The February 1940 Duke Ellington Discography


February 2-8, 1940
State Lake Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
Grade You
Tube		 Title Source Note
94 Clarinet Lament Private source
87 Serenade To Sweden Private source
94 Boy Meets Horn Private source
80 Pyramid Private source
87 Mood Indigo Private source
74 St. Louis Blues
Vocal by Ray Nance
 Private source
53 I Want A Man Like That
Vocal by Ivie Anderson, Sonny Greer
 Private source

February 14, 1940
Studio session for Brunswick, New York, New York
Grade You
Tube		 Title Source Note
91 You
Tube		 Solitude
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
 His Great Vocalists (Track 6) Columbia 35427
92 You
Tube		 Stormy Weather
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
 It Don't Mean A Thing (Track 20) Columbia 35556
92 You
Tube		 Mood Indigo
Vocal by Ivie Anderson
 It Don't Mean A Thing (Track 21) Columbia 35427
Columbia 38221
Columbia C6387
93 You
Tube		 Sophisticated Lady The Essential Collection 1927-1962, Disk 1 (Track 25) Columbia 35556
VDisc 183B
96 You
Tube		 Pelican Drag Classics 1939-1940 (Track 15)
94 You
Tube		 Tapioca Classics 1939-1940 (Track 16)

February 15, 1940
Studio session for Brunswick, New York, New York
Grade You
Tube		 Title Source Note
94 You
Tube		 Mardi Gras Madness The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (CD 7, Track 21) Vocalion 5595
95 You
Tube		 Watch The Birdie The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (CD 7, Track 22) Vocalion 5595
94 You
Tube		 Black Butterfly Anniversary (Disc 1, Track 10) Vocalion 5618
79 You
Tube		 Dry Long So
Vocal by Cootie Williams
 The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (CD 7, Track 24) Okeh 5690
96 You
Tube		 Toasted Pickle The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (CD 7, Track 25) Blue Ace 253-B
Okeh 6336
95 You
Tube		 Give It Up The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (CD 7, Track 26) Okeh 5690