The great Ellington units / featuring Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges.
| Author/creator | Ellington, Duke performer. |
| Other author | Hodges, Johnny performer. |
| Other author | Stewart, Rex, 1907-1967 performer. |
| Other author | Bigard, Barney performer. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Ocean, NJ : Heritage Jazz, ℗1993. |
| Description | 1 audio disc (69:01) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Day dream / Strayhorn ; Ellington (2:59) -- Good Queen Bess (3:03) ; That's the blues, old man (2:58) / Johnny Hodges -- Junior hop / Duke Ellington (3:09) -- Without a song / Rose ; Eliscu ; Youmans (2:48) -- My Sunday gal / Duke Ellington (3:12) -- Mobile Bay / Stewart ; Ellington (3:08) -- Linger awhile / Owens ; Rose (3:30) -- Charlie the chulo (3:02) ; Lament for Javanette (2:51) / Duke Ellington -- A lull at dawn (3:29) ; Ready Eddy (3:13) / Barney Bigard -- Some Saturday / Rex Stewart (3:00) -- Subtle slough / Duke Ellington (3:18) -- Menelik : the lion of Judah (3:19) ; Poor bubber (3:20) / Rex Stewart -- Squaty roo / Johnny Hodges (2:26) -- Passion flower / Billy Strayhorn (3:10) -- Things ain't what they used to be / Mercer Ellington (3:41) -- Going out the back way / Johnny Hodges (2:44) -- Brown suede / Mercer Ellington (3:05) -- "C" blues / Duke Ellington (2:51). |
| General note | Jazz. |
| General note | Reissue of 1988 compact disc (RCA 6751-2-RB). |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by Helen Oakley Dance [8 p.] inserted in container. |
| Performer | Duke Ellington, piano ; Johnny Hodges, saxophone ; Rex Stewart, cornet ; Barney Bigard, clarinet ; with other instrumentalists. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between Nov. 2, 1940 and Sept. 29, 1941 in Chicago and Hollywood. |
| Publisher number | 513184W Heritage Jazz |
| Publisher number | 6751-2-RB RCA |