1930-1931

• Artist: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
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• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 71:11
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

With the rise of the Depression, most big bands were being pressured to record more dance band-oriented pop music. Duke Ellington managed to keep his standards high despite occasional vocals from Sid Garry, Dick Robertson, Chick Bullock, and Frank Marvin. Along with some lightweight material, this chronological study of Ellington's work during a six-week period (which has all of the master takes but none of the alternates) is most significant for its early versions of "Rockin' in Rhythm" and "Mood Indigo," a rollicking "Twelfth Street Rag" (with Benny Payne on second piano with Duke), and Ellington's first extended work to be recorded, the moody "Creole Rhapsody." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'm So in Love With You	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington	The Harlem Footwarmers, Duke Ellington	(2:57)
Rockin' in Rhythm	Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	The Harlem Footwarmers, Duke Ellington	(3:13)
Nine Little Miles from Ten-Ten-Tennessee	Al Lewis, Con Conrad, Sherman	Duke Ellington	(3:20)
I'm So in Love With You	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	(3:30)
What Good Am I Without You?	Milton Ager	Duke Ellington	(2:53)
Blue Again	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Duke Ellington	(3:11)
When a Black Man's Blue	Edward Nelson, George A. Little	Duke Ellington	(3:01)
What Good Am I Without You?	Milton Ager	Duke Ellington	(2:47)
When a Black Man's Blue	Edward Nelson, George A. Little	Duke Ellington	(2:58)
Mood Indigo (Lyrics)	Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	(3:03)
Them There Eyes	William Tracey, Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber	Duke Ellington	(3:06)
Rockin' Chair	Hoagy Carmichael	Duke Ellington	(3:10)
I'm So in Love With You	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	(2:58)
Rockin' Chair	Hoagy Carmichael	Jungle Band, Duke Ellington	(3:12)
Rockin' in Rhythm	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Harry Carney	Jungle Band, Duke Ellington	(3:00)
Twelfth Street Rag	Euday L. Bowman	Duke Ellington, Jungle Band	(2:57)
Rockin' in Rhythm	Harry Carney, Irving Mills, Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	(2:56)
The River and Me	Harry Warren, Al Dubin	Duke Ellington	(3:10)
Keep a Song in Your Soul	Alexander Hill, Fats Waller	Duke Ellington	(2:40)
Sam and Delilah	Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin	Duke Ellington	(3:28)
The Peanut Vendor	Marion Sunshine, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Moisés Simóns	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	(3:15)
Creole Rhapsody, Pt. 1	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	(3:08)
Creole Rhapsody, Pt. 2	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	(3:18)

Credits

Sid Garry (Vocals), Bennie Paine (Piano), Anatol Schenker (Liner Notes), Dick Robertson (Vocals), Sonny Greer (Drums), Freddie Jenkins (Trumpet), Juan Tizol (Trombone (Valve)), Duke Ellington (Piano), Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (Performer), Bennie Paine (Vocals), Cootie Williams (Trumpet), Johnny Hodges (Multi Instruments), Chick Bullock (Vocals), Juan Tizol (?), Barney Bigard (Sax (Tenor)), Joe Tricky Sam Nanton (Trombone), Duke Ellington (Director), Barney Bigard (Clarinet), Harry Carney (Multi Instruments), Fred Guy (Banjo), Arthur Whetsol (Trumpet), Jungle Band (Performer), Duke Ellington (Arranger), Wellman Braud (String Bass), The Harlem Footwarmers (Performer)