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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Blue Light

Compil. US 1955 on Columbia label
Jazz (Big Band, Swing)

Columbia 6-eye label. A1 - recorded Dec. 22, 1938 A2 - recorded June 7, 1938 A3 - recorded June 20, 1938 A4 - recorded Feb. 27, 1936 A5 - recorded March 21, 1939 A6 - recorded Aug. 9, 1938 B1 - recorded Sept. 12, 1934 B2 - recorded March 15, 1935 B3 - recorded Sept. 12, 1935

     
Musicians
PortraitDuke Ellington And His Orchestra ,
album by
PortraitJohnny Hodges as, sax, 1906-1970 US
alto saxophone, composed by
PortraitOtto Hardwick as, sax, 1904-1970 US
alto saxophone
PortraitHarry Carney sax, bs, 1910-1974 US
baritone saxophone
PortraitBarney Bigard cl, 1906-1980 US
clarinet
PortraitRex Stewart tr, cor, 1907-1967 US
cornet
PortraitBilly Taylor Sr. b, 1906-1986 US
double bass, composed by
PortraitHayes Alvis b, 1907-1972 US
double bass
PortraitWellman Braud b, 1891-1966 US
double bass
PortraitSonny Greer dr, 1895-1982 US
drums
PortraitFred Guy g, 1897-1971 US
guitar
PortraitDuke Ellington p, 1899-1974 US
piano, tom tom, composed by
PortraitJoe Nanton tb, 1904-1946 US
trombone
PortraitJuan Tizol tb, 1900-1984 PR
trombone, composed by
PortraitLawrence Brown tb, 1907-1988 US
trombone
PortraitArthur Whetsol tr, 1905-1940 US
trumpet
PortraitCootie Williams tr, 1911-1985 US
trumpet
PortraitLouis Bacon tr, 1904-1967 US
trumpet
PortraitWallace Jones tr, 1906-1983 US
trumpet
PortraitIrving Gordon , 1915-1996 US
lyrics by
PortraitMarty Symes , 1904-1953 US
lyrics by
PortraitEddie Delange voc, 1904-1949
lyrics by
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Blue LightDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington
2PyramidDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
3A Gypsy Without A SongDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington, Irving Mills, Louis C. Singer, Irving Gordon
4(There Is) No Greater LoveDuke Ellington And His OrchestraIsham Jones, Marty Symes
5FinesseDuke Ellington And His OrchestraBilly Taylor Sr., Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
6Prelude To A KissDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon
7MoonglowDuke Ellington And His OrchestraIrving Mills, Will Hudson, Eddie Delange
8Tough Truckin'Duke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington, Irving Mills
9Reminiscing In TempoDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington
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