Duke Ellington Discography: I'm Beginning To See The Light

Grade Audio Date Gig Vocalist Source Note
98 December 1, 1944 Studio Session for RCA Victor, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill Vol. 9 (1942-1947) The Alternative Takes (Track 6) Take 1
100 Audio December 1, 1944 Studio Session for RCA Victor, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk N (Track 3) His Master's Voice B.9427
Victor 20-1618-B
98 Audio January 2, 1945 Studio Session for World Broadcast System, New York, New York World Broadcasting Series Volume Three (Track 15) Take 1
99 Audio January 2, 1945 Studio Session for World Broadcast System, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill World Broadcasting Series Volume Three (Track 16) Take 2
96 Audio January 15, 1945 "Jubilee" AFRS Radio Transcription, Los Angeles, California Vocal by Joya Sherrill AFRS Jubilee #117
93 March 25, 1945 Concert at the Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois Vocal by Joya Sherrill One Night Stand with The Duke at the Civic Opera Part One (Side 1, Track 1d)
95 Audio April 7, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the 400 Restaurant, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows, Volume 1, Disk 1 (Track 7)
95 Audio April 21, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the 400 Restaurant, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows Vol. 2, Disk 1 (Track 5)
95 Audio April 28, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the 400 Restaurant, New York, New York The Treasury Shows Vol. 2, Disk 2 (Track 8)
93 Audio May 4, 1945 MBS Radio Broadcast, New York, New York The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10, Disk 2 (Track 25)
94 Audio May 5, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Adams Theatre, Newark, New Jersey The Treasury Shows, Vol. 3, Disk 1 (Track 15)
82 Audio May 12, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows, Vol. 3, Disk 2 (Track 17)
60 Audio May 19, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Paradise Theatre, Detroit, Michigan The Treasury Shows, Vol. 4, Disk 1 (Track 16)
71 Audio May 26, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois The Treasury Shows, Vol. 4, Disk 2 (Track 20)
88 Audio June 2, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Percy Jones Hospital Center, Battle Creek, Michigan Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows - Vol. 5, Disk 1 (Track 14)
83 Audio June 9, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Paramount Theatre, Toledo, Ohio Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows - Vol. 5, Disk 2 (Track 21)
61 Audio June 16, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast from a U.S. Army Camp, Evansville, Indiana The Treasury Shows, Vol. 6, Disk 1 (Track 12)
81 Audio June 23, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Palace Theatre, Akron, Ohio Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows, Vol. 6, Disk 2 (Track 15)
86 Audio June 30, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Apollo Theater, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows Vol. 7, Disk 1 (Track 15)
95 Audio July 7, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows Vol. 7, Disk 2 (Track 3)
93 Audio July 14, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the RKO Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts The Treasury Shows Vol. 8, Disk 1 (Track 11)
94 Audio August 25, 1945 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Fieldstone Ballroom, Marshfield, Massachusetts Vocal by Joya Sherrill The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11, Disk 1 (Track 13)
88 Audio July 27, 1946 "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the Orpheum Theatre, San Diego, California The Treasury Shows Volume 21, Disk 2 (Track 8e)
49 Audio October 7, 1946 "Carnation Contented Hour" NBC Radio Broadcast, New York, New York Up-To-Date 2001 LP (Side 1, Track 2a)
85 December 26, 1947 Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York Carnegie Hall Concert
89 November 13, 1948 Concert from Carnegie Hall, New York, New York Carnegie Hall, November 13, 1948, Disk 2 (Track 14f)
83 Audio December 10, 1948 Concert from Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca, New York Cornell University, Second Set (Track 11f)
86 Audio January 21, 1951 Concert at Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York at Metropolitan Opera House (Vee Jay LP) (Side 2, Track 4d)
80 January 5, 1952 Concert at Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York Rare Live Recordings 1952-3 (Disk 1, Track 13e)
81 Audio March 25, 1952 Concert at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk Q, Seattle Concert (Track 12e)
80 Audio November 14, 1952 Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York Love You Madly (Track 7d)
80 Audio March 30, 1953 Concert at the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California The 1953 Pasadena Concert (Track 11e)
76 February 8, 1954 Concert at the Forum, Hamilton, Canada In Hamilton - 1954, Disk 1 (Track 10d)
85 Audio January 1, 1955 CBS Television Show "Stage Show" from New York, New York The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1 & 8 January 1955 TV's Stage Show (Track 5d)
82 January 10, 1957 Concert at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa Grinnell College (H8OP-0932 LP) (Side 1, Track 6f)
87 Audio June 26, 1957 Verve Studio Session, New York, New York Vocal by Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (Disk 1, Track 9)
84 Audio October 13, 1957 NBC Television Broadcast from New York, New York Esso Show, NBC Telecast
58 November 1957 WGN Television Broadcast, Chicago, Illnois Vocal by Lurlean Hunter One Night Stand with Duke Ellington (Joyce LP) (Side 2, Track 4)
88 Audio July 31, 1958 "Summertime '58" CBC Television Broadcast, Toronto, Canada That Old Black Magic (Track 2a)
81 Audio October 29, 1958 Concert at the Theatre de L'Alhambra, Paris, France Paris Jazz Concert, Disk 2 (Track 4f)
78 Audio November 2, 1958 Concert at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Live in '58 (Track 12g)
82 November 6, 1958 Concert at the Konserthuset, Goteborg, Sweden First Concert, Gothenburg, Sweden
80 November 6, 1958 Concert at the Konserthuset, Goteborg, Sweden How Do You Duke, Disk 2 (Track 12c)
81 Audio November 14, 1958 Concert at the Deutsches Museum, Munchen, West Germany The Duke Box 2, The Duke in Munich (CD 2, Track 15)
81 November 18, 1958 Concert at the Teatro Alfieri, Turin, Italy Teatro Alfieri, Turin, Italy
80 November 20, 1958 Concert at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, France In Concert At the Pleyel Paris 1958 Part 2 (Track 8e)
64 Audio February 10, 1959 "Bell Telephone Hour" NBC Televison Broadcast, New York, New York Vocal by Ella Fitzgerald The Girls and Premieres 1958-1963, MDD 004 (Track 1h)
82 Audio September 20, 1959 Concert at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, France Live in Paris 1959 (Track 12f)
82 Audio September 20, 1959 Concert at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, France Sarpe Top Jazz Duke Ellington 2 (Track 7b)
82 September 26, 1959 Concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden Konserthuset Concert
81 September 26, 1959 Concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden Konserthuset Concert
83 September 30, 1959 Concert at the KB-Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Concert in Copenhagen, Denmark
83 Audio October 4, 1959 Concert at the Sportpalast, Berlin, West Germany Berlin 1959 (Disk 2, Track 11)
82 October 9, 1959 Concert at the Kongress-Haus, Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Concert
88 Audio May 31, 1960 CBS Studio Session, Los Angeles, California The Columbia Studio Albums Collection, 1959-1961 (Piano In The Background, Track 5)
82 December 17, 1960 "Jean Sablon Show" ORTF Televison Broadcast, Paris, France Theatre - TV - Cinema (Track 27h)
84 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2a) Take 1
80 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2b) Take 4
82 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2c) Take 5
73 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2d)
69 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Vocal by Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2e)
79 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2f) Take 6
79 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2g)
70 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Vocal by Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Making of The Great Summit (Track 2h) Take 7
69 Audio April 3, 1961 Roulette Studio Session, New York, New York Vocal by Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Summit, The Master Takes (Track 14) Master
33 Audio April 19, 1961 "Music Makers" CBC Telecast, Toronto, Canada Vocal by Sylvia Murphy, Don Franks, and Chorus Sylvia Murphy Live with Duke Ellington
84 January 4, 1962 Recital at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York The 1962 MOMA Recital - Piano Solo & Trio, MDD 001 (Track 14f)
56 Audio September 27, 1962 "Here's Edie" ABC Television Broadcast, New York, New York Vocal by Edie Adams Here's Edie (Disk 1, Special #1 "New York")
93 Audio March 1, 1963 Reprise Studio Session, Paris, France Vocal by Alice Babs Alice Babs & Duke Ellington and Orchestra Serenade to Sweden (Track 14)
73 June 6, 1963 Concert at Tivoli Gruna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden The Duke Box 2, at Gröna Lund Tivoli, Stockholm (Disk 3, Track 9)
78 June 8, 1963 Concert at Tivoli Gruna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden Tivoli, Gröna Lund
86 Audio November 17 to 20, 1963 Concert at Théatre Du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon Duke Ellington Et Son Orchestre (Track 17)
80 April 6, 1964 Sesac party at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Hilton party
63 Audio April 20, 1964 Television Broadcast from Le Jazz Hot, Montreal, Canada Montreal 1964 (Track 21)
83 September 2, 1964 "Festival - The Duke" CBC Television Broadcast, Toronto, Canada "Festival - The Duke" CBC Telecast
76 Audio January 12, 1965 "The Big Bands" WGN Television Broadcast, Chicago, Illinois '65 Revisited (Track 12e)
36 July 28, 1965 Concert at the Music Barn, Tanglewood, Massachusetts Live and Rare, Disk 2 (Track 25)
35 Audio July 28, 1965 Concert at the Music Barn, Tanglewood, Massachusetts The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, Disk W, The Duke at Tanglewood (Track 3)
85 Audio February 25, 1966 Concert at the Chateau de Goutelas, Goutelas-en-Forez, France Masters of Jazz Vol. 6 (Track 3g)
74 April 9, 1966 Concert at the Daniel Sorano Theater, Dakar, Senegal World Festival of Negro Arts, Senegal
82 Audio August 25, 1966 Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California Live at the Hollywood Bowl (with Los Angeles Symphony)
84 December 28, 1966 Studio Session, New York, New York Radio Denmark Broadcast #33
78 December 28, 1966 Studio Session, New York, New York Radio Denmark Broadcast #33 Take 2
80 March 6, 1967 Concert at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, West Germany 1967-03-06 Stuttgart, West Germany
82 August 17, 1967 CBS Radio Broadcast from the Rainbow Grill, New York, New York At The Rainbow Grill 1967 (Track 4)
78 April 19, 1968 Private Party at El Caballero Country Club, Los Angeles, California Bob Udkoff Birthday Party
80 April 19, 1968 Concert at the Convention Center, Anaheim, California Convention Center, Anaheim, CA
86 Audio June 1968 Concert at the Rainbow Grill, New York, New York Famed Fieldcup Concert (Vol. 1) (Side 2, Track 4)
82 August 3, 1968 Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California Saturday Pops Concert with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
66 Audio September 2, 1968 Concert at the Municipal Theater, Sao Paulo, Brazil The Duke in Sao Paulo (Side 1, Track 1g)
80 November 4, 1969 Concert at the Kongresshallen, Stockholm, Sweden Kongresshallen, Stockholm
80 November 4, 1969 Concert at the Kongresshallen, Stockholm, Sweden Vocal by Duke Ellington Kongresshallen, Stockholm
78 November 8, 1969 Concert at the Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience 1969-11-08 Berlin, West Germany
73 November 9, 1969 Concert at the City Theater, Malmo, Sweden Vocal by Audience Malmo, First Show
84 November 9, 1969 Concert at the City Theater, Malmo, Sweden Vocal by Everyone Malmo, Second Show
77 Audio November 10, 1969 Concert at the Opernhaus, Cologne, West Germany Vocal by Band Live at the Opernhaus, Cologne 1969 (Track 13)
77 November 15, 1969 Concert at Victoria Halle, Geneva, Switzerland Vocal by Duke Ellington and Band
53 April 2, 1970 Concert at The Cave Inn, Vancouver, Canada Vocal by Audience Duke Ellington Opens the Cave Volume Two (Side 1, Track 1b)
75 May 29, 1970 Concert at Mount Angel Abbey Library, St. Benedict, Oregon Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience Mount Angel Abbey Library
68 July 8, 1970 Concert in Liseberg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg First Concert
54 July 8, 1970 Concert in Liseberg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience Gothenburg Second Concert
73 July 21, 1970 Concert at the Parco delle Naiadi, Genoa, Italy Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience Live in Genoa (Track 4e)
68 Audio December 1970 Concert at the Constitution Hall, New York, New York United Nations Headquarters
70 Audio December 31, 1970 Concert at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NBC Radio Broadcast (Track 4)
77 Audio October 30, 1971 Concert at Sali Kongresowej, Warsaw, Poland Vocal by Band Live in Warsaw 1971 (Track 1)
72 November 7, 1971 Concert at the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark Vocal by Band Live at the Tivoli Gardens, Part One (Track 7g)
80 November 7, 1971 Concert at the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark Live at the Tivoli Gardens, Part Two (Track 10h)
79 November 9, 1971 Concert at the Universitsaulen, Uppsala, Sweden First Uppsala Concert
75 Audio November 9, 1971 Concert at the Universitsaulen, Uppsala, Sweden Vocal by Band Uppsala 1971 (Track 9i)
73 November 10, 1971 Concert at the City Theater, Malmo, Sweden Vocal by Everyone Malmo Concert
51 Audio April 10, 1972 Piano Concert at the Whitney Museum, New York, New York Vocal by Duke Ellington and Audience Live at the Whitney (Track 16)
50 Audio January 10, 1973 "We Love You Madly" CBS Television Taping, New York, New York We Love You Madly CBS TV Special
71 Audio September 5, 1973 Flying Dutchman Studio Session, New York, New York Vocal by Teresa Brewer It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (with Teresa Brewer) (Track 6)
80 October 25, 1973 Concert at Malmo, Sweden Wolfgang's Vault
62 October 25, 1973 Concert at Malmo, Sweden Announcement by Duke Ellington Wolfgang's Vault
83 October 25, 1973 Concert at Malmo, Sweden Malmo Second Show
54 October 25, 1973 Concert at Malmo, Sweden Announcement by Duke Ellington Malmo Second Show
81 October 28, 1973 Concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Concert
63 November 3, 1973 Concert at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria Vocal by Anita Moore dimeadozen.org
81 November 8, 1973 Concert at the Palasport, Bologna, Italy Jazz At Radio Rai Via Asiago 10 Radio (Track 11a)
80 Audio November 14, 1973 Concert at the Palais Des Sports, Paris, France Last Trip To Paris Nov. 14 1973 (Track 11c)
80 Audio November 16, 1973 Concert at the Marni Theater, Brussels, Belgium Live Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
83 Audio November 26, 1973 "Command Variety Performance" Concert at the Palladium, London, England Royal Command Variety Performance
82 December 2, 1973 Concert at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, England
83 December 3, 1973 BBC Television Taping, London, England London, England BBC 2 TV