Duke Ellington’s Orchestra – The Fabulous Forties Volume 2 1944/47
Label:
Rarities – 59
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:
Denmark
Released:
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Swing, Big Band
Tracklist
A1 C Jam Blues
A2 Sophisticated Lady
A3 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
A4 It Don’t Mean A Thing
A5 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
A6 Moon Mist
A7 Thme & Intro
A8 Happy Go Lucky Local
A9 The Beautiful Indians – Minehaha
B1 The Beautiful Indians – Hiawatha
B2 Warm Valley
B3 Frustration
B4 Air Conditioned Jungle
B5 Frantic Fantasy
B6 Medley
B6a In A Sentimental Mood
B6b Mood Indigo
B6c Sophisticated Lady
B6d Caravan
B6e Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Otto Hardwicke* (tracks: B3 to B6)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Eddie Barefield (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2), Russell Procope (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: B3 to B6), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2)
Drums – Hillard Brown (tracks: B3 to B6), Sonny Greer (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2)
Guitar – Fred Guy
Piano – Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones, Joe Nanton (tracks: B3 to B6), Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tracks: A1 to A6)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: B3 to B6), Francis Williams (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2), Harold Baker (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2), Rex Stewart (tracks: B3 to B6), Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan (tracks: A1 to A6, B3 to B6)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
Vocals – Al Hibbler (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2), Kay Davie* (tracks: A1 to A9, B1, B2)
Notes
Tracks A1 to A6: May 10, 1947, WNEW New York City.
Tracks A7 to A9 and B1, B2: July 1947, Ciro’s Restaurant, Hollywood, California.
Tracks B4 to B6: December 19, 1944 Carnegie Hall, New York City.
This unofficial release copies the mistake on other similar LPs by listing Eddie Barefield on trumpet, he played alto saxophone and clarinet in Duke Ellington’s band.
Johnny Hodges is listed as playing soprano saxophone on the 1947 selections, but everything I have read says he gave up the instrument after 1940. I am listing it anyway until I get a chance to hear this LP again. Hodges is omitted from the credits to the 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, though he is listed on the Prestige 2 LP set of that same concert. None of the selections on this Rarities LP appear on the Prestige LP. Since his sound is so distinctive, it is unlikely that he is not present on these tracks.