Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943/1947

Tracklist

• CD 1: CD 1: January 1943
• 1
  The Star Spangled Banner
  1:12
• 2
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  6:35
• 3
  Rockin' in Rhythm
  4:12
• 4
  Moon Mist
  3:38
• 5
  Jumpin' Punkins
  3:24
• 6
  Portrait of Bert Williams
  2:56
• 7
  (Portrait of) Bojangles
  3:17
• 8
  Portrait of Florence Mills (Black Beauty)
  3:40
• 9
  Ko-Ko
  2:23
• 10
  Dirge
  3:28
• 11
  Stomp (Johnny Come Lately)
  2:59
• 12
  Are You Stickin'?
  3:13
• 13
  Black, Brown & Beige: I. Black
  21:52
• CD 2: CD2: January 1943
• 1
  Black, Brown & Beige: II. Brown
  11:49
• 2
  Black, Brown & Beige: III. Beige
  14:34
• 3
  Bakiff
  6:36
• 4
  Jack the Bear
  3:19
• 5
  Blue Belles of Harlem
  6:09
• 6
  Cotton Tail
  3:11
• 7
  Day Dream
  4:02
• 8
  Boy Meets Horn
  5:58
• 9
  Rose of the Rio Grande
  2:33
• 10
  Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  4:39
• 11
  Goin' Up
  3:56
• 12
  Mood Indigo
  4:38
• CD 3: CD3: December 1944
• 1
  Blutopia
  4:22
• 2
  Midriff
  4:00
• 3
  Creole Love Call
  6:29
• 4
  Suddenly It Jumped
  2:50
• 5
  Pitter Panther Patter
  2:57
• 6
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3:56
• 7
  Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  5:17
• 8
  Perfume Suite: Introduction
  0:54
• 9
  Perfume Suite: Sonata
  3:15
• 10
  Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling
  5:09
• 11
  Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love
  2:33
• 12
  Perfume Suite: Coloratura
  3:24
• CD 4: CD4: December 1944
• 1
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Work Song
  7:00
• 2
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: The Blues
  5:25
• 3
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Three Dances: West Indian Dance / Creamy Brown / Emancipation Celebration
  6:29
• 4
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Come Sunday
  11:48
• 5
  The Mood to Be Wooed
  4:47
• 6
  Blue Cellophane
  3:15
• 7
  Blue Skies
  3:34
• 8
  Frankie and Johnny
  8:08
• CD 5: CD5: January 1946
• 1
  Caravan
  3:59
• 2
  In a Mellow Tone
  3:06
• 3
  Solid Old Man
  3:41
• 4
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Spiritual (Come Sunday) / Worksong
  13:02
• 5
  Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: The Blues
  5:55
• 6
  Rugged Romeo
  4:12
• 7
  Sono
  5:29
• 8
  Air-Conditioned Jungle
  6:21
• 9
  Pither Panther Patter
  2:50
• CD 6: CD6: January 1946
• 1
  Take the "A" Train
  3:37
• 2
  A Tonal Group: Meloditti
  8:20
• 3
  A Tonal Group: Fugueaditty
  3:17
• 4
  A Tonal Group: Jam-a-ditty
  4:23
• 5
  Magenta Haze
  5:20
• 6
  Diminuendo in Blue / Transblucency
  8:06
• 7
  Crescendo in Blue
  4:01
• 8
  Suburbanite
  4:36
• 9
  I'm Just a Lucky So and So
  4:53
• 10
  Riffin' Drill
  2:48
• CD 7: CD7: December 1947
• 1
  The New Look (Snibor)
  3:45
• 2
  Blue Serge
  3:54
• 3
  Triple Play
  6:12
• 4
  Harlem Airshaft
  3:44
• 5
  Johnny Hodges Medley: Wanderlust / Junior Hop / Jeep's Blues / Squatty Roo / The Mood to Be Wooed
  6:46
• 6
  Mella Brava
  4:05
• 7
  Kickapoo Joy Juice
  3:57
• 8
  On a Turquoise Cloud
  4:10
• 9
  Bakiff
  6:10
• 10
  Cotton Tail
  3:25
• CD 8: CD8: December 1947
• 1
  Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise
  5:55
• 2
  Liberian Suite: Dance 1
  4:55
• 3
  Liberian Suite: Dance 2
  4:09
• 4
  Liberian Suite: Dance 3
  3:49
• 5
  Liberian Suite: Dance 4
  4:15
• 6
  Liberian Suite: Dance 5
  5:15
• 7
  Theme Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-oo / Echoes of Harlem / Black and Tan Fantasy / Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  6:40
• 8
  Basso Profundo
  3:42
• 9
  New York City Blues
  4:58
• 10
  Clothed Woman
  4:43
• 11
  Trumpets No End (Blue Skies)
  3:42

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Release credits

• Al Hibbler
  lead vocals [3.10, 6.9], performer [1]
• Al Killian
  trumpet [7.1-10, 8.1-11]
• Al Sears
  reeds [5.1-9, 7.1-10, 6.1-10, 8.1-11], tenor saxophone [4.1-8, 3.1-7, 3.9-12]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [2.1-12, 1.1-13, 1.13]
• Betty Roché
  lead vocals [1]
• Billy Strayhorn
  additional [2.1, 5.1-9, 6.1-10, 7.1-10, 8.1-11], arranger [1.1-13, 2.1-12]
• Chauncey Haughton
  clarinet [1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1-12]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 8.1-11, 6.1-10, 5.1-9, 4.1-8, 7.1-10]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [5.1-9, 7.1-10, 2.1-12, 6.1-10, 1.1-13, 8.1-11], piano, spoken vocals [8]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [8.1-11, 5.1-9, 7.1-10, 6.1-10]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 2.1-12, 7.1-10, 4.1-8, 1.1-13, 1.13, 8.1-11]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [2.1-12, 1.1-13, 1.13, 7.1-10, 8.1-11]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [4.1, 1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1, 2.3-12], clarinet [2.2, 3.3], reeds [3.1-2, 3.4-7, 3.9-12, 4.2-8, 6.1-10, 7.1-10, 8.1-11, 5.1-9]
• Hillard Brown
  drums (drum set) [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-8]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [4], reeds [4.1-8, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-12, 5.1-9, 6.1-10, 7.1-10, 8.1-11]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2.1-12, 4.1-8, 3.1-7, 3.9-12, 1.1-13, 1.13]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-8, 2.1-12, 1.1-13, 1.13], reeds [6.1-10, 7.1-10, 8.1-11, 5.1-9]
• Joya Sherrill
  lead vocals [5], misc [6]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1-12]
• Junior Raglin
  bass [1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1-12], double bass [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-8]
• Kay Davis
  lead vocals [3]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone
• Marie Ellington
  lead vocals [2]
• Oscar Pettiford
  bass [6.1-10, 5.1-9]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [1.1-9, 1.11-13, 1.13, 2.1-12, 4.1], clarinet [10], reeds [5.1-9, 3.1-7, 3.9-12, 6.1-10, 4.2-8]
• Ray Nance
  lead vocals [6], trumpet [3.1-5, 3.7, 3.9-12, 7.1-10, 1.1-3, 1.5-12, 4.1-3, 4.5-8, 2.1-2, 2.4-12, 8.1-11], violin [2.3, 1.4, 1.13, 4.4, 3.6]
• Rex Stewart
  trumpet [2.1-12, 1.1-13, 1.13, 3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-8]
• Russell Procope
  reeds [7.1-10, 8.1-11]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 8.1-11, 5.1-9, 7.1-10, 6.1-10, 4.1-8]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [7.1-10, 6.1-10, 8.1-11, 5.1-9, 1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1-12]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [4.1-8, 5.1-9, 6.1-10, 3.1-7, 3.9-12]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [2.1-12, 1.1-13, 1.13]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [6.1-10, 5.1-9]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 5.1-9, 6.1-10, 4.1-8]
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Issues

• C
  Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943/1947

  8x CD
  2010