Label
HMV Victor
Label Number
28-0400
Side A
Tracks

Work song

Title Part
Part 1 of Black, Brown, and Beige
Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill (tpt)
Taft Jordan (tpt)
Cat Anderson (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Claude Jones (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Johnny Hodges (as)
Otto Hardwick (as, cl)
Al Sears (ts)
Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Junior Raglin (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:04:35
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
11 DEC 1944
Authorized Matrix Number
D4 VC 560-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7302
TJD [E1571]
Side B
Tracks

Three dances

Title Part
Part 4 of Black, Brown, and Beige
Performer/Group
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill (tpt)
Taft Jordan (tpt)
Cat Anderson (tpt)
Ray Nance (tpt)
Joe Nanton (tbn)
Claude Jones (tbn)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)
Johnny Hodges (as)
Otto Hardwick (as, cl)
Al Sears (ts)
Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl)
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl)
Fred Guy (gtr)
Junior Raglin (b)
Sonny Greer (dr)
Duration
00:04:30
Place of Recording
New York
Date of Recording
12 DEC 1944
Authorized Matrix Number
D4 VC 563-1
Authority Source
RCA FXM1 7302
TJD [E1572]
Notes
Includes West Indian Dance, Emancipation Celebration, and Sugar Hill Penthouse
Shelf Location
1007965955

Performer/Groups

  • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
  • Shelton Hemphill
  • Taft Jordan
  • Cat Anderson
  • Ray Nance
  • Joe Nanton
  • Claude Jones
  • Lawrence Brown
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Otto Hardwick
  • Al Sears
  • Jimmy Hamilton
  • Harry Carney
  • Fred Guy
  • Junior Raglin
  • Sonny Greer