Playlist: "Classics" Sunday 28th April 2013

Duke Ellington's music, orchestra and piano. He was born April 29th 1899.
Some of the music was written with or by Homewood's Billy Strayhorn ("BS")

"At His Very Best-Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" RCA LP LPM 1715-"Creole Love Call' w/Adelaide Hall, voc.-Bubber Miley, tp-Rudy Jackson, cl
 
"Early Ellington-Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra" Brunswick LP BL 54007-"Mood Indigo" w/ Barney Bigard, cl-Arthur Whetsel, tp

The Ellington Era 1927-1940-Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra-Volume One” Columbia LP C3L 27-“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart’/”The Gal from Joe’s” w/Johnny Hodges, as-Harry Carney, bs-Lawrence Brown,tb-Bigard

"Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band" RCA/Bluebird 5659-2RB-"Congo Brava" /"Five O'Clock Whistle"/"Warm Valley"/"Bakiff"/"Chelsea Bridge" (BS)w/ Juan Tizol, tb-Bigard- Hodges-Ben Webster,ts-Carney- Rex Stewart, tp- -Ivy Anderson, voc-Ray Nance, vn.-Billy Strayhorn,p

 "Happy Birthday, Duke-The Birthday Sessions-Vol 3" LaserLight 15 785-"She Moved" w/Jimmy Grissom, voc.-Ray Nance,tp-Quentin Jackson,tb-Jimmy Hamilton, ts

"Duke Ellington Presents..." Bethlehem 20-30202-"Frustration" w/Harry Carney, bs

 "Duke Ellington-Happy Reunion" Doctor Jazz LP FW 40030-"Play The Blues and Go" w/Clark Terry, tp-Hamilton-Hodges-John Sanders, tb-Sam Woodyard, dms

 "Duke Ellington-The Great Paris Concert" Atlantic LP 2-304-"Suite Thursday:Zweet Zursday/Lay-By" (w/BS) w/Nance, vn-Brown-Paul Gonsalves,ts-Hamilton

 "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra-Berlin '65-Paris '67" Pablo PACD 5304-2-"Blood Count" (BS) w/Hodges

"Duke Ellington-The Pianist" Fantasy OJCCD =717-2 (F 9462)-"The Shepherd (take 2)" w/John Lamb, bs

 "The Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts on Verve" -"La Plus Belle Africaine" w/Lamb- Carney- Hamilton-Rufus Jones, dms

 "Duke Ellington's Far East Suite" BMG Heritage/Bluebird 82876-55614-2-"Agra'/"Amad" (w/BS) w/ Carney-Brown

"Duke Ellington-New Orleans Suite" Atlantic LP SD 1580 -"Blues for New Orleans" w/Hodges-"Wild" Bill Davis, org