| Other author/creator | Taylor, Billy, 1906-1986, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Stewart, Rex, 1907-1967 conductor, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Bigard, Barney conductor, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Williams, Cootie, conductor, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Hodges, Johnny conductor, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Duke Ellington's Sextet, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | 52nd Street Stompers, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jazzopaters, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Rug Cutters (Musical group), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gotham Stompers (Musical group), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Johnny Hodges Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Quintones (Musical group) performer. |
| Other author/creator | Barney Bigard Orchestra, performer. |
| Variant title |
Additional title on container spine: 1936-1940 small group sessions |
| Contents |
Disc. 1. Tough trackin' -- Indigo echoes -- Rexations -- Lazy man's shuffle -- Clouds in my heart -- Frolic Sam -- Caravan -- Stompy Jones -- Mood indigo/Solitude -- Sophisticated lady/In a sentimental mood -- I can't believe that you're in love with me -- Downtown uproar -- Digga digga do. |
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Disc 2. Blue reverie -- Tiger rag -- My honey's lovin' arms -- Did anyone ever tell you? -- Alabamy home -- Where are you? -- Lament for a lost love -- Four and One-half Street -- Demi-tasse -- Jazz a la carte -- Foolin' myself -- A sailboat in the moonlight -- You'll never go to heaven (if you break my heart) -- Peckin'. |
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Disc 3. Get it southern style -- Moonlight fiesta -- Sponge cake and spinach -- If you're ever in my arms again -- The back room romp -- Love in my heart -- Sugar Hill shim sham -- Tea and trumpets -- Jubilesta -- Watchin' -- Pigeons and peppers -- I can't give you anything but love -- Drummer's delight -- If I thought you cared -- Lost in meditation. |
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Disc 4. My day -- Silvery moon and golden sands -- Echoes of Harlem -- Jeep's blues -- If you were in my place (what would you do?) -- I let a song go out of my heart -- Rendezvous with rhythm -- A lesson in C -- Swingtime in Honolulu -- Carnival in Caroline -- Ol' man river -- You walked out of the picture -- Pyramid -- Empty ballroom blues -- Lost in meditation -- A blues serenade -- Love in swingtime -- Swingin' in the dell -- Jitterbug's lullaby. |
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Disc 5. Chasin' chippies -- Blue is the evening -- Sharpy -- Swing Pan Alley -- Prelude to a kiss -- There's something about an old love -- The jeep is jumpin' -- Krum elbow blues -- I'm in another world -- Hodge podge -- Dancing on the stars -- Wanderlust -- Delta mood -- Boys from Harlem -- Mobile blues -- Gal-avantin' -- Blue light -- Like a ship in the night -- Mississippi dreamboat -- Swingin' on the campus -- Dooji wooji. |
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Disc 6. Beautiful romance -- Boudoir Benny -- Ain't the gravy good? -- She's gone -- Just good fun -- Informal blues -- San Juan Hill -- I'll come back for more -- "Fat stuff" serenade -- Savoy strut -- Rent party blues -- Dance of the goons -- Good gal blues -- Finesse -- Kitchen mechanic's day -- My heart jumped over the moon -- You can count on me -- Home town blues -- Utt-da-zay (The tailor song) -- Chew-chew-chew (chew your bubble gum) -- Barney goin' easy -- Just another dream -- Night song. |
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Disc 7. Blues a poppin' -- Top and bottom -- Black beauty -- The rabbit's jump -- Moon romance -- Truly wonderful -- Dream blues -- Skunk hollow blues -- I know what you do -- Your love has faded -- Tired socks -- Blues -- Early mornin' -- Minuet in blues -- Lost in two flats -- Honey hush -- Blues -- Plucked again -- Pelican drag -- Tapioca -- Mardi Gras madness -- Watch the birdie -- Black butterfly -- Dry long so -- Toasted pickle -- Give it up. |
| General note | Mosaic Records: MD7-235 (additional no. on container spines: 235, on discs: A 27821--A 27827). |
| General note | "This set gathers together all the small group sessions led by Duke Ellington and his sidemen Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges, during the years 1936-40 for labels now owned by the Sony half of Sony-BMG."--Notes, p. 28. |
| General note | Includes alternate takes of some selections. |
| General note | Compact discs; 4 containers in box. |
| General note | Durations on containers. |
| General note | Program notes by Steven Lasker and discography (28 p. : ill., ports.) laid in outer container ; discographical information (4 vol.) inserted in each container. |
| Performer |
Duke Ellington, piano, conductor ; with variously, Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone ; Billy Taylor, bass ; Jimmy Blanton, bass ; Duke Ellington's Sextet and Orchestra ; Rex Stewart and his 52nd Street Stompers ; Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators ; Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters ; The Gotham Stompers ; Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra ; The Quintones ; Barney Bigard and his Orchestra. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in Hollywood Dec. 16 and 21, 1936; in Chicago Oct. 14 and 16, and Nov. 22, 1939, Feb. 14-15, 1940; remainder in New York City, Mar. 5, 1935-Sept. 1, 1939. |
| Language | Vocal selections sung in English. |
| Publisher number | MD7-235 Mosaic Records |
| Publisher number | 235 Mosaic Records |
| Publisher number | A 27821--A 27827 Mosaic Records |
