MTU Library Catalogue

Duke Ellington. Volume 2, 1944/1945

By: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 [performer].
Contributor(s): Hibbler, Al, 1915-2001 [vocalist] | Sherrill, Joya, 1927-2010 [vocalist] | Duke Ellington Orchestra [performer].
Material type: materialTypeLabelMusicSeries: Jazz of the World War 2nd: Publisher: United States : For Discriminate Collector, [between 1960 and 1969]Edition: Limited edition.Description: 1 audio disc ; 12 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Big band music | Jazz -- 1941-1950DDC classification: LP/4763
Contents:
My little brown book -- The blues (Black, brown & beige suite) -- Three dances (Black, brown & beige suite) -- The kissing bug -- Unboated character -- New world a-comin' -- Prelude to a kiss -- Ring dem bells -- Carnegie blues
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan, Shelton Hemphill, trumpets ; Ray Nance, trumpet and vocals ; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, trombones ; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet ; Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Al Sears, saxophones ; Harney Carney, bass ; Duke Ellington, piano ; Fred Guy, guitar ; Junior Raglin, bass ; Sonny Greer, drums ; Cat Anderson, trumpet) ; Al Hibbler and Joya Sherrill, vocals

Big band music

Durations, personnel, and original dates and issue number of recordings on container

My little brown book -- The blues (Black, brown & beige suite) -- Three dances (Black, brown & beige suite) -- The kissing bug -- Unboated character -- New world a-comin' -- Prelude to a kiss -- Ring dem bells -- Carnegie blues

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan, Shelton Hemphill, trumpets ; Ray Nance, trumpet and vocals ; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, trombones ; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet ; Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Al Sears, saxophones ; Harney Carney, bass ; Duke Ellington, piano ; Fred Guy, guitar ; Junior Raglin, bass ; Sonny Greer, drums ; Cat Anderson, trumpet) ; Al Hibbler and Joya Sherrill, vocals

Recorded on May 31, 1944 in New York City ; at Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 17, 1945

LP record