BLACKBERRIES OF 1930
Composer: Duke
Ellington
Opened: Spring 1930, Cotton Club,
N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Note: This was the 16th edition of the Cotton Club Revue.
Cotton Club Stomp (inst.) (M: Harry Carney; Duke Ellington; Johnny Hodges) (originally used in COTTON CLUB REVUE (1929) (14th Edition):
1. 78/Victor V 38079 (Duke
Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra) [also 78/Bluebird B 10242;
78/Gramophone B 4872; 78/Gramophone B 6292; 78/Swing SW. 332; 45/Victor 75.385;
reissued on The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 1-2 (1927-1929), CD/RCA
26192]
2. 78/Brunswick m 8405 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
[also 78/Brunswick 6813; 78/Brunswick 1186; 78/Brunswick 4887; reissued on
Early Ellington, Decca/GRP 640]
3. 78/Okeh 8397 (George McClennon's Jazz
Band) [reissued on George McClennon/Wilton Crawley, CD/Jazz Oracle 8022]
4.
A Nite At The Cotton Club, 45/Pirate MPC 524 (Duke Ellington and His Cotton
Club Orchestra) [reissued on Jungle Nights In Harlem, CD/ RCA 82499]
5.
Early Ellington, Decca/GRP 640 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
(alternate take)
6. The Cotton Club, CD/Geffen GEFD-24062 (orchestra
conducted by Bob Wilber) (two renditions)
7. A Night At The Cotton Club,
CD/RCA PD 74169 (Company with the Harlem Orchestra directed by Steve
Galloway)
8. More Money Jungle: Ellington Explorations, CD/Koch
International 6990 (Rhythm & Brass)
9. Bug Music, CD/Nonesuch 79438 (Don
Byron)
10. One Hour With You, CD/Original Cast Record 9525 (Crazy Rhythm Hot
Society Orchestra)
11. Swing Classics, CD/EMI Gold 525080 (Graham Dalby
& The Grahamophones)
Doin' The Crazy
Walk (L: Irving Mills):
1. Echoes Of Harlem, Dormouse DM
8 (Chris Barber) [reissued as CD/Fellside 87]
2. Here Is Chris Barber,
Atlantic 1292 (Chris Barber) [reissued as CD/Rhino Atlantic]
3. We Speak
Duke, CD/ Southport 0101 (Linda Tate)
4. Harlem's Arabian Nights, CD/Stomp
Off 1320 (Keith Nichols)
5. White Cap Capers, CD/Ars Harmonica 50 (Quartet
de Clarinets de Barcelona)
The Mystery Song (inst.):
1. 78/Victor 22800 (Duke
Ellington and His Orchestra) [also 78/Bluebird B 6614; 78/Gramophone B 6133;
reissued on Jungle Nights In Harlem, CD/RCA 82499]
2. The Alternative Takes,
Vol. 3: 1931-1933, CD/Neatwork 2023 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
(alternate take)
3. Evidence, Prestige New Jazz NJ-8271 (Steve Lacy with Don
Cherry) [reissued as CD/New Jazz/OJC OJCCD-1755-2]
4. Bag It!, CD/Smalltown
Superjazz 155 (The Thing)
5. Free Advice, CD/Clean Feed 098 (Mi3)
6.
College, CD/Sound Judgement 102 (Tony Martucci Quintet)
7. The Scenic Route,
CD/New World NW-400-2 (Kamikaze Ground Crew);
Swanee River Rhapsody (aka "Lazy Rhapsody") (L: Clarence
Gaskill; Irving Mills):
1. 78/Brunswick 1299 (Duke
Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 6288 N; 78/Parlophone R
2890; 45/Odeon 7 MOE 2014; reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939,
CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 3: 1931-1933, CD/Neatwork
2023 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (alternate take)
Unrecorded Material:
Bumpty-Bump (L: Irving
Mills)
Come Along Mandy (M/L: Unknown)
You're The Reason I Fell In Love
(M/L: Unknown)