The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1933

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Eerie Moan
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-01-07)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-01-07)
3:11
2Merry-Go-Round
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-15)
2:51
3Sophisticated Lady
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-15)
recording of:
Sophisticated Lady (on 1933-02-15)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:39
4I've Got the World on a String
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-02-15) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-02-15)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-02-15)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-02-15)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-15)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-02-15)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1933-02-15)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-02-15) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-02-15)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-02-15), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-02-15) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-02-15)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-02-15)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1933-02-15)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-02-15)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-02-15)
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String (on 1933-02-15)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc. and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:19
5Down a Carolina Lane
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-15)
3:05
6Slippery Horn
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-02-17)
banjo and guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-02-17)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-02-17)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-17)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-02-17), Harry Carney (on 1933-02-17) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-02-17)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-02-17) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-02-17)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-02-17), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-02-17) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-02-17)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-02-17)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-02-17)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-02-17)
recording of:
Slippery Horn (on 1933-02-17)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:03
7Blackbird Medley, Part 1 (intro. I Can't Give You Anything but Love / Doin' the New Low-Down / I Must Have tha Man / Baby!)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-17)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Doin’ the New Low Down (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
medley including a partial instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Must Have That Man (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:05
8Blackbird Medley, Part 2 (intro. Dixie / Diga Diga Doo / Porgy / I Can't Give You Anything but Love)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-17)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
3:01
9Drop Me Off at Harlem
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-02-17)
banjo and guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-02-17)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-02-17)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-17)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-02-17), Harry Carney (on 1933-02-17) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-02-17)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-02-17) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-02-17)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-02-17), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-02-17) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-02-17)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-02-17)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-02-17)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-02-17)
recording of:
Drop Me Off in Harlem (on 1933-02-17)
lyricist:
Nick Kenny (in 1933)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1933)
2:59
10Happy as the Day Is Long
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-09)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-05-09)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-05-09)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-05-09)
saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Garland (saxophonist, composer) (on 1933-05-09)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-05-09) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-05-09)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-05-09), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-05-09) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-05-09)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-05-09)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1933-05-09)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-05-09)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-05-09)
recording of:
Happy as the Day Is Long (on 1933-05-09)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
2:41
11Raisin' the Rent
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-09)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-05-09)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-05-09)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-05-09)
saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Garland (saxophonist, composer) (on 1933-05-09)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-05-09) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-05-09)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-05-09), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-05-09) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-05-09)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-05-09)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1933-05-09)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-05-09)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-05-09)
2:53
12Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1933-05-09)
2:36
13Bundle of Blues
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-05-16)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-05-16)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-05-16)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-05-16), Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-05-16) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-05-16)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-05-16), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-05-16) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-05-16)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-05-16)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-05-16)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-05-16)
3:12
14Sophisticated Lady
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-05-16)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-05-16)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-05-16)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-05-16), Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-05-16) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-05-16)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-05-16), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-05-16) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-05-16)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-05-16)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-05-16)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-05-16)
instrumental recording of:
Sophisticated Lady (on 1933-05-16)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:14
15Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-05-16)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-05-16)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-05-16)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-05-16), Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-05-16) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-05-16)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1933-05-16)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-05-16) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-05-16)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-05-16), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-05-16) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-05-16)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-05-16)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-05-16)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-05-16)
instrumental recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1933-05-16)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
3:04
16Hyde Park
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-07-13)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-07-13)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-07-13)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-07-13), Harry Carney (on 1933-07-13), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-07-13) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-07-13)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-07-13) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-07-13)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-07-13), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-07-13) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-07-13)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-07-13)
recording of:
Every Tub (on 1933-07-13)
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
2:57
17Harlem Speaks
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-07-13)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-07-13)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-07-13)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-07-13), Harry Carney (on 1933-07-13), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-07-13) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-07-13)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-07-13) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-07-13)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-07-13), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-07-13) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-07-13)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-07-13)
recording of:
Harlem Speaks
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:07
18Ain't Misbehavin'
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-07-13)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-07-13)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-07-13)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-07-13), Harry Carney (on 1933-07-13), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-07-13) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-07-13)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-07-13) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-07-13)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-07-13), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-07-13) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-07-13)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-07-13)
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1933-07-13)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:47
19Chicago
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-07-13)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-07-13)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-07-13)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-07-13), Harry Carney (on 1933-07-13), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-07-13) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-07-13)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-07-13) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-07-13)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-07-13), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-07-13) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-07-13)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-07-13)
2:47
20A Souvenir of Duke Ellington
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1933-07)
2:28
21I'm Satisfied
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1933-08-15)
alto saxophone and bass saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1933-08-15)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-08-15)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-08-15)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-08-15)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-08-15)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1933-08-15)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-08-15) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-08-15)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-08-15), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-08-15) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-08-15)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-08-15)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1933-08-15)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-08-15)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, United States (on 1933-08-15)
3:05
22Jive Stomp
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1933-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1933-08-15)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1933-08-15)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-08-15)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1933-08-15), Harry Carney (on 1933-08-15), Otto Hardwick (on 1933-08-15) and Johnny Hodges (on 1933-08-15)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-08-15) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-08-15)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-08-15), Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-08-15) and Cootie Williams (on 1933-08-15)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1933-08-15)
2:46

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 637) (order: 146)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000057895 [info]