Victor matrix BVE-39371. Blues I love to sing / Duke Ellington Orchestra
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Blues I love to sing (Primary title) | Disc label |
| Fox trot (Title descriptor) | Disc label |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Bubber Miley (composer) | |
| Duke Ellington (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra (Musical group) | |
| Adelaide Hall (vocalist : soprano vocal) | |
| Wellman Braud (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Harry Carney (instrumentalist : soprano saxophone) | |
| Harry Carney (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Duke Ellington (instrumentalist : piano) | |
| Sonny Greer (instrumentalist : drums) | |
| Fred Guy (instrumentalist : banjo) | |
| Otto Hardwick (instrumentalist : baritone saxophone) | |
| Otto Hardwick (instrumentalist : alto saxophone) | |
| Rudy Jackson (instrumentalist : clarinet) | |
| Rudy Jackson (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone) | |
| Louis Metcalf (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Bubber Miley (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Tricky Sam Nanton (instrumentalist : trombone) | |
| LeRoy Shield (instrumentalist : celeste) | |
| Duke Ellington (director) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
- Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, banjo, bass, piano, and traps
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel 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); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Victor 21490 | |||
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| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Victor 22985 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Bluebird B-6531 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Gramophone (France) K-8307 | From dubbed master, Gramophone A 39371. | ||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | Gramophone (France) K-8523 | From dubbed master, Gramophone A 39371. | ||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | RCA Victor LPV-568 | |||
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| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | VJM VLP-72 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Master | RCA Victor DUKE1 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 1R | Unknown | Dub made 8/27/1936 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 2 | Hold | X LVA-3037 | |||
| 10/26/1927 Camden, New Jersey | 2 | Hold | VJM VLP-72 | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-39371. Blues I love to sing / Duke Ellington Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013630/BVE-39371-Blues_I_love_to_sing.
Victor matrix BVE-39371. Blues I love to sing / Duke Ellington Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013630/BVE-39371-Blues_I_love_to_sing.
"Victor matrix BVE-39371. Blues I love to sing / Duke Ellington Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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