Victor matrix BVE-49654. High life / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington
Additional Information
- Description: Jazz/dance band
- Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, banjo, piano, and traps
- Category: Instrumental
- Master Size: 10-in.
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| 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); Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
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| 1/16/1929 New York, New York | 1 | Hold/master | Victor V-38036 | |||
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| 1/16/1929 New York, New York | 1 | Hold/master | Bluebird B-6269 | Listed as by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. | ||
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| 1/16/1929 New York, New York | 1 | Hold/master | RCA Victor DUKE2 | |||
| 1/16/1929 New York, New York | 2 | Master/hold | ||||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-49654. High life / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023368/BVE-49654-High_life.
Victor matrix BVE-49654. High life / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023368/BVE-49654-High_life.
"Victor matrix BVE-49654. High life / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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