Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington

TitleSource
Mood indigo (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Estoy muy triste (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Duke Ellington (composer)
Barney Bigard (composer)
Irving Mills (songwriter)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Duke Ellington (leader)Takes 3 & 4.
Cotton Club Orchestra (Musical group)
Irving Mills (director)Takes 3 & 4.
Duke Ellington (director)Takes 1 & 2.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, banjo, piano, and traps (takes 3 and 4)
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation for unissued take is not listed and may differ in part from that for the issued takes.
"Mood indigo" is on both sides of Victor 44-0010, a dubbed juke box pressing.
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/21/1930 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Hold
11/21/1930 New York, New York. Studio 1 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 22587 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 24486 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 20-1532 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor P-138 10-in. Album set
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor T-12 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 42-0031 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Victor 44-0010 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 [4]1R Master Victor LT-12 10-in. Issued from dub LBRC-72916, made 9/21/1932.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Gramophone B-4842 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master Gramophone B-6354 10-in.
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 Master RCA Victor 27-0005 45-rpm
12/10/1930 New York, New York. Studio 2 4 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 BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033749/BVE-64811-Mood_indigo.

Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / 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/800033749/BVE-64811-Mood_indigo.

"Victor matrix BVE-64811. Mood indigo / Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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