Victor matrix BRC-71839. Bugle call rag / Duke Ellington Orchestra

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Disc label attributes composition of the song to Pettis, Mills, and Schoebel; the BHC verso and sheet music credits Billy Meyers instead of Mills.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Erdman, present"; "Made on approval."
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. Ledgers specify that Ellington plays piano on this selection.
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
2/9/1932 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Master Victor 22938 10-in. BHC note dated 8/26/1943: "No lead in groove. Can repair ticks. Pressing swish at end."
2/9/1932 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Master RCA Victor LPV-506 LP

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Bugle call rag / Duke Ellington Orchestra - RCA Victor LPV-506 - Take 1 - 2/9/1932
℗ © 1964 Sony Music Entertainment.
2/9/1932 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Master RCA Victor DUKE6 Compact disc
2/9/1932 New York, New York. Studio 1 2 Not processed/hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BRC-71839. Bugle call rag / Duke Ellington Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800037676/BRC-71839-Bugle_call_rag.

Victor matrix BRC-71839. Bugle call rag / Duke Ellington Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800037676/BRC-71839-Bugle_call_rag.

"Victor matrix BRC-71839. Bugle call rag / Duke Ellington Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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