The August 1945 Duke Ellington Discography



August 3, 1945
"Sittin' In With The Duke" Radio Broadcast, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
93 Audio
Black And Tan Fantasy The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 11) DE4549a
95 Audio
Mood To Be Wooed The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 12) DE4549b
94 Audio
Frantic Fantasy The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 13) DE4549c
90 Audio
C-Jam Blues The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 14) DE4549d
96 Audio
Air Conditioned Jungle The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 15) DE4549e
95 Audio
On The Sunny Side Of The Street The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 16) DE4549f
94 Audio
Rockin' In Rhythm The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 17) DE4549g
95 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Duke Box, Disk 7 (Track 18) DE4549h


August 4, 1945
"Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
94 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 6) DE4553a
93 Audio
Dancing In The Dark The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 7) DE4553b
94 Audio
Downbeat Shuffle The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 8) DE4553c
40 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 9) DE4553d
93 Audio
Tonight I Shall Sleep
Vocal by Al Hibbler
The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 10) DE4553e
94 Audio
Esquire Swank The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 11) DE4553f
96 Audio
Creole Love Call
Vocal by Kay Davis
The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 12) DE4553g
93 Audio
I Miss Your Kiss The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 13) DE4553h
68 Audio
Riff Staccato The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 14) DE4553i
87 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 15) DE4553j
94 Audio
Passion Flower The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 16a) DE4553k
94 Audio
Frantic Fantasy The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 16b) DE4553l
94 Audio
Air Conditioned Jungle The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 16c) DE4553m
94 Audio
On The Sunny Side Of The Street The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 16d) DE4553n
94 Audio
Metronome All Out The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 17) DE4553o
89 Audio
Everything But You
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 18) DE4553p
94 Audio
Solid Old Man The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 2 (Track 19) DE4553q


August 7, 1945
Studio Session for World Broadcast System, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
93 Audio
Ultra Blue World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 6) DE4554a
Take 1
94 Audio
Ultra Blue World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 7) DE4554b
Take 2
96 Audio
Everything But You
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 8) DE4554c
94 Audio
Frustration World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 9) DE4554d
Take 1
93 Audio
Frustration Anniversary (Disc 11, Track 4) DE4554e
Take 2
94 Audio
Hollywood Hangover Anniversary (Disc 5, Track 18) DE4554f
94 Audio
Blues On The Double World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 12) DE4554g
Take 1
93 Audio
Blues On The Double World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 13) DE4554h
Take 2
95 Audio
Blues On The Double World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 14) DE4554i
Take 3
96 Audio
Kissing Bug
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 15) DE4554j
95 Audio
Every Hour On The Hour World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 16) DE4554k
Take 1
94 Audio
Every Hour On The Hour World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 17) DE4554l
Take 2
94 Audio
Every Hour On The Hour
Vocal by Al Hibbler
World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 18) DE4554m
Take 3
93 Audio
Passion Flower World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 19a) DE4554n
Take 1
92 Audio
Passion Flower World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 19b) DE4554-none
Alternate Take
92 Audio
Passion Flower World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 19c) DE4554o
Take 2
93 Audio
Passion Flower World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 20) DE4554p
Take 3
93 Audio
Passion Flower World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 21) DE4554q
Take 4
93 Audio
Passion Flower Anniversary (Disc 11, Track 11) DE4554r
Take 5
94 Audio
In A Jam World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 23) DE4554s
95 Audio
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree World Broadcasting Series Volume Five (Track 24) DE4554t


August 11, 1945
"Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
93 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 1) DE4555a
94 Audio
What Am I Here For? The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 2) DE4555b
94 Audio
Blue Is The Night The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 3) DE4555c
41 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 4) DE4555d
94 Audio
The Wish That I Wish Tonight
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 5) DE4555d
95 Audio
Someone The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 6) DE4555e
95 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 7) DE4555f
91 Audio
Harlem Air Shaft The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 8) DE4555g
45 Audio
Eighth Veil
Vocal by Kay Davis
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 9) DE4555h
42 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 10) DE4555i
92 Audio
Midriff The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 11) DE4555j
95 Audio
Everything But You
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 12) DE4555k
94 Audio
Ring Dem Bells
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 13) DE4555l
96 Audio
Mood To Be Wooed The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 14) DE4555m
42 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 15) DE4555n
94 Audio
Emancipation Celebration The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 1 (Track 16) DE4555o


August 18, 1945
"Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
92 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 1) DE4556a
93 Audio
Work Song The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 2) DE4556b
42 Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 3) DE4556c
81 Audio
The Blues
Vocal by Marie Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 4) DE4556d
97 Audio
West Indian Dance The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 5) DE4556e
40 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 6) DE4556f
95 Audio
Come Sunday The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 7a) DE4556g
94 Audio
Light The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 7b) DE4556h
86 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 8) DE4556i
93 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 9) DE4556j
93 Audio
Just Squeeze Me The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 10) DE4556k
40 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 11) DE4556l
93 Audio
Blue Skies The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 12) DE4556m
93 Audio
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
Vocal by Al Hibbler, Kay Davis
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 13) DE4556n
94 Audio
Riff Staccato
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 14) DE4556o
70 Audio
Bugle Breaks The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 15) DE4556p
95 Audio
Kissing Bug
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 16) DE4556q
39 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 17) DE4556r
93 Audio
Suddenly It Jumped The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 18) DE4556s
94 Audio
Warm Valley The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 19) DE4556t


August 20, 1945
Jam Session from Unknown Club, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
73 Audio
The Romp Ben and the Blues, Side 2, Track 1 (Jazz Archives 35) DE4557a


August 25, 1945
"Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Fieldstone Ballroom, Marshfield, Massachusetts
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
92 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 1) DE4558a
93 Audio
Mood Indigo The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 2) DE4558b
42 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 3) DE4558c
94 Audio
In A Jam The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 4) DE4558d
95 Audio
Everything But You
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 5) DE4558e
73 Audio
Tonk The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 6) DE4558f
79 Audio
I Don't Mind
Vocal by Marie Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 7) DE4558g
40 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 8) DE4558h
94 Audio
Jeep Is Jumpin' The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 9) DE4558i
92 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 10) DE4558j
90 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 11) DE4558k
93 Audio
Black And Tan Fantasy The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 12) DE4558l
94 Audio
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Vocal by Joya Sherrill
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 13) DE4558m
39 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 14) DE4558n1
95 Audio
After All The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 15) DE4558n2
94 Audio
Don't You Know I Care
Vocal by Al Hibbler
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 16) DE4558o
93 Audio
Back Home Again In Indiana The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 17) DE4558p
39 Audio
The More I See You
Vocal by Kay Davis
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 18) DE4558q
40 Audio
Bond Promo
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 19) DE4558r
89 Audio
Let The Zoomers Drool The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 20) DE4558s
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