Victor matrix PBVE-61012. Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 cornets, 2 trombones, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental
  • 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.
Victor ledgers: "Roy Shield, present."
Source(s): CD: Duke Ellington centennial edition : The complete RCA Victor recordings (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
8/20/1930 Hollywood, California 1 Hold RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc
8/20/1930 Hollywood, California 2 Hold RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc
8/20/1930 Hollywood, California 3 Hold RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 4 Destroy RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 5 Hold
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master Victor 23022 10-in.

Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra

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Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra - Victor 23022 - Take 6 - 8/26/1930
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master Victor T-60 10-in.
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California [6]1R Master Victor LT-60 10-in. Issued from dub LBS-72955-1 for theater use; 33 1/3-rpm; made 10/26/1932.
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master Bluebird B-6450 10-in.

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Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra - Bluebird B-6450 - Take 6 - 8/26/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master Gramophone B-4888 10-in.
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master Gramophone B-6353 10-in.
8/26/1930 Hollywood, California 6 Master RCA Victor DUKE4 Compact disc

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

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix PBVE-61012. Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800031456/PBVE-61012-Old_man_blues.

Victor matrix PBVE-61012. Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800031456/PBVE-61012-Old_man_blues.

"Victor matrix PBVE-61012. Old man blues / Duke Ellington Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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