He huffed and puffed and blew the blues [music]
odd: label: General
content: Handwriting and other details have been reported based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Dr. Theodore Hudson, Walter van de Leur, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: Other Title
content: Huff and puff.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.9: H
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 28 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 8 Items (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holographs), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair.
container: label: Container
content: Box 143 (Series 1), Folder 11-12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Photocopies
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 13 parts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: He huffed and puffed and blew the blues is contained in two folders consisting of 1 lyric sheet and 12 parts in Bb Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, BS, Tizol?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains lyric sheet. Lyrics begin "This is the story of a jazz cat, A swinger from the word go ...". Folder B contains parts in 2 groupings -- (i) 3 reeds - Jimmy (2), Proc (2), Paul; 1 trombone - Butter. Parts for Jimmy and Proc are noted on front and verso of the same sheet. Parts for Paul and Butter appear incomplete. -- (ii) 4 reeds - Willie (2), Paul, Hamilton, Carney; 1 trombone - Broodman. Parts for Willie are noted on the front and verso of the same sheet. Part for Hamilton is noted on the verso of Carney's part. Part for Broodman appears incomplete. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.