The Treasury Shows Vol. 6

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Reliable source for recording places, dates and band personnel is the Ellingtonia discography. From there:
Tracks 1 - 17: Broadcast, Franklin Gardens, Evansville, IN, USA, 16 June 1945
Tracks 18-27: Broadcast, Zanzibar Restaurant, New York City, USA, 28 October 1945
Tracks 28-48: Broadcast, Army Camp, Akron OH, 23 June 1945

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-16 14:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Take the A Train
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
1:12
2Indiana
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1945-06-16)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
3:09
3Blue Serge
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Blue Serge (Mercer Ellington) (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Mercer Ellington
4:17
4Ellington Bond Promo
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
1:17
5The Wish I Wish Tonight
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
The Wish That I Wish Tonight (on 1945-06-16)
writer:
Scholl-Jerome ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
2:12
6Jumpin’ Pumkins
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Jumpin' Punkins (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Mercer Ellington
3:43
7On the Sunny Side of the Street
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live instrumental recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1945-06-16)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Ancar Enterprises Inc., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Vydia Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
6:07
8Ellington Bond Promo
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
1:01
9Cotton Tail
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Cotton Tail (on 1945-06-16)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:12
10Take the A Train
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:14
11New World A‐Coming
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
New World A-Comin’ (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1943)
arranger:
Maurice Peress
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
12:44
12I’m Beginning to See the Light
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live instrumental recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1945-06-16)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
1:36
13Johnny Come Lately
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Stomp (Johnny Come Lately) (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
3:17
14Yesterdays
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1945-06-16)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
2:58
15Let the Zoomers Drooll
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
4:49
16Ellington Bond Promo
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-16)
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
1:06
17Boy Meets Horn
recorded at:
Franklin Gardens (Bowling alley) in Evansville, Indiana, United States (on 1945-06-16)
live recording of:
Boy Meets Horn (on 1945-06-16)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Irving Mills and Rex Stewart
3:19
18Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live instrumental recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (on 1945-10-28)
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
0:16
19In a Mellotone
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live instrumental recording of:
In a Mellow Tone (on 1945-10-28)
lyricist:
Milt Gabler (in 1939)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Robbins and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
2:54
20The Wonder of You
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-10-28)
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live recording of:
The Wonder of You (on 1945-10-28)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) and Johnny Hodges
2:40
21Riff’n Drill
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
3:21
22The Last Time I Saw You
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live instrumental recording of:
The Last Time I Saw You (on 1945-10-28)
writer:
Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser
3:10
23How Deep Is the Ocean
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live instrumental recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean? (on 1945-10-28)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3:46
24Riff Staccato
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-10-28)
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live recording of:
(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato (on 1945-10-28)
lyricist:
Simon Schwartz
composer:
Milt Orent
4:49
25Every Hour on the Hour
vocals:
Albert Hibbler (on 1945-10-28)
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
33:33
26Harlem Air Shaft
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live recording of:
Harlem Air Shaft (on 1945-10-28)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:34
27Take the A Train
recorded at:
Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-28)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-10-28)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:17
28Take the A Train
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:42
29Jump for Joy
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
vocals:
Ray Nance (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Jump for Joy (on 1945-06-23)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Sid Kuller and Paul Francis Webster
3:10
30All at Once
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
All at Once (on 1945-06-23)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
2:53
31Ellington Bond Promo
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
1:06
32Ko‐Ko
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Ko-Ko (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:13
33I Should Care
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live instrumental recording of:
I Should Care (on 1945-06-23)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
2:51
34Go Away Blues
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Go Away Blues (on 1945-06-23)
writer:
Edward Kennedy Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:07
35Tootin’ Through the Roof
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
4:19
36Every Hour on the Hour
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
vocals:
Albert Hibbler (on 1945-06-23)
3:19
37I’m Beginning to See the Light
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano and spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
vocals:
Joya Sherrill (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1945-06-23)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:43
38Take the A Train
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:41
39Take the A Train
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:51
40Blue Belles of Harlem
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Blue Belles of Harlem (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
5:24
41Body and Soul
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1945-06-23)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
6:19
42The More I See You
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1945-06-23)
vocals:
Kay Davis (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
The More I See You (on 1945-06-23)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Four Jays Music Co., Peermusic (UK) Limited, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd.
translated version of:
The More I See You (Valli’s version with french lyrics)
3:09
43Fanfare by Band
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
1:34
44What Am I Here For?
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live instrumental recording of:
What Am I Here For (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:24
45Warm Valley
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Warm Valley (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:15
46Ellington Bond Promo
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
spoken vocals:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
0:45
47Stompy Jones
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Stompy Jones (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:16
48Take the A Train
recorded in:
Army Camp, Akron, OH (Akron), Ohio, United States (on 1945-06-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-06-23)
live recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) (on 1945-06-23)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
0:07