Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Early Ellington (1927 - 1934)

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Label:	Bluebird (3) – 6852-1-RB, RCA – 6852-1-RB
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered
Country:	US
Released:	1989
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Big Band, Swing

Tracklist

A1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Black And Tan Fantasie Written-By – Miley, Ellington	3:06
A2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Love Call Vocals – Adelaide Hall Written-By – Miley, Ellington, Jackson*	3:10
A3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Written-By – Miley, Ellington	3:36
A4	Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra–	Black Beauty Written-By – Duke Ellington	2:52
A5	Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra–	The Mooche Written-By – Ellington, Mills	3:31
A6	Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra–	Flaming Youth Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:17
A7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Ring Dem Bells Vocals – Williams* Written-By – Ellington, Mills	2:49
A8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Old Man Blues Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:06
B1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Mood Indigo Written-By – Bigard, Ellington, Mills*	3:06
B2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Rockin' In Rhythm Written-By – Ellington, Carney, Mills*	2:58
B3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Rhapsody, Part 1 Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:05
B4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:23
B5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Echoes Of The Jungle Written-By – Williams, Mills	3:27
B6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Daybreak Express Written-By – Duke Ellington	2:54
B7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Stompy Jones Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:03
B8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Solitude Written-By – Ellington, DeLange, Mills*	3:27

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – BMG Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BMG Music
Distributed By – BMG Records
Distributed By – BMG Ariola
Printed By – TOPAC
Manufactured By – RCA/Ariola International
Distributed By – RCA/Ariola International
Published By – Scarsdale Music
Published By – Mills Music, Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Pietro Alfieri
Banjo – Fred Guy (tracks: A1 to B5)
Bass – Wellman Braud (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B8)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Harry Carney
Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax], Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Johnny Hodges
Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax], Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Bass Saxophone [Bass Sax] – Otto Hardwick
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Barney Bigard, Rudy Jackson
Drums – Sonny Greer
Executive Producer – Steve Backer
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: A7 to B8)
Illustration [Illustrator] – Raul Colon
Liner Notes – Dan Morgenstern
Piano – Ellington*
Reeds – Barney Bigard (tracks: A4 to B8), Carney*, Johnny Hodges (tracks: A5 to B8), Hardwick* (tracks: A1 to A4, B6 to B8), Jackson* (tracks: A1 to A3)
Reissue Producer – Orrin Keepnews
Technician [Audio Restoration] – Paul Goodman
Technician [Digital Transfers] – Ray Hall
Trombone – Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton*, Lawrence Brown (tracks: B6 to B8)
Trumpet – Arthur Whetsol* (tracks: A4 to B8), Bubber Miley (tracks: A1 to A4, A6), Cootie Williams (tracks: A7 to B8), Freddy Jenkins (tracks: A6 to B8), Louis Bacon (tracks: B6 to B8), Louis Metcalf (tracks: A1 to A4), Unknown Artist (tracks: A5)
Tuba – Billy Taylor* (tracks: A5 to B8)
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: A7 to B8)

Notes

Digitally remastered.

A1 to A3:
New York City; October 26 (A1, A2) and December 19 (A3), 1927.
Black And Tan Fantasie - master number BVE-40155-4 / first issued on Victor 21137
Creole Love Call - mtx BVE-39370-1 / Vic 21137
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - mtx BVE-41245-2 / Vic 21703

A4:
New York; March 26, 1928.
Black Beauty - mtx BVE-43502-2 / Vic 21580

A5:
New York; October 30, 1928.
The Mooche - mtx BVE-47799-2 / Vic 38034

A6:
New York; January 16, 1929.
Flaming Youth - mtx BVE-49652-2 / Vic 24057

A7 to B5:
Hollywood; August 20 (A7) and August 26 (A8), 1930. New York; December 10, 1930 (B1), January 16 (B2), June 11 (B3, B4) and June 16 (B5), 1931.
Ring Dem Bells - mtx BVE-61011-3 / Vic 20-1532
Old Man Blues - mtx BVE-61012-6 / Vic 23022
Mood Indigo - mtx BVE-64811-4 / Vic 22587
Rockin' In Rhythm - mtx BVE-67401-1 / Vic 26310
Creole Rhapsody, Part 1 - mtx CRC-68231-2 / Vic 36049
Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 - mtx CRC-68233-3 / Vic 36049
Echoes Of The Jungle - mtx BRC-68238-1 / Vic 22743

B6 to B8:
Chicago; December 4, 1933 (B6), January 9 (B7) and January 10 (B8), 1934.
Daybreak Express - mtx BS-77201-1 / Vic 24501
Stompy Jones - mtx BS-80145-2 / Vic 24521
Solitude - mtx BS-80149-1 / Vic 24755

All selections, unless otherwise indicated, published by Mills Music (ASCAP).
B8 - Mills Music Inc. / Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 7863-56852-1 3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SRC 6852-1-RB-A-1 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SRC 6852-1-RB-B-5 1-1

Other Versions (5)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Early Ellington (1927 - 1934) (LP, Compilation, Remastered)	Bluebird (3)	NL86852	UK & Europe	1989
Recently Edited	Early Ellington (1927 - 1934) (CD, Compilation)	Bluebird (3)	ND86852	UK & Europe	1989
New Submission	Early Ellington (1927 - 1934) (Cassette, Album, Compilation)	Bluebird (3), RCA	NK 86852	UK & Europe	1989
New Submission	Early Ellington (1927 - 1934) (CD, Compilation)	Bluebird (3)	6852-2-RB	US	1989
New Submission	Early Ellington (1927-1934) (Cassette, Compilation)	RCA, Bluebird (3)	6852-4-RB	US	Unknown