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Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra

When the Hollywood Club on West 49th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in New York reopened in the spring of 1925 it did so with a new name, The Kentucky Club.

See: The Washingtonians and Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
Birmingham Breakdown
(Duke Ellington)
11-29-1926New York, New YorkVocalion
B 1064
Birmingham Breakdown
(Duke Ellington)
2-28-1927New York, New YorkBrunswick
3480
Brunswick
6801
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
(Duke Ellington / Bubber Miley)
11-29-1926New York, New YorkVocalion
A 1064
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
(Duke Ellington / Bubber Miley)
4-14-1927New York, New YorkBrunswick
3480
Immigration Blues
(Duke Ellington)
12-29-1926New York, New YorkVocalion
1077
New Orleans Low-Down
(Duke Ellington)
2-3-1927New York, New YorkVocalion
1086
Song Of The Cotton Field
(Duke Ellington)
2-3-1927New York, New YorkVocalion
1086
The Creeper
(Duke Ellington)
12-29-1926New York, New YorkVocalion
1077
The Creeper
(Duke Ellington)
12-29-1926New York, New YorkOriole
1086

ArtistInstrument
Bass EdwardsTuba
Duke EllingtonPiano
Sonny GreerDrums
Fred GuyBanjo
Otto HardwickClarinet, Soprano, Alto, and Baritone Saxophone
Louis MetcalfTrumpet
Bubber MileyCornet, Trumpet
Joe NantonTrombone
Prince RobinsonClarinet, Tenor Saxophone

 

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