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Ellingtonia (Duke Ellington and his band; Brunswick; 8 sides). An anthology of some of Ellington's earlier, and most warm-spirited, recordings. Included: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo; Rockin' in Rhythm; Black & Tan Fantasy; Mood Indigo...
Then again, the Brunswick records are twenty five cents more cache, and the surfaces are the same miserable Decca surfaces. In addition, three titles are duplicated in the two albums though the performances are different: "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo," "The Mooche," and "Mood Indigo," The first two should be in every collection because of Bubber Miley's fabulous growl trumpet...
...spectacular sellout, is expected to net at least $5,000. Dressed in grey coats, each with a jet black carnation in his buttonhole, Ellington's 15 musicians played many such Ellington favorites as the Black and Tan Fantasy, Mood Indigo, Rockin' in Rhythm. Duke affably prowled before his men in his sweeping tails, conducting, adding neat phrases on the piano, introducing his numbers with graceful speeches. His music, as usual, was practically all by himself (with heavy contributions in orchestration and improvising from the boys). It was incandescent, original jazz, sometimes ebullient, sometimes languid, the product...
Moon Mist (Duke Ellington; Victor). Distinctive Ellington treatment of an indigo tune by the bandleader's son, Mercer Ellington, introduced by rhapsodic fiddling from Trumpeter Ray Nance...
...doubtful whether Joseph Sepp Froelich, sharp-eyed as he was, had ever noticed the quiet, unremarkable man who lived in one of the cottages, spent his time hanging around Sun Valley Lodge, watching the skaters during the indigo-shadowed afternoons, sitting in the café through the starlit evenings...