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    • Changes

    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
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