Rhodes S. Baker, Jr. Collection, 1924-1990
By Maristella Feustle, Ana Mendoza (Series 2, Sub-series 1)
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Rhodes S. Baker, Jr. Collection, 1924-1990 |
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| ID: | 06/ 074 |
| Primary Creator: | Baker, Rhodes S., Jr. (1912-1967) |
| Extent: | 14.0 Boxes |
| Arrangement: | The papers are partially organized, but also contain considerable duplicate material; the arrangement is complicated by early attempts -- some 40 years ago -- to make sense of collection and catalog the recordings which came with it, which saw UNT materials and notes shuffled in with Baker's materials. The collection also includes considerable documentation of stages of assessment and organization in the early 1970s, the early 1990s, and 2008-2009. |
| Date Acquired: | 00/00/1968 |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists about 14 boxes of papers related to Houston attorney Rhodes Baker's research and collection of Duke Ellington recordings, along with tape recordings, 78 r.p.m., and LP records.Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Access Information
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Acquisition Source: | Purchase |
| Acquisition Method: | Purchased from Rhodes S. Baker's widow. |
| Related Materials: | See also: the Dennis Askey Papers For more information please see http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/index.php?p=collections/marc&id=276. |
| Finding Aid Revision History: |
Series 3 contents added on August 30, 2020. Creator and acquisition information updated on November 23, 2020. |
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Papers
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Box 1
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Folder 1: Correspondence, circa 1967
Photocopies of correspondence with record dealers and auction houses. -
Folder 2: Correspondence, continued, circa 1967
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Folder 3: Ellington orchestra personnel
Lists from various sources. -
Folder 4: Ellington clippings
Photocopies. -
Folder 5: Ellington recordings
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Folder 6: Ellington bibliography
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Folder 7: Assorted papers
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Folder 8: Assorted papers, continued
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Folder 9: Listing of selected tune titles organized by record label
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Folder 10: Index according to Jepsen's Ellington discography
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Folder 11: Assorted discographical sources; list of unreleased titles
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Folder 12: Discographical sources, continued
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Folder 13: "Missing DE items"
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Folder 14: Discography duplicates
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Folder 15: Handwritten notes; labels for "Rose LPs"
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Folder 16: Index cards; "non-Ellington sides"; "index in prep"
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Folder 17: Materials from periodicals, catalog pages, additional envelope of Ellington newspaper clippings
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Folder 18: Blank pages and empty envelopes
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Folder 19: UNT Music Library documentation
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Folder 20: UNT catalog lists and card proofs
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Folder 21: UNT binder of organized documentation from Baker, circa 1990
Copied from Baker's papers; compiled as part of an initial effort to digitize recordings. -
Item 22: "Miscellaneous data" binder compiled by Baker
Includes: Index to Ellington Non-Commercial Material; an index of V-discs; Ellington Air-Shots Recorded on Shellac; Ellington 12" LPs; "Complete List of Multiple Master Recordings."
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Box 2
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Item 1: Black and white photograph of Rhodes Baker meeting Duke Ellington
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Item 2: Binder: List of Duke Ellington 78 rpm recordings which R. Baker transferred to reel-to-reel tape
Includes listings by tape, a key to abbreviations used for vocalists, and an index by tune title. -
Item 3: Discography of Duke Ellington by Rhodes S. Baker
Large brown binder with alphabetical tabs. -
Item 4: Stereo Tapes / Ellington Tapes
"A" series of tapes consists of dubs from commercial releases and pre-recorded material. "B" series includes air checks. -
Item 5: Index of tunes dubbed to tape with numbers "PO-1" through "PO-17"
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Item 6: Binder: Index of 78 rpm records by various artists
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Item 7: Binder: "Misc. reels"
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Series 2: Records
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Sub-Series 1: 78 rpm records
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Sub-Series 2: LP and instantaneous records
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Series 3: Tapes
Items are numbered by their reel (generally B-##), and where there is unissued material, reels are numbered by up to four individual tracks (generally B-##-#). Descriptions frequently refer to the openly accessible discography at Ellingtonia.com.-
Item B-4 1: Goteborg, Sweden, 1958 November 6
File number 001. No exact match in Ellingtonia. Date mislabeled as 11/18/1958, which would be in Switzerland (playlist doesn't match). Intro by Aasland says Sweden. All selections released on this track (tracks Ellingtonia calls unissued don't appear, and recording runs straight through). Date confirmed on next track. -
Item B-4 2: Goteborg, Sweden, 1958 November 6
File number 001. Playing of Happy Birthday for Ozzie Bailey's birthday matches second concert on 11/6. First two and last medley selections unissued. Happy Birthday also unissued. Ellingtonia lists Hi Fi Fo Fum as unissued, but it does not appear on the recording. -
Item B-5 1: Stockholm, Sweden, 1959 September 26
File number 002. Mislabeled as 9/29/1959. Presence of Passion Flower indicates second concert on 9/26. Vast majority unreleased, except for Such Sweet Thunder, Kinda Dukish / Rockin' in Rhythm, Passion Flower, and Satin Doll (in medley). -
Item B-5 2: Stockholm, Sweden, 1959 September 26
File number 002. Continues concert. Recording does not contain VIP Boogie, Jam with Sam, or Diminuendo / Wailing Interval / Crescendo in Blue as listed in Ellingtonia. Ends after medley. -
Item B-12 1: Metropolitan Opera House, 1951 January 21
File number 003. Released. Appears complete. -
Item B-12 2: Commerially released
File number 003. -
Item B-13 1: "Same tune: different arrang."
File number 004. -
Item B-13 2: "Same tune: different arrang."
File number 004. -
Item B-14 1
File number 005. -
Item B-14 2: WMGM Band Box, NYC, 1953 February 2
File number 005. The Mooch, circa 5:00 -
Item B-19 1
File number 008. -
Item B-19 2: Baker's commentary on released material
File number 008. -
Item B-21 1: Presumably released material, emphasis on Johnny Hodges
File number 009. Labeled "Hodges - Paris - Aasland" -
Item B-21 2: Ellington with Leonard Feather All-Star Band
File number 009. 53:51 on track -
Item B-23 1: Fargo, North Dakota, 1940 November 7
File number 010. Released material. -
Item B-23 2: Fargo, North Dakota, 1940 November 7
File number 010. Released material. -
Item B-23 3: Southland, Boston, 1940 January 12
File number 010. Released material. -
Item B-23 4: Commerially released
File number 010. -
Item B-28 1: Unidentified live recording
File number 011. Partial match with March 11, 1967 (unissued) - adjacent A-Train and Sunny Side of the Street. Unclear if multiple live recordings. -
Item B-28 2: Commerially released
File number 011. -
Item B-28 3: Commerially released
File number 011. -
Item B-28 4: Commerially released
File number 011. Live C-Jam Blues (circa 1:05:00) and A-Train (circa 1:32:00) show as released from SoundHound (not 100 percent reliable). -
Item B-29 1a: Commerially released
File number 012. -
Item B-29 1b: Commerially released
File number 012. -
Item B-29 2a: Commerially released
File number 012. -
Item B-31 1: Commerially released
File number 013. -
Item B-31 2: Commerially released
File number 013. -
Item B-31 3: Commerially released
File number 013. -
Item B-33 1: Commerially released
File number 014. -
Item B-33 2: Commerially released
File number 014. Around 20:00, an announcer breaks in to say Tricky Sam Nanton is on trombone. Origin unclear. -
Item B-34 1: Commerially released
File number 015. Baker notes "first performance of Fancy Dan" on 8/22/1945. Ellingtonia has first instance on 9/22/1945. Also Anatomy of a Murder alternate take (JRZSP 46267-1AA), and Ellington SESAC transcriptions. -
Item B-34 2: Commerially released
File number 015. Hand Me Down Love; Liberian Suite; Tone Parallel; Basie at 55:00 mark -
Item B-35 1: Studio recordings, with alternate takes
File number 016. -
Item B-35 2: Commerially released
File number 016. Likely additional alternate takes -
Item B-36 1: CBS telecast, with Ella Fitzgerald, 1965 March 7
File number 017. unissued -
Item B-36 2: Tonight Show hosted by Art Linkletter, 1962 September 19
File number 017. Musical selections released, interviews unreleased. -
Item B-36 3: WOR broadcast
File number 017. Possible Ellington interview (low audio) -
Item B-36 4: Ed Case interview with Ellington
File number 017. KTRH, Rice Hotel, Houston -
Item B-36a 1: WCBS The Way to Go / Sacred Concert, 1965.0
File number 018. Interview with Dr. Brian Kirkland on The Way To Go, followed by WCBS (NY channel 2) telecast of Sacred Concert. Performance was 12/26/1965. Unclear when telecast was. -
Item B-36a 2: Carnegie Hall, 1948 November 13
File number 018. See also: B-36b track 1. -
Item B-36a 3: WCBS Sacred Concert telecast
File number 018. Continued from track 1. -
Item B-36b 1: Carnegie Hall, 1948 November 13
File number 019. See also: B-36a track 2. -
Item B-36b 2: Barbara McNair, New York, 1966 November 2
File number 019. Continued from track 1. Unissued. -
Item B-37 1: Cullum Auditorium, Houston, 1962 November 19
File number 020. Introduced by Ed Case. Unissued. -
Item B-37 2: Cullum Auditorium, Houston, 1962 November 19
File number 020. Continued from track 1. Unissued. -
Item B-38 1: Ellington interviewed by Sven Lindahl - BBC prerecording, 1963 January 25
File number 021. Unissued. Croydon, UK if date correct.. Revisit to rule out that this was another done in Sweden per Aasland's comments. -
Item B-38 2: Stockholm, second concert, 1963 February 6
File number 021. Continued from track 1. Unissued. -
Item B-39 1: Stockholm, Tivoli Grona Lund, 1963 June 5
File number 022. Probable date. Medley only. "And now we go for dancing" at end. Unissued. By process of elimination, June 5, unissued. -
Item B-39 2: Stockholm, Tivoli Grona Lund, 1963 June 4
File number 022. Duke says -
Item B-39 3: Unidentified
File number 022. Check names. -
Item B-39 4: Stockholm, Tivoli Grona Lund, 1963 June 6
File number 022. Continues B-39 track 1. Presence of Satin Doll points to June 6. Released. . Ellington announces music for dancing afterward. Compare dancing announcements for overlap. -
Item B-40 1: Studio recordings
File number 023. Possible presence of alternate takes on this reel. Container: "Aasland DE-1" "Chrono. DE No. 1" "Master" -
Item B-40 2: Studio recordings
File number 023. -
Item B-40 3: Studio recordings
File number 023. -
Item B-40 4: Studio recordings
File number 023. -
Item B-43 1: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 024. Continuation of B-39, track 3, released. -
Item B-43 2: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 024. Conclusion, released. -
Item B-43 3: Stockholm, Tivoli Grona Lund, 1963 June 9
File number 024. First concert. Confirmed by Duke announcing they'll be back at 8pm. -
Item B-43 4: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 024. More from dance date. -
Item B-44 1: Swedish telecast, 1963 February 7
File number 025. Not commercially released, but posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMi0U1J8COA -
Item B-44 2: Swedish telecast, 1963 February 7
File number 025. Continuation of previous track -
Item B-44 3: Stockholm, Tivoli Grona Lund, 1963 June 8
File number 025. Concert before Dans Inn. Medley joined in progress (Mood Indigo), and A-Train at end. Ellington announces Dans-In after, unissued. -
Item B-44 4: Malmo, 1963 June 19
File number 025. Continuation of previous track, unissued. -
Item B-44a 1: Malmo, 1963 June 19
File number 026. -
Item B-44a 2: Malmo, 1963 June 19
File number 026. -
Item B-44a 3: Malmo, 1963 June 19
File number 026. -
Item B-44a 4: AFRS Downbeat, 1943.0
File number 026. Continuation of previous track. -
Item B-45 1: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 027. -
Item B-45 2: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 027. -
Item B-45 3: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 027. -
Item B-45 4: Swedish telecast, 1963 February 7
File number 027. See also B-44 tracks 1 and 2. -
Item B-46 1: Commercial releases
File number 028. With alternate takes. -
Item B-46 2: Commercial releases
File number 028. -
Item B-46 3: Commercial releases
File number 028. -
Item B-46 4: Commercial releases
File number 028. -
Item B-47 1a: Commercial releases
File number 029. -
Item B-47 1b: Dans Inn, 1963 June 8
File number 029. Continued from previous track. -
Item B-47 2a: Commercial releases
File number 029. -
Item B-47 2b: Commercial releases
File number 029. May include alternate takes. -
Item B-49 1: Commercial releases
File number 030. -
Item B-49 2: Commercial releases
File number 030. Emphasis on Ivie Anderson. -
Item B-49 3: Commercial releases
File number 030. Non-Ellington, Artie Shaw -
Item B-49 4: Commercial releases
File number 030. Non-Ellington, including Erskine Hawkins -
Item B-51 1: U.S. Army Soccer Club, Wiesbaden, 1963 May 25
File number 031. Beginning is on track 4. Unissued. -
Item B-51 2: U.S. Army Soccer Club, Wiesbaden, 1963 May 25
File number 031. Continued from previous track. Unissued. -
Item B-51 3: 7th Army Dining and Dancing Center, Stuttgart, 1963 May 26
File number 031. Sgt. Bob Rich, announcer. Unissued. -
Item B-51 4: U.S. Army Soccer Club, Wiesbaden, 1963 May 25
File number 031. Beginning of concert. Unissued. -
Item B-53 1: Band Box telecast, 1953 February 8
File number 032. Probable identification, unreleased if verified. Distinguished from other performances by Ray Nance vocal. -
Item B-53 2: Commercial releases
File number 032. -
Item B-53 3: Unidentified
File number 032. Milt Grayson sings Lost in Loveliness and One More Once -
Item B-53 4: Count Basie, unknown
File number 032. Match not located yet. -
Item B-54 1: Stockholm, 1965 February 2
File number 033. Unissued. -
Item B-54 2: Ben Webster, 1965 January 1
File number 033. Exact date unclear from discography. -
Item B-54 3: Stockholm, 1965 February 2
File number 033. Appears to continue Track 1. Unissued. -
Item B-54 4: Marine Ballroom, Atlantic City Steel Pier, 1964 July 19
File number 033. Complete. Last 4 tunes unissued. -
Item M-53 1: Goodyear Jazz Concert, 1962 January 5 and 9
File number 034. Through Kinda Dukish. -
Item M-53 2: Unidentified
File number 034. -
Item M-53 3: Louis Armstrong in Stockholm, 1962 May 25
File number 034. Released on VHS, present in Louis Armstrong House Museum collection. https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-Stockholm-62/release/8213728 -
Item M-54 1: Esquire Awards, Ritz Theater, New York, 1946 January 16
File number 035. Released. -
Item M-54 2: Esquire Awards, Ritz Theater, New York
File number 035. Released with possible exception of A-Train (check if before Blue Flame and Orson Welles intro) -
Item M-54 3: George Shearing - live, 1962 August 1
File number 035. Includes Armando Peraza -
Item M-54 4: CBS telecast, 1959 June 28
File number 035. Unissued. -
Item B-56 1: Live recording, individually selected
File number 036. Swedish announcer between tunes. -
Item B-56 2: Live recording, individually selected
File number 036. Continues previous track. -
Item B-56 3: Unidentified
File number 036. Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Mood Indigo -
Item B-56 4: Keefe Braselle Show, New York, circa 1963 July 31
File number 036. With dancers Noelle Adam and Swen Swenson - this: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/rehearsal-for-the-cbs-television-musical-variety-program-news-photo/683453534 -
Item B-57 1: Konserthuset, Stockholm, 1964 March 9
Tape alternately labeled as B-18. File number 037. Introduced by Benny Aasland. Second concert. Unreleased through Depk, plus Isfahan. Includes Jones, not listed in Ellingtonia. -
Item B-57 2: Konserthuset, Stockholm, 1964 March 9
File number 037. Continues previous track. -
Item B-57 3: Basin Street, New York, 1954 December 31
File number 037. Continues previous track. -
Item B-57 4: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, 1963 February 12
File number 037. Continues previous track. -
Item B-61 1: Commercial releases
File number 038. -
Item B-61 2: Commercial releases
File number 038. -
Item B-61 3: Commercial releases
File number 038. -
Item B-61 4: Commercial releases
File number 038. -
Item B-62 1: Commercial releases
File number 039. Short tape. -
Item B-62 2: Commercial releases
File number 039. Short tape. -
Item B-63 1: Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, 1964 April 1
File number 040. Tentative identification. Unissued if ID verifies. -
Item B-63 2: CBS - The Twentieth Century, 1964 July 6
File number 040. Hosted by Walter Cronkite, CBS telecast about Ellington in Japan. Unissued aside from broadcast -
Item B-63 3: Count Basie interview, 1962 August 9
File number 040. Refers to opening "tonight" at Grona Lund in Stockholm - date surmised from discography. -
Item B-63 4: Duke Ellington All-Stars, Berlin, 1961 March 22
File number 040. Date per announcer. Jeep Is Jumpin', Armed Forces Network. -
Item B-64 1: Date with the Duke - Radio City, New York, 1945 May 12
File number 041. Probable date. Released if date verifies. -
Item B-64 2: Date with the Duke, 1945 May ?
File number 041. Could be one of multiple dates in May 1945 -
Item B-64 3: Akron, Ohio, 1945 June 23
File number 041. Released. -
Item B-64 4: Toledo, Ohio, 1945 June 9
File number 041. Released. -
Item B-65 1: Commercial releases
File number 042. Introduced by Aasland. Aasland notes version of Johnny Hodges' Peckin' he says is unreleased, but it appears to have been released since the 1960s. -
Item B-65 2: Commercial releases
File number 042. -
Item B-65 3: Commercial releases
File number 042. -
Item B-65 4: Commercial releases
File number 042. Introduced by Aasland. One possible unreleased item noted around 28:20. -
Item B-66 1: "Jazz show Sat. Jan. 16. 9:05-10pm Part 1"
File number 043. Studio recordings and commercials. Apparent radio show, possibly from Ed Case. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Southland, Boston, 1940 January [?]
File number 044. Major discrepancies between Ellingtonia and Tom Lord discographies. Believed to be January 8, in which case unissued. Key characteristic is that Herb Jeffries is announced for Little Posey (Josey), but doesn't sing on it. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: WEAF War Barn Jamboree: Ellington and Harry James, 1943 May 1
File number 044. Ellington released, Harry James unreleased (per Garrod). -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Cotton Club - Mutual Broadcasting System, 1937 March 18
File number 044. Opening unreleased (East St. Louis). -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Carnegie Hall, 1948 November 13
File number 044. Released. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Ellington
File number 044. Need to identify materials at beginning of tape. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Ellington
File number 044. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Louis Armstrong "Cornell" concert, 1954 February 25
File number 044. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Louis Armstrong "Cornell" concert, 1954 February 25
File number 044. Continues previous track. -
Item Jerry-VCI
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Item Jerry-VCI: Al Jolson, Shell Chateau, 1935 September 21
File number 044. -
Item DE-Bell 1: Bell Telephone Hour: On the Road with Duke Ellington, 1967 October 13
File number 045. Replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swvEsprdrh0 -
Item BB1: Teatro Lirico, Milan, 1967 January 15
File number 059. First concert, unissued. -
Item BB2: Ella Fitzgerald, 1967 January 15
File number 059. Continues same concert. Unissued. Differs from Ellingtonia description. -
Item BB3: Ella Fitzgerald, 1967 January 15
File number 059. Continues previous track. -
Item BB4-1: Teatro Lirico, Milan, 1967 January 15
File number 059. Second concert, unissued -
Item BB4-2: Teatro Lirico, Milan, 1967 January 15
File number 059. Continues previous track. -
Item BB4-3: Unidentified
File number 059. May continue Milan concert after intermission. Not listed in Ellingtonia description. -
Item DE-78-1
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item DE-78-2
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item DE-78-3
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item DE-78-4
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item DE-78-5
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item DE-78-6
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item [DE-78-7]
Ellington 78 rpm records. -
Item A-4
Labeled A-11 for digitization. -
Item A-10
Commercial recording, Cootie Williams in Stereo -
Item A-15
Commercial recording, Swingin' high with Ellington and Basie. Not clear if tape matches container. -
Item A-37
Commercial recording, Salute to Duke Ellington with the Francis Bay Orchestra. Not clear if tape matches container. -
Item DWD 1
"Misc Ellington" -
Item PO-7
No identifying info found. -
Item PO-9
Unclear information. "Count Basie" crossed out. Appears to be released recordings. -
Item PO-10
No identifying info found. -
Item PO-17
Commercial recording, Back to Back : Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues -
Item 1
Old Misc. Blues -
Item 2
Old Jazz Bands of about '30's or '20's -
Item 3
Old Jazz Bands -
Item 40
"Miscellaneous tape 40" - at least partially released, but includes WOR interview of Ellington and Ed Kirkeby [sic], Nov. 1966, Harry James Bond Drive broadcast, 5/1/1943, Armstrong concert continued from Reel 41 above, among other recordings. -
Item 67-4
Continues BB reels. -
Item 67-5
Continues BB reels. -
Item WW-DE 1-73
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 74-1
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Item WW-DE 74-1
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 110-
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Item WW-DE 110-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 180-
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Item WW-DE 180-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 234-
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Item WW-DE 234-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 295-
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Item WW-DE 295-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 352-
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Item WW-DE 352-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 478-
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Item WW-DE 478-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington. -
Item WW-DE 605-
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Item WW-DE 605-
Wax Works of Duke Ellington.
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