Tracklist

A1 Blutopia
A2 Overture To A Jam Session
A3 The Mooche
A4 Dimuendo & Cresecendo In B
A5 Rugged Romeo
B1 The Blues
B2 Frankie & Johnny
B3 I'm Just A Lucky So & So
B4 Passion Flower
B5 Just Squeeze Me
B6 Ring Dem Bells

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
  • Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
  • Bass – Oscar Pettiford
  • Piano – Duke Ellington
  • Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears
  • Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
  • Trombone – Lawrence Brown, Wilbur de Paris*
  • Trumpet – Harold 'Shorty' Baker*, Taft Jordan
  • Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
  • Vocals – Al Hibbler (tracks: B3), Kay Davis (tracks: B1)

Notes

The notes on the cover of this LP, which have a sheet of paper glued to a plain white cover, state that this concert was not recorded on April 30, 1947 (the date given in the title) at Darmouth College, but at Cornell University, which W. E. Timmer's Ellingtonia Discography gives as being on April 19, 1947. There is no listing for a known recording on April 30, 1947.
Musicians are identified from the notes, a complete personnel list was not included. Timmer lists the following musicians being on the date as well: Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Eddie Barefield: trumpets; Claude Jones: trombone; Russell Procope: alto saxophone, clarinet; Fred Guy: guitar; Ed McConney: drums. Maria Cole is listed as a third vocalist but does not appear on this LP.

Duke Ellington - Volume Four - April 30, 1947

Performer: Duke Ellington

Album Title: Volume Four - April 30, 1947

Genre: Jazz

Label: Stardust Records ‎– 204
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: Belgium
Date of released: 1975
Category: Jazz
Style: Swing

MP3 album zip size: 1867 mb

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