Duke Ellington Orchestra

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1927, Died Ceased 1938

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

Notes: Sometimes listed as "Mills' Ten Black Berries" or Mills' Ten Blackberries" (referring to band manager Irving Mills).

See Also: Cotton Club Orchestra

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 201-225 of 236 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick E32212 10-in. 2/21/1930 When you’re smiling Jungle Band Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E32447 10-in. 3/20/1930 When you’re smiling (The whole world smiles with you) Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E32448 10-in. 3/20/1930 Maori Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E32449 10-in. 3/20/1930 Admiration Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E32612 10-in. 4/22/1930 Double check stomp Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E32613 10-in. 4/22/1930 Accordion Joe Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E32614 10-in. 4/22/1930 Cotton Club stomp Jungle Band Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E33354 10-in. 7/24/1930 I’ll be a friend with pleasure Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E33356 10-in. 7/24/1930 [Unknown title(s)] Jungle Band Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E34927 10-in. 10/17/1930 Runnin’ wild Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E34928 10-in. 10/17/1930 Mood indigo Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35035 10-in. 10/27/1930 Home again blues Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E35036 10-in. 10/27/1930 Wang wang blues Jungle Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet Musical group  
Brunswick E35800 10-in. 1/14/1931 Rockin’ chair Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions [Duke Ellington Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E35801 10-in. 1/14/1931 Rockin’ in rhythm Jungle Band Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35802 10-in. 1/14/1931 Twelfth Street rag Jungle Band Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35938 10-in. 1/20/1931 The peanut vendor Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions [Duke Ellington Orchestra] Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35939 10-in. 1/20/1931 Creole rhapsody (Part 1) Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35940 10-in. 1/20/1931 Creole rhapsody (Part 2) Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E35941 10-in. 1/20/1931 Is that religion? Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions [Duke Ellington Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo Musical group  
Brunswick E6823-E6824 10-in. 12/29/1927 Red hot band Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E6825-E6826 10-in. 12/29/1927 Doin’ the Frog Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E22299-E22301 10-in. 4/7/1927 Black and tan fantasy Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E22808-E22810 10-in. 4/30/1927 Soliloquy Washingtonians Jazz/dance band Musical group  
Brunswick E27089-E27090 10-in. 3/21/1928 Take it easy Washingtonians Jazz/dance band Musical group  
(Results 201-225 of 236 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Duke Ellington Orchestra," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104405.

Duke Ellington Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104405.

"Duke Ellington Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104405

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