Duke Ellington

2-CD SET

In April 1945, to promote the sale of war bonds, the US Treasury Department contacted Duke Ellington to do a series of 55 min public broadcasts. These sessions would give Ellington a wide choice of material to perform including his older work; new instrumentals and pop tunes and his extended works as well.
 
This double CD contains a series of different radio broadcasts from the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco and the famous Hurricane Restaurant in New York among others. The broadcasts are featured complete with radio speaks and encouragements to buy bonds read by The Duke himself + bonus material and extensive liner notes.
 
CD1 contains a radio broadcast from the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, recorded on August 3, 1946 with bonus tracks from a session at the Lakeside Park, El Patio Ballroom in Denver, July 1945, 1942. CD2 features a broadcast recorded at Meadowbrook, Culver City, California, August 17, 1946. Included are also three bonus tracks from a radio broadcast at the Hurricane Restaurant in New York City, August 21, 1943.

PERSONNEL:

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

CD 1:

[1-16]:
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl), Duke Ellington (p), Billy Strayhorn (1p), Fred Guy (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Kay Davis (2), Marion Cox (1), Al Hibbler (3) (vo).
Broadcast recorded at Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, August 3, 1946

[17-20]:
Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb), Juan Tizol (vtb), Chauncey Haughton (cl, ts), Johnny Hodges (ss, as), Otto Hardwicke (as), Ben Webster (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, as), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Ivie Anderson (vo).
Recorded at Lakeside Park, El Patio Ballroom, Denver, July 15, 1942

CD 2:

[1-16]:
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Kay Davis, Marion Cox, Al Hibbler (vo).
Broadcast recorded at Meadowbrook, Culver City, California, August 17, 1946

[17-19]:
Taft Jordan, Wallace Jones, Harold Baker (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Bernard Archer (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Johnny Hodges (ss, as), Nat Jones (cl, as), Ben Webster (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, as), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (dr).
Broadcast at Hurricane Restaurant NYC, August 21, 1943

CD 1:

01.Take the "A" Train
02. The Eighth Veil
03. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
04. Lover Man
05. Blue Is The Night
06. Just Squeeze Me
07. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
08. Blues Cluster
09. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
10. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
11. Take The "A" Train
12. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
13. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
14. Hollywood Hangover
15. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
16. The Jeep Is Jumping
17. Take The "A" Train
18. The Strollers
19. Rocks In My Bed
20. John Hardy's Wife

CD 2:

01. Take The "A" Train
02. 9:20 Special
03. Day Dream
04. Metronome All Out
05. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
06. The Tonal Group
07. Fugaditty
08. Jam-A-Ditty
09. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
10. Take The "A" Train
11. Take The "A" Train
12. Just Squeeze Me
13. Duke Ellington Bond Promo
14. One O'Clock Jump
15. Cynthia's In Love
16. Take The "A" Train
17. Baby, Please Stop And Think About Me
18. And Russia Is Her Name
19. Don't Get Around Much Anymore