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Jazz Roots #11 takes a long look at Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra and his recordings for BlueBird Records from 1928-1934, taken from a BMG collection titled Jubilee Stomp . Duke’s Cotton Club Orchestra features early jazz greats Bubber Miley, Arthhur Whetsol, Tricky Sam Nanton, Otto Hardwicke, Barney Bigard, Harry Carney, Fred Guy, Wellman Braud, Sonny Greer, Teddy Bunn, Juan Tizol, and vocalist Ivy Anderson. Then the spotlight swings over to the Spirits of Rhythm and their progression from the Washboard Rhythm Kings to the Five Cousins to the Five Spirits of Rhythm to the immortal Spirits of Rhythm themselves. These recordings from 1932 feature Teddy Bunn, Leo Watson, Wellman Braud, Red McKenzie and others, taken from the Dutch CD Great Moments of Jazz (Retrieval).
Playlist #11
[01] Opening Theme: Duke Ellington Orchestra: Check & Double Check Stomp
[02] Tom Morgan ID, Intro & Comments
[03] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Highlife
[04] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Sloppy Joe
[05] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Mississippi
[06] Tom Morgan Comments re: Cotton Club Orchestra
[07] Duke Ellington & His Fabulous Orchestra: Swanee Shuffle
[08] Duke Ellington & His Fabulous Orchestra: Limehouse Blues
[09] Duke Ellington & His Fabulous Orchestra: Dinah
[10] Tom Morgan Comments re: Duke Ellington Orchestra
[11] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Bugle Call Rag
[12] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Dear Old Southland
[13] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Ebony Rhapsody
[14] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: My Old Flame
[15] Tom Morgan Comments re: Duke Ellington Orchestra, Teddy Bunn
[16] Teddy Bunn with the Washboard Rhythm Kings: Underneath the Harlem Moon
[17] Teddy Bunn with the Five Cousins: I Got Rhythm
[18] Teddy Bunn with the Five Cousins: I’ve Got the World on a String
[19] Tom Morgan Comments re: Spirits of Rhythm
[20] Teddy Bunn with the Five Spirits of Rhythm: Rhythm
[21] Tom Morgan Outro & ID over Jelly Roll Morton Closing Theme
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