The September 1941 Duke Ellington Discography



September 1, 1941
"Salute to Labor" KFI Radio Broadcast, Los Angeles, California
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
64 Brown-Skin Gal
Vocal by Herb Jeffries
Jazz in Los Angeles, The 1940s (Track 1a) DE4119aa
49 Jump For Joy
Vocal by Jump For Joy Choir
Jazz in Los Angeles, The 1940s (Track 1b) DE4119ab
85 I Got It Bad
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
Jazz in Los Angeles, The 1940s (Track 1c) DE4119ac
88 Rocks In My Bed
Vocal by Joe Turner
Jazz in Los Angeles, The 1940s (Track 1d) DE4119ad
45 Jump For Joy
Vocal by Jump For Joy Choir
Jazz in Los Angeles, The 1940s (Track 1e) DE4119ae


September 17, 1941
Studio session for Standard Radio Transcriptions, Los Angeles, California
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
97 Audio
Clementine The Centennial Anthology (CD, Track 9) DE4120a
95 Audio
Chelsea Bridge Take The "A" Train (Track 11) DE4120b
89 Audio
Love Like This Can't Last
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
The Centennial Anthology (CD, Track 12) DE4120c
95 Audio
After All Take The "A" Train (Track 13) DE4120d
89 Audio
The Girl In My Dreams
Vocal by Herb Jeffries
The Centennial Anthology (CD, Track 13) DE4120e
90 Audio
Jumpin' Punkins The Complete Standard Transcriptions, Disk 2 (Track 1) DE4120f
89 Audio
Frankie And Johnny Take The "A" Train (Track 15a) DE4120g
89 Audio
Metronome All Out Take The "A" Train (Track 15b) DE4120g
77 Audio
Flamingo
Vocal by Herb Jeffries
Take The "A" Train (Track 16) DE4120h
95 Audio
Bakiff The Centennial Anthology (CD, Track 6) DE4120i


September 26, 1941
Studio session for RCA Victor, Los Angeles, California
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
97 Audio
Five O'Clock Drag The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 17) DE4121a
His Master's Voice B.9273
Victor 27700-B
94 Audio
Rocks In My Bed
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
It Don't Mean A Thing (Track 24) DE4121b
His Master's Voice B.9362
Victor 27639-A
90 Audio
Bli-Blip
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 19) DE4121c
His Master's Voice B.9362
Victor 27639-B
96 Audio
Chelsea Bridge The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 20) DE4121d


September 29, 1941
Studio session for RCA Victor, Los Angeles, California
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
94 Audio
Brown Suede The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 21) DE4122a
Bluebird B-11581-B
96 Audio
Noir Bleu The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 22) DE4122b
97 Audio
C-Jam Blues The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 23) DE4122c
Bluebird B-11581-A
His Master's Voice B.9314
96 Audio
June The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk L (Track 24) DE4122d
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