tracks

Take The "A" Train & Broadcast Intro
Mood To Be Wooed
If You Are But A Dream
(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
I'm Beginning To See The Light
(Excerpt from) Black, Brown and Beige
West Indian Dance
The Blues
Emancipation Celebration
Sugar Hill Penthouse
Sentimental Lady (Small Excerpt)
Stomp, Look And Listen
Frantic Fantasy
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't That Swing)
Sentimental Lady (Into Closing)
Any Bonds Today?
(Theme) Take The "A" Train
Tonight I Shall Sleep
Go Away Blues
Bond Promo
Creole Love Song
Three Cent Stomp
(Closing Theme) Any Bonds Today?
(Opening Theme) Take The "A" Train
Midriff
Carnegie Blues
Someone
My Little Brown Book
Kissing Bug
Ring Dem Bells
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Duke Ellington Presents "Black, Brown And Beige " (Excerpts)
Work Song
Come Sunday
Candy
Broadcast Interrupted By War Bullettin
Teardrops In The Rain (In Progress)
Accentuate The Positive
Way Low
(Theme) Take The "A" Train
(Theme) Take The "A" Train
Love Letters
Main Stem
Fishing For The Moon
Riff'N Drill
Kissing Bug

notes

℗&© 2001 D,E,T,S,

Tracks 1-1 to 1-15 recorded at 400 Restaurant, NYC, April 21st,1945 - Treasury Broadcast No.2
Tracks 2-17 to 2-22 recorded in NYC, June 1943 - Treasury Star Parade No. 233
Tracks 1-16 and 1-23 unknown studio orchestra -
Tracks 2-1 to 2-17 recorded at 400 Restaurant, NYC, April 28th,1945 - Treasury Broadcast No.3
Tracks 2-18 to 2-23 recorded at The New Zanzibar, NYC, October 7th,1943 - Duke Ellington Broadcast From The New Zanzibar (Mutual Broadcasting System)

Made in Denmark.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-23)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin
Drums – Sidney Catlett (tracks: 2-18 to 2-23), Sonny Greer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 1-17 to 1-22 , 2-1 to 2-17)
Guitar – Fred Guy
Leader, Arranged By, Piano – Duke Ellington
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 1-2 to 2-23)
Reissue Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-23), Ben Webster (tracks: 1-17 to 1-22)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15 , 2-1 to 2-23), Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (tracks: 1-17 to 1-22), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-23)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-23), Harold Baker (tracks: 1-17 to 1-22), Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Shelton Hemphill (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-23), Taft Jordan
Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 2-1 to 2-17)
Voice – Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-5, 2-6, 2-8, 2-15, 2-23), Kay Davis (tracks: 1-3), Marie Ellington (tracks: 1-8), Ray Nance (tracks: 1-14), Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-14)
Voice, Vocal Percussion – Al Hibbler (tracks: 2-5)

companies

Recorded At – 400 Restaurant, NYC
Recorded At – The New Zanzibar ,NYC
Phonographic Copyright (p) – D.E.T.S.
Copyright (c) – D.E.T.S.
Pressed By – Tocano – 41303
Pressed By – Tocano

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