1975 UK import press Vocalion VLP 4 vinyl reissue of 1926-1928 Decca recordings. Vinyl plays very good plus; does not skip. Jacket is whole; ringwear back; taped top and bottom edge; no bar code.

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Album Features Artist: Duke EllingtonFormat: AlbumRelease Year: 1975Record Label: Vocalion Decca (UK)Genre: Big Band, Jazz Instrument

Track Listing
Side 1

1. East St. Louis Toodle-O
2. Birmingham Breakdown
3. Immigration Blues
4. The Creeper
5. The Creeper
6. New Orleans Low-Down
7. Song Of The Cotton Field
8. Birmingham Breakdown

Side 2

9. East St. Louis Toodle-oo
10. Black And Tan Fantasy
11. Soliloquy
12. Red Hot Band
13. Doin' The Frog
14. Take it Easy
15. Jubilee Stomp

Details Producer: Geoff MilneDistributor: Decca (UK)Recording Type: StudioRecording Mode: Mono

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Duke Ellington (piano), Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (trumpets), Barney Bigard (clarinet, tenor saxophone), Fred Guy (banjo), Sonny Greer (drums); Rudy Jackson, Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Joe Nanton, others.Recorded in New York between 1926 and 1928. Includes liner notes by George Ellis.

The first of four volumes featuring highpoints from the Decca Ellington recordings, this set features music from the Bubber Miley era including "Immigration Blues" (from the first session when Duke Ellington's band established its identity) to early versions of "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Black and Tan Fantasy." Trumpeters Bubber Miley and Arthur Whetsol and trombonist Tricky Sam (Joe) Nanton star throughout. ~ Scott Yanow