From: smehta@kwela.nynexst.com (Sandeep Mehta)
Subject: Re: Ellington at Fargo, Live - 1940
Reply-To: smehta@nynexst.com
Organization: Speech Technology, AI Lab, NYNEX S&T Inc, White Plains, NY
Date: 12 Jan 93 10:54:43


> stanwass@s.psych.uiuc.edu (S Wasserman) writes:

> The Music Heritage Society is offering Ellington Live at Fargo (1940)
>    as as two CD set this month.
> 
> Does anyone out there have an opinion of this recording ?
> Should I go for it ??

I think it is excellent! A great Ellington band in great form. Here
are the details from recdb:

Ellington, Duke                                                VJC 1019/20 (CD)
Title: and his Famous Orchestra, Fargo, ND, November 7, 1940
Recorded: 11/7/1940 at The Crystal Ballrom, Fargo, North Dakota
Released: 1990
With: Duke Ellington (leader), piano, conductor, arrangments
      Rex Stewart, cornet
      Wallace Jones, trumpet
      Ray Nance, trumpet
      Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone
      Juan Tizol, trombone
      Lawrence Brown, trombone
      Barney Bigard, clarinet
      Johnny Hodges, alto sax
      Otto "Toby" Hardwick, clarinet, alto sax
      Ben Webster, tenor sax
      Harry Carney, baritone sax
      Freddie Guy, guitar
      Jimmy Blanton, bass
      Sonny Greer, drums
      Billy Strayhorn, addnl. arrangments
Contents:  1) It's Glory (partial)                                     ( 00:45)
           2) The Mooche                                               ( 05:23)
           3) The Sheik of Araby                                       ( 02:53)
           4) Sepia Panorama (Radio Theme)                             ( 01:15)
           5) Ko-Ko                                                    ( 02:21)
           6) There Shall Be No Night                                  ( 03:09)
           7) Pussy Willow                                             ( 04:33)
           8) Chatterbox                                               ( 03:16)
           9) Mood Indigo                                              ( 04:19)
          10) Harlem Airshaft                                          ( 03:43)
          11) Ferryboat Serenade                                       ( 01:38)
          12) Warm Valley (#1)                                         ( 03:32)
          13) Chaser (#1)                                              ( 00:06)
          14) Stompy Jones                                             ( 02:42)
          15) Chloe                                                    ( 03:59)
          16) Bojangles                                                ( 04:06)
          17) On the Air                                               ( 04:42)
          18) Rumpus in Richmond                                       ( 03:01)
          19) Chaser (#2)                                              ( 00:20)
          20) The Sidewalks of New York                                ( 05:07)
          21) The Flaming Sword                                        ( 04:36)
          22) Never No Lament                                          ( 04:46)
          23) Caravan                                                  ( 03:51)
          24) Clarinet Lament                                          ( 03:34)
          25) Slap Happy                                               ( 03:24)
          26) Sepia Panorama (complete performance)                    ( 05:10)
          27) Boy Meets Horn                                           ( 05:21)
          28) Way Down Yonder In New Orleans                           ( 01:29)
          29) Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday                                  ( 02:17)
          30) The Five O'Clock Whistle                                 ( 02:01)
          31) Fanfare                                                  ( 00:31)
          32) The Call of the Canyon                                   ( 00:58)
          33) Unknown Title                                            ( 00:09)
          34) All This and Heaven Too                                  ( 00:15)
          35) Chaser (#3)                                              ( 00:12)
          36) Rockin' in Rhythm                                        ( 04:57)
          37) Sophisticated Lady                                       ( 05:06)
          38) Cotton Tail                                              ( 03:13)
          39) Whispering Grass                                         ( 02:30)
          40) Conga Brava                                              ( 04:06)
          41) I Never Felt This Way Before                             ( 05:05)
          42) Chaser (#4)                                              ( 00:21)
          43) Across the Track Blues                                   ( 06:45)
          44) Honeysuckle Rose                                         ( 05:05)
          45) Wham! (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)                                  ( 02:30)
          46) Star Dust                                                ( 04:15)
          47) Rose of the Rio Grande                                   ( 03:33)
          48) St. Louis Blues                                          ( 05:28)
          49) Warm Valley (#2)                                         ( 00:13)
          50) God Bless America                                        ( 00:18)
          Total:                                                       (152:49)
Purchased: 1991
Comments: very detailed liners by Andrew Homzy containing exact solo order
info etc. 

/sandeep
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