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Sleepers Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo February 20, 2021 0 COMMENTS

“Clementine” (1941) Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with Johnny Hodges and Rex Stewart

“Clementine” Composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on July 2, 1941 in Hollywood. Duke Ellington, piano; directing: Wallace Jones and Ray Nance, trumpets; Rex Stewart, cornet; [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swing and Swing Redux Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo August 11, 2020 3 COMMENTS

“Bakiff” (1941) Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol/Ray Nance; and (1971) Billy May/Lew McCreary/Marshall Sosson

“Bakiff” Composed by Juan Tizol; arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on June 5, 1941 for Victor in Hollywood. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones trumpet; Rex Stewart, cornet; Juan [..]

Sleepers Swing and Swing Redux Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo May 22, 2020 2 COMMENTS

“Drop Me Off in Harlem” (1933) Duke Ellington; and (1984) from the film “The Cotton Club”

“Drop Me Off in Harlem” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Brunswick on February 16, 1933 in New York. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Arthur Whetsel, first trumpet; [..]

Spotlight on Sidemen Swing and Swing Redux Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo April 10, 2020 0 COMMENTS

“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” (1938) Duke Ellington; and (1955) Conrad Gozzo

“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on March 3, 1938 for Brunswick in New York. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swing and Swing Redux Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo January 21, 2020 2 COMMENTS

“The Sergeant Was Shy” (1939) Duke Ellington; and Charlie Barnet/Billy May (1940)

“The Sergeant Was Shy” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on August 28, 1939 for Columbia in New York. (# See note below.) Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace [..]

Masterpieces Spotlight on Sidemen Swing 101 Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo October 25, 2019 3 COMMENTS

“Concerto for Cootie” (1940) Duke Ellington and Cootie Williams

“Concerto for Cootie” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on March 15,1940 in Chicago. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones, first trumpet; Rex Stewart, cornet; Cootie [..]

Masterpieces Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo April 5, 2019 1 COMMENTS

“Something to Live For” (1965) Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington; (1939) Duke Ellington; (1975) Tommy Flanagan

“Something to Live For” Composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn. Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on December 20, 1965 in Hollywood, California. Ella Fitzgerald, vocal; with Duke Ellington, directing: William [..]

Sleepers Swing and Swing Redux Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo March 16, 2019 5 COMMENTS

“Gypsy Without a Song” (1938) Duke Ellington; (1993) Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

“Gypsy Without a Song” Composed by Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol and Lou Singer; arranged by Lou Singer. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Master/Brunswick on June 20, 1938 in New York. Duke Ellington, [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo January 4, 2019 4 COMMENTS

“4:30 Blues”(1969) Duke Ellington with Russell Procope

“4:30 Blues” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in concert on November 25-26, 1969 in Manchester, England. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: William “Cat” Anderson, Charles M. “Cootie” Williams, [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo December 26, 2018 2 COMMENTS

“Morning Glory” (1940) Duke Ellington/Rex Stewart and (1964) Ted Heath/Kenny Baker

“Morning Glory” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on March 6, 1940 in Chicago. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones, first trumpet, Cootie Williams, trumpet, Rex [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen (and Women) Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo August 31, 2018 2 COMMENTS

“Rocks in My Bed” (1941) Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson

“Rocks in My Bed” Composed by Duke Ellington; arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on September 29, 1941 in Hollywood, California. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: [..]

Masterpieces
Mike Zirpolo April 11, 2018 5 COMMENTS

“Harlem Air Shaft” (1940) Duke Ellington – live version

With this post, swingandbeyond.com celebrates two milestones: our 100th post, and our 30,000th viewer. I am delighted that so many people are interested in this thing called swing. I have quite a few new ideas [..]

Masterpieces Spotlight on Sidemen Swing 101
Mike Zirpolo February 2, 2018 3 COMMENTS

“Cotton Tail” (1940) Duke Ellington and Ben Webster

Very recently, swingandbeyond.com has hosted its 20,000th viewer! That is very good news for me and for everyone who likes this thing called swing. This blog has been up and running since March of 2016. [..]

Sleepers
Mike Zirpolo December 31, 2017 2 COMMENTS

“Blue Reverie” (1937-38) Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert

“Blue Reverie” Composed by Duke Ellington and Harry Carney; arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters for Variety on March 8-9, 1937 in New York. Edward K. “Duke” Ellington, piano, [..]

Swing and Swing Redux Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo August 23, 2017 0 COMMENTS

“Happy-Go-Lucky Local” (1975) Mercer Ellington

“Happy-Go-Lucky Local” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington, with probable revisions in Duke’s original arrangement by Mercer Ellington. Recorded by Mercer Ellington with The Duke Ellington Orchestra for Fantasy on May 12, 1975 in New [..]

Masterpieces
Mike Zirpolo June 24, 2017 1 COMMENTS

“Reflections in D” (1953) Duke Ellington; and (1978) Bill Evans

“Reflections in D” Composed by Duke Ellington Recorded by Duke Ellington for Capitol on April 13,1953 in Los Angeles. Duke Ellington, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass. The story and the music:  “When an art form is created, [..]

Masterpieces
Mike Zirpolo March 18, 2017 0 COMMENTS

“Sepia Panorama” (1940) Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn

“Sepia Panorama” Composed by Duke Ellington; arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on July 24, 1940 in New York. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Charles M. “Cootie” Williams, [..]

Swing and Swing Redux Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo February 11, 2017 2 COMMENTS

“Chelsea Bridge” Billy and Billy – Strayhorn (1941) and May (1971)

They both grew up in Pittsburgh at the same time, the 1920s and 1930s, and knew each other. They were about the same age. But they were very different people. One was big and boisterous; [..]

Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo January 27, 2017 3 COMMENTS

Swingin’ at the Brill Building–“Royal Garden Blues” (1938) Bunny Berigan–“Time’s a Wastin” (1945) Duke Ellington

MANHATTAN’S BRILL BUILDING A JAZZ SHOWCASE AND MUSICAL SHRINE I am constantly looking for historic buildings that are a part of the fabric of jazz history whenever I am in Manhattan. One building I have [..]

Swing 101
Mike Zirpolo September 1, 2016 0 COMMENTS

“It Don’t Mean a Thing…If It Ain’t Got That Swing” (1932) Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson

  “It Don’t Mean a Thing…If It Ain’t Got That Swing” Music, lyric and arrangement by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on February 2, 1932 for Brunswick Records in New York. [..]

Masterpieces
plan9 March 22, 2016 8 COMMENTS

“Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941) Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn

  “Take the ‘A’ Train” Composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor Records; February 15,1941, Hollywood CA Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones, first trumpet; Ray Nance, [..]

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Opus in Pastels (1941) and (1963) Stan Kenton

  "Opus in Pastels" Composed and arranged by Stan Kenton. Recorded by Stanley Kenton and His Orchestra for C.P. MacGregor Transcription Service, Hollywood, ...

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Clementine (1941) Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with Johnny Hodges and Rex Stewart

"Clementine" Composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on July 2, 1941 in Hollywood. Duke ...

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Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929 and 1936) Louis Armstrong; Bunny Berigan (1937); Swing Era Orchestra featuring John Best (1971)

"Mahogany Hall Stomp" Composed by Spencer Williams. Recorded by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra for Okeh on March 5, 1929 in New ...

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And the Angels Sing (1939) Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton and Ziggy Elman/Fralich in Swing (1938) Ziggy Elman

"And the Angels Sing" Composed by Ziggy Elman (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyric); arranged by Abe Osser. Recorded by Benny Goodman and ...

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Happy Days Are Here Again (1962) Barbra Streisand

"Happy Days Are Here Again" Composed by Milton Ager (music) and Jack Yellin (lyric); arranged by George "The Fox" Williams. Recorded by ...

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  • “And the Angels Sing” (1939) Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton and Ziggy Elman/”Fralich in Swing” (1938) Ziggy Elman
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