tracks

Take The "A" Train & Broadcast Intro
Blutopia
Midriff
Creole Love Call
Suddendly It Jumped
Frustation
I'm Beginning To See The Light
The Perfume Suite
Duke Introduces The Perfume Suite
Love (Balcony Serenade)
Violence (Strange Feeling)
Dancers In Love (A Stomp For Beginners)
Sophistication (Coloratura)
Air Conditioned Jungle
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
Subtle Slough
Passion Flower (Into Closing)
Take The "A" Train
Hayfoot , Strawfoot
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
A Slip Of The Lip (Can Sink A Ship)
Take The "A" Train
Moon Mist (And Intro)
New World A-Comin
Nobody Knows The Touble I'Ve Seen
Mood Indigo
Chant For FDR (American Lullaby)
Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow (A City Called Heaven)
Creole Love Call
Moon Mist (Into Broadcast Close)
Any Bonds Today?
Take The "A" Train
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Caravan
Bond Promo
It Can't Be Wrong
Johnny Come Lately
Any Bonds Today?
Any Bonds Today?
Take The "A" Train
Wait For Mary
Moon Mist
Bond Promo
A Slip Of The Lip
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Any Bonds Today?

notes

©&℗ 2000 D.E.T.S.

Total time (CD1): 64:36.
Total time (CD2). 59:06.

Sessions location and date:
# 1-1 to 1-16: Treasury Broadcast No. 1, 400 Restaurant, NYC, April 7th, 1945.
# 1-17 to 1-21: Duke Ellington performing at War Bond Rally, NBC - Studio 6B - Radio City, May 1st, 1943.
# 2-1 to 2-8: Duke Ellington's Treasury Broadcast - 400 Restaurant, NYC, April 14th, 1945.
# 2-9 to 2-16: Treasury Star Parade No. 231 (transcribed in June 1943, NYC).
# 2-17 to 2-24: Treasury Star Parade No. 232 (transcribed in June 1943, NYC).

credits

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24), Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Nat Jones (tracks: 2-9 to 2-24), Sax Mallard, (tracks: 1-17 to 1-21)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16, 2-1 to 2-24)
Drums – Sonny Greer (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Liner Notes – Rob Bamberger
Mastered By – Jack Towers
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
Reissue Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8), Ben Webster (tracks: 1-17 to 1-21, 2-9 to 2-24)
Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: 2-1 to 2-18), Joseph Nanton, (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24), Juan Tizol (tracks: 1-1 to 1-21, 2-9 to 2-24), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8), Sandy Williams (tracks: 2-9 to 2-24)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8), Howard Baker, (tracks: 1-17 to 1-21, 2-9 to 2-24), Rex Stewart (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8), Shelton Hemphill (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8), Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24), Wallace Jones (tracks: 1-17 to 1-21, 2-9 to 2-24)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 1-1 to 2-24)
Vocals – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-10, 1-14, 2-3, 2-14), Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-7), Kay Davis (tracks: 1-4, 2-6, 2-7), Ray Nance (tracks: 1-20, 2-22)

companies

Copyright (c) – D.E.T.S.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – D.E.T.S.
Recorded At – 400 Restaurant
Recorded At – NBC - Studio 6B
Pressed By – Tocano – 39229
Pressed By – Tocano – 39230
Designed At – CMO (2)

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