Just a Taste - May 1, 2010

April 29, 2010, was the 111th anniversary of the birth of Edward Kennedy Ellington. Today's program is a celebration of the music of Duke Ellington.

hour 1

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Kinda Dukish-Rockin’ in Rhythm
Album: Piano in the Background (Columbia)

Artist: Barney Kessel-Stéphane Grappelli
Track: It Don’t Mean a Thing
Album: Limehouse Blues (Black Lion)

Artist: Johnny Otis
Track: Creole Love Call
Album: Spirit of the Black Territory Bands (Arhoolie)

Artist: Peggy Lee
Track: Jump for Joy
Album: Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington (Capitol)

Artist: Charles Mingus
Track: Mood Indigo
Album: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (Columbia)

Artist: Roy Eldridge
Track: Echoes of Harlem
Album: Little Jazz/Trumpet Giant (Proper)

Artist: Tiny Moore-Jethro Burns
Track: In a Mellotone
Album: Back to Back (Acoustic Disc)

Artist: Stan Getz
Track: Tonight I Shall Sleep with a Smile on My Face
Album: Getz-Gilberto #2 (Verve)

Artist: Billy Eckstine
Track: Ellington medley
Album: Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones at Basin Street East (EmArcy)

Artist: Mel Tormé
Track: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Album: I Dig the Duke/I Dig the Count (Verve)

Artist: Louis Armstrong-Duke Ellington
Track: Duke’s Place
Album: Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington (Capitol)

hour 2

Artist: Bill Berry
Track: Cottontail
Album: Hello, Rev (Concord)

Artist: Tommy Flanagan
Track: Main Stem
Album: The Tokyo Recital (Pablo)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Track: Serenade to Sweden
Album: A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve)

Artist: Jay Leonhart-Gary Burton-Joe Beck-Terry Clarke
Track: Azure
Album: Four Duke (LaserLight)

Artist: Boswell Sisters
Track: Sophisticated Lady
Album: That’s How Rhythm Was Born (Columbia)

Artist: Harry James w/ Helen Forrest
Track: I’m Beginning to See the Light
Album: Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington (Capitol)

Artist: Annie Ross-Zoot Sims
Track: I’m Just a Lucky So and So
Album: Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington (Capitol)

Artist: Gary Burton
Track: Fleurette Africaine
Album: A Genuine Tong Funeral (Koch)

Artist: Scott Hamilton
Track: The Old Circus Train Turnaround Blues
Album: Organic Duke (Concord)

Artist: Wayne Wright-Marty Grosz
Track: Just Squeeze Me
Album: Let Your Fingers Do the Walking (Aviva)

Artist: Erroll Garner
Track: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Album: Jazz ‘Round Midnight (Verve)

Artist: Woody Herman
Track: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Album: Woody Herman (Mosaic Select #31)

hour 3

spotlight artist: Duke Ellington

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Album: The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929 (Jazz Legends)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: The Gal from Joe’s
Album: The Ellington Era-Vol. 1 (Columbia)

Artist: Duke Ellington w/ Ivie Anderson
Track: If You Were in My Place
Album: Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson (Columbia)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Limbo Jazz
Album: Duke Ellington’s Jazz Violin Session (Atlantic)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Ko-Ko
Album: Stomp, Look & Listen! (ASV)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Jack the Bear
Album: Stomp, Look & Listen! (ASV)-

Artist: Duke Ellington w/ Bing Crosby
Track: St. Louis Blues
Album: Bing Crosby & Friends (ASV)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Blood Count
Album: “…and his mother called him Bill” (RCA Victor)

Artist: Duke Ellington-Charles Mingus-Max Roach
Track: Wig Wise
Album: Money Jungle (United Artists/Blue Note)

Artist: Tommy Dorsey w/ Duke Ellington
Track: The Minor Goes Muggin’
Album: Best, 1941-1947 (RCA Victor [France])

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Ad Lib on Nippon
Album: The Far East Suite (Rca Victor)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: The Clothed Woman
Album: Stomp, Look & Listen! (ASV)

Artist: Duke Ellington
Track: Take the “A” Train
Album: Piano in the Background (Columbia)