Victor matrix BVE-64378. What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, banjo, 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.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/26/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Hold RCA Victor DUKE5 Compact disc
11/26/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 2 Hold
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 3 Hold
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 22586 10-in.

What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson

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What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson - Victor 22586 - Take 4 - 12/10/1930
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Zonophone (International) X-3715 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master RCA Victor DUKE5 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-64378. What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033505/BVE-64378-What_good_am_I_without_you.

Victor matrix BVE-64378. What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033505/BVE-64378-What_good_am_I_without_you.

"Victor matrix BVE-64378. What good am I without you? / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Dick Robertson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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