Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington

TitleSource
Mood indigo (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Estoy muy triste (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Duke Ellington (composer)
Barney Bigard (composer)
Irving Mills (songwriter)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Cotton Club Orchestra (Musical group)
Duke Ellington (leader)Takes 3 & 4.
Duke Ellington (director)Takes 1 & 2.
Irving Mills (director)Takes 3 & 4.
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, banjo, piano, and traps (takes 3 and 4)
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
"Mood indigo" is on both sides of Victor 44-0010, a dubbed juke box pressing.
Instrumentation for unissued take is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued takes.
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
11/21/1930 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Hold
11/21/1930 New York, New York. Studio 1 2 Hold
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 3 Hold
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 22587 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 24486 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 20-1532 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor T-12 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 42-0031 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 44-0010 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 [4]1R Master Victor LT-12 10-in. Issued from dub LBRC-72916, made 9/21/1932.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Gramophone B-4842 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Gramophone B-6354 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master RCA Victor 27-0005 45-rpm
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc

The take number from which this recording is derived is not known.

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington," accessed April 17, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033749/BVE-64811-Mood_indigo.

Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033749/BVE-64811-Mood_indigo.

"Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 April 2024.

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