Edition
RC 230 Reissue of RCA FXM1 7135
Label
RCA
Label Number
Duke 3
Side A
Tracks

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
065605-2
Authority Source
TJD [E1490]

Bakiff

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (vln)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:23
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
05 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061283-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1492]

Are you sticking?

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:02
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
15 FEB 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061284-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1492]

Are you sticking?

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Billy Strayhorn (arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:01
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Date of Recording
05 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061284-2
Authority Source
TJD [E1492]

Just a settin' and a rockin'

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:33
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
05 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061285-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1492]

The giddybug gallop

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:03:29
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
05 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061286-1
Authority Source
TJD [1492]
Side B
Tracks

Chocolate shake

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Ivie Anderson (vcl)
Duration
00:02:50
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
26 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061318-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1494]

I got it bad (and that ain't good)

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, celeste, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Ivie Anderson (vcl)
Duration
00:03:17
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
26 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061319-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1494]

I got it bad (and that ain't good)

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet, tpt)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Otto Hardwick (as, cl)
Johnny Hodges (as)
Ben Webster (ts)
Harry Carney (cl, bar, b-cl)
Barney Bigard (cl, ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Ivie Anderson (vcl)
Duration
00:03:22
Place of Recording
Hollywood, CA
Date of Recording
26 JUN 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
BS 061319-2
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7201
TJD [E1494]

Clementine

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:02:53
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
02 JUL 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061338-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1495]

The brown-skin girl (in the calico gown)

Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Herb Jeffries (vcl)
Duration
00:03:06
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
02 JUL 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061339-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1495]

Jump for joy

Parallel Title
Salto de alegría
Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Duke Ellington (pn, arr)
Wallace Jones (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Rex Stewart (cornet)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Juan Tizol (v-tbn)
Barney Bigard (cl)
Johnny Hodges (as, sop, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, as)
Otto Hardwick (as, bass sax)
Ben Webster (ts)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Jimmy Blanton (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Herb Jeffries (vcl)
Duration
00:02:50
Place of Recording
Hollywood, Los Angeles, LA
Date of Recording
02 JUL 1941
Authorized Matrix Number
061340-1
Authority Source
TJD [E1495]
Shelf Location
1007627258

Performer/Groups

  • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
  • Duke Ellington
  • Wallace Jones
  • Ray Nance
  • Rex Stewart
  • Joe Nanton
  • Lawrence Brown
  • Juan Tizol
  • Barney Bigard
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Harry Carney
  • Otto Hardwick
  • Ben Webster
  • Fred Guy
  • Jimmy Blanton
  • Sonny Greer
  • Billy Strayhorn
  • Ivie Anderson
  • Herb Jeffries

Within Collection:

The Works of Duke - Vol. 11-15