tracks 1-1 to 1-19 alto saxophone Harry Carney
alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 2-1 to 3-22, 4-23 to 7-20 alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 alto saxophone Russell Procope
tracks 4-17 to 4-22 alto saxophone, clarinet Nat Jones
tracks 4-1 to 4-16 alto saxophone, clarinet Oett "Sax" Mallard
tracks 6-1 to 6-12 arranged by [assistant arranger] Billy Strayhorn
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
tracks 7-11 to 7-18 bass Al Lucas
tracks 1-1 to 3-22 bass Jimmy Blanton
tracks 4-1 to 7-18 bass Junior Raglin
tracks 7-19, 7-20 bass Oscar Pettiford
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 bass Wendell Marshall
tracks 4-1 to 4-25, 6-13 to 7-20 bass clarinet Harry Carney
tracks 2-1 to 3-22 clarinet Ben Webster
tracks 4-1 to 4-16 clarinet Chauncey Haughton
tracks 4-23 to 5-13, 6-13 to 6-16 clarinet Elmer Williams
tracks 1-1 to 3-22, 4-23 to 7-20 clarinet Harry Carney
tracks 2-1 to 3-22 clarinet Johnny Hodges
tracks 2-1 to 3-22 clarinet Otto Hardwick
tracks 1-1 to 3-22 clarinet, tenor saxophone Barney Bigard
tracks 1-1 to 3-22 cornet Rex Stewart
drums Sonny Greer
tracks 1-1 to 7-20 guitar Fred Guy
liner notes Dan Morgenstern
liner notes Mike Hennessey
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 mc [announcer] Burley Smith
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 piano Billy Strayhorn
piano Duke Ellington
tracks 1-1 to 3-22 soprano saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 7-1 to 7-20 tenor saxophone Al Sears
tracks 1-10 to 4-22, 8-1 to 8-17 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 4-23 to 6-16 tenor saxophone Elmer Williams
tracks 4-17 to 8-17 tenor saxophone, clarinet Jimmy Hamilton
tracks 6-13 to 7-20 trombone Claude Jones
tracks 1-1 to 6-12 trombone Juan Tizol
tracks 1-1 to 4-16, 4-23 to 8-17 trombone Lawrence Brown
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 trombone Quentin Jackson
tracks 4-17 to 4-22 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 1-1 to 7-20 trombone Tricky Sam Nanton
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 trombone Tyree Glenn
tracks 7-19, 7-20 trombone Wilbur De Paris
tracks 8-1 to 8-17 trumpet Al Killian
tracks 7-1 to 7-20 trumpet Cat Anderson
tracks 1-1 to 1-19 trumpet Cootie Williams
tracks 7-19 to 8-17 trumpet Francis Williams
tracks 4-1 to 6-12, 8-1 to 8-17 trumpet Harold Baker
tracks 2-1 to 8-17 trumpet Ray Nance
tracks 7-19, 7-20 trumpet Reunald Jones
tracks 4-1 to 4-16, 4-23 to 7-18 trumpet Rex Stewart
tracks 7-1 to 8-17 trumpet Shelton Hemphill
tracks 4-17 to 7-20 trumpet Taft Jordan
tracks 1-1 to 6-16 trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks 2-1 to 3-22, 5-1 to 6-12 violin Ray Nance
tracks 6-1 to 6-12, 8-1 to 8-17 vocals Al Hibbler
tracks 4-1 to 4-16, 4-23 to 4-25, 6-13 to 6-16 vocals Betty Roché
tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 2-1 to 3-22 vocals Herb Jeffries
tracks 1-10 to 3-22 vocals Ivie Anderson
tracks 7-1 to 7-10 vocals Joya Sherrill
tracks 7-19, 7-20 vocals Kay Davis
tracks 2-1 to 3-22, 4-23 to 6-16, 7-19 to 8-17 vocals Ray Nance
tracks 2-1 to 3-22 whistle Fred Guy
Phonographic Copyright (p) Storyville Records
Copyright (c) Storyville Records
Recorded At The Southland Cafe
Recorded At CBS Studios, New York
Recorded At Crystal Ballroom, Fargo
Recorded At The Hurricane, New York
Recorded At Langley Air Force Base
Recorded At Carnegie Hall
Recorded At Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, MD
Recorded At The New Zanzibar ,NYC
Recorded At World Studios (2)
Recorded At Howard Theatre
Recorded At Empire Room, Hollywood
Manufactured By DanCD
Subtitled Duke Ellington in the Forties.

Recording dates and locations:
Tracks 1-1 to 1-9. NBC Broadcast, Southland Café, Boston. January 9, 1940
Tracks 1-10 to 1-19. CBS Studios, New York. June 10, 1940
Tracks 2-1 to 3-22. Recorded live at Crystal Ballroom Fargo, North Dakota. November 7, 1940
Tracks 4-1 to 4-10, 4-12 to 4-16. Hurricane, New York, radio broadcasts. April 3, 1943
Track 4-11. As above, April 4, 1943
Tracks 4-17 to 4-22 As above, June 6, 1943
Tracks 4-23 to 4-25. Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia. December 8, 1943
Tracks 5-1 to 6-12. Live at Carnegie Hall, New York. December 11, 1943
Tracks 6-13 to 6-16. Naval Trainin [sic] Center, Bainbridge, Maryland. July 8, 1944
Tracks 7-1 to 7-10. The New Zanzibar, New York. September 26, 1945
Tracks 7-11 to 7-18. Recorded at World Studios, New York. August 3, 1945. Broadcast on December 28, 1945
Tracks 7-19, 7-20. Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C. April 20, 1946
Tracks 8-1 to 8-17. Hollywood Empire, L.A. February 1949.

CD 1 Total time: 58:19
CD 2 Total time: 77:24
CD 3 Total time: 76:56
CD 4 Total time: 67:06
CD 5 Total time: 55:29
CD 6 Total time: 57:53
CD 7 Total time: 71:20
CD 8 Total time: 70:57

8 CD long-box with 40 page illustrated booklet.
Box rear: ⒸⓅ2006 Storyville Records. Made in Germany.



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Barcode: 717101860029 (Scanned)
Rights Society: BIEM / NⒸB
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Matrix / Runout: DANCD 108 8600-7 A671688-01 (CD 7)
Matrix / Runout: DANCD 108 8600-8 A671689-01 (CD 8)
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L573 (CD 1 to 6)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L572 (CD 7, 8)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9701 (CD 1 to 8)