Performer: Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Genre: Jazz
Album: The Studio Recordings Volume Two (1947-1949)
Released: 1980
Style: Swing, Big Band
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Tracklist

A1	Boogie Bop Blues
A2	Stomp, Look, And Listen
A3	Air Conditioned Jungle
A4	Three Cent Stomp
A5	Progressive Gavotte
A6	Take Love Easy
A7	Singin' In The Rain
A8	Once Upon A Dream
B1	A Woman And A Man
B2	The Clothed Woman
B3	New York City Blues
B4	Creole Love Call
B5	The Greatest There Is
B6	Snibor
B7	On The Sunny Side Of The Street
B8	On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Meritt Record Society

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Rusell Procope* (tracks: A1 to A8, B4 to B6)
• Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: B1 to B8), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1 to A8), Wendell Marshall (tracks: B4 to B8)
• Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
• Drums – Sonny Greer
• Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: A1 to A8)
• Piano, Conductor – Duke Ellington
• Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears, Charlie Rouse (tracks: B4 to B6), Jimmy Forrest (tracks: B4 to B6), Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: A1 to A8, B4 to B8)
• Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: A1 to A8), Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson (tracks: B4 to B6), Tyree Glenn (tracks: A1 to A8, B4 to B8), Wilbur DeParis*
• Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: B1 to B8), Dave Burns (tracks: B4 to B6), Dud Bascomb (tracks: A1 to A8), Francis Williams (tracks: A1 to A8), Harold Baker, Nelson Williams (tracks: B4 to B6), Ray Nance (tracks: B4 to B8), Shelton Hemphill (tracks: A1 to A8)
• Trumpet, Violin, Vocals – Ray Nance (tracks: A1 to A8)
• Vibraphone – Tyree Glenn (tracks: B7, B8)
• Vocals – Dolores Parker (tracks: A1, A6, A8, B1 to B8), Kay Davis (tracks: B4), Lu Elliott (tracks: B5, B7, B8)

Notes

Up-To-Date Records are produced by the Meritt Record Society for its members. These rare recordings of Duke Ellington consist of previously unissued material including many alternate takes.

release date from The Meritt Rag Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1980.

Recording dates:
Track A1: Hollywood 6 Oct 1947
Tracks A2 to A4: New York 10 Nov 1947
Track A5: New York 11 Nov 1947
Tracks A6 & A7: New York 14 Nov 1947
Track A8: New York 20 Nov 1947
Tracks B1 to B3: New York 30 Dec 1947
Tracks B4 to B6: New York 1 Sep 1949
Tracks B7 & B8: New York 22 Dec 1949