Duke Ellington Inferno Blues

[ejp626]

Hmm. I am trying to track down some information on this LP. It is Inferno! on Vernon records. I guess it is Vernon 517. Looks pretty much like an old bootleg LP. I have the LP in my possesion, so I do have track listing, but there are no details on the musicians. The very brief notes claim (or rather imply) this was from a Carnegie Hall concert, but there is no date anywhere in the notes or on the LP. It's an ok date. It will probably grow on me. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Eric

[ejp626]

And this is completely off topic, but I am converting over LPs onto CDR, starting with Ellington and some solo Hodges stuff. I am wondering if any of the following had a US (or Japanese) CD release:

Ellington

Jazz at the Plaza II

At the Bal Masque (kind of amusing, particularly when they swing Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf)

Drum is a Woman

Hodges

The Eleventh Hour (arranged by Oliver Nelson)

Don't Sleep in the Subway

I am pretty sure none of these has had a US CD release, but I could certainly be wrong. I guess the most surprising is leaving Jazz at the Plaza in the can, since it features appearances by Jimmy Rushing and Billie Holiday (actually I should perhaps check my Columbia Holiday set, since those two songs might have been issued there).

Drum is a Woman is kind of cheesy, though I suspect that is going to be in the next batch of Columbia Duke CDs.

I really think the Hodges albums listed above are quite good, and it would be a shame if they haven't been rereleased.

Some of this stuff I am listening to for the first time, since I bought the vinyl in anticipation of getting my record player fixed.

Edited October 31, 2004 by ejp626

[Chuck Nessa]

IIRC, this is some of the Musicraft masters from 1946. I had this lp many years ago.

[ejp626]

Well, it might be Musicraft. Here is the track listing for those interested. It doesn't match any Carnegie Hall Concert I am aware of, but the titles could be completely wrong or changed to protect the guilty.

Side 1:

Inferno 1

Overture to a Jam Session Part 1

Overture to a Jam Session Part 2

Inferno Blues #1 1/2

Inferno Blues #17

So Slow, So Hot

Side 2:

Zonce

Helenzee

Li'l Glow Bug

To a Sweet Dream

Misty B

The whole thing clocks in under 35 minutes.

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Overture to a Jam Session is indeed a Musicraft title. It also appears on a number of live recordings from the 1946-47 period.

The latest edition of the Timner Ellingtonia discography does not list the Vernon label, nor does it list any of the other titles.

Mike

[jazzbo]

There's a Vernon label that issues Teagarden material! (Makes sense since he's the pride and jy of Vernon, Texas.)

Live at the Plaza has been out in Japan, A Drum is a Woman has been out in France and maybe Japan, and I think Bal Masque has been out on cd from France. . . .

Not sure the Hodges have been out. Theyre probably among his weakest, but still cool.

[ejp626]

There's a Vernon label that issues Teagarden material!  (Makes sense since he's the pride and jy of Vernon, Texas.)

The mystery deepens. This is the Vernon label from Mount Vernon, NY.

[Chuck Nessa]

In the early '60s Vernon and sister label MVM (Mount Vernon Music) issued a number of cheap lps from various sources including Musicraft and Rae Cox/Enrica.

They may have been connected with another cheapo outfit called Sutton.

I had records by Ellington, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ed Hall and Bennie Green.

[mikeweil]

I am wondering if any of the following had a US (or Japanese) CD release:

Jazz at the Plaza II

At the Bal Masque

These two saw French CBS CD releases.