Victor matrix BS-049016. Concerto for Cootie / 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, guitar, piano, and drums
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
The Victor blue history card indicates that some re-issues bear the title, "Do nothin' till you hear from me."
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.
Test pressing in Michael Brooks collection at UCSB.
Source(s): CD: Duke Ellington centennial edition : The complete RCA Victor recordings (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor 26598 10-in.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor [BS-049016] 10-in. Custom pressing.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor 20-1547 10-in.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Victor [BS-049016] 10-in. Test pressing.

Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra

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Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra - Victor [BS-049016] - Take 1 - 3/15/1940
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Gramophone B-9104 10-in.
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master RCA Victor 947-0046 45-rpm
3/15/1940 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master RCA Victor LPT-3017 LP (10-in.)
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-049016. Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043704/BS-049016-Concerto_for_Cootie.

Victor matrix BS-049016. Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043704/BS-049016-Concerto_for_Cootie.

"Victor matrix BS-049016. Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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