Ellington Program II, 1949-ca. early 1970s
name: label: Collection Performer
content: Basie, Count, 1904-1984
label: Collection Collector
content: Smith, Ernie
label: Collection Performer
content: Webster, Ben
label: Collection Performer
content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
label: Collection Performer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Performer
content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
label: Collection Performer
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Collection Performer
content: Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-
label: Collection Performer
content: Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
label: Collection Performer
content: Davis, Miles
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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection
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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection / Series 2: Additional Titles
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Motion picture film
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 491.27-2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Moving Images [31983000035873]
label: Type
content: Motion picture films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Descriptive Summary: 1617f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith

1. Salute to Duke Ellington

Copyright: 1949 Performance Date: February/March 1949

Corporate Creator: Universal International

Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Will Cowan

Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Personnel: Hodges, Hamilton, Procope, Sears, Webster, Carney (reeds) Nance, Hemphill, Baker, Killian, Francis Williams (trumpets), Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson (trombones), Ellington, Marshall, Greer (rhythm - no guitar)

Song Title(s): a. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" b. "Hello Little Boy, Don't You Remember Me", vocals by Chubby Kemp c. "The History of Jazz in Three Minutes" d. "She Wouldn't be Moved" e. "Violet Blue", vocals by Kay Davis, solo by Hodges f. "Take the A Train"

2. "The Mooch", early 1950s, Studio Films, Inc., personnel includes: Hamilton, Procope, Carney (clarinet trio), Willie Smith, Gonsalves, Wendell Marshall, Louie Bellson

3. Live recording, musical numbers include: a. "Satin Doll", personnel include: Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson (trumpets), Rufus Jones (drums) b. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", featuring Johnny Hodges c. "Take the A Train", featuring Cat Anderson

4. 70th Birthday Party at the White House, ca. early 1970s, USIA, narrated by Willis Conover, a party for and presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Duke Ellington

Video reference copy