Harlem Hot Chocolates - Hit Of The Week 1046 (1930)

This completes the run of Duke's two sides for the Hit Of The Week label.

Sing You Sinners can be heard here.

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d / Irving Mills v.

Recorded in New York in March, 1930.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Bluebird 6335 (1929/1930)

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on March 7, 1929.

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on June 4, 1930.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Victor 24617 (1934)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard, cl ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on April 12, 1934.

The Jungle Band - Brunswick 4705 (1929)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard, cl ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on September 13, 1929.

Duke Ellington's Orchestra - Victor 38089 (1929)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Artur Whetsel, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Teddy Bunn g / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on September 16, 1929.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / Mills' Blue Rhythm Band - Victor 22800 (1931)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel. Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in Camden, NJ on June 17, 1931.

Bob Stephens dir / Wardell Jones, Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson t / Harry White, Henry Hicks tb / Charlie Holmes cl, as / Ted McCord, Castor McCord cl, ts / Edgar Hayes p / Benny James bj / Hayes Alvis sb / Willie Lynch d / George Morton v.

Recorded in New York on June 18, 1931.

Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Brunswick 6317 (1932)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bat / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj, g / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on February 2 & 4, 1932.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Montgomery Ward 4989 (1929-30)

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on March 7, 1929.

Duke Ellington p, a dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on June 4, 1930.

The Jungle Band - Brunswick 01145 (1931)

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cottie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, as, ss / Harry Carney cl, as bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj, g / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d.

Recorded in New York on January 20, 1931.

Juan Tizol & His Orchestra - Keynote K-635 (1946)

Juan Tizol was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico in 1900. He would become an integral part of Duke Ellington's orchestra and brought a Latin influence to many recordings. He is arguably best known for two of his compositions...Caravan and Perdido.

These sides were recorded in Hollywood during one of his leaves from the Ellington orchestra on April 7, 1946.