Oct 29 2023 43 mins 4
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
(CD: “Duke Ellington, The Centennial Edition” RCA Victor – 09026-63386-2)
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Recorded 30 October 1928 and 10 November 1928, NYC)
Arthur Whetsel, Freddie Jenkins – trumpet; Joe Nanton – trombone; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – banjo; Wellman Braud – bass; Sonny Greer – drums; Irving Mills, Baby Cox – vocal.
When A Black Man’s Blue (Record 21 November 1930 and 10 December 1930, NYC)
Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins – trumpet; Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol – trombone; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – banjo; Wellman Braud – bass; Sonny Greer – drums; Dick Robertson – vocal (21 November); Bennie Payne – vocal (10 December).
My Old Flame (Recorded 9 May 1934, Los Angeles)
Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol – trombone; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Wellman Braud – bass; Sonny Greer – drums; Ivie Anderson – vocal.
My Old Flame (LP: “The Works of Duke, Volume 9” French RCA FPM1 7002)
Recorded 24 March 1934, Los Angeles
Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol – trombone; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Marshal Royal, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Wellman Braud – bass; Sonny Greer – drums; Ivie Anderson – vocal.
Boy Meets Horn (CD: “World Broadcasting Series, Volume 1” Circle CCD-101)
Recorded 8 November 1943, NYC
Wallace Jones, Rex Stewart, Dizzy Gillespie, Taft Jordan – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Skippy Williams, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Wilson Myers – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
Boy Meets Horn (LP: “West Coast Tour” Jazz Bird Records JAZ-2010)
Recorded 20 June 1951, Birdland, NYC
Nelson Williams, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker, Ray Nance – trumpet; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Juan Tizol – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Willie Smith, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Wendell Marshall – bass; Louie Bellson – drums.
Concerto for Cootie (CD: “Roll ‘Em!” Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1032)
Recorded 14 September 1941 at the Meadowbrook Country Club, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Benny Goodman – clarinet; Cootie Williams, Jimmy Maxwell, Billy Butterfield – trumpet; Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall – trombone; Gene Kinsey, Clint Neagley – alto sax; George Berg, Vido Musso – tenor sax; Chuck Gentry – baritone sax; Mel Powell – piano; Tommy Morganelli – guitar; Marty Blitz –bass; Big Sid Catlett – drums.
Concerto for Cootie (CD: “The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25” Storyville 903 9025)
Recorded 5 May 1944 at the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC
Shelton Hemphill, Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Claude Jones – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Otto Hardwick, Johnny Hodges, Skippy Williams, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Junior Raglin – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
— Our closing music—-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.
