Label
RCA
Label Number
NL 89582(2)
Side A
Tracks

Day dream

Performer/Group
Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop)
Cootie Williams (tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:56
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053603-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7094
TJD [H6718]

Good Queen Bess

Performer/Group
Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop)
Cootie Williams (tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:57
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053604-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7094
TJD [H6718]

That's the blues old man

Performer/Group
Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop)
Cootie Williams (tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:54
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053605-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7094
TJD [H6718]

Junior hop

Performer/Group
Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop)
Cootie Williams (tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:06
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053605-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7094
TJD [H6718]

Without a song

Performer/Group
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
Rex Stewart (tpt)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Harry Carney (bs, as)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:46
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053607-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [S12284]

My Sunday girl

Performer/Group
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
Rex Stewart (tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Harry Carney (bar, as)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:09
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053608-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [S12284]

Mobile Bay

Performer/Group
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
Rex Stewart (tpt)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Harry Carney (bar, as)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:03
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053609-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [S12284]

Linger awhile

Performer/Group
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
Rex Stewart (tpt)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Billy Strayhorn (?) (pn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Harry Carney (bar, as)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:23
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
02 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053610-2
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [S12284]
Side B
Tracks

Charlie The Chulo

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
Duration
00:03:05

Lament For Javanette

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
Barney Bigard (Written-By)
Billy Strayhorn (Written-By)
Duration
00:02:50

A Lull At Dawn

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
Duration
00:03:24

Ready Eddy

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
Barney Bigard (Written-By)
Duration
00:02:47

Dear Old Southland

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Henry Creamer (Written-By)
Turner Layton (Written-By)
Duration
00:03:25

Solitude

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington
Eddie Delange (Written-By)
Irving Mills (Written-By)
Duration
00:03:27

Charlie the Chulo

Performer/Group
Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
Barney Bigard (cl)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:55
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
11 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053621-3
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [B7768]
Notes
RCA FXM1-7133 includes a partial take (BS 053621-2) on the same band as this track just before the real take (BS 053621-3) begins

Lament for Javanette

Performer/Group
Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
Barney Bigard (cl)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:50
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
11 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053622-2
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [B7768]

A lull at dawn

Performer/Group
Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
Barney Bigard (cl)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:24
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
11 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053623-3
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [B7768]

Ready Eddy

Performer/Group
Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
Barney Bigard (cl)
Duke Ellington (pn)
Billy Strayhorn (?) (pn)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Ben Webster (ts)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:47
Place of Recording
Chicago, IL
Date of Recording
11 NOV 1940
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 053624-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1-7133
TJD [B7768]

Dear old Southland

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Duration
00:03:25
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
14 MAY 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
065604-2
Authority Source
TJD [E1490]

Solitude

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Duration
00:03:27
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
14 MAY 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
065605-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1490]
Shelf Location

Performer/Groups

  • Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra
  • Duke Ellington
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Cootie Williams
  • Lawrence Brown
  • Harry Carney
  • Jimmy Blanton
  • Sonny Greer
  • Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
  • Rex Stewart
  • Ben Webster
  • Billy Strayhorn
  • Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
  • Barney Bigard
  • Henry Creamer
  • Turner Layton
  • Eddie Delange
  • Irving Mills
  • Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
  • Ray Nance
  • Juan Tizol
  • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra