COTTON CLUB PARADE (1938) (4th Ed.)



Composer: Duke Ellington
Lyricists: Irving Mills; Henry Nemo

Opened: March 9, 1938, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown

Note: This was the 30th edition of the Cotton Club Revue, but the fourth edition at the mid-town Cotton Club location.


Black Magic (M: Will Hudson) (originally used in the COTTON CLUB PARADE (1936)):

1. 78/Decca 493 (Isham Jones and His Orchestra)


Braggin' In Brass (inst.):

1. 78/Columbia 36276 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also 78/Swing 321; 78/Brunswick m 8099; reissued on The Duke: The Columbia Years 1927-1962, CD/Sony 92684]
2. Duke Ellington Volume 6: 1937-1938 - The Alternate Takes, CD/Neatwork 2042 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
3. Braggin' in Brass, CD/Telarc 80249 (The Empire Brass & Friends)
4. Live Big Band Jazz, CD/Uco Jazz Lab (UCO Jazz Ensemble I/UCO Jazz Ensemble II)


Carnival In Caroline:

1.78/Brunswick m 8099 (Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [reissued on The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Columbia 48835]
2. 78/Vocalion V 4061 (Jerry Kruger with Cootie Williams and His Rag Cutters)


Dinah's In A Jam (inst.):

1. 78/Brunswick M 8169 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also 78/Blue Ace 248; reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 2, Jazz Archives (M) JA-13 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
3. Cotton Club Anthology: 1938, CD/Cleopatra 1138 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
4. Cotton Connection, CD/Sony 40031 (Teresa Brewer and Mercer Ellington)
5. Vocal Refrain, CD/Avid 103 (unknown performer)


A Gal From Joe's (inst.) (L: Irving Mills):

1. 78/Columbia 36108 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also 78/Swing 316; 78/Brunswick m 8018 (or 8108); reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. Coral 61188 (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) [also 45/Coral 9-61188; reissued on Perdido, Vol. 3, CD/Blue Moon 3048]
3. 78/Bluebird B 10153 (Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra, CD/Classics 1194]
4. 78/Apollo 1106 (Bunny Briggs with Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Mercury 8979 (Charlie Barnet, saxophone)
6. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 1, Jazz Archives (M) JA-12 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
7. Nina Simone Sings Ellington!, Colpix SCP-425 (Nina Simone) [reissued on Nina Simone Sings Ellington!/At Carnegie Hall, CD/Collectables 6414]
8. High Priestess Of Soul, Philips (S) PHS-600-219 (Nina Simone with orchestra conducted by Hal Mooney) [reissued as CD/Verve 600402]
9. Love Shout, Prestige (S) PRST-7272 (Etta Jones) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics 941]
10. Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn and The Orchestra, Verve V6-8452 (Johnny Hodges with Billly Strayhorn and the Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Polygram 557543]
11. The Duke And I, MGM E-3388 (Cass Harrison)
12. Steppin' Into Swing Society, Coral CR-757225 (Mercer Ellington, trumpet) [reissued as CD/Fresh Sound 531]
13. Dance Bash, Verve MGV-2007 (Charlie Barnet)
14. Cotton Club Anthology: 1938, CD/Cleopatra 1138 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
15. The Duke In Boston 1939-1940, CD/Storyville 2022 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
16. Duke Ellington Volume 6: 1937-1939 - The Alternative Takes, CD/Neatwork 2042 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
17. Leapin' At The Lincoln, CD/Fabulous 134 (Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra)
18. On The Air! (1944-1947), CD/Sandy Hook 2081 (Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra)
19. Dick Hyman Plays Duke Ellington, CD/Reference RR-50CD (Dick Hyman, piano)
20. The Best of Etta Jones: The Prestige Singles, CD/Prestige 110212 (Etta Jones)
21. Simone On Simone, CD/Koch 4494 (Simone, piano and voice, with the Rob Stoneback Big Band)
22. Dave Pell Plays Duke Ellington, CD/Dave Pell (Dave Pell)
23. Another Monday Night, CD/Mediamix 1004 (Swingadelic)
24. The Single Petal of a Rose: Duke Ellington for Solo Guitar, Vol. 2, CD/Out Of Time (Steve Hancoff, guitar)
25. Palladium Concert 1953, CD/Group Seven 1751 (Les Brown)
26. Strictly Ballroom Dancing: Duke Ellington Style, CD/Total Recording 2005 (Sterling Davis and His Orchestra)
27. Something Tells Me, CD/Membran 223739 (unknown performer)
28. Oldie Parade, Vol. 2, CD/Bella 3017 (unknown performer)
29. Jitterbug Swing: Strict Dance Hits of the 30s+ 40s, CD/WSM 3984294462 (unknown performer)
30. Hdcd Sampler, CD/Reference 3 (Dr. Timothy Seelig)


Hi-De-Ho Romeo (M: J. Fred Coots; L: Benny Davis) (originally used in the COTTON CLUB PARADE (1937) (3rd Edition):

1. 78/Okeh 3789 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also 78/Variety VA 651; reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 568]


Hip Chick (inst.):

1. 78/Brunswick m 8221 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [also Swing 318; reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]


I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (M: Duke Ellington, John Redmond; L: Irving Mills, Henry Nemo) (cut):

I have not attempted to provide discological information for this Ellington standard.


If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do):

1. 78/Brunswick m 8093 (Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [reissued on The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Columbia 48835]
2. 78/Decca 1809 (June Richmond with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) [reissued on Forgotten Gems, CD/Flare 246]
3. 78/Vocalion v 4046 (Mary McHugh with Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete 1937-1954 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 1: 1937-1950, CD/Blue Moon 99955]
4. 78/Vocalion 4109 (Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Mildred Bailey, CD/Mosaic 204]
5. 78/Columbia 39931 (Rosemary Clooney with Paul Weston and His Orchestra) [reissued on Blue Rose, CD/Sony 65506]
6. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 1, Jazz Archives (M) JA-12 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
7. Steppin' Into Swing Society, Coral CR-757225 (Mercer Ellington, trumpet) [reissued as CD/Fresh Sound 531]
8. Duke Ellington, Volume 6: 1937-1938 - The Alternative Takes, CD/Neatwork 2042 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
9. Cotton Club Anthology: 1938, CD/Cleopatra 1138 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
10. Rock It For Me, CD/Hep 1040 (Red Norvo)
A recording by Bernie Nee with the Ray Conniff Orchestra and Chorus is also known to exist.


I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue (With The Sole Of My Shoe) (inst.):

1. 78/Brunswick M 8131 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. Echoes of Ellington, Vol. 2, CD/Timeless Jazz 555556 (Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band)
3. Louis Jordan & Chris Barber, CD/Black Lion BLCD-760156 (Louis Jordan and Chris Barber's Band)
4. It's Jazz, Too, CD/Harlekin (Syncopators)
5. New York Memories, CD/Brisa 48050 (unknown performer)
6. Romare Bearden Revealed, CD/Marsalis Music 613306 (Branford Marsalis Quartet)


A Lesson In C (inst.):

1. 78/Vocalion V 4086 (Jerry Kruger with Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters and Duke Ellington, piano) [reissued on His Best Recordings 1930-1943, CD/Best Of Jazz 4018]
2. Duke Ellington At The Cotton Club - 1938, Volume 2, Jazz Archives (M) JA-13 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
3. The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Columbia 48835 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)


Posin' (M: Saul Chaplin; L: Sammy Cahn) (also featured in the NEW GRAND TERRACE REVUE and BLACK BROADWAY):

1. 78/Vocalion 3727 (Chuck Richards and Horace Henderson with Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 519]
2. 78/Decca 1355 A (Willie Smith and Chorus with Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra) [also 78/Decca 3514; reissued on The Chronological Jimmy Lunceford And His Orchestra, CD/Classics 520]
3. 78/Brunswick 7928 (Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey, CD/Mosaic 204]
4. 78/Bluebird B 7023 (Jimmy Ray with Ken Drake and His orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 25605 (Edythe Wright and Chorus with Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1937, Vol. 2, CD/Classics 995]
6. 78/Vocalion 03869 (Kitty Gray and Her Wampus Cats) [reissued on Texas Piano, Vol. 2: 1927-1938, CD/Document 5225]
7. Johnny Guitar Watson, King P-857 (Johnny Guitar Watson) [reissued on The Very Best of Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Gangster of Love, CD/Collectables 2894]
8. Dancing At The Hop, Epic (S) BN-3727 (Bobby Vinton and His Orchestra)
9. Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye, , 45/Coronet KS-182 (Sammy Kaye Orchestra with the Kaydets)
10. The Complete Rhythm Makers Sessions 1937-1938, Vol. 2, CD/Flyright 2192 (Artie Shaw and His Orchestra)
11. Ben Webster, CD/Membran 221987 (Ben Webster)
12. Sailboat In The Moonlight, CD/Membran 223733 (unknown performer)


Skrontch (Doin' The Skrontch):

1. 78/Brunswick m 8093 (Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [reissued on The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939, CD/Sony/BMG 730236]
2. 78/Vocalion v 4045 (Cab Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Cab Calloway 1938-1939, CD/Classics 576]
3. 78/Victor 25834 (Fats Waller, piano and voice, with His Rhythm and Orchestra) [also 78/Gramophone B.D. 5387; reissued on The Middle Years, Part 1 (1936-1938), CD/Bluebird/RCA 66083-2]
4. 78/Bluebird B 7519 (Willie Farmer and His Orchestra)
5. 78/V Disc 761 (Catalina Sextette with Manny Stevens, trumpet; Mahlon Clark, clarinet; Pat Leonard, tenor saxophone; Mark McIntyre, piano; Russ Morhoff, bass; and Glen Waller, drums) [reissued on Rare V-Discs, Vol. 1: The Combos, CD/RST 91565]
6. Duke Ellington Volume 6: 1937-1938 - The Alternative Takes, CD/Neatwork 2042 (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
7. Watch Out!, CD/Blue Swing 005 (Becky Kilgore with Eddie Erickson, guitar, Dan Barrett, trombone, and Joel Forbes, bass)
8. Painted Rhythms: The Complete Ran Blake, Vol. 1, CD/GM 3007 (Ran Blake)
9. The Legendary Big Bands Series: Nat Gonella, CD/Castle Pulse 427 (Nat Gonella)
10. Duke, We Love You Madly, CD/Moston 9510 (Tre Damer & Cornova Brass)
11. The Golden Age Of Swing, CD/Castle Pulse 497 (unknown performer)
12. The Other Side Of Ellington: Duke's Motivation, CD/Palmetto 2051 (Matt Wilson, drums, David Berkman, piano, Joel Frahm, tenor/soprano sax, Ben Allison, bass, and Pete McCann, guitars)
13. Jitterbug Swing, CD/WSM 3984294242 (unknown performer)


Swingtime In Honolulu:

1. 78/Brunswick M 8131 (Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra) [reissued on The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Columbia 48835; The Great American Composers: Duke Ellington, CD/Columbia House 2C2 8016]
2. 78/Vocalion V 4061 (Jerry Kruger with Cootie Williams and His Rag Cutters) [reissued on The Chronological Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, CD/Classics 700]
3. Jubilee, CD/Arbors 19224 (Daryl Sherman and Dave McKenna)
4. Lisa's Ono Bossa Hula Nova, CD/Toshiba EMI 24627 (Lisa Ono)
5. Manuela Boy: Hawaiian Style, CD/M & H Hawaii 2321 (Herb Ohta)
6. South Sea Island Magic, CD/Orchard 5487 (Moe Keale)


Unrecorded Numbers:

Clowns In Color
I'm A Lady (M: J. Fred Coots; L: Lee David) (originally used in the COTTON CLUB PARADE (1937) (3rd Edition))
Rainy Day Sadie
Rhythm In Waltztime (inst.)