Victor matrix BS-049015. Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 clarinets, 3 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, cornet, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, valve trombone, piano, guitar, and drums
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation and collective personnel are from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session.
Source(s): CD: Duke Ellington centennial edition : The complete RCA Victor recordings (personnel); John Bolig files (disc release); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor 26577 10-in.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Gramophone DA-4977 10-in.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Gramophone (France) K-8732 10-in. On issue label: 0LA 4462.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master RCA Victor LPV-517 LP

Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra

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Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra - RCA Victor LPV-517 - Take 1 - 3/15/1940
℗ © 1965 Sony Music Entertainment.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master RCA Victor DUKE8 Compact disc
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1A Not processed
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 2 Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-049015. Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra," accessed December 31, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043703/BS-049015-Conga_brava.

Victor matrix BS-049015. Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 31, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043703/BS-049015-Conga_brava.

"Victor matrix BS-049015. Conga brava / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 31 December 2025.

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