Changes

January 2023

Corrected drummer and location for 23 Jan 1966 session
9 & 12 January 1940: Removed Ben Webster, added Duke Box release.
Corrected release MD9-248 to MD11-249
14 February 1940: Fix location and moved oen session from the 15th
15 February 1940: Two tracks are by Barney Bigard not Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters
Correct Vo 5690 to Ok 5690
Added 40-03-15-* to AMSC 1143
Corrected matrix numbers for 40-02-14/15
Corrected Ep LN-32337 to Ep LN-3237
Corrected pianist on 40-02-14/15.
Renamed El ‘97 to the commerical release JUCD-2069
At A Dixie Roadside Diner: Re-attributed DE4028m as DE4014xa.
Added takes to Ev EV-3005
Corrected Victor release number of DE4018b “In A Mellow Tone”
Added DE4029f “Sophisticated Lady” to Nw RP2048
Fixed “Otto Otto” typo
Added tracks to Cl(F) 820 and Nw RP2051
Fixed typo in releases for DE4033m
Added Fargo concert to The Duke Box
Corrected Fargo 1940 NDESORs
Added missing track to Fargo Session (I Never Felt This Way Before)
Corrected more releases for the Fargo session
Added MDD 012
Added missing tracks to RCA 07863-66790-2 (and corrected a previous typo)
Corrected location for 43-06-19
Added 40-60-10 takes to The Duke Box
Correct trombonist to Juan Tizol for 40-11-11
Added “Dusk” to Cl(F) 805
Fixed discogs for JU JUCD-2022
Various corrections to session descriptions
Added missing take on Bb 09026-63953-2.
Added missing take on Bb 09026-63953-2.
Added missing NDESOR DE6363xa
Added Storyville “My People”

October 2022

Fixed “Troubled Water” -> “Troubled Waters”
Split up DE7344d into two parts (-1 and -2), in line with the presentation in the Centennial Edition
Removed redundant duplicates of the Centennial Edition RCA 09026-63386 and Vi 09026-63386
Restored ordering (but not NDESORS) for DE2812a-c
Removed duplicate release Vi 09026-63386-2

September 2022

More Discogs for 09 January 1940.
Corrected date from 12 January 1940 to 9 January 1940 (confirmed in liner notes to the Duke Box).
Added discogs for Neatworks RP 2051 (Alternative Takes vol 8). This is not on Discogs.
Corrected Ready Eddy take numbers and releases (issue #88) .
Corrected Menelik - The Lion Of Judah (which has only one take) (issue #88) .
Fixed DESORS for Blue Serge / After all DE4105e-f.
Changed the ordering of DE2812a-c to place “The Mooche” at “c”. This matches the Centennial edition.
Added complete contents of the Centennial Edition (issue #81)
Added “Tokyo” insert DE6688xa to the Centennial Edition

August 2022

Fixed location of 18 November 1958 concert
Moved second 23 June 1967 session to immediately after the first session on that date, and similarly for 09 June 1968, 10 February 1971 and 25 August 1973
Replaced index numbers with a new scheme. Most are changed in a straightforward way. For instance 40072201 became 40-07-22-001 (i.e. it includes minuses and an extra ‘0’). Many index numbers have been corrected in the process.
Replaced spaces in release names with “-” characters (previously there was inconsistency between the two conventions).
Releases for each take are now sorted in alphabetical order.
Replaced Oscar Pettiford with Charles Mingus on 4/9 February 1953 sessions.
Added Discogs/Spotify for The Duke In Munich
Added Discogs for MM 5041-2C
Added YouTube for 29 July 1957 East River Park Ampitheater concert
Added links to Radio France for takes of 28 July 1966 Cote d’Azur concert.
Added YouTube for Ella/Duke on the Ed Sullivan show 07 March 1965
Added phone call from Richard Nixon on 24 June 1971, with YouTube
Added discogs for CBS 462987-2, Cl(F) 1191
Corrected Columbia 68606 to Columbia 38606 and added Discogs
Add Discogs for UtD 2003
Various more discogs
Add Tidal for some tracks of 26 November 1969 Manchester concert
Added 1969 tracks from SqJ NED-CD-183 (70th Birthday Concert, UK)
Added Discogs for RB AK-48631 “Hot Summer Dance” (22 July 1960 Red Baron)
Added Discogs UJ 27 (Dance Date Air Force 1960)
Added Discogs and Tidal for the 1956 Stratford Festival
Added Discogs for Top Jazz STJ SJ-1013
Added Discogs for “Live Part 1” (By YX-2035)
Added Tidal track of Aurora Borealis
Discogs for Duke Ellington North Of The Border
Added YouTube/Tidal for Hottentot
Added YouTube for two Ozzie Ware recordings in December 1928
Changed Fiddle on the Diddler to Fiddler on the Diddle.
More specific location for Reprise studio recordings 11 Dec 1962 - 04 Jan 1963
Correct interviewer’s name from Harry to Henry Whiston
More location info for 07 March 1965
Corrected 07 March 1965 recording session to 17 March 1965
Corrected “April 1965” Mike Douglas session to 26 March 1965 and clarified description.
Added Discogs for Circle World Broadcasting System CDs
More specific location for 28 May 1965 interview
Removed Perfidia label (only used on Tidal) and used the X-Str label placeholder instead
Updated releases page to list the number of entries per release
Fixed typos: RTE 71033 -> 710433 and RTE 71034 -> RTE 710434
Added discogs for “RTE 710433” and “RTE 710434” (though the catalog numbers on Discogs differ)
Added La 36131 which contains both “RTE 710433” and “RTE 710434”, plus the bonus Midriff track
Removed La 17411 as it was incomplete and is just the first CD of La 36131
Added a link to a recording of the Dick Cavett show recorder 06 August 1969.
Added Discogs and more takes to CC 16 (note the date is 12 January 1940 not 1st September 1940 or 9 January 1940 as variously listed on different Discogs releases).

July 2022

Added Table of Contents to the Releases page.
Corrected releases of Hank Cinq 6 Nov 58.
Added SYY DSOY932 (1958 Concert at The Pleyel, Paris).
Added LRO CDC 7680 (“S.R.O.”). Only one track identified.
Cleaned up 7 Jan 1959 personnel; added Marty Napoleon to “Perdido”.
Corrected Cat Anderson in 19 Feb 1959 session.
Added track to UTD 2008.
Fixed indexes for 25 February 1959.
Corrected percussionists for 25 Feb 1959. (issue #67)
Added CD issue of The Ellington Suites (with bonus track The Kiss) + Discogs/Spotify/Tidal.
Substantial fixes to Blues In Orbit releases. (issue #68)
Fix: The Queen’s Suite was not a Columbia recording session, but a private recording done at Columbia Studios.
Added MDD 005 tracks.
Added missing track to Co 4 41421.
New releases for 27 March 1959 Sesac session.
Added DVD release of Anatomy of a Murder
Fixed: DE5920xb only used as fragment
Added take of Happy Anatomy to Co CK 65569.
Added take of Haupé
Added Youtube and updated description for 28 June 1959 medley
Corrected location of 8 Aug 1959 concert
Corrected sequencing on 8 Aug 1959
Added release RRRR0006
Added Hapué take
Fixed typo: Rl 60062 to Rl 600062
Corrected personnel 20/26 Sep 1959
Added CD Affinity AFF 777
Added missing title and medley element from session DE5201.
Moved Jan 52 Metropolitan Opera House concert to Portland, March 1952, consistent with TDWAW
Corrected personnel on 4, 9, 11 October 1959
Added Storyville “Berlin 1959” release
Corrected personnel for 4 Oct 1959 Basin Street Blues
Added titles to DVD IJ 510
Correct track on UtD 2008 (sleeve says Brown Penny but it’s Three J’s Blues)
Corrected take of Sweet And Pungent DE5937g.
Removed DE from take of Smada 3 Dec 1959
Cleaned up date formatting (e.g. now always using “June” not “Jun”)
Added releases of The Nutcracker Suite
Added Hindsight issue of 27 May 1960 concert.
Fixed incorrectly labelled Co release 812919-2 with 512919-2
Added YouTube for Playback: Duke Ellington presents The Nutcracker Suite
Added missing tracks to Three Suites
Change telecast from 7 July to 11 July 1960
Added release containing 60071101 (Happy Go Lucky Local)
Corrected interview personnel for 60071102 interview
Added YouTube link for The Hawk Talks with Mingus
Added missing Blues in Orbit to Co CK 44051.
Fixed missing “*” in DE7109n Didjeridoo
Fixed a number of New DESOR typos.
Changes to 26 & 30 September 1959 concerts and note that the latter is liable to be deleted (issue #71)
Added Jane Harvey session.
Added a CD issue of “Unknown Session” (as “Black Beauty”)
New feature: title and formats of releases are now shown on the Releases page, and by hovering over a release, where available. This only works for releases that have Discogs links.
Removed vocalists from 10 October 1960 session
Added titles to MDD 011
Added two takes of Just Scratchin’ the Surfaace on 17 Dec 1960
Updated Turcaret session and added release
Added Quentin Jackson to dates 4/9/11 1959
Fixed duplicate OPTD-1348 and UAL-4092 releases (one without the “-”).
Corrected Nat Wynn to Nan Wynn
Added missing Battle Royal to OC OPTD-1348
Added studio orchestra details to Battle Royal (14 Dec 1960)
Fixed date for 1-3 May 1961 to 2-3 May (see TDWAW)
Replaced a couple more uses of “CM” for “Charles Mingus”

June 2022

Added Discogs/Spotify/Tidal links for a couple of releases.
Removed a small number of duplicated releases
Updated 30 Jan 1966 concert with info from Brian K; added YouTube link and DVD release (issue #16) .
"Portrait Of A Lion" -> "Portrait Of The Lion" (issue #20)
"Tony Watkins" -> "Toney Watkins" (issue #22)
San Remo 22 March 1964 "Jazz Group" -> "Giants Group"; added link (issue #24)
Various small corrections (issue #18) :
- 29 Aug 1942: Fixed location.
- 8 Oct 1942: Reveille with Beverly: fixed spelling; add YouTube link.
- 17/19 June 1943: Add a note explaining the date ambiguity.
- 10/12 September 1970: Changed “Concert” to “Dance”.
- Monterey concert changed to 18 September 1970 (was 12 September); added comment “Monterey Jazz Festival”.
Changed June 1951 session to 4 May 1951 (issue #25)
Mark Harlem take DE5127g as issued on UtD 2005 (and added Discogs link) (issue #27)
Update releases for 5 January 1952 and DE5204 March 1952 (issue #28)
Update releases for 29 Apr 1952 (issue #29)
Fix releases for DE5210a/b I Love My Lovin' Lover -vBR (issue #30)
Added Candid CD "Flying Home", 2011, CCD 79557 (issue #32)
Added Nat Hentoff interview 1953 (issue #35)
Added MDD 010 Mingus Chez Duke (issue #36)
Fixed index numbers for 30 January 1953
New releases for 1953 Pasadena Concert (issue #37)
New release ACTRCD9033 for 30 Apr 1953 (issue #38)
Added DETS volumes 24 and (part of) 25.
Fix Ray Nance contribution to 15 Dec 1953 session (issue #40)
Now using “Ms” consistently for Mosaic issues (previously Mc was sometimes used).
Fixed indexes for 08 February 1954; added M&A CD-1051 for that date.
George Jean was still in the band on 8 Feb 1954 (instead of John Sanders) (issue #42)
New releases (and Tidal) for 13 April 1954 Los Angeles concert.
Added Sounds Of Yester Year 541231
Added releases/Tidal for the medley on 1 Jan 1955.
Added Storyville STCD 8310 (with Spotify).
Added releases for 26 Jul 1955.
Added MDD 013.
Fixed bad matrix number 03 January 1956 (issue #46)
Added Avid AMSC 937 (Three Mid-Fifties Classic Albums)
Removed Paul Gonsalves from 56031906-09 (issue #47)
Added date (14) for "Apr 1956" broadcast, and updated indexes (issue #48)
Cleaned up ambiguous personnel on 9 July 1955 (and added bass to one take). (issue #49)
Expanded “DE” to “Duke Ellington” in various places.
Cleaned up personnel on Commercial Time 55061123 (the issue is still unresolved but this is the most likely interpretation) (issue #43)
Fixed catalog number for 56070702 (issue #50)
Added Co C2K 64932, Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
Removed Jeep's Blues take 56070904 from Co CL-934 (it was first issued on Co C2K 64932) (issue #50)
Added some tracks from MDD 005.
Make Café Au Lait 56120606 as unissued. (issue #52)
Fixed missing Jimmy Grissom on 31 Dec 1956 and 10 Jan 1957.
Fix: Sa 92131-2 -> Sa 91231-2
Fixed locations for 29 Jan 1957 to agree with TDWAW (issue #57)
Fixed wrong Private Collection volume for 57020008 Moon Mist (issue #58)
Add more A Drum Is A Woman releases (including take of Pomegranate from JT 933)
Fixed typo CL-1985 -> CL-1085 (Ellington Indigos)
Correct UA label to mean “United Archives”.
Telecast 15 March 1957: Correct location and add YouTube (issue #55)
Added releases of Piano In The Foreground with bonus tracks from 1957.
Typo: Sada -> Smada
Various fixes to releases of Such Sweet Thunder material (issue #56)
Added Hurricane takes from DETS 25 (issue #59)
57060008 (Bassment) removed from Jz J-304
Removed Ray Nance vocals from 1957 sessions with Ella Fitzgerald
Replace Paul Gonsalves with Frank Foster 24 June 1957 (issue #61)
Extra takes added to Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
Added Jazz Beat 527: The Complete Ellington Indigos
Added DESS CD 5 (Holiday Ballroom)
Added The Girl’s Suite And The Perfume Suite CD release Co COL 469139 2
Removed Harold Baker from 9 Dec 1957 (issue #62)
Fixed personnel for 12 Feb 1958 to be just DE and Mahalia Jackson
Clarified date for Feb 1958 session with Mahalia Jackson (issue #63)
Fix Koala release of Perdido take 58030436.
Added Gambit 69323 (Warsaw 1971 / Travis AFB 1958)
Added missing Ozzie Bailey to Travis AFB 1958
Corrected take of Mood Indigo on Private Collection vol 6 (Sa 91230-2)
Correct release KOA-14157 to AW 14157 and AW 14284 to KOA-14284; correct some AW 14157 takes to AW 14117.
Added Col COL 469136 2 (Bal Masque).
Changed date of Feb 1953 appearance on Scott Music Hall (issue #58)
Added a Releases page, with clickable links between sessions, releases and labels.
Added missing New Desor to DE5817e.
Corrected up 58042415 (C-Jam Blues) and fixed “-v” designations.
Corrected up Lullaby Of Birdland 58042421 releases.
Replaced “Jha” with Jimmy Hamilton.
Fixed FW40030 to be spelled consistently.
Added SMSP AK 40030 (Happy Reunion CD).
Use “Cm” consistently for Camay records (instead of “CM”).
Attributed MVD to “Music Video Distributors”.
Removed Paul Gonsalves from 06 Aug 1958; correct matrix numbers for that session.
Added CD release of Jazz At The Plaza Vol 2 (Co COL 471319 2).
Corrected Mn MRCD 119 content.
Corrected listing of Pb PACD 5313-2 (Alhambra 58).
Added CD release of “Back To Back”.

May 2022

Many small fixes to releases (missing labels etc.)
Tidied up labels page substantially, adding missing entries and deleting unused ones.
Included YouTube/Spotify/Tidal links for one take
Added Bill Swisher interview with YouTube link (issue #19)
Fix: 13 April 1946 session to San Pedro Playhouse (previously Fort Sam Houston) (issue #15)
Fix: 42111903 "Just As I Thought You Were Here" -> "Just As Though You Were Here" (issue #14)
Fix: Metronome All Star Band session 15 January 1946 (issue #13)
Remove Hardwick from 2 June 1939 session (issue #12)
Boogie Bop Blue -> Boogie Bop Blues (issue #11)
Session 16 September 1929 missing Freddie Jenkins (issue #10)
Fix: Rex Stewart session 1939-03-20 (issue #9)

April 2022

Site refreshed (see here)
Minor spelling fixes