Duke Ellington Discography: Black Beauty

Grade Audio Date Gig Vocalist Source Note
94 Audio March 21, 1928 Studio session for Brunswick, New York, New York Early Ellington, The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, Disk 1 (Track 16) Alternate
93 Audio March 21, 1928 Studio session for Brunswick, New York, New York Volume 4 1928 Complete Edition (Track 4) Brunswick 01512A
Brunswick 02306-B
Brunswick 4009
Brunswick 6803
Brunswick A 500190
Vocalion 15704
96 Audio March 26, 1928 Studio session for Victor, New York, New York Chronogical 1928 (Track 2) Bluebird B-6430-B
Disque Gramophone K-8304
His Master's Voice B.4872
His Master's Voice B.6166
Victor 21580-A
87 Audio October 1, 1928 Studio session for Okeh, New York, New York The Essential Collection 1927-1962, Disk 1 (Track 4) Odeon A 286008b
Okeh 8636
Parlophone R. 571
Parlophone A3462
91 Audio August 1929 RKO short "Black And Tan", New York, New York In Hollywood (Track 2b) Jay 1929
90 Audio August 1929 RKO short "Black And Tan", New York, New York In Hollywood (Track 2d)
95 Audio June 22, 1939 Studio session for Brunswick, New York, New York The Chronogical Classics 1939 Vol. 2 (Track 8) Vocalion v4958
91 September or October, 1940 Radio Broadcasts from Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois at Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 1940 (Track 30)
92 Audio January 28, 1943 Concert from Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts Carnegie Hall Concerts, January 1943, Disk 1 (Track 8)
93 June 20, 1943 MBS Radio Broadcast from Hurricane Restaurant, New York, New York At The Hurricane Club - N.Y.C. Volume 1 (Side 1, Track 2)
94 Audio May 16, 1945 Studio Session for RCA Victor, New York, New York The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk O (Track 10)
91 Audio July 28, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the State Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut The Treasury Shows Vol. 9, Disk 1 (Track 12c)
84 March 22, 1952 Dance Date at the Crystal Inn, Salem, Oregon Meadowbrook to Manhattan (Track 9)
93 Audio July 14, 1960 CBS Studio Session, Los Angeles, California The Columbia Studio Albums Collection, 1959-1961 (Unknown Session, Track 2)
77 Audio July 2, 1970 ORTF Television Taping, Paris, Francis Dusseldorf-Oostende, 1970 (Track 4)