The last group of 5 tracks are all alternate takes from the Columbia
years. They were copied from Up to Date LPs. This is correctly stated
in the liner-notes, with the exception of track 19, which is claimed
to be taken from the 10 inch microgroove Columbia CL 6024, titled
"Mood Ellington". I do not believe that although I do not have that
album. It is however mentioned in the old Desor in Volume7 on page
XXI. On page 236 the take number is given as take -1, the same as for
all the other releases. No alternate takes were known at the time. In
the liner-notes of the Proper Box CD 4 the take number is take -1.
This is wrong. It is as indicated in the New DESOR take -2. For the
other four recordings no take numbers are given in the liner-notes
or in the New DESOR. I have mentioned the letters as given in the New
DESOR.
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DVD/CD combination Milan EAN Code
(for the European Union) 3299039901229
released 24Apr06
Duke Ellington – Take the "A" Train
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CD
1. Take the "A" Train
2. Perdido
3. Frankie and Johnny
4. A Night at the Cotton Club: Introduction
5. A Night at the Cotton Club: Misty Mornin'
6. A Night at the Cotton Club: Freeze and Melt
7. Cotton Club Stomp
8. The Sheik of Araby
9. Ko-Ko
10. Harlem Air-Shaft
11. Creole Love Call
12. It Don’t Mean a Thing
13. Solitude
14. Stormy Weather
15. Mood Indigo
16. Sophisticated Lady
17. Caravan
18. Jam with Sam
19. The Mooche
20. Take the "A" Train
DVD
1. A Bundle of Blues
2. Symphony in Black
3. V.I.P. Boogie
4. Solitude
5. The Hawk Talks
6. Caravan
7. Sophisticated Lady
8. The Mooche
9. Mood Indigo
With the exception of a few selections, the audio recordings on the CD
will have to be compared with others of the relevant titles, if they are
to be properly identified. We will keep you informed.
The selections on the DVD on the other hand can be identified with no great risk.
Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded at Paramount's Eastern Service Studios,
Astoria, Long Island in NY on respectively 23May33 and Oct34. Tracks 3/9
were recorded on 14Mar52. We expect that the title Jam with Sam has not be omitted, but will be found (as usual) after V.I.P. Boogie.
Milo van den Assem and Sjef Hoefsmit
ELLINGTONIA
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ABCD1-014 Ray Nance 1949—1949
Non-Ducal Violin Featuring Ben Webster
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DEMS 06/2-43
See DEMS 05/2-34 (also for all details about ordering AB Fable CDs)
This is taken from Anthony Barnett's web-site http://www.abar.net/cdd.html:
tracks 2—8: the presence of Fred Guy (gt) has been questioned, in particular by Ellington specialist Bjarne Busk in DEMS 05/2-34.
Because even the solos are all only chorded we firmly believe the
guitarist is Guy. Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen, of the Ben Webster
Foundation, adds: "I remember that Ben once talked about Freddy Guy and
said: ‘Oh, Freddy, he could play a lot of guitar–but Duke never used him
as a soloist, preferred the horns . . .’"
There has also been some suggestion that (sb) is Junior Raglin. However,
Brooks Kerr played the relevant tracks to Leonard Gaskin on 11 April
2006. Here is Gaskin’s response, relayed courtesy Steven Lasker:
"Blanton but under-recorded. I detect the diatonic system peculiar to
him which he invented."
Dan Morgenstern recognizes Greer as the voice that encourages "Play it Ray." on track 6.
Our claim that these are the only known clarinet recordings by Webster
is not quite right; also extant are a couple of other home recordings
from a different session, though probably roughly contemporary.
track 12: in fact, Nance also plays (tp) momentarily at the very end.
photo: a crop of the Apollo session photo first appeared in Esquire’s 1945 Jazz Book.
acknowledgements: read Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen, not Iwersen.
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ABCD1-015 Stuff Smith 1937-1942
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DEMS 06/2-44
Many of DEMS Bulletin readers also collect
recordings of Ben Webster. That's why we mention this CD on which 7
tracks (20/26) contain the session 36-10 as described in the Langhorn
& Sjøgren discography with Ben Webster in Teddy Wilson's band: Them
There Eyes; You Turned the Tables on Me; Darling, Not Without You; Them
There Eyes; I Got Rhythm; Did You Mean It?; Them There Eyes. With the exception of I Got Rhythm
(on LP Jazz Archives JA-15 and CD Archives of Jazz 3801152), these
recordings have not been released. In the liner notes, Anthony Barnett
explains why the date of this session cannot have been 25Nov36 but
rather later than 21Jan37. According to Heinz Baumeister (see 06/2-33)
the date should be early in Mar37. This is only recommended to fanatic
Ben Webster collectors. In three of the selections, Ben is not featured
but the singer Helen Ward is. Apart from in I Got Rhythm, Ben only took a solo in Did You Mean It? The title of Them There Eyes
was well chosen for the broadcast titled: "Let's Listen to Lucidin" if
you realise that "Lucidin" was a kind of medicine for your eyes if they
were tired or didn't feel fine in some other respect.
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ABCD1-016 Rex Stewart and Stuff Smith
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DEMS 06/2-45
See DEMS 06/1-32
After we mentioned it in the last Bulletin we had the great pleasure to
of listening to the remarkable AB Fable CD ABCD1-016 in the series of
violin improvisation studies. It contains recordings made at Roger St
Onge's home at Manhattan Beach during the summers in the early sixties.
The liner notes say: Roger St Onge master tapes courtesy Steven Lasker
with the kind assistance of Claire Gordon and Roger St Onge. Title
identification assistance James Loeffler. Context assistance Dan
Morgenstern, Howard Rye, Walter Allen "Hendersonia" and Eric Townley
"Tell Your Story".
Several of the improvised selections are combined with talk and
laughter. Although the music is very interesting, the conversations are
of much more importance. This CD should not be recommended to those who
are exclusively interested in music, but it will be highly appreciated
by those who are interested in what Rex Stewart and Stuff Smith had to
say. They each occupy a separate stereo channel and it sometimes helps
if you only listen to one channel at the time when they are both talking
to the guests. Among those was also Claire Gordon who mentioned these
sessions in her book "My Unforgettable Jazz Friends" on page 202. (See
DEMS 05/1-5). When reading her book I often wished that I could have
been there and now this CD opens an audio window on these happy summer
afternoons. The liner-notes are exemplary. Anthony Barnett should be
proud of this production. The impeccable presentation of this CD shows
his love for the music and his respect for the musicians.
Sjef Hoefsmit
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Gazell GAFCD-1084
"Kinda Dukish"
Putte Wickman & Ernie Wilkins
Almost Big Band plays Duke Ellington
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DEMS 06/2-46
I saw in DEMS (06/1-14) that Irv Jacobs, LA
asked for a CD from Gazell Records. "Putte Wickman & Ernie Wilkins
Almost Big Band plays Duke Ellington". I have sent one CD to him.
The CD can be ordered and delivered from Gazell Records in Stockholm, Sweden.
The musicians are all Danish and arrangements are by Ernie Wilkins.
Putte Wickman is according to many jazz experts one of the best
clarinet players in the world. He recently died, aged 80, of cancer.
The titles on the CD are: Johnny Come Lately, Sophisticated Lady,
Kinda Dukish, Take the Coltrane, The Mooche, Mainstem, Good Queen Bess,
My Little Brown Book, A Little Bit of Duke. The liner-notes are by Dan Morgenstern.
There is a video part included in the CD. Mainstem 7.52 minutes. You can play the whole CD on a DVD player without picture. The total time is ca 64 minutes, recorded 5Sep04 in Denmark. Price: $20 plus freight.
Address: http://www.gazell.net/ or http://www.ewabb.com/ Or you can contact me. Address: goran.wallen@telia.com
Göran Wallén
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Retrieval RTR 79013
Jabbo [Gladys] Smith 1929 The Complete Set
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And indeed complete it is. All (and more than)
the recordings mentioned in Charles Delaunay's New Hot Discography for
the year 1929 are included in this nice CD. That is to say, one track on
the CD contains a never before issued recording, but another recording
from the year 1929 is missing: 20Dec29 with Alex Hill Orchestra in Toogaloo Shout.
Although Jabbo Smith only played in one of Duke Ellington's
recording sessions , the one of 3Nov27, when he replaced Bubber Miley
and soloed brilliantly in Black and Tan Fantasy (2 takes issued) and can also be heard in What Can a Poor Fellow Do?
, for me he is a genuine Ellingtonian. I saw him many years ago when he
played in Breda and was featured on trombone. I wanted to see and hear
the man whose name was so familiar to me from Duke's discography. Jabbo
Smith was a great trumpet player with the potential of a Louis Armstrong
both on his horn as well as a vocalist. He didn't realise his potential
for several reasons. One was his terrible unreliability. What amazed me
even more than the great music was the unbelievable quality of these
ancient recordings. It is again the President, John R.T.Davies, who not
only did the audio restoration but also supplied the original material.
Apart from being a great instrumentalist, Jabbo Smith also had great
compositional skills. The first two tracks are credited to Ikey
Robinson, and no name for the previously unreleased track 16 is given,
but all the other tracks of the total of 22 are "composed" by Jabbo
Smith. If you like the early Ellingtons, you certainly will enjoy these
recordings with Duke's one time band-member, Jabbo Smith. I bought my
copy from Worlds Records for $ 14.-.
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Frémeaux & Associés double CD FA 551
Bolling plays Ellington
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DEMS 06/2-48
Stomp, Look and Listen; Blue Serge; Ko Ko;
Echoes of Harlem; Sepia Panorama; Cotton Tail; Sophisticated Lady; It
Don't Mean a Thing; Magenta Haze; In a Mellotone; Rockin' in Rhythm;
Take the "A" Train; Lady of the Lavender Mist; Midriff; Chelsea Bridge;
Perdido; Upper Manhattan Medical Group; Mood Indigo; I Let a Song Go Out
of My Heart; Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue.
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CD Prestige, no number known
Taft Jordan, "Mood Indigo"
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This CD has been advertised by Mosaic Records in their True Blue Sale.
It contains the recordings made for two LPs.
The first album was recorded by the Taft Jordan Quintet on 30Jun61 in
NYC: Taft Jordan, Richard Wyands, Kenny Burrell, Joe Benjamin and
Charlie Persip. It was a full Ellington album: Lost in Meditation; In
a Sentimental Mood; Mood Indigo; Warm Valley; Sophisticated Lady; I
Didn't Know About You; Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me.
The second album was recorded by The Swingville All Stars on 31Mar60 in
NYC: Taft Jordan, Hilton Jefferson, Al Sears, Don Abney, Wendell
Marshall and Gus Johnson. New Carnegie Blues; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Li'l Darling; Willow Weep for Me; Tenderly; Rockin' in Rhythm.
The price has been dropped to $14.98. Contact "Mosaic Records" mosaicrecords@e.emimusicna.com
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CD Laserlight 32808 release date 25Jul06
UPC code 18111340823
Duke Ellington "Christmas"
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1. I'll Be Home for Christmas
2. Winter Wonderland
3. Jingle Bells /Silver Bells Medley
4. White Christmas
5. Auld Lang Syne
6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
7. Sleigh Ride
8. It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
9. The Christmas Song
10. Take the "A" Train
Tracks 1 until and including 9 were recorded on 28 and 29Jul80 at the
OPAL Studios in NYC, under the direction of Elliot Rosoff. They were
released in 1980 on an LP "The Duke Ellington Orchestra directed by
Mercer Ellington" – "Take the Holiday Train" on Holiday Records
HDY-1916. The origin of track 10 is unknown to us. Tom Lord wisely did
not mention the musicians. There are 20 names in alphabetical order on
the LP jacket including those of Mercer Ellington/Leader [sic] and Anita
Moore and two piano players, two bassists and one drummer.
Milo van den Assem and Sjef Hoefsmit