The Blanton-Webster band / Duke Ellington.
| Author/creator | Ellington, Duke arranger of music, composer, instrumentalist. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Bluebird, ℗1986. |
| Description | 3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Strayhorn, Billy arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Contents | Disc 1. You, you darlin' (3:19) -- Jack the bear (3:15) -- Ko-ko (2:39) -- Morning glory (3:15) -- So far, so good (2:50) -- Conga brava (2:54) -- Concerto for Cootie (3:19) -- Me and you (2:54) -- Cotton tail (3:19) -- Never no lament (3:19) -- Dusk (3:19) -- Bojangles (A portrait of Bill Robinson) (3:19) -- Portrait of Bert Williams (3:08) -- Blue goose (3:21) -- Harlem air shaft (2:57) -- At a Dixie roadside diner (2:45) -- All too soon (3:28) -- Rumpus in Richmond (2:46) -- My greatest mistake (3:27) -- Sepia panorama (3:20) -- There shall be no night (3:05) -- In a mellotone (3:19) |
| Contents | Disc 2. Five o'clock whistle (3:18) -- Warm valley (3:20) -- Flaming sword (3:06) -- Across the track blues (2:58) -- Chloe (Song of the swamp) (3:24) -- I never felt this way before (3:23) -- Sidewalks of New York (3:14) -- Flamingo (3:22) -- Girl in my dreams tries to look like you (3:19) -- Take the "A" train (2:54) -- Jumpin' punkins (3:33) -- John Hardy's wife (3:28) -- Blue serge (3:20) -- After all (3:19) -- Bakiff (3:23) -- Are you sticking? (3:02) -- Just a-settin' and a-rockin' (3:33) -- Giddybug gallop (3:29) -- Chocolate shake (2:50) -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) (3:17) -- Clementine (2:53) -- Brown-skin gal (in the calico gown) (3:06) |
| Contents | Disc 3. Jump for joy (2:50) -- Moon over Cuba (3:09) -- Five o'clock drag (2:49) -- Rocks in my bed (3:06) -- Bli-blip (3:03) -- Chelsea Bridge (2:52) -- Raincheck (2:28) -- What good would it do? (2:44) -- I don't know what kind of blues I got (3:13) -- Perdido (3:08) -- "C" jam blues (2:37) -- Moon mist (2:58) -- What am I here for? (3:28) -- I don't mind (2:49) -- Someone (3:09) -- My little brown book (3:13) -- Main stem (2:47) -- Johnny come lately (2:39) -- Hayfoot strawfoot (2:30) -- Sentimental lady (2:58) -- Slip of the lip (can sink a ship) (2:54) -- Sherman shuffle (2:38). |
| General note | Big band music and jazz. |
| General note | Composed by Duke Ellington and others; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, arrangers. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Biographical and program notes by Mark Tucker ([28] p. : ports.) in container. |
| Credits | Steve Backer, executive producer ; reissue produced by Bob Porter. |
| Performer | Duke Ellington, piano, with his orchestra ; Jimmy Blanton, bass ; Ben Webster, saxophone. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Mar. 6, 1940-July 28, 1942, in Chicago, Hollywood, and New York. |
| UPC | 078635565928 |
| Publisher number | 5659-2-RB Bluebird |