September 12 2009
Tonight’s program was devoted to Duke Ellington, and the recordings he made for RCA Victor after RCA settled with the Musicians Union, and resumed recordings commercially.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing) |
May 14, 1945 |
Mood Indigo |
May 11, 1945 |
Swamp Fire |
Sept. 3, 1946 |
Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know) |
Dec. 1, 1944 |
Suddenly It Jumped |
July 9, 1946 |
I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues |
Dec. 1, 1944 |
I'm Beginning to See the Light |
Dec. 1, 1944 |
I Didn't Know About You |
Dec. 1, 1944 |
Work Song |
Dec. 12, 1944 |
The Blues |
Dec. 11, 1944 |
Carnegie Blues |
Jan. 4, 1945 |
Three Dances |
Dec. 11, 1944 |
Solitude |
May 15, 1945 |
Come Sunday |
Dec. 12, 1944 |
Mood To Be Wooed |
Jan. 4, 1945 |
Blue Cellophane |
Jan. 4, 1945 |
Kissing Bug |
Apr. 26, 1945 |
Everything But You |
May 1, 1945 |
Otto (Make That Riff Staccato) |
May 1, 1945 |
Prelude To A Kiss |
May 10, 1945 |
Caravan |
May 11, 1945 |
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart |
May 15, 1945 |
Black and Tan Fantasy |
May 11, 1945 |
Sophisticated Lady |
May 14, 1945 |
In A Sentimental Mood |
May 14, 1945 |
Black Beauty |
May 16, 1945 |
(Under the) Balcony Serenade |
July 24, 1945 |
Strange Feeling |
July 24, 1945 |
Dancers in Love |
July 24, 1945 |
Coloratura |
July 30, 1945 |
I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So |
Nov. 26, 1945 |
Tell Ya' What I'm Gonna' Do |
Oct. 8, 1945 |
Things Ain't What They Used To Be |
July 30, 1945 |
Rockabye River |
July 9, 1946 |
Pretty Woman |
July 10, 1946 |
Just Squeeze Me |
July 9, 1946 |
Transblucency |
July 9, 1946 |
Back Home Again In Indiana |
Aug. 26, 1946 |
Memphis Blues |
Sept. 3, 1946 |
Beale St. Blues |
Aug. 26, 1946 |
Midriff |
Sept. 3, 1946 |
