Mar 11 2025 59 mins
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA – LIVE “CRYSTAL BALLROOM”
- Fargo, North Dakota, November 7, 1940
Ko-ko, Pussy willow, Harlem air-shaft, Rockin’ in rhythm
Rex Stewart (cnt) Ray Nance (tp,vln,vcl) Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d) Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries (vcl)
JELLY ROLL MORTON – “PIANO SOLO” & “AND HIS SEVEN”
- New York, December 16, 1939
The naked dance, Don’t you leave me here, Mamie’s blues, Michigan water blues
Jelly Roll Morton (p) - New York, January 4, 1940
Good old New York, Sweet substitute, Panama Henry “Red” Allen (tp) Joe Britton (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Eddie Williams (as) Jelly Roll Morton (p,vcl) Wellman Braud (b) Zutty Singleton (d)
SIDNEY BECHET “HAS YOUNG IDEAS”
- Paris, June 17, 1957
The man I love, These foolish things, Jeepers creepers, I never knew
Sidney Bechet (sop) Martial Solal (p) Lloyd Thompson (b) Al Levitt (d) - Paris, March 12, 1957
All the things you are, It don’t mean a thing
Sidney Bechet (sop) Martial Solal (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d)