OM DENNE EPISODE
The Drum is a Wild Woman – Patricia G. Lespinasse
A Drum is a Woman/A Drum is a Woman – Part 2 (CD: “A Drum is a Woman” Sony Music Distribution COL4713202)
Recorded 25 September 1956, New York City
Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance – trumpet; Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders – trombones; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Rick Henderson, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano and narration; Jimmy Woode – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums; Margaret Tynes – vocal.
Sax Expat Don Byas – Con Chapman
Diminuendo in Blue (LP: “Paris Jazz Party” Affinity AFF 57)
Recorded 1 November 1969, Paris
Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Ambrose Jackson, Harold “Money” Johnson – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Francois Guin, Chuck Connors – trombone; Don Byas, Russell Procope, Norris Turney, Johnny Hodges, Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Victor Gaskin – bass; Rufus Jones – drums.
“Rabbit’s Blues” – A Conversation with Johnny Hodges biographer Con Chapman (Podcast #19-018)Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Visions – Luca Bragalini
La Scala, She Too Pretty to be Blue (CD: “The Reprise Studio Recordings” Mosaic Records #193)
Recorded 21 February 1963, Milan
Cootie Williams, Roy Burrowes, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Ernie Shepard – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums; La Scala Symphony Orchestra.
A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington, The Man in the Music – Jack Chambers
Soul Soothing Beach (CD: “Duke Ellington Live at the Whitney” Impulse! IMP 11732)
Recorded 10 April 1972, Whitney Museum, New York City
Duke Ellington – piano; Joe Benjamin – bass; Rufus Jones – drums.
Soul Soothing Beach (CD: “Togo Brava Suite” Blue Note Records 7243 8 30082)
Recorded 22 October 1971, Bristol, UK
Cootie Williams, Johnny Coles, Harold “Money” Johnson, Eddie Preston, Mercer Ellington – trumpet; Booty Wood, Malcolm Taylor, Chuck Connors – trombone; Russell Procope, Norris Turney, Harold Minerve, Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds ; Duke Ellington – piano; Joe Benjamin – bass; Rufus Jones – drums.
Concerto for Cootie – The Life and Times of Cootie Williams – Steven C. Bowie
Charade (CD: “The Reprise Studio Recordings” Mosaic Records #193)
Recorded 19 May 1964, New York City
Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Herbie Jones, Rolf Ericson – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Peck Morrison – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums.
Bateau (LP: “Up In Duke’s Workshop” Pablo 2310-815)
Recorded 9 December 1970, New York City
Cootie Williams, Al Rubin, Cat Anderson, Harold “Money” Johnson – trumpet; Booty Wood, Malcolm Taylor, Chuck Connors – trombone; Norris Turney, Russell Procope, Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Wild Bill Davis – organ; Joe Benjamin – bass; Rufus Jones – drums.
— Our closing music—-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.
