Toodle-Oo / Duke Ellington

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜もEllingtonの最初期の録音です。

Toodle-Oo / Duke Ellington
London L18P1146

A

1 East St.Louis Toodle-Oo (Ellington)

2 Birmingham Breakdown (Ellington)

3 Immigration Blues (Ellington)

4 The Creeper (Ellington)

5 The Creeper (Ellington)

6 New Orleans Low-Down (Ellington)

7 Song of the Cotton Field (Grainger)

8 Birmingham Breakdown (Ellington)

B

1 East St.Louis Toodle-Oo (Ellington)

2 Black and Tan Fantasy (Ellington-Miley)

3 Soliloquy (Ellington-Bloom)

4 Red Hot Band (Fields-McHugh)

5 Take It Easy (Ellington)

6 Jubilee Stomp (Ellington)

A1,2 1926 November 29, NYC

A3,4,5 1929 December 29, NYC

A6,7 1927 February 3, NYC

A8 1927 February 28, NYC

B1 1927 March 14, NYC

B2 1927 April 7, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Bubber Miley,Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick (as,cl), Harry Carney (al,as,bs), Rudy Jackson (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,arr), Fred Guy (bjo), Bass Edwards (b,tuba), Sonny Greer (ds)

B3 1927 April 30, NTC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

June Clark,Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick (as,cl), Harry Carney (al,as,bs), Rudy Jackson (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,arr), Fred Guy (bjo), Bass Edwards (b,tuba), Sonny Greer (ds)

B,4,5 1927 December 29, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

June Clark, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick (as,cl), Harry Carney (al,as,bs), Rudy Jackson (cl,ts), Duke Ellington (p,arr), Fred Guy (bjo), Wellman Braud (b,tuba), Sonny Greer (ds)

B5,6 1928 May 21, NYC

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Arther Wetzel, Louis Metcalf (tp), Joe nanton (tb), Otto Hardwick (as,cl),  Berney Bigard (cl,ts), Harry Carney (al,as,bs), Duke Ellington (p,arr), Fred Guy (bjo), Wellman Braud (b,tuba), Sonny Greer (ds)

イギリスLondon Labelから原盤を引いたDuke Ellington楽団の1920年代の演奏です。Decca盤とほぼ同じ内容ですが、Take The A Trainがテーマ曲となる以前のテーマEast St. Louis Toodle-Ooは1926年11月の録音と、Decca盤より1月早い録音です。最初期のエリントンの録音として貴重かつ興味深いものです。シカゴの黒人バンドのようにNew Orleansの影響をモロに受けていない分、洗練された感じがします。