miles65

At my place it will be Chrismas the day the set arrives.

The Ellington 1932-1940 Set is up for pre order. The Ella Fitzgerald-Duke Ellington Cote D´Azur 3 LP set as well.

If you don't already have it get the "Jazz Scene" 2 CD set. Great music. Carney, Bird, Hawkins (Picasso) various modern big bands etc. Beautiful replica of collectors item from the 40's. Remco

1925-1940 Columbia was on 15 2 LP sets. Not complete but still...

It is now on the Storyville web site (www.storyvillerecords.com/Default.aspx) No track listing so far but it includes a 1933 newsreel item on Lenox Avenue and has a glimpse of Duke. Remco

If I counted right and kept track of all unissued takes there will be 251 tracks. Overview of the complete as possible of Duke Ellington's 1924-1946 studio recordings. Earliest Ellington 1924-1926 The Blu Disc, Up-to-date, Paramount and Gennett recordings are on Masters Of Jazz vol. 1 Brunswick/Vocalion 1926-1931 Early Ellington The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington 1926-1931 3 CD set Discovered later and therefore not included: 27772-B Tishomingo Blues on Jazz Oracle 8047 A Gift From The President E31372 Office Take Oklahoma Stomp unissued Pathé, Banner, Cameo Perfect, Romeo, Okeh and Columbia 1925-1931 There has never been a complete reissue of this Sony owned material. There are 97 tracks in total. 94 of them are included on Masters of Jazz vol. 1-12. 50 are included in "The OKeH Ellington" Not included: 150586-1 Double check stomp (never reissued take) 10357-3 Rockin Chair (never reissued take) 10359-3 Im so in love with you (this would have been track 1 of vol. 13 that never appeared) It is on classics 605 Duke Ellington 1930-1931 Classics 539, 542, 550, 559, 569, 577, 586, 596, 605 and Neatwork RP 2009 and RP 2018 cover the same period and also have 94 tracks out of 97. But 108079-1 East St. Louis Toodle-oo is missing. It is on Masters Of Jazz Volume 3. Masters Of Jazz also includes movie soundtracks that explains why MoJ has one CD more. RCA Victor 1927-1934, 1940-1942, 1944-1946 The Complete RCA Victor recordings 1927-1973 (24 CD set) 1927-1934 disc 1-7 1940-1942 disc 8-13 1944-1946 disc 14-17 Missing: 053623-2 A Lull At Dawn on Neatwork RP 2051 Duke Ellington volume 8 track 14 053624-2 breakdown Ready Eddy Neatwork RP 2051 Duke Ellington volume 8 track 16 CD 10 track 22 = CD 10 track 23 CD 10 track 24 = CD 11 track 3 Hit Of The Week 1930 Sing You Sinners and St. James Infirmary Masters Of Jazz Volume 9 Brunswick, Vocalion, Columbia, Okeh, Master and Variety 1932-1940 Mosaic 11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Mosaic 7-235 The Complete 1936-1940 Small Group Sessions Decca London 1933 Classics 637 Duke Ellington and his orchestra 1933 Neatwork RP 2033 Duke Ellington volume 4 (1933-1936) These CDs Also include both takes of A souvenir of Duke Ellington The Decca Session is also included on "The British Connexion 1933-40" On Jazz Unlimited Musicraft 1946 CD Happy-Go-Lucky-Local Musicraft MVCD-52 My Old Flame with Mae West was not a commercial recording it is on Classics 646 Duke Ellington and his orchestra 1933-1935 track 15. The Duke Ellington solo version of Ive got to be a rug cutter is not a commercial recording either. It is included on Le Chant Du Mondes Lhistoire du jazz vocal 1911-1940 CD 7 track 4. Based on The New Duke Ellington Story On Records (New Desor) by Luciano Massagli and Giovanni M. Volonté, The New Desor Correction sheets (www.depanorama.net/desor/index.htm), articles in The Duke Ellington Music Society Bulletin edited by Sjef Hoefsmit (www.depanorama.net/dems/) and my own collection.

Hello, When collecting Armstrong there are no easy answers. Maybe this can be of help. There is no problem with Armstrong/Oliver. You can choose either the Retrieval or the Off The Record CD sets or the Integrale. Armstrong Henderson: The Integrale leaves out a 16 tracks where Armstrong does not solo or where the solo is more or less the same. Two takes of "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" are incomplete. Forte F380001/2/3 "Louis Armstrong The Complete Recordings Including All Known Alternate Takes 1924-1925" contains all takes. Safe one take of 'Naughty Man' that was dicovered later. It was included in Jazz Oracle BDW8047 "A Gift From The President". Louis And The Blues Singers: The Integrale leaves out 11 tracks/takes. More complete is the Affinity AFS 1018-6 6 CD box "Louis and Blues Singers". But this box leaves out 2 tracks by Coot Grant because it might be Joe Smith instead of Armstrong. They are included on the Integrale. Armstrong/Clarence Williams and Red Onion Jazz Babies. There is no seperate issue of these sides. They would fit on one CD (hint). They are all on the Integrale. The Clarence Williams sides are also on Classics 679 "Clarence Williams 1921-1924" and 695 "Clarence Williams 1924-1926". The Red Onion Jazz Babies on Classics 24 "Complentary Tracks" Armstrong/Johnny Dodds on Brunswick. There a four sessions. The Integrale has them all complete. Frog DGF39 "New Orleans Stomp" leaves out the Jimmy Bertrand session. It is included on Classics 603 "Johnny Dodds 1927" Louis own recordings: The Integrale leaves out the alternate take of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love". This is included on the JSP Armstrong Hot 5 Hot 7 set. Also on the Columbia complete hot 5 hot 7 set. If you don't want to buy a 4 CD set just for one track there is Neatwork RP2020 "Louis Armstrong vol. 1 (1926-1935)". An essestial disc if you have the Classics covering this period. Louis on Victor: The Complete RCA Victor recording and the Integrale both are complete. Six "new" takes are not on the Neatwork issue. Louis on Decca. The Integrale omits the newly issued takes included on the Mosaic set. Remco

CBS France issued in 1984 three LP's with rare and unissued tracks on two double LP's and one single LP under the title "Duke 56/62". Vol. 1 (CBS 88653) covers 1956-1959 Vol. 2 (CBS 88654) covers 1959-1962 Vol. 3 (CBS 26306) The Ellington Orchestra with various vocalists. Not all of the tracks made it to CD (yet). Remco

Against my nature I'm not to optimistic. With Classics/Neatwork gone the chances of getting a 'complete' Tommy Dorsey or Harry James (To name two artists whos series will not be finished) became highly improbable. Not that I think that all their output is of great importance as jazz but through Classics you could hear and judge for yourself. Since the death of John R.T. Davies the number of issues by labels like Jazz Oracle has gone down. Going through Rust there is still enough matrial not reissued since the 78 era. Remco

Hello, You do not miss "Yes I'm in the barrel". Neither is the disc defective. The missing track is "Sunshine Baby". Fremeaux included it in vol. 4 at the end of disc 1. Remco

Hello After reading this forum for some time now my imput. Mosaic could still do a lot of Ellington: The 1925-1931 Sony owned Pathé, Okeh, Romeo, Cameo, Plaza recordings have never been reissued completly. Two takes are still unreissued. It would make a 4 CD set. The Columbia 1947-1952 period. The so called complete 5 cd series is far from complete. With all unissued takes and takes issued on unlicensed labels a complete set would also amount to 11 CD's. There is still a lot of material from the 3 56/62 lp's not on CD and together with mistakes made in the past (like the right take of Up and Down from Such Sweet Thunder) that could fill a Select. Reissue The complete Brunswick/Vocalion set including the later discoverd alternate of Tishomigo Blues and the still unissued take of Oklahoma Stomp. Remco