Favorite underplayed Ellington cuts

[WestCoast Ghost]

I heard Ellington's "Strange Feeling" on the radio the other night, a song that appears on the mammoth RCA box, and which I had heard only once before (I obviously need to re-visit parts of that set more often). With an artist like Duke, there are always so many great tracks that can easily get lost in the massive shadow of his canon... Others I like but don't hear often are "Magenta Haze" from '46-47 TRANSCRIPTIONS and "The Mystery Song," which got a nice treatment from Steve Lacy on his EVIDENCE LP.

[EKE BBB]

-Charlie the chulo (Nov 11, 1940)
-Down in your alley blues (Mar 22, 1927)
-Five o´clock drag (Sep 29, 1941)

To be continued

[DustyFoot]

'Searching (Pleading For Love)' from Ellington's '62 ('61???) trio recording "Piano in the Foreground". There's a cowriter credit to Steve Allen who apparently provided lyrics. Don't know if it's been covered either instrumentally or vocally by anyone else. It has been erroneously identified in earlier reissues as either "Yearning for Love" or "Peadin' for Love".

[Don Brown]

The Mystery Song
Reminiscing in Tempo (all four parts)
March the 19th Blues
Schwiphti
Chocolate Shake
Braggin' in Brass
The Star-Crossed Lovers
Madness in Great Ones
West Indian Stomp
Clementine
You and I
Jack the Bear
Blue Goose
Sepia Panorama
Across the Track Blues
Raincheck
Dusk
Harlem Air-Shaft

[Chuck Nessa]

I have a weak spot for a simple piece called "Sweet Mama" on Brunswick 12/10/29 - Cootie is beautiful on this. It's not the same piece as the Harmony "Sweet Mama, Papa's Getting Mad".

[EKE BBB]

SWEET MAMA (I´ve never seen it as "Sweet Mama, Papa´s getting mad") recordings as far as I know:


- (Harmony 577H) Jan.9,1928 as "The Washingtonians"
- (Brunswick 4760) Dec.10,1929 as "The jungle band"
- (Verve 7088) Jun.12,1930 as "Mills Ten Blackberries"
- (Diva 6062) Jun.12,1930 as "Mills Ten Blackberries"

The last two also figure as Velvetone and Clarion

[EKE BBB]

STRANGE FEELING:
• Billy Strayhorn "The Peaceful Side" (Capitol) 1961
• "with Alice Babs" (Reprise) Mar.1,1963

MAGENTA HAZE:
• "Carnegie Hall Concert 1946" (Prestige) Jan.4,1946
• "The Great Chicago Concerts" (MusicMasters) Jan.20,1946
• sp recording (Musicraft) Oct.23,1946

[Spagetts]

From the Blanton-Webster album:
Just a sittin and rockin'
Clementine
The Brown-skin gal

GaryD

[JSngry]

Believe it or not, "Rock City Rock" and "Kitty". Go figure.