The October 1957 Duke Ellington Discography



October 1, 1957
CBS Studio Session, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
96 Audio
Dancing In The Dark Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 9) DE5738a
96 Audio
Prelude To A Kiss The Complete Ellington Indigos (Track 5) DE5738b
96 Audio
Autumn Leaves
Vocal by Ozzie Bailey
Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 4) DE5738c


October 3, 1957
Verve Studio Session, New York, New York

Vocal by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
60 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16a) DE5739xa
Take 1
58 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16b) DE5739xb
Take 2
57 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16c) DE5739xc
Take 3
61 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16d) DE5739xd
Take 4
61 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16e) DE5739xe
Take 5
58 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16f) DE5739xf
Take 6
60 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16g) DE5739none
False Start
59 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16h) DE5739xg
Take 7
60 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 1st Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 2a) DE5739a
60 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 2nd Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 2c) DE5739b
60 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 3rd Movement
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 2e) DE5739c
64 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 4th Movement
Vocal by Billy Strayhorn
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 16i) DE5739xh
62 Audio
Narration To "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald", 4th Movement Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Disk 3 (Track 2g) DE5739d


October 10, 1957
CBS Studio Session, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
95 Audio
Willow Weep For Me The Complete Ellington Indigos (Track 16) DE5740a
96 Audio
Willow Weep For Me Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 7) DE5740b
95 Audio
Where Or When Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 2) DE5740c
94 Audio
Where Or When The Complete Ellington Indigos (Track 17) DE5740d
86 Audio
All The Things You Are The Columbia Studio Albums Collection, 1959-1961 (Piano In The Foreground, Track 13) DE5740e
Take 1
86 Audio
All The Things You Are The Complete Ellington Indigos (Track 6) DE5740f
Take 2
96 Audio
Night And Day Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 10) DE5740g


October 13, 1957
NBC Television Broadcast from New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
70 Audio
Take The "A" Train
Vocal by Duke Ellington
Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741a
94 Audio
Such Sweet Thunder Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741b
93 Audio
The Telecasters Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741c
93 Audio
Lady Mac Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741d
85 Audio
Medley: Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741ea
84 Audio
Medley: I'm Beginning To See The Light Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741eb
83 Audio
Medley: Sophisticated Lady Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741ec
86 Audio
Medley: Caravan Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741ed
91 Audio
Medley: Mood Indigo Esso Show, NBC Telecast DE5741ee


October 14, 1957
CBS Studio Session, New York, New York
Grade Audio
Title Source Note
91 Audio
Solitude Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Indigos, Track 1) DE5742a
78 Audio
My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
Vocal by Jimmy Grissom
His Great Vocalists (Track 15) DE5742b
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