Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians - Gennett 3342 (1926)

The earliest Ellington in my collection.

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Bubber Miley, Charlie Johnson t / Joe Nanton or Charlie Irvis tb / Otto Hardwick as, bar / Prince Robinson cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Henry Edwards bb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on June 21, 1926.