Live album · 1958
Tracklist
A1 Overture To Jam Session - Part 1
A2 Overture To Jam Session - Part 2
A3 Jam-A-Ditty
A4 The Beautiful Indians - Hiawatha
A5 The Beautiful Indians - Minnehaha
A6 Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 1
A7 Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 2
B1 Blue Skies
B2 Diminuendo In Blue
B3 Magenta Haze
B4 Golden Feather
B5 Sultry Sunset
B6 Flippant Flurry
Line-up/Musicians
About this release
Rondo-Lette – A7 (US)
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra did a series of five recording sessions in New York for Musicraft late in 1946. These tracks were all released as 78rpm singles on the Musicraft label and later compiled in more or less complete form on various labels, under various titles and with variable track listings. The true order of the sessions is:
-October 23: Diminuendo In Blue & Magenta Haze
-November 25: Sultry Sunset, Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 1, Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 1, Blue Skies
-December 5: The Beautiful Indians - Hiawatha, The Beautiful Indians - Minnehaha, Flippant Flurry, Golden Feather
- December 11: Overture To Jam Session - Part 1, Overture To Jam Session - Part 2, Jam-A-Ditty
-December 18: Tulip Or Turnip & It Shouldn't Happen In A Dream
The last two tracks are only included on the "Complete Musicraft Recordings" CD on Definitive Records.
Released in UK as "It's Duke Ellington"(Ember Records International Ltd – EMB 3327,1963).Released in The Netherlands as "Duke Ellington"(Super Majestic – VS-SM-BBH 2000, 1968). Released as "Blue Skies"(Super Majestic – SBBH 2.000,1973),"Ellington '46"(Vogue – CLDE. 874,France,1974),"New York 1946"(Quadrifoglio International – VDS 366,Italy, 1976),"Live In The Big Apple"(TKO Magnum Music – CECD 024,UK,2000),"Duke Ellington Plays"(Allegro – 4014, US), "The Everlastin' Duke Ellington"(Vernon Records – VM 502,US),"The Great Duke Ellington"(Musidisc – 30 CV 1077, France),"Vol. II. The Early Years"(Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music – FS 249, US)
Thanks to snobb for the addition