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The Duke in Boston. Back from a successful spring tour in Europe, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, riding a wave of popularity, played several major theater dates interspersed with one-nighters before opening at Boston’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel on July 24, 1939. It was a marvellous group.
When Ellington signed with Victor in 1940, Bigard (and other Ellingtonians) recorded for Bluebird under his own name. He sat in with the Glenn Miller Orchestra for some of their biggest hits, such as "Moonlight Serenade", "Little Brown Jug", and "Tuxedo Junction".
Jun 16, 2021 · The album’s called Barney’s Bounce, and its 24 tracks hold all manner of delights, climaxed by some of Barney’s small-group tracks. But those drawn from his 1939 Jazzopators, with Rex, Tizol and Carney, tragically omit the dazzling Stompy Jones, which seems now to be lost to us forever.
(Barney Bigard / Rex Stewart / Duke Ellington) 4-29-1937: New York, New York: Vocalion v3842: Just Another Dream (Barney Bigard) 6-8-1939: New York, New York: Okeh 5663: Lost In Two Flats (Billy Strayhorn) 11-22-1939: New York, New York: Vocalion 5422: Mardi Gras Madness (Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington) 2-14-1940: New York, New York: Epic LN ...
Compilation, Remastered. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "The Duke In Boston 1939-40" on Discogs.
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During the thirties, the Duke and his Orchestra travelled extensively in the United States, and their second visit to Europe six months before the outbreak of war enabled many of their admirers to hear the band in the flesh. Many agree that by 1940 the orchestra had reached its artistic peak.
Oct 18, 2021 · For Duke Ellington 1940 was a triumph against the odds, says Stuart Nicholson. In 1940, Ellington was in the recording studio 11 times, and the majority of material he committed to wax were some of the best performed, most adventurously crafted and emotionally serious work ever produced by a larger ensemble in jazz.
