Duke Ellington

2-CD SET

In April 1945, to promote the sale of war bonds, the Treasury Department contracted Duke Ellington to do a series of 55 min public broadcasts. This double CD contains broadcast No. 34 and 35 complete with radio speaks and encouragements to buy bonds + bonus materia land extensive.

PERSONNEL:

CD1 DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA:

(1-3) Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Bernard Flood, Reunald Jones (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Al Sears (ts), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Russell Procope (as) Harry Carney (bars, bcl, cl), Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn* (p), Fred Guy (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Kay Davis, Al Hibbler (vo)

KABC Studios, San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 1946
and Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C. April 20, 1946

(17) Rex Stewart (co), Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Elbert “Skippy” Williams (ts), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as), Harry Carney (bars, cl), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Al Hibbler (vo)
Broadcast, Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, April 28, 1944.

CD 2: DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA:

(1-17) Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Reunald Jones (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Al Sears (ts), Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (as), Harry Carney (bars, bcl, cl), Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn* (p), Fred Guy (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Kay Davis, Al Hibbler (vo)

Broadcast, Municipal Auditorium, Worcester, Mass., April 27, 1946

(18-21) Rex Stewart (co), Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo) Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl),
Elbert “Skippy” Williams (ts), (track 18-21), Al Sears (ts)
(22-25), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as), Harry Carney (bars, cl), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g),
Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (dr), Al Hibbler (vo)

Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, May 12 & 19, 1944