Label
VJM
Label Number
VLP 71
Side A
Tracks

Choo choo

Alternate Title
I gotta hurry home
Performer/Group
The Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Otto Hardwick (as)
George Francis (bjo)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
NOV 1924
Authorized Matrix Number
T2005-2
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1254]

Rainy nights

Alternate Title
Rainy days
Performer/Group
The Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Otto Hardwick (as)
George Francis (bjo)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
NOV 1924
Authorized Matrix Number
T2006-2
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1254]

I'm gonna hang around my sugar

Performer/Group
The Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Pike Davis (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
11 SEP 1925
Authorized Matrix Number
106250-1
Authority Source
CBS 67264
TJD [E1256]

Trombone blues

Performer/Group
The Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Pike Davis (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
11 SEP 1925
Authorized Matrix Number
106251-1
Authority Source
CBS 67264
TJD [E1256]

Georgia grind

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Harry Cooper (tpt)
Leroy Rutledge (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Don Redman (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
19 MAR 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
106729-3
Authority Source
CBS 67264
TJD [E1257]

Parlor social stomp

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Harry Cooper (tpt)
Leroy Rutledge (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Don Redman (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
19 MAR 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
106730-6
Authority Source
CBS 67264
TJD [E1257]

"Wanna go back again" blues

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Harry Cooper (tpt)
Leory Rutledge (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Don Redman (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr, vcl)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
30 MAR 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
X 57-A
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1258]

If you can't hold the man you love

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Harry Cooper (tpt)
Leory Rutledge (tpt)
Charlie Irvis (tbn)
Don Redman (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Bass Edwards (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr, vcl)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
30 MAR 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
X 58-A
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1258]

Animal crackers

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Charlie Johnson (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Harvey Boone (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
21 JUN 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
X 190-A
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1259]

Li'l Farina

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Charlie Johnson (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Harvey Boone (cl, as)
Prince Robinson (cl, ts)
Otto Hardwick (as, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
21 JUN 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
X 191-A
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1259]
Side B
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]

Immigration blues

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 DEC 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4321
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1262]

The creeper

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
TJD [E1262]
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4323
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1262]

The creeper

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 DEC 1926
Authorized Matrix Number
E 4324
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1262]

New Orleans lowdown

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 4510
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1263]

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]

Birmingham breakdown

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Bubber Miley (tpt)
Louis Metcalf (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Otto Hardwick (as, sop, bar)
Prince Robinson (?) (cl, ts)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Unknown (cl, ts, as)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
03 FEB 1927
Authorized Matrix Number
E 21641
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1263]

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)
Otto Hardwick (as, sop, bar)
Fred Guy (bjo)
Mack Shaw (tuba)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
14 MAR 1927
Authorized Matrix Number
E 21872
Authority Source
VJM VLP 71
TJD [E1263]
Shelf Location
1007636135

Performer/Groups

  • The Washingtonians
  • Duke Ellington
  • Bubber Miley
  • Charlie Irvis
  • Otto Hardwick
  • George Francis
  • Sonny Greer
  • Pike Davis
  • Prince Robinson
  • Fred Guy
  • Bass Edwards
  • Duke Ellington's Washingtonians
  • Harry Cooper
  • Leroy Rutledge
  • Don Redman
  • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
  • Leory Rutledge
  • Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians
  • Charlie Johnson
  • Joe Nanton
  • Harvey Boone
  • Mack Shaw
  • Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
  • Louis Metcalf
  • Edgar Sampson
  • Unknown
  • Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra