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RUTH ELLINGTON COLLECTION, 1940–1991
(ca. 33 cu. ft: 14 DB, 3 (.5)DB, 48 FB, 3 F/O)
Biographical /Historical Note
Born in 1915, Ruth Ellington Boatwright was the sister and only sibling of Edward Kennedy
“Duke” Ellington. Sheltered and doted upon, she was almost sixteen years younger than her
brother. She attended elementary and junior high schools in the Washington Metropolitan area
and finished her basic schooling in New York City where the family moved in the early 1930s.
Her mother, Daisy, died there in 1935, followed by her father, J. E. in 1937. Sometime after those
life altering events, Ms. Ellington was graduated from the New College program at Columbia
University with a degree in biology.
In 1941, Duke Ellington established Tempo Music, and surprised his sister Ruth, by installing her
as president of the company. He had a strong desire to maintain control of his own publishing,
television, and recording rights, and after his sister’s graduation, Duke felt that she could assist in
accomplishing this goal.
Ruth’s duties at Tempo included signing contracts, arranging some travel at Duke’s request, and,
most importantly, keeping Duke’s music copyrighted. According to her own interview
statement, she never arranged bookings. Other interests included hosting a Sunday salon for
musicians, appearing at and listening to recording studio sessions once or twice a year, and
keeping in touch with the older band members’ wives. The older band members (i.e., Johnny
Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, and Arthur Wetsol) along with the earlier singers (Ivie
Anderson, Joya Sherrill, Marie Cole, and Kay Davis) were like family to Ruth.
After Duke’s death in 1974, Ruth maintained Tempo until 1995 when she sold 51% of the
company to a New York publishing firm, Music Sales. Ruth has two sons, Michael and Stephen
James, resides in New York City, and still maintains a great deal of interest in promoting her
brother’s Sacred Concerts.
For more information contact the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270
Scope and Content Note
The Ruth Ellington Collection include music manuscripts (ca.1930- 1981), sound recordings,
Duke and Ruth Ellington’s business and personal correspondence (1958–1991), financial records
covering the years 1940–1988, performances and programs covering the years 1963–1989,
numerous awards and honors to Ellington and the orchestra, and personal papers relating to the
Ellington family. Also among the materials are minutes of business meetings, letters, and
newspaper clippings relating to the Duke Ellington Society in New York city, the certificate of
incorporation and invitation cards for the Ellington Cancer Center, and slides, film, and home
videos. The collection is arranged into eleven series.
Series 1: SOUND RECORDINGS, ca. 1926 - 77 (35 shoeboxes) is divided into nine subseries.
Series 1A includes various Duke Ellington Concerts from 1945 through 1952 and is arranged
in chronological order. The concerts were recorded at the Civic House Opera in Chicago, the
Metropolitan Opera in New York and radio stations WWDC, WJZ, and WABC in Washington,
DC and New York, respectively. Series 1B, Duke Ellington Volumes 1 - 58 is an anthology of
Duke Ellington organization recordings roughly arranged by the collection creators in
chronological order (ca. 1926- 1940). The series is listed in order by volume number. Series 1C
is Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Included here are compositions created for or by
members of the Duke Ellington organization including recordings of a small combo lead by Billy
Strayhorn. Series 1D, Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks 1-8 and 10 - 21 (ca,19601964) consist of comments and discussions of guests invited to the Duke Ellington Society
meetings in (New York). Contained among the materials are interviews/discussions of Clark
Terry, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Mercer Ellington,
and Billy Strayhorn, among others. Each session includes one to four tapes. Contained in Series
1E Interviews (ca 1946-66) are five tapes that appear to be from radio programs. Tapes one and
two are part of the show Cavalcade from April, 1946. Tape three is the U.S. Savings Bond radio
program, “Guest Star” in which Ellington was the guest in October 1950. Tape four is an air
check from an interview by Joe Di Natale in 1966. Represented in Series 1F Miscellaneous are
Alice Babs with the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Ella Fitzgerald recording sessions,
performances by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and the Ruth Ellington James show of May,
1952. This series is a mixture of instrumental and vocal works composed by Ellington and
works that may have been performed on Ellington programs at some time. Many of the
performers in this series are not identified in or on the recordings. Series 1G Non-Ellington
Materials encompasses recordings that appear to have no relationship to the Ellington
organization. Among them are included some works of Richard Strauss, Henry Busse, and
Claude Debussy. [Also included in this series are three and a half shoeboxes of unidentified tunes
and compositions that do not appear to have any relationship to the music or personnel in the
Ellington organization. Some of these are snippets, some are unintelligible, many are
unfinished. Some even appear to be materials that were erased. Sometimes no music or other
sound was recorded over these erased tapes (Comment from Chief Archivist John Fleckner
7/25/00 “These should be removed and destroyed - - they have no value”)].
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Series 2: MUSIC, ca. 1930 - 81 (48 flat boxes and three oversized flat storage boxes) materials
include original manuscripts (parts and scores), copy scores, lead, lyric and copyright sheets,
published music and arrangements of compositions by Duke Ellington, his main collaborator
Billy Strayhorn and many of the band members including Johnny Hodges and Cat Anderson.
The bulk of the collection is music (consisting of scores, lyric and melody sheets or melody with
chord changes) from Tempo Music Inc. used to establish copyright. Although span dates range
from 1930 - 81, the bulk of materials range in date from 1942 when Tempo was established until
Duke Ellington’s death in 1974. Of particular interest are the Strayhorn manuscripts and
compositions (some before the Ellington-Strayhorn partnership), early arrangements of Black,
Brown, and Beige (the scripts from Black, Brown, and Beige, along with the negative book for
the same piece), several negatives for Pousse Cafe; scores and parts (seemingly complete) for A
Drum Is a Woman, and quite a few lead sheets for the multi movement work The River.
The music manuscripts in Series 2 have been organized into four Subseries. Each Subseries has
its own container list. The bulk of the material is located in Subseries 2A: Music Manuscripts
comprising scores and parts composed and arranged by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and
others for performance by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Scattered throughout this series are
arrangements for the Ellington Orchestra by Mary Lou Williams, Tadley Dameron and Buck
Clayton among others. The titles range from short songs to large-scale, extended or multi
movement works and are arranged alphabetically. The fifty-nine extended works by Ellington
and other collaborators--most notably Billy Strayhorn--and two suites by Mercer Ellington are
interfiled alphabetically and distinguished in the finding aid by capital letters and bold text.
Subseries 2B: Manuscript Notebooks & Untitled Music consists of one cubic foot of bound
manuscript notebooks and loose manuscript pages including ones by Ellington, Strayhorn and
Tom Whaley. These “sketchbooks” are particularly valuable and fragile and contain many
untitled compositions. The notebooks are available to researchers with special instructions for
handling. Subseries 2C: Tempo Copyright Scores consists of one cubic foot of copyright
sheets for other musicians who were published by Tempo Music, Incorporated most notably
Randy Weston, Dollar Brand and Oscar Pettiford. The material is arranged alphabetically by
composer and the titles arranged alphabetically within each folder. Subseries 2D:
Uncopyrighted Submissions consists of one box of songs submitted to Duke Ellington but most
likely never copyrighted by Tempo Music, Incorporated. Some folders contain correspondence
to Ellington from the composer.
The material in this series complements the music in Series 1: Music Manuscripts of the Duke
Ellington Collection and provides keys to many proper titles for compositions particularly for
the extended works. The titles in Subseries 2A are catalogued in a searchable database and
available on the Internet by title (web address: www.siris.si.edu). Please note permission to
perform or publish must be obtained from the copyright holders.
Series 3: PERSONAL PAPERS and CORRESPONDENCE, 1958–1991 (two document boxes)
contains materials relating to personal and professional business of the Ellington family and
For more information contact the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270
organization. Included among the correspondents are Don George, the White House, the Negro
Actors Guild, Leopold Stokowski, Martin Williams, and various booking agents. A sampling of
topics addressed include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Duke Ellington restaurants, taxes,
royalties, contracts, and production of the concerts of Sacred Music. Also included are sympathy
cards, birth certificates, health insurance records, an autopsy report, and other background
information on the Ellington family.
Scope and Content Note, contd
Series 4: BUSINESS RECORDS, 1940–1988 (one half document box) contains a sampling of
contracts, itineraries, legal agreements, receipts, royalties, and tax documents that represent the
business of the Ellington organization.
Series 5: PERFORMANCES and PROGRAMS, 1963–1989 (two document boxes)
Included in this series are programs of the Ellington organization concerts, especially the
Concerts of Sacred Music and tributes to Duke Ellington, promotional materials, and press
releases for the United States and abroad.
Series 6: LYRICS, SCRIPTS, and NOTES, 1939–1986 (one document box) contains, poetry,
reflections, and prose. Published and unpublished works appear here. Materials are typed and
handwritten. Included are notes from the trips to the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America;
notes from Queenie Pie, and lyrics to the Petite Fleur Africaine, A Drum is a Woman,
Lysistrata, Sophisticate to Virgin, and The Impossible... among others. Also included in this
series are a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, and the lyrics to Black, Brown, and Beige.
Series 7: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1966–1991 (four and one half document boxes) contain
newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles pertaining to Duke Ellington and Orchestra,
some members of the Duke Ellington organization, Ruth Ellington and her husband McHenry
Boatwright, Jon Hendricks, William Haley-Freeman, among others. Topics include appearances,
reviews, and bio-sketches. Also included in this series are newsletters and a couple of foreign
newspaper articles (apparently in Spanish).
Series 8: HONORS and AWARDS, 1942–1988 (one document box) contains awards to Duke,
as well as tributes, commemorations, and honors granted after his death. Included in this series
are materials pertaining to the Washington, DC Ellington School of the Performing Arts, a
memorial service program from Trinity Church in the City of New York, the Medal of Freedom,
commemorative stamp materials, and an honorary citizenship award from Niigata City in Japan.
Series 9: PHOTOGRAPHS (one document box, one shoe box) includes both black and white
and color photographs ranging from 3x5 to 8x10 in size. Subjects include the Sacred Concerts,
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Dakar, Senegal, April 3-7, 1966), a benefit concert and
visit to St. Joseph’s Hospital (Milwaukee, WI, February 26, 1971) and various other concerts,
rehearsals, and autograph signings in the U.S. and abroad. Also represented are Ellington family
photos from the historic to more recent, featuring Ruth, Mercer, their families, and friends.
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Series 10: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 1967–1990 (one half document box) This series
comprises correspondence, flyers, and newsletters of the Duke Ellington Society, NY, pencil
sketches of jazz artists, and a VHS ½" video of Something About Believing from a 1965 CBS
broadcast of the Sacred Concert.
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Scope and Content Note, contd
Series 11: HARRY CARNEY MATERIALS, 1938-1941 (one document box)
This series includes four VHS copies of home movies shot by Ellington Orchestra member,
baritone saxophonist Harry Carney during Orchestra tours. The footage includes the Orchestra
playing softball, performance excerpts from Ellington’s seminal musical “Jump for Joy”, as well
as footage shot at social gatherings, and apparently during sightseeing tours taken by Carney and
other members of the aggregation.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the National Museum of American History in 1991. A second set
of materials was received from Mrs. Boatwright (Ruth Ellington) in 1993.
Deborra A. Richardson
Ann Kuebler
Ted Hudson
revised, 25/July/00
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Container List
RUTH ELLINGTON COLLECTION, 1940–1991
(ca. 23 cu. ft: 8 DB, 3 (.5)DB, 40 FB, 1 F/O, AV)
Series 1: SOUND RECORDINGS
Subseries A: Duke Ellington Concerts, ca. 1945-1952
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2
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WEVD, 11/1/41
2 .1
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 1 and 2
2.2
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 3 and 4
2.3
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 5 and 6
2.4
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 7 and 8
2.5
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 9 and 10
2.6
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 11 and 12
3.1
Duke Ellington Concert, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 4/20/46, Parts 1
and 3
3.2
Duke Ellington Concert, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 4/20/46, Part 2
4
Duke Ellington at the Piano, WWDC, Washington, D.C., 4/21/46, Parts 1 and 2
5.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Municipal
Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, 4/27/46, Parts 1 and 3
5.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Municipal
Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, 4/27/46, Parts 2 and 4
6.1
Duke Ellington Concert [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Dartmouth College,
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Hanover, New Hampshire, 5/4/46, Parts 1 and 3
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4
6.2
Duke Ellington Concert [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, 5/4/46, Parts 2 and 4
7.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Radio City, New York City], 5/25/46, Parts 1
and 3
7.2
Duke Ellington Concert - Frankie and Johnnie, WJZ [ABC Treasury
Broadcast], Radio City, New York City, 5/25/46, Part 2
8.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], WEEV Studio(?),
Reading, Pennsylvania, 6/8/46, Parts 1 and 3
8.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], WEEV Studio(?),
Reading, Pennsylvania, 6/8/46, Parts 2 and 4
9.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco], 8/3/46,
Parts 1 and 3
9.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco], 8/3/46,
Parts 2 and 4
10
Duke Ellington Concert [unknown], 10/27/50
11.1
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, Parts 1 and 2
11.2.
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 1 of 10
11.3
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 2 of 10
11.4
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 4 of 10
11.5
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 5 of 10
11.6
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 6 of 10
11.7
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 8 of 10
11.8
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 9 of 10
11.9
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 10 of 10
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Duke Ellington, Last Side, n.d.
Subseries B: Duke Ellington Volumes 1 through 58, 1926-1940
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Vol. 1, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 2, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 3, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 4, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 5, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 6, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 7, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 8, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931 (1 c.)
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Vol. 9, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 10, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 11, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 12, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 13, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 14, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 15, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 16, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 17, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 18, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
31.1
Vol. 19, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 1 of 2
31.2
Vol. 19, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 2 of 2
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Vol. 20, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 21, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 22, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 23, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 24, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 25, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 26, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 27, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 28, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
41.1
Vol. 29, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 1 of 2
41.2
Vol. 29, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 2 of 2
42
Vol. 30, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
43.1
Vol. 31, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 1 of 2
43.2
Vol. 31, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 2 of 2
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Vol. 32, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 33, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
46.1
Vol. 34, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 1 of 2
46.2
Vol. 34, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 2 of 2
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Vol. 35, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 36, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 37, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 38, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 39, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 40, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 41, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 42, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 43, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 44, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 45, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 46, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 47, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 48, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 49, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 50, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 51, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 52, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 53, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 54, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 55, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 56, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 57, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 58, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
Subseries C: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
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71
“Acht O’clock Rock” and Unidentified Tune [originally labeled “Unidentified,
n.c.”]
“Acht O’clock Rock,” by the Ellington orchestra in progress, with drummer and
tenor saxophonist Norris Turney featured
Brief fragments from unidentified tune played on electric piano
72
After All / John Hardy’s Wife
“After All” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trombone solo by Lawrence
Brown and alto saxophone solo by Johnny Hodges, n.d.
“John Hardy’s Wife” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
73
Air Conditioned Jungle / It’s Monday Every Day
“Air Conditioned Jungle” by the Ellington orchestra featuring clarinet solo by
Jimmy Hamilton, n.d.
“It’s Monday Every Day” by the Ellington orchestra featuring vocal solo by Al
Hibbler, n.d.
74
Dancers in Love / Coloratura
“Dancers in Love” piano solo by Duke Ellington accompanied by string bass,
n.d.
“Coloratura” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trumpet solo by Cat
Anderson, n.d.
75
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me / Sultry Serenade
“Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me” by vocalist Al Hibbler accompanied by
the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
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“Sultry Serenade” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trombone solo by Tyree
Glenn, n.d.
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76
Golden Cress/ The Clothed Woman
“Golden Cress” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
“The Clothed Woman” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
77
“The River,” 1970 [originally labeled as “1 of 2"]
The Ellington orchestra in an apparent recording session, likely in New York
City on June 3, 5, and 8, 1970
78
Satin Doll / Without a Song (1 c.)
In progress “Satin Doll” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
“Without a Song” by vocalist Jimmy Grissom accompanied by the Ellington
orchestra, n.d.
79
Set ‘em Up / How Blue Can You Get
“Set ‘em Up” by unidentified vocalist accompanied by unidentified orchestra,
n.d.
“How Blue Can You Get” by unidentified combo featuring unidentified female
vocalist and alto saxophone solo by Johnny Hodges, n.d.
80.1
Billy Strayhorn (studio recordings), # I, n.p., n.d.
Piano solos, presumably by Billy Strayhorn, of “Love Came,” “Lotus
Blossom,” “Something to Live For,” “Clementine,” “All Heart,” and “Orson.”
They are announced as “takes’ by an unidentified male.
80.2
Billy Strayhorn, # II Concert, n.p., n.d.
Apparently a continuation of the recording session noted above. Piano solos
(including several stops and restarts) include “Hearsay,” “Drawing Room
Blues,” and “Lotus Blossom.” An unidentified male sings “Sophisticated
Lady,” “Day Dream” to piano accompaniment.
80.3
Billy Strayhorn, # III Concert, n.p., n.d.
Apparently a continuation of the recording session noted above. Unidentified
male noted above sings “No One Knows,” “Pretty Girl,” “Prelude to a Kiss,”
and “My Little Brown Book” to piano accompaniment.
81
Billy Strayhorn Trio, Mercer Records, n.p., 1953
“Tonk,” “Johnny Come Lately,” and other tunes
Subseries D: Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks
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82.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
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1 of 3
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82.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
2 of 3
82.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
3 of 3
83.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 1 of 3
83.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 2 of 3
83.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 3 of 3
84.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #3 - Harry Carney, 1960, 1 of 2
84.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #3 - Harry Carney, 1960, 2 of 2
85.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Quentin Jackson, 1961, 1 of 2
85.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Quentin Jackson, 1961, 2 of 2
86.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Mercer Ellington, 1962, 1 of 2
86.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Mercer Ellington, 1962, 2 of 2
87.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
1 of 3
87.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
2 of 3 (3 c.)
87.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
3 of 3 (3 c.)
88.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Al Sears, n.d., 1 of 3 (1 c.)
88. 2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Al Sears, n.d., 2 of 3
89
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Hilton Jefferson, n.d., 3 of 3 (3
c.)
90.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
Procope, n.d., 1 of 3
90.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
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Procope, n.d., 2 of 3
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90.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
Procope, n.d., 3 of 3
91.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 8 - John Sanders, n.d., 1 of 2
91.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 8 - John Sanders, n.d., 2 of 2 (1 c.)
92.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 1 of 3
(1 c.)
92.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 2 of 3
92.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 3 of 3
93.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 1 of 3
93.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 2 of 3
93.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 3 of 3
94.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 1 of 3
94.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 2 of 3
94.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 3 of 3
95.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 1 of 3
95.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 2 of 3
95.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 3 of 3
96.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 1
of 4
96.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 2
of 4
96.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 3
of 4
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 4
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of 4
97.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 1 of 4
97.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 2 of 4
(1 c.)
97.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 3 of 4
(1 c.)
97.4
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 4 of 4
98.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 1 of 3
98.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 2 of 3
98.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 3 of 3
99.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #17 - Ray Nance, 1963, 1 of 2
99.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #17 - Ray Nance, 1963, 2 of 2
100.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 1 of 3
100.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 2 of 3
100.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 3 of 3
101.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 1 of 3
101.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 2 of 3
101.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 3 of 3
102.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 1 of 3
102.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 2 of 3
102.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 3 of 3
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103.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #21 - Joya Sherrill, 1963, 1 of 2
103.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #21 - Joya Sherrill, 1963, 2 of 2
Subseries E: Interviews, 1946-1966
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104.1
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, WWDC, 4/20/46, Parts 9 and 11
In progress conversation of Willis Conover and Duke Ellington, with
occasional commentary by Billy Strayhorn, Emerson Parker, Jerry Rhea, and
Oscar Pettiford, during radio broadcast from Washington, D.C. hosted by Willis
Conover
Topics include: unissued recordings; plans for Watergate concert on June 6
sponsored by the Bakers Dozen; new and returning members of the band; plans
for future dates; Ellington’s “favorite” composition; early recordings and errors
by critics and others in descriptions of them.
Music: Excerpts of recording of Black, Brown and Beige
Resumption of discussion: commentary by Ellington on Black Brown and
Beige; jazz as a “very bad word”
104.2
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, 4/20/46, Parts 10 and 12
Continuation of above conversation by Willis Conover and Duke Ellington,
with occasional commentary by Billy Strayhorn, Emerson Parker, Jerry Rhea,
and Oscar Pettiford, during radio broadcast from Washington, D.C. hosted by
Willis Conover
Topics include: Ellington’s ability to energize his musicians; Black, Brown and
Beige as a “tone parallel to the American Negro.”
Music: Excerpts from recording of Black, Brown and Beige
Resumption of discussion: Marian Anderson
Music: Recording of “Lightning” at request of Billy Strayhorn
Resumption of discussion: “Lightning”; Barry Ulanov’s biography of Ellington
105
Duke Ellington Guest Star, 10/26/50
U.S. Savings Bond radio program “Guest Star” with Duke Ellington as the
guest
Music: In progress “Take the ‘A’ Train” by unidentified orchestra; “Solitude”
vocal by Barbara Winfield with Lawrence Brown on trombone
Commercial announcement by Duke Ellington
Music: “You of All People” vocal by Al Hibbler; “Great Times” featuring
Oscar Pettiford on cello and Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone
106
Duke Ellington Interview by Joe DiNatale (Air Check), 6/29/66
In progress KODY radio interview by Joe DiNatale of Duke Ellington at the
Elks Club in North Platte, Nebraska
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Topics include: 52-week schedule; sacred music by Duke Ellington and Billy
Strayhorn as a “personal statement” in the music language of “today”;
contemporariness of Ellington’s music and his music “education”; appearance
with the Boston orchestra conducted by Arthur Feidler; commentary on various
compositions; influence of geographical “place” on music in general; longevity
of Ellington’s musicians; the word jazz as “too small” to describe the music;
plans for the future
107
Billy Strayhorn Interview, Vancouver [likely British Columbia, Canada],
11/3/62
Conversation/Interview with unidentified male
Subseries F: Miscellaneous, 1948-1977?
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25
26
108
Alice Babs and Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, n.d. (1 c.)
109.1
Black, Brown and Beige, London (half-track stereo), 1973, 1 of 2
109.2
Black, Brown and Beige, London (half-track stereo), 1973, 2 of 2
110
Joanne De Stefano - Remembering..., 1/10/72
111
Ruth Ellington James Show
112
Ruth Ellington James Show, Tues, 6/27/50, Part 1
113.1
Ruth Ellington James Show, Wed.6/28/50, Part 1
113.2
Ruth Ellington James Show, 6/28/50, Part 2
114
Ruth Ellington James Show, 5/13/52
115
Ruth Ellington James Show, Thurs. and Fri., 5/8&9/ca. 1950-52 (1 c.)
116
Ruth Ellington/Peter Lind Hayes, 10/4/68
117.1
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Reel # 1, n.d.
117.2
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 2 of 3 (1 c.)
117.3
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 3 of 3
118.1
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 1 of 3
118.2
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 2 of 3
119
Flamingo / Far Away Music
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120
Flamingo / Siesta at the Fiesta
121
Flamingo / Where in the World
122
I’ll Be Seeing You / Take the “A” Train (1 c.)
123.1
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 1 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
123.2
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 2 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
123.3
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 3 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
124
“The River,” 1970 [originally labeled as “2 of 2"]
125.1
“The River” complete ballet, 6/30/71, 1 of 2
125.2
“The River” complete ballet, 6/30/71, 2 of 2
126
The River - Duke Ellington, n.d.
127
“The River”; Duke Ellington Speech at Columbia University; Black, Brown
and Beige Concert, n.d. (3 c.)
128
Celebration - Salute to Duke Ellington, n.d.
129
“Satin Doll” - 2 guitars, n.d.
130
Satin Doll for Hamms Beer (B. Weed, P. Dean), n.d.
131
Duke Ellington - Showtime at the Apollo, 1/11/62
132
So-o-o Good / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
133
Strange Feeling / 22 Steps from . . .
134
Swingin’ Down the Lane / Flamingo
135
Take the “A” Train / Chattanooga Choo-Choo
136
Take the “A” Train / Torpedo Junction
137
H.L. Vinck - London, n.p., n.d.
138
Whippa-Whippa-Woo / Perdido
139
Zanibar / You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
140
Music, n.p., n.d.
141
Piano Music, n.p., n.d.
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142
Unidentified Artist and Title, n.p., n.d.
Subseries G: Non-Ellington Materials, 1940-1958?
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143.1
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Parts 1 and 2
143.2
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Parts 3 and 4
143.3
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Part 6
144.1
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 1 of 4
Broadcast over WABC-FM of Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers: Gary
Bartz, alto saxophone; Vic Sprolles, bass; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Lee
Morgan, trumpet; and Blakey, drums
Various tunes
144.2
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 2 of 4
Continuation of previous tape
144.3
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 3 of 4
Broadcast over WABC-FM of the John Coltrane Quartet: Jimmy Garrison,
bass; Elvin Jones, drums; McCoy Tyner, piano; and John Coltrane, saxophone
Very brief opening background theme of “Satin Doll” excerpt followed by nonEllington/Strayhorn tune
144.4
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 4 of 4
Continuation of previous tape
145
Tape by Buck and Bubbles, 1948
Unidentified tune sung apparently by Buck or Bubbles
Incomplete interview of Barry Mansfield by unidentified interviewer
146
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/4/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
147
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/27/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
148
Francisco Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/31/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
149
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 8/6/40
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“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
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150
Debussy: Iberia and The Afternoon of a Faun, n.d.
151
Female Vocalist - 4 songs, n.d.
In progress solos by unidentified female vocalist with rhythm accompaniment;
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
152
John H. Gartner, n.p., 1977
Possibly titled “Kingarella Disco” music by an unidentified group, with patter,
male vocal, backup singers, and simulated simian sounds
153
The Girl of My Dreams Tries to Look Like You / I’ve Got a Pocketful of
Dreams
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” vocal solo by Billie Holiday accompanied by
unidentified combo, n.d.
Unidentified tune by unidentified combo featuring tenor saxophone, piano, and
trumpet solos, n.d.
“The Girl of My Dreams Tries to Look Like You” is not included on this
recording.
154
Tape Marked “Brad Glaser,” n.p., n.d.
Two songs with piano accompaniment. For the first tune, repeated words are
“Can’t make it without you; I’m strong by your side,” and for the second are “It
started hurting inside when she kissed me goodbye.”
155
Mark Hall and Group, Las Vegas, Fremont (LP), n.d.
Two tunes about Freemont Street in Las Vegas by small instrumental group,
with patter and vocals
156
Master Tape - 4 songs, n.d.
Unidentified tunes, the first with a Uhuru theme, by an unidentified group, with
recitative and chorus
157
Master Tape - 2 songs, n.d. (1 c.)
Unidentified songs by an unidentified vocal group. For the first tune, repeated
words include “Go on, Sally girl,” and for the second, “Smile [unintelligible],
smile.”
158
Demo - The Pairs, n.d.
0:16 Introduction (in progress)
0:30 Introductory music with male and female vocalists (The Pairs?) and piano
(incomplete)
0:58 “Solid Gold Leaf”
1:45 Self-introduction by The Pairs at Gaucho Room of the Summit Hotel
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2:25 Promo commercial created by The Pairs
3:00 Demonstration of voice changes
3:50 Coca-Cola commercial parody
4:54 Bulova show sketch
8:40 Bill (Pair?) As announcer for a “sound film sound track” for G.E. Credit
Corporation
9:55 Closing remarks by female of The Pairs
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159
Tape Marked “Tom Whaley,” n.d.
In progress music by unidentified orchestra or orchestras, including Count
Basie-like if not the Basie orchestra
160
Unknown Artist, n.p., 10/27/50
Unidentified male with piano accompaniment singing “I Wonder Why.” “I
Remember April,” “No Smoking,” and other tunes
161
#1, Unidentified, n.d.
0:31 Unidentified piano solo
2:01 Unintelligible talking
2:10 Silence
2:50 Unidentified tune (probably on a reed instrument) recorded at too-fast
tape speed; fade-out at end
5:20 Silence
162.1
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 4
0:30 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums featuring extended bass solo
11:08 “My Favorite Things” by piano, bass, and drums
28:56 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums
162.2
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 4
0:25 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums (in progress)
1:00 “My Favorite Things” by piano, bass, and drums with possibly dubbed-in
trumpet in spots
5:50 Unidentified trumpet solo
6:41 Testing of recording equipment
7:46 Unidentified piano solo
12:06 Unidentified tune by trumpet, piano, and drums
162.3
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 3 of 4
0:39 Unidentified tune by piano with stops and starts
2:27 Unidentified tune by percussion/drums with chatter in background
9:13 Unidentified piano solo
15:15 Unidentified piano solo
17:11 Unidentified piano solo
27:26 Silence
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27:46 “Satin Doll” by piano and bass (incomplete)
28:53 Unidentified tune by piano, drums, and trumpet
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162.4
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 4 of 4
0:43 Unidentified tune (with occasional strains of “My Favorite Things”) by
trumpet, drums, and piano
163
#3, Unidentified, n.d.
0:24 Unidentified tune with male vocal and piano accompaniment
2:50 Silence
3:40 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums (in progress)
8:18 “There Is No Greater Love” by piano, bass, and drums (incomplete)
9:58 Silence
164.1
#4, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
0:30 Unidentified tune by piano and drums
5:46 Unidentified voices followed by “Training In,” Take One, by piano(s?)
and drums
15:58 Occasional voices and ambient sounds
16:25 Unidentified tune by tenor saxophone and drums
19:00 Ambient and sped-up tape sounds
19:41 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
23:19 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
30:13 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
34:02 Unidentified tune by piano and drums (incomplete)
164.2
#4, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
0:24 Unidentified tune by piano and drums (in progress)
0:33 Unidentified tune by tenor saxophone
0:58 Silence
165
#5, Unidentified, n.d.
166.1
#6, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
166.2
#6, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
In progress unidentified tune by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and rhythm
section
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Very brief fragment of unidentified tune played by unidentified pianist (not
Ellington) and rhythm section
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167.1
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 5
167.2
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 5
167.3
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 3 of 5
167.4
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 4 of 5
167.5
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 5 of 5
In progress unidentified tune by unidentified small group featuring John
Coltrane-sounding tenor saxophonist
168.1
#8, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
168.2
#8, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
169.1
#9, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
169.2
#9, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
170
#10, Unidentified, n.d.
In progress “No Greater Love” by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and
rhythm section
unidentified tunes by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and rhythm section
171
#11, Unidentified, n.d.
172
#12, Unidentified, n.d.
173.1
#13, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
173.2
#13, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
See
reference
Series 1: Sound Recordings
copies listed Subseries H: 16” Transcription Discs (original)
above
Duke Ellington: American Cancer Society 1948 Fund Drive
Includes Ellington’s “Caravan”
Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 1: Parts 1+2
March 25, 1945
Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 2: Parts 3+4
March 25, 1945
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Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 3: Parts 5+6
March 25, 1945
Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 4: Parts 7+8
March 25, 1945
Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 5: Parts 9+10
March 25, 1945
Duke Ellington Concert: Civic Opera, Chicago: Disc 6: Parts 11+12
March 25, 1945
Ruth Ellington James
April 8, 1919
Ruth Ellington James
N.D.
Duke Ellington: Ruth Ellington James
May 13, 1952
“Ruth Ellington James,” Part 1
June 27, 1950
“Ruth Ellington James,” Part 1
June 28, 1950
“Ruth Ellington James,” Part 2
June 28, 1950
2
“Mood to be Wooed”/ ”Caravan”/ ”Honey Don’t Take Your Love From
Me”(vocal: Al Hibbler)/ ”One O’Clock Jump”/ ”Just a Lucky So-and-So”/
“Sittin A’ Rockin”(vocal: Al Hibbler)
Duke Ellington: Parts 1+3
April 20, 1946
“The Blues” [B,B, and B] (vocal: Kay Davis; solo: Harry Carney)
Duke Ellington: Part 2
April 20, 1946
“Frankie and Johnny”
Duke Ellington: WJZ: Part 2
May 25
“Hop, Skip, and Jump”
Duke Ellington: WJZ: Part 3
May 25, 1946
“Come Sunday”
Duke Ellington: WJZ: Part 3
June 8
“Hollywood Hangover”/ ”Subtle Slough”/ ”Perdido”
Duke Ellington, N.D.
“Lover Man” (vocal: Marion Knox)/ ”Riff Staccato”/ ”Mood Indigo”/
”Riff M’ Drill”/ ”Honeysuckle Rose”/ ”Don’t Take Your Love From Me”/
”Blues on the Double”
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Duke Ellington: WJZ: Parts 2+4
June 8
“Can’t Get Started With You”/ “Flamingo”/ “Fancy Dan”/ “Someone”/
“Three Lent Stomp”/ “Lucky So-and-So”
Duke Ellington: Parts 2+4
May 4, 1919
“Sittin and A’ Rockin”/ “9:20 Special”/”Diminvendo in Blue”/
“Transbluency”/ “Cresendo in Blue”
Duke Ellington: Parts 2+4
May 4, 1919(?)
“Stompy (?)”/ “Moon Mist”/ “Just A’ Sittin’ and A’ Rockin’”/ “Just a
Lucky So-and-So”/ “Black, Brown and Beige” (spiritual theme)
Duke Ellington: WJZ: Parts 1+3
April 27, 1946
“I Can’t Believe You’re in Love With Me”/ “Sophisticated Lady”/
“Jenny”/ “Black, Brown, and Beige”(cont)/ “We’ll be Together Again”
(vocal: Kay Davis)
Duke Ellington: WJZ: Parts 2+4
April 27, 1919
Ellington: WJZ: Parts 1+3
August 3, 1946
Ellington: WJZ: Parts 2+4
August 3, 1946
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 1 0f 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 2 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 4 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 5 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 6 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 7 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 8 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 9 of 10
January 1, 1951
Duke Ellington: Metropolitan Opera: 10 of 10
January 1, 1951
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“Cottontail”/ “C Jam Blues”/ “Flamingo”/ “Merger’s Blues”
3
Duke Ellington: Reference Recording
October 27, 1950
“I Wonder Why”/ “I’ll Remember April”/ “No Smoking”/ “Brown Suede”
Duke Ellington: Reference Recording
October, 27, 1950
“Choo Choo” (cut 1, 2, 3)/ “Boogie Woogie” (cut 4)/ “Set Um Up” (cut 5)
Duke Ellington: on original sleeve: Allenkent Theme, assign BR slot
“Solitude”/ “Take the ‘A’ Train”/ “You of All People”/ “Great Times”
Duke Ellington: Guest Star (?)
October 26, 1950
Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington at the Piano, WWDC: parts 1+2
Duke, Billy, Jerry, Willis Conover
Most of “New World A’ Comin’”/ “Subtle Slough”/ “Ballet for Sweet
William” (with Billy Strayhorn)
April 21, 1946
Duke Ellington: Calvalcade WWDC: Parts 9+11
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Emerson Parker (Laughter Effect by
Pettiford), On Label: “After two hours of stalling with records while
waiting for Doke (who is out looking for a hamburger) we finally get him
to a microphone. It takes 15 minutes to get started, so this first ¼ hour of
interview show.”
April 20, 1946
Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington Calvacade WWDC: Parts 10+12
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Willis Conover, Emerson Parker
April 20, 1946
Duke Ellington: Mercer
No Label: N.D.
Duke Ellington: Henry Busse
August 6, 1940
Duke Ellington: Henry Busse (air check)
Rose Room Palace Hotel, not for release
July, 27, 1940; 5:00-5:15
Duke Ellington: Henry Busse (air check), balance check not for release
Microphone height app. 7 feet
Duke Ellington: Henry Busse Test
July 4, 1940
Duke Ellington: An Alpine Symphony: Parts 1+2
By R. Strauss for Duke Ellington, from (?) location
February 23, 1950
Duke Ellington: An Alpine Symphony: Parts 3+4
By R. Strauss for Duke Ellington, from (?)
February 22, 1940
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Duke Ellington: An Alpine Symphony: Part 6
R. Strauss for Duke Ellington
February 23, 1950
Duke Ellington: unidentified
Series 2: MUSIC
Subseries 2A/Music Manuscripts
Box
1
Folder Title
1
2
1-2-15 (Dock Sequence) see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
1 Sided Love Affair see One-Sided Affair
II-V see Subseries 2B
3 see Three aka Mural From Two Perspectives
3 Bitches And A Moor see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
3 Cent Stomp see Three Cent Stomp
3 Letter Word see SACRED CONCERT III
3 Shows Nightly see JUMP FOR JOY
3 Trumps see Spacemen
3+6 see Three And Six aka Wounded Love
3 BLACK KINGS see THREE BLACK KINGS
3-D see FAR EAST SUITE
4:30 Blues
8th Veil see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
29th see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
58th Street Suite
59 see IDIOM ‘59
99 % see SACRED CONCERT I see MY PEOPLE
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3
150th Psalm see SACRED CONCERT II
610 Suite
4
5
A & R Blues
A Blues aka Mike Where’s Steve
A Train see Take The ‘A’ Train
ACAC see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
ANNN see SACRED CONCERT III
Absinthe see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
6
Accent
Account Of You see It’s Only Account Of You
Acht O’Clock Rock see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Action In Alexandria see Sex, Money, Marriage
Ad Lib On Nippon see FAR EAST SUITE
7
Addi
Adeline see GIRL’S SUITE
8
Afraid aka I’m Afraid (Of Loving You Too Much)
African Flower see Petite Fleurette Africaine
9
AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
9
8th Veil see Eighth Veil
Absinthe aka Ricard
Angelica aka Purple Gazelle aka Slepti
Angu
Caline see Silk Lace
Eighth Veil
Moonbow see TURCARET SUITE
Purple Gazelle see Angelica
Ricard see Absinthe
Sempre Amore see TURCARET SUITE
Silk Lace aka Caline
Slepti see Angelica
Tel Star see Tigress
Tigress
Volupte see SUITE FOR SWINGING
10-11 AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
10
29th
ACAC
Acht O’Clock Rock see Ocht O’Clock Rock
Bash
Buss
Flor
Hard Way see Hod Way
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2
Folder Title
Hod Way aka Hard Way
Limbo Jazz see Tego
11
NBDY
Naturallement see Yoyo sa TOGA BRAVA SUITE
Ocht O’Clock Rock
So So aka Woods
Tego aka Limbo Jazz sa VIRGIN ISLAND SUITE
Tenz
Toto see Yoyo see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
True
Woods see So So
Yoyo aka Naturallement
12
After All
13
After All The Final Proof Of The Pudding Is The Eating
After Bird Jungle see MY PEOPLE
14
Ages Ago
Agra see FAR EAST SUITE
Ain’t But The One see SACRED CONCERT I
Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Ain’t Nobody, Nowhere, Nothin’ Without God see SACRED CONCERT III
15
Air-Conditioned Jungle
Aix see Midnight In Paris
Alcibades see TIMON OF ATHENS
Alder see Feetbone
16
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
17-18 All-American (by Charles Strouse/Lee Adams)
17
Back To School Again
I Couldn’t Have Done It Alone
I’ve Just Seen Her
If I Were You
18
Nat L’Ecole
Night Life
Nos Enfants see Our Children
Our Children aka Nos Enfants
We Speak The Same Language
1
All Day Long verso Warm Valley
All Heart see PORTRAIT OF ELLA
All Jazz see PORTRAIT OF ELLA
2
All Too Soon
Almighty God Has Those Angels see SACRED CONCERT II
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Box
Folder Title
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Almost Cried see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Alone
Amad see FAR EAST SUITE
Amazing see POUSSE CAFE
ANATOMY OF A MURDER sa OS
4
Almost Cried
Anatomy (order of songs)
Chitter Chattresses
Flirtibird sa OS
Flirtibird Down see OS
Happy Anatomy verso Pie Eye’s Blues sa OS
J.Bx. see OS
Merrily Roll Along see OS
Parn’s Drive see OS
Pie Eye’s Blues
Polly Montage
Pollyndigo (sic) see OS
Reel 1, Part 1 see OS
Reel 2, Part 2 see OS
Sunswept Sunday see OS
Upper & Outest see OS
Miscellaneous
And Then Some
Angelica see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Angels see SACRED CONCERT II
Anger see TURCARET
Angry see TIMON OF ATHENS
Angu see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Another World
Apre
Aquatonic aka Tropican-can
Are You Stickin’?
Aris see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
ASPHALT JUNGLE SUITE
At A Dixie Roadside Diner
Aunt Hagar’s Blues
Autumn Serenade
Azalea
Azure verso TATTOOED BRIDE
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WOMAN
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B Sharp Blues
B Sharp Boston
B.P. see Black Power
BDB aka Basie, Duke And Billy
BLBK
Babe, Where’d You Go To ? see Escape Suite
Baby Clementine aka Can It Be?
Baby, You’re Too Much
Back Room Romp aka Contrapuntal Stomp
Back To School Again see All-American
Background
Bakiff sa OS
Balcony Serenade see PERFUME SUITE
Ballad For Bennie
Ballad For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters
Ballet Of The Flying Saucers see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Ballin’ The Blues sa Searsy’s Blues
Band Call see TURCARET
Banquet see TIMON OF ATHENS
Barefoot Stomper aka Skip
Baronne see TURCARET
Barzallei Lew see Barzallai Lou
Barzillai Lew aka Barzallai Lou
Bash see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Basie Boogie
Bassment
Basso Mo Thundo see Boogie Bop Blues verso Rhummbop see DRUM IS A
Battle Of Swing aka Le Jazz Hot
Battle Royal see PARIS BLUES
Be A Man see POUSSE CAFE
Be Cool And Groovy For Me sa FAR EAST SUITE
Be My Guest see Nighttime
Beale Street
BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
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Chau-go-ga-gog Man Chau-ga-gog Chau Buna-Gung A Maug
Hiawatha
Minnehaha
‘Watha see Hiawatha
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Beauty Of God see SACRED CONCERT III
Because
Becket see MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
Before My Time see CONTROVERSIAL SUITE, PART I
12-13 BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
12
1-2-15 (Dock sequence)
Dillard Women sa Women, Women, Women
Duet Of Polly And Lucy
In Between
Mrs. Peachum’s Recitative
Mrs. Peachum’s Waltz
13
Nice Fate For Junior
Oh Polly, Dear Polly
On The Wrong Side Of The Railroad Tracks
Our Polly
Polly
Women, Women, Women (Women Will Get You) sa Dillard Women
14
Belle Of The Belmont
15
Bensonality
16
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Big Bubble Comin’ see THE RIVER
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Big Drag
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Big Fat Alice’s Blues
Biggest And Busiest Intersection Of Them All see SACRED CONCERT II
1-5
BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE sa OS
BLACK
1
Come Sunday
Work Song Theme
BROWN
2
Blues Ain’t Nothin’ sa OS
Carnegie Blues
Emancipation Celebration sa Y.G.O.
West Indian Dance
Y.G.O. sa Emancipation Celebration
BEIGE
3
Sugar Hill Penthouse
4
Miscellaneous
Psalm
5
Tempo copyright scores sa OS
6
Black Power
11
4
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Bleeding Moon
Blem
Blood Count see Blue Cloud
Blow By Blow see Happening
Blu-Glo
Blue Bird of Delhi see FAR EAST SUITE
Blue Cellophane
Blue Celly see Blue Cellophane
Blue Cloud aka Blood Count
Blue Goose verso Conga
Blue Lace
Blue Notes
Blue Pepper see FAR EAST SUITE
Blue Serge
Blue Tinsel (I’ll Wait For You) verso Boy Meets Horn
Blues
Blues Ain’t Nothin’ see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Blues Are Here To Stay
Blues At Sundown see MY PEOPLE
Blues For Blanton
Blues For Jerry
Blues For New Orleans see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Blues Serenade
Blues To Be There see NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SUITE
Blues Walked In (When You Went Away)
Bojangles
Bolling
Bomber Bounce
Bonga Bonga
Bongas
Boo-Dah
Boogie Bop Blues sa Non-Violent Integration laka Basso Mo Thundo
Books Of The Bible see SACRED CONCERT I
Bounce It Around
Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies see NEW ORLEANS
Boy Meets Horn
Brief Introspection
Bright see GIRL’S SUITE
Brot see GOUTELAS SUITE
Brown Betty
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Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Dress see JUMP FOR JOY
Brown Suede
Buddy Bolden see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Bugle Breaks see JUMP FOR JOY
Bull In The China Closet
CCBU see SACRED CONCERS/MISCELLANEOUS
Cafe Au Lait see QUEENIE PIE
Caline see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Calyph see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Camel Walk
Camp Grant Swing see Fickle Fling
Can It Be see Baby Clementine
Cancellation
Canon see MY PEOPLE
Caravan aka Cara-Vann
Carabae Joe see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Carnegie Blues see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Carnival aka Spanish Caravar (sic)
Carrying You Back To Old Kentucky
Cashmere Cutie
C’est Comme Ca see POUSSE CAFE
Chalmeau sa Seriously
Cham see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Changes In My Mood Of Love
Charlotte Russe aka Lotus Blossom
Charpoy aka Lana Turner
Chau-go-ga-gog Man Chau-ga-gog Chau Buna-Gung A Maug see BEAUTIFUL
CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK
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Ring Dem Bells
Checkered Hat
Chelsea Bridge
Chevalier see TURCARET
Chico Quadradino see LATIN-AMERICAN SUITE
Chile Bowl
Chitter Chattresses see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Choctau
Christopher Columbus
Chromatic Love Affair
Circe
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Circle Of Fourths see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Circus see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Clara
Clarinet Melodrama
Clementine see GIRLS SUITE
Clementine see Baby Clementine aka Can It Be
Cleo see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Climb Every Mountain
Clothed Woman
Clusterphobia see IDIOM ‘59
Cole Black And The Seven Dwarfs see It’s Love I’m In
Colonel’s Lady see POUSSE CAFE
Coloratura see PERFUME SUITE
Come Sunday see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE see SACRED CONCERT I
Come Ye Thankful People
Concience see TIMON OF ATHENS
Conga
Congo
Congo Square see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Conscience see TIMON OF ATHENS
Contrapuntal Stomp see Back Room Stomp
CONTROVERSIAL SUITE
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Part I aka Before My Time
Part II aka Later
Cool Colonel Glenn
Cool Rock
Coolin’
Coop
Cop=Out=XT sa Duke’s In Bed
COTTON CLUB PARADE
15
Lesson In C
Could It Be You
Count Down (Soul Call)
Counter see TIMON OF ATHENS
Country
Crawl Charleston
Creole Love Call
Crispy see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Crosstown
Cry see Subseries 2B
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Cry, Cry Baby see D.A. Blues
Cue’s Blue Now
Cup Cake
D.A. Blues (Cry, Cry Baby)
Dance Numbers 1-5 see LIBERIAN SUITE
Dancers In Love see PERFUME SUITE
Dancing In The Dark
Dans see SACRED CONCERT II
Darling verso Conga
David Danced (Before The Lord) see SACRED CONCERT I
Daydream
Dearest Bea see Indigo Suite
Debrutsid see Disturbed
Deep In Romance
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Deep River sa Subseries 2B
DEEP SOUTH SUITE
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Happy-Go-Lucky Local
Hearsay sa Orson
2
Magnolias Dripping With Honey
Orson (Welles) sa Hearsay
3
Sultry Sunset
There Was Nobody Lookin’
Dega see RACING WORLD
DEGAS SUITE see RACING WORLD
Depk see FAR EAST SUITE
Desolation see TIMON OF ATHENS
Diamond see Indigo Suite
Dick
Dillard Women see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
Diminuendo In Blue see Happening
Disturbed aka Debrutsid
Dixie Roadside Diner see At A Dixie Roadside Diner
Dixieland Rhapsody
Do Me A Favor see POUSSE CAFE
Dollar’s Dance
Don’t Blame Me
Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
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Don’t Get Down On Your Knees see SACRED CONCERT II
Don’t Lose The Mood-Yet verso Gay Abandon
Don’t Take My Love aka Smada verso John Hardy’s Wife
11
Don’t Wait (Till The Hearse Takes You To Church)
12
Don’t Want Nobody aka I Don’t Want Nobody At All
Downbeat Shuffle see MAGAZINE SUITE
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Double Ruff
Drag see RACING WORLD
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Drawing Room Blues
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Dream, The
16
Drop Me Off In Harlem
17-23 DRUM IS A WOMAN
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Ballet Of The Flying Saucers
Buddy Bolden see Hey, Buddy Bolden
Calyph aka What Else Can You Do With A Drum ?
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Carabae Joe
Congo Square aka Matumbe
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Drum Is A Woman
Drum Is A Woman, Part Two
Drum Is A Woman, Madame Zajj Sequence
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Finale
Hey, Buddy Bolden
Landing Of The Flying Saucers see Zajj’s Dream
Madame Zajj Sequence see Drum Is A Woman
Matumbe see Congo Square
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New Orleans
Pomgranate
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Rhummbop
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Rhythm Pum Te Dum
You’d Better Know It
Zajj’s Dream aka Landing Of The Flying Saucers
1
Dual Fuel
2
Dual Highway
Duet verso Sophisticated Lady
Duet Of Polly And Lucy see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
Duke Ellington Opening Theme see OS
3
Duke’s In Bed sa Cop-Out-XT
4
Duke’s Melody
5
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
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Easy To Take see POUSSE CAFE
Ebonesque
Ebony
Eh! Now
Eighth Veil see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Ekuseni see Indigo Suite
Elf see FAR EAST SUITE
Eliza see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Ellington ‘66
Elos see THREE BLACK KINGS
Emancipation Celebration see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
En Flight
Eque see LATIN-AMERICAN SUITE
Escape
Escape Suite (by Mercer Ellington)
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Babe, Where’d You Go To
I’d Better Go To Sleep
Set ‘Em Up
Esquire Swank
Ever Lovin’ Lover see MY PEOPLE
Every Day It’s You
Every Man Prays In His Own Language see SACRED CONCERT III
Every Minute verso Shoe Shine Boy
Everything Goes
Exactly Like You
Exhortation see Subseries 2B
Exotique Bongos see MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
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18
19
Fade Up sa Tootie For Cootie
Fafa
Falling Like A Raindrop
Falls see THE RIVER
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Fancy Dan
21
Fanfares
FANTASTIC RHYTHM see Subseries 2B
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Fantazm
Far East Of The Blues aka Blue Pepper see FAR EAST SUITE
23-26 FAR EAST SUITE, 1964
3-D see Blue Pepper
Ad Lib On Nippon see FAR EAST SUITE, 1965
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Fugi see FAR EAST SUITE, 1965
Nagoya see FAR EAST SUITE, 1965
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Agra
Amad
Be Cool And Groovy For Me see under title sa Put-tin
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Blue Bird Of Delhi aka Mynah
Blue Pepper aka 3-D aka Far East Of The Blues
25
Depk
Elf see Isfahan
Far East Of The Blues see Blue Pepper
Fugi see FAR EAST SUITE, 1965
Isfahan aka Elf
Mount Harissa see Nob Hill
Mynah see Blue Bird Of Delhi
Nagoya see FAR EAST SUITE, 1965
Nob Hill aka Mount Harissa
Put-tin sa Be Cool And Groovy For Me
Tourist Point Of View
Vict
FAR EAST SUITE (1965)
Ad Lib On Nippon
Fugi
Nagoya
Faraway Blues
Fat And Forty see You’re My Meat
Father Forgive see SACRED CONCERT II
Fatness see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Feeling Of Jazz see PARIS BLUES
Feet Bone aka Alder
Festival Junction see NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SUITE
Fickle Fling aka Camp Grant Swing
Fifi
Finale
Finding Somewhere To Go
First Stop-125th Street, New York
Flamingo
Flamingo L’Amore
Flee As A Bird
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Gama Al Duna
Hushabeide
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Fleur see PARIS BLUES
Flippant Flurry
Flirtibird see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Flugel Street Rag
Following Band Specialty
Fool’s Holiday
For All We Know see Never Meet
For Jammers Only aka Wild Onion
For Jumpers Only
Four-Four In Hand verso Flower Is A Lonesome Thing
Frantic
Freedom # 1-7 see SACRED CONCERT II
Frisky
Frivolous Banta
From Pillar To Post see SACRED CONCERTS Miscellaneous
Frontin see TURCARET
Frustration sa Subseries 2B
Frustration see Imagine My Frustration
Fugue-A-Ditty see TONAL GROUP
Fugi see FAR EAST SUITE
Full Moon At Midnight see QUEENIE PIE
Full Of Shadows see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
Fun’s Fun
Funk see KNUF
Fuzzy see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Gatherin’ In A Clearin’
Gay Abandon
Gee, Don’t You Make That Hat Look Pretty see You Make That Hat Look Pretty
Gham Al Duna see Flee As A Bird
Giggling Rapids see THE RIVER
Gigl see THE RIVER
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Girdle Hurdle
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Girl Of My Dreams Tries To Look Like You
28-29 GIRLS SUITE
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Adeline aka Sweet Adeline
Can It Be ? see Baby Clementine
Clementine
Clementine (by Billy Strayhorn) see Baby Clementine
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25
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Girl’s Suite-Bright see Subseries 2B
Harriette
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Juanita
Lele
Lena
Sara
Sweet Adeline see Adeline
Who
Go Away Blues
Go Down Moses see Subseries 2B
Gogo see GOUTELAS SUITE
Gold see MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL see TIMON OF ATHENS
Golden Cress
Golden Feather
Gonna Tan Your Hide
Good News
Good Women Blues
Good Years Of Jazz aka One More Once see OS
Goodbye Charlie see POUSSE CAFE
Goof see GOUTELAS SUITE
Gossip see TIMON OF ATHENS
Gossissippi see TIMON OF ATHENS
GOUTELAS SUITE
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Brot
Fanfare-Humanist
Gogo
Goof
Gout
Humanist-Fanfare
Loud
Roth
GREAT SOUTH BAY SHORE SUITE see TOOT SUITE
Grap see THE RIVER
Great Times
Greatest There Is see My Man Sends Me in MY PEOPLE
Gula see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Haitian Moon
Half The Fun see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Hallelujah see SACRED CONCERT III
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Hamlet see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Hank Cinq see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Happening, The aka Diminuendo In Blue aka Blow By Blow
Happy Anatomy see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Happy-Go-Lucky Local see DEEP SOUTH SUITE
Happy One
Happy Reunion aka Reunion
Hard Way see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
HARLEM-A TONE PARALLEL TO HARLEM
Harlem Air Shaft verso I Don’t Mind
Harriette see GIRL’S SUITE
Hawk Talks
Hayfoot Strawfoot sa OS
He
He Lays And Plays It Across The Board
He Should Have Flipp’d When He Flopp’d
He’s Gone
Hearsay see DEEP SOUTH SUITE
Heavenly Choir sa Subseries 2B
Hello Little Boy
Here A Man Sees Nothing see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
Heritage see MY PEOPLE
Hey, Baby
Hey Buddy Bolden see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Hey ! Cherie !
Hey Dot ! verso A Blues
Hi-Yah !
Hiawatha see BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
Hick sa NYNY
High-Figh-Fo-Fum aka Intimacy Of The Blues
Honest Woman see POUSSE CAFE
Honey, I’m Yours
Hop-Skip-Jump see Rockabye River
House Of Lords
How Foolish Can You Get
How Long
Humanist see GOUTELAS SUITE
Hushabeide see Flee As A Bird
Hy-ah Sue
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ITBG see SACRED CONCERT I
IXAD see SACRED CONCERTS/MISCELLANEOUS
I Believe see Subseries 2B
I Can Dream
I Can’t Do Without You
I Can’t Stop Loving You see Oh Baby, I Can’t Stop Loving You
I Could Get A Man (But The Man I Want Is Got)
I Could Make A Dream Come True (If I Had You)
I Couldn’t Have Done It Alone see All-American
I Don’t Mind
I Don’t Want Nobody At All see Don’t Want Nobody At All
I Fell And Broke My Heart (When You Pushed Me Out Of Heaven)
I Get Lonely For A Plaything see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) verso Sophisticated Lady
I Have Given My Love
I Knew You Were To Be My Sweetheart see Subseries 2B
I Know You Want To Do It
I Like The Sunrise see LIBERIAN SUITE
I Like To Dream That I Am Seen With That Nice Lady’s Daughter
I Love My Ever Lovin’ Lover see MY PEOPLE
I Love Pees (sic) see QUEENIE PIE
I Loved You Too Much
I Must Be Mad
I Never Could Carry A Tune see Subseries 2B
I Never Felt This Way Before verso All Too Soon
I Owe This Dream To You
I Want To Dream
I Wish
I Wonder Why
I’d Better Go To Sleep see Escape Suite
I’ll Wait For You see Blue Tinsel
I’m Afraid see Afraid
I’m Alone
I’m Not Much
I’ve Got Shoes see Subseries 2B
I’ve Just Seen Her see All-American
IDIOM ‘59
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Parts I-3
If I Had You see I Could Make A Dream Come True
If I Knew Now see POUSSE CAFE
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If I Were You see All-American
If You Don’t, Somebody Will
Imagine My Frustration
IMPRESSIONISTS AT THE RACE TRACK see RACING WORLD
Impulsive Giving see TIMON OF ATHENS
In A Blue Summer Garden aka Hard Way see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood verso Warm Valley
In Between see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
In The Beginning God see SACRED CONCERT I
In The Morning see Indigo Suite
Indigo Suite (by Mercer Ellington)
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Dearest Bea
Diamond
Ekuseni (In The Morning)
Release/Voodoo Nights
Valse
Voodoo Nights see Release
Interlude
Intimacy Of The Blues see High-Fi-Fo-Fum
Introduction & Exposition
Introspection
Is God A Three Letter Word For Love ? see SACRED CONCERT III
Isfahan see FAR EAST SUITE
Island Virgin see VIRGIN ISLAND SUITE
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
It Was A Sad Night In Harlem
It’s Bad To Be Forgotten sa M.G.
It’s Love I’m In
It’s Only Account Of You
It’s Rumor see MAN WITH FOUR SIDES
J.B.x. see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
J.P. Williamson see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Jail Blues see MY PEOPLE
Jam With Sam sa V.I.P.’s Boogie
Jam-A-Ditty see TONAL GROUP
JAZZ FESTIVAL JAZZ see TOOT SUITE
Janet
Jazz Hot, Le see Battle Of Swing
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Jennie
Jerico
John Hardy’s Wife
Johnny Come Lately
Johnny Too
Jonny’s (sic) Concerto
Joog Joog
Joy Ride
Juanita see GIRL’S SUITE
JUMP FOR JOY
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Brown Skin Gal In A Calico Dress
Bugle Breaks
Natives Are Restless Tonight
Stomp Caprice
Strictly For Tourists
Three Shows Nightly
Tourists see Strictly For Tourists
Juele see Subseries 2B
Jumpin’ Punkins
Jumping Rope
Jungle Triangle see MY PEOPLE
Juniflip
Just A Gentle Word From You (Will Do)
Just A Sittin’ And A Rockin’ verso Sophisticated Lady
Just Scratchin’ The Surface
KCOR aka Rock
KNUF aka Funk
Kiki see SACRED CONCERT II
Kixx see SACRED CONCERT II
Kinda Dukish
King Fit The Battle Of Alabam see MY PEOPLE
Kisse see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Kippy
Klop see UWIS SUITE
L.B. Blues
La Scala see Scala, La
La Tram see Take The ‘A’ Train
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Lady
Lady In Doubt see Subseries 2B
Lady Luna aka Moon Maiden
Lady Mac see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Lady Of The Lavender Mist
Lake see The RIVER
Lambeth Walk
Lament For An Orchid aka Absinthe see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Lana Turner see Charpoy
Land see MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
Land uv Degradashun (sic) see Subseries 2B
Landing
Landing Of The Flying Saucers see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Last Day Of May
Later see CONTROVERSIAL SUITE, Part II
Lately see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
LATIN AMERICAN SUITE
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Chico Quadradino
Eque
MLUX aka Oclupaca
Oclupaca see MLUX
Rome aka Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her
Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her see Rome
Laugh Clown Laugh
Launching Pad
Laura
Lay-By see SUITE THURSDAY
Laying On Mellow see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Le Jazz Hot see Battle Of Swing
Lele see GIRL’S SUITE
Lena see GIRL’S SUITE
Lesson In C see COTTON CLUB PARADE
Let Nature Take Its Course see Subseries 2B
Let Me Take You To See The Circus
Let The Zoomers Drool
Let’s see POUSSE CAFÉ
Let’s Get Away see SACRED CONCERTS/MISCELLANEOUS
Let’s All Join Hands
Let’s Let Love Keep Us Together
LIBERIAN SUITE
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Dance Number I aka I Like The Sunrise
2nd Dance
DNO 3
Dance Number 3
4th Dance
Dance Number 5
I Like The Sunrise see Dance Number 1
Life Ain’t Nothing But Rythm (sic) verso I Can Dream
Lightning Bugs And Frogs see QUEEN’S SUITE
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Lightly
Lilu see SACRED CONCERTS/MISCELLANEOUS
Limbo Jazz see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE see VIRGIN ISLAND SUITE
Line see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
2
Line Up
Lion Of Judah see Menelick
3
Lish
Lissette see TURCARET SUITE
5
Little John, Little John
6
Little Taste
7
Locion
Loco see UWIS SUITE
8
Lonely Coed
9
Lonely Ones
10
Lonesome Lullaby
Lord’s Prayer see SACRED CONCERT I see Subseries 2B
Loud see GOUTELAS SUITE
11
Longhorn Blues
12
Looka Here
13
Lost X
Lotus Blosson see Charlotte Russe
14
Love Came
15
Love Everything
16
Love Like This Can’t Last
17
Love Walked In
18
Love Scene aka Making That Love Scene
19
Love Swing
20-24 Love You Madly
25
Loveless Love
Lullaby In Rhythm see OS
26
Lumber, Jackson
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2
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7
8
9
10
11
Lush Life
M.D.L see Subseries 2B
M.G. sa It’s Bad To Be Forgotten
MIXT
MKIS see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
MRIS see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
MLUV see SACRED CONCERT III
MLUX see LATIN-AMERICAN SUITE
Madame Zajj see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Madame Turcaret see TURCARET SUITE
Madi see UWIS SUITE
Madness In Great Ones see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Maiera
MAGAZINE SUITE
4
Downbeat Shuffle
Metronome All Out
Magenta Haze
Magnolias Dripping With Honey see DEEP SOUTH SUITE
Majesty Of God see SACRED CONCERT III
Making That Scene see Love Scene
Malay Camp On Saturday Night see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
Malletoba Spank
Mama Knows
Mammy
MAN BENEATH see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
Man I Want Is Got see I Could Get A Man But The Man I Want Is Good
Man Sees Nothing see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
MAN WITH FOUR SIDES aka Mr. And Mrs. Lane
9
It’s Rumor
Like A Train
She verso Blue Tinsel
Twilightime
Maragold aka Biggest and Busiest Intersection see Sacred Concert III
Marble Top
March see NUTCRACKER SUITE
Martyr see MURDER AT THE CATHEDRAL
Meander see The RIVER
Massachusetts
Matumbe see DRUM IS A WOMAN
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Meditation see SACRED CONCERT II
Mellow Ditty see TONAL GROUP
Memoirs
Memory Of Your Love
Memphis Blues
Menelick (The Lion of Judah)
Merrie Mending
Merrily Rolling Along see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Metromedia
Metronome All Out see MAGAZINE SUITE
Mexacali Brass
Midnight In Paris aka Aix
Mike Where’s Steve see “A” Blues
Million Dollars see Subseries 2B
Mine Boy see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
Minnehaha see BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
Minor Baby
Minstrel Days
Misfit Blues see SUITE THURSDAY
Miss Lucy
Miss Prissy
Mister And Mrs. Lane see MAN WITH FOUR SIDES
Mister Gentle And Mister Cool
Mixt see MIXT
Mo-Poly-Kee-Ta
Moment
Moment That I Looked At You
Money Jungle
Monologue see Pretty And The Wolf
Mood Indigo
Moonbow see TURCARET SUITE
Moon Maiden see Luna Lady
Morning Glory
Mother
Mother, Her Majesty,The Sea see The RIVER
Mount Harissa see FAR EAST SUITE
Mr. & Mrs Lane see MAN WITH FOUR SIDES
Mr. Gentle & Mr. Cool see Mister Gentle And Mister Cool
Mrs. Peaches’ Recitative/Waltz see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
Multicolored Blue see Violet Blue see Ultra Blue
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Mural From Two Perspectives see Three
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
11
Becket
Exotique Bongos
Gold
Land
Martyr
Women’z
My Arms see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
12
My Friend
13
My Heart Is A Stranger
My Home Lies Quiet see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
My Little Brown Book see Subseries 2B
My Love see SACRED CONCERT III
My Man Sends Me see MY PEOPLE
My Mother, My Father And Love see MY PEOPLE
14-16 MY PEOPLE
14
After Bird Triangle
Blues At Sundown
Canon
Ever Lovin’ Lover sa I Love My Ever Lovin’ Lover
Greatest There Is sa My Man Sends Me
Heritage see My Mother, My Father And Love
I Love My Ever Lovin’ Lover see Ever Lovin’ Lover
15
Jail Blues
Jungle Triangle
King Fit The Battle Of Alabam’
My Man Sends Me aka Greatest There Is
My Mother, My Father And Love aka Heritage
16
Walking & Singing The Blues
What Color Is Virtue ?
Will You Be There sa SACRED CONCERT I
Workin’ Blues
My Prison Is The Memory Of Your Love see Memory Of Your Love
17
My Reward
Mynah see FAR EAST SUITE
18
Mysterious Chick
NBDY see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Nagoya see FAR EAST SUITE
Nat L’Ecole see All-American
11
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1-2
3
4-5
6
7
8
9
Nati
National Anthem Of Trinidad And Tobago
Natives Are Restless Tonight see JUMP FOR JOY
Naturallement see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
Negro National Anthem see Subseries 2B
Neo Hip-Hop Community see The RIVER
Never Meet aka For All We Know
New Orleans see DRUM IS A WOMAN
NEW ORLEANS SUITE
1
Aris aka Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte
Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte aka Aris
Blues For New Orleans see Newe
Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies see Orle
Gula aka Portrait Of Sidney Bechet
Line sa Second Line
Maha aka Portrait of Mahalia Jackson
2
Newe aka Blues For New Orleans
Oo-Ee aka Portrait of Louis Armstrong
Orle aka Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies
Portrait Of Louis Armstrong see Oo-Ee
Portrait Of Mahalia Jackson see Maha
Portrait Of Sidney Bechet see Gula
Portrait Of Wellman Braud see Well
Second Line sa Line
Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta see Upth
Upth aka Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta
Well aka Portrait Of Wellman Braud
New Shoes
NEW WORLD A’ COMIN’
New Testament see SACRED CONCERT I
New York City Blues
New York, New York sa Hick see QUEENIE PIE
Newe see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SUITE
8
Blues To Be There
Festival Junction
Newport Up
Newport Up see NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SUITE
Nice Fate For Junior see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
NIGHT CREATURE
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2
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4
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6
7-8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
9
Parts I & II
Night Fall
Night In Tunisia
Night Life see All-American
Night Walk
Nighttime from BE MY GUEST
Nite Song
Nite Song aka Cleo see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Nob Hill see FAR EAST SUITE
No Doings
No One (Baby, But You)
No One Knows
Noir Bleu
Non-Violent Integration
Nos Enfants see All-American
Not Now, I’ll Tell You When
NUTCRACKER SUITE
7
March (DE ms)
March see Peanut Brittle Brigade
8
Nutcracker/Part IV (Transcription by David Berger)
Peanut Brittle Brigade/Part III (Transcription by David Berger)
Nymph
O Sing Unto The Lord
O-G
O-O-O see OS
O.T.J. see Overture To A Jam Session
OCCI
Ocean see TIMON OF ATHENS
Ocht O’Clock Rock see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Oclupuca see LATIN-AMERICAN SUITE
Office Scene see Subseries 2B
Ogidni Doom see Mood Indigo
Oh Baby, I Can’t Stop Loving You
Oh Gee, You Make That Hat Look Pretty see You Make That Hat Look Pretty
Oh Miss Jackson
Oh Polly, Poor Polly see BEGGAR‘S HOLIDAY
Old Gray Mare
Old Man Blues
Old Man Blues see CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK
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25
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Old Testament see SACRED CONCERT I
On The Wrong Side Of The Railroad Tracks see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
Once Upon A Dream
Onco
One More Once sa Good Years Of Jazz in OS
One Sided Love Affair
One-Two (Buckle My Shoe)
Only Yesterday
Oo-Ee see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Open Ears
Opener
Opening
Opening (For Baritone)
Opening Theme see OS
Opus 69
Original
Orle see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Orson
Orson sa DEEP SOUTH SUITE
Otto Make That Riff Staccatto
Our Children see All-American
Out Of This Old World With You
Ouverture (sic) see Subseries 2B
Over The Rainbow
Over There (by Tom Whaley)
Overture see TURCARET SUITE
Overture To A Jam Session
Oxoar verso Harriette
PIL see SACRED CONCERT III
PIOL see SACRED CONCERT III
Pamp
Papa Knows
PARIS BLUES
Battle Royal see Feeling Of Jazz
11
Feeling of Jazz aka Battle Royal
Fleur
Paris Blues
Wild Man Moore
Parn Drive see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
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Pass Me By
Passion Flower
Pastel see RACING WORLD
14
Pauline’s Blues
Peanut Brittle Brigade see NUTCRACKER SUITE
Penthouse see Subseries 2B
15-16 Perdido
1-2
PERFUME SUITE
1
Balcony Serenade aka Sonata
Coloratura aka Sophistication
Dancers In Love aka Stomp For Beginners
Sonata see Balcony Serenade
Sophistication see Coloratura
Stomp For Beginners see Dancers In Love
2
Strange Feeling aka Violence
Violence see Strange Feeling
3
Petite Fleur Africaine aka Little African Flower
4
Piano Pretty
Picture see RACING WORLD
Pie-Eye’s Blues see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
5
Plaintive Prelude
Planet Merveilleuses see Star Ride
Plaything aka I Get Lonely For A Plaything see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
6
Please Believe Me
7-8
PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Canon see MY PEOPLE
7
Cham
Circus
Crispy
Eliza
Fatness
Full Of Shadows sa SATURDAY LAUGHTER
8
J.P. Williamson
Kisse
Laying On Mellow
Plus Belle Africaine
9
Poco Mucho
Pollyndigo (sic) see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Pomgranate see DRUM IS A WOMAN
10
PORTRAIT OF ELLA
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All Heart
All Jazz see Total Jazz
Royal Ancestry
Total Jazz aka All Jazz
Portrait Of Louis Armstrong see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Portrait Of Mahalia Jackson see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Portrait Of Sidney Bechet see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Portrait Of Wellman Braud see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
11
Pot Roast
12-17 POUSSE CAFE aka SUGAR CITY
12
Amazing
Be A Man
C’est Comme Ca
Colonel’s Lady
13
Do Me A Favor
Easy To Take
Forever
Goodbye Charlie/Playoff
Goodbye Charlie/Vocal
Here You Are
14
Honest Women
Let’s
15
My Heart Is A Stranger
16
Rules And Regulations
Salvation
Settle For Less
Solange
Someone To Care For
17
Spacious & Gracious
Sugar City
Swivel
Thank You Ma’am
Vive La Difference
Praise God And Dance see SACRED CONCERT II
Prat see RACING WORLD
Preacher see SACRED CONCERT II
1
Prelude To A Kiss
2
Pretty And The Wolf aka Monologue verso Harlem
Pretty Woman see QUEENIE PIE
3
Prima Bara Dubla
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11
Princess Blue
Proggin’ And Snoggin’
Progressive Gavotte aka Re-bop Gavotte
Promenade see RACING WORLD
Prowling Cat
Psalm see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Purple Gazelle see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Purple People see MY PEOPLE
Pussy Willow
Put-tin see FAR EAST SUITE
Quadruple Up aka 1-4-45
QUEEN’S SUITE
10
Lightning Bugs And Frogs
Single Petal Of A Rose
Sucrier Velour
QUEENIE PIE
11
Cafe Au Lait
Full Moon At Midnight
I Love Pees
Pretty Woman
REIP see SACRED CONCERTS/MISCELLANEOUS
12
REXT
13-14 RACING WORLD aka DEGAS SUITE aka IMPRESSIONISTS AT THE RACE
TRACK
13
Dega aka Giggling Rapids see The River
Drag sa Picture
14
Pastel
Picture sa Drag
Prat aka Sonnet
15
Rain Or Snow
16
Raincheck
17
Rainy Nights
Rapid see The RIVER
Re-bop Gavotte see Progressive Gavotte
Ready, Go ! see TOOT SUITE
18
Reconversion
Red Garter see TOOT SUITE
Red Shoes see TOOT SUITE
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1
Reflections In D
Regal see TIMON OF ATHENS
Release see Indigo Suite
Remember see Subseries 2B
Reminiscing In Tempo
Rent Party
Reunion see Happy Reunion
Reva see The RIVER
Revolutionary see TIMON OF ATHENS
Rhummbop see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Rhythm Lullaby
Rhythm Pum Te Dum see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Ricard see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Ricitic
Ride On King Jesus see Subseries 2B
Riding On A Blue Note verso Ultra Delux
Riff ‘N Drill
Ring Dem Bells see CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK
Ritz sa OS
RIVER, THE
1
Big Bubble Comin’ sa Run sa Gigi
Falls
Giggling Rapids sa Grap sa Dega in RACING WORLD
Gigi sa Run sa Big Bubble Comin’
Gigl
Grap sa Giggling Rapids sa Dega in RACING WORLD
2
Lake
Meander
Mother, Her Majesty, The Sea
Neo-Hip-Hop Kiddies Community see Stud
Rapid
Reva sa River
3
River sa Reva
Run sa Gigi sa Big Bubble Comin’
Soft sa Spring
Spring sa Soft
Stud aka Neo-Hip-Hop- Kiddies Community
Village Of The Virgins
Vortex see Whirlpool
Whirlpool
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1-14
24
1-8
Roaring Twenties see Dixieland Rhapsody
Robins And Roses sa Something To Live For
Rock see KCOR
Rock City aka Rockville
Rock City Rock
Rock Skippin’ At The Blue Note
Rockabye River aka Hop-Skip-Jump
Rockin’ In Rhythm
Rockville see Rock City
Rollin’ With Rab
Rome see LATIN-AMERICAN SUITE
Rondilet aka Slamar In D Flat
Rose
Rose Of The Rio Grande
Roth see GOUTELAS SUITE
Royal Ancestry see PORTRAIT OF ELLA
Rue Bleue
Rugged Romeo
Rules And Regulations see POUSSE CAFE
Run see The RIVER
SBBE see SACRED CONCERT II
SBE see SACRED CONCERT II
SNYC see Subseries 2B
SACRED CONCERT I sa OS
1
99% Won’t Do
2-3
Ain’t But The One
4
Books Of The Bible
5-8
Come Sunday sa BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
9-11 David Danced aka DD aka D.D. in O
ITBG see In The Beginning God
12-14 In The Beginning God aka ITBG
SACRED CONCERT I
1-3
Lord’s Prayer
New Testament see Books Of The Bible
Old Testament see Books Of The Bible
Speaking Choir see Books Of The Bible
4
S.Q.L.P aka String Quartet Lord’s Prayer
5-6
Tell Me It’s the Truth sa SOPHISTICATED LADIES
Truth see Tell Me It’s The Truth
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1-12
27
1-14
28
1-6
29
1-12
30
1-16
7
Will You Be There sa MY PEOPLE
8
Sacred Concert No. 1 (Published Songbook)
SACRED CONCERT II sa OS
1-2
Almighty God Has Those Angels
3
Biggest And Busiest Intersection sa Kiki sa Kisi sa Maragold
4-7
Don’t Get Down On Your Knees To Pray
8
Father Forgive
SACRED CONCERT II
1-5
Freedom # 1-7
Freedom-Sweet Fat And That
Freedom-Word You Heard
6-8
Heaven
Kiki see Biggest And Busiest Intersection
Kixx see Biggest And Busiest Intersection
9
Kiki
10
Kisi
11
Maragold (Ending for Biggest and Busiest Intersection)
12
Meditation
SACRED CONCERT II sa OS
1-9
Praise God And Dance (scores)
10-12 Praise God And Dance (150th Psalm/Vocal)
13-14 Praise God And Dance (Dans/Finale)
SACRED CONCERT II
1-2
Praise God And Dance
3-6
Preacher aka Shepherd
SBE see Supreme Being
SBBE see Something ‘Bout Believing
Shepherd see Preacher
SACRED CONCERT II
1-4
Something ‘Bout Believing
5-8
Supreme Being
Sweet Fat And That see Freedom-Sweet Fat And That
9
TGTT aka Too Good To Title
Word You Heard see Freedom-Word You Heard
10
Religious Concert II (DE score)
11
Sacred Concert No. 2 (Published Songbook)
12
Bound Vocal Scores for Ellington Festival (at University of Wisconsin)
SACRED CONCERT III sa OS
1-2
Ain’t Nobody Nowhere Nothing Without God
3
Beauty Of God
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32
1
2
3
4-11
13
4-7
Every Man Prays In His Own Language
8-9
Hallelujah
10-12 Is God A Three Letter Word For Love
Majesty Of God see Beauty Of God
13-15 My Love
16
Published Book
SACRED CONCERTS Miscellaneous sa OS
1
Brotherhood
2
CCBU
From Pillar To Post see OS
3
IXAD
4
Let’s Get Away
5
Loving You
6-7
Opening Titles
8
REIP
9
Somebody Cares sa Song
10
Song sa Somebody Cares
11
Wordless Prayer
12
Miscellaneous
13
Photocopies of published SACRED CONCERTS
Salome
Salute To Morgan State
Salvation see POUSSE CAFE
Sara see GIRL’S SUITE
Satin Doll
SATURDAY LAUGHTER aka MAN BENEATH aka Mine Boy
4
Full Of Shadows sa PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
Here A Man Sees Nothing
5
I Get Lonely For A Plaything
J.P. Williamson see PLUS BELLE AFRICAINE
6
Malay Camp On Saturday Night
7
Man Beneath
8
My Arms
9
My Home Lies Quiet
10
They Say
This Man
You Walk In My Dreams
11
Sketches
12
Scores (Ellington ms)
Scala, La, She Too Pretty To Be Blue
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ATHENS
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27
28
29
30
33
1
2
Scales Jazz
Scene Changes
Scene Changes see POUSSE CAFE
Scenic
Searsy’s Blues sa Ballin’ The Blues
Second Line see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Second Portrait Of The Lion
Self Portrait (Of The Bean)
Sempre Amore see TURCARET SUITE
Serious Serenade
Seriously sa Chalmeau
Set Down Servant see Subseries 2B
Set ‘Em Up see Escape Suite
Settle For Less see POUSSE CAFE
Sex, Money, Marriage aka Action In Alexandria aka Overture in TIMON OF
Shadows
Shake A Little Bit Faster
Sharpy
She verso Blue Tinsel
She see MAN WITH FOUR SIDES
She Too Pretty To Be Blue see Scala, La
She Was A Tinkling Thing
She Wouldn’t Be Moved
Shepherd see SACRED CONCERT II
Ship Landing
Shoe Shine Boy
Shuffle Along see That Great Day Is Here
Shufflelody see SUITE FOR SWINGING
Silk Lace see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
Sing Unto The Lord see Subseries 2B
Single Petal Of A Rose see QUEEN’S SUITE
Skin Deep
Skip see Barefoot Stomper
Sky Fell Down
Slamar In D Flat see Rondilet
Slapping The Cymbals
Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her see LATIN-AMERICAN
SUITE
Slepti see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
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Slip Of The Lip (Might Sink A Ship)
Slow Drag
Slow Train
Smada
Smoldering see TIMON OF ATHENS
7
Sneak
8
Snek
9
Snood Indigo
10
So
11
So It Ends
So So see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
12
So This Is Love sa Subseries 2B
Soft see THE RIVER
Solange see POUSSE CAFE
13
Somebody
Someone To Care For see POUSSE CAFE
Something see GOUTELAS
Something ‘Bout Believing see SACRED CONCERT II
14
Something To Live For sa Subseries 2B
Somewhere Over The Rainbow see Over The Rainbow
Sonata see PERFUME SUITE
15
Song For Christmas, A
Sonnet see RACING WORLD
Sonnet For Caesar see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Sonnet For Hank Cinq see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
Sonnet In Search Of A Moor see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
16
Sono
17-18 SOPHISTICATED LADIES
17
Truth sa Tell, Me It’s The Truth see SACRED CONCERT I
18
Published Song Book
19-20 Sophisticated Lady verso Love You Madly sa Subseries 2B
Sophistication see PERFUME SUITE
Soul Call see Count Down
1
Soul Flot
Soul Soothing Beach see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
2
Spacemen
Spacious And Gracious see POUSSE CAFE
Spanish Canavar see Carnival
3
Spanking Brand New Doll
Speaking Choir see SACRED CONCERT I
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Spon see SUITE FOR SWINGING
Spotted Dog
Spring see The RIVER
5
Springtime In Africa
6
Star Ride
Start Each Day With Prayer see Subseries 2B
Steal Away see Subseries 2B
7
Stepping Into Swing Society
Stepping Out see Subseries 2B
Stockinette see OS
Stomp Caprice see JUMP FOR JOY
Stomp For Beginners see PERFUME SUITE
8
Stomp, Look & Listen
Stomping At The Savoy see OS
9
Stoona
Strange Feeling see PERFUME SUITE
Stratford Festival Fanfare see Fanfares
10
Street Of Dreams
Strictly For Tourists see JUMP FOR JOY
11
Stroll
12
Stroller
Stud see The RIVER
13
Subtle Lament
14
Suburban Beauty
Suburbanite see Surburbanite
15
Subway
16-19 SUCH SWEET THUNDER aka SHAKESPEARIAN SUITE
16
Circle Of Fourths
Cleo
Fuzzy sa Telecasters
Half The Fun aka Lately
Hamlet see Madness In Great Ones
Hank Cinq aka Sonnet To Hank Cinq
17
Lady Mac
18
Madness In Great Ones aka Hamlet
Sonnet For Caesar
Sonnet For Hank Cinq see Hank Cinq
Sonnet In Search Of A Moor
19
Such Sweet Thunder
Telecasters sa Fuzzy
4
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Three Bitches And A Moor
Sucrier Velour see QUEEN’S SUITE
Suddenly It Jumped
Suddenly, Pretty Blue
Sugar City see POUSSE CAFE
Sugar Hill Penthouse see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Suite 1 Girl-Bright see Subseries 2B
Suite 2 Boy-Suave see Subseries 2B
Suite 3 see Subseries 3
SUITE FOR SWINGING
3
Igloo
Shuffleody
Spon
Volupte
SUITE THURSDAY
4
Lay-By
MisFit Blues
Zweet Zursday
Sultry Serenade
Sultry Sunset see DEEP SOUTH SUITE
Sunswept Sunday see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Supreme Being see SACRED CONCERT II
Surburbanite (sic)
Swamp Drum
Swamp Goo
Swanee River Rhapsody see BLACKBERRIES OF 1930
Sweep
Sweepin’ The Blues Away
Sweet Adeline see GIRL’S SUITE
Sweet And Pungent
Swing Low
Swingers Get The Blues Too
Swingers’ Jump
Swish
Swivel see POUSSE CAFE
TGTT see SACRED CONCERT II
TLP see SACRED CONCERT I
Tadd Dameron
Tailor Made Blues
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Take It Home
Take The “A” Train aka La Tram
Take The Coltrane
TATTOOED BRIDE
Teardrops In The Rain
Teardrops In Your Eyes
Tego see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Telecasters see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
1
Tell Him What You Want
2
Tell Him Your Story Walking
Tenz see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE see UWIS SUITE
3
Thaba Bosigo
4
Thais
Thank You Ma’am see POUSSE CAFE
Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
5
That Great Day Is Here (from Shuffle Along)
6
That Old Vip-Vop
7
That’s Grand
8
That’s It
9
Theme For Trombeam
There Was Nobody Lookin’ see DEEP SOUTH SUITE
10
They Just Don’t Understand
They Say see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
11-12 Things Ain’t What They Used Be verso Sophisticated Lady sa OS
1
Things (Really) Ain’t What They Used To Be sa OS
2
This Is Where I Get Off
This Man see SATURDAY LAUGHTER
3
Thought Of Johnny With His Sax
4
Three aka Mural From Two Perspectives
5
Three And Six aka Wounded Love
Three Bitches And A Moor see SUCH SWEET THUNDER
6
THREE BLACK KINGS
6
Elos
7
Three Cent Stomp
8
Three J’s Blues
Three Shows Nightly see JUMP FOR JOY
Tigress see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
9
Times A-Wasting verso Sophisticated Lady
10-13 TIMON OF ATHENS
10
Alcibades
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Angry verso Ocean
Banquet see Counter Theme
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Conscience
Counter Theme aka Banquet verso Ocean
Desolation verso Ocean
Gold verso Conscience
Gossip verso Revolutionary
Gossissippi verso Ocean
12
Impulsive Giving
Ocean
Overture see Sex, Money, Marriage
13
Regal Formal
Regal Short And Loud
Regal Under
Revolutionary
Smoldering
Tin Soldier
Tina see LATIN AMERICAN SUITE
Ting A Ling
Tip Toe Topic
To The Bitter
TOGA BRAVA SUITE
1
MKIS sa MRIS aka Soul Soothing Beach
MRIS sa MKIS aka Soul Soothing Beach
Naturallement see Toto see Tugo
Soul Soothing Beach see MKIS see MRIS
Toto sa Tugo aka Naturallement
Tugo sa Toto aka Naturallement sa AFRO-EURASIAN SUITE
Tom
Tommy verso Ultra Delux
Tomorrow verso Haitian Moon
TONAL GROUP
3
Fugue-A-Ditty
Jam-A-Ditty
Mello-Ditty
Tonight I Shall Sleep (With A Smile On My Face)
Tonk
TOOT SUITE aka JAZZ FESTIVAL JAZZ aka GREAT SOUTH BAY SHORE
6
Jazz Festival Jazz aka Wailer
Ready, Go !
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Red Garter
Red Shoes
Too Good To Title see SACRED CONCERT II
7
Tootie For Cootie sa Fade Up
Total Jazz see PORTRAIT OF ELLA
Toto see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
Tourist Point Of View see FAR EAST SUITE
8
Tou Cou Tou
9
Track 360
10
Transblucency
Trav’lin’ All Aone see Subseries 2B
11
Tricki’s Lick
12
Triple Play
13
Trombone Buster
Tropicalistically Yours verso John Hardy’s Wife
Tropican-can see Aquatonic
True see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
True Confessions see Subseries 2B
Truth see SACRED CONCERT I
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Tuesday Blue
Tugo see TOGA BRAVA SUITE
15-17 TURCARET SUITE
15
Anger
Band Call
Baronne
16
Chevalier
Frontin
Moonbow
Sempre Amore
17
Turcaret-Viv
18
Turn Back
Tutti Rag verso Ultra Delux
Twilighttime see MAN WITH 4 SIDES
19
Twistin’ Time
20
Twitch
21
Two Together
22
Tymperturbably Blue
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24
U.F.F.X.
U.M.M.G aka Upper Manhattan Medical Group
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UWIS SUITE
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Klop
Loco
Madi
Tenz
Ugly Duckling
Ultra Blue sa Violet Blue aka Multi-Colored Blues
Ultra Delux verso One-Sided Love Affair
Unbooted Character
Uncle Bud
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
Up Jump
Up There
Upper And Outest see ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Upper Manhattan Medical Group see U.M.M.G.
Upth see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
V.I.P.’s Boogie sa Jam With Sam
V$V
Valse see Indigo Suite
Velt Amor
Very Special
Vict see FAR EAST SUITE
Village Of The Virgins see The RIVER
Villes Ville Is The Place, Man
Violence see PERFUME SUITE
Violet Blue sa Ultra Blue aka Multicolored Blue
VIRGIN ISLAND SUITE
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Island Virgin
Limbo Jazz aka Tego see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Virgin Jazz
Vive La Difference see POUSSE CAFE
Volupte see SUITE FOR SWINGING
Voodoo Nights see Indigo Suite
WIM see Subseries 2B
Wade In The Water see Subseries 2B
Wailer see TOOT SUITE
Walkin’ And Singin’ The Blues see MY PEOPLE
Warm Valley
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Watches Over Me see My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me
Waterlily aka Absinthe see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
‘Watha see BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
Way, Way Back
We Speak The Same Language see All-American
We Three Sing Together sa Subseries 2B
We’re Quits, We’re Splits, We’re Through
Well see NEW ORLEANS SUITE
Well, Well
West Indian Dance see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
What Am I Here For ?
What Can I Say To You Now ?
What Color Is Virtue see MY PEOPLE
What Else Can You DO With A Drum see DRUM IS A WOMAN
What Good Would It Do?
What’s Your Fancy
When Christians Learn How To Live
When Eden Was A Garden
When Paris Blooms Again
When You Pushed Me Out Of Heaven see I Fell And Broke My Heart
When You’ve Had It All
Where Do You Go ? What Do You Do ?
Where In The World
Which Way
Whirlpool see The RIVER
Who see GIRL’S SUITE
Who Knows
Who Struck John
Who’s To Blame ?
Why Did You Leave Heaven
Why Wait
Wig Wise
Wild Bill’s Blues
Wild Man Moore see PARIS BLUES
Will The Day Ever Come
Will You Be There see MY PEOPLE see SACRED CONCERT II
Wishing & Waiting
Wisteria
Woman
Women, Women, Women see BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
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Women’z see MURDER AT THE CATHEDRAL
Woods see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Word You Heard see SACRED CONCERT III
Workin’ Blues see MY PEOPLE
Worksong see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Wounded Love see Three And Six
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Y.G.O. see BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
Yea, Tho’ I Walk Through The Valley see Subseries 2B
Yeah !
You Dirty Dog
You Got It Coming
You Gotta Walk Before You Crawl verso Just A Sittin’ And A Rockin’
You Know Baby
You Know Who
You Make That Hat Look Pretty
You Never Know The Things You Miss
You Of All People
You’d Better Know It see DRUM IS A WOMAN
You’re A Little Black Sheep (Who’s Gonna Be Blue)
You’re My Meat (Fat And Forty)
Your Love Has Faded sa Subseries 2B
Yoyo see AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE
Zajj’s Dream see DRUM IS A WOMAN
Zany
Zanzibar
Zoomer’s Drool see Let The Zoomers Drool
Zweet Zursday see SUITE THURSDAY
Subseries 2A: Published Books
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15
16
Duke Ellington At The Piano
Published by Robbins Music Corporation, 1943
Ellington Festival, 1981 (Satin Doll, Chelsea Bridge, Take The ‘A’ Train)
Music for Symphonic Band arranged by Sammy Nestico
Published by Jenson Publications, Incorporated
Great Jazz Standards, 1986
Piano/vocal sheets
Published by Columbia Pictures Publications
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Piano/vocal sheets
Published by Hansen House
19
Standard Jazz Memorandum
Lead sheets
Published in Japan
Subseries 2A: Oversize Material
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1
2
3
4
5
6-7
8
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1-3
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
1
Flirtibird
Flirtibird Down
Happy Anatomy
J. Bx.
Merrily Roll Along
Parn Drive
Pollyndigo
Reel 1, Part 1
Reel 2, Part 2
Sunday
Up And Out
Bakiff
BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE (Tempo Music scores)
Hayfoot, Strawfoot (Billy Moore arrangement)
Lullaby In Rhythm
O-O-O
Ritz
SACRED CONCERT I
6
Ain’t But The One
Blues Ain’t Nothin’
Come Sunday
In The Beginning God
7
Lord’s Prayer
Truth
SACRED CONCERT II
8
150th Psalm aka Praise God And Dance
SACRED CONCERT II
1
150th Psalm aka Praise God And Dance
2
Don’t Get Down On Your Knees
Finale
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Clark Terry)
3
by Mercer
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5
Heaven
Praise God And Dance see 150th Psalm
3
Shepherd (Preacher)
SACRED CONCERT III
4
Annn aka Ain’t Nobody Nowhere Nothin’ Without God
Annn II
Almighty God Has Those Angels
Is God A Three Letter Word For Love
Kixx aka Biggest And Busiest Intersection
Theme/Freme/Cisi
5
Majesty Of God
My Love
P.I.O.L. aka Every Man Prays In His Own Language
SACRED CONCERTS Miscellaneous
6
From Pillar To Post
Untitled Sacred Concert score
Stockinette
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE (Tom Whaley copyist)
Sugar Hill Penthouse
Beige
Duke Ellington Opening Theme (Tadd Dameron arrangement & ms. featuring
Good Years Of Jazz sa One More Once “Arranger Duke Ellington, Orchestrated
Ellington”
SACRED CONCERT II
Arias for Soprano And Orchestra for Second Sacred Concert
by Kermit Moore
4
Heaven
Almighty God Has Those Angels
Too Good To Title
Praise God And Dance
Stompin’ At The Savoy
Things (Really) Ain’t What They Used To Be (Calvin Jackson arrangement & ms
located in Duke Ellington #301 Box 446)
SUBSERIES 2B: MUSIC MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS & UNTITLED MS.
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2
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Duke Ellington
Untitled
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington
SNYC (3 pages)
Billy Strayhorn
Untitled (2 pages)
Stepping Out (3 pages)
Duke Ellington
Untitled
Billy Strayhorn
Cry
Billy Strayhorn (Pre-Ellington ms)
Let Nature Take It’s Course
My Little Brown Book
Penthouse
Something To Live For
True Confessions
Something To Live For + parts
Untitled
We Three Sing Together
Don’t Take My Love
So This Is Love
Your Love Has Faded
Lady In Doubt
My Little Brown Book
Remember
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Alkis
Lost In The Mountain
2
Bolling, Claude
Hodges Remembering
Bridgers see Star Ride in Subseries 2A
3
Brand, Dollar
Au-Bra-Sevens (Sunday The Seventh)
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Ballad For Bennie see Subseries 2A
Boulevard East
Dollar’s Dance see Subseries 2A
Dream, The see Subseries 2A
Easter Joy
Good News see Subseries 2A
Honey
Jumping Rope
Kippy see Subseries 2A
Lament For Dorothy (Hamba)
Monk From Harlem (Libra The Tenth)
Ode To Duke
Stride, The
Thaba Bosigo see Subseries 2A
Tintiyana
Trial, The
Ubu-Suku (In The Evening)
Byas, Victor
At Anytime You Say aka Reverie In Turquoise
White Midnight
Garland, Joe
Better Luck Next Time
Gee, Matthew
Rene
Green, Jan
Hey Swingy!
Jackson, Calvin
I’ve Got My Mind On You
On The Surface
James, Stephen
Alice
Cracker Barrel
Cruel September
Lil’ Janie
Lovelady
Lycra, Too
Neon
Spifferooni
Strange Love
Matthews, Onzy
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Ballad For Sunday
Duke’s Suite
Horns In Minor see Subseries 2A
Maurice
Mitchell, Dwike see Ruff
Mumford, Cyril
I Want To Sing A Love Song
Orent, Milton
Nocturne To A Somnambulist
Parker, Errol
Rehearsal
Pettiford, Oscar
Oscalypso
Poindexter, Pony
It Ain’t Gonna Rain No!
Ju Ju Praline
Never Know Laveau (Voodoo Madam)
Unspoken Tongue
Reddon, Pauline see Stroll in Subseries 2A
Ruff, Willie
After This Message (with Dwike Mitchell)
Amazon Sketches
Chou Chou
Prank, The
Russell, Margaret
Plaque De Son Auto aka Your License Plate
Stockholm Mid Summer
Simon II, Rogers
Vous Etes aka You Are
Stam, C.
Dancing Hills
Evangelia
Mediterranean
Sykes, Lt. Morris
Steam
Tate, Neal
Baldy Beat He Man
Borrowed Love
Broadwalk
Don’t Blow Your Cool
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Gelleta Samba
Helena’s Dance
Tate Neal
Lean Cat
Like No Other Could
Meeting, The
Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Tired Of Making The Rounds
Westbrook, Chauncey “Lord”
Boulevard De Magenta
Randy Weston
Afro Black
Berkshire Blues (Lyrics by Roland Kirk)
Blues For Langston
Blues For Strayhorn
Blues To Africa
Bosquet
Randy Weston
Cabam Bamboo (High Life)
Call, The
Congolese Children (Lyrics by Big Black)
Gospel Monk
Ifrane
Jamboree Blues
Lagos
Liberian Blues
Randy Weston
Marrekech Blues
Sabah
Sad Beauty Blues
Spa-Spa-Space
Sunday Morning Blues
Sweet Meat
Waltz For Sweet Cakes
West African Blues
Subseries 2D: Uncopyrighted Submissions
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1
Braithwaite, Coleridge
Fugue On A Subject in C Minor
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Brown, Clifford
Dahoud
Gibbs, W.D.
Tommy’s Mood
Hansen, Vern
‘Tater Bug Blues
McEachern
Stars Appear
Mills, Annette
Manana (Tomorrow)
Rain
Misraki, Paul
Orchids For Madame
Olsen, J. Prudhon
Azure Blue
Gin Slide
Give
Skilbred, Henry
I Want My Mama
Trent, Jo
Peaceful Henry aka The First Sign Of Love
Trepple, Mae
There’s Such A Thrill In Your Touch
White, Beverly
Joe
Unidentified composers
3 x 12 Is A Yard (Charlie Parker)
Birk’ Quirk (Dizzy)
Black Gazelle (Wilma Rudolph)
Lady’s Day (Billie Holiday)
Max’s House (Maxwell House Coffee)
Miles ‘N Miles (Miles Davis)
My River (Mississippi River)
R.C. Coda (Ray Charles)
Tuck Kin Pluck (George Tucker)
Voodoo Calas (Love Cake)
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Business Correspondence to Ruth Ellington, 1958–1985
Business Correspondence to Ruth Ellington, 1986–1991
3
Business Correspondence to Ruth Ellington, from the Board of Education
of New York City and Jacksonville Symphony, 1974
Business Correspondence to Ruth Ellington, concerning photographs of
musical drums and sticks, 1980
Business Correspondence to Duke Ellington, 1961–1973
Letter from Status Marketing Corporation of New York to Duke Ellington
restaurants, April 3, 1969
Correspondence regarding the use of Creole Rhapsody in a Smithsonian
Institution jazz recordings project, ca. 1972
Correspondence regarding concerts of Sacred Music, 1966-1978
Correspondence and notes on the production of Duke Ellington’s Concert
of Sacred Music, October 18, 1981
Correspondence and notes from the Negro Actors Guild of America, Inc.,
1980
Letter and notes by Don George pertaining to Sweet Man, the Real Duke
Ellington, ©1981
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Smithsonian Press release in reference to the Duke Ellington Collection,
1989.
Personal Correspondence to Duke Ellington, 1965 – 1989
Copies of Christmas cards; various guest lists; n.d., and Christmas card
list, 1968
Invitations (inaugurals, concerts, dedications) and tributes to Duke and
Ruth Ellington 1964 – 1989
Sympathy notes, cards, and memorial service programs sent to Ruth
Ellington at the time of her brother’s death, 1974
Notes concerning Ellington family history including birth certificates,
census records, vital statistics
Health and life insurance records for Duke and Edna, 1964 – 1972
Duke Ellington’s autopsy report, May 24, 1974
Duke Ellington Ephemera (memberships)
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Series 4: BUSINESS RECORDS, 1940 – 1988
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Duke Ellington statement of royalties, 1940 – 1941
Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts contracts, 1940 – 1981
Duke Ellington’s tax documents, 1957 – 1960
Appointment books and daily memoranda books, 1968 – 1972
Associated Booking Corporation Contracts, February 8, 1970 – December,
1975
Ruth Ellington’s Itineraries, 1971 – 1972
American Federation of Musicians Labor Agreements, August, 1973
Receipts for storage of furs, air fare, and books, 1988
Tempo Music Catalogs, n.d.
Photo of Duke Ellington signature and American Federation of Television
membership card
Pass book savings account records (bank books)
Two Rolodex containing cards with addresses, phone numbers and other
contact information
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Series 5: PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS, 1963 – 1989
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O/S 1
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O/S 2
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Duke Ellington's tour of India, 1963.
Duke Ellington's Concerts of Sacred Music material, 1965-1968.
Duke Ellington at Fountain Street, 1966, Holy Family Community benefit
concert program.
Duke Ellington's Festival of Religion and the Arts, 1966.
Publicity programs for Duke Ellington, 1967-1969.
Photocopies of Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music Programs,
1968-1972.
Flyers for Concert of Sacred music, March 2, (no year ).
Publicity materials for Duke Ellington, 1971 & 1973.
Photocopies of Duke Ellington's concert of Sacred Music Programs, 1973.
Press kit for Teresa Brewer, n.d.
Duke Ellington All Star Band publicity materials, n.d.
Press Releases and Promotional Literature after 1974.
Concert Programs, 1974 - 1975.
1977.
1978.
1979.
1980.
Program: Benefit concert for the Martin Luther King Multipurpose Center,
1981.
Concert Programs, Honoring Duke Ellington and his music, 1981
Concert Program, 1982.
Programs of Sacred music, 1983.
Concert Programs, 1984.
Programs, Tribute to Duke Ellington, 1985.
1986.
Concert Programs, 1987.
1988.
Press kits for performances of Sophisticated Ladies for world wide
tour,1988.
Concert Programs, 1989.
Concert Programs, n.d.
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Series 6: LYRICS, SCRIPTS AND NOTES, 1939 – 1986
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Duke Ellington's Story on Records, 1939-1942, 1943-1944 (2 books).
Notes by Duke Ellington, Part 1, 1966-1970.
Notes by Duke Ellington, Part 2, n.d.
The 1967 Copasetics Anniversary Booklet dedicated to Billy Strayhorn;
Tributes to Billy Strayhorn by Duke Ellington and Don Heckman.
Script by Duke Ellington, "Black, Brown and Beige" (39 pages).
Script of Composition: "Space Suite" (1969); Poems entitled "Love" and
"Love Me To Life"; and Script notes, 1967, and a
description/explanation of Queenie Pie, et al .
Notes - Scripts and Lyrics., 1949-1967, including clips from A Drum is a
Woman, Lysistrata, Sophisticate to Virgin, The Impossible...
Unidentified Script Notes.
Miscellaneous notes, 1974.
Composition ideas (4 pages) Prologue: Black Blonde Ballet (5 pages) and
narration: Queenie Pie.
Miscellaneous handwritten notes n.d.
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Series 7: NEWS CLIPPINGS AND ARTICLES, 1952 – 1992
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10
1-10
1-8, 10-11
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Newspaper clippings on Duke Ellington and orchestra members, Ruth
Ellington, and related jazz articles, 1960-1969.
Newspaper clippings, 1971-80.
Newspaper clippings, 1981-90.
Newspapers clippings related to Sophisticated Ladies, 1981, 1982, 1988.
Magazine articles related to Duke, 1974 - 1991.
Articles sent to Ruth Ellington (w/ correspondence)
Jazz related articles, 1971 - 1981.
Articles, African American/race topics, 1983 - 1989.
Ruth Ellington’s This is New York column, n.d.
Newspaper articles, miscellaneous (arts, entertainment, fashion, sports)
Photocopies of articles on Duke Ellington and the band in the U.S.,
1952-1981.
Photocopies of articles on Duke Ellington and the band abroad,
1965-1973.
Photocopies of articles on Ellington band members, 1965-1970.
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Photocopies of miscellaneous unrelated articles.
Articles and photocopies of newspaper clippings on Duke Ellington and
band, 1952 - 1984
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List of awards received by Duke Ellington and orchestra and award
material, 1942 – 1987.
Invitation, correspondence, and guest list for the presentation of the Medal
of Freedom at the White House, 1969.
Duke Ellington Honorary Citizenship, Niigata City, Japan, 1970.
Duke Ellington, Columbia University Honorary Degree, 1973.
Duke Ellington, Honorary Degree, Brown University, 1974.
“A Wall Street Tribute to Duke Ellington,” a commemorative service for
Duke Ellington at Trinity Church in New York, 1974.
Music award in memory of Duke Ellington, Community School District 5,
New York city, 1975.
Duke Ellington Fellowship, Yale University School of Music, 1977.
Award: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington, D.C. 1977-1978
and 1985.
Letter from Composers Lyricist Educational Foundation, Inc., in reference
to music scholarships awards in memory of Duke Ellington, 1977.
Letter regarding the Duke Ellington Memorial Fund, Inc., 1987.
Manuscript relating to Duke Ellington Fund by the family and friends of
Ellington, 1988.
Information pertaining to renaming the Calvert Bridge in Washington,
D.C. the Duke Ellington Bridge, 1980.
Correspondence to Mercer Ellington regarding a Grammy award, 1980.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy
nomination (1976) and Hall of Fame Grammy award, 1981.
Materials relating to commemorative stamps, including Postal Service
announcements, newspaper clippings, letters, photographs of
Ellington, and invitations, 1986.
Materials on Duke Ellington Statue, 1986 including newspaper reports and
press release from the Office of the Mayor, New York City, 1986,
1989.
Proposal for a Duke Ellington International Museum, n.d..
Draft: the Duke Ellington Foundation, n.d.
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O/S 1 5
O/S 2 2
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Family photos (b & w), including, Carrie Ellington, Daisy Ellington,
Mercedes Ellington, Gaye Ellington, Daisy, J.E., and Ruth
Ellington.
Photos of Ruth Ellington as a young woman; also includes shots with
family friend Bill Smallwood and Ambassador to Liberia Edward
R. Dudley (b & w).
Ruth Ellington and others at events (b & w).
Ruth and William Handy (son of WC Handy) and ?
Ruth and son, Stephen James, and unidentified others
Ruth and Mercer’s wife Evelyn
Davidson, Sternberg(?), Ellington and Isaacs at the Layman’s
National Bible Committee Luncheon, 1974
Judge Isaacs and Ruth Ellington at the Layman’s National Bible
Committee Luncheon, 1974
Ruth Ellington, Jane White (Walter’s daughter), Walter White,
Tallulah Bankhead and guest
Basin Street East photo in Shelton Towers, NY includes Rev. John
Gensel, Mrs. Gensel, Fernanda Montel, Tony Bennett,
Ruth’s son Stephen James, Ruth, David Sternberg,
Photo of Ruth Ellington, Husband McHenry, son Stephen James,
nephew Mercer and ?
Photo of Ruth Ellington, Duke and unidentified friend
Photos of Ruth Ellington; later shots with husband McHenry Boatwright,
son Stephen James, and Ella Fitzgerald (color)
Friends of the Ellingtons and celebrities, including Cab Calloway, Julie
Lamoe, Mae West, Andy Razaf, Tony Bennett, and, Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr. (b & w).
Photos of Ruth’s son, Stephen James.
Photos of Ruth’s son, Stephen James and other guests at Duke’s ?
Birthday party and unidentified guests (color).
Additional family photos.
Additional family photos.
Candid shots of Duke Ellington and others (color).
Candid shots of Duke Ellington and others (b & w).
Duke Ellington publicity shots, including Photograph of Ellington in
academic gown and info on the album Duke Ellington “All Star
Road Band” (b & w).
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Mercer Ellington publicity shots (b & w).
Additional publicity shots (b & w).
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Series 9: PHOTOGRAPHS
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12
13
14
15
Band members including, Strayhorn, et. al, Gonsalves, the Band, Money
Johnson, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Louie
Bellson(?), Duke , Sonny, Billy Taylor, Freddy Guy ( 1937-39).
Ellington and the band at various events (b & w).
Ellington and the band at various events (color).
First World Festival of Negro Arts; Dakar, Senegal; April 1966 (b & w).
Duke Ellington arriving -- received by Ambassador Mercer Cook.
April 1, 1966
At the Airport, meeting Escort Officer Wil Petty. April 1, 1966
PAO Ted Tanen and Mrs. Virginia Inness-Brown at Airport.
April 1, 1966
President Senghor congratulating Duke’s Performance. Mrs.
Senghor in
background.
April 6, 1966
Duke’s Introduction to Madame Lamine Gueye at Ambassadorial
Receipt. April 3, 1966
Duke’s Introduction to Langston Hughes at Ambassadorial
Receipt. April 3, 1966
Duke’s Introduction to President Lamine Gueye (National
Assembly) at Ambassadorial Receipt. April 3, 1966
Duke surrounded by admirers, including Mrs. Mercer Cook. April
April 3, 1966
Duke in background applauding Senegalese students. April 3,
1966
Duke at the piano. April 3, 1966
Duke’s premier performance at the Sorano. April 4, 1966
Senegalese musician playing Kora. Independence Reception at
Palace. April 4, 1966
Duke’s Introduction to Souleymane Sidibe, National Commission
for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, with Escort
Officer Wil Petty.
Duke holding mic. for Senegalese Drummer Gana M’bow.
Senegalese Artist Papa Tall Ibra showing Duke some of his works,
Thies, Senegal. April 7, 1966.
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Duke with Papa Tall. Dr. Warner Lawson (Dean, Howard
University School of Music) admiring Papa Tall’s work in
the foreground
Duke playing at Stadium of Dakar, Senegal, Festival of Negro
Arts, April 1966 (4 different prints)
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16
Saint Joseph’s Hospital Concert, February 26, 1971, Milwaukee, WI
several (b&w) photos.
Perspective, March, 1971 newsletter summarizes concert/visit.
Cootie Williams (half page)
Harry Carney (half page)
Harold Ashby and wind section (Gonsalves, Turney, Procope,
Carney) with Duke at the piano (half page)
Ashby, Carney, Procope, Duke (half page)
Duke and unidentified male vocalist (half page)
Duke (half page)
Duke, hospital administrator?, and Auxiliary president Mrs. R. P.
Gingrass (half page)
Duke and fans including Sister M. Jeanne (2 half page photos)
Wind section (half page)
Cootie Williams and wind section (half page)
Cootie and female vocalist (half page)
Duke (half page)
Duke (half page)
Unidentified female vocalist (half page)
Unidentified female vocalist (full page)
Duke at the piano (full page)
Mercer and St. Joseph’s personnel including Sister M. Jeanne (half
page
Duke and Saint Joseph’s personnel including Sister M. Jeanne
(half sheet)
Duke and hospital Dr. Joseph Wepfer looking at x-rays (half sheet)
Duke and patient (half sheet)
Duke signing autographs (half page)
Duke and Dr. Joseph Wepfer (half page)
Duke, Sister M. Jeanne, and Mrs. R. P. Gingrass (half page)
Duke signing autographs (full page)
Duke signing autographs includes Sister M. Jeanne (full page)
Duke signing autographs includes Mrs. R. P. Gingrass (full page)
Duke signing autographs includes Sister M. Jeanne and ? (full
page)
Members of the Woman’s Auxiliary at ticket booth? (half page)
Hospital personnel meeting (half page)
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17
18
19
20
15
1
Duke, hospital administrator?, and Sister M. Jeanne (half page)
Duke, Sister M. Jeanne, and Mrs. R. P. Gingrass (half page)
Thank you note from Sister M. Jeanne, Hospital President
(religious card).
Sacred Concerts photos.
Duke Ellington caricatures.
Photos of awards including plaques, and installations on building.
Photos from Joe Benjamin including images of Duke, Strayhorn,
Benjamin, Carry Grant, Quincy Jones, Billy Taylor, Stanley Dance,
Clark Terry, 1970 Disneyland band, and Louis Armstrong.
Approximately 150 (b & w) 5 x 7 photos by Studio Bernateau of Orange,
France (outside of Paris) from 1970. Photos include concerts,
rehearsals, autograph signing. Several individual and small group
photos of band members are present, as well as shots from the
Sacred Concert featuring Tony Watkins.
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Series 10: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 1967 – 1990.
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1
8
9
7
5
8
6
Materials relating to the Duke Ellington Society in New York city,
1967-1990 including minutes of business meetings, letters,
and newspaper clippings.
Concert Program: Boys Choir of Harlem, 1981.
VHS ½ videos of The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington, hosted by
Rod Steiger -- 2 copies; VHS ½ “CBS videos of The
Sacred Concert 1965 Something about Believing ; and The
Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington, St. Paul’s Cathedral,
London.
Sheet of information relating to videotapes -- housed separately.
Calendar with Tony Bennett's artwork.
Caricature of Duke Ellington.
Caricature of Duke Ellington.
Portrait of Duke Ellington on calendar.
Photocopies of pencil painting (portraits) of various Jazz
immortals, 1973 (14 copies).
Duke Ellington signature on cardboard
Coasters with Duke Ellington’s likeness.
Artwork and paste up for advertising and Christmas card.
Artwork and paste up.
Drawings of Duke Ellington.
Folio of drawings of Graz (USSR).
1
2-3
4
Drawings, caricatures, proclamations.
Ellington posters.
Romeare Bearden Print autographed to Ruth Ellington.
2
3
4
6
4
5
6
7
O/S 1
O/S 2
16
O/S 1
O/S 2
O/S 1
O/S 2
M/C 3/27
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Volume
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Approximately 17 sheets of slides from 9 slide boxes. Candid shots depicting
trips abroad to Eastern Europe, England, North Africa, and Tokyo Japan in
1966. Other sites may be included.
Harry Carney Home Movies, 1938-59. Reference and master copies transferred
from 16mm black and white silent film and 8mm color silent film.
Available on ½" VHS video. Two tapes contain parts 1 through 4. (Eight
mm color transfer is unavailable at this time. Access to original film is on
a case by case basis, depending on the condition of the film and
availability of equipment. Check with the collection specialist or audiovisual archivist in advance).
Approximately 450 black and white photos and approximately 175 color photos in
varying sizes ranging from snap shots to 3 x 5 to 4 x 6 with some odd sizes
included. Shots are candid, subjects include family, friends, and fans on
various trips. Personalities included are Ellington band members and
vocalists, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Vivian Vance, talk show host Mike
Douglas, some are autographed.
Sixteen rolls of 35mm black and white negatives; 3 envelopes of 35mm black and
white negatives; 19 envelopes of 16mm black and white negatives; 2
envelopes of 120 (1M) film black and white negatives; 3 envelopes of
35mm color negatives; 6 envelopes/sheets of 16mm color negatives; 1
envelope of 120 (1M) film color negatives
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Series 10: SOUND RECORDINGS – MASTER TAPES
Subseries A: Duke Ellington Concerts, ca. 1945-1952
1
2
1
WEVD, 11/1/41
2 .1
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 1 and 2
2.2
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 3 and 4
2.3
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 5 and 6
2.4
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 7 and 8
2.5
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 9 and 10
2.6
Duke Ellington Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 3/25/45, Parts 11 and 12
3.1
Duke Ellington Concert, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 4/20/46, Parts 1
and 3
3.2
Duke Ellington Concert, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 4/20/46, Part 2
4
Duke Ellington at the Piano, WWDC, Washington, D.C., 4/21/46, Parts 1 and 2
5.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Municipal
Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, 4/27/46, Parts 1 and 3
5.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Municipal
Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, 4/27/46, Parts 2 and 4
6.1
Duke Ellington Concert [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, 5/4/46, Parts 1 and 3
6.2
Duke Ellington Concert [ABC Treasury Broadcast], Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, 5/4/46, Parts 2 and 4
7.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Radio City, New York City], 5/25/46, Parts 1
and 3
Duke Ellington Concert - Frankie and Johnnie, WJZ [ABC Treasury
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7.2
Broadcast], Radio City, New York City, 5/25/46, Part 2
8.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], WEEV Studio(?),
Reading, Pennsylvania, 6/8/46, Parts 1 and 3
8.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [ABC Treasury Broadcast], WEEV Studio(?),
Reading, Pennsylvania, 6/8/46, Parts 2 and 4
9.1
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco], 8/3/46,
Parts 1 and 3
9.2
Duke Ellington Concert, WJZ [Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco], 8/3/46,
Parts 2 and 4
10
Duke Ellington Concert [unknown], 10/27/50
11.1
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, Parts 1 and 2
11.2.
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 1 of 10
11.3
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 2 of 10
11.4
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 4 of 10
11.5
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 5 of 10
11.6
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 6 of 10
11.7
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 8 of 10
11.8
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 9 of 10
11.9
Duke Ellington Concert, Metropolitan Opera, 1/21/51, No. 10 of 10
12
Duke Ellington, Last Side, n.d.
Subseries B: Duke Ellington Volumes 1 through 58, 1926-1940
3
13
Vol. 1, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
14
Vol. 2, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
15
Vol. 3, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
16
Vol. 4, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 5, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
18
Vol. 6, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
19
Vol. 7, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
20
Vol. 8, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931 (1 c.)
21
Vol. 9, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
22
Vol. 10, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
23
Vol. 11, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
24
Vol. 12, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
25
Vol. 13, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
26
Vol. 14, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
27
Vol. 15, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
28
Vol. 16, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
29
Vol. 17, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
30
Vol. 18, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
31.1
Vol. 19, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 1 of 2
31.2
Vol. 19, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 2 of 2
32
Vol. 20, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
33
Vol. 21, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
34
Vol. 22, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
35
Vol. 23, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
36
Vol. 24, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
37
Vol. 25, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
38
Vol. 26, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
39
Vol. 27, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
40
Vol. 28, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
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Vol. 29, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 1 of 2
41.2
Vol. 29, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 2 of 2
42
Vol. 30, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
43.1
Vol. 31, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 1 of 2
43.2
Vol. 31, Duke Ellington, 1926-1931, 2 of 2
44
Vol. 32, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
45
Vol. 33, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
46.1
Vol. 34, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 1 of 2
46.2
Vol. 34, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940, 2 of 2
47
Vol. 35, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
48
Vol. 36, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
49
Vol. 37, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
50
Vol. 38, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
51
Vol. 39, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
52
Vol. 40, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
53
Vol. 41, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
54
Vol. 42, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
55
Vol. 43, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
56
Vol. 44, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
57
Vol. 45, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
58
Vol. 46, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
59
Vol. 47, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
60
Vol. 48, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
61
Vol. 49, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
62
Vol. 50, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 51, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
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Vol. 52, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
65
Vol. 53, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
66
Vol. 54, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
67
Vol. 55, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
68
Vol. 56, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
69
Vol. 57, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
70
Vol. 58, Duke Ellington, 1932-1940
Subseries C: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
7
71
“Acht O’clock Rock” and Unidentified Tune [originally labeled “Unidentified,
n.c.”]
“Acht O’clock Rock,” by the Ellington orchestra in progress, with drummer and
tenor saxophonist Norris Turney featured
Brief fragments from unidentified tune played on electric piano
[NO MASTER TAPE]
72
After All / John Hardy’s Wife
“After All” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trombone solo by Lawrence
Brown and alto saxophone solo by Johnny Hodges, n.d.
“John Hardy’s Wife” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
73
Air Conditioned Jungle / It’s Monday Every Day
“Air Conditioned Jungle” by the Ellington orchestra featuring clarinet solo by
Jimmy Hamilton, n.d.
“It’s Monday Every Day” by the Ellington orchestra featuring vocal solo by Al
Hibbler, n.d.
74
Dancers in Love / Coloratura
“Dancers in Love” piano solo by Duke Ellington accompanied by string bass,
n.d.
“Coloratura” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trumpet solo by Cat
Anderson, n.d.
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me / Sultry Serenade
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“Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me” by vocalist Al Hibbler accompanied by
the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
“Sultry Serenade” by the Ellington orchestra featuring trombone solo by Tyree
Glenn, n.d.
76
Golden Cress/ The Clothed Woman
“Golden Cress” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
“The Clothed Woman” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
77
“The River,” 1970 [originally labeled as “1 of 2"]
The Ellington orchestra in an apparent recording session, likely in New York
City on June 3, 5, and 8, 1970
78
Satin Doll / Without a Song (1 c.)
In progress “Satin Doll” by the Ellington orchestra, n.d.
“Without a Song” by vocalist Jimmy Grissom accompanied by the Ellington
orchestra, n.d.
79
Set ‘em Up / How Blue Can You Get
“Set ‘em Up” by unidentified vocalist accompanied by unidentified orchestra,
n.d.
“How Blue Can You Get” by unidentified combo featuring unidentified female
vocalist and alto saxophone solo by Johnny Hodges, n.d.
80.1
Billy Strayhorn (studio recordings), # I, n.p., n.d.
Piano solos, presumably by Billy Strayhorn, of “Love Came,” “Lotus
Blossom,” “Something to Live For,” “Clementine,” “All Heart,” and “Orson.”
They are announced as “takes’ by an unidentified male.
80.2
Billy Strayhorn, # II Concert, n.p., n.d.
Apparently a continuation of the recording session noted above. Piano solos
(including several stops and restarts) include “Hearsay,” “Drawing Room
Blues,” and “Lotus Blossom.” An unidentified male sings “Sophisticated
Lady,” “Day Dream” to piano accompaniment.
80.3
Billy Strayhorn, # III Concert, n.p., n.d.
Apparently a continuation of the recording session noted above. Unidentified
male noted above sings “No One Knows,” “Pretty Girl,” “Prelude to a Kiss,”
and “My Little Brown Book” to piano accompaniment.
81
Billy Strayhorn Trio, Mercer Records, n.p., 1953
“Tonk,” “Johnny Come Lately,” and other tunes
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82.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
1 of 3
82.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
2 of 3
82.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #1 - Rex Stewart, Clark Terry, 1960,
3 of 3
83.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 1 of 3
83.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 2 of 3
83.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #2 - Britt Woodman, Jimmy
Hamilton, 1960, 3 of 3
84.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #3 - Harry Carney, 1960, 1 of 2
84.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #3 - Harry Carney, 1960, 2 of 2
85.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Quentin Jackson, 1961, 1 of 2
85.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Quentin Jackson, 1961, 2 of 2
86.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Mercer Ellington, 1962, 1 of 2
86.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #4 - Mercer Ellington, 1962, 2 of 2
87.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
1 of 3
87.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
2 of 3 (3 c.)
87.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #5 - Denzel Best, Sonny Greer, 1961,
3 of 3 (3 c.)
88.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Al Sears, n.d., 1 of 3 (1 c.)
88. 2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Al Sears, n.d., 2 of 3
89
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 6 - Hilton Jefferson, n.d., 3 of 3 (3
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90.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
Procope, n.d., 1 of 3
90.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
Procope, n.d., 2 of 3
90.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 7 - Otto Hardwick, Russell
Procope, n.d., 3 of 3
91.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 8 - John Sanders, n.d., 1 of 2
91.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks, # 8 - John Sanders, n.d., 2 of 2 (1 c.)
92.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 1 of 3
(1 c.)
92.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 2 of 3
92.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #10 - Billy Strayhorn, 1962, 3 of 3
93.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 1 of 3
93.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 2 of 3
93.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #11 - Jimmy Jones, Ben Webster,
1962, 3 of 3
94.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 1 of 3
94.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 2 of 3
94.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #12 - Billy Taylor, Louis Metcalf,
1962, 3 of 3
95.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 1 of 3
95.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 2 of 3
95.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #13 - John S. Wilson, 1962, 3 of 3
96.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 1
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96.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 2
of 4
96.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 3
of 4
96.4
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #14 - Cootie Williams, Aaron Bell, 1963, 4
of 4
97.1
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 1 of 4
97.2
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 2 of 4
(1 c.)
97.3
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 3 of 4
(1 c.)
97.4
Duke Ellington Society Guest Talks #15 - Ruth Ellington, Paul Gonsalves,
1963, 4 of 4
98.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 1 of 3
98.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 2 of 3
98.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #16 - Willis Conover, John Sanders,
n.d., 3 of 3
99.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #17 - Ray Nance, 1963, 1 of 2
99.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #17 - Ray Nance, 1963, 2 of 2
100.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 1 of 3
100.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 2 of 3
100.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #18 - Stanley Dance, Harry Carney,
Russell Procope, Lawrence Brown, 1963 and 1964, 3 of 3
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Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 1 of 3
101.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 2 of 3
101.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #19 - Cat Anderson, 1964, 3 of 3
102.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 1 of 3
102.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 2 of 3
102.3
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #20 - Dr. Arthur Logan, n.d., 3 of 3
103.1
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #21 - Joya Sherrill, 1963, 1 of 2
103.2
Duke Ellington Jazz Society Guest Talks #21 - Joya Sherrill, 1963, 2 of 2
Subseries E: Interviews, 1946-1966
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104.1
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, WWDC, 4/20/46, Parts 9 and 11
In progress conversation of Willis Conover and Duke Ellington, with
occasional commentary by Billy Strayhorn, Emerson Parker, Jerry Rhea, and
Oscar Pettiford, during radio broadcast from Washington, D.C. hosted by Willis
Conover
Topics include: unissued recordings; plans for Watergate concert on June 6
sponsored by the Bakers Dozen; new and returning members of the band; plans
for future dates; Ellington’s “favorite” composition; early recordings and errors
by critics and others in descriptions of them.
Music: Excerpts of recording of Black, Brown and Beige
Resumption of discussion: commentary by Ellington on Black Brown and
Beige; jazz as a “very bad word”
104.2
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, 4/20/46, Parts 10 and 12
Continuation of above conversation by Willis Conover and Duke Ellington,
with occasional commentary by Billy Strayhorn, Emerson Parker, Jerry Rhea,
and Oscar Pettiford, during radio broadcast from Washington, D.C. hosted by
Willis Conover
Topics include: Ellington’s ability to energize his musicians; Black, Brown and
Beige as a “tone parallel to the American Negro.”
Music: Excerpts from recording of Black, Brown and Beige
Resumption of discussion: Marian Anderson
Music: Recording of “Lightning” at request of Billy Strayhorn
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Resumption of discussion: “Lightning”; Barry Ulanov’s biography of Ellington
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105
Duke Ellington Guest Star, 10/26/50
U.S. Savings Bond radio program “Guest Star” with Duke Ellington as the
guest
Music: In progress “Take the ‘A’ Train” by unidentified orchestra; “Solitude”
vocal by Barbara Winfield with Lawrence Brown on trombone
Commercial announcement by Duke Ellington
Music: “You of All People” vocal by Al Hibbler; “Great Times” featuring
Oscar Pettiford on cello and Paul Gonsalves on tenor saxophone
106
Duke Ellington Interview by Joe DiNatale (Air Check), 6/29/66
In progress KODY radio interview by Joe DiNatale of Duke Ellington at the
Elks Club in North Platte, Nebraska
Topics include: 52-week schedule; sacred music by Duke Ellington and Billy
Strayhorn as a “personal statement” in the music language of “today”;
contemporariness of Ellington’s music and his music “education”; appearance
with the Boston orchestra conducted by Arthur Feidler; commentary on various
compositions; influence of geographical “place” on music in general; longevity
of Ellington’s musicians; the word jazz as “too small” to describe the music;
plans for the future
107
Billy Strayhorn Interview, Vancouver [likely British Columbia, Canada],
11/3/62
Conversation/Interview with unidentified male
Subseries F: Miscellaneous, 1948-1977?
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108
Alice Babs and Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, n.d. (1 c.)
109.1
Black, Brown and Beige, London (half-track stereo), 1973, 1 of 2
109.2
Black, Brown and Beige, London (half-track stereo), 1973, 2 of 2
110
Joanne De Stefano - Remembering..., 1/10/72
111
Ruth Ellington James Show
112
Ruth Ellington James Show, Tues, 6/27/50, Part 1
113.1
Ruth Ellington James Show, Wed.6/28/50, Part 1
113.2
Ruth Ellington James Show, 6/28/50, Part 2
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Ruth Ellington James Show, 5/13/52
115
Ruth Ellington James Show, Thurs. and Fri., 5/8&9/ca. 1950-52 (1 c.)
116
Ruth Ellington/Peter Lind Hayes, 10/4/68
117.1
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Reel # 1, n.d.
117.2
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 2 of 3 (1 c.)
117.3
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 3 of 3
118.1
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 1 of 3
118.2
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook, Tape II, n.d., 2 of 3
119
Flamingo / Far Away Music
120
Flamingo / Siesta at the Fiesta
121
Flamingo / Where in the World
122
I’ll Be Seeing You / Take the “A” Train (1 c.)
123.1
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 1 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
123.2
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 2 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
123.3
Air Mail to Duke Ellington, from Dr. J. Kimbrough, 3 of 3, n.d. (1 c.)
124
“The River,” 1970 [originally labeled as “2 of 2"]
125.1
“The River” complete ballet, 6/30/71, 1 of 2
125.2
“The River” complete ballet, 6/30/71, 2 of 2
126
The River - Duke Ellington, n.d.
127
“The River”; Duke Ellington Speech at Columbia University; Black, Brown
and Beige Concert, n.d. (3 c.)
128
Celebration - Salute to Duke Ellington, n.d.
129
“Satin Doll” - 2 guitars, n.d.
130
Satin Doll for Hamms Beer (B. Weed, P. Dean), n.d.
131
Duke Ellington - Showtime at the Apollo, 1/11/62
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So-o-o Good / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
133
Strange Feeling / 22 Steps from . . .
134
Swingin’ Down the Lane / Flamingo
135
Take the “A” Train / Chattanooga Choo-Choo
136
Take the “A” Train / Torpedo Junction
137
H.L. Vinck - London, n.p., n.d.
138
Whippa-Whippa-Woo / Perdido
139
Zanibar / You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
140
Music, n.p., n.d.
141
Piano Music, n.p., n.d.
142
Unidentified Artist and Title, n.p., n.d.
Subseries G: Non-Ellington Materials, 1940-1958?
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143.1
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Parts 1 and 2
143.2
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Parts 3 and 4
143.3
Alpine Symphony, Richard Strauss, n.p., n.d., Part 6
144.1
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 1 of 4
Broadcast over WABC-FM of Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers: Gary
Bartz, alto saxophone; Vic Sprolles, bass; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone; Lee
Morgan, trumpet; and Blakey, drums
Various tunes
144.2
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 2 of 4
Continuation of previous tape
144.3
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 3 of 4
Broadcast over WABC-FM of the John Coltrane Quartet: Jimmy Garrison,
bass; Elvin Jones, drums; McCoy Tyner, piano; and John Coltrane, saxophone
Very brief opening background theme of “Satin Doll” excerpt followed by nonEllington/Strayhorn tune
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144.4
Blakey/Coltrane at the Half-Note, n.d., 4 of 4
Continuation of previous tape
145
Tape by Buck and Bubbles, 1948
Unidentified tune sung apparently by Buck or Bubbles
Incomplete interview of Barry Mansfield by unidentified interviewer
146
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/4/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
147
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/27/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
148
Francisco Henry Busse, San Francisco, 7/31/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
149
Henry Busse, San Francisco, 8/6/40
“Shuffle Rhythm Time” broadcast from the Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
150
Debussy: Iberia and The Afternoon of a Faun, n.d.
151
Female Vocalist - 4 songs, n.d.
In progress solos by unidentified female vocalist with rhythm accompaniment;
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
152
John H. Gartner, n.p., 1977
Possibly titled “Kingarella Disco” music by an unidentified group, with patter,
male vocal, backup singers, and simulated simian sounds
153
The Girl of My Dreams Tries to Look Like You / I’ve Got a Pocketful of
Dreams
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” vocal solo by Billie Holiday accompanied by
unidentified combo, n.d.
Unidentified tune by unidentified combo featuring tenor saxophone, piano, and
trumpet solos, n.d.
“The Girl of My Dreams Tries to Look Like You” is not included on this
recording.
154
Tape Marked “Brad Glaser,” n.p., n.d.
Two songs with piano accompaniment. For the first tune, repeated words are
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“Can’t make it without you; I’m strong by your side,” and for the second are “It
started hurting inside when she kissed me goodbye.”
155
Mark Hall and Group, Las Vegas, Fremont (LP), n.d.
Two tunes about Freemont Street in Las Vegas by small instrumental group,
with patter and vocals
156
Master Tape - 4 songs, n.d.
Unidentified tunes, the first with a Uhuru theme, by an unidentified group, with
recitative and chorus
157
Master Tape - 2 songs, n.d. (1 c.)
Unidentified songs by an unidentified vocal group. For the first tune, repeated
words include “Go on, Sally girl,” and for the second, “Smile [unintelligible],
smile.”
158
Demo - The Pairs, n.d.
0:16 Introduction (in progress)
0:30 Introductory music with male and female vocalists (The Pairs?) and piano
(incomplete)
0:58 “Solid Gold Leaf”
1:45 Self-introduction by The Pairs at Gaucho Room of the Summit Hotel
2:25 Promo commercial created by The Pairs
3:00 Demonstration of voice changes
3:50 Coca-Cola commercial parody
4:54 Bulova show sketch
8:40 Bill (Pair?) As announcer for a “sound film sound track” for G.E. Credit
Corporation
9:55 Closing remarks by female of The Pairs
159
Tape Marked “Tom Whaley,” n.d.
In progress music by unidentified orchestra or orchestras, including Count
Basie-like if not the Basie orchestra
160
Unknown Artist, n.p., 10/27/50
Unidentified male with piano accompaniment singing “I Wonder Why.” “I
Remember April,” “No Smoking,” and other tunes
?
Take the “A” train/Shoo Shoo Baby
1 of 1
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Let Me Off Uptown/Take the “A” Train
1 of 1
161
#1, Unidentified, n.d.
0:31 Unidentified piano solo
2:01 Unintelligible talking
2:10 Silence
2:50 Unidentified tune (probably on a reed instrument) recorded at too-fast
tape speed; fade-out at end
5:20 Silence
162.1
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 4
0:30 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums featuring extended bass solo
11:08 “My Favorite Things” by piano, bass, and drums
28:56 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums
162.2
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 4
0:25 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums (in progress)
1:00 “My Favorite Things” by piano, bass, and drums with possibly dubbed-in
trumpet in spots
5:50 Unidentified trumpet solo
6:41 Testing of recording equipment
7:46 Unidentified piano solo
12:06 Unidentified tune by trumpet, piano, and drums
162.3
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 3 of 4
0:39 Unidentified tune by piano with stops and starts
2:27 Unidentified tune by percussion/drums with chatter in background
9:13 Unidentified piano solo
15:15 Unidentified piano solo
17:11 Unidentified piano solo
27:26 Silence
27:46 “Satin Doll” by piano and bass (incomplete)
28:53 Unidentified tune by piano, drums, and trumpet
162.4
#2, Unidentified, n.d., 4 of 4
0:43 Unidentified tune (with occasional strains of “My Favorite Things”) by
trumpet, drums, and piano
163
#3, Unidentified, n.d.
0:24 Unidentified tune with male vocal and piano accompaniment
2:50 Silence
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3:40 Unidentified tune by piano, bass, and drums (in progress)
8:18 “There Is No Greater Love” by piano, bass, and drums (incomplete)
9:58 Silence
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164.1
#4, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
0:30 Unidentified tune by piano and drums
5:46 Unidentified voices followed by “Training In,” Take One, by piano(s?)
and drums
15:58 Occasional voices and ambient sounds
16:25 Unidentified tune by tenor saxophone and drums
19:00 Ambient and sped-up tape sounds
19:41 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
23:19 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
30:13 Unidentified tune by two tenor saxophones with piano and drums – likely
a tenor saxophone with recorded tenor saxophone, piano, and drums in
background
34:02 Unidentified tune by piano and drums (incomplete)
164.2
#4, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
0:24 Unidentified tune by piano and drums (in progress)
0:33 Unidentified tune by tenor saxophone
0:58 Silence
165
#5, Unidentified, n.d.
166.1
#6, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
166.2
#6, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
In progress unidentified tune by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and rhythm
section
Very brief fragment of unidentified tune played by unidentified pianist (not
Ellington) and rhythm section
167.1
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 5
167.2
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 5
167.3
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 3 of 5
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167.4
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 4 of 5
167.5
#7, Unidentified, n.d., 5 of 5
In progress unidentified tune by unidentified small group featuring John
Coltrane-sounding tenor saxophonist
168.1
#8, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
168.2
#8, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
169.1
#9, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
169.2
#9, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
170
#10, Unidentified, n.d.
In progress “No Greater Love” by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and
rhythm section
unidentified tunes by unidentified pianist (not Ellington) and rhythm section
171
#11, Unidentified, n.d.
172
#12, Unidentified, n.d.
173.1
#13, Unidentified, n.d., 1 of 2
173.2
#13, Unidentified, n.d., 2 of 2
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Original Film Description
[Harry Carney Home Movies, 1938-1959]
18A
OF 415.1
1-3
18A
OF 415.2
16mm black and white and color camera original reversal; 8mm color camera
original reversal
Content: Documents Harry Carney’s life at home and on the road with
Ellington. Significant footage includes images of northern European cities,
band members, Ellington and others playing baseball, tour of Boeing field,
Los Angeles during the fall of 1941, and footage of bits of a performance of
Jump for Joy.
Tonight Show (5/3/1963)
16mm black and white composite optical track print (kinescope), 350 ft.
Performers: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Duke Ellington
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Ellington performs “Satin Doll” with orchestra. Brief chat with Carson about
the title of “Satin Doll”. Ella Fitzgerald was also on the show – she can be
heard in the background, but this clip does not include Ella’s performance.
The Twentieth Century. Duke Ellington Swings Through Japan
(12/20/1964)
18A
OF 415.3
16mm black and white composite optical track print, 1,000 ft.
Producer: CBS
Narrator: Walter Cronkite
Portrait of Ellington and the Orchestra as they tour Japan. Includes
performances of “Black and Tan Fantasy” “Mood Indigo” “Solitude”
“Sophisticated Lady” among others.
In the Round (c.1970)
18A
OF 415.4
Producer: CBC Vancouver
Performers: Mike Nuen and the Rounders, Duke Ellington
Casual interview/discussion with Ellington. Ellington plays one piece.
Person to Person – Duke Ellington (3/15/1957)
18A
OF 415.5
Producer: CBS Television
16mm black and white composite optical track print (kinescope), 500 ft.
Performers: Duke Ellington, Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow interviews Duke Ellington at his New York City
apartment. Ruth Ellington James and Mercer Ellington are also interviewed.
Ellington discusses music, composing, and his life in music. He plays
selections from several pieces. He also points out awards and plaques, amny
of which are in the Archives Center’s Ellington Collections.
[Library of Congress also has a copy of this show]
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