Never No Lament: The Blanton‐Webster Band, 1940–1942

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  You, You Darlin’
  3:20
• 2
  Jack the Bear
  3:17
• 3
  Ko‐Ko
  2:43
• 4
  Morning Glory
  3:18
• 5
  So Far, So Good
  2:53
• 6
  Conga Brava
  2:59
• 7
  Concerto for Cootie
  3:20
• 8
  Me and You
  2:55
• 9
  Cotton Tail
  3:13
• 10
  Never No Lament (Don’t Get Around Much Anymore)
  3:19
• 11
  Dusk
  3:21
• 12
  Bojangles
  2:54
• 13
  A Portrait of Bert Williams
  3:10
• 14
  Blue Goose
  3:23
• 15
  Harlem Air‐Shaft
  3:00
• 16
  At a Dixie Roadhouse Diner
  2:49
• 17
  All Too Soon
  3:31
• 18
  Rumpus in Richmond
  2:50
• 19
  My Greatest Mistake
  3:27
• 20
  Sepia Panorama
  3:25
• 21
  There Shall Be No Night
  3:13
• 22
  In a Mellow Tone
  3:17
• 23
  Five O’Clock Whistle
  3:19
• 24
  The Flaming Sword
  3:09
• 25
  Warm Valley
  3:21
• CD 2
• 1
  Across the Track Blues
  3:01
• 2
  Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
  3:27
• 3
  I Never Felt This Way Before
  3:33
• 4
  The Sidewalks of New York
  3:15
• 5
  Flamingo
  3:24
• 6
  The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You
  3:20
• 7
  Take the “A” Train
  2:57
• 8
  Jumpin’ Punkins
  3:34
• 9
  John Hardy’s Wife
  3:30
• 10
  Blue Serge
  3:23
• 11
  After All
  3:23
• 12
  Bakiff
  3:26
• 13
  Are You Sticking?
  3:06
• 14
  Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
  3:36
• 15
  The Giddybug Gallop
  3:36
• 16
  Pitter Panther Patter
  3:03
• 17
  Body and Soul
  3:11
• 18
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:47
• 19
  Mr. J.B. Blues
  3:09
• 20
  Ko‐Ko (alternate take)
  2:40
• 21
  Bojangles (alternate take)
  2:46
• 22
  Sepia Panorama (alternate take)
  3:24
• 23
  Jumpin’ Punkins (alternate take)
  3:42
• 24
  Jump for Joy (alternate take)
  2:56
• CD 3
• 1
  Chocolate Shake
  2:56
• 2
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
  3:21
• 3
  Clementine
  3:01
• 4
  The Brown‐Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown)
  3:11
• 5
  Jump for Joy
  2:54
• 6
  Moon Over Cuba
  3:15
• 7
  Five O’Clock Drag
  3:14
• 8
  Rocks in My Bed
  3:09
• 9
  Bli‐Blip
  3:07
• 10
  Raincheck
  2:32
• 11
  What Good Would It Do?
  2:48
• 12
  I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got
  3:17
• 13
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:56
• 14
  Perdido
  3:10
• 15
  “C” Jam Blues
  2:39
• 16
  Moon Mist
  3:00
• 17
  What Am I Here For?
  3:27
• 18
  I Don’t Mind
  2:51
• 19
  Someone
  3:10
• 20
  My Little Brown Book
  3:14
• 21
  Main Stem
  2:51
• 22
  Johnny Come Lately
  2:43
• 23
  Hayfoot, Strawfoot
  2:36
• 24
  Sentimental Lady
  3:04
• 25
  A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
  2:58
• 26
  Sherman Shuffle
  2:38

More by Duke Ellington

Ken Burns Jazz

Ken Burns Jazz 2000

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1963

Money Jungle

Money Jungle 1962

Side by Side

Side by Side 1959

Sentimental Swing 1927-53

Sentimental Swing 1927-53 2025

Duke at His Very Best: The Jimmy Blanton - Billy Strayhorn - Ben Webster Sessions - Legendary Works 1940-1942

Duke at His Very Best: The Jimmy Blanton - Billy Strayhorn - Ben Webster Sessions - Legendary Works 1940-1942 2024

Release credits

• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [3.2, 3.14, 2.5, 2.7, 1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22-23], reeds [3.17, 3.19, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 2.21], tenor saxophone [3.2, 1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22, 2.5, 2.7]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [9], tenor saxophone [2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [2.5, 1.2], piano [5]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 2.20-21, 3.2, 3.14]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [2, 9, 15], celesta [2], piano [2.7, 2.18, 2.20-21, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19-20, 3.25, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22-23, 2.5, 2.7, 2.20]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [1.2-4, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22, 2.5, 2.7, 3.2], baritone saxophone [2.5, 2.7, 3.2, 3.14, 1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22], clarinet [2.5, 2.7, 1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22, 3.2], reeds [2.20-21, 1.3-5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 1.23, 3.17, 3.19]
• Herb Jeffries
  vocal [3.20, 2.5]
• Ivie Anderson
  vocal [3.2, 3.8, 1.5, 1.23]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [3.2, 3.14, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 2.5, 2.7, 2.18, 2.20-21]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 2.5, 2.7, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19], clarinet [3.2, 1.2-4, 1.9-10, 1.15, 2.5, 2.7], reeds [1.9, 1.12, 1.23, 2.21], saxophone [1.3-5, 2.20], soprano saxophone [14, 22]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [1.9, 3.14], valve trombone [1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21, 3.2, 3.17, 3.19]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [17, 19]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [1.2-4, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.15, 1.22, 3.2, 3.14, 2.5, 2.7], clarinet [3], reeds [2.20-21, 3.17, 3.19, 1.3-5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14], saxophone [23]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [3.17, 3.19, 2.5, 2.7], vocal [9, 25]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21, 3.2, 1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23], trumpet [3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 1.9]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [1.2-5, 1.9, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14-15, 1.22, 3.2, 3.14, 3.17, 3.19, 2.5, 2.7, 2.20-21]
• Wardell Jones
  trumpet [23]
• Show all credits (21)

Issues

• 

  N
  Never No Lament: The Blanton‐Webster Band, 1940–1942

  3x CD
  1 April 2003