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Duke Ellington : an explosion of genius : 1938-1940

Title
Duke Ellington : an explosion of genius : 1938-1940 [sound recording].
Author
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, p1976.

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Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Description
6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
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Alternative Title
  • Selections
  • Explosion of genius
Subjects
Note
  • Recorded in New York City for Brunswick Records.
  • Program notes, selected bibliography and discography (20 p. : ill.) laid in container.
Contents
  • 1938. Steppin' into Swing Society -- Prologue to black and tan fantasy -- The new black and tan fantasy -- Riding on a blue note -- Lost in meditation -- The gal from Joe's -- Skrontch -- I let a song go out of my heart -- Braggin' in brass -- Dinah's in a jam -- You gave me the gate -- Rose of the Rio Grande (take one) -- Rose of the Rio Grande (take two) -- Pyramid -- When my sugar walks down the street -- A gypsy without a song -- The Stevedore's serenade -- A blues serenade -- Love in swingtime -- Please fogive me -- Lambeth walk -- Prelude to a kiss -- Hip chic -- Buffet flat -- Mighty like the blues -- Jazz potpourri -- T.T. on Toast -- Battle of swing -- Blue light (take one) -- Blue light (take two) -- Boy meets horn -- Slap happy.
  • 1939. I'm slappin' Seventh Avenue -- Old King Dooji -- Informal blues -- Pussy willow -- Subtle lament -- Subtle lament (alternate take) -- Lady in blue -- Smorgasbord and Schnapps -- Finesse -- Portrait of the lion -- Solid old man -- Cotton club stomp -- Doin' the woom voom -- Way low -- Serenade to Sweden -- Barney goin' easy -- I'm checkin' out, go'om bye -- A lonely co-ed -- Bouncing buoyancy -- The sergeant was shy -- Grievin' -- Little Posey -- I never felt this way before -- Grievin' -- Tootin' through the roof (take one) -- Tootin' through the roof (take two) -- Weely -- Killin' myself -- County gal -- Blues -- Plucked again -- Sophisticated lady.
  • 1940. Jack the bear -- Ko-Ko (take one) -- Ko-Ko (take two) -- Morning glory -- Conga brava -- Concerto for Cootie -- Me and You -- Cotton tail -- Never no lament -- Dusk -- Bojangles -- A portrait of Bert Williams -- Blue goose -- Harlem airshaft -- At a Dixie Roadside Diner -- All too soon -- Rumpus in Richmond -- Sepia Panorama (take one) -- Sepia Panorama (take two) -- In a mellotone -- Warm valley (take one) -- Warm valley (take three) -- Pitter Panther Patter -- Body and Soul -- Sophisticated lady -- Mr. J.B. Blues (take one) -- Mr. J.B. Blues (take two) -- The flaming sword -- Across the track blues -- Chloe -- I never felt this way before -- Sidewalks of New York.
OCLC
80971118
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library