Label
Ace of Hearts
Label Number
AH 166
Side A
Tracks

East St. Louis toodle-oo

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Louis Metcalf (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Edgar Sampson (as)
Otto Hardwick (as, sop, bar)
Prince Robinson (?) (cl, ts)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Unknown (cl, ts)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
29 NOV 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4110
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1261]

Birmingham breakdown

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Louis Metcalf (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Edgar Sampson (as)
Otto Hardwick (as, sop, bar)
Prince Robinson (?) (cl, ts)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Unknown (cl, ts)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
29 NOV 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4114
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1261]

Song of the cotton field

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Louis Metcalf (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Edgar Sampson (as)
Otto Hardwick (as, sop, bar)
Prince Robinson (?) (cl, ts)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Unknown (cl, ts)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
03 FEB 1927
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4511
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1263]

Soliloquy

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Bloom (Written By)
Side B
Tracks

Mood Indigo

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Irving Mills (Written-By)

Rockin' Chair

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Bennie Payne (Vocals)
Hoagy Carmichael (Written-By)

Twelfth Street Rag

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Euday L. Bowman (Written-By)
James S. Sumner (Written-By)

Is That Religion?

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington's Jungle Band
Dick Robertson (vcl)
Maceo Pinkard (Written-By)
Mitchell Parish (Written-By)
Duration
00:02:20
Place of Recording
New York, US
Date of Recording
20 JAN 1931
Authorized Matrix Number
E 35941-A
Authority Source
TJD [E1340]
Shelf Location
1007635871

Performer/Groups

  • Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
  • Duke Ellington
  • Bubber Miley
  • Louis Metcalf
  • Joe Nanton
  • Edgar Sampson
  • Otto Hardwick
  • Prince Robinson
  • Fred Guy
  • Mack Shaw
  • Sonny Greer
  • Unknown
  • Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
  • Bloom
  • W. C. Handy
  • Williams
  • Irving Mills
  • Bennie Payne
  • Hoagy Carmichael
  • Euday L. Bowman
  • James S. Sumner
  • Duke Ellington's Jungle Band
  • Dick Robertson
  • Maceo Pinkard
  • Mitchell Parish