The June 1953 Duke Ellington Discography



June 12, 1953
NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
86 Take The "A" Train One Night Stand at the Blue Note (Side 1, Track 1) DE5319a
93 Audio
Smada One Night Stand at the Blue Note (Side 1, Track 2) DE5319b
94 Audio
Bakiff The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 7) DE5319c
86 Audio
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 8) DE5319d
84 Audio
Jam With Sam The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 9) DE5319e
75 Audio
Flamingo
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 10) DE5319f
72 Audio
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 11) DE5319g
94 Audio
Rockin' In Rhythm The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 12) DE5319h


June 1953
"All Star Parade of Bands" NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
87 Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 1) DE5320a
94 Caravan The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 2) DE5320b
88 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 3a) DE5320c
86 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 3b) DE5320d
87 The Hawk Talks The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 5) DE5320e
71 Come On Home
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 6) DE5320f
73 Flamingo
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 7) DE5320g
84 Jump For Joy
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 9) DE5320h
93 Satin Doll The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 10) DE5320i
89 Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 11) DE5320j


June 1953
"All Star Parade of Bands" NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
90 Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 12) DE5321a
95 The Tattooed Bride The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 13) DE5321b
73 Nothin', Nothin', Baby
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 15) DE5321c
94 Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 16) DE5321d
94 Just Squeeze Me
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 17) DE5321e
86 Ting-A-Ling The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 18) DE5321f
83 Satin Doll The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 2, Track 19) DE5321g


June 1953
"All Star Parade of Bands" NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
92 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 1) DE5322a
94 Audio
Boo-Dah The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 2) DE5322b
72 Audio
What More Can I Say?
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 3) DE5322c
94 Audio
Frustration The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 4) DE5322d
90 Audio
Basin Street Blues
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 5) DE5322e
95 Audio
Duet The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 7) DE5322f
73 Audio
Ballin' The Blues
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 8) DE5322g
84 Audio
Satin Doll
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 25 (Disc 1, Track 9) DE5322h


June 24, 1953
NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
93 Audio
Take The "A" Train The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 1) DE5323a
92 Audio
Harlem Air Shaft The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 2) DE5323b
93 Audio
Creole Love Call The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 3) DE5323c
91 Audio
C-Jam Blues The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 4) DE5323d
75 Audio
Is It A Sin?
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 5) DE5323e
92 Audio
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 6) DE5323f
95 Audio
Moonlight Fiesta The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 7) DE5323g
89 Audio
The Hawk Talks The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 8) DE5323h
87 Audio
Satin Doll The Treasury Shows Vol. 24 (CD 1, Track 9) DE5323i


June 27, 1953
NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
76 Audio
Take The "A" Train
Announcement by Duke Ellington
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 1a) DE5324a
93 Audio
Satin Doll The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 1b) DE5324b
94 Audio
Bluejean Beguine One Night Stand at the Blue Note (Side 2, Track 4) DE5324c
73 Audio
Without A Song
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 3) DE5324d
93 Audio
Smada The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 4) DE5324e
96 Audio
Hy'a Sue The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 5) DE5324f
93 Audio
Just Squeeze Me
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Track 6) DE5324g


June 1953
"All Star Parade of Bands" NBC Radio Broadcast at the Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
84 Audio
Take The "A" Train
Vocal by Ray Nance
All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??a
86 Audio
Mood Indigo All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??b
72 Audio
Without A Song
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??c
94 Audio
Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??d
89 Audio
Rockin' In Rhythm All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??e
90 Audio
Satin Doll All-Star Parade of Bands DE53??f
Incomplete


June 30, 1953
Studio Session for Capitol, Chicago, Illinois
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
72 Audio
Give Me The Right
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Complete Capitol Recordings (Disk 2, Track 7) DE5325a
Capitol 2598
79 Audio
Is It A Sin?
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Complete Capitol Recordings (Disk 2, Track 8) DE5325b
74 Audio
Don't Touch Me
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
The Complete Capitol Recordings (Disk 2, Track 9) DE5325c
87 Audio
Basin Street Blues
Vocal by Ray Nance
The Complete Capitol Recordings (Disk 2, Track 10) DE5325d
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