Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943/1947

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Boxed set of the four Carnegie Hall concerts between 1943 and 1947. Two fatboxes in a paper-sleeve-style box.

Annotation last modified on 2015-03-27 16:45 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: CD 1: January 1943
2▶CD: CD2: January 1943
3▶CD: CD3: December 1944
4▶CD: CD4: December 1944
5▶CD: CD5: January 1946
6▼CD: CD6: January 1946
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1Take the "A" Train
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
3:37
2A Tonal Group: Meloditti
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
8:20
3A Tonal Group: Fugueaditty
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
3:18
4A Tonal Group: Jam-a-ditty
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
4:23
5Magenta Haze
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
recording of:
Magenta Haze
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
5:21
6Diminuendo in Blue / Transblucency
miscellaneous support:
Joya Sherrill
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
recording of:
Diminuendo in Blue / Transblucency (on 1946-01-04)
miscellaneous support:
Joya Sherrill
8:06
7Crescendo in Blue
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
live recording of:
Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
4:01
8Suburbanite
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
recording of:
Suburbanite (on 1946-01-04)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:36
9I'm Just a Lucky So and So
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
lead vocals:
Al Hibbler (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
live recording of:
I’m Just a Lucky So and So
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1945)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1945)
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation and PolyGram International (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
4:54
10Riffin' Drill
bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1946-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1946-01-04)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1946-01-04)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1946-01-04), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1946-01-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1946-01-04), Johnny Hodges (on 1946-01-04) and Al Sears (on 1946-01-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-04), Wilbur de Paris (on 1946-01-04) and Claude Jones (on 1946-01-04)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1946-01-04), Taft Jordan (on 1946-01-04), Shelton Hemphill (on 1946-01-04) and Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1946-01-04)
additional arranger:
Billy Strayhorn
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-04)
2:49
7▶CD: CD7: December 1947
8▶CD: CD8: December 1947