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The musical lives of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Otto ("Toby") Hardwick and Arthur ("Artie" or "Chiefy") Whetsel began in Washington, D.C., where they met Elmer Snowden and then Sonny Greer in 1919. In 1923, Sonny and Toby talked Duke into joining them in New York to play in Wilbur C. Sweatman's vaudeville show.
Not enjoying vaudeville work, they quit, couldn't find other work and went home. Later that year, Thomas A. ("Fats") Waller told them of another New York job, and back they went. When that job didn't pan out, they struggled to survive. With Ada ("Bricktop") Smith's help, they were hired at the Exclusive Club, with Elmer as leader, their first known night club residency.
The group made its first record and appeared on radio in 1923, and were soon working at the Hollywood. After Whetsel left to go to university, James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley and Charlie Irvis joined. Snowden left that winter and Ellington soon became the leader. Fred Guy was hired on banjo in 1924 and the band began record-making in earnest later that year, even appearing in a silent film in 1925. In 1926 and 1927 they played in musical theatre pits on top of their club work and in the fall of 1926 Ellington met Irving Mills, who was so important in developing Ellington's career.
Harry Carney joined in mid-1927 and stayed the rest of his life; in 1927 string bassist Wellman Braud replaced tubist Mack Shaw and Rudy Jackson came in. They even had a violinist, Ellsworth Reynolds, to conduct them in pit work and at the Cotton Club in late 1927. Freddie Jenkins and Johnny Hodges joined in 1928, Cootie Williams replaced Miley in 1929, and Juan Tizol was added that year too. In 1929 Duke and his band played a prestigious Ziegfeld musical by George and Ira Gershwin, and they made Black and Tan, their first sound movie at Gramercy Studios in New York, using the new Photophone technology. They left the Cotton Club in the summer of 1930 to tour the northeast and midwest states en route to Hollywood to be in the Amos 'n' Andy movie Check and Double Check. They did a short theatre run back in New York in September, before relieving Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club in the middle of the month. In early 1931, they checked out of the Cotton Club to begin an 18 week theatre tour, and never looked back.
Duke travelled the world with his sidemen and singers, many being stars in their own right, until he died in 1974. He once told his grand-daughter home is where the work is, on the road. His life reflects that. His working life and travels are both fascinating and mind-boggling, something I first became aware of when I purchased Dr. Klaus Stratemann's comprehensive and well-documented Duke Ellington, Day by Day and Film by Film, ("Stratemann"), covering Ellington's life from 1929 until his death.
People study Ellington's life for many reasons, and a time line provides context. French record collector and researcher Klaus Götting consolidated the itineraries of several researchers into his own The Duke - Where and When, made for his own use, but generously shared that document with the Ellington community. At the urging of Swedish record producer and researcher Carl A. Hällström, Klaus kindly allowed me to use his itinerary as the basis for this webpage, which is intended to be a research tool so the community does not duplicate work already done by others. I am grateful to our small international team, for their participation, help and encouragement in this project, and in particular Ken Steiner and Steven Lasker for sharing their extensive research and for the work they've put into checking and clarifying our entries. Ken has checked at least 95% of the Stratemann citations (Downbeat, Variety, The Billboard, the New York Times, Chicago Defender, Baltimore African American, Pittsburgh Courier, New York Amsterdam News, and the Duke Ellington Scrapbooks at the Smithsonian), and almost all of the Stratemann dates against local sources, in the process uncovering numerous additions, corrections, and refinements for the years 1923-41. His finds were contributed to DEMS through its last issue in December of 2012. Dr. Stratemann relied a great deal on Steven's research and assistance when writing his book, and both Ken and Steven have been very involved with developing this webpage, identifying mistakes and offering a great many new entries and clarifications. Their research has been printed in many DEMS bulletins right up to the final one in December 2012.
This "evergreen" project will never be complete, but it's ready to be used by researchers and anyone else interested in Duke's life. New information, additional references and corrections are welcome. While submissions in the format suggested here are easiest for me to work with, I am happy to receive them any way they come.
TDWAW will tell you what Ellington was doing and where he was on a particular date and guide you to more detailed information in the DEMS Bulletins, Stratemann, New Desor and other resources. Entries in this colour are events listed in the August 2011 version of Mr. Götting's TDWAW, and entries from all other sources are in black.
Session information is primarily from New Desor or http://ellingtonia.com which is mostly taken from New Desor, but often modified after comparison to other hard copy and electronic sessionographies. I have not checked all the TDWAW title listings against all the hard copy discograaphies, since my eyesight has deteriorated since I started this project and the hard copy is often difficult for me to read. I generally list song titles only once per session or event. This may be a problem with Take the A Train, for example, because there was a short "theme" version and a longer performance verson, and sometimes they were both played during the same event. The reader is advised to check the discographies rather than relying on TDWAW's titles.
Session times were provided by Steven Lasker, either directly or by reference to his comprehensive discography in the book for the monumental RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition. In several cases, the studio files only showed the start and end times, without saying if they were day or night. Where a.m. or p.m. was stated, they are restated on a 24-hour clock. Where I can't tell if the session was in the a.m. or p.m., they are simply stated as written. Mr. Lasker suggests using other groups' session times could help if the masters have adjacent matrix numbers to Ellington's.
Many references in this webpage use the acronyms SI-NMAH and DEC301. These stand for "Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History" and "Duke Ellington Collection #301" respectively. The Smithsonian's Archive Center includes the following Ellington-related collections. Clicking a collection number will take you to a fuller description of the collection.
SI-NMAH Collection Number | Collection name | Size (cu.ft.) |
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AC.0301 | The Duke Ellington Collection #301 (papers acquired from Mercer Ellington in 1988 arranged in 16 categories) | 310.00 |
AC.0327 | Rutgers University NEA Jazz Oral History Project | 4.50 |
AC.0328 | Rutgers University Collection of Radio Interviews about Duke Ellington | 1.50 |
AC.0368 | Duke Ellington Oral History Project | 15.00 |
AC.0385 | Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group | 2.00 |
AC.0386 | Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audiovisual Materials | 3.20 |
AC.0388 | Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 1.33 |
AC.0390 | New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection | 1.10 |
AC.0391 | Earl Okin Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 0.40 |
AC.0415 | Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 33.00 |
AC.0424 | Guide to the Rex Stewart Papers | 2.40 |
AC.0422 | Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington | 3.00 |
AC.0429 | Naomi Huber Brown Papers (Documenting Duke Ellington's Concert Tour of Asia) | 0.15 |
AC.0430 | Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions | 0.12 |
AC.0431 | Jazz Oral History Collection | 0.40 |
AC.0472 | Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings | . |
AC.0494 | Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia | 2.00 |
AC.0502 | Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 1.75 |
AC.0630 | William "Cat" Anderson Collection | 5.00 |
AC.0652 | Tom Whaley Collection | 1.50 |
AC.0704 | Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 9.50 |
AC.0740 | Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Music Arrangements | 1.5 |
AC.0763 | John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 1.5 |
AC.1240 | Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 2.5 |
AC.1222 | Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection (incl. Barney Bigard's personal papers) | 42.5 |
Most events are only briefly described or summarized, but the references given should allow you to look them up. Where I have reproduced an entire article, it is because I felt it was important to do so. While this webpage is based on Mr. Götting's TDWAW, it has room for more information, so I've included important events in the lives of Ellington and his sidemen. An item marked as an update may be a major change to Mr. Götting's information, or it may simply be an added reference, change of spelling, or another minor change.
Personnel changes are dated as shown in New Desor Volume II unless otherwise noted. Where New Desor relied on a musician's presence in a recording session, the actual dates are likely a little different. New Desor dates before 1943 may instead be from Steven Lasker's research, which he shared with Dr. Stratemann, who in turn provided it to the New Desor authors. Some musicians (including singers) left the band and came back, sometimes after a long absence, and I have usually not determined if their departures and returns were meant to be temporary or permanent. I also don't know which, if any, short-term members were just hired to fill in, or were hired on a permanent basis and didn't work out.
'Orchestra men had worked through the night up until 5:00 A.M. at the Cotton Club and were too tired to play. Mr. Mills suggests that he be given an afternoon date.'
Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929 05 11. p. 6:'The Cotton club, Small's Paradise and Connie's inn are not complaining, but all of them might enjoy heavier profits had the police commissioner not put the night life into the almost forgotten curfew law. The clubs are dismissing customers 15 minutes before 3 a.m., preferring no misunderstanding with the patrolmen, who call promptly at 2:55 and look officious. The entertainers at these late places are happy over the enforcement of the statute at any rate. '
Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929 11 09, p. 6:'Harlem Clubs Take Broadway Business
New York, Nov. 8--(CNS)--The wise Broadway money is withdrawing its support from the pleasure palaces of the 42nd St. zone, and is flowing into the night clubs of Harlem. It won't be long until Harlem is the after midnight show place of the world.
There are several reasons why the night life of New York is abandoning its old abode in the bright lights region, but probably the most important reason for Harlem's rise is that New York still refuses to go to bed. On Broadway the curfew tolls the knell of parting at the inopportune hour of 3 a.m., but in Harlem the merriment lasts until the rising of the sun.'
The Associated Booking Corporation used contract blanks modelled on that of the American Federation of Musicians. They bear the AFM logo and title, as well as ABC's own headers. Many of the Ellington's ABC contracts have additional terms, which are either typed, rubber-stamped, or attached as a contract rider. These "standard clauses" are generally:
It is mutually agreed and understood between all parties concerted, that the artist or artists have the perogative [sic] of cancelling this contract, if in any instance an audience is segregated because of race or color. Ellington did, in fact, cancel a Sept. 5, 1961 appearance in Little Rock because the venue was segregated.
While I did not note these in most instances, many of the Associated Booking contracts have the date a deposit was received written on them, and some bear a rubber-stamped approval from the A.F. of M.
I have not repeated contract detail duplicating what is already shown in the entry, such as the date, time, place of the engagement, or its nature, unless I felt there was a nuance worth seeing (or unless I wrote the entry before deciding I didn't need to show redundant information).
Where I have not named a source, the information is from Mr. Götting and has not been checked by me. Most DEMS references were provided by him, and I have looked up many, but not all. Some lead to significant discussions, some refer to a hard-to-find brief notation in a lengthy document. The DEMS bulletins are listed in reverse chronological order for each event, and I have not attempted to sort them by relevance.
The reliability of any entry in this webpage should be judged by its supporting documentation. Ellington's plans frequently changed on short notice, so post-event reviews or reports are better evidence that the event occurred than advertisements or advance publicity. Where an event is only supported by advance publicity (previews) or by advertisements, you should consider it to unconfirmed, although ads on the day of the event are more likely to be reliable than those that ran a week or two beforehand.
When relying on a reference book such as a biography, look for the references the author cites. Some authors draw on what has been written by earlier biographers, so if the earlier writer made a mistake, it may be reported as fact by subsequent authors. While this chronology occasionally draws on A. H. Lawrence's "Duke Ellington and His World" as a source, noted Ellington authority Steven Lasker disagrees strongly with relying on that book, describing its flaws in DEMS 01/2-4.
Newspapers often printed several editions the same day and some weeklies printed local and national editions. TDWAW does not say which edition the page number given for an ad, article, review, etc. refers to so you may find the same item on a different page number of another edition with the same date.
Dating events based on announcements in the black (Afro-American) press is difficult. I believe many of these newspaper were published early in the week but dated the following Saturday. This seems to be confirmed in The New York Age 1945-12-29 which had an “important notice” to its readers saying the usual Tuesday was a holiday so the paper would be on newsstands Monday, so all news copy must be received by Saturday morning. Extrapolating from this, the 1946-01-19 edition was printed and hit the streets 1946-01-15 and its reference to "last Saturday" means 1946-01-05, not 1946-01-12. Some black weeklies were two or three weeks behind because stories originating in one of the Associated Negro Press member papers would be sent to ANP in Chicago, which sent twice-weekly packages to its member newspapers. Thus a Week 1 story might not reach other ANP member newspapers until Week 2, and then might not reach the reader until Week 3 or even Week 4. As a result, many black weeklies were vague about dates of events, sometimes announcing upcoming events that have already occurred, an example being NYA 1945-12-15 which announced Ray Nance would be playing a week beginning 1945-12-10. The ambiguity is also illustrated in The Omaha Guide 1946-01-05 which announced a concert to be played that evening in the past tense: Duke Ellington brought his famous orchestra to Hampton Institute on this weekend, appearing in Ogden Hall Saturday evening January 5th . . . The concert was sponsored by the local committee . . .
Even an event in the same city can lag – Joya Sherrill married in Detroit 1946-02-16, but the Detroit Tribune 1946-03-09 announced Joya Sherrill...is reported to have married in the city last week...
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DEMS Bulletins:
Until the end of 2019, DEMS bulletins were hosted on Peter MacHare's now closed A Duke Ellington Panorama website. They are now on the TDWAW server, with new filenames. If you cannot access the links in this web page, look for the bulletin you want in this DEMS index. While Peter's website is cloned at http://desguin.net/DukeEllingtonPanorama/www.depanorama.net/, as at 2022-01-24 its DEMS hyperlinks don't seem to work.
The TDWAW web page was too large for some browsers so I have divided it into two web pages. Part 1 runs from 1891 to the end of 1945, and Part 2 picks up with 1946 and ends with Ellington's death in 1974. Please go here for navigation tips and for technical details about it.
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1879 01 04 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Life event Birth of Ellington's mother, Daisy Kennedy (1879 01 04 - 1935 05 26) |
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1879 04 15 Tuesday | . | Lincolnton Township, Lincoln County, N.C. | . | Life event Birth of Ellington's father, James Edward ("J.E.") Ellington According to his 1918 draft registration card, James was medium height, black eyes, black hair, residing at 1621 [illegible] St. N.W., Washington, D.C., he was employed by Mrs. James [illegible initial] Wadsworth at the same address. |
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1891 01 25 | . | St. James Parish, La. | . | Birth of Wellman Braud As a young man, Braud played violin and string bass in the Storyville district of New Orleans before moving to Chicago. Later, in London, England, with the Plantation Orchestra, he doubled bass and trombone. Braud played with Wilbur C. Sweatman in New York before joining Ellington. With Ellington, he doubled string bass and tuba. Harvey Pekar writes 'Ellington and Braud demonstrated that the string bass, when properly miked, had a more explosive, incisive quality than the tuba - Ellington credited Braud with "crowding the microphone." Duke made sure Braud was placed so he would be prominent on records, and the innovation was so successful that Duke - and later pretty much everyone else - gave up using tuba in jazz rhythm sections.' Highlights from Braud's 1958 oral history:
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1891 09 14 | . | Georgia, U.S.A. | . | Birth of newspaperman, publicity agent and booking agent Floyd Grant Snelson Jr. Courier managing editor William G. Nunn, Sr: "Floyd G. Snelson, 66, whose life was snuffed out recently in an explosion in a French rooming house, was one of journalism's most colorful figures during the roaring twenties and early thirties. |
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1891 12 18 Thursday | . | Leeds, U.K. | . | Birth of Owen Vincent "Owney" Madden, (181-1965), nicknamed "the Killer" and "The Duke of the West Side," an influential New York gangster and co-owner of the Cotton Club in which Ellington and his orchestra rose to fame. Madden, his mother, brother and sister migrated to the United States in 1902, living in the Hell's Kitchen district of New York. Madden reportedly began his life of crime after someone stole groceries from his mother, and by 1911 was leading what would become one of the most powerful gangs in New York. Reputed to have killed several men and not convicted, he was eventually sentenced to 10 to 20 years in Sing Sing prison for participating in a murder which he later claimed he was not involved in. A model prisoner who was friends with the warden, he did seven and a half years, and was paroled in January or February 1923. In 1922 or 1923 Madden and George "Frenchy" DeMange bought the Club Deluxe from former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, turning it into the Cotton Club in 1923. After voluntarily returning to prison for three years, in 1935, he "retired" or was voluntarily exiled to Hot Springs, Ark., where he died in 1965. Graham Nown's sympathetic biography can be read in the Internet Archive library. |
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1892 03 28 Thursday | . | New York County, N.Y. | . | Birth of George Emile "Frenchy" or "Big Frenchy" DeMange, (1892-1939), who later changed his name to George Fox, gangster and co-owner of the Cotton Club with Owney Madden. |
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1892 05 18 Wednesday | died 1986 09 05 | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of Thomas Le Roy ("Tom") Whaley, composer, pianist, arranger,conductor best remembered as Duke Ellington's chief copyist from 1941 to 1971. Annie Kuebler: 'Tom Whaley - Footnotes and Whole Notes in Jazz History Whaley's interactions with Ellington:
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1892 05 21 | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Birth of Ellington's first songwriting partner, Joseph Hannibal (Jo.) Trent. Trent is referred to variously as Jo Trent, Jo. Trent, and Joe Trent. Many sources refer to "Jo Trent," without the period, but the record label for Blue Disc T1003-B names the performers as JO. TRENT AND THE Steven Lasker observes that except for Choo Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) and Rhapsody Jr., every one of Ellington's song copyrights prior to 1927 02 10 shows Ellington in collaboration with Trent. Trent died 1954 11 19 at Hotel Gales, Av. Gral. Mitre, 120, Barcelona, Spain from "cardiac collapse." He was interred at Barcelona Southwest Cemetery, Niche 6731, "Columbario" B, 6th floor, Via Santisima Trinidad 11a. |
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1892 10 20 Tuesday | . | Dallas, Texas | . | Birth of Charles Leslie ("Jack") Boyd (1892 10 20 - 1966 10 11), who joined the Ellington organization in 1933 as its electrician after working with Cab Calloway for some months. He became Ellington's road manager at the end of 1935, remaining until 1943 or 1944 and was replaced by Al Celley. Steven Bowie: 'Attached is the 1940 census, which shows his occupation as orchestra manager. Also attached is a copy of his death certificate. Even though it says he was a lifelong resident of Dallas, the Social Security Death index shows he obtained his card in New York... Here's a link to his headstone' Ken Steiner: 'You don't hear much about Boyd but reviews of Ellington stage performances during the '30s laud the dramatic effects of the stage lighting, highlighting the band's soloists in different colors.' See also 1933 09 27 |
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1894 01 16 Tuesday | 1985 04 21 Sunday | Odessa, Russia | . | Birth of Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore or Isaac Minsky), who discovered Ellington, guiding and managing his musical career until early 1939 (see 1939 03 23 and 1939 05 00 below). On July 25, 1896, the family (parents Hyman [Chaim] and Sophia (nee Schifre) Minsky, older brother Jack or Jacob, and Irving) arrived in New York to settle in Manhattan. The boys held various jobs after their father died in 1905 and began their first music publishing company in 1919. Their fascinating joint biograpy can be read at http://www.perfessorbill.com/pubs/jmills.shtml Sonny Greer: 'Irving Mills began managing us when we were in the Kentucky Club. It was imperative that we have a man like that, a front man, because I don't think we could have done it alone without his guidance. When anything important pertaining to Ellington came up, he was there in person. He didn't send someone else out. When he made the second European trip with us, he was so sick he had to have a doctor in attendance twenty-four hours a day, but he made it every step of the way. He was a businessman, sure, but he always saw to it we had the best in transportation. The band didn't know what a bus looked like in the early days. We had private Pullman cars, with 'Duke Ellington' on the side, and a private baggage car, through every state of the union, and we were the only band in the country, white or colored, that had that. On one-nighters, we lived out of the train, and everybody had a lower berth. We parked the cars in a station, and there was no running around looking for rooms, north, south, east, or west. That was the Mills regime. When it ended, we came to the covered wagon – the bus. |
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1894 07 20 Friday | 1939 12 24 Sunday | Ithaca, N.Y. | . | Birth of Max (or Mack) Shaw, tubist in The Washingtonians. Shaw replaced Henry "Bass" Edwards in May 1926. His tuba is usually called a brass bass by discographers. Mr. Shaw was in turn replaced by Wellman Braud in 1927. Steven Lasker describes Shaw as an essential member of the band that first preserved "The Ellington Effect" on wax. | TDWAW supplementary web page, Max or Mack Shaw | . | . | . | K.Coffee, S.Lasker | New added 2022-10-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
circa 1895 12 13 Friday | . | Long Branch, N.J. | . | This is the earliest suggested birth date of drummer William Alexander ("Sonny") Greer, Jr.
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1896 11 03 Tuesday | . | Council Bluffs, Iowa | . | Birth of Ned Williams (1896 11 03 - 1981 08 06), creator of the Mills Dance Orchestras 1931 advertising manual for DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous Orchestra(see According to Hasse, p. 194, when Williams left Mills Artists in August 1935, Ellington's publicity suffered. His obituary says he was press agent for Ellington, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Cab Calloway, Trini Lopez, Ina Ray Hutton and others. Until he retired in 1961, he was executive secretary of the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which he helped organize. In the 1920s he was drama critic for the Omaha Bee-News, and was editor of Down Beat from 1942 to 1952. Additional aspects of his career can be read in his obituary. Steven Lasker: 'In "Duke Ellington in Person" (pp. 34-41) Mercer Ellington describes Ned's role in Ellington's career at length, with precise dates and details, such that one might reasonably suspect these pages were in part ghost-written by Ned himself.' | Email, Lasker/Palmquist,
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1896 12 17 Thursday | 1969 06 06 Friday | . | . | Birth of Joe Glaser, who would form Associated Booking Corporation, Ellington's booking agent from July/August 1951 to the end of Duke's life. In his column widely published June 12, 1969, syndicated columnist Jack O'Brian wrote that Glaser had more than 1,000 clients. Cohen describes a rather acrimonious relationship between Ellington and Glaser. |
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1897 05 23 Sunday | . | Burkeville, Va. | . | Birth of Fred Guy (1897 05 23 - 1971 11 22) who would join Ellington on banjo in 1924 and later switch to guitar. Mr. Guy was in the band from 1924 until the beginning of 1949, leaving because his wife was seriously ill (she died a year later). The 1925 New York State Census, enumerated June 1, has Fred Guy and Edward Ellington rooming at 137 127th St., New York City, and the 1930 federal census has them in the same apartment building on Edgecombe Ave. He attended the White House birthday party for Ellington in 1969 and took his own life in 1971. While the reports of his death in the Chicago Daily News and by UPI (Columbus Dispatch) said he left the band in 1946 and 1947 respectively, he was still in the band until January 1949. Ellington's sideman should not be confused with a Fred Guy of Lacona, N.Y. The latter is named in several northern New York newspaper reports as playing banjo, guitar, xylophone and drums on the radio and at various functions. In 1925 he advertised as a milk retailer and he was Lacona's assistant fire chief. The 1925 New York State Census lists this Fred Guy in Sandy Creek, N.Y.. |
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1987 10 09 Friday | . | Baltimore, Md. | . | Possible date of the birth of Elmer Chester Snowden, banjoist and first leader of The Washingtonians. David Hill: 'It appears the birth date for Elmer Snowden may also be incorrect as well. My first clue was the 1910 census, where despite the fact the ages of the people listed often contain inaccuracies, Elmer was listed as being age 11. This continued in the 1920 census (age 21), the 1925 New York census (age 27), the 1940 census (age 41) and the 1950 census (age 51), all pointing to a birthdate earlier than 1900. |
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1898 01 03 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | James Edward Ellington married Daisy Kennedy, who would be 19 years old the next day. Their marriage licence is one of several listed in the Washington Evening Star, 1898-01-04, p.2. Tucker reports they had a child before Duke, and who died in infancy.There is an unattributed "memorial" for Baby Boy Ellington at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204235838/baby_boy-ellington showing he was born in 1898 and died Duke's son Mercer wrote that while she was pregnant with Duke, Daisy survived a ferryboat sinking. |
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1899 04 19 Wednesday | . | Birmingham, Ala. | . | Birth of Leonard Harper (d.1943 02 10) Harper was a dancer, choreographer, stage director, and producer who pioneered the revue type of musical floor show.
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Circa 1898 08 00 | . | Washington D.C. | Ward Place | Life event Birth of Edna C. Thompson, who would marry Ellington in 1918. They had two babies, son Mercer, in March 1919 and a boy Edna said was "born too close to the first and died." The second baby is not listed in the January 7, 1920 census enumeration.
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1899 04 29 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | Grandparents' home 2129 Ward Place N.W. | Birth of Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington. Duke's family tree, including descendants and long-term liaisons, was shown in the website of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts but now is only available from the Internet Archive. Several biographies report mother Daisy played piano well and father James Edward Ellington played by ear and sang excerpts from operas and operettas. JE would also lead his friends in singing, arranging the music himself, humming individual parts and conducting from the piano. Lawrence reports that when he was a child, Ellington's home had two pianos, which I have not yet seen reported in other biographies. |
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1900 09 20 Thursday | . | Crawfordsville, Ind. | . | Birth of Wilbur de Paris, trombone Several sources including New Desor and Scott Yanow's Wilbur DeParis: Profiles in Jazzgive his birthdate as January 11, 1900 but David Hill's research suggests September 20 that year. David Hill: '...he was born on 20 September 1900 (not 11 Jan), according to multiple sources, including documents he submitted, such as his 1942 Draft Registration Form. In the 1910 federal census the family used the surname Paris. The head of the household was Paris, Sidney, age 44, his wife was Fannie, age 40, and the children were Wilber D., Nannie E., and Sidney G. In the 1930 census, he is Paris, Wilbur and was married to Paris, Thelma [consistent with his 1942 draft registration]. It says he was 19 when they married and she was 16.The 1910 census |
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1901 10 20 Thursday | . | brooklyn, N.y.. | . | Birth of singer Adelaide Hall ( |
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1902 06 07 Saturday | . | Portsmouth, Va. | . | Birth of reed player (clarinet and tenor sax) Prince Robinson (1902-1960). He joined Ellington's band in April 1925. According to New Desor, he left in the summer of 1926 but Steven Lasker believes he plays on Ellington's records at least until | Email Lasker-Palmquist
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1902 12 03 | . | Long Branch, N.J. | . | This is the date drummer William Alexander ("Sonny") Greer, Jr. Other sources suggest he was considerably older, possible born as early as December 1902 is supported by his name appearing in the register of New Jersey births. See the discussion at | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 updated 2014-06-15 2017-01-25 2019-07-05 2021-03-08 2021-05-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 04 03 Friday | . | Aiken, Elko or Charleston, S.C. | . | This is the widely reported birth date of trumpeter James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley (1903? - 1932) who was so influential in creating Ellington's sound. See the discussion on TDWAW supplementary webpage http://tdwaw.ca/BubberMiley.html | . | . | . | . | djp/sl | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2019-03-17 2019-09-07 2021-01-22 2022-12-03 2023-04-08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 07 30 | . | Danbury, Conn. | . | Birth of Hilton Jefferson | Jan Evensmo's Hilton Jefferson solography www.jazzarcheology.com/hilton-jefferson | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 12 23 Wednesday | . | Savannah, Ga. | . | Birth of actress Fredericka Carolyn ("Fredi") Washington (1903-1994).
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1902 02 26 Wednesday | 1963 02 17 Sunday | Washington, D.C. | Birth of Jerry (Jerome) O. Rhea (1902-1963), described in his obituary as Ellington's personal assistant, secretary and personal assistant. Evening Star: '...A former singer and singing coach, he made his debut in 1918 at the Howard Theater in the days of the supper shows. In 1922 he bacame Duke Ellington's personal assistant and held this post for 25 years. He had a singing engagement also in these early years with CBS on the "Majestic Radio Hour" show. | The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. 1963-02-20 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-10-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1904 00 00 | 1908 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garnet Elementary School | AHL says Daisy Ellington listed her son's age as 6 so he could start school at age 5. While this would place him in school in 1904, Vail places Ellington's school entry in 1905 without providing support. Mercer Ellington: 'Going through grade school, Duke Ellington was far from outstanding. He wasn't really a dud, because his life could easily have run parallel to that of Einstein, whose grades, I understand, were terrible, too. But what can definitely be said of Duke Ellington is that he was born an artist and that he had the typical ways of an artist from birth. Basically, anything that didn't move or inspire him didn't exist, regardless of how it could be explained in philosophical terms. ' Tucker says Ellington's "first brush with formal music education" was at about 7 years old, but AWL says "about a year later" (after beginning school), his mother put him into piano lessons with Mrs. (Marietta) Clinkscales after he was hit in the head by a baseball bat. This suggests Duke may have started piano lessons as early as age 6, which would be 1905, but Vail, consistent with Tucker, says he started lessons with Mrs. Clinkscales in 1906 |
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1904 01 31 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton Wikipedia, at the time of writing, says he was born February 1, consistent with his entry in the New York marriage license index, but his draft registration card shows January 31, 1904. He died the night of July 20, 1946, the night before the band was to leave Los Angeles on tour. | Draft registration card, 1942-02-16 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 2020-07-18 2020-12-07 2021-07-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904 05 31 Tuesday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of Otto J. "Toby" Hardwick or Hardwicke
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1904 07 10 Sunday | . | Bossier Parish, La. | . | Birth of singer/entertainer Ivie or Ivy Anderson Ellington's first regular female vocalist was well-established in show business before he hired her temporarily on February 13, 1931 and permanently a month later. ![]() Ivie made 71 Ellington records and appeared in five films with Ellington and one with the Marx brothers, without the Ellington orchestra. Ivie and her soon-to-be second husband opened Ivie's Chicken Shack in 1941 and she retired from Ellington in August 1942. She continued singing professionally from time to time, and died December 28, 1949. Contrary to some reports, she was born in 1904, not 1905, she joined Ellington in 1931, not 1932, and she appears to have been born in Louisiana rather than California. See our Ivy Anderson webpage for details of her life and career. | Ivie Anderson web page http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html | . | . | . | SL,KS,djp | New added 2012 10 10 updated 2015-08-19 2015-10-07 2017-09-26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904 11 01 Tuesday | . | Louisville, Ky. | . | Birth of trumpeter/vocalist Louis Bacon | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-18 2021-03-08 2021-12-28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 09 18 | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of Mildred Teresa Dixon (1904-2001), who would be Ellington's common-law wife from around 1930 through to 1938. See our Mildred Dixon webpage for details of her life and seven photos. |
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1905 02 22 Wednesday | 1940 05 01 | Punta Gorda, Flor. | . | Birth of Arthur Parker Whetsel, trumpet (1905-1940). ![]() 1924 passport photo Click to Enlarge ![]() Arthur Whetsel, early 1929(Crop from Apeda Studios band photo)Click to Enlarge ![]() Undated photo from Facebook Click to Enlarge
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1905 02 28 Tuesday | . | Webster Grove, Mo. | . | Birth of Louis Metcalf | Record Research 1962-10 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 11 2016-08-14 2021-03-08 2021-08-11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1906 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Fred Douglas (Freddie or Freddy) Jenkins (1906 10 10 - 1978 07 12), nicknamed Posey or Little Posey. | Supplementary webpage Freddie Jenkins | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-02-24 updated 2015-10-08 2015-11-26 2015-11-27 2021-06-05 2022-11-04 2022-11-14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1907 02 22 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | . | This is the date of cornetist Rex Stewart's birth in Pennsylvania, according to his death registration and various other sources. Claire Gordon, his friend, cowriter/editor of his Downbeat and LA Times articles, and editor of his posthumous autobiography "Rex Stewart Boy Meets Horn," University of Michigan Press, 1991, believes the correct date was February 12. She recalls he used to speak of having a president's birthday. Palmquist comments: I have been unable so far to find any record of Stewart's birth. The sources listed to the right say February 22, but none cite a documentary source. Further research is warranted. |
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1907 08 03 | . | Lawrence, Kans. | . | Birth of trombonist Lawrence Olin Brown (1907-1988)
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1907 08 08 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of alto sax star, band leader and arranger Benny Carter (1907-2003), who played opposite, and occasionally with, Ellington over the years. | Jan Evensmo's Benny Carter solography with biographical notes. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1907 08 31 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Edgar Sampson (1907-1973), alto sax, violin and arranger (particularly for Benny Goodman), who may have played with Ellington in 1926 and 1927. | Jan Evensmo's Edgar Sampson solography | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1908 08 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of alto sax man/clarinetist Russell Procope in New York City
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1909 01 13 | . | Springfield, Ohio | . | Birth of Quentin Jackson Milt Hinton interviewed Mr. Jackson for the Oral History Project. Their interview can be read or listened to at https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/61539/. | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2021-05-14 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 2021-05-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1909 05 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Al (Albert) J. Celley, born Albert John Celentano. Celley became Ellington's road manager in June 1944. Celley had very poor vision and left Ellington in March, 1964 after damaging his retina in Milan, Italy. Celley attended Commerce High School in New York and Brooklyn Tech, studying electricity at both. He dropped out of Brooklyn Tech after 13 months, and did various jobs in New York and elsewhere until becoming an engineer at the Hotel Victoria in New York for about 2 years, where he earned about $75 a week plus room and board. He was employed by Ina Ray Hutton's orchestra for 4 years as band boy and electrician and another 4 years as its road manager, making as much as $100 or $200 a day, since his pay included money from horse betting. He became the Bob Chester Orchestra road manager for 2 1/2 years in 1941, before Ellington hired him. With Ellington, he started at $125/week plus expenses and from as early as 1958 to his departure, he was making $300 weekly plus expenses, which he explained meant he didn't have to pay for his hotel rooms, unlike the sidemen. He said when Ellington and Bill Mittler interviewed him, he told Ellington he had never worked for Negro bands and didn't know if he would be accepted, but he would try it for two weeks. When asked if he was authorized to sign cheques for DEI, he said he did at times, and 'When you are playing one-nighters, you go to the bank with the man to get the money out. When you work one-night stands, if a man was paying you $2,000, you wouldn't accept a check. It was unorthodox to take a check on the road.' Celley's 1940 draft registration card is in the name Celentano and names his wife as Eve Rogers Celentano. The 1950 federal census lists them in Los Angeles. He appears to have married a second time while still married to her. The Daily News reported Eva [sic] was granted a divorce in 1954, having married Celley in 1942 [sic] and discovering in 1951 that he had married his secretary, Margaret A. MacDonnell. Celley and MacDonnell are listed in the New York Marriage License Index May 3, 1951, numbered 11293, and again in 1957 (licence 5495). They appear to have had two sons.Celley sued Duke Ellington, Inc. for money allegedly owed tp him after he left. A transcript of his March 1966 examination before trial is in the Smithsonian's Ellington archives. It also contains a July 1966 report by a Bishop's Service, Inc. A Confidential Reporting Service to Steven A. Burn, Duke Ellington, Inc.'s lawyer. This says Al and Margaret lived in Ridley Park, N.J. "for many years," first renting on the same street as her parents' home, and in 1955 [sic] buying a house across from their house. The report says the neighbours had known him for 15 years and known her all her life. Various newspaper reports from 1951 to 1971 show Margaret was active on Taylor Hospital Junior Board of in Ridley Park, having been its president in 1951 and 1967. Their two sons are named in a 1972 wedding announcement. Celley was the subject of a 1968 feature article about his ham radio volunteer service. The article reported he spent about 7 hours a day contacting overseas military, missionaries and Peace Corp volunteers by radio, connecting them to their families, using collect long distance calls so they wouldn't have to pay international rates. |
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1910 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Carl A. Doubét, Jeweler 1402 14th St. N.W. | Chester Times: 'A Small World, To Be Sure! While I have arbitrarily placed this in 1910, Duke may have held this job anytime after he was old enough to work, until February 1914, when Doubet moved his business to Chester. |
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1910 04 01 | . | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of baritone sax icon Harry Carney In a 1966 interview with Jimmy Staple, Carney talks about his mouthpiece (bought in Los Angeles in 1930), his bari (Conn), and various other topics. Steven Lasker:
Steven Lasker: The assertion that Carney joined Ellington [in 1926] first appeared in Feather's 1955 Encylopedia of Jazz. The entry for Carney says 'Duke Ellington heard him [in Boston] and obtained his parent's permission to take him on the road with the band in 1926. ' Carney specifically refuted Feather:Le Point de Jazz #4, Mar71 (byline Georges Debroe): 'Extrait d'une conversation avec [Harry Carney et] J. [Johnny] Simmen (BHCF)...'il s'agit d'un orchestre ri??gulier (Joe Steele) que j'avais quitti?? en 1927 pour entrer chez Duke...L. Feather me fait entrer chez Duke en 1926, mais (et il rit) cette fois, je SAIS que c'est LUI qui se trompe.'" [Translated: "It's a matter of a regular orchestra (Joe Steele) that I left to join up with Duke....L. Feather had me joining with Duke in 1926, but (and he laughs) this time, I KNOW that it's HE who is mistaken.'] An extensive collection of Carney's quotes about joining Ellington are collected at DEMS 04/3-10, "When Did Harry Carney join the band"Further misinformation: In an interview with John McDonough (DB, 1969-04-17, p. 16), Fred Guy claimed to have gone to Boston "in 1926" to negotiate with Carney's mother to secure permission for her son to play with the band. Mark Tucker favored 1926 in "The Early Years" (see pages 189-90). One red herring he fell for is the photo of two young men, purportedly Harry Carney and definitely Bubber Miley, posing in tuxedos in front of a poster advertising the Ellington orchestra's 1926-08-12 appearance at Old Orchard Beach. The only problem: That's not Harry! (The picture is opposite p. 101 of Mercer's book.) After the publication of Mark's book, I was able to show him the evidence that Harry joined in 1927, not 1926, and he came to that view. Charlie Holmes recounts his early years in Boston growing up with Hodges and Harry Carney: Carney was interviewed by Down Beat in 1961. |
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1910 11 23 Wednesday | . | Corsicana, Texas | . | Apparent birth date of trombonist Tyree Glenn. Glenn joined Ellington in May 1947, staying until March 1950, and would return from time to time. He soloed on vibraphone in Duke's November 1948 Carnegie Hall concert. Mr. Glenn died a few days after Paul Gonsalves and a few days before Ellington, and for a few minutes on May 24, 1974, the bodies of all three were in the same funeral home. When was he born?
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1911 02 23 Thursday | . | Washington, D.C. | 1916 R St. N.W. | Peripheral event Ellington's aunt Maud Kennedy died away at her mother's home. Survived by Mrs. Alice Kennedy, mother, and sisters Mrs. Daisy Ellington, Mrs. Ella Bennet, Mrs. Florence Hartgrove, Mrs. Maire Letcher, Mr. James W. Kennedy, Jr., and Mr. John Kennedy. The funeral was to be Sunday Feb. 26 at Nineteenth St. Baptist Church. | The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1911-02-26, p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1911 07 10 Monday | . | Mobile, Ala. | . | Possible birthdate of trumpeter Charles Melvin ("Cootie") Williams While his headstone says he was born July 10, 1911, and this is the date shown in the August 1933 S.S. Majestic II passenger list, his 1976 social security application says he was born [illegible] July 1909 and his draft registration says July 26, 1909. |
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1912 11 17 Sunday 8 p.m. | . | Washington, D.C. | First Baptist Church Dumbarton Ave., N.W. | Peripheral event Mrs. Daisy Ellington (Duke's mother) was named as financial secretary of the Young Ladies' Protective League in a story about it celebrating its 11th anniversary. The present membership is 375 with a large bank account. | Washington Bee, Washington, D.C., 1912-11-23, p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 23 Saturday | . | Corsicana, Texas | . | Widely recorded birth date of trombonist William Tyree Glenn. Steven Bowie: 'I found Tyree Glenn's birth certificate on Ancestry. The history books say he was born on 23 November 1912. His birth certificate says he was born 23 November 1910, two years earlier. The birth certificate was generated in 1942, but the 1920 census backs up the 1910 birthdate.' See 1910 11 23 above. | Email Bowie-Palmquist 2021-06-02 | . | . | . | SB | New added 2021-06-02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1913 00 00 | 1914 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garrison Junior High School | (Unconfirmed) Ellington's Grade 8 English teacher and principal, Miss R.A.Boston, emphasized the importance of proper speech, deportment and pride in oneself. Tucker dates this as the school year 1913-1914. Vail has Ellington attending Garrison from 1911 to 1913, without citing his sources. If Ellington started school at age 5, that would be September 1904, and he would have begun eighth grade in September 1911. Further research is necessary to confirm when he entered junior high school. |
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1913 09 00 | 1917 02 00 | Washington, D.C. | Samuel H. Armstrong High School | Ellington's grade 8 teachers encouraged Duke to attend Armstrong, a "vocationally oriented" all black school, so he could major in graphic arts. Vail has Ellington entering Armstrong in September 1913, but Ulanov puts him there from February 1914 to July 1917. Ulanov: 'Armstrong was the leading Negro manual training school. Duke went there to study drawing, freehand and mechanical. He was deeply interested in art, interested in little else in the secondary school curriculum, and it was only for those classes that he would show up with regularity. His grades were both sustained and let down by his interests.' During these years Oliver "Doc" Perry gave him piano lessons, mentored him and occasionally allowed him to sit in his Doc Perry's Society Band, subbing for Doc on occasion.Vail says Perry taught Ellington to read music, which seems odd since Ellington had had piano lessons. Perry also introduced Ellington to Hugh Grant, a school music supervisor, who gave Ellington harmony lessons. Ellington rehearsed after school at True Reformers Hall with other students. By 1916 they included brothers Felix, Brother and Bill Miller, Lloyd Stewart, Ted Nickerson, Sterling Conaway and William Escoffey. |
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1913 12 10 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Birth of trumpeter/singer/violinist Willis Raymond "Ray" or "Floorshow" Nance |
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Spring was unwise to rely on Lawrence, since Lawrence has many errors. Neither Spring nor Lawrence provide support for 1914/1915. Ellington began working at the Poodle Dog Cafe in 1913: Ellington: 'We had a piano player in the Poodle Dog who was one of the best when he was sober, which wasn't often. When he got to where he couldn't play any better than I could, the boss would throw him out, take my place behind the soda fountain, and have me play piano. The only way I could learn how to play a tune was to compose it myself and work it up, and the first one was Soda Fountain Rag.' The origin of Soda Fountain Rag (also known as Poodle Dog Rag) is discussed in Hasse and Tucker. Tucker makes the point that the year it was composed is uncertain. |
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1914 00 00 | . | Asbury Park, NJ | Plaza Hotel | Duke's summer job as a dishwasher led to visiting Philadelphia on his way home to hear pianist Harvey Brooks. Brooks taught him some techniques, and this seems to have stimulated Ellington's interest in music. AHL says he was 15, which places this event in 1914, but Vail says this was the summer of 1913. Tucker says 1913 or 1914. |
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1914 05 26 | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of trumpeter Harold Jones "Shorty" Baker Chilton's 1972 Who's Who in Jazz dates his birth one year earlier, but The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz has 1914, as do many webpages. His Oct 16 1940 WWII draft registration card confirms he was born May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Mo. and his mother's name was Fannie Merrit Baker. He was 5'2," 156 pounds and in Andy Kirk's band when he registered for the draft. |
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circa 1915 00 00 | . | . | . | 1915 EVENTS reported by Mr. Spring but not otherwise included in TDWAW in the year: Life event The Cambridge Companion chronology reports Ellington was nicknamed "Duke" by a friend in 1915. The author did not name his source. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p.405: "Midyear 1915, Ellington's close friend Edgar McEntree dubs him "Duke" around this time, because of Ellington's sartorial elegance and his flashy piano playing. Lawrence's source is not identified. Hasse suggests 1913, "just before entering high school," and Ulanov says 1908. Ellington said it was about the time he started high school. If he meant Samuel H. Armstrong High School, Vail has him entering Armstrong in September 1913 and Ulanov has him there in February 1914 - see 1913 09 00 above. Ellington's own words therefore seem to suggest 1913/1914, but of course it is not certain. Mercer Ellington: 'My mother explained that he got his nickname through being so fastidious. He kept himself well clothed and always presented a neat appearance... It was the thing to do then to be smart and attractive, and if he had a patch on his pants, my mother said, the pants were nevertheless always pressed...' |
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1915 07 02 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of Ruth Ellington The Washington Sun: A NEW COMER Biographical / Historical Note, NAMH Ruth Ellington Collection 'She attended elementary and junior high schools in the Washington Metropolitan area and finished her basic schooling in New York City ...graduated from ... Columbia University with a degree in biology. In 1941, Ellington established Tempo Music,... installing her as president of the company. ... Ruth's duties at Tempo included signing contracts, arranging some travel at Duke's request, and, most importantly, keeping Duke's music copyrighted. According to her own interview statement, she never arranged bookings. Other interests included hosting a Sunday salon for musicians, appearing at and listening to recording studio sessions once or twice a year, and keeping in touch with the older band members' wives. The older band members ... along with the earlier singers ... were like family to Ruth. After Duke's death ...Ruth maintained Tempo until 1995 when she sold 51% ... to a New York publishing firm, Music Sales.' Palmquist note:'Ruth's 1969 appointment book is in SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Series 3G Box 116.' |
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1915 08 16 Monday | 2001 04 24 | Tyro, Miss. | . | Birth of singer Al Hibbler, who would join Ellington in either May or June, 1943 during the first Ellington residency at the Hurricane Restaurant, staying until September, 1951. DUKE ELLINGTON: ' Al Hibbler I met first in L. Rock Ark. I knew he was a singer but had never heard him sing. Our paths crossed from time to time until '43 we were playing the Hurricane Club... and Mary Lou Williams and Shorty Baker came up and told me that Al was downstairs in the Turf Club and that it was possible to maybe get him to sing for us. So I sent for him. They brought him up and he sang something. I naturally liked it - but the thought of adding to the payroll was of quite some concern and a smart business mind would not have considered it. But me - well, my ear makes my decision. So I said great - I like it - you just started work. It was much easier than I thought it would be because he has ears that see. He learned song after song and soon he was our major asset, truly a great investment both $ wise and the luxury of my ear was kept in deep fat - He had so many sounds he told of fantasy beyond fantasy.' AL HIBBLER:'He wouldn't let anybody touch me, he had a way of bringing me on stage, he called me, just do this, 'Walk towards me,' and I'd walk towards him. I'm the straightest walker you've ever seen in your life, and I'd walk to him, walk me out on stage and he'd take his shoulder and put it against mine and when we get to the mike, he just turn his shoulder like that and a lot of people actually believed I could see for a long time.' Ben Ratliffe's Hibbler obituary says he was born in Tyro, Miss. J.C. Marion, in Remembering Al Hibbler, has the family moving to Little Rock in 1927. |
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1915 10 11 Monday | 1915 10 15 | Washington, D.C. | American League Ball Park | Peripheral event W.E.B.Du Bois' 3 hour, 5 scene pageant The Star of Ethiopia, with 1,000 local actors and 200 choristers, was staged on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week. The audience filled the grandstand and left field bleachers each night. The program said "The Story of the Pageant covers 10,000 years and more of the history of the Negro race and its work and suffering..." The Afro American Ledger's review says "The one idea that dominates the whole is that the Negro has a past of which he should be proud." Tucker says it isn't known if Ellington, then 16, attended but he worked at the ball park as a youngster and rehearsals were held at his school. |
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1915 11 29 Monday | 1967 05 31 | Dayton, Ohio | . | Birth of composer/arranger/pianist Billy Strayhorn. | Mary Pettis Sanford, Strayhorn, William (Billy) Thomas, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, ed., University of North Carolina Press, 1994 Published on NCpedia | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1916 00 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Before finishing high school (MIMM) or in his senior year (Tucker), Ellington was offered a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NJ, after winning a poster art competition. Marcus Girvan (http://ellingtonia.com) and Vail date this as 1916. |
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1916 05 16 | . | Birmingham, Ala. | . | Birth of trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-18 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1916 09 12 | . | Greenville, S.C. | . | Birth of high note trumpet specialist William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson,
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1917 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | In 1917 Ellington was earning a living with music. Band personnel in 1917:
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1917 00 00 | . | . | . | The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington's band played with banjoist Elmer Snowden in 1917. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Winter 1917, Arthur Whetsel on trumpet and Otto ("Toby") Hardwick on saxophone join Duke's teenage band. They also play with local banjoist Elmer Snowden." Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville 80, p.47 says "Elmer Snowden, bj, arrived in Washington, 1919; Sonny Greer, d, arrived late 1919" |
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1917 00 00 | . | . | . | The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington began a romance with Edna Thompson in 1917. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Spring 1917, Duke drops out of high school, begins an affair with Edna Thompson, a neighborhood girl." This is consistent with Mercer Ellington:'They had met while he was still going to Armstrong, a kind of rough high school.' |
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1917 02 00 | . | . | . | Ellington drops out of school in February 1917, earns money painting posters and making music. |
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1917 03 16 Friday | . | Omaha, Neb. | . | Birth of Alvin Redrick "Junior" Raglin When he registered he lived in San Franciso, working for Veren Brown and Louie Verett at Club Alabam. The draft registration card has several changes of address over the next two years, and has a note dated May 22, 1942 saying "Leaving on Tour. Contact him when required thru wife in Los A". | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 11 updated 2017-01-25 2017-06-18 2020-07-13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917 04 06 Good Friday | 1918 11 11 | . | . | Peripheral event The United States declared war on Germany, entering the Great War (World War I), which had been underway for nearly three years already. Vail I says Ellington, turning 18 that month, was too young to register for the draft. In 1917, the U.S. draft was for men between 21 and 30, and it was expanded to cover 18-45s in August 1918. Ellington registered the following month. | Wikipedia re Selective Service Act of 1917 | . | . | . | Lasker/djp | New added 2012-08-05 updated 2014-08-17 2024-08-28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917 04 09 Easter Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | St. Mary's Hall Orchard St. near McCulloh | Peripheral event The Afro-American The Duke Serenaders, Prof. Ambrose Smith, Director, M. Reid, Soloist.
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1917 04 23 Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Pythian Castle 129 n. Gay St. or 327 St. Paul | Peripheral event The Afro-American ..DANCE.. |
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1917 04 23 Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | St. Mary's Hall 408 Orchard St. | Peripheral event The Afro-American Big Decoration Day Dance and Palm Beach The Duke Serenaderswas the orchestra led by Ambrose Smith - see |
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1917 05 25 Friday | . | Dillon, S.C. | . | Birth of clarinetist/tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton
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1917 06 05 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Peripheral event On June 5, 1917 all American men between 21 and 30 were required to register for military service. Wellman Braud, future Ellington bassist, registered for this draft. His draft registration card, dated |
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1917 07 21 Saturday | . | Rock Creek Anne Arundel County, Md. | Brown's Grove amusement park Colony Road | Edward Ellington, presumably Duke, took an excursion to Brown's Grove amusement park, apparently travelling by train from Washington to Baltimore, then by ship to the park. Rock Creek, Arundel County, Maryland. is south of Baltimore, and about 30 miles north-northeast of Washington, D.C. and 13 miles north of Annapolis. The Bee On last Saturday, July 21, hundreds of young members of Washington's society were guests of the Pleasure Seekers on their initial outing to Brown's Grove, piloted by the most popular dancing class in the Monumental city. | The Bee, Washington, D.C. 1917-07-28 p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2024-09-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917 12 26 | . | Camden, N.J. | . | Birth of drummer George Edward "Butch" Ballard
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1918 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Hasse: By March of 1918, Ellington had taken three additional steps toward independence and professionalism. First,he moved out of his parent' home and into a place of his own. Second, he got a telephone–at that time, still a luxury... And third, he bought a listing for himself as "musician" in the classified section of the telephone directory...
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1918 06 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event On June 5, 1918 all American men who had turned 21 after June 5, 1917 were required to register for military service. Frederick Guy, , future Ellington banjoist/guitarist, registered in this draft. His draft registration card, dated
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1918 07 02 Tuesday | . | Alexandria, Va. | . | Life event Ellington married Edna Thompson. Mercer wrote 'I was expected, out of wedlock, so my father and mother had to get together,'. He was born 252 days (8 months and 9 days) after the wedding. Despite the Marriage Registration noted here, this announcement appeared July 6, 1918 in The Evening Star: ELLINGTON–THOMPSON. Mrs. Lulu [sic] E. Thompson announces the marriage of her daughter, EDNA E.[sic] THOMPSON, to EDWARD K. ELLINGTON on January 15, 1918, at Baltimore, Md. |
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1918 09 12 Thursday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | In August 1918 the U.S. draft expanded to cover ages 18 to 45. Edward Kennedy Ellington registered for the draft, having a home address of 1955 3rd St. N.W., Washington D.C. He is described as Negro, Native born, Height 5/11, Build Slender, Color of Eyes Brown, Color of Hair, Brown. He is shown as a messenger employed by the Federal Govt., at Chief Staff - War Dept. Wash. D.C. and his nearest relative is Edna C. Ellington at the same address. (Note he does not yet appear to have finished growing.) | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1918 09 17 Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Fishermen's Hall (Gallilean Fishermen's Temple) 411 W. Biddle Street | Peripheral event The Afro-American 2 IN 1 2 IN 1 The Duke's Serenaderswas led by Ambrose Smith and was not Ellington's orchestra despite the similarity in names - see |
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1918 10 05 | . | Chattanooga, Tenn. | . | Birth of bassist James Harvey ("Jimmie") Blanton who would join the band on November 3, 1939 after working in Fate Marable's band. See details at 1939 11 03 | U.S. Social Security Act application for account, IRS form SS-5, numbered 086-12-5203, signed Nov. 22, 1939. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 2014-10-07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1918 11 24 | . | Glasgow, Mo. | . | Birth of William Strethen"Wild Bill" Davis | Email, S.Lasker 2017-06-17. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 2017-06-18 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | 1919 band personnel per Dutton:
Sonny Greer arrived in late 1919, playing in the Howard Theatre, and became friends with Ellington. Harry White, trombone, "c," saxes, occasionally gigged with Duke around this time. The "c" likely means cornet. Chilton lists his instruments as trombone, saxes, and cornet, and describes him as a composer and arranger as well; Rosenkrantz says he was a multi-instrumentalist. See the discussion in 1929 about his work with Ellington at the Cotton Club before Juan Tizol was hired. |
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1919 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington studies harmony with Henry L. Grant. According to PBS, Grant was one of Washington's most important black musicians. He studied music at New York University and was one of the first graduates of the Washington Conservatory of Music, was director of the Washington Conservatory of Music, and in 1919 helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians. | . | . | . | djp | (New) added 2013-06-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 03 11 Tuesday | . | . | . | Life event Birth of first Ellington baby The young Edward and Edna Ellington's first and only surviving child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born. Mercer: 'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York. Thus my relationship with my parents was rather remote except during the summers, when I would go to New York for two or three months. I guess this went on for about eight years, because I was nine when they definitely separated.' |
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1919 03 15 | 2017 11 22 | Armavir, Russia | . | Birth of George Avakian, who would become head of Columbia Records' popular music division and who would produce records for many of the greats, including Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and, of course, Duke Ellington. . | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-11-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1919 05 30 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Odd Fellows Hall 1606 M St. N.W. | 'Come out Decoration Day with | Clipping, WAshington Tribune 1919-05-24 reprinted in Ellingtonia, the Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society, November 2001 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-10-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1919 09 20 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | 2728 Sherman Ave. | Music activities not documented Life event Ellington's home from 1919 to 1922 was 2728 Sherman according to a plaque on the house. This agrees with the Ellington family 1920 U.S. Census entry, enumerated REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS |
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1920 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Vail I has Ellington meeting Sonny Greer this year, and learning Carolina Shout by slowing down a piano roll and playing along with it until he had the piece perfected. Greer and Ellington met the previous year. | Vail I | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-06-03 2019-08-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Life event Birth of second Ellington baby Various sources say Edna and Duke Ellington had a second baby in 1920 but it died in infancy. This tragedy is not mentioned in either Duke's autobiography nor Mercer's biography of his father, but in her March 1959 Ebony magazine interview at page 134, Edna said: 'Then the second baby came. It was too close to the first and died.' |
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1920 01 07 | . | Washington, D.C. | 2728 Sherman Ave. | Place of residence: The 1920 U.S. Census, enumerated Jan. 7 1920, has Edward K. Ellington, Edna C. Ellington and Mercer K. Ellington living at 2728 Sherman Avenue. Their household included three lodgers. | Fourteenth Census of the United Sttes: 1920-Population, Washington City, Precinct No. 10 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-08-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 01 09 Friday | . | Wilmington, Del. | . | Birth of singer Betty Roché (1920 01 19 - 1999 02 16) Lasker: 'Mary Elizabeth Roach was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Atlantic City from the age of six until she was fourteen. She won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre in New York at seventeen (per liner notes to Bethlehem Records BCP-64.) Ellington suggested her stage name.' |
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1920 01 19 Monday | . | United States | . | Peripheral event Prohibition became law throughout the United States in January 1920, banning the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. Repealed in December 1933, prohibition undoubtedly had an impact on the entertainment industry and Ellington's life. The Cotton Club, for example, was owned by gangster Owney Madden and thrived. Ellington's lengthy engagement in that club made him famous nationally. | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-07-30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 01 24 | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of James Robert (Jimmy) Forrest (1920 01 24 -1980 08 26), tenor sax with Ellington from May 1949 to February 1950. In 1951 he recorded a single, Night Train, which became a hit in 1952. It uses a theme from Ellington's Happy-Go-Lucky Local, which in turn used a theme from That's the Blues, Old Man. Forrest's surname is spelled with only one "r" on the United label of Night Train. |
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1920 02 16 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Odd Fellows' [sic] Hall M street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest | The Washington Bee: 'The Strollers will give the greatest ball that has ever been held in this city at Odd Fellows' Hall, M street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest, on Monday evening, February 16th, featuring three halls, five orchestras and five entertainers. The orchestras are: Howard Theater Orchestra, Joe Rochester's Orchestra, of Baltimore; Miss Gertrude Well's Society Jazz; 351st Jazz Band, recently returned from France, and Duke Ellington's Society Jazz. Continuous music; no intermission. One price will admit guests to the three halls. Entree, 60 cents. Dancing from 8 p.m. t 1 a.m.' | The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. 1920-02-07 p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2020-09-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 07 12 Monday | . | Brockton, Mass. | . | Birth of tenor sax star Paul Gonsalves, who died May 15, 1974 in England. His body was returned to the United States and rested in the same funeral home as that of Tyree Glenn. Ellington died in the early morning of May 24, and for a few minutes that day, all three were in the same funeral home. Mercer Ellington: 'You had to wage psychological battles to get things done. I had to prod [Duke] to decision through disagreement. The State Department report of Paul's death said his remains were transported by air to the funeral home on May 21, 1974 and named his wife, Mrs. Jo Anne Gonsalves, and his children, Marlena and Paul Jr. |
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1920 09 06 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Dunbar High School | The Washington Bee: 'Mr. Jay Clifford is featuring Duke Ellington's Jazzers at Dunbar High School September 6.' | The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. 1920-09-04 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2020-09-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 09 13 Monday | . | Fairmount Heights, Md. | New Fairmount Park | Reception and dance in honour of the club, patrons and friends of the park. 'The music for Monday night, the 13th, will be furnished by DUKE ELLINGTON assisted by DOC PERRY... ' | Washington Bee, 1920-09-11, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 10 24 Sunday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of Wendell Lewis Marshall, (1920 10 24 - 2002 02 06), bassist. Wendell was a first cousin of Jimmie Blanton. He told Down Beat: 'When Jimmy [sic] left St. Louis, he left a bass behind - a little half-sized fiddle. It lay around for about half a year, and the more Jimmy played with Duke, the more my interest in that bass grew. I picked it up finally and for six months practiced with the radio and with records, and then I played some non-union gigs at school. I joined the union in December, 1941, and I got with Lionel Hampton about that time. My being hired by Hampton was more or less a publicity stunt, I guess, because I was Jimmy's cousin - I'd only been playing about seven months. I stayed three or four months with Hampton, then went back to school...' Wendell was hired for Mercer Ellington's orchestra in 1948 and after four months, transferred to the Duke Ellington Orchestra. When he was in Duke's orchestra, he played Blanton's full-sized European-made bass which Jimmie's mother gave him after Jimmie's death.Additional information in Marshall's obituary:
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1920 12 05 Sunday | . | Evanston, Ill. | . | Birth of Kay Davis Miss Davis studied voice and piano at Northwestern University, where she received her bachelor's degree in 1942 and her masters in 1943. Kay was featured in high, wordless vocals. She joined Ellington in 1944 and in 1948 accompanied Ellington and Ray Nance to the U.K. and Continent as a cabaret act. She stayed in the band until it finished its 1950 European tour. Vail has her leaving the band July 14, 1950, without naming a source. Davis was interviewed by Dr. Marcia Greenlee for the Smithsonian's oral history. She described her departure: '... While she said she flew back, she is on the passenger list for the 1950 return voyage by sea. Miss Davis married Chicago accountant Lt. Col. Edward D. Wimp, Jr. on July 24, 1950. Some early 1951 concert announcements show she was to sing, but this is yet to be confirmed; it may be that her name appears because the publicity packages were sent out before she left the band. Kay told one source who prefers not to be named that Duke invited her to sing in a concert but didn't use her although she appeared. |
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1921 00 00 | . | Washington D.C. | . | Elmer Snowden's undated introduction to Rex Stewart, printed in Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, edited by Claire P. Gordon, says: "I first knew Rex in Washington, D.C. that was back in 1920, and I had just about the most popular band in town, in my band was Otto - Hardwick, Art Whetsel, Eddie Ellington, who became known as "Duke Ellington," later. '...Going back to 1921, when I was one of the seven young members of Ollie Blackwell's clowns, I stayed in music all my life. 1921 was a momentous year for us members of Ollie Blackwell's Ragtime Clowns because we were actually part of a show! ... | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-02-25 2015-07-03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 01 10 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Stoddard Baptist Home | Life event Duke Ellington's paternal grandfather, James Ellington, resident of the District for more than forty years, died Monday at Stoddard Baptist Home. The Washington Times obituary said he was born in 1833 but the "Deaths Reported" column of the Evening Star gave his age as 90. The funeral was to be Thursday afternoon at John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by five daughters and threee sons. |
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1921 02 14 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 15 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 17 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 18 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 19 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 02 20 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 10 Thursday | . | A number of sources say Ellington and Sonny Greer went to New York in March 1921. The reports appear to have originated with Greer. While he and Duke may have gone to New York, the event as described could not have taken place until 1923 - see 1923 03 00 below.
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1921 03 11 Friday | 1921 03 31 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 11 Friday | 1921 07 22 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 12 Saturday | 1921 07 22 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 13 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 14 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 15 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 17 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 18 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 19 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 20 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 22 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 23 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 24 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 25 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 26 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 27 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 28 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 29 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 30 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 03 31 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 08 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 09 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 22 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 25 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 04 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 12 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 13 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 14 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 19 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 20 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 21 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 22 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 23 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 24 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 25 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 26 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 27 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 28 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 29 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 30 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 05 31 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 01 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 02 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 03 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 04 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 05 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 06 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 07 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 08 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 09 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 10 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 11 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 12 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 13 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 14 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 15 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 16 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 17 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 18 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 19 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 20 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 21 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 22 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 23 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 24 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 25 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 26 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 27 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 28 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 29 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 06 30 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 08 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 09 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 22 Friday | . | Culpeper, Va. | Farm of Bernard P. Williams | Barn dance 9:30 to 1:30, celebrating the opening of Mr. Williams' new dairy barn. Admission $2.00 including supper and dancing. Cake and ice cream were served. A large crowd attended from Orange, Warrenton and Rappahannock. Music by Duke's Serenaders of Washington, D.C. | The Culpeper Exponent, Culpeper, Va. courtesy S.Bowie
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1921 07 23 Saturday | 1921 08 25 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 25 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 07 31 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 08 01 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 08 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 08 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | New added ___ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 08 26 Friday | . | Culpeper, Va. | The Pot and Kettle Club | The Culpeper Exponent: The Pot and Kettle Club will give the last dance of the season in the Pot and Kettle Hall on Friday night, Aug. 26th. A four piece orchestra of Duke's Serenaders, Washington, D.C., will furnish the music for the occasion. The young ladies and their chaperones are requested to bring sandwiches. | The Culpeper Exponent, Culpeper, Va. courtesy S.Bowie
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1921 09 30 Friday | . | Annapolis, Md. | Assembly Rooms This most likely was City Ballroom or Assembly Room(s), 150 Duke of Gloucester Street | Dance:
Steven Bowie: ...drummer Lloyd Stewart, who was mentioned in the "Jazz Bandits" ad ...was three days older than Duke and died in 1955...He wasn't to be found in the Lord discography, so it doesn't look like he ever recorded. But he is shown as being involved with the DC Musician's union in 1932. |
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1921 10 24 Monday | . | Annapolis, Md. | Assembly Rooms | Colored Dance The return of Duke Ellington's Jazz Bandits. | The Evening Capital/The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md. 1921-09-29 p.1 courtesy Steve Bowie directly and via Ken Steiner | . | . | . | Steven Bowie in Facebook | New added 2020-08-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 11 25 Friday | . | Culpeper, Va.. | Pot and Kettle Club Davis Street | The Culpeper Exponent:
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Circa 1921 11 18 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Convention Hall | Tucker: One time Ellington had the chance to play for the celebrated New York pianist James P. Johnson. The occasion was a big event at Convention Hall called "The 20th Century Jazz Revue," held November 25 [sic], 1921. The promoters were the same ones active in putting on smaller-scale dances and functions in the black community: J. H. Matthews and George H. Tucker (the Orientals) and Alonzo Collins and G. Frank Jones (the Stenographers). A review of the event in the Chicago Defender's Washington column captured the colorful flavor of jazz at the time: The quotation is from "Under the Capitol Dome," a lengthy column about events in Washington, D.C., in The Chicago Defender, 1921-12-03 p.7, written by Lord Jeff and datelined Washington, D.C., Dec. 2.Among the artists appearing were Gertie Wells and her Jassimba Sextet, "Doc" Perry's Jazz Bandits, Branson's Hypnotic Arcade Hounds, Snowden's Eccentric Serenaders, Caroline Thornton's Harmony Aces, Duke Ellington's Wild Cats, Mose Duncan's International Jazz Hounds from Baltimore, Md., "Diamond," Atlantic City's sensational drummer, Beasley, "the ace of all drummers. In addition the following celebrated stars appeared: Lucille Hegamin, Famous Art Record Phonograph star; Mrs. Florence Parham, formerly of Nora Bayes Company, and J. P. Johnson, piano wizard of New York City. A capacity audience crowded Convention hall... Tucker interprets "Friday night" as 1921-11-25, which conflicts with a recently discovered Ellington appearance in Culpeper, Va. It was not uncommon for events to be vaguely dated in the Afro-American press. The column mentions other verifiable events which were earlier than indicated, which suggests the "Friday" of the Revue was likely 1921-11-18 or earlier:
S. Bowie: It may be the reporter's error, but he refers to Doc Perry's Jazz Bandits. Ads from September and October 1921 have Duke Ellington's Jazz Bandits. Steven Lasker: Scott Brown posted this on the Jazz Research list today [2021-04-19]. It answers the question (posed by John Hasse) of when James P. Johnson's piano roll of Carolina Shout was recorded..... 'James P. signed his contract with QRS on January 10, 1921. I suspect this is when he sat for the famous publicity photo with him seated at an upright with head turned to the camera. He signed several copies "James P. Johnson 1921." In an interview in 1947, J. Russel Robinson, who had been on the QRS staff for several years before Johnson, recalled he was in the recording laboratory with Johnson when he recorded "Carolina Shout." Although Robinson doesn't give the date, he comments that "CS" was Johnson's first roll for QRS. According to Mike Montgomery, the first five Johnson rolls were released in May. They were all advertised as upcoming releases in the January 29, 1921 Chicago Defender, complete with catalog numbers and indicating they had already been recorded. The ad announced Johnson as the first African American pianist to be added to QRS as staff pianist.
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1921 12 26 Monday Boxing Day | . | Culpeper, Va. | Pot and Kettle Hall Davis St. | Pot and Kettle Club danceA five piece orchestra from Duke's Serenaders of Washington, furnished the music... | The Culpeper Exponent, Culpeper, Va.
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1922 00 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Moulin Rouge, 48th and Broadway | (Unconfirmed) Floyd G. Snelson's column in the April 15, 1939 edition of The New York Age, page 7, says Snelson first heard Duke Ellington at the Moulin Rouge in 1922. Ken Steiner writes '...there's been no documentation found of this event. Sonny Greer did recall a trip to NY prior to the Sweatman gig (mentioned in Steven Lasker's Washingtonians Miscellany), perhaps this is what Floyd [Snelson] was referring to?' According to "New York Songlines," this club was in the basement of 1580 Broadway, under the Palais Royale. Later the corner was the location of the second Cotton Club. | Email, Steiner/Palmquist 2014-10-30. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 00 00 | 1947 00 00 | . | . | Personnel change According to his obituary, Jerry Rhea became Ellington's personal assistant in 1922 and held the post for 25 years. See 1902 02 26 above. | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-10-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 04 24 Monday | . | Muskogee, Okla. | . | Birth of Aaron Bell (1922 04 24 – 2003 07 28), bass player with Ellington from April 12, 1960 to November 1962. Quoted by Steve Voce: 'When I was with Duke I learned an awful lot. I had four degrees, but I always tell anyone that I learned more at the School of Ellington than at any of the other schools.' Bell's obituary, reprinted in DEMS, says he had a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Arts degree, and that in 1970 until the early 1990s, he taught at Essex College in Newark, N.J., becoming chair of its performing arts department in 1977.His mother was a music teacher, and all 9 of her children took piano lessons. Bell played tuba in his school band, and took up string bass at Xavier University. He was enrolled in a liberal arts programme with a music major and language minors in German and French, and wrote arrengements for the college band. After finishing at Xavier in 1943, Aaron spent 4 years in the navy, serving in a band at Peru, Indiana. He joined Ellington in Las Vegas in 1960. | Stanley Dance: The World of Duke Ellington, pp.202-209 | . | DEMS 03/3-1 | . | djp | New added 2016-08-21 updated 2018-07-29 2020-02-17 2023-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 12 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | E. Madison Hall paddle steamer | The Chicago Defender: 'Washington, June 16 – ... | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-06-17 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 17 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | E. Madison Hall paddle steamer | The Chicago Defender: 'The government employees' first half holiday and outing picnic to Riverview, Md., on the steamer E. Madison Hall, was held on Saturday, June 17. Duke Ellington's Serenaders and Sonny Grier's [sic] Jazzers furnished the necessary syncopation for pedal undulation on the decks. The promoters were Charles S. Johnson, C. Young, Frank Holiday and W.A. Graves, supervisor. ' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-06-24 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 21 Wednesday | . | Catonsville, Md. | Greenwood Electric Park Winters Avenue | (Unconfirmed) A Grand Musical Exhibition and Dance...Two Orchestras
| Ad, Afro-American 1922-06-16 | . | . | . | DJP per Hoffman's Ellington file | New added 2013-01-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Lincoln Theatre | During an August 1922 appearance in Washington, New York song-writer/publisher Clarence Williams met Ellington. Williams assured Duke he could make it in New York. | Tucker, Early Years, p.80, citing a 1950 Williams interview by Ed Kirkeby | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-02-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 28 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Murray's casino U Street | The Chicago Defender: 'Monday night, G. Frank Jones presented the "Frivolities of 1922" at the Murray's casino. The hub of the evening was Mayo Anderson's jazzists, Lula Whidby, formerly of the Creole Follies; Blondina Brown, the human nightingale, and Duke Ellington, the ragtime king.' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-09-02 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 2024-08-10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 29 Tuesday | . | Stockholm, Sweden | . | Birth of trumpeter Rolf Ericson (1922 08 29 - 1997 06 16)
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1922 09 30 Saturday | . | Okmulgee, Okla. | . | Bassist Oscar Pettiford (1922 09 30 - 1960 09 08) was born on an Indian reservation at Okmulgee. | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-18 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 10 25 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Home of Juan and Rosie Tizol | Peripheral event The Evening Star: 'Eighty-four gallons of whisky were found at 1627 5th street northwest Wednesday night when members of the District vice squad and revenue agents raided the place. Juan Tizol, a Porto Rican, and his colored wife, Rosie Tizol, were arrested and charged with owning the liquor. |
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1922 11 02 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 03 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 04 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 05 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 06 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Fishermen temple | The Chicago Defender: 'A Blue Monday dance was held at the Fishermen temple last Monday in the shape of the big timers' revue. Eva Jackson, entertainer de luxe, and the Oriental jazzers, "Duke" Ellington, Sterling Conway, Harry Conway and Sonny Gree, [sic] dispensed the evening's musical attractions.' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-11-11 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 07 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 08 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 09 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 10 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 11 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 12 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 13 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 14 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 15 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 16 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 17 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 18 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 18 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event In New York City, Sara Martin acc. by her Brown-Skin Syncopators record two titles, both rejected: "I Loved You Once but You Stayed Away too Long" and 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do." Personnel as listed in Rust's "Jazz Records," presumably as noted on the Columbia Records matrix cards: Arthur Whetsel, t; Claude Hopkins, p; Elmer Snowden, bj. | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-09-06 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2015-11-26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 19 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 20 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 21 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 22 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 23 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 24 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 25 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 26 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 27 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 28 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 29 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 30 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 08 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 09 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Circa 1922 12 20 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Armstrong Manual Training School | The 1922-12-30 edition of the New York Age reported 'On Wednesday evening last, the evening classes of Armstrong High School under the directorship of C. W. Childs. Jr.. and Principal J. P. Taylor held their Yuletide exercises. The program consisted of an exhibition of work of various classes in art and sciences. Dancing in the gymnasium with music by Duke Ellington was an enjoyable feature. ' Webmaster comment: The performance date may have been 1922 12 27 (indicated by the wording and timing of the article), but Christmas holidays were probably already in effect, so this is likely the previous Wednesday. It seems likely Yuletide exercises would occur before Christmas. While I was unable to confirm when the Christmas school holidays started in 1922, in later years school ended the Thursday before Christmas:
| Agustín Perez Gasco, citing the "Washington D.C." column in the "News Of New York State" section, New York Age, 1922-12-30, p.3 | . | . | . | APG - email 2012-08-23 | New added 2013-01-15 updated 2024-09-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 22 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Armstrong Manual Training School | Peripheral event One hundred and twenty-five little people revelled in a feast of apples, oranges, candy, nuts and kept time with tin horns as Arthur Whetzel [sic] rendered "My Buddy," squealed with delight when Santa Claus popped out of the chimney with bags of toys, sang and had a general good time at the Christmas tree party provided by the students of Armstong, Friday, for the children of their less fortunate neighbors. Everybody had a general good time, perhaps none better than the hosts who exerted themselves ... until the gran march around the building to tho the accomapniment of Christmas carols had ended... | The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. 192-12-24 pt.1 p.10 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-09-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 22 Friday | . | . | . | Ellington's and sidemen's activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 25 Monday Christmas Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 25 Monday Christmas Day | . | Washington, D.C. | 1212 U Street N.W. | The Chicago Defender: '...Miss Kitty White of Philadelphia entertained with her Jazz Hounds, together with Duke Ellington, Otto Hardwick, Cliff Jackson, Sterling Conway [sic], Sonny Green [sic] and others at the opening of the new dance palace on Christmas day at 1212 U Street Northwest...
| The Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill. National edition, 1923-01-08, p. 19 courtesy S.Lasker 2021-07-25 and K.Steiner 2024-09-09 | . | . | . | . | New added 2021-08-22 updated 2024-09-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 26 Tuesday Boxing Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 31 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . |
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1923 00 00 . | . | . | . | Overview of early 1923
First work in New York – Wilbur C. Sweatman
Willie (The Lion) Smith, James P. Johnson and |
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January 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 01 01 Monday | 1923 01 20 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 01 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 04 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 05 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 06 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 07 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 08 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 09 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 10 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 11 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 12 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 13 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 14 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 15 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 16 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 17 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 18 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 19 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 20 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 21 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
circa 1923 01 21 Sunday | Circa 1923 01 31 Wednesday | Washington D.C. | Samaritan temple | Since "last week" in Mr. Chestnut's February 2 column could mean the week beginning Sunday January 21 or Sunday January 22, this event is tentatively dated between the 21st and the end of the month. The Chicago Defender: 'Washington D.C. Feb. 2– |
| . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 updated 2021-08-17 | ||
1923 01 22 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 22 Monday | 1923 01 27 Saturday or circa 1923 02 03 Friday | Washington D.C. | Howard Theater | Ellington first encountered soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet when Bechet played the title role in the 65-member "How Come" revue at the Howard Theater in late January or possibly early February. Bechet would play in The Washingtonians in the summer of 1924 and earlier, living in Boston, he influenced the young future Ellingtonians Johnny Hodges and Harry Carney. S. Lasker: According to John Chilton ("Sidney Bechet, The Wizard of Jazz," p. 56), Sidney Bechet played "How Come, a Chinese laundryman who happened to be a brilliant jazz improvisor" in the show "How Come." "The show's booking at the Howard Theatre provided one young Washingtonian, Duke Ellington, with his first hearing of Bechet. It left an indelible impression on him, which he recalled almost 50 years later: 'My first encounter with the New Orleans idiom came when I heard Sidney Bechet in my hometown. I have never forgotten the power and imagination with which he played.' (Quote from MIMM, p. 417)
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1923-02-17 p.19 courtesy S.Lasker
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1923 01 23 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 25 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 26 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 27 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 28 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 29 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 30 Tuesday | . | Washington, D.C. | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 01 31 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
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1923 02 01 Thursday | 1923 02 11 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 02 02 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 03 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 04 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 05 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 06 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 07 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 08 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 09 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 10 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 11 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 02 13 Tuesday | 1923 02 27 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 02 13 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 14 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 15 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
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1923 02 16 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 17 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 18 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 19 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 20 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 21 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 22 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 23 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 24 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 25 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 26 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 27 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 28 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented On this date, the New York Clipper carried this brief announcement: 'SWEATMAN IN NEW ACT ![]() S. Lasker: 'Wilbur Sweatman recalled that he and Duke Ellington never recorded together, which contradicts a claim by banjoist Mike Danzi ("American Musician in Germany, 1924-39," Schmitten, Germany, 1986) that he and Ellington played together on Sweatman's Gennett recording of "Battleship Kate," of which a rejected/lost version was made circa 1924-08-12 and a remake version on 1924-09-20. The pianist on the latter side (Gennett 5584-B) doesn't sound like Ellington to me.' |
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March 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 03 01 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 04 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 05 Monday | 1923 03 11 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Midnight Frolic Friday Matinee every day Continous/Sunday from 2 to 11 (1 to 11 per Lasker) Wilbur Sweatman Band An ad in the Amsterdam News announced WILBER C. SWEATMAN
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| . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-09 2014-03-28 2021-06-18 | ||
1923 03 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Circa 1923 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Busoni's Balconades (or Balconnades) Ballroom |
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| . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-22 updated 2018-02-23 | ||
1923 03 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 |
| . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-03-28 2014-09-23 | ||
1923 03 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 13 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 14 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 15 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 17 Saturday St. Patrick's Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 19 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 20 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 22 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 23 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 24 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 26 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 27 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 28 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 29 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 30 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 31 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
April 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 04 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 12 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 13 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 14 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 19 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 20 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 21 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 22 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 23 Monday | 1923 04 28 Saturday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | (Unconfirmed) Vaudeville Berresford speculates that Ellington, Greer and Hardwick were still with Wilbur Sweatman, because the Chicago Defender said Sweatman with his assisting Syncopators appeared at the Grand for this week. | Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman p.136, citing Chicago Defender 1923-03-31 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 24 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 25 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 26 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 27 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 28 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 29 Sunday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 30 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
May 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 05 01 Tuesday | 1923 05 31 Thursday | . | . | Activities this month are not documented - Ellington, Hardwick and Greer may have been back in Washington, working with Elmer Snowden | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 02 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 03 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 04 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 05 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 06 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 07 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 08 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 09 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 10 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 11 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 12 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 13 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 14 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 15 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 17 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 18 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 19 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 20 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 21 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 22 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 23 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 24 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 25 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 26 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 27 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 28 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 29 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 30 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 05 31 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
June 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 06 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 06 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 08 Friday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Wonderland Amusement Park Cherry Hill Ave. [recte Rd.] west of Hanover St. | Elmer Snowden's Jazz Kings This entry may only be a peripheral event, since there is no evidence that Ellington, Hardwick, Whetsel or Greer were involved. They do not appear to have worked with Snowden before the move to New York. |
| . | . | . | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.5 | Added 2011 updated 2013-05-25 2018-03-29 2021-08-22 | ||
1923 06 09 Saturday | 1923 06 30 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 06 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
Circa 1923 06 22 Friday | . | Atlantic City, N.J. | Music Box | Activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box. Steven Lasker: 'Per Abel Green, The New York Clipper (1923-11-23, p. 24; reprinted in The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p. 16): 'They [The Washingtonians] are well known in several southern places and were at the Music Box, Atlantic City, the past summer.' Charters and Kunstadt, also Mark Tucker, date the Music Box engagement to late June without offering additional evidence (no such evidence is in the historical record), but assuming the band's engagement at Barron's Exclusive Club began in early July, followed by their employment at the Hollywood Cabaret from the last day in August, late June is the only part of summer when the Washingtonians were at liberty to work in Atlantic City. ' |
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1923 06 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 25 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
July 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 07 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Shortly before the Exclusive Club engagement, the band is reported to have auditioned for the Everglades Club at 48th and Broadway. | Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville #91, Oct-Nov 1980, citing Stanley Dance, The World of Swing pp.50-51 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-26 | ||
Circa 1923 07 00 | Circa 1923 08 00 | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club 198 W. 134th St (Harlem) | The exact dates of this residency are unknown. If the band came to New York directly after the Baltimore engagement on June 8, and if Snowden's claim to have told the club owner that the Washingtonians had been in New York for five weeks is true, the Exclusive Club engagement may have started around July 21. It might have started before Ellington was hired at Connie's Inn, though, if Beresford is right: 'Harper needed a daytime rehearsal pianist ... and found the ideal candidate working at Harlem celebrity and club owner Barron Wilkin's nightclub, Club Barron–none other than Duke Ellington.' See also S.Lasker: 'Per Barry Ulanov, "Duke Ellington," p. 34: While Snowden said the band stayed six months, since it opened at the Hollywood at the end of August this webpage assumes the engagement ended in August, possibly (but not likely) as late as August 30. There may have been some downtime in late August to allow for Hollywood rehearsals. Club owner Barron Wilkins hired the Snowden band on Ada (Bricktop) Smith's recommendation. They replaced the house band that was paid out for 2 weeks, so they only received tips for those weeks. Tips were lucrative, but hours were long - from 11 pm to 10 or 11 am. Ellington: 'Everybody seemed to like us at Barron's, and at that time there were no other organized bands in Harlem. We were only five, but we had arrangements on everything, and it was what we've now named conversation music, kind of soft and gutbucket. We were Toby, Whetsol, Sonny, Snowden and myself, and we let Snowden handle the business... Greer: 'It was a popular club. But the guys didn't really start hanging out there as a bunch until we came because he had never really heard anybody like us. So the word spread and they come down there. The place was so packed they couldn't accomodate all the musicians trying to come in. And a one-set rule that we had at the time, we were paid for entertaining so we couldn't let just anybody walk in there and play. Bricktop ... was the hostess there ... she got us the job ... and the business tripled overnight. So all the musicians, our friends, they'd come in. He never turned them away but as far as playing they come to listen...nobody that played like us. Six pieces sounded like 12, and we played so smooth, we were never loud...We went down there in July and stayed the whole summer." Elmer Snowden: '...we ran across the woman that we used to work with in Washington... called 'Bricktop'...and she was so surprised to see us in New York, and she said, 'What you doing here?' So I told her the story. |
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1923 07 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 16 Monday | 1923 07 21 Saturday. | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington may have worked during the day for Leonard Harper. He was hired to be the rehearsal pianist during the daytime for the Leonard Harper show that was to open July 21 at the new Connie's Inn. The dates he played for the rehearsals are not known; presumably it would have been most of this week. Tucker: 'At Connie's, while working with seasoned professional entertainers, Ellington began learning first-hand about the musical strucure of revues. ' |
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1923 07 16 Mpnday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
circa 1923 00 00 . | . | . | . | Life event The Cambridge Companion says Duke's wife Edna moved to New York in 1923 where she worked at Connie's Inn as a showgirl. The author did not provide a source but it is not inconsistent with Mercer Ellington's comments, although Mercer's comments may indicate it was some time earlier: 'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York...' Steven Lasker identifies the source as Austin Lawrence, p.407: "July 1923: Ellington hired as rehearsal pianist for a revue opening at Connie's Inn on the 21st; Ellington's wife, Edna, demands to come to New York and is soon hired at Connie's Inn as a showgirl.' |
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1923 07 17 Tuesday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 17 Tuesday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington may have worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist if there was a rehearsal on the opening day of Leonard Harper's revue. Peripheral event Connie's Inn, at or below the Lafayette Theatre, opened on this date. The first revue was a Leonard Harper production, with Wilbur Sweatman's Jazz Kings. The New York Age waged a campaign protesting the opening of Connie's Inn and other booze joints in Harlem. In its Nov. 3 edition, it said the cabaret was in the basement of the Lafayette Hall building, not in the Lafayette Theatre building. |
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1923 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 26 Thursday | . | Manhattan New York, N.Y. | Victor Talking Machine Co. studio 28 W.44th St. | Victor trial recording session Snowden's Novelty Orchestra Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer Title recorded: Home Steven Lasker: ' The files show no matrix number for this recording, and offer no evidence that it was ever processed into a metal part or test-pressed from one. ' Lasker, in DEMS 96/2-7:'The Victor Talking Machine Company's "Recording Book" for 1923 ... documents a session by "Snowden's Nov. Orch." ... 26 July 1923, and produced one "trial" title: "HOME." While the ledger is silent as to personnel present, bandleader Elmer Snowden recalled them as the original Washingtonians: Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer. (As to the exact number of men, Snowden's own retellings disagreed; "five" to Stanley Dance (The World of Swing) but "six" to Les Muscutt (Storyville 16, April-May 1968)... Maceo Pinkard was the first to take me to a studio ...so it is possible he was present during this session. |
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1923 07 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
August 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 08 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-10 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Premier Grand Piano Co. 510 W. 23 St. | Ellington and his orchestra made its first known radio appearance on WDT at midday. Who was in this orchestra isn't known. Ken Steiner describes WDT as a short-lived (1921-23) radio station owned by the Ship Owners' Radio Service, broadcasting one or two hours a day from the Premier Grand Piano Company and managed by actress, singer and radio personality Vaughan De Leath, the "Original Radio Girl."
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1923 08 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 31 Friday | circa 1926 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret a.k.a
(Times Square) This webpage uses "Hollywood Cabaret," the operating name shown in 1924 in an affidavit sworn by a U.S.Treasury Agent. | This appears to be a "soft opening," more or less a dry run before the announced opening on Sept. 1 (see 1923 09 01 below) CREOLE REVUE OPENS AT NEW HOLLYWOOD New Show Promises to Last Through Winter at Prominent Broadway Restaurant A new Autumn revue was presented at the New Hollywood Restaurant, 208 West Forty-ninth street, entitled the "Creole Revue." It has come directly from the Empire Theatre in London and promises to last well after the snow flies. (emphasis added)Some colored girls furnished liveliness by their songs and dances and did justice to the production of Leonard Harper, who staged the review. Mr. Harper again demonstrated his skill in managing musical miniature shows in the "Creole Revue." The cast boasts of Johnny Vigal, Brooks & White, Cassie Ward and many others not unknown to the frequenters of cabarets. The music was written especially for the production by Elmer Snowden, who led the Washington jazz band at the opening performance Friday night. The Hollywood Restaurant, one of the most prominent on Broadway, is under the management of Leo Bernstein, who is assisted by his partners, Frank Jerrie and George Hammond. The trio has gone to considerable expense to make the show a success.' | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1924-09-02 p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-01-08 | ||
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1923 09 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | "In September 1923, The Billboard reported (Maceo Pinkard) had placed the (The Washingtonians) with the Victor record company..." | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.104 | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-09 | ||
Circa 1923 09 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change Ellington: "Whetsol [sic] left us and went back to Howard University to study medicine. Bubber Miley was still young then, but we had him join. Our band changed its character when Bubber came in. He used to growl all night long, playing gut-bucket on his horn. That was when we decided to forget all about the sweet music." Hardwick:"...Whetsel went back to Howard University and we needed a good man. We wanted Miley...He was playing at a little place uptown and was happy there, so he stalled us off, thinking that if and when Whetsel came back, we'd let him go. One night after we finished work, we went up to Harlem, got Bubber stiff, and when he came to he was in a tuxedo growling at the Hollywood..." New York Evening Telegram:"Vincent Lopez was a recent visitor to the Hollywood and was unstinting in his praise of the cornetist of Elmer Snowden's Washington Black Dot Orchestra, 'Bub' Miley. Mr. Lopez said he is one of the best he has ever heard. 'And we opine that Mr. Lopez is some judge,' Snowden remarked with considerable pride in his voice." New Desor has Bubber Miley and Charlie Irvis joining the band in 1924, based on band recordings, the first of which was in 1924. Since Howard University's academic year probably began in September, it seems likely Whetsel left the band that month, with Bubber joining shortly thereafter. | Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, quoting
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circa 1923 09 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Quote from Ellington during his 1953 01 26 WLAW Boston interview with Nat Hentoff. 'We had this six-piece band. I used to go kind of everyday to one of the big movie houses on Broadway where they had symphony orchestras then and listen to the symphony orchestras play this beautiful lush music and then go back down to the cellar to my own six pieces and try to make 'em sound like that. (Laughs.)' | Interview extract, courtesy S. Lasker 2016-04-26 | . | . | djp | New added 2016-04-26 | |||
1923 09 01 Saturday | 1923 11 07 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Opening night for the Hollywood and premiere of Leonard Harper's "Cleo Revue;" "Three shows nightly at 9 PM, 11:30 PM and 1:30 AM staged and produced by Mr. Joe Ward. The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader." "Elmer Snowden's Washingtonian Black Dot orchestra will furnish music during dinner and supper, as well as for dancing." Ellington recalled WHN radio broadcast their music every night after 2 a.m. Sonny Greer: "...We had six chorus girls in the show...The floorshow also included Johnny Hudgins...Joe Smith, the trumpet player, worked with him, and Joe did the talking on trumpet, using his hand as a mute. The M.C. was Bert Lewis and in between the shows he would come out and do an act with Fats Waller as his accompanist. "This colored band is plenty torrid and includes a trumpet player who never need doff his chapeau to any cornetist in the business. He exacts the eeriest sort of modulation and 'singing' notes heard...The band is the sole feature up to midnight, when Harpers's Dixie Revue goes on, reappearing again at 2 a.m. "...I'd ...catch the first show at the Kentucky Club...the bandstand was up under the sidewalk in a corner. The bandsmen had to walk up three stone steps to get on the stand. Their dressing rooms were like 'the Black Hole of Calcutta.' ...The stand ...only held six men and Duke had to play piano and direct from the dance floor. If you worked on the deck long enough, you wound up with hunched shoulders for good because the stand was about five-and-a-half feet from the glass grill up in the sidewalk." Elmer Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt: '...It was a place called the Hollywood Club...I always took my banjo home every night, but I was playing saxophone then...I had three saxes, a Baritone, a C Melody and a C Soprano...and a guitar, and my banjo... Ken Steiner's early and exhaustive research into Ellington's time at the Hollywood and its successor, Club Kentucky, is presented in his paper Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923-27, delivered at the 2008 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference in London. Since Wild Throng is not in general circulation, here is a list of the various sources he cited that specifically relate to Ellington, the Washington Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, the Washingtonians, and The Hollywood from September 1923 and February 1925:
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1923 09 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-09 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 09 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-16 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 09 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN station Loew Building 1540 Broadway | In August 1923 WHN began broadcasting bands, and about a month later, The Clipper mentioned the names of some of them, including "the Washingtonians, a colored band from Hollywood café." Tucker, relying on Abel Green's comment in The Clipper (see Clipper, 1923-09-14: 'CABARETS BID FOR PLUG VIA RADIO MUSIC |
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1923 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN station Loew Building 1540 Broadway | WHN broadcast scheduled: '4:15-5:00 p.m. Elmer Snowden's "Washingtonians" Orchestra' |
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1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-30 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
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1923 10 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-07 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 10 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency and opening night of "Creole Revue" - two shows nightly. The opening was a week later than planned. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see Morning Telegraph: 'With the world's series going in full blast just now thousands of people are in New York from all over the country and this has gladdened the hearts of the hotel, restaurant and cabaret men, who are all doing a thriving business. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-14 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 10 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Snowden's Novelty Orchestra Miley or Whetsel, John Anderson, Roland Smith, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden, Greer Titles recorded:
Some discographies say Elmer Snowden's Novelty Orchestra recorded for Victor in this session. Bakker shows the recordings were unissued, and Steven Lasker and DEMS take the position it never occurred. Lasker's research of Victor's files showed no entry for it: 'The April 1963 issue of Jazz Journal included an Elmer Snowden discography, compiled by Bertrand Demeusy with Snowden's assistance. It lists a single session by Snowden's Novelty Orchestra, with two titles: "HOME" and "M.T. POCKET BLUES." A note explains: "Elmer Snowden says the record was made October 18, 1923. Brian Rust in his Jazz Records indicates New York, July 26, 1923." | W.E. Timner Ellingtonia, The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His SidemenFifth edition with any corrections suggested in DEMS 09/2-4, 09/3-4, 10/2-11 & 11/1-15 | . | DEMS | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | Added 2011 updated 2014-01-19 2020-02-17 | ||
1923 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Star Casino, East 107th St. & 3rd Ave. Harlem | Song Writers' Concert and Dance | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||
1923 10 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-21 p.8. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | Fred Fisher Company registered the copyright of Blind Man's Buff. Mark Tucker writes "This is the first tangible evidence of Ellington's work with Jo Trent." | Tucker, Early Years, p.103 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-01-07 updated 2014-08-17 2015-02-28 | ||
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 31 Wednesday Hallowe'en | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club engagement- see 1923 10 12 Three showings of a special show were announced, featuring Celtic airs played by the orchestra and "a number of real old Irish songs" sung by "colored artists." | Steiner, Wild Throng, citing Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-10-28. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
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1923 11 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see "Four stars of colored shows" had been engaged for the new review that was postoned until Thursday, and were rehearsing for opening night. | The Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-03, p.4 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-04 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 11 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 08 Thursday | 1924 01 20 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency -see 1923 09 01 This was the scheduled opening night of "The Dixie Girl Revue" but the Evening Telegram reported the opening was postponed until the next Thursday night. It said Leo Berstein, manager and one of the owners of the Hollywood, had been off sick for two weeks and with his partners, George Hammond and Frank [illegible] is putting all of his energies into making the new all-[illegible] show one of the best ever seen. Four stars of colored shows have already been engaged and are rehearsing for opening night. On the other hand, on November 11, The Morning Telegraph reported the review reported: 'Hollywood Revue a Hit. The band advertised was The Washingtonian Real Jazz Orchestra Elmer Snowden, Leader. The Evening Telegram Nov. 8 ad said the revue was twice nightly, staged and produced by Leonard Harper, featuring special music by Duke Ellington, and the name of the and was Washingtonians Real Jazz Orchestra. The right edge of the ad in the archive is cut off, but it appears to say dancing was to be from 9 p.m. until closing. The plug in that edition said Johnny Hudgins, colored comedian, will be an added attraction "next week" as will Howard and Brown, singers and dancers. |
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1923 11 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The New York Age Theatrical Jottings: 'Howard and Brown is heading the Dixie Girl Revue at the Hollywood Restaruant, 49th street, with Fred Weaver, Adah (Bricktop) Smith, Mohnny Hudgins and a Beauty Chorus.' | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-10 p.6. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph ad announced the Dixie Girl Revue, two shows nightly at 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., and the band was THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
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1923 11 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with the postponed "Dixie Girl Revue" - see | The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-08 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2017-10-17 | ||
1923 11 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 The Evening Telegram reported Snowden had added "Otto and Smith, The Saxophone Twins" to the Washington Black Dot Orchestra. | Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-17 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2017-07-10 | ||
1923 11 18 Sunday | . | Pritchard, Ala. | . | Birth of singer Lil Greenwood
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1923 11 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-18 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN studio Loew State Theatre Bldg. 1540 Broadway | 4:15 to 5 p.m. broadcast Ken Steiner 'Abel Green mentioned that the Washingtonians "broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN.' I had found Wednesday afternoon broadcasts on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, but nothing after that. I found this in the Jersey Journal. Maybe the afternoon broadcasts resumed on Nov. 21? It also says "from the Hollywood." Perhaps this was actually from the Hollywood, when they first got a wire? I believe the September broadcasts were from the WHN studio at the nearby Loew's State. 'Since WHN remote broadcasts didn't begin until 1924 06 09, this broadcast originated at WHN's studio in the Loew State Theatre Bldg., 1540 Broadway.' Jersey Journal radio log:'4:15 p.m. - "The Washingtonians" from the Hollywood. Elmer Snoden [sic], leader; Duke Ellington, John Anderson, Sonny Grear [sic], Rollin [sic] Smith, Bob Marley and Otto Harwick[sic].' The Bangor Daily News radio log gives the lineup as Elmer Snoden [sic], leader, Duke Ellington, John Anderson, Sonny Greer, Rollin [sic] Smith, Bub Marley [sic] and Otto Harwick [sic] |
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1923 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 Note the revue appears to be only be playing twice a night by this time. Abel Green, in Clipper: 'THE WASHINGTONIANS (7) Abel.' Advertisements in The Evening Telegram, however, until Sept. 16 say there were three shows nightly at 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30 Several radio listings for WHN show the band played at 4:15, not 3:45, and despite Nils T. Granlund's comment (see |
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1923 11 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The ad in The Evening Telegram billed the band as "The Washington Real Jazz Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader" | The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-24 p.6 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader" | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-25 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
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1923 12 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph: 'The Hollywood Cabaret and Restaurant's new show, "The Dixie Girl" revue, will enter in upon its fourth week of great success tomorrow night. Duke Ellington has injected three new song numbers that will be introduced for the first time...' The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER" | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-02 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 12 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | Band and Orchestra Routes, Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-07 p.24 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 | ||
1923 12 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-09 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 12 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
circa 1923 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Personnel change Trombone player Charles Irvis joined Snowden's orchestra some time before Dec. 16. The Morning Telegraph Dec.16: 'If you think you have heard trombone players just drop into the Hollywood any evening after theatre time and hear the new trombone player there. The new artist made such a hit a few nights ago that Leo Bernstein signed a contract with him for the remainder of the season. The January 4 Clipper reported "Charles Irvis is the new trombonist with the Washingtonians at the Hollywood, New York." Irvis joined the band in time for the Cinderella Ballroom performance below. His mute technique would become a key part of the Ellington brass section sound, adopted by Bubber Miley and, later, Tricky Sam Nanton, Cootie Williams and their successors. |
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1923 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway and 48th (1600 Broadway) | New York Clipper: Some of the small Broadway cabarets are trying a new stunt to boost business. On special nights usually heralded several days in advance, the entire revue of [a] show from the supper club is transported to a popular Broadway dance hall and performed in its entirety. That takes place at an hour before 11, naturally, preceding the regular after-theatre performances in the cabaret." The Morning Telegraph Dec.16:'... | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing
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1923 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 14 | . | . | . | The Clipper A listing of the band as the Washington Black Sox was changed to The Washingtonians followed by Snowden's name in brackets. | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.107 | . | . | . | (New) added 2012-01-07 | |||
1923 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see (Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader) | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-16 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 Updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Prior to 1923 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fred Fisher Inc. presumably 224 W.46th St. |
Fred Fisher Inc. sheet music bore the address 224 W.46th St., New York. That is where Ellington worked unless it had more than one location. The original "Tin Pan Alley" was on 26th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, but Tucker tells us 'By the early twenties most of the city's important music publishers had offices in the vicinity of Times Square. “Tin Pan Alley” … now stretched from the upper-30s to the lower 50s and was concentrated in the mid-40s.' |
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1923 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 (Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader) The Telegram reported club owner Leo Bernstein set aside 40 seats for the cast members of 3 Broadway shows because their work prevented them from attending the club until after the theatres closed, and it was hard for them to get tables. |
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1923 12 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see Hostess Mlle. Rubkin Kavlotzky from Cleveland replaced hostess Hazel Clark. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-23 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 25 Tuesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see ("The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader") | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-30 p.10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph 'At the Hollywood. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-30 p.10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Fisher Publishing House | In late December, Ellington became the rehearsal pianist for Tin Pan Alley music publisher Fred Fisher Company. The Billboard Magazine: "Duke Ellington, the pianist, at Hollywood Inn, has succeeded Roland Irving in the professional department of the Fred Fisher publishing house" | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 P.104, citing The Billboard Dec.23, 1923 | . | . | djp | New added 2012-01-07 |
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1924 00 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change New Desor has Bubber Miley joining the band in 1924, based on recording dates. It seems likely he joined in the latter part of 1923 - see comments above (1923 09 00) | New Desor vol.2 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-23 updated 2014-08-17 | ||||
1924 01 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Private home | Hollywood Club owner Leo Bernstein hosted a party for 50 at his home, to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary. Members of the revue at the Club entertained the party after dinner. The article does not say if the Washingtonians were there, but it seems likely. | Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-05, p.12 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 Rehearsals for the new, 25 member, Revue that was to open Jan.21 started. "The review now playing has had an excellent run of ten weeks... The music played by the Washingtonian Orchestra is out of the ordinary in dance music. The orchestra,...under the direction of Elmer Snowden, always receives as much applause after each selection as the cabaret revue." | Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants, and Cabarets, 1923-01-13 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 01 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Clipper shows "Washingtonians (Elmer Snowden) Hollywood Cafe, N.Y." | Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-01-18 p.24 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 2020-07-26 | ||||
1924 01 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 21 Monday | 1924 04 04 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club aka Hollywood Cabaret | Night club residency - see 1923 09 01 "Mississippi Revue" opened. The Evening Telegram, 1924-01-26: 'The "Mississippi Revue" which had its premiere at the Hollywood, Forty-ninth street , a few steps east of Broadway, last Monday night, surpasses in merit and talent anything ever attempted since that restaurant opened its doors. Particularly is this true of dancing and the cast, which is colored, includes such names as Howard and Brown, Williams and Brooks, Morton and Brown and Johnny Hudgins. The chorus numbers seven. It is, as the management's card says it is, a delightful musical entertainment with many laughs.' Advertisements in The Evening Telegram and The New York Telegram and Evening Mail show 2 performances nightly, 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., for Leonard Harper's "Mississippi Revue" Featuring Howard and Brown, Washington Real Jazz Orchestra. They name the managers, Leo Weinstein and George Hammond, and say "Dancing Till Close." |
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1924 01 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see Mississippi Revue, featuring Howard and Brown, Washington Real Jazz Orchestra, shows at 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. 1924-01-22 p.15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-25 | ||||
1924 01 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see Affidavit for Search Warrant, Violation of The National Prohibition Act, sworn by U.S. Treasury Department agent Frank Rickey: "On January 30, 1924, about 12:00 midnight, I entered the cabaret known as the Hollywood Cabaret, located in the basement of the building at 203 West 49th Street... I was introduced to the man in charge of the cabaret, whose name is Leo Bernstein. Leo Bernstein called the waiter and told him to give us anything we wanted. We were then seated at a table, and we ordered from the waiter drinks of Scotch whiskey, and sandwiches. While drinking the Scotch whiskey, Bernstein came to our table and asked us if everything was alright, and if we were well taken care of. He told us that we could have anything we wanted, and later brought a girl to me and insisted that I dance with her. She claimed to be the "hostess" in the cabaret and offered drinks of Scotch whiskey for which we were compelled to pay $1.50 a drink. I drank some of the whiskey, and as I am familiar with the taste of whiskey I know that it was whiskey. There were a great many people drinking whiskey in said cabaret on this occasion, and various scenes of partial intoxication. |
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1924 01 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 24 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Alice Babs | Interview,Leigh Kamman and Alice Babs, 1993. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 10 2016-01-18 | ||||
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1924 02 00 | . | New York City, N.Y. | . | Early 1924 personnel changes - and as Steven Lasker suggests, a Life Event for Duke.BAND LEADERS
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1924 02 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom | The Mississippi Revue appeared at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening, probably on February 6. They proved so popular that they were asked to return the following Wednesday. | "News,"New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-09, p.5 | . | . | . | djp from WTDM | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 02 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The Morning Telegraph reported three musicians were added to the Washingtonians Black Dot Band. | Morning Telegraph, "Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-02-10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 02 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 14 Thursday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) The Mississippi Revue were asked to appear a second time at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening of Feb. 13 but the appearance was postponed a week. | "News," New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-09, p.5 | . | . | djp from Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | |||||
1924 02 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see This ad appeared in Clipper with a photograph between the columns:
| Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-22 p.35 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 | ||||
1924 02 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see The club was raided by federal agents, who seized alcohol. At the end of the year, the US Court of Appeals ordered the liquor returned on a technicality invalidating the search warrant. Sworn statement of Agent Thomas Shannon: Search warrant executed at 2:15 am on February 24th, 1924, at 203 W.49th Street, NYC, found pint whiskey in pitcher in kitchen, 4 oz. scotch whiskey in glass in kitchen, 6 oz. whiskey in three separate glasses on table near kitchen door." On 1924-12-08 the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the seized liquor should be returned because the search warrant was invalid. The prohibition agents raided at night but the warrant was valid during daytime hours only. |
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1924 02 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-12-07 | ||||
1924 02 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see David G. Casem, The New York Telegram and Evening Mail 'Leonard Harper, producer of the "Mississippi" revue ... will put five new "strut" numbers in that show, beginning next Wednesday night. The revue, which went on for the first time the latter part of January, has had the most success of any staged in the Hollywood since it was opened by Leo Berstein and George Hammond. "We gauge a show by the amount of business it brings in," said Mr. Bernstein, "and the 'Mississippi' revue "satisfied us." Satisfaction usually means capacity crowds to a cabaret owner.' | The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-23 p.6 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-26 | ||||
1924 02 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
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1924 03 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The New York Telegram and Evening Mail reported the club was continuing its policy of adding new principals to revues as their run lengthened, and had added two for the coming Monday to strengthen the show for another month's run. The paper reported Ellington was now the leader of the Washington Black Dot orchestra, and the revue was to be presented at the Cinderella Ballroom the following Wednesday. Snowden continued to be shown as leader in the weekly Morning Telegraph ads, and in the New York Clipper. | New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Hollywood owner Leo Bernstein and a Sam Shiener pled not guilty to possessing and selling two drinks of whiskey to the Treasury agent. They appear to have been convicted because they were each fined $100 on March 24. Bernstein, co-owner George Hammond, Schiener and a Sam Silverstein also pled not guilty to possessing liquor (1 pint and 10 ounces). The outcome of these charges is not known, other than Silverstein was released on $500 bail. This may be the case that ended July 28 1925 when the charges were dismissed. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.15. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom, Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) Vail's March 1924 entry: "The Washingtonians begin doubling at the Cinderella Ballroom before the show at the Hollywood Club." Götting places the band at the Cinderella on February 20 and March 12, citing Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club.Tucker:"Performers from both the Hollywood and the Club Alabam traveled to the Cinderella Ballroom... where 'these added attractions have been successful...and have been the means of drawing an element a bit above the usual dance hall following.' Such appearances may have brought bands additional jobs, thus benefiting the musicians as much as their club sponsors. When the Washingtonians made their Haverhill, Massachusetts, debut early in 1925, they were identified as coming not from the Hollywood but 'direct from the Cinderella ballroom on Broadway.'" |
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1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 17 Monday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) The Mississippi Revue was scheduled for a one-hour performance at the Cinderella Ballroom. | Morning Telegraph "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-03-09 | . | . | . | djp from Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
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1924 04 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 Last night of engagement
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1924 04 06 Sunday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of reed player Charlie Rouse (1924-1988), who would play tenor sax with Ellington in 1949 and 1950. |
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1924 04 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Some advertisements for "Hollywood orchestra" have been found for the period of Ellington's 1924 New England tour. This appears to have been a small group from Springfield, rather than Ellington's "Hollywood Cafe orchestra" found in some ads. The Springfield Daily News, 1922-03-18 radio log names Hollywood orchestra; John F. Greel, leader and saxophone,; George Ford, violin; Bert Guempel, banjo; Anthony Mangierie, drums; Harold Hellman, piano. | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-11-06 | ||||
1924 04 20 Easter Sunday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Waldorf Theatre | This is the first known date in The Washingtonians' spring 1924 New England tour. Daily Evening Item: ACTS AND FILMS AT THE WALDORF SUNDAY |
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1924 04 21 Easter Monday | . | Salem, Mass. | College Inn | Unconfirmed
| Gloucester Daily Times And Cape Ann Advertiser, Gloucester, Mass.
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1924 04 21 Easter Monday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | Unconfirmed Performance for the Salem Young Men's Christian Temperance Society as 'Duke Ellington's Broadway Recording Orchestra.' Salem Evening News: "Real jazz music...will be the principal attraction at the Waldorf,...presented by Duke Ellington's Hollywood Cafe Jazz Orchestra which has been filling a week's engagement in Boston since its own cafe was destroyed by fire. There are eight musicians in the act, each an expert soloist, and Sundays last summer played at the New York Winter Garden shows. Three other high class vaudeville acts, music by the Waldorf's own orchestra and 'Storm Swept' for a feature picture will also be on the Sunday program." Barry Ulanov:"They played in Salem at the Charleshurst Ballroom. Sometimes you could find them, before or after hours. More often you could not. Duke was usually out with the police force's Lieutenant Bates, who later became Salem's Mayor, and then its Representative in Congress. Or, with the other Washingtonians, he was over at the Coast Guard barracks, or being whisked around the Salem-Marblehead Harbor." Note Mr. Bates was elected mayor in 1924. Charleshurst owner Charles Shribman had been booking bands into New England in the early 1920s. In 1924 he and other New England ballroom managers formed a performance circuit. Peripheral event (in Springfield) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held the annual dance last night in the town hall. About 200 couples attended. This was the principal Easter Monday event in town. The Hollywood Orchestra furnished music. This Hollywood Orchestra was described asThe Hollywood Orchestra composed of local young men.in The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass. 1924-05-01 p.13 and (see |
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1924 04 22 Tuesday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Truell Hall | . | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun 1924-04-22, p.16 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 23 Wednesday | . | Russell, Mass. | Russell town hall | Peripheral event The Springfield Daily Republican:
This is a band from Springfield, not the Ellington group - see | The Springfield Daily Republican Springfield, Mass.
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1924 04 23 Wednesday | . | Gloucester, Mass. | Hawthorne Inn |
Note this engagement conflicts with the Russell town hall dance. |
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1924 04 24 Thursday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | Dance First of two dances booked here for the band, admission 50 cents. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun:
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1924 04 25 Friday | . | Salem, Mass. | College Inn | Dance, sharing the bandstand with a local orchestra led by Frank Ward. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-24 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-02 | ||||
1924 04 26 Saturday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | Dance "... will engage in a battle of music with Miner-Doyle's orchestra. The admission ...is 50 cents with free checking". The Associate Hall was a five-storey building with retail businesses on the ground floor, offices upstairs, and apparently the dance hall or club on the top floor. At 12:30 am Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in the Club room on the top floor of the Associate building and appeared to be a minor blaze. The alarm was sounded at 12:34 am, and fire companies responded. The fire spread, and ultimately destroyed three buildings and damaged others. A fire captain was killed after being crushed under a falling wall, 10 other firemen were injured and a fire truck was destroyed. This was the biggest fire in Lowell's history. It seems likely the dance would have still been underway when the alarm was first sounded, but the newspaper coverage does not mention the dance. |
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1924 04 27 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 28 Monday | . | Greenfield, Mass. | Robert E. Pray hall, Odd Fellows building | Peripheral event B.L.F. Dance Monday | The Greenfield Recorder,Greenfield, Mass.
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1924 04 29 Tuesday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 30 Wednesday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Odd Fellows' Hall | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Lynn Tribune News, April 30, 1924 | . | . | . | ks | 2018-08-23 | ||||
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1924 05 01 Monday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Hollywood reopened with a new Leonard Harper revue, advertised both as The Virginia Girls and The Virginian Girls. Its music was written by Jimmie (James P.) Johnson who led the band initially. Benny Carter and Sidney Bechet were in the Johnson band but Johnson fired Bechet, and later was fired himself. Although Bechet said he and Ellington replaced Johnson at the club, the club hired an unnamed group before Ellington went back in - see 1924 05 15 and 1924 06 10 |
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1924 05 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 04 Sunday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Waldorf Theatre | Vaudeville WALDORF JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO RETURN | Lynn Daily Item, Lynn, Mass. 1924-05-03 pp.2, 12 courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | ks | New added 2024-08-10 | ||||
1924 05 05 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 06 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 07 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 08 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 09 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 10 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 11 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 13 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
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1924 05 15 Thursday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Hollywood replaced the Johnson band with an unnamed French orchestra. The Morning Telegraph: 'The Hollywood Cabaret introduced its new French jazz orchestra last Thursday night.' | Ken Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.17, citing Morning Telegraph, New York, 1924-05-18 | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-08-17 | ||||
1924 05 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 17 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 19 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 20 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Peripheral event The New York Sun reported Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand signed orders against the Picadilly Rendezvous, the Silver Slipper and the "restaurant at 203 West Forty-Ninth" restraining the sale of liquor until "the hearing on the padlock case, which it is expected will come up for trial in June." | New York Sun, 1924-05-21, p.1 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-12-26 | ||||
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1924 05 23 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 24 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 24 Saturday 7 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Corner of 134th St. and Seventh Ave. | Peripheral event Barron Wilkins murdered Julius William "Yellow Charleston" Miller shot William Harris to death on May 24. Fleeing the scene, he approached Barron De Ware Wilkins, owner of Barron's Exclusive Club, Inc. (the Exclusive Club), outside the club, to ask for $100 to help him get away. When Wilkins declined, Miller shot him four times. Wilkins was taken to Harlem Hospital by taxicab, and died there. Miller was convicted of first degree murder and in November was sentenced to die in December 1924. His execution didn't take place, however, until September 1925. Steven Lasker: 'Note that Barron Wilkins' first name is consistently misspelled "Baron" in the transcript. |
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1924 05 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 26 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
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1924 05 29 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 30 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 31 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 00 | 1940 00 00 | New York City, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Peripheral event The Cotton Club opened in late May or the beginning of June, 1924. It closed in Harlem n February 1936 and reopened in mid-town in September that year. It would close in permanently in 1940. | Supplementary webpage Cotton Cub origins | . | . | . | . | New added 2025-01-21 Updated 2025-02-28 | ||||
June 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 06 00 | . | . | . | The June 1924 edition of International Musician showed Edward K. Ellington, Fred L. Guy, William Greer and Charles Irvis in the new members list for Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Steven Lasker observes that this is the first print reference to Guy that places him among the Ellingtonians. The same edition lists Arthur P. Whetsel as transferring from Local 710 (Washington), but the August edition shows Whetsel in the "transfers withdrawn" list. It isn't clear why the 19-year old Whetsel would have cancelled his transfer since he was still living and working in New York as a musician in November 1924 when he applied for his passport. Local 802 was formed in 1921 by the American Federation of Musicians to replace Local 310, the Musicians Mutual Protective Union. Local 310 was incorporated under state jurisdiction and was not subject to A.F.of M. bylaws. There was a dispute between the two union locals over who would represent thousands of musicians in New York. Several 1923 articles in Variety reported that nearly all the members of Local 802 were also members of M.M.P.A. because the M.M.P.A. provided benefits and owned valuable real property. As of July 1923, vaudeville scale in New York was $52 weekly, but in Chicago, $75. |
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1924 06 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Broadway night spots | Peripheral event This appears to be the date of WHN radio station's first remote broadcast from a New York night spot. In a story datelined New York, June 11, The Clipper reported 'The Loew Circuit's radio station WHN has arranged to run direct land wires in to the various Broadway cabarets and restaurants for the purpose of broadcasting the dance music and other entertainment direct from the cafes. Heretofore the talent was wont to visit the WHN studios in the Loew State theatre building. | The Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-06-14 p.15 | . | . | . | SL/KS/djp | New added 2019-12-14 | ||||
circa 1924 06 10 | . | . | . | Personnel change
Bechet: ' I met Duke in Washington the time that I was there in How Come [see note]. He was hanging around the stage door then, coming in all the time when we were doing our rehearsals and asking to play the piano. He played it James P. Johnson fashion then. At that time, 1922, he and Elmer Snowden had a band together called the Washingtonians, and we hung out some; we were good buddies for hanging out together. Duke was a fine man to be with, an easy man in himself. I'll come back to him. |
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1924 06 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency resumed, with "The Virginia Girls" revue - see Ellington and the Washingtonians with Sidney Bechet return to replace James P. Johnson's band. While the New York Times reported Judgement by default will be taken today against the Hollywood Restaurant...The place will be closed for one year.- this apparently didn't happen. It seems likely the club challenged the charges, for its liquor was returned in December. |
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1924 06 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
July 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 07 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Sunday's Morning Telegraph said George Hammond, partner in the Hollywood, planned to take the entire revue to the Empire Race Track as his guests, then take them, including the Hollywood Orchestra, home. The Orchestra would serenade his wife with a few tunes for her birthday. | Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets, 1924-07-13 | . | . | . | . | New added 2013-09-02 | ||||
1924 07 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, says the Morning Telegraph Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets column in the July 13 edition of the Morning Telegraph is the last mention of the Hollywood until the autumn. The column itself says the warm weather did not affect the club and Bernstein said it would remain open all summer. Steiner suggests The Washingtonians may have continued at the club for the rest of the summer, or may have toured New England, since Ellington recalled, in MIMM, a summer tour of New England with Bechet, and it seems that can only have been this summer. Until evidence of their activities between July 16 and Sept.5 is found, we simply say this period is undocumented. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 17 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 18 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 19 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 On this date, "Choo Choo, I Gotta Hurry Home" was registered for copyright as an unpublished musical composition. A copyright application and two copies of the sheet music for a version published by Broadway Music Corp. was received at the copyright office in September - see | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2022-01-05 | . | . | . | . | New added 2022-01-06 | ||||
1924 07 20 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 21 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 22 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 23 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 24 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 25 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 26 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 27 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 28 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 29 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 30 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 31 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
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1924 08 01 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 02 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 03 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 04 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 07 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 08 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event S.Lasker 'In New York City, the vaudeville comedy team of Gus Van and Joe Schenck record Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home). Released circa early September 1924 on Columbia 197-D, this is both the earliest documented recording of an Ellington composition as well as the first Ellington song to be issued on a record. The label credits the song to "Ringle, Ellington and Schafer." This marked the first appearance of Ellington's name on a record label.' | E-mail S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-02-07 2019-12-09 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2015-02-08 2019-12-09 | ||||
1924 08 09 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 10 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 11 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Some speculate Ellington was the pianist for Wilbur C. Sweatman's August 12 Gennett recording session in which Sweatman made an unreleased recording of Battleship Kate. The Gennett files don't show personnel present at the date other than Sweatman. The report that Ellington was on the date originated in the autobiography of Mike Danzi, "American Musician in Germany, 1924-39" (Schmitten, Germany, 1986). Danzi recalled that he playing banjo on Battleship Kate and Ellington played piano. Steven Lasker: '...what I hear on the record leads me to conclude that contrary to Mike Danzi's recollection, the pianist on Sweatman's 10oct24 Battleship Kate isn't Ellington...Danzi might instead have recalled an unissued Gennett session, held circa 12Aug24, at which Sweatman recorded a version of Battleship Kate that was never issued. ' Steven points out that Sweatman himself denied ever having recorded with Ellington (see DEMS 05/3-32). | . | . | DEMS | . | SL | Added 2011 updated 2014-03-30 2014-08-17 2015-03-23 2020-02-17 2020-02-18 | ||||
1924 08 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 14 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 15 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 16 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 17 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 18 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 20 Wednesday | . | Bayonne, N.J. | . | Birth of singer and children's television show host Joya Yvonne Sherrill Guilmenot. The family lived in New York in 1930 census and Detroit in 1940. Ms Sherrill first joined Ellington in August 1942 at age 17 - see 'I never really left the band. Duke would call me for jobs once a year at least. ' In December 1944 The Michigan Chronicle reported her return to the band at age 19:'...About two years ago, Miss Sherrill was introduced to Ellington backstage... ON graduation from high school, Miss Sherrill joined Ellington in Chicago, although her father still insisted that she should consider a college education first. After four months with Ellington, Joya and Mrs. Sherrill came back home and Joya went to Wilberforce university where she studied for a year...The Sherrill children, Joya, Alice and their brother, William Jr. were much sought after for amateur productios in Detroit when they arrived here from New York in 1934...' |
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1924 08 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 21 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 22 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 23 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented possibly working at the Hollywood - see The August 23 edition of the Chicago Defender reported Otto Hardwick was now with the White Brothers orchestra in Chicago. Since the Defender is dated the end of the week it is published, the report could be from up to two weeks before August 23. | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 24 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 25 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 28 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 29 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 30 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 31 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 00 | 1924 09 00. | Washington, D.C. | Murray Casino 920 U Street | Probably in August or early September, Ellington and his colleagues played at Murray Casino. The Washington Tribune (a weekly): The recent appearance of "Duke" Ellington and his New York band of jazzicians at the Murray Casino was the occasion of a magnificent reception. There was a delightfully pleasing group of foot-batters present. J. Howard Matthews was responsible for their initial presentation here this season. They expect to play a return engagement soon. | The Washington Tribune, Washington, D.C. 1924-09-13 p.6 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-11-05 | ||||
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1924 09 01 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 04 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 05 Friday | . | . | . | Steven Lasker: 'A copyright application for Choo-Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home), published by Broadway Music Corp., was received at the copyright office. |
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1924 09 05 Friday | . | . | . | Musicians' activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency (see Hollywood ads refer to the band either as "Washingtonian's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra" or "Washington's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra." HOLLYWOOD |
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1924 09 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1924-09-09 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-07 | ||||
1924 09 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see Possible Gennett recording session - see 1924 09 20 | . | . | . | . | sl | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event DEMS 1989/2 seems to suggest an early edition of Timner's Ellingtonia had Ellington on piano in a Sweatman recording session on this date. The information is vague, but originated with a statement attributed to banjoist Mike Danzi, who claimed to have played with Duke in a Sweatman session. Steven Lasker: 'The [Sweatman] session which produced the issued Gennett recording of Battleship Kate is dated to September 18, 1924 in the latest (2002, Mainspring Press) edition of Brian Rust's "Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897-1942)"; all previous editions gave the date as September 20, 1924. I don't know the basis for the change -- and haven't viewed the Gennett file cards for this session, which are likely at the Institute of Jazz Studies.' The report that Ellington was on the date originated in Mike Danzi's autobiography, "American Musician in Germany, 1924-39" (Schmitten, Germany, 1986). Danzi recalled playing banjo on Battleship Kate and Ellington played piano.Steven Lasker: '...what I hear on the record leads me to conclude that contrary to Mike Danzi's recollection, the pianist on Sweatman's 10sep24 Battleship Kate isn't Ellington...Danzi might instead have recalled an unissued Gennett session, called circa 12Aug24, at which Sweatman recorded a version of Battleship Kate that was never issued. ' However, Mr. Lasker also points out that Sweatman himself denied every having recorded with Ellington (see DEMS 05/3-32). | Lasker email
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1924 09 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club date with "Creole Follies" revue This night was publicized as a new opening of Creole Follies, with 2 shows nightly. The show appears to have been rewritten with new acts added, and it appears a singer, Miss Leona Williams, and a dancer, Mr. Arthur Bryson, were added to the show. Note the new opening is dated "last night" in Saturday's edition of The New York Telegram and Evening Mail. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-28 | ||||
1924 09 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with a second, new version of the "Creole Follies" revue - see The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-09-27 'Leonard Harper's second edition of the "Creole Follies" revue produced a favorable impression at the grand opening last night. There are several new features, and the show is said to be gorgeously costumed. Prominent in the cast are Greenlee and Drayton, Billy Higgins, Viola McCoy, Marcia Margux, and the music is by the Washingtonians. George Lamaze, formerly of Rector's and the Cafe de Paris, is the manager.' | The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-09-24 p.13 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-28 | ||||
1924 09 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
October 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 10 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||
1924 10 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 10 31 Friday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
November 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 11 01 Saturday | . | . | . | A copyright application with a lead sheet for Pretty Soft for You was received by the copyright office, copyright claimed by Clarence Williams Co., music by Duke Ellington and words by Jo. Trent. | Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.25 | . | . | . | djp | 2014-03-29 | ||||
1924 11 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
Circa 1924 11 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Possibly at Emerson Recording Laboratories 307-309 Sixth Ave. | Blu-Disc recording session. Two master numbers belonging to untraced recordings separate the Alberta Prime records from the sides by The Washingtonians. Ellington, Alberta Prime, Greer, Jo. Trent Titles recorded:
Alberta Prime is not to be confused with Alberta Hunter or Alberta Jones - see the discussion in DEMS 2000-4. Steven Lasker provides more information about Ms Prime in The Washingtonians: A Miscellany.See his detailed analsyis of Ellington's Blu-Disc recordings in DEMS 04/3-57, parts 2 and 3. Lasker: 'Singer Alberta Prime had worked as a chorus girl at Connie's Inn under the direction of Leonard Harper, who subsequently placed her in a show called "Cotton Land" which opened in Chicago in November 1924. This fact helps us to date her Blu-Disc session to late October or early November, as Variety's review of the show (1924-11-12, p. 32), datelined "Nov. 11," reported the show had opened "last week," and would run "for four weeks with an option." When Brooks Kerr told me that Sonny Greer had told him that his first record was made on All Souls' Day (November 2), I was skeptical, as Sonny's memory was sometimes imperfect (as with his recollection that the Hollywood / Club Kentucky was never raided--it was), but with the knowledge that Prime was in Chicago for most of November, my initial skepticism is greatly diminished! That Prime's two sides were made on a different date from the other four Ellington sides released on Blu-Disc is evidenced by the lead-ins to the music which are unusually short on Prime's sides but of normal duration on the other four. To me, this suggests different engineers, thus different sessions. Emerson was undergoing transitions that might explain a Sunday session. The company had recently closed its offices and recording studios at 207-209 Sixth Avenue, and in October 1924 moved up the street to 307-309 Sixth Avenue (per Talking Machine World, 10/15/24, p.203). In November 1924 the company was purchased by the Scranton Button Company (per Talking Machine World, 11/15/24, p.75). Despite reports that Emerson might relocate again following the takeover, the 1927-28 Manhattan telephone directory found the Emerson Phonograph Corp. was still at 309 Sixth Avenue. That is likely where the sessions were held for both Blu-Disc and its successor label, Up-to-Date. ![]() 307-309 Sixth Avenue in 2024 Two-story structures at 307-309, originally built in 1832 and 1828 respectively, stand at both addresses today, but not for long since the buildings are slated for demolition. Ellington was featured in an ad for Harman Kardon (Down Beat, 3/6/57 1957-03-06 p.49 , p.49) which noted that the Washingtonians' first records were made "before a solitary horn pick-up in a New York loft." Viewed today on Google Images, the second stories of both buildings resemble lofts, at least from their exteriors.' |
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1924 11 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
Circa 1924 11 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Possibly at Emerson Recording Laboratories 307-309 Sixth Ave. | Blu-Disc recording session. Two master numbers belonging to untraced recordings separate the Alberta Prime records in the preceding entry from the sides by The Washingtonians. It is possible both sessions were the same day, with some other session in between. Steven Lasker: 'The Prime session and the Washingtonians/DC N's sessions were held on different days. That is a conclusion I base on the duration of the lead-in grooves prior to the onset of music, which are very short on Prime's two sides, and of normal length on the other four. To me, this suggests different engineers, and different sessions.' The Washingtonians Jo. Trent and the D C'Ns Sunny and the D C'Ns Miley, Irvis, Hardwick, Ellington, *Guy, Greer, Trent Titles recorded:
'Guy identified himself on Choo Choo/Rainy Nights to Brooks Kerr when they listened to the two sides together in 1969.' Lasker also wrote:'Brooks Kerr and I went over the early recordings and concluded that Toby doubles c-melody and bari on Deacon Jazz and Oh How I Love My Darling (Blu-Disc T1003), but plays alto on Choo Choo and Rainy Nights (BD T 1002) and the Florence Bristol Up-to-Date.' |
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1924 11 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see The New York Telegram reported rehearsals of the third edition of Leonard Harper's Creole Follies had started. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing New York Telegram and New York Evening Telegram 1924-11-08 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-15 | ||||
1924 11 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 11 | . | . | . | Birth of Willie Cook, trumpet | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 | ||||
1924 11 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 24 Monday | 1924 12 16 Tuesday | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with new revue, "'Stepping High' Creole Revue," produced by Eddie Green - see Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club: The Telegram also indicated a 'new orchestra, and ads referred to the 'Hollywood Jazz Orchestra.' As Snowden later insisted to interviewers that he returned to the Washingtonians and recalled a fire, perhaps this was an indication of a Snowden return. Ellington, too, recalled a fire around Christmastime. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-15 | ||||
1924 11 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 11 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
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1924 12 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 12 15 Monday | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see The Hollywood engagement was ended by a fire at 5 o'clock the next morning. The fire 'wrecked' the club and damaged stores in the building. Water from the firefighters' hoses poured into the subway; the Daily Star reported 2 feet of water delayed the Long Island city bound B.M.T. trains a short while, other papers reported there was no delay. This was the second fire at this location during Ellington's career there. The Ellington band is not known to have returned to this location until it reopened as Club Kentucky on Feb. 19, 1925. Variety's report of a revue opening Feb. 15 1925 at Club Virginia, N.Y., says Club Virginia was formerly the Hollywood Cafe until it was put out of commission by a disastrous fire some weeks ago. Whether it reopened as the Kentucky Club or Club Virginia warrants further research. Steven Lasker: 'The Club Kentucky opened under that name, at least that was the name in the contemporary ads reproduced in Wild Throng. The Club Virginia is an obvious mistake; the last review at the Hollywood was "The Virginia Girls."' |
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1924 12 16 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly working the Fox Theater chain, based on an announcement in the Portsmouth Herald, 1925-01-31, saying The following concert program is the same one recently featured by this orchestra as a headline vaudeville act all over the Fox circuit in New York state... | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 17 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 18 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 19 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 20 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 21 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 22 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 23 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 25 Thursday Christmas | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 26 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 27 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 28 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 29 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 30 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 12 31 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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1925 00 00 | . | . | . | Cambridge Companion says "Banjoist Freddie Guy replaces George Francis." in 1925. This appears to be incorrect. Steven Lasker identifies Cambridge Companion's source as Lawrence: Per AHLp408: "Mid-April 1925: The band returns to the Hollywood Club, now known as the Kentucky Club; banjoist Freddie Guy replaces George Francis." Ken Steiner: 'The only mention of a "George Francis" is in an advertisement in the February 22, 1924 New York Clipper, in which Elmer Snowden is pictured. Ellington scholar Steven Lasker has done extensive research and has not been able to locate any other reference to George Francis, and believes that George Francis was not in the band very long. The June, 1924 issue of International Musician, the musicians' union journal, contiguously listed four new members of Local No.802, New York, NY: "Edward K. Ellington, Fred L. Guy, William Greer, and Charles Irvis." Guy identified the banjoist in the November 1924 recording of "Choo Choo" as himself.' |
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c. 1925 01 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Possibly recorded at Emerson Recording Laboratories 206 Fifth Ave. | Up-to-Date recording session (shown as Blu-Disc in some discographies) New Desor shows this as Nov 1924, Lasker has it as Dec. 1924 or Jan. 1925) Florence Bristol (vocal) with Duke Ellington and Otto Hardwick Recorded:
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1925 01 01 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 04 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 05 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 06 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 07 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 08 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 09 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 10 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 11 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 13 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 14 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 15 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 17 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 19 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 20 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 22 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 23 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 24 Saturday | . | Salem, Mass. | College Inn | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Ad, Salem Evening News 1924-01-24 | . | . | . | Steiner, email 2013-09-17 | New added 2013-09-17 |
1925 01 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activity not documented Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 01 26 Monday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Odd Fellows' Hall | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on (Some itineraries show the band in Haverhill this date, but the Jan. 26 edition of the Haverhill paper said it would appear there on Jan. 28.) | Ad, Lynn Telegram News 1925-01-26 | . | . | . | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, and email 2013-09-17 | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-18 |
1925 01 27 Tuesday | . | . | . | activity not documented | . | . | . | . | djp | . |
1925 01 28 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on |
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1925 01 29 Thursday | . | Cambridge, Mass. | Elk's Ballroom | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Ads,Boston Post
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1925 01 30 Friday | . | Marblehead, Mass. | Abbot Hall | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Review, Marblehead Messenger, 1925-02-06 | . | . | . | Steiner email 2013-09-17 | New added 2013-09-17 |
1925 01 31 Saturday | . | Salem, Mass. | College Inn | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Salem Evening News, Jan. 31, 1925 | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 |
February 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 02 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event In February 1925, Columbia began recording with the new electric recording process licensed from Western Electric. Wikipedia suggests the new "Viva-tonal" records set a benchmark in tone and clarity unequalled on commercial discs during the "78-rpm" era, but one record collector tells me that is preposterous, and I tend to think he's right. The 78-rpm era extended into the 1950s, | Wikipedia | . | . | . | SL email 2014-08-15 djp | New added 2014-04-16 updated 2014-08-17 |
1925 02 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 02 Monday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Club Kentucky was legally incorporated. | New York Times, 1925-02-03 p.35 | . | . | . | . | New added 2013-09-16 |
1925 02 02 Monday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Odd Fellow's Hall | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Ad, Boston Post, 1929-01-25 p.18 | . | DEMS | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-02-18 | |
1925 02 03 Tuesday | . | Portsmouth, N.H. | Freeman's Hall | Washingtonian Orchestra Concert 8-8:45 pm, then a dance. On Jan.25, the Portsmouth Herald announced a concert from 8:00 to 8:45pm, followed by a dance Those who arrived early received a copy of the record: free phonograph records will be given out early in the evening. Concert programme: The following concert program is the same one recently featured by this orchestra as a headline vaudeville act all over the Fox Circuit in New York state
"The concert was different from that usually rendered by dance orchestras and greatly pleased the crowd which packed the gallery, while the dance music was of the sort that brought the dancers onto the floor at the first strain of the music, eager to enjoy every bit of each number." |
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1925 02 04 Wednesday | . | Fall River, Mass. | Casino | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on Note Variety of this date says Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians are at City Hall, Haverhill, Mass., taking the place of Mal Hallett and his orchestra |
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1925 02 05 Thursday | . | Taunton, Mass. | Roseland | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Boston Post ad | . | DEMS | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-02-18 | |
1925 02 06 Friday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on Variety reported Ellington was replacing Mal Hallett and His Orchestra this night A 1925-02-05 Haverhill Evening Gazette article (also cited by Tucker) and a brief 1925-02-04 article in Variety may suggest other dates in Haverhill, or simply refer to the Feb. 6 engagement. At some point the Washingtonians headed back to New York to prepare for a new show. |
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1925 02 07 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Music Box | Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on | Boston Post ad | . | DEMS | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-02-18 | |
1925 02 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 12 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 13 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 14 Saturday Valentine's Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 02 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. near Broadway | The Hollywood reopened as Club Kentucky. An ad on Feb 18 announced "Kentucky Nights" revue twice nightly, with dancing to the Washingtonians Club Kentucky Orchestra Under "Hotels," the Morning Telegraph reported the club was packed on the opening night and over Washington's Birthday. A story in the Feb 22 Morning Telegraph referred to "Stepping High, Creole Revue," but the March 1 edition called it "Kentucky Nites." The March 28 show was reviewed in Variety's, Cabaret Reviews: 'CLUB KENTUCKY 'If you must stay up until sunrise, we can't think, offhand, of a better place to while away the hours than at the Club Kentucky. Here no one wears a high hat – there is no bid for pretentiousness. Bert Lewis, master of ceremonies, would probably tell you . . . |
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1925 02 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Midnight radio remote over WFBH | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Possible first remote broadcast from the club - Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.22, suggests there was a broadcast on WFBH each Thursday and Saturday night at 1:30 or 12:00 midnight. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 02 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
March 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 03 00 | 1925 05 00 | New York, N.Y. | Bryant Hall 725-727 Sixth Ave. (between 41st and 42nd Sts.) | In the spring of 1925, Ellington and his songwriting partner Jo. Trent were commissioned to write songs for the revue Chocolate Kiddies, whose company would leave for Europe in May (see Ellington: One day Joe [sic] Trent came running up to me on Broadway. He had a big proposition and there was urgency in his voice. According to Tucker and Steven Lasker, Ellington wrote "With You,", "Love Is A Wish For You" [per Tucker] or "Love is Just a Wish for You (Waltz)" [per Lasker], "Jim Dandy," and "Jig Walk" for the revue. They agree the show also used "Deacon Jazz," recorded the previous fall, and Lasker has also identified "Skeedeley-Um-Bum." Ellington is thought to have written the show in late March or early April since it began rehearsals in late April and a member of its orchestra said Ellington only attended one or two rehearsals at Bryant Hall. CHOCOLATE KIDDIESThe impresario's name is variously given as
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Steven Lasker: JIG WALK"Jig Walk-Charleston; from Chocolate Kiddies" was registered for copyright in the U.S. onIn his "List of Ellington material recorded by other artists in the 1920s and 1930s" (DEMS 05/3-60), Bjarne Busk lists 17 recordings of "Jig Walk" from the 1920s, plus one nickelodeon roll. Most were recorded in Europe. Between December 1925 and April 1926, six versions of "Jig Walk" were released as records in the United States, by the Ipana Troubadours, Davis Saxophone Octet, the OKeh Syncopators, Ben Bernie, Van's Collegians, and Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies. The nickelodeon roll, which is anonymous, has often been misattributed to Duke Ellington. Circa 1950, John Steiner, the Chicago jazz historian and collector (also the engineer who recorded Ellington's 'The early [1936, 1938] editions of Delaunay's Hot Discography started the Ellington section with two unidentified tunes, "Jig Walk" and "Alabammy Bound." [These phantom titles are also listed in Ellington discographies in Jazz #5 & 6 (January 1943) and in the discography in Ulanov's 1946 biography of Ellington.] Information regarding the record label or number has never been listed. John Steiner of Chicago recently came across a nickelodeon roll without any names on it. A record made from the roll was sent to Duke, who immediately identified it as a piano roll he made in New York City during the mid-'20s for Mills Nickelodeon. [...] Instrumentation includes calliope and piano, both played by Duke, and so-called melody drums. Duke doesn't remember a drummer on the date, so they may have been added later. (Nickelodeons often had attachments that would reproduce the sound of other instruments.) The side will soon be available on Paramount 14024.' "Jig Walk" was issued as the A-side of Paramount 14024, a ten-inch 78rpm single credited to 'DUKE ELLINGTON, Piano.' (The B-side was "The Mess-Around," a pianola transcription by Fats Waller copied from QRS 2256, which was titled "Snakes Hips.")Benny Aaslund's Wax Works of Duke Ellington (1954), and specialized Ellington discographies by Jepsen (1959), the DESOR team (1966), Bakker (1977) and Timner (1988), listed the piano roll as an Ellington performance. It was reissued on LP compilations of early Ellingtonia on the BYG and FDC labels, also on CDs on the Masters of Jazz, Neatwork, Document and Hot'n Sweet labels; on the Hot'n Sweet CD, it was dated to 'prob. 1924' and sequenced first, before the Blu-Discs. Palmquist note: The 1900-1971 QRS piano roll catalogue does not list Jig Walk or QRS 3565 but does list some rolls created by Mr. Cook. It also has photos showing piano rolls being made. Mr. Lasker observes The 1900-1971 QRS piano roll catalog is a sales tool that lists piano rolls currently available for sale. The fact that QRS 3565 isn't listed doesn't mean it never existed, just that it wasn't in print in 1971 when that catalog was printed. Subsequent research suggests that the piano roll of "Jig Walk" was actually cut by J. Lawrence Cook, who, according to Wikipedia, was the most prolific piano roll artist in history. His output has been estimated at between 10,000 and 20,000 different roll recordings.Cook worked for the QRS company for 50 years from 1923. According to Laurie Wright ( 'Fats' in Fact,1992, p.296), "Jig Walk" on Paramount 14027 is dubbed from QRS 3565, a piano roll released in August 1926 and actually played by J. Lawrence Cook.The late piano roll authority Mike Montgomery told me he used to own "Jig Walk" on a U.S. Music nickelodeon roll which he believed was probably a reissue of the QRS roll, which he'd never heard. Montgomery advised that nickelodeon rolls normally contain 10 different songs, and that "Jig Walk" was the only Ellington composition on his U.S. Music roll, which didn't credit artist(s). He added that on two separate occasions, Ellington told him he'd never made piano rolls. Mark Tucker ('Ellington, The Early Years,' 1991, p.134) notes that the nickelodeon roll of "Jig Walk" was made in the late 1940s by the Wurlitzer company,and in an endnote cites his source as a around 1900 until circa 1935(per Wikipedia) while a google search for Wurlitzer nickleodeon rolls turned up nothing, so the details as reported by Tucker are questionable. Anyone who visits YouTube and types in Duke Ellington, Jig Walkwill be able to hear the nickelodeon roll as preserved on the 78 transcription. It can also be accessed by typing "Jig Walk" - piano solo by J. Lawrence Cook and not by Duke Ellington-1926 - Paramount 14027 [sic; recte 14024]. Ken Rattenbury (DEMS 1997/2, p.23) observed the complete performance consists of three choruses, each absolutely identical with the other -- no deviation, no embellishment, no rhythmic paraphrase -- pure "carbon copies." Which makes me think the piece had been punched in direct from the score first, then the repeated choruses achieved by a mechanical duplication process (a common enough practice in the piano-roll industry, I believe).Tucker noted ('Ellington, the Early Years,' p.134) that the piano roll gives a straightforward version of the tune with no improvisation, and the pianist, as Brooks Kerr and others have agreed, does not sound like Ellington. Note: The OKeh Syncopators version of "Jig Walk", recorded circa 1926 02 20 and released on OKeh 40614, was reissued in 1981 on an LP produced by Jerry Valburn, Up-to-Date 2004. Jerry's notes claimed The composer, Duke Ellington, is probably the pianist.Jerry subsequently changed his mind, and in "The Directory of Duke Ellington's Recordings" (1986), which he authored, listed this version of "Jig Walk" among the "Non-Ellington Items" on 78 that had incorrectly been attributed to Ellington. The band is believed to have been led by Harry Raderman (not Harry Reser); the identity of the pianist is presently unknown. In DEMS 04/3-23, Matthew Sasaki, Sjef Hoesmit and Roger Boyes survey the recordings and how they have been treated in various discographies, with Sjef reiterating that there is no 1920s recording of it by Ellington. DEMS 05/1-42 has an essay by Roger Boyes about the performance history and origins of "Jig Walk". DEMS 1998/2 p.23 identifies "Jig Walk" recordings that were made by Ellington in later years. | djp | New added 2011 updated 2014-03-31 2014-08-21 2014-08-30 2014-10-22 2014-12-26 2016-04-18 2016-10-02 2016-10-03 2016-10-05 2020-02-18 2020-02-20 2021-08-26 2021-11-01 2023-08-21 2023-08-29 2023-08-30 | |||
1925 03 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Still working nightly at the Kentucky Club, Duke Ellington and the Everglades Orchestra appeared in a vaudeville show with five other acts. Ads in the New York Amsterdam News 1925-03-04 and The New York Age, 1925-03-07 said: NOW PLAYING Ellington appears in these New York Age Lincoln Theatre ads:
S. Lasker: 'The engagements at the Lincoln Theatre were for an entire week, and I believe they went from a Monday thru the following Sunday, thus the first engagement would have gone from Monday, 1925-03-02, thru Sunday 1925-03-08. |
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1925 03 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 04 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | . | Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in the March 4 edition, in the Bands and Orchestra list "for Next Week March 9) on p.4, saying Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass. | M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300 | . | . | . | Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p.32 | New added 2014-03-30 |
1925 03 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 11 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in the March 4 edition, in the Bands and Orchestra list "for Next Week (March 16)" on p.46, saying Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass., which is not evidence of a performance. |
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1925 03 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 17 Tuesday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 18 Wednesday | . | . | Peripheral event Variety this date carried several articles about advertising on radio stations and stations charging ballrooms and cafés for broadcasting their shows. WHN, for instance, was said to charge $50 or $75 a week.
| Variety 1925-03-18, pp.1,41,61 courtesy S.Lasker Dec.2019 | . | . | . | New added 2020-01-01 | ||
1925 03 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | (all-white revue!) Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 In 1928, The New York Evening Post reported three people were jailed for violating an injunction not to move bar fixtures out of padlocked clubs. The report said "Andrews, according to the Federal record, was connected with the Club Kentucky, padlocked March 25, 1925..." This is incorrect; the Club was served notice of an injunction in December 1925, but wasn't padlocked until March 1926. | New York Evening Post, 1928-09-18 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-12-18 updated 2014-03-29 |
1925 03 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 27 Friday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | . | Birth of Harold Kenneth Ashby. He played saxophone and clarinet at an early age and was a protégé of Ben Webster, also from K.C.. He graduated from Lincoln Junior College in 1942 and was in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945, returning to KC until moving to Chicago in the 1950s. In 1957 he moved to New York to work with, among others, Mercer Ellington. In 1968, Ashby became a permanent member of Ellington band and small groups. He died in New York on June 13, 2003. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-04-02 | |
1925 03 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Abel Green's review: 'Club Kentucky | Variety 1925-04-01 p.44 | . | . | . | sl/djp. | Added 2011 updated 2017-10-17 |
1925 03 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 03 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 03 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
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1925 04 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change Jas. R. ("Prince") Robinson, clarinet and tenor sax, born 1902, joins the band. | New Desor vol.2 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 |
1925 04 00 | 1925 05 00 | . | . | Unconfirmed. "Everybodys [sic] Records recording session" Bert Lewis with Piano Accompaniment Titles recorded:
'A "comedy" vocal record by "Bert Lewis, the Southern Syncopator with piano accompaniment," recorded acoustically and released in 1925 on the obscure Everybodys label, just may be a Duke Ellington item that's gone undetected by jazz collectors, discographers and reissue compilers ever since...It was recorded in the spring of 1925 when ...Lewis and ...Ellington were both appearing nightly at the Club Kentucky. ... circumstantial evidence indicates Everybodys 1047 was recorded by Lewis in the spring of 1925, probably in April or May, at a time when he was billed as "the Southern Syncopator" and working with only one pianist I'm aware of: Duke Ellington.' See Steven's full writeup, including images of the two record labels and two audio files on the VJM Vintage Jazz Mart webpage. |
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1925 04 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 08 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find running ads in the Variety edition for this date:
| M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300 | . | . | . |
| New added 2014-03-30 updated 2017-10-17 |
1925 04 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 Variety 1925-04-08 p.45 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres." | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | Clipping? | .A.Neegaard K.Steiner 3/10 | Added 2011 |
1925 04 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Variety, Leading Orchestras ad column p.40 carried this advertisement: WASHINGTONIANS | Variety, 1925-04-15, p.40, | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-30 |
1925 04 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Variety 1925 04 21 p.37 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres." | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | "Monster Midnight Show" Acts included Ethel Waters, Shelton Brooks & Ollie Powers, Three Eddies, Arthur Bryson, Danny Small, Southern Four, Gertrude Saunders and Her Washingtonians, Eddie & Grace Rector, Classy Creole Kids, George Stamper, 3 Harmony Queens, Ethel Williams, Julia Rector, Marie Lucas Presumably the Washingtonians fitted this in before or after the Club Kentucky job | Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.31 quoting an ad in New York Amserdam News 1925-04-08 p.6 and 1925-04-15 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-03-29 |
1925 04 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Variety, Leading Orchestras ad, p.37: WASHINGTONIANS | Variety, 1925-04-22, p.40, | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-30 |
1925 04 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1925 04 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 04 29 Wednesday Ellington's birthday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | . | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find running ads in Variety for this date:
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1925 04 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 Despite showing the band in Haverhill on page 40, on page 41 Variety showed the Washingtonians at the Club Kentucky and named the personnel as Ellington, Hardwick, Jas. R. Robinson, Miley, Irvis, Guy and Greer | Variety 11925-04-29 p.41 | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2017-10-17 | |
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1925 05 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 05 Tuesday | 1925 05 06 Wednesday | New York, N.Y. | Bamville Club 65 W.129th St. |
| See "Chocolate Kiddies" at 1925 03 00 above. | . | . | . | sl/djp | Added 2011 & 2014 updated 2014-03-31 2014-08-21 2014-08-30 2014-10-22 2014-12-26 2016-04-18 2020-02-18 2023-08-21 2023-08-30 |
1925 05 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Running ad: Variety, Leading Orchestras: WASHINGTONIANS |
| . | . | . | Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p32 | New added 2014-03-30 updated 2018-01-14 |
1925 05 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 11 Monday | 1925 05 17 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed) This ad appeared in The New York Age, May 16 'NOW PLAYING | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1925-12-12 p.6 | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 "Greatest Entertainment In N.Y." The band appeared as Duke Ellington's Washington Orchestra. Variety, May 13 1925 p.40, Leading Orchestras: WASHINGTONIANS |
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1925 05 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gennett recording studios 9 East 37th St. | Peripheral event Gennett recording session The Hotsy Totsy Boys Irving Mills, vocal and kazoo; Jimmie McHugh, piano Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker advised Jerry Valburn and Mark Tucker believed Ellington played piano in an Irving Mills recording session for Gennett on June 8. Mr. Lasker reviewed the Gennett files. In DEMS 05/1, he dates the session 1925 05 14, but says the files don't name the pianist. In his email 2015-02-27, he says: 'It is wrong to show this as a Blu-Disc recording session. It had nothing to do with Blu-Disc in 1925. Jerry Valburn revived the label in 1979 absent authority from the original owner(s) [probably Jo. Trent] and issued "Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now" on a 12" LP on his Blu-Disc label. So the recording had nothing to do with the original Blu-Disc label in 1925 or 1979. (Jimmy McHugh appeared with Mills in Chicago the previous month to demonstrate songs.)As for who the pianist might be, Lucille Meyers of Jimmy McHugh Music, who worked for McHugh the last twenty years of his life, told me on 10 March 1994 that McHugh had been a very competent pianist. When I played Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now for her [over the telephone], she "swore" it had to be McHugh. Musicologist Larry Gushee is of the opinion that the pianist isn't Ellington; Mark Tucker believed it is.' James Francis "Jimmy" McHugh (1894-1969) was a song plugger from Boston who moved to New York in 1919. In 1923, Talking Machine World reported the directors of Jack Mills, Inc. [recte Jack Mills Music?] had voted him a block of shares in the company, that he had been in the publishing business for ten years, and shortly after the inception of "the Jack Mills project," came along to lend a hand. He was a prolific song writer, teaming up with lyricist Dorothy Fields (1905-1974). They reportedly wrote 155 songs together between 1926 and 1935, including these titles recorded by Ellington:
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1925 05 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 16 Saturday | . | . | . | Club Kentucky - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 05 11 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 05 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Variety, p.50, Leading Orchestras: WASHINGTONIANS | Variety 1925-05-20 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-30 updated 2018-01-14 |
1925 05 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 23 Saturday | . | . | . | Club Kentucky - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 Floyd G. Snelson: The Washingtonian Orchestra now at the Club Kentucky (formerly Hollywood) are a great success. "Duke" Ellington, director,; Otto Hardwick, sax; Jas. R. Robinson, sax; Bub Miley, trumpet; Charlie Irvis, trombone; Fred Guy, banjo, and "Sonny" Greer, drums, are the crack musicians. | Snelson, Theatrical Comment, The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1925-05-23 s.2.p.9 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-01 |
1925 05 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Variety's Leading Orchestras shows the Washigntonians at Club Kentucky and lists personnel as "Duke" Ellington, Director, Otto Hardwick, Sax, Jas. R. Robinson, Sax., Bub Miley, Trumpet Charlie Irvis, Trombone Fred Guy, Banjo "Sonny" Greer, Drums | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 27 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | . | M. Tucker, Early Years, mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in Variety for this date: p.46 BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS list "NEXT WEEK (June 1)": Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass. A running ad is not evidence of a specific gig. | M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300 | . | . | . | Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p32 | New added 2014-03-30 |
1925 05 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 31 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 05 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Sometime before June 1925 Ellington and some Kentucky Club sidemen were filmed briefly in one scene in the background of a silent film called Headlines. A column by J.A. "Billboard" Jackson, distributed to African American newspapers through the A.N.P. news service, reported: "Johnnie Hudgins, the Kentucky club band and four girls from the club Alabam have been filmed in the Rue La Paix scene in a feature film called Headlines being produced by the St. Regis Picture Corp." The film is held in the Library of Congress and a segment shows the Kentucky Club orchestra and Duke in the background. The film was released on the internet on April 29 2013 - see the film clip and related story in "Duke Ellington's Film Debut" in the posted April 29, 2013 by Erin Allen. |
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1925 06 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . |
| State of New York census June 1, 1925 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-08-20 updated 2020-10-17 |
1925 06 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 06 30 | 2019 01 06 | Elmsford, N.Y. | . | Birth of Reverend Monsignor John C. Sanders, valve trombone. Following high school graduation, Father Sanders joined the U.S. Navy and played in its band. He returned to New York, and earned a diploma in Trombone from the Orchestral Instrument Department at Julliard School of Music in 1949. He played with Ellington from February to July 1953, then joined permanently in 1954, staying until 1959, leaving to enter the seminary. After completing his course work at Julliard, he worked as a trombone player, including playing in and touring with the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1953-1959. After Ellington, he worked as a classical music salesman for G. Schirmer, Inc. (1961-1962) and he was the orchestral librarian at Julliard (1962-1965) before entering the Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut in 1965. | Obituary, Fairfield County Catholic,, 2019-01-06 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-01-07 |
1925 06 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
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1925 07 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19 Not confirmed - since the club remained open this summer (Steiner) and the band was reported there in September, we presume, until shown otherwise, the band continued over the summer, doubling for other occasions. Dutton reported James P. Johnson was said to have led a temporary band at the club, with including Sidney Bechet, for a short period in the summer of 1925, so the itinerary will need to be corrected when/if those dates are determined. |
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1925 07 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 06 Monday | 1925 07 12 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | Florence Mills biographer Bill Egan: "In the immediate aftermath of (Mill's) Palace triumph, Florence took a brief break from performing. The Lincoln Theatre in Harlem took the opportunity to engage Vodery's orchestra along with part of the cast from Florence's show for a week. They featured Alma Smith as lead singer and Johnny Nit as lead dancer. An added attraction, reflecting his increasing popularity in Harlem, was Duke Ellington's band, then resident at the Club Kentucky." "The Lincoln this week is going after its nearest competitor, the Lafayette, ... by offering two bands. In addition to the Vodery musicians, there is also a musical unit led by Duke Ellington. This outfit includes the Club Kentucky band ... augmented by players from the Club Alabam band. Lincoln Theatre's vaudeville week is believed to run Monday to Sunday - see discussion at |
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1925 07 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 08 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | . | Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad on page 44 of this edition of Variety:Bands and Orchestras list "Next Week (June 1)" [sic]: Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass. It seems unlikely Ellington would be able to play the Lincoln show on the same day as Haverhill, about 230 miles away, and a running ad is not evidence of a specific performance. |
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1925 07 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 07 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rivoli Theater Broadway & 49th St. | Brooklyn Daily Star: "As an added feature at the Rivoli tonight ,...present the entire group of entertainers from Club Kentucky, ..."Southern Hospitality" is the name of the spectacular cabaret sketch which includes Bart Lewis as master of ceremonies and the Kentucky's famed jazz band, 'The Washingtonians.' There will be the chorus ensemble, Peggie English and Babe Nasworthy all appearing exactly as they do at the Club Kentucky. This Night Club Revue will augment the Paramount picture "Night Life of New York"..." Evening Post:" "A night club a night " is Hugo Riesenfeld's slogan at the Rivoli this week. ...Mr.Riesenfeld is bringing the entertainers from various nightclubs to provide the proper atmosphere for the feature picture, "Night Life of New York." The Club Kentucky entertainers and the Everglades Revue have already appeared, and more are scheduled..." Variety:'The Rivoli is a noisy place this week... |
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1925 07 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 07 31 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
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1925 08 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 26 Wednesday | . | Jamestown, N.Y. | Midway Park | UNLIKELY EVENT Jamestown Evening Journal: 'Two speakers have been secured for the picnic to be given at Midway park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, under the auspices of the Chautauqua County Farm and Home Bureaus, the Dairymen's league and Pomona grange. They are E. R. Eastman, editor of the American Agriculturist, New Your city, and F. N. Webb, president of Grange League Federation, of Cortland,N.Y. Besides the speeches, there will be many attractions, among them an auto polo game in the morning and a sport program and a baseball game between Forestville and Sherman in the afternoon. Music during the day will be furnished by the Ellington band.' Palmquist's note: Ellington and his band may have played here but it seems unlikely. I have only found one reference to "Ellington band" in the publicity for this picnic, and none for engagements nearby. If this is Duke Ellington and his band from Club Kentucky, it would have had to be taking a break from the Club, since Jamestown is about 400 miles from New York, and it would seem to be unusual to have a hot band from a night club performing at a county picnic. It seems more likely to be an unnamed town band from nearby Ellington, N.Y. | Jamestown Evening Journal, Jamestown, N.Y. 1925-08-07 p.21 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-01-14 |
1925 08 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 08 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
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1925 09 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue, with Bert Lewis. The Club Kentucky opened its fall season, although Variety, Sept. 2, reported Lewis was doubling in metropolitan vaudeville houses and the Club Kentucky "where he reopened this week." | . | . | . | . | Steiner, Wild Throng | Added 2011 updated 2014-05-02 |
1925 09 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 11 Friday (estimated date) | . | New York, N.Y. | East 53rd St Studios 150 E. 53rd St. | Pathé recording session c. Sept. 11. The exact date of the session is unknown; see DEMS 97/1-8 to learn the methodology Mr. Lasker used to estimate this date and DEMS 97/2-4 to see how Luis Contijoch achieved the same result using a different method. Duke Ellington's Washingtonians* Pike Davis, Irvis, Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Bass Edwards S.Lasker: 'Trumpet player Clifton "Pike" Davis of Leroy Smith's band deputized on this session for Bubber Miley. Davis was first identified on this session by Sidney DeParis in a postcard sent to Leonard Kunstadt of Record Research (so Kunstadt told me in 1991) and confirmed by Duke Ellington (in conversation with Brooks Kerr, who so told me in 1994).' Titles recorded:
Ellington's Pathé sessions of Sep25 and Mar26 were originally recorded on large cylinders, approximately five inches in diameter and 13 inches in length, which were then dubbed onto 10-inch 78 r.p.m.'s. The company files for this period no longer survive to give dates. At this time, the company used letter-suffixed takes for masters; dubbings had a suffix number according to the sequence of transfer attempts. Thus, the following masters originally bore letter, not number, suffixes: n106250-, n106251-, 106729- and 106730-, with the "n" prefix indicating a "needlecut," or lateral recording as opposed to a vertical one. |
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1925 09 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Variety: Duke Ellington's Band and Entertainers, one of the few Negro orchestras, carrying singers as well as musicians, is located at the Club Kentucky, 49th street, off Broadway. Variety: The Club Kentucky on West 49th Street presents somewhat of an international aspect with its Dixie atmosphere, Chinese menu, cosmopolitan New York patronage and Oriental dances. ... | Variety 1925-09-16 pp.,43, 45 | . | . | . | . | 2014 updated 2018-01-15 |
1925 09 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2014 |
1925 09 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Orchestra": Midnight to 12:45 Steven Lasker: 'Regular broadcasts over WHN by either the Club Kentucky Orchestra or the Club Kentucky Revue began 22Sep25, and continued every Tuesday and Thursday night until at least 3Dec25. Radio listings in The New York Times show "Tuesday night" broadcasts (which actually took place early Wednesday mornings):
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1925 09 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 09 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 09 25 | . | . | . | Pathé / Perfect Session Pathe/Perfect session false date, see 1925 09 11 (estimated date)...? | . | . | DEMS | . | credit Steven Lasker as all 09,2-4entries | Added 2011 updated 2016-04-15 2020-02-18 |
1925 09 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 09 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Night Club Orchestra:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 09 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 09 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 09 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue< Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Orchestra:" Midnight to 12:45 - see | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 09 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Dancing B'Way at 48th |
Tonight and Every Wed.
REVUE NIGHT The entire show of a different Broadway cabaret weekly Starting TONIGHT with CLUB KENTUCKY (Broadway at 49th St) featuring Bert Lewis and His Gang Sally Fields Julia Garity and the Washingtonian Band in addition to 2 - Famous Orchestras - 2 Cinderella Dancing B'way at 48th No Increase in Prices No Extra Charge for Dancing | Daily News, New York, N.Y. 1925-09-30 p.31 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-08-03 |
1925 09 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Variety: The new show at the Club Kentucky, New York, has Bert Lewis back as chief funster. Julia Geraty, Ina Hayward, Olive Neral, Jean Palmer and Pearl Howell from "Artists and Models" are in the show, with the Duke Ellington (colored) band the dance feature. | Variety 1925-09-30, p.47 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-31 |
October 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 10 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" Midnight to 12:30- see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Orchestra:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" Midnight to 12:45 - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Variety, 1925-10-14 p.46, confirmed Duke Ellington's Washingtonians were playing the club. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014 |
1925 10 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Orchestra:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
Circa 1925 10 00 | . | Baltimore, Md. | Regent Theater | Peripheral event At some time in October, a revue written by Jo. Trent and Duke Ellington played at the Regent Theater. It may have been renamed for its second week. Steven Lasker in DEMS 04/3-57, "Part One: Duke Ellington and Jo. Trent:" 'Trent and Ellington wrote one show together besides "Chocolate Kiddies": According to the Baltimore Afro-American (17oct25, p4), Webmaster comment:"Jo [sic] Trent and Duke Ellington are responsible for the tunes and arrangements in Flournoy Miller's 'Backbiters' at the Regent this week. The former has gone far in musical accomplishment. He was in charge of the books of the Vincent Lopez Orchestra until that organization went abroad. He received his training principally from the distinguished Will Vodery and is also a protege of Will Marion Cook. He has also done the score for a number of other successes." (The Baltimore Afro-American of 24oct25 reported on page five:"With slight changes in personnel 'Backbiters' in its record week has undergone a process of attempted revision which changes are like a popular English beverage, just 'arf and 'arf.'") No songtitles were reported, alas. '
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1925 10 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" Midnight to 12:45 - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 19 Monday | 1925 10 24 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | Variety: FLOOR SHOW AT STATE The Billboard: 'SALLY FIELDS, who was to have appeared with the Club Kentucky act, including most of the entertainers from this popular New York night club, is at Loew's State this week ... Her being out of the Club Kentucky offering, scheduled to appear on the Loew Circuit soon, will not affect its bookings, according to HARRY PEARL. Among those featured in A Night at Club Kentucky, as it will be called, are INA HAYWARD, BERT LEWIS, JULIA GERAHTY, OLIVE VANELL, NADIA, the three JOYCE SISTERS and DUKE ELLINGTON and His Orcheatra. MISS FIELDS, originally among this cast, has been routed for the entire Loew Circuit.' |
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1925 10 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue" | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 10 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Revue:" Midnight to 12:45 - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 10 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 10 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue Remote WHN broadcast "Club Kentucky Orchestra:" 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | SL. | Added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
1925 10 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - this appears to be the end of Ellington's third season at the Club Kentucky. Ellington's orchestra left to start a residency the next night at Club Cameo and was replaced at Club Kentucky by Elmer Snowden - see 1925 10 24 below. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.25 | . | . | . | . | 2014-05-04 updated |
1925 10 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Cameo 223 or 288 W.52nd | This is probably the date of the Ellington orchestra's one and only night at Club Cameo. At some time in late October or in November, Ellington's band quit the Club Kentucky to play at the Cameo Club, and was replaced by Elmer Snowden (Rex Stewart recalled playing in Snowden's band at the Club Kentucky). The Sun described the Cameo as "a large dining place frequented by well known Broadway-ites," and the Evening Post described it as "a plush and gilt emporium, which opened its doors only two or three weeks ago, after Sam Paul, the owner, had spent a thick bankroll making it the most elegant place his imagination could conceive." Unfortunately, our heroes were fired after just one night. Variety describes the events: "For three years Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians were the musical feature at the ... Kentucky Club. Their music created quite a demand, with such popularity that Duke and his band seemed a fixture. Then the Cameo Club, uptown, sought a band. Flattering offers were made to Duke, and the result was he and musicians moved out of their apparent permanent home in cafe. Then came the shock of Duke's life. After one appearance - just one single night, to be exact - the Washingtonians were informed they wouldn't do for the Cameo. Not that their music wasn't good, but it didn't fit the atmosphere, or whatever it was, that comprised the alibi. Meanwhile Elmer Snowden and band were ensconced at the Kentucky and there was no chance of Duke's return. Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer have now staged a big act, comprising 20 persons, and the Ellington band got the job." "left their former position where they had been playing for three years to accept a preferred engagement at the Cameo Club further up town." The Club Cameo job wouldn't have lasted long in any event; in mid-November, the club would be padlocked for six months as an alternative to prosecutors going after waiters for prohibition infractions. |
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1925 10 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
circa 1925 11 01 | circa 1925 12 31 | New York, N.Y. | . | Overview of late 1925
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1925 10 26 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Activities not documented There was a WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue" which seems likely to have been the revue accompanied by Snowden's band. | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2014 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 10 28 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 10 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Flamingo | (Unconfirmed) This itinerary lists the Flamingo engagement for three nights based on Ulanov's report of Greer's statement -see 1925 10 24. Lasker: Ads for the 'Club Flamingo' appeared in the New York Times from 29Oct25. That first ad announced 'Opens Tonight...Under Club Lido Management...' The resident band isn't identified.... All ads except the first name Gene Fosdick. From all this I gather Ellington's orchestra opened the Flamingo Club on 29Oct25 but were fired after a night or two; since the Flamingo Club was 'under Club Lido management,' the 21Nov25 Baltimore Afro-American report that Ellington's Washingtonians were no longer engaged at the Lido Club could simply be an error in an otherwise accurate report about the loss of the Club Flamingo job by Ellington. Despite this, Variety's Bands and Orchestras Routes for Next Week (December 14) has 'Ellington's Washingtonians, Flamingo C. 52nd St. and 7th Ave. N.Y.C. ' |
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1925 10 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Flamingo | (Unconfirmed) Night club engagement - see 1925 10 29 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014-05-04 |
1925 10 31 Saturday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Flamingo | (Unconfirmed) Night club engagement - see 1925 10 29 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014-05-04 |
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1925 11 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Flamingo | (Unconfirmed) Possible last night of this night club engagement - see 1925 10 29 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014-05-04 |
1925 11 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Flamingo | (Unconfirmed) If Greer is to be believed, this would be the night the band showed up at the club, to find another band on the bandstand and so they were fired. - see 1925 10 29 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014-05-04 |
1925 11 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 05 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Ramsay McDonald "Ozzie" Bailey, vocalist who sang in a recording session for A Drum is a Woman in late 1956 and joined the band in early 1957 (while Jimmy Grissom was still in the orchestra). Bailey registered for the draft in November 1943, when he was 18 and fairly small (5'6", 120 lbs.). He enlisted in March 1944 and was discharged in October 1947. According to New Desor, Bailey recorded with Ellington five times before joining the band in July 1957. He was with the band in its 1958 overseas tour but not on the 1959 tour. New Desor has him leaving the band in February 1960, but he is billed in an ad for the late July 1960 concert in Denver. Lord's "The Jazz Discography" (1999) has him in a Strayhorn recording session in July 1965 and an AP wirestory has him singing in the April 1974 Ellington 75th birthday celebration. Mr. Bailey died June 12, 1975 according to his Department of Veterans Affairs death file. | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-03-12 |
1925 11 06 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 07 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 08 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 09 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 12 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 13 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 14 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 15 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 16 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 19 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 20 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lido Club | The 1925-11-21 Baltimore Afro-American said, 'It is reported that Duke Ellington's Washingtonians are no longer engaged at the Lido Club. The reason was not disclosed. ' Tucker writes:'The Baltimore Afro-American reported November 21 that the Wahsingtonians had just finished an engagement at the Lido Club, yet no New York announcements had heralded an opeing there...' If Ellington played at the Lido Club, the dates are undocumented. The venue may be the Lido Club at Long Beach, N.Y., on Long Beach Barrier Island, off the south shore of Long Island. In 1925 plans were announced to build a hotel beside the existing Lido Club. |
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1925 11 22 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Ellington and the Washingtonians returned to the Club Kentucky to resume their nightclub residency with the revue. Variety: 'The Club Kentucky's new show, headed by Bert Lewis, holdover, as master of ceremonies, includes Gypsy Byrne, male impersonator, Margaret Edwards, Peggy English, Jane Laurence, Bermico [sic] Petkers, Harry Harris and Sid Clark, plus Duke Ellington's Club Kentucky orchestra.' |
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1925 11 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 Remote WHN broadcast see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-05-04 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 11 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 Remote WHN broadcast - While the New York Times only says "Night Club Orchestra," The Chat, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1925-11-21 p.18 has "Club Kentucky Orchestra" from 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2014-05-04 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 11 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1925 11 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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1925 12 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 Remote WHN broadcast "Kentucky Club Orchestra:" Midnight to 12:45 - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-05-04 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 12 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 12 03 Thursday | . | . | . | "Three songs from 'Chocolate Kiddies' by Ellington (music) and Jo. Trent (lyrics) and published by Robbins-Engel are deposited at the Copyright Office. Jig Walk was published as sheet music both in American and Germany. Jim Dandy and With You were only published in Germany, on the back page of which are ads (and incipits) for two Ellington-Trent songs, ... Love Is Just A Wish For You... and Skeedely-Um-Bum..." | Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.38 | . | . | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.126 | djp | New added 2012-01-07 updated 2014-05-05 |
1925 12 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 Remote WHN broadcast "Kentucky Orchestra:" 10:20 p.m. to 11 p.m. - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-05-04 updated 2021-08-03 |
1925 12 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014 |
1925 12 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
Circa 1925 12 07 Monday | Circa 1925 12 13 Sunday. | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | This ad appeared in The New York Age, Dec. 12. 'VAUDEVILLE | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1925-12-12 p.6 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-30 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1925 12 07 . | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 |
1925 12 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 25 Friday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2014. |
1925 12 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Peripheral event Club Kentucky is one of ten served with an injunction "The most drastic measure in the history of New York City against New Year's Eve Revelry was promulgated today by United States Attorney Emory R.Buckner when he served notice on ten Broadway supper clubs and cabarets that he had secured temporary injunctions against them. Ken Steiner 2012-11-20 in a message in Duke-LYM: "Prohibition itself is an amazing subject and I can't imagine telling Duke's story without it. Prohibition had the ironic effect of creating the very night club scene that provided Duke employment during his early years. Mr. Buckner's testimony before the Senate Subcommittee of the Committee On The Judiciary about the national prohibition law on 1926 04 07 is a fascinating glimpse into the illicit liquor trade in New York, the problems of enforcing the law, the reason for padlocking, the court backlogs, etc. |
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1926 00 00 | . | . | . | Life event Cambridge Companion says Ellington met Will Marion Cook, who would become his mentor, in 1925, but does not show a source. Steven Lasker identifies the source as Lawrence: Per AHL, p407: "Summer 1925: Ellington meets composer/bandleader Will Marion Cook, who becomes a teacher/mentor to the young composer." Ellington, in MIMM, wrote about riding with Cook in open taxis and receiving advice, but does not state the year, nor does he say this was when they met. The meeting may have been a renewal of an acquaintance or friendship, rather than a first meeting, since Cook, the father of Ambassador Mercer Cook, was from Washington. Mercer Ellington, born in 1919, wrote'When I was born in 1919, the entire family was still in Washington. I was named for Mercer Cook, whom my grandmother thought very handsome.' While the National Historic Sites discussion of Will Marion Cook's Manhattan home says he lived there from 1918 until his death, his son, Will Mercer Cook, born in 1903, attended Dunbar High School in Washington and Wikipedia says Cook lived across the street from Ellington. It seems likely that Ellington met the father and his mentor, Will Marion Cook some time before 1920. |
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1926 00 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event S. Lasker reports the "Membership Book" for American Federation of Musicians Local 802 dated 1926 shows Edward "Duke" Ellington 135 W. 142nd St., Apt. 3 NY NY tel Bradhurst 0313This address shown was for Dewey and Leroy Jeffries | . | . | . | . | Steven Lasker email 2014-06-21 | New) added 2014-06-21 | ||||||
1926 01 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 Orchestra World: 'Gene Wentz at Kentucky Club | Orchestra World, January 1926, p.7, courtesy of Ralph Wondraschek | . | . | . | RW | updated 2018-09-12. | ||||||
1926 01 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | "Intimate Revue" Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 01 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 Variety: '...WHN made the usual rounds of the cafes, with Duke Ellington's "hot" aggregation from the Club Kentucky starting the marathon. In between, the usual assortment of song pluggers and indifferent vocalists caused one to tune out promptly, although Ross Fowler and Belle Brooks personally impressed. Abel.' | Variety, 1926-01-13 p.14 | . | . | . | djp | updated 2018-08-04 | ||||||
1926 01 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 10 Sunday evening | . | New York, N.Y. | Ambassador Theatre West 49th St. west of Broadway | Fundraising recital cum variety show "For the benefit of establishing a proposed Negro Art School, Abbie Mitchell appeared at the Ambassador Theatre, West 49th street Sunday night in a program of Spirituals, Jubilee songs and syncopated numbers. The attendance was small but appreciative, although more Spirituals were expected than were given. Cook was Ms Mitchell's husband, and Dunbar was Cook's songwriting partner. | New York Age
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1926 01 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 01 31 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
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1926 02 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 14 Sunday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 20 Saturday | . | . | Club Kentucky | Nightclub residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 02 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | "All Star Revue" Night club residency with revue | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 02 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 02 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
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1926 03 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 17 Wednesday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
circa 1926 03 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | East 53rd St. Studio 150 E. 53rd St. | Pathé recording session Duke Ellington's Washingtonians Harry Cooper, Leroy Rutledge, Charlie Irvis, Don Redman, Prince Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Edwards Titles recorded:
This session is dated circa March 18or simply Marchin some discographies but initially estimated independently by Luis Contijoch and Steven Lasker to be March 19. Lasker 2017-01-24: 'Any additional "exact" Pathe/Perfect and Cameo/Lincoln/Romeo recording dates are welcomed for their value in estimating dates of other sessions. Contijoch can help by telling us which of the dates he cites can actually be found in Lanin's diary. Unfortunately, many or most of the sessions he mentions - such as the Rosa Henderson/Fats Waller session - won't be found in any of the known surviving diaries (besides Lanin's, diaries were left by Kirkeby, Vic D'loppolito and Sylvester Ahola) and are therefore estimated dates which should be preceded by "circa" and not used as fixed points from which to interpolate dates of other sessions. Researcher James Parten comments that my original piece omitted a relevant Pathe/Perfect session for which the exact recording date is known from Sylvester Ahola's diary: 29Febl926 (mxs. 106653/53 by Paul Specht as "Consolidated Club Orchestra"). Knowledge of this date leads me to revise my date estimate for Ellington's Georgia Grind session from 19Mar26 to c 18Mar26 (a Wednesday).' Lasker 2021-08-04:Per Hughes Panassie, "Hot Notes" magazine #12 (1948): '.....while we (Panassie and Don Redman) were listening to Duke Ellington's PARLOR SOCIAL STOMP, Don suddenly cried out: "That's me! I made this date with Duke." The labels of the original issues bear the legend "Race Record" on one side. While Perfect 104 is pressed on red shellac, Pathe 7504 is pressed on shellac of two hues, red and black, that are mixed in such a way that no two copies are exactly alike. Collectors refer to such pressings as "bloodshot" or "splatter wax." I don't know of any other comparable Ellington 78s. This issue won't be found in the Dooji Collection, but can be viewed here:https://www.popsike.com/Duke-Ellingtons-Washingtonians-Pathe-7504-splatter-wax-E/331017465406.html' |
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1926 03 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Club closed ("padlocked" for serving liquor during prohibition) | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-02-19 | ||||||
1926 03 22 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 23 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 25 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 26 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 27 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 28 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 03 29 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
Circa 1926 03 30 Tuesday | Circa 1926 11 00 or later | . | . | Personnel change Impresario / songwriter Harrison G. Smith claimed to have managed Ellington and his orchestra in 1926, possibly as early as the March 30 recording session. Despite the arrival of Irving Mills in November 1926, Smith's management of Ellington may have continued as late as 1930. Smith's somewhat disjointed claim is explored at TDWAW - Harrison G. Smith. | . | . | . | sl/djp. | New added 2014-08-31 updated 2016-12-04 2020-09-03 2022-07-28 | |||||||
1926 03 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th St. Offices 9 East 37th St. | Gennett recording session Titles recorded:
'disappeared so fast from the market that nobody seems to have a copy of this first record of Ellington's.' From his discography, he may have meant the unissued sides were Jig Walk and Alabamy Bound, but there is no evidence they were made. Steven Lasker writes:'According to Delaunay's Hot Discography (1938), Bob Thiele's Ellington discography printed in Jazz [magazine] nos. 5/6 (1943) and the discography in Ulanov, the earliest recordings by "ELLINGTON WASHINGTONIANS (1926)" were Jig Walk and Alabamy Bound, for which no issue number is cited. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Lasker quotes Ellington manager Harrison Smith from Storyville 47, p.165: 'I paid Duke the princely sum of $19 for If You Can't Hold The Man You Love...That was his first Gennett record and the boys had to split the $19 up nine different ways, you know...or six different ways, at least. So in appreciation, I took over Duke's band as its manager.' Mr. Lasker advises the Champion 15105 "Phonograph Record Cost and Royalty Record" card showed performers' royalties were 1 penny per side sold.Lasker in 2021: 'Gennett files confirm the recording date (erroneously shown as 1926 04 01 in some sources) but don't identify the vocalist(s), a subject which has occasioned considerable controversy over many years.' |
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1926 03 31 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
Circa 1926 03 31 | Circa 1926 04 11 | Connecticut | . | It appears Ellington and some of his men played Connecticut for a short while during the spring of 1926. I have been unable to find any mention of them in Connecticut in various online newspaper archives.
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1926 04 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 04 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 05 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 06 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 07 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 08 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 09 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 10 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 11 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 04 12 Monday | 1926 04 26 Monday | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club 141 West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | New "Creole Follies" revue From The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.46-48: '...The 3Mar26 issue of Variety ...reported that the formerly white revue at Ciro's had been replaced by a colored one produced by Leonard L. Harper. A lengthy review of the show, "Creole Follies," noted that two shows were staged nightly with a two dollar cover charge. ...The band was led by Leroy Smith... Variety's "Cabaret Bills" list shows "Ciro's Follies" at Ciro's each week through 21Apr26. Leroy Smith's band continued after that but Leonard Harper's revue was replaced... Although no print reference from the 1920s has yet been located that places Ellington's orchestra at Ciro's, much anecdotal evidence survives which, coupled with contemporary documentation, suggests that Ellington's band was hired to fill in for Leroy Smith's during the two-week period Since Ciro's was a supper club with entertainment, while the Lafayette Theatre staged revues both day and night, and since Leroy Smith's orchestra couldn't appear both at Ciro's and at the Lafayette at the same time each evening, I suppose it possible that a second orchestra, Ellington's, was hired. It wouldn't be unusual for Harper to turn to Ellington. ...Ellington in "Music is My Mistress" (p. xi) recalled 'I was rehearsal pianist for Leonard at Connie's Inn while we were working at both Barron's and the Kentucky Club,' Harper and Ellington had been close collaborators since Ellington's arrival in New York, and Ellington's band had been without a regular job since ...the Club Kentucky was padlocked.Trumpeter Harry Cooper recalled that Ellington's band doubled between Ciro's and a theatre on Seventh Avenue (the Lafayette was on Seventh Avenue at 132nd Steet). From an article, based on an interview with Harry Cooper, that appeared in Jazz Hot (Jan-Feb 1946, pl3) ...[translation]: ' During a month away from the Club Kentucky, Ellington enlarged his orchestra for playing at Ciro's Club, which was owned by the singer Harry [Richman], with Leroy Rutledge (t.), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Prince Robinson (ts), Joe Garland (as). They also doubled at a theatre on Seventh Avenue.' "Ciro Club's Creole Follies" was the attraction advertised by the Lafayette Theatre in The New York Amsterdam News issues of 7Apr26 (p5) and 14Apr26 (p5)... From "Benny Carter: A Life in American Music" (by Morroe Berger, Edward Berger and James Patrick, p60): 'Carter's invitation to play with Ellington came in April [1926], as the band was enlarged and Harvey Boone's departure created the need for another alto man. Ellington's band was in transition during its long stay at the Kentucky Club. Ellington, busy arranging, composing, playing piano, and changing the band's structure, asked Ellsworth Reynolds, a bassist and violinist, to conduct. Carter, Reynolds says, was in the band at Ciro's on Broadway, along with the regular Ellington sidemen.' Berger, Berger and Patrick also report (p66):'Stanley Dance... has a note, verified by Ellington, that says Carter and Jimmy Harrison were with the band at Ciro's in 1926 [letter from Dance, December 24, 1978]." 'Stanley Dance says Duke told him that Jimmy Harrison and Benny Carter worked with him for a short time at the Ciro Club, and then went back to Charlie Johnson's band.' Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds was in the band during the spring of 1926 and again in the fall of 1927 and early winter of 1927-28. He left several recollections of his days with Ellington in the form of an article for Jazz Monthly (Feb67, p5) and unpublished letters, often factually incorrect and even contradictory but nonetheless fascinating, to Frank Driggs (undated), Peter Carr (17Dec76) and Frank Dutton (15Jul78).In the last-mentioned letter, Reynolds noted: 'I joined Duke here in N.Y. 1926 – his 1st attempt to enlarge his band for a stint for the Club Ciro Revue, replacing the 'Le Roy Smith' band. To my knowledge Duke's New England tour was before I joined either early '26 or 1925 (small band). After the Club Ciro date, we went to the Plantation Club on B'way [Broadway] with the Leonard Harper Revue 'Messin' Around' with [a] Maceo Pinkard musical score.' In his letter to Peter Carr, Reynolds added that Ellington played at Ciro's for about three weeks. Reynolds recalled the personnel that played Ciro's both in his 1967 article in Jazz Monthly and in his letter to Driggs. In Jazz Monthly, Reynolds lists the trumpeters as Miley, Harry Cooper and Cliff Brazzington; in his letter to Driggs, Reynolds mentions Miley and Charlie Johnson while Brazzington is shown with the band in the fall of 1927 only... Nanton (but not Irvis or Harrison) is listed on trombone in both accounts.In Jazz Monthly, Reynolds lists the reed section at Ciro's as Hardwick, Benny Carter and Edgar Sampson, altos; Rudy Jackson, tenor; Harry Carney, baritone. In his letter to Driggs, Reynolds 47 mentions Hardwick, Carter and Arville Harris, altos; Prince Robinson, tenor; Carney, baritone. (Reynolds was obviously mistaken about Jackson and Carney, who wouldn't join the band until 1927.) Reynolds identified the tubist as Bass Edwards in his letter to Driggs, but as Mack Shaw in Jazz Monthly and in his letter to Peter Carr. The other members of the rhythm section, Ellington, Guy and Greer, are named by Reynolds in both accounts. In neither account does Reynolds mention Rutledge, Harrison or Garland. Reynolds played violin, and recalled that Sampson was also capable of doubling on violin.' |
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1926 04 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's or Ciro's Club West 56th Street and possibly Lafayette Theatre | "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 04 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel change Departure of tubist Henry "Bass" Edwards. Steven Lasker: 'The Savoy Ballroom opened on 1926-03-12. The Charleston Bearcats (and Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra) were the resident bands. The tuba player in the Charleston Bearcats (soon to be renamed the Savoy Bearcats) was Douglas "Chink" Johnson. The Washingtonians' job at Ciro's/The Lafayette Theatre came to an end on 1926-04-26. Ellington's musician's were likely at liberty until 1926-05-25, when his band's residency at the Plantation began. Chink Johnson died on 1926-05-07. According to Walter C. Allen's "Hendersonia" (p. 565), "At time of his death [Johnson] was a member of Billy Butler's Charleston Bearcats, at Savoy Ballroom, NY." It's possible that in the final days of Johnson's life, Edwards filled in for him at the Savoy. Per "Barclay Draper, His Life Story as Told to David Griffiths," Storyville 87 (Feb-Mar 1980), p. 95: 'Around this time, I also had the opportunity to do a little sitting-in. I had a very good friend, a tuba player named Henry 'Bass' Edwards, who was filling in for Chink Johnson, by reputation an extremely fine tuba and trombone player. The band was the Savoy Bearcats [....] ' Note that Draper doesn't say that Edwards "replaced" Johnson (which he certainly did following the latter's death) but rather that he "was filling in," perhaps because Johnson, in his final days, was indisposed on account of illness.In any case, Edwards' last night with the Washingtonians was 1926-04-26. He was replaced in the band by Max (Mack) Shaw.' | Email Lasker/Palmquist 2022-10-09 | . | . | . | SL | New added 2022-10-15 | ||||||
1926 04 26 Monday | . | . | . | Personnel change Departure of trombonist Charlie "Plug" Irvis. Steven Lasker: 'With the brief Ciro's/Lafayette Theatre engagement concluded, and the Club Kentucky padlocked for another five months, the Washingtonians' immediate prospects for work were uncertain. In the spring of 1926, nobody other than Ellington's mother would have predicted the glorious future ahead for Ellington and his musicians. Irvis was offered a job with Charlie Johnson's orchestra at Small's Paradise in Harlem. It was steady work at higher pay at a very glamourous venue with a more prestigious band. Not surprisingly, Irvis accepted. The exact date he joined Johnson's band isn't known, but when the Ellingtonians began their next engagement on 1926-05-25, Irvis was gone from their ranks.' |
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1926 04 29 Thursday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Variety of this date listed the orchestra personnel as
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1926 05 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel changes Max (or Mack) Shaw replaced Bass Edwards on tuba (a.k.a. brass bass). Read about Shaw in the TDWAW supporting web page. |
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Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds as quoted by Dutton: '"Duke...didn't need me for his own music, but he didn't like the boredom of rehearsing dancers and acts, especially conducting from a theatre pit....." ' The opening date is per Ken Steiner's research published in his 2008 Ellington conference paper, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians 1923-27, pp.28-29, in which he reproduced a Morning Telegraph revue published 1927-05-27, consistent with a May 25 opening.The show was reviewed in the New York Telegram 1926-05-27 p.16, and Variety, 1926-06-09, carried a review by Abel Green, dated June 3, which was reprinted in the Pittsburgh Courier 1926-06-26. This engagement was incorrectly reported to have been after the October 1927 revue Jazzmania in:
Franceschina and Hasse did not name sources, but Tucker, p.305, n.51, says: "The only source for this is Ellsworth Reynold's scrapbook. See Dutton, "Birth of a Band," Part 1, pp. 52-53; Part 2, p.10."and at p.309: The single most helpful article for this study was a four-part series by Frank Dutton entitled "Birth of a Band" that appeared in the British periodical Storyville from 1979 to 1983." Dutton initially dated the Plantation gig as October 1927, evidently based on this letter from Reynolds - the 1927 date appeared in "Birth of a Band" in the December 1978 Storyville magazine. Dutton invited comments on his research, and in the October 1980 issue, corrected the date to "late June 1926." The dating clearly puzzled the late Gordon Ewing as he continued the itinerary started by the late Joe Igo - see DEMS 1991-1. Barry Ulanov's Ellington biography, published in 1946, says "The band was playing at The Plantation then, ... But the Plantation wasn't paying off, so, after a delay on the first week's pay, and no pay at all the second, the Washingtonians left..." This appears to be based on a Joe Nanton interview in Metronome in February 1945:When Duke came and asked me to play in the band I didn't want to go because he was offering me my friend's job. 'He'll be back next week,' I said. Duke insisted. I promised to join him, but I didn't show up. The following night Duke came by and asked why I didn't come in. This time he waited until I got dressed and he TOOK me with him. He was playing at the Plantation then, at Fiftieth and Broadway. The first week I had to wait two days for my pay and the second week there wasn't any pay. So the place closed and we went to New England.... Some authors have interpreted this to mean the Washingtonians played only two weeks at the Plantation, but it only says Nanton joined the band while it was playing at the Plantation.The show clearly ran more than two weeks, because it was broadcast on June 17 and Variety listed it under Cabaret Bills until July 14. This webpage assumes a July 11 closing date simply because that is the last day before the band went to New England. No ads after June 20 have been found at the time of writing although it seems unlikely a show would be advertised after it closed. According to Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, "Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds was in the band during the spring of 1926 and again in the fall of 1927 and early winter of 1927-28. He left several recollections of his days with Ellington in the form of an article for Jazz Monthly (Feb 67, p5) and unpublished letters, often factually incorrect and even contradictory but nonetheless fascinating, to Frank Driggs (undated), Peter Carr (17Dec76) and Frank Dutton (15Jul78). In the last-mentioned letter, Reynolds noted: 'I joined Duke here in N.Y. 1926 -- his 1st attempt to enlarge his band for a stint for the Club Ciro Revue. ... After the Club Ciro date, we went to the Plantation Club on B'way....'" The June 17 broadcast confirms it was playing in mid-June.Pittsburgh Courier 1926-06-19 p.10 says Leonard Harper's 'Messing Around,' the present revue at Plantation, New York City, is declared to be the hottest thing in Gotham,but it seems likely to have ended by 1926-07-10 when the New York Age, 1926-07-10 p.6 said Leonard Harper presents the Ciro Revue at the Lincoln Theatre, New York City. Variety's cabaret listings would seem to show the engagement lasted into mid-July. The Afro-American, June 12: 'At Plantation Works with similar names:
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1926 05 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel change Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, replaced Charile Irvis. Steven Lasker: "Duke Ellington (MIMM, p.71): 'After Irvis left to join Charlie Johnson's band, Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton came in. and he and Bubber became a great team, working tgogether hand in glove. They made a fine art out of what became known as jungle style, establishing a tradition that we still maintain today.' Joe Nanton was absent on opening night at the Plantation, but joined the band the following night. As Nanton recalled (to Inez Cavanaugh, Metronome, 1945-02-00, p. 17, reprinted in Tucker's "The Duke Ellington Reader," pp. 465-66), "'When Duke came and asked me to play in the band, I didn't want to go because he was offering me my friend's job. "He'll be back next week," I said. Duke insisted. I promised to join him, but I didn't show up. The following night, Duke came by and asked why I didn't come in. This time he waited until I got dressed and he TOOK me with him. He was playing at the Plantation then, at Fiftieth and Broadway. The first week I had to wait two days for my pay and the second week there wasn't any pay. So the place closed and we went to New England.' |
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1926 05 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 05 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 05 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 05 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 05 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 00 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel changes (not confirmed) S. Lasker:
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1926 06 00 | . | Connecticut | . | Lawrence says: 'The first week of June, 'Happy' Rhone, a Harlem night club owner, booked the band for a series of one-night stands in Connecticut. ...' While Ellington and his colleagues did perform in Connecticut in the spring of 1926, it was likely before the Ciro's engagement – see Steven Lasker's discussion at |
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1926 06 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event New York Police Commissioner McLaughlin announced he had imposed a 2 a.m. curfew "this morning" to protect "decent people who go to cabarets and night clubs." He is quoted as saying at 2 a.m. the clubs become dangerous to the unsuspecting. Club owners argued that closing at 2 a.m. compelled them to shorten their revues, throwing toiling chorus girls out of work. By June 18 Mayor Walker introduced a law to extend the curfew to 3 a.m. and by June 19 the Police Commissioner agreed the clubs could stay open until 3 a.m., if patrons were not served after 2:30. On Sept.16, the Eagle reported the 3 a.m. law would come into effect Nov. 1, rather than Oct. 1, and until then, there would be no curfew. The paper said Nov. 1 was the eve of election day, but the mayor had said the election had nothing to do with it. It was because dancing schools licenced to teach minors until 1 a.m. might interpret the 3 a.m. closing as applying to them, so the Board of Estimates amended the curfew law Sept. 15. Apparently three levels of municipal government had to approve the law after hearings before it became law. It was signed into law by mid-December and came into effect at 8 a.m. January 1, 1927. Various news stories cite complaints that the curfew would affect the livelihoods of thousands of waiters and taxi drivers, and politicians called the new law discriminatory, in that didn't apply to hotels with more than 50 rooms, which were opening night clubs on their premises that would be able to stay open all night. The New York Times summarized the history of night club curfews in New York, saying a 1 a.m. curfew was imposed in 1913, extended to 2 a.m. under the next mayor, and then to 3 a.m. in 1915, although 200 all-night licences were granted that year. Prohibition and the Volstead Act took away the city's authority to regulate the industry because clubs no longer needed liquor licences from the city. The story cited an undated statement to New York aldermen by an unnamed night club manager saying
'The jazz saturnalia between 3 A.M. and daybreak has kept hundreds of people awake night after night in the blocks embraced in the night club belt, and their repeated complaints the Mayor could not ignore. The brawling beneath their windows, the sudden ejection of noisily quarreling night club patrons aroused these tenants and, with the aid of Police Commissioner McLaughlin, they brought about the new curfew.' |
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1926 06 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 WCBS-Broadcast 9:30 pm (New York Times) or 8:30 PM (out of town radio logs) |
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1926 06 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 This is the date of the last known advertisement. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th Street offices 9 East 37th St. | Gennett recording session Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians or Memphis Bell Hops (on the Challenge label) Personnel named in New Desor: Miley, Charlie Johnson, Nanton, Harvey Boone, Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer The personnel list changes from discography to discography - see the summary at DEMS 06/1-29. New Desor is the first to name Harvey Boone. Steven Lasker: There's an unknown alto, but I've found no evidence to establish he's in fact Harvey Boone. Titles recorded:
'The sides were issued both on Gennett and its budget label, Champion (also Buddy and Challenge). The 'One of the rewards for being good in those days was a box of animal crackers. They were little cookies shaped like the animals in the zoo, and in 1926 he recorded Animal Crackers for Gennett. On the back was Li'l Farina, and Farina was the black child star – about my age – of the Our Gang comedies, which were very popular then. We always went to see them; and when I realized he had written a number with that title, it made quite an impression on me.' |
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1926 06 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 00 | . | . | . | Personnel changes Departure of James R. ("Prince") Robinson, clarinet and tenor sax. Steven Lasker: According to John Chilton's "Who's Who of Jazz," Prince Robinson was With Billy Fowler's Band (from summer 1926) before going to South American with violinist Leon Abbey's Band (May 1927).No evidence has been found to establish that Robinson played with Ellington in any public engagements during this period, but he is heard to solo on many of their recordings, playing clarinet on East St. Louis Toodle-o (all versions), The Creeper, New Orleans Low Down, Song of the Cotton Field, Hop Head, Down in Our Alley Blues; and tenor sax on Immigration Blues, and Birmingham Breakdown (1927 version). Robinson's presence on Black and Tan Fantasy and Soliloquy is likely, but the absence of any solos by him on these sides makes it impossible to determine with certainty. Dick M. Bakker ("Duke Ellington on Microgroove -- Volume One -- 1926-36") was the first to suggest that Robinson played clarinet and tenor on these sessions. Eddie Lambert concurred, and a listening panel consisting of Frank Dutton, Nigel Haselwood, Martin Richards and Eric Townley convened to research the issue. The panelists compared Robinson's recordings with Ellington with his recordings with McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Clarence Williams, and their resultant opinion, that Robinson was responsible, was unanimous. (I agree.) Frank Dutton published their findings in a series of articles that appeared in Jazz Journal (Nov 77; Mar; 78; May 78; Sept 78). The panel's Eureka moment was revealed in the March 1978 issue of Jazz Journal (pp. 28, 55): 'The panel's one common reservation was the low-register solo on Cotton Field, cited by Eddie Lambert (and to a lesser extent the first solo on Hop Head, which was in a similar style). The problem was that Robinson played almost exclusively in the high register and there was no low-register stuff or comparison in this quarter. |
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Circa 1926 06 21 Monday | circa 1926 06 22 Tuesday | New York, N.Y. | Alhambra Theatre 125th St. and Seventh Ave. | After the death of vaudeville comedian George Walker, Noble Sissle and Bill (Bojangles) Robinson organized concerts in St. Louis, New York and Chicago in June 1926 for the benefit of Walker's impoverished elderly mother. The June 12 New York Age report of the benefit organized by Sissle in St. Louis said there would be an eastern campaign in her aid. The performers in the midnight New York concert at the Alhambra included Duckett and Love, The Four Chocolate Dandies, Jack Denton, Helen Morgan and Joe Stanley, Benny Leonard, Jack Donahue, Jay C. Flippen, Tom Patricola, Patti Moore, Perry and Covan, Senator Murphy, Mitzi Vernelle, Boy Senter, Linda, Henry and La Pearl (Mildred Dixon), Miller and Lyles, Seymour and Jeanette, Dixie Four, Lucky Sambo, Four Dancing Demons, Lottie Gee, Duke Ellington's Orchestra, The Adelaide Hall show, and the Plantation Revue. The date of the New York performance is uncertain: various sources say Monday June 21, Tuesday June 22, Saturday June 26 and Tuesday June 29. June 26 and 29 are ruled out because a financial report by the trustee, published in The Pittsburgh Courier in September, said the New York funds were received June 23.
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1926 06 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 06 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 07 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | Peripheral event closed by law | Vail I | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 03 Saturday | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter John (Johnny) Coles (July 3, 1926 – December 21, 1997). He told The Eagle he came from a family of musicians, all of whom played instruments and he started out with Eddie Vincent playing in the late 1940s. He played for Bull Moose Jackson, Earl Bostick, Gene Emmons and James Moody and from time to time with Coltrane, Garland, Gil Evans, Charlie Mingus. The paper described him as a short, soft-spoken unassuming man whose trademak was an ever-present crocheted skull cap. | The Eagle, The American University, Washington, D.C. 1974-02-15 p.13 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2021-06-18 | ||||||
1926 07 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | (Unconfirmed) Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25 Based only on this being the day before the band went to New England, I have arbitrarily assumed this to be the last day of the show. Nevertheless, Variety's July 14 edition continued to list L. Harper, 4 Crackerjacks, Louise Sims, Flo Puham, Edith Spencer, Anita Riviera and Duke Ellington Bd. at the Plantation in its Cabaret Bills page of current programs in cabarets. The New York Age, however, reported Ethel Waters opened July 19 at the Howard Theatre in Washington D.C. |
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1926 07 12 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | The Washingtonians were now a 10 piece band. Their 5 week New England booking began here; based in Salem, they stayed in the New Brunswick Hotel |
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1926 07 13 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||
1926 07 14 Wednesday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | 'Tomorrow Night is the Night | Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
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1926 07 15 Thursday | . | Brockton, Mass. | Highland Park | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 16 Friday | . | Fall River, Mass. | Lincoln Park | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 17 Saturday | . | Worcester, Mass. | Mohegan | Dancing |
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1926 07 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 07 19 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 20 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 21 Wednesday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 22 Thursday | . | Boston, Mass. | Scenic Auditorium Berkeley St. | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 23 Friday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | ROSELAND | The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
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1926 07 24 Saturday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | 'COMING 'Tomorrow Night | Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
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1926 07 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 07 26 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 07 27 Tuesday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Commodore Ballroom | 'COMMODORE- ROSELAND | The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
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1926 07 28 Wednesday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | Dance ROSELAND | The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
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1926 07 29 Thursday | . | Cranston, R.I. | Oakland Beach | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 07 30 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 07 31 Saturday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 08 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 02 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 03 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 04 Wednesday | . | Marshfield, Mass. | Fieldston ballroom | FIELDSTON |
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1926 08 05 Thursday | . | Woonsocket, R.I. | Miami Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 06 Friday | . | Somerset, Mass. | Wilbur's | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 07 Saturday | . | Worcester, Mass. | Mohegan | Dancing |
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1926 08 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 10 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 11 Wednesday | . | Marshfield, Mass. | Fieldston ballroom | FIELDSTON |
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1926 08 12 Thursday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Pier Casino Ocean Pier | Ocean Pier Ellington and his orchestra peformed several times at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Previous itineraries have named the town and venue several different ways, but it seems likely most of these engagements were at the casino-ballroom on the pier, known locally as the Pier Casino. The August 1926 Biddeford Daily Journal ads refer to the venue as "Ocean Pier, OLD ORCHARD." (Biddeford is beside Old Orchard Beach). The photograph on page 74 of MIMM mistakenly leaves "Old" out of the town name. Vintage postcards advertised on eBay don't give specific names for the possible venues. One is captioned The New Pier, Old Orchard, Me., and shows buildings at the shore and ocean ends, with the pier deck open to the elements. The listing suggests this was 1908. Another is an aerial photo showing a covered pier, with the casino/dance room over the water and an amusement complex at the shore end, beside a roller coaster. Yet another appears to be a hand-drawn aerial view, showing a covered pier leading to a building with signage showing "...ION PICTURES," "CASINO" "VAUDEVILLE" and "DANCING" with a rooftop sign over the shore building saying MOVIES and DANCING. Steven Lasker:
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1926 08 13 Friday | . | Dedham, Mass. | Moseley-On-The-Charles Caution - This ballroom still exists - do not access its website, it has a virus as at 2012-08-05 | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 08 14 Saturday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | 'SATURDAY, AUG. 14 'SATURDAY NIGHT | Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
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1926 08 15 Sunday | . | Leominster, Mass. | Rialto Theater | Two performances, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. 'Duke Ellington | Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.,
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1926 08 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 19 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 20 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 21 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 22 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 23 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 24 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 25 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 26 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 27 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 28 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 29 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 08 30 Monday | 1926 09 04 Saturday | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater ("Direction of Harry Davis") | On the Stage Pittsburgh Press 1926-08-31: "The Show-Off opened yesterday at the Olympic theater for a week's engagement. For a new trend in screen productions, The Show-Off is an apt illustration, with Ford Sterling as the central character...One of the finest musical organizations to come to Pittsburgh is at the Olympic this week. Duke Ellington's Washingtonians proved a hit. A corking comedy, Wife Tamers, featuring Lionel Barrymore and Pathe News were also on the program. An extra film attraction this week of the first annual baby pageant was shown. Harry Hochie and the Olympic Symphonic orchestra pleased with new and entertaining numbers."
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1926 08 31 Tuesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 09 01 Wednesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 02 Thursday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 03 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 04 Saturday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 05 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 06 Monday | 1926 09 11 Saturday | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater ("Harry Davis, General Manager") | 'Added attraction - Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, Nine Artists in Elaborate Musical Act - Late Feature of the Broadway Success, "Plantation". ' The Billboard:'DUKE ELLINGTON and Band, consisting of nine men, played its first picture-house engagement last week at the Shanley, [sic], Pittsburgh, where it was booked by Arthur Spizzi, of New York. The orchestra was formerly at the Plantation, New York, night club.' Note the Schenley was not the Ellington orchestra's first picture-house engagement. In 1925 they played the Lincoln Theatre, for example. |
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1926 09 06 Monday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 07 Tuesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 08 Wednesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 09 Thursday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 10 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 11 Saturday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 12 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 13 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 14 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 15 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 16 Thursday | 1926 09 18 Saturday | Homestead, Penn. | Stahl's Million Dollar Theatre | Vaudeville Ad: 'THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY 'STAHL – Gloria Swanson in "Fine Manners," ... at the Stahl theater, the first half of this week. On the stage the Rudolph-Vosari opera unit... The last half of the week. Emil Jannings and Lya De Putti are featured in "Variety" an unusual drama. The stage presentation is Duke Ellington's Washingtonians. Comedies, news, cartoons and other novelties are additional screen features.' While the Washingtonian's were advertised, they may not have appeared. The exact day they cancelled their tour is unknown. | Theatricial & Photoplay Section, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1926-09-12 p.7 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-11-30 updated 2022-07-30 | ||||||
1926 09 17 Friday | . | Homestead, Penn. | Stahl's Million Dollar Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1926-09-15 | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-11-30 updated 2022-07-30 | ||||||
1926 09 18 Saturday | . | Homestead, Penn. | Stahl's Million Dollar Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1926-09-15 | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-11-30 updated 2022-07-30 | ||||||
1926 09 19 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented The band ended its four-week tour prematurely - see Harrison Smith's account at | . | . | . | . | djp | 2014 updated 2014-08-31 | ||||||
1926 09 20 Monday | 1926 09 22 Wednesday | East Liverpool, Ohio | Ceramic Theater | Cancelled appearance Other activities not documented Announcement 1: "Duke Ellington's Famous Band Coming To Ceramic "Owing to the serious illness of Duke Ellington he will be unable to appear here with his famous colored orchestra." Ad 3:"Because of the sudden illness of Duke Ellington, he, and his famous colored orchestra will be unable to appear here this week." | East Liverpool Review-Tribune, East Liverpool, Ohio:
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1926 09 21 Tuesday | . | East Liverpool, Ohio | Ceramic Theater | Cancelled appearance Other activities not documented | . | . | . | . | djp | 2014-04-27 | ||||||
1926 09 22 Wednesday | . | East Liverpool, Ohio | Ceramic Theater | Cancelled appearance Other activities not documented | . | . | . | . | djp | 2014-04-27 | ||||||
1926 09 23 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 23 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | . | Birth of bassist James Bryant (Jimmy) Woode New Desor has him in the band from January 3, 1955 to April 1960 and again for a couple of weeks in March 1964. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2023-08-16 | |||||||
1926 09 24 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||
1926 09 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | The Club Kentucky reopened, beginning what Ken Steiner refers to as Ellington's fifth season there (Sept. 25 1926 to mid-March 1927). Bert Lewis was the MC until November 8. Morning Telegraph 1926-09-26: 'Club Kentucky Opens with a Bang Broadway's Favorite Orchestra World: 'The Kentucky Club, under the personal management of Leo Bernstein, opened for the fall season on Sept. 25th, with American and Oriental cuisine, wonderful entertainment and many surprises. |
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1926 09 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 09 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 10 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change (doubtful)
Steven Lasker: 'In "Who's Who of Jazz," John Chilton contends that Edgar Sampson "did a season with Duke Ellington at the Club Kentucky," which is probably based -- in the apparent absence of any contemporary press reference placing Sampson with Ellington -- on an Ellington band photo printed at MIMM p.74 and captioned "Orchard Beach, August 1926." The caption identifies one of the individuals as Sampson, but he doesn't look like Sampson to me and when I questioned Stanley Dance about it in the spring of 1991, he agreed the man didn't look like Sampson to him either, adding the identification came from Ellington, and he didn't feel it was his role to correct Duke, an answer which continues to strike me as unsatisfactory. |
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1926 10 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Columbia recording session (rejected) | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-02-20 | ||||||
1926 10 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th Street Offices 9 East 37th St. | Gennett recording session Alberta Jones acc. by The Ellington Twins, "Lulu Belle's Boyfriends" Hardwick, Ellington, Alberta Jones Titles recorded:
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1926 10 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 10 31 Sunday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
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1926 11 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | Nightclub residency with revue Morning Telegraph: 'Tonight will mark the opening of the new show at the Club Kentucky... when Bert Farnum, formerly of the Cameo Club, will take up his duties as master of ceremonies. Those in the new bill are Mildred Melrose, and believe me she does an "exclusive" black bottom; Carol Atherton, with her ballads; Hotsy Totsy, a singing comedienne, and Billy West, who hands out blues from a hot griddle. The management have retained the speedy pair of entertainers, Bigelow and Lee, who make things merry between dances, and Sally Fields, a genuine favorite on the Kentucky floor. | . | . | . | . | Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.32 | Added 2011 updated 2014-08-23 | ||||||
1926 11 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 11 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel change New Desor had Louis Metcalf, trumpet (1905 02 28 - 1981 10 27) in the band from the fall of 1926 until June 1928. While he recorded with Ellington's band as early as 1926 11 29, Metcalf didn't become a member of the band until it went into the Cotton Club in December, 1927. Steven Lasker: 'Metcalf told Leonard Kunstadt: "During this period [1926-27] I was filling recording gigs with Duke Ellington, beside other recordings (I was not a member of Duke's band yet)." .... "It was during my last month with [Sam] Wooding that I got the opportunity to double with Duke in regular engagements at the Cotton Club. This was the time that Duke increased his personnel from his original SIX of Bub Miley, Tricky Sam Nanton, Otto Hardwicke, Freddie [sic] Guy, Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington to ELEVEN MEN adding Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud and yours truly. Later on a 12th man was added in the person of Arthur Whetsel. After finishing my early theatre engagement with Wooding I went over to the Cotton Club 11 o'clock show to play the engagement. About this time Wooding was planning for another European trip and it could have been that I may have made the trip with him, but my eye was on the Duke. "My wish came true. I got my chance to become a regular member of Duke's band. I opened with Duke's first show at the Cotton Club. The band had a much fuller sound owing to the increase in personnel. This band was a futuristic outfit. He was 'way out' for those days and his was the sound to hear. I guess it was the dream of every young musician then to try to get a berth with Duke's outfit. These were the days of Duke's 'Black Beauty', 'Mooche', 'Swampy River' and 'Jubilee Stomp' and I had the luck to be on these great arrangements on phonograph recordings. I was keeping good company. However, it wasn't long before yours truly was on the move again." The full text of the interview is found here: http://archive.org/stream/RecordResearch46/46_djvu.txt Metcalf's first engagement with the band was apparently the Vocalion session of 1926 11 29. His first solos were on New Orleans Low-Down/Song of the Cotton Field (Vocalion 1086, rec. 1927 02 03). However, note that one of the bandsmen depicted in a photo taken at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on |
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1926 11 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave.,Rm. #1 | Vocalion 3 hour afternoon recording session Tucker tells us this was the first session where Ellington recorded only his original material. Steven Lasker: '[This session] is the earliest documented association of Ellington and Mills. The ledger sheet for the date shows that the four songs recorded that date were all composed or co-composed by Ellington and copyrighted either by Gotham Music Co. or Jack Mills, Inc.' Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, two unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00. Steven Lasker: 'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson; Otto Hardwick; unknown third man. This conclusion was formed after reading Dick Bakker's discussion of the issue in his self-published "Duke Ellington on Microgoove -- Volume One -- 1923-1936" (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 1977, pp10-11) that was amplified by opinions from a distinguished listening panel (Frank Dutton, Nigel Haselwood, Martin Richards and Eric Townley) that convened to further explore the issue. Their conclusion that Prince Robinson is the tenor player doubling clarinet during this period was presented in a series of articles by Frank Dutton that appeared in Jazz Journal (Nov 77, p14; Mar 78, p28; Apr 78, p32; May 78, p12; Sep 78, p47).' Titles recorded:
'Jack Kapp was the recording manager for the date. The ledger shows "ng [no good] Kapp" against the two rejected titles, A Night in Harlem, and Who is She[?]. Three of the titles are shown on the ledger sheet as composed by Duke Ellington and copyright 1926 Gotham Music Co., 148 West 46th St., N.Y.C. The fourth, Who Is She[?],is shown as composed by Duke Ellington, Rousseau Simmons and Irving Mills and copyright 1926 Jack Mills, Inc. In actuality, neither of the rejected titles were ever submitted for copyright. Birmingham Breakdown and ESLTO bear a copyright date of 1927-02-10, not 1926, and finally, ESLTO was copyrighted in the names of Duke Ellington and Bub Miley, not Ellington alone.' The Vocalion label, formerly owned by the Aeolian Company, was acquired Nov. 29, 1924 by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, makers of Brunswick records, bowling and billiards products.East St. Louis Toodle-O was adopted as the band's theme song. Lasker: 'ESLTO seems to have given way to Sepia Panorama as the opening theme, and Warm Valley as the closing theme, during the September/October 1940 Hotel Sherman stand. Those themes were replaced by Take the "A" Train during the band's January/February 1941 engagement at the Casa Mañana. ' Tucker suggests the title "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" [sic] may have been chosen on this date because Vocalion wanted to increase record sales in the largely black section of East St. Louis, Ill., but Lasker quotes Variety: 'PERLBERG's TOAD-DE-LO 'The St. Louis metropolitan area is divided by the Mississippi River. West of the river is St. Louis, Missouri. East of the river is East St. Louis, Illinois. Both cities had significant populations of African Americans in 1926. East St. Louis was nationally notorious for the East St. Louis riots of 1917.' Mr. Lasker advises that Ellington pronounced the song title "toad-low" and the spelling East St. Louis Toodle-O was used on the label of the first recording issued (Vocalion 1064), the sheet music and the copyright submission. It was also in the record ads in Baltimore Afro-American and The Pittsburgh Courier.Spelling variations include:
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1926 11 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 New show opened, with Sally Fields, mistress of ceremonies "as usual," introduced Bigelow and Lee, singing comedians, Bob and Larry and their tiny piano, Billie West, singer, Mildred Melrose, Wanda Gill, the Three Ryans's, Sally's 'Hospitality Gang' and Duke Ellington's Washingtonian Orchestra. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.33, quoting Morning Telegraph, | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-08-23 | ||||||
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1926 12 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 The 1926-12-21 edition of the Morning Telegraph reported Sally Fields quit "yesterday morning" | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 The 1926-12-21 edition if the Morning Telegraph reported Gus Chandler succeeded Sally Fields as the new master of ceremonies and a new dancer had been added. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 25 Saturday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 26 Sunday Boxing Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave.,Rm. 1 | Vocalion recording session in the p.m. Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00. Steven Lasker: 'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man' Titles recorded:
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1926 12 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||
1926 12 31 Friday New Year's Eve | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 |
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1927 01 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 01 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 28 W.44th St | Victor recording session 10:00-13:00 Miss Evelyn Preer with Duke Ellington's Orchestra Titles recorded:
Discographers seem to agree Miley, Ellington, Greer and vocalist Preer played in this session, but they differ about the reeds and violin:
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1927 01 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories Probably 145 West 45th Street | Peripheral event Recording session: Gussie Alexander, Gussie Alexander accompanied by piano: Titles recorded:
'These are remakes of recordings from 1926 12 01. The pianist on this remake date isn't named in the files, but could well have been Ellington, though in the absence of a test pressing, there's no way to know for sure. (The metal masters were destroyed.) |
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1927 01 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
Saturday 1927 01 24 Monday | Friday 1927 01 30 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. at Lenox Avenue | Vaudeville Ad in The New York Age Jan. 29: Leonard Harper Presents The ad had a typographical error. The fifth line should be BOBBY AND BABY GOINS It isn't clear if the four named weekdays refers to the film only, or if the theatre was only open those four days. For our purposes, however, we have assumed the theatre was open seven days a week, that Ellington was hired for one week, Monday to Sunday, and that his orchestra performed at the theatre during the day and evening, before going to Club Kentucky for its regular gig. See the discussion at |
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1927 01 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 01 24 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
c. 1927 01 26 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Some discographies report a Banner/Regal recording session by Laura Smith, purported to have been accompanied by Hardwick, Ellington and an unknown violinist in which I'm Gonna Put You Right In Jail was recorded. It was issued on Banner (1977) and Regal (8304). Red Hot Jazz dates it early February 1927, but Abrams and Settlemier date the records "1/26/27." Jepsen and Wax Works (1954) date the session late 1926 but Wax Works says it is doubtful as an Ellington item. Steven Lasker: 'This master, number 7074, was recorded at the Independent Recording Laboratories at some undetermined date circa late January 1927, perhaps on 1/26. (The master number books for this series, today found in the archives of Sony Music, omits recording dates between master numbers 6369, recorded 12/31/25, and 7316, recorded 6/15/27.)' Steven Lasker advises Ellington was not present, thinks Hardwick was not in the recording either, and that the saxophone might by a tenor. He invites the reader to listen to the recording to make up his/her own mind. |
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1927 01 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 01 24 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 01 24 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 01 24 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 01 24 | . | . | , | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 01 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville see 1927 01 24 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 01 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 01 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 02 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event and racial matter "All Around the Night Clubs" New York Morning Telegraph, Undergoing Changes [Note: According to Walt Allen's "Hendersonia," Fletcher Henderson's band worked regularly at the Roseland Ballroom, 1658 Broadway at 51st St., from July 1924 into the 1930s with occasional absences, among them the period from 1927-01-24 through 1927-02-20.] | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2021-12-10 2024-01-23 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-08-02 | ||||||||
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1927 02 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 02 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Vocalion recording session 3 hrs, pm. Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, two unidentified reed players, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00 Steven Lasker: 'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man' Titles recorded:
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1927 02 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 02 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 14 Monday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 New show, "Chocolate Babies' Revue" "CHOCOLATE BABIES" AND 3 BROWNIES 'Leonard Harper's Chocolate Babies will doubtless [reach] adulthood before the guests at the Kentucky Club tire of them. This is a fast snappy show with an all-star cast... Special music was written by Fred Fisher, and is played every night by Duke Ellington's Washingtonians.' S. Lasker:'Leonard Harper produced the revues at the Hollywood Cabaret, from its opening night in 1923 until December 1924 when the club was closed following a fire. Harper's revues employed only black talent. When the club reopened as the Club Kentucky in February 1925, white producers were hired, and while black musicians continued to be employed, all the other entertainers were white. |
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1927 02 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 02 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Brunswick recording session (3 hours) Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at Steven Lasker: 'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man' Titles recorded:
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1927 02 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
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1927 03 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 03 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Brunswick recording session 3 hrs, pm. Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer MacHare suggests Prince Robinson was one of the reeds. Some discographies suggest one reed was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00. Steven Lasker: 'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man' Title recorded: East St. Louis Toodle-O |
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1927 03 14 Monday | Circa 1927-03-20 | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky 203 West 49th St. | Nightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
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1927 03 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14) | . | . | . | . | . | newish added 2014-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 03 17 Thursday St. Patrick's Day | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14) | . | . | . | . | . | newish added 2014-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 03 18 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14) | . | . | . | . | . | newish added 2014-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 03 19 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14) | . | . | . | . | . | newish added 2014-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 03 20 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14) | . | . | . | . | . | newish added 2014-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 03 21 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 03 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 anonymous reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer MacHare and Timner suggest Prince Robinson was one of the reeds. Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00 Titles recorded:
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1927 03 27 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 03 28 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
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1927 04 06 Wednesday | 1927 04 07 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | Mexico's Club 133rd St. and Lenox Ave. | According to Barney Bigard, Mexico's was right around the corner from the Lafayette Theater, down in the basement, and it became Minton's. Ellington spent the night drinking in Mexico's Club.And Mexico had his little bar and on the back of the bar was all the hammers to hit the strings, you know, in the piano, because when the Lion would get up there, he'd &Ndash;the Lion's going to roar and he'd band the piano and all these hammers would fly out there and they'd pick them up and start puttig them back in there... Then it got to be Minton's place... Minton's current address is realtively new. The original address has not yet been found.
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1927 04 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2 | Brunswick recording session in the p.m. The Washingtonians Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unnamed reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer Some discographies suggest Robinson and/or Sampson as the unidentified reeds - see the discussion about Sampson at Title recorded: Black And Tan Fantasy 'While I've found Duke Ellington to be a generally reliable narrator when recounting past events, he occasionally told tall tales, such as those he told of how Black and Tan Fantasy and Mood Indigo came to be composed. |
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1927 04 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
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1927 04 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 23 Saturday | . | . | Peripheral event The Pittsburgh Courier ran a five paragraph plug for Ellington and Mills: 'Duke Ellington, Brunswick Artist, Holds Unique Place in Broadway's Spotlight | The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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1927 04 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 25 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 29 Friday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 04 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Brunswick recording session in the a.m. The Washingtonians aka Traymore Orchestra (Just Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on the German, Norwegian and one U.S. Brunswick label) Personnel: "June" Clark, Metcalf, Nanton, possibly Prince Robinson, possibly Edgar Sampson, Hardwick, Ellington, p; Guy, Shaw, Greer MacHare suggests Prince Robinson and Edgar Sampson as possibles, but Steven Lasker writes "Hardwick and two unknowns." Title recorded:
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1927 05 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 12 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 13 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 14 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 15 Sunday 8 p.m. | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom 596 Lenox Av. Harlem | band activities not documented Ellington appears to have attended a battle of bands at the Savoy: S. Lasker: 'Per Duke Ellington, MIMM, p50: 'Fletcher [Henderson] was a wonderful guy and an important influence. I was there when he won the famous battle of Big Bands with King Oliver at the Savoy on another Sunday night." ' The "Battle of Jazz" on the night of 1927-05-15 was reviewed in the New York Amsterdam News (quoted by Laurie Wright in "King" Oliver, p. 80):'4 Orchs-- Fletcher Henderson, King Oliver, Fess Williams, Chick Webb....thousands unable to gain admittance ... difficult to determine who won this historical battle of music ... Fletcher Henderson and his gang evoked cheers. Folks said, 'There just can't be better music played,' when up stepped old boy King Oliver from Chicago, who sent the boys scurrying hither and yon looking for girls to dance that Chicago rhythm which seems to make your feet step on air. [...] ' This was likely the fist time Ellington saw Barney Bigard, who mainly played tenor sax with Oliver. The alto player in Chick Webb's orchestra was Johnny Hodges (per George Hoefer, Jazz Information, 1940-11-08, p. 11).' |
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1927 05 21 Saturday 1927 05 16 Monday | 1927 05 27 Friday 1927 05 22 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | LINCOLN THEATRE The Lincoln "Muddy Waters," a rather cloudy name for a musical comedy so bright and good–holds the spotlight at manager Snyder's 135th Street House for entire week. Joe [sic] Trent is featured–surrounded by bevy of pretty maidens whose dancing pleases. Cast includes Mercia Marquez, Two Black Dots, L. Brown, Eight Muddy Water Steppers. Thos. Meighan in Blind Alleys, with Greta Missen and Evelyn Brent is the picture showing. Muddy Waters is a corking good clean show–turning them away at every performance. We suggest change of name for title. Duke Ellington and his band are featured. Duke has been crowned by Broadway. 'Both newspapers were weeklies that hit the streets before the stated publication date, so it seems likely ther references to the week meant the week preceding the official date of the paper. The May 28 The New York Age carried an ad for another revue at the Lincoln Theatre which likely started Monday May 23. |
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1927 05 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | The Pittsburgh Courier carried a picture of Billy Cain, a showgirl, with the caption "One of the Elida Webb Girls in 'Lucky' now playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway and 42nd street, New York, who will, on Thursday night, May 19, open her Billie Cain's Club at 2395 Eighth avenue near 129th street. Duke Ellington and his 'Brunswick Recording Orchestra,' direct from 'Club Kentucky,' will be the musical entertainers, while Johnny Hawkins and Roy Bands, singers and steppers de-luxe...will be entertainers. Maceo Pinkard is director of the revue." Billie Kane's Club (spelling uncertain), New York City. Per "Variety," 1927-05-25, p46 (courtesy of Larry Gushee): "Colored Girl's Night Club How long the Ellington band played at the club isn't documented, but on May 28, the Chicago Defender reported that it was playing there. The Baltimore Afro-American 1927-06-04 reported Pinkard "is" producing a revue at Billy Cain's Cub and Duke Ellington's band is furnishing the music. |
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1927 05 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-03-27 | ||||||||
1927 05 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
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1927 05 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Vaudeville (unconfirmed)- see 1927 05 16 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 2020-11-22 | ||||||||
1927 05 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Billie Cain's Club 2395 Eighth(?) | Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2014-03-27 updated 2018-08-18 | ||||||||
1927 05 29 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 30 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 05 31 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
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1927 06 01 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 02 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 03 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 04 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 05 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 06 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 07 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 08 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 09 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 10 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 11 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 12 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 13 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 14 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 15 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
Circa 1927 06 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel change Harry Carney claimed to have accepted Duke Ellington's invitation to join his band on June 16, and first played with it on June 20 at Nuttings-on-the-Charles, Mass. He also told an interviewer he joined June 26.
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1927 06 16 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 00 | . | . | . | Personnel changes Clarinetist, tenor sax man Rudy Jackson and bassist Wellman Braud join the band and Mack Shaw leaves. Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.62: 'Carney told Brooks Kerr that Rudy Jackson, Wellman Braud and he all joined Ellington at about the same time. Jackson and Braud had come to New York in 1927 with the Lucky Sambo review, which played the Lafayette Theatre the week of 16-22May27 (per The New York Age, 14May27, p.6). The show had worked the previous week at the Orpheum Theatre in Newark, N.J. (Per The New York Age, 7May27, p6).' |
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1927 06 18 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 19 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 20 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter
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1927 06 21 Tuesday | . | Foxboro | Lakeview Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 06 22 Wednesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Salem Evening News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-12-31 | ||||||||
1927 06 23 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 24 Friday | 1927 06 25 Saturday | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | Dancing | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club citing Boston Post | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 06 25 Saturday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | Dancing -see 1927 06 24 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 06 26 Sunday | . | Lynn, Mass. | The Olympia | VaudevilleSUNDAY DUKE ELLINGTON'S WASHINGTONIANS
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1927 06 27 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Boston Post | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 06 28 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 06 29 Wednesday | . | Worcester, Mass. | Mohegan Ballroom | Dancing |
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1927 06 30 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
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1927 07 01 Friday | . | Providence, R.I. | Crescent Park | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Providence Journal | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 02 Saturday | . | Somerset | Wilbur's | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Fall River Herald News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 03 Sunday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Evening Transcript | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 08 Friday | . | Newport Beach, R.I. | Newport Beach | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Fall River Herald News, July 8, 1927.) | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 07 09 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 12 Tuesday | . | Marshfield, Mass. | Fieldston | One-nighter Tucker listed this engagement as Wednesday, July 13, citing Brockton Post Herald. Ken Steiner advises: 'Most Massachusetts newspapers were not available through Interlibrary Loan, so in 2009 I ... spent five days at the Boston Public Library. ... I checked every one of Tucker's cites against the original source, and also went on fishing expeditions - I would scroll through each city's paper, and a few other MA newspapers, looking for more gigs. |
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1927 07 13 Wednesday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia | The Sentinel ran daily ads this week. This is the "same day" ad:
TONIGHT IS | The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
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1927 07 14 Thursday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Me. | Pier | It seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12. The Biddeford Daily Journal reported 'A party made up of Chandler and Joe Robbins, Jackson Turner and Eric Bergland motored to Old Orchard Thursday evening to hear Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians, the new attraction on the pier. |
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1927 07 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 16 Saturday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Post | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 18 Monday | . | Gloucester, Mass. | State Armory | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Gloucester Daily Times, July 18, 1927. | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 07 19 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Post | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 20 Wednesday | . | Providence, R.I. | Crescent Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 07 21 Thursday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Salem Evening News, July 22, 1927 | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 07 22 Friday | . | Taunton, Mass. | American Legion | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 07 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 07 25 Monday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Pier | It seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12. P IER Old Orchard MOVIES AND DANCING Every Afternoon and Evening Monday Evening, July 25 DUKE ELLINGTON and His WASHINGTONIANS The Paul Whitman of Colored Orchestras xxx |
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1927 07 26 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 27 Wednesday | . | Foxboro, Mass. | Lakeview Ballroom | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Brockton Daily Enterprise, July 27, 1927 | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 07 28 Thursday | . | Woonsocket, R.I. | New Joyland | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 07 29 Friday | . | Spofford Lake, N.H. | Ware's Grove Dance Pavilion | DANCE |
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1927 07 30 Saturday | . | Nashua, N.H. | Blackbird Ballroom | One-nighter BLACKBIRD BALLROOM |
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1927 08 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | Peripheral event The Club Kentucky closes, and will reopen later as "Monterey" | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 08 01 Monday | . | Buzzard's Bay, Mass. (Town of Bourne) | Bournehurst | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 08 02 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
1927 08 03 Wednesday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia | COMING – WED. NITE. AUG. 3 ARCADIA Gardner ARGENTINE NITE AND 2 – ORCHESTRAS – 2STYLE SHOW Duke Ellington and his New York Orchestra and The Gauchos From The Argentine VAUDEVILLE GIRARDO and NADINE Idols of Broadway Clubs ELSA FREE Premiere Acrobatic Dancer FUR STYLE SHOW See 1928 Fur Styles on living mod- els displayed by Fashion Fur Shop. ADMISSION 75¢ | Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
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1927 08 05 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 08 06 Saturday | . | Brockton, Mass. | Highland Park | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
1927 08 07 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 08 08 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
1927 08 09 Tuesday | 1927 08 11 | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | Ken Steiner: 'Aug 9. was a battle of the bands with Roan's Pennsylvanians.' |
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1927 08 10 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 08 11 Thursday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | Ken Steiner: 'Aug 11 was a "colored dance."' | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 08 12 Friday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
1927 08 13 Saturday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-08-18 | ||||||||
1927 08 14 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 08 15 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 08 16 Tuesday | . | Salisbury Beach, N.H. | Ocean Echo | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
1927 08 17 Wednesday | . | Foxboro, Mass. | Lakeview Ballroom | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Brockton Daily Enterprise, Aug. 17, 1927. | . | . | . | ks | New added 2018-08-23 | ||||||||
1927 08 18 Thursday | . | Fitchburg, Mass. | Whalom Park | One-nighter DANCE Every Night Whalom Park TONIGHT and Tomorrow 5¢ Checks Leo Hannon Thursday Duke Ellington And His Famous Recording Band. This crack musical organiza- tion was acclaimed by New York's greatest orchestra lead- ers as the hottest band on Broadway the Paul White- man of colored orchestras EVERY MONDAY All Old-Fashioned Dances, Prize Waltz Contest. FIREWORKS TOMORROW NIGHT From the August 19 ad: 'Duke Ellington's Coon Band was so hot last night that they started a fire on the dance hall plaza. Return to Whalom Thursday, Sept. 1st.' |
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1927 08 19 Friday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
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1927 08 21 Sunday | . | Boston, Mass. | Loew's Orpheum Theater | "Duke Ellington and Band" are in the ad under "today." The film is "Painting the Town" and the other act is Barbette. Steven Lasker: Ellington told Stanley Dance (liner notes to Columbia set C3L-39) that Creole Love Call was written in Boston: 'We were to play a Sunday afternoon engagement in a Boston Theatre, and we worked out an oral arrangement on this in the Brunswick Hotel in Salem.' This is likely that occasion. |
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1927 08 23 Tuesday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Commodore Ballroom | Commodore | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. 1927-08-23 p.14 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 2020-06-15 2020-06-19 | ||||||||
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1927 08 27 Saturday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter Wild Throng shows the town as Revere, MA., but it seems likely to be Revere Beach, where there was a ballroom called Crescent Gardens and Ballroom | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.36 citing Boston Post | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-08-17 | ||||||||
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1927 08 30 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 | ||||||||
1927 08 31 Wednesday | . | Manchester, N.H. | Arcadia Ballroom | One-nighter | M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Manchester Union | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013 01 01 | ||||||||
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1927 09 01 Thursday | . | Fitchburg, Mass. | Whalom Park | Dance Tomorrow Night |
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1927 09 02 Friday | . | Spofford Lake, N.H. | Ware's Grove Dance Pavilion | Ware's Grove | The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1927-09-01 p.3 courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | Steiner | New added 2019-05-05 | ||||||||
1927 09 03 Saturday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Ocean Pier Casino |
Steven Lasker Per Abel Green, "Amazing Dance Craze," Variety, 1927-07-20, p. 48:" 'Re. Old Orchard Pier: "The idea of showing motion pictures on the veranda (outer walks) and dancing within the huge ballroom, was encountered here for the first time. It serves the purpose of pulling an elderly element that would never before set its feet inside of a dance place, the jazzopation within serving as automatic musical accompaniment. After the filmies are through they come to the balcony observation points overlooking the dance space, and their observation is sufficient education for future reference that the dance hall is not the den of iniquity some of our professional reformers sould have them believe.' |
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1927 09 04 Sunday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | 'M-A-M-M-O-T-H |
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1927 09 05 Monday Labour Day | . | activities not documented Tucker shows the Sept. 7 dance as Sept. 5 in error citing Fitchburg Sentinal. He appears to have misread the ads that covered more than one event at this location, including Sept. 5 and 7 |
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1927 09 00 | . | . | . | Life event Mercer Ellington lived with his grandparents but spent summers with his parents. He and his mother accompanied the band on its summer 1927 New England tour, then he returned to his grandparents' home. It seems likely his parents took him back to D.C. between Labour Day and the Murray Palace Casino date, since the school year didn't start until September 18 |
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1927 09 11 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 09 12 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Murray Palace Casino 920 U Street | Washington's Own | The Washington Tribune, Washington, D.C. 1927-09-09 p.2 courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | ks 2024-08-10 | New added 2024-08-11 | ||||||||
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1927 09 14 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
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1927 09 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
Circa 1927 09 00 | . | Manhattan New York, N.Y. | Possibly Duke and Edna's home 135 W. 142nd Street, Apt. 3, Harlem | Life eventsDuke and Edna Ellington SeparateThe Ellingtons never divorced but Duke left Edna, likely in mid-September after they returned to New York after the 1927 summer tour of New England and the Washington engagement. They remained separated until Edna's death in 1967.Steven Lasker: Ellington had two facial scars, a nearly vertical one near his left eye and a horizontal scar across his left cheek. Fred Guy told Brooks Kerr, who told me, that the scar near Ellington's left eye dates to 1931 when Guy and Ellington were riding in a taxicab in the Chicago area when it had an accident. The cheek scar was apparently inflicted by Edna sometime shortly after the Ellingtons' return to Harlem in mid-September 1927. While Mercer, who had spent the summer with his parents in New England, was in Washington D.C. at the time of the incident, he would have heard about it later from both his parents, thus his account is probably the most authoritative one we shall ever have: 'My parents had quarreled some time before this. Pop had been having an extramarital affair, and it got out of control. He probably hadn't come home for two or three days, and he and mother got into a tremendous fight, in the course of which she got hold of his knife and slashed him across the face...' ![]() December 1928 courtesy S. Lasker Click to Enlarge ![]() "Duke's scar in 1929" crop from Black and Tan still Stratemann p.23 Click to Enlarge Ellington evidently kept out of the public eye while the wound healed. Note that no public engagements by Ellington or his orchestra between mid-September and October 10, 1927 have been traced. A desire to be inconspicuous could explain why Ellington hired violinist Ellsworth Reynolds to conduct his band in their engagements between October 10 and sometime in January 1928, when Reynolds was let go and Ellington resumed conducting duties. Note the absence of any credible account that places Duke and Edna together after September 1927. (A questionable account from A. H. Lawrence, repeated in the Cambridge Companion, is discussed below.) Edna, estranged from Duke yet never divorced, died Ruth Ellington as interviewed by "Blue:"
'His [Duke's] marriage was his protection. Whenever he got too seriously involved, he would always say that Edna wouldn't give him a divorce. Again the shock waves struck. He was living with Evie and my mother passed away [1967] and now he was free to be married. And, he wouldn't marry. That changed her [Evie].' Mercer told "Blue" that his dad paid his mom $35/week in financial support. Questionable accounts:
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1927 09 16 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Ellington and William Donaldson's "Gold Digger" was published by Denton & Haskins in 1927. Written as early as 1922 or 1923, it had been rejected by music publishers until 1927 because it was a "radical departure from the usual conventional hot tune type." Ellington never recorded it, but on Sept 16, it was recorded by Johnny Ringer and His Rosemont Ballroom Orchestra. Tucker suggests 'As Ellington's fame grew as a recording artist his stock rose as a composer. One direct result was the publication in 1927 of "Gold Digger"... ' Lasker:'Gold Digger was recorded by Johnny Ringer & His Rosemont Ballroom Orchestra in 1927, and by Michael Lande's Rhythm Club Orchestra in 1997. |
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1927 10 05 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||
1927 10 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 28 W.44th Street Studio | Victor recording session 14:00-17:00 Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: Roy Shields Dir. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
'In 1987, Brooks Kerr told me that Ellington had told him that he'd written Washington Wabble prior to coming to New York in 1923.' |
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Circa 1927 10 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Personnel change Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds rejoined Ellington's orchestra for the Jazzmania and Dance Mania revues produced by Clarence Robinson. He appears to have stayed until January, 1928. | See 1926 05 25 above | . | . | . | sl | New added 2021-06-30 | ||||||||
1927 10 10 Monday | 1927 10 16 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Clarence Robinson's "Jazzmania" revue, starring Edith Wilson. Duke Ellington's famous Washingtonians and the Royal Balalakai Orchestra ... Ellington's band will render regular musical accompaniment to the revue from the pit, while the Balalakai Orchestra will present the special musical accompaniment to the famous act of Rodrigo and Lila.
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1927 10 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | "Jazzmania" - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 10 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | "Jazzmania" - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 10 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | "Jazzmania" - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 10 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | "Jazzmania" - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 10 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | "Jazzmania" - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||
1927 10 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Ellington's 1926 engagement in the revue Messin' Around Revue was incorrectly dated October 1927 after Jazzmania in:
"The only source for this is Ellsworth Reynold's scrapbook. See Dutton, "Birth of a Band," Part 1, pp. 52-53; Part 2, p.10.". At page 309, Tucker says The single most helpful article for this study was a four-part series by Frank Dutton entitled Birth of A Band that appeared in the British periodical Storyville from 1979 to 1983'. Dutton and Tucker both mention the Reynolds scrapbook, but Steven Lasker says he is not aware of anyone other than Reynolds who has actually seen it. The full name of the revue, as advertised in the 1926-06-02 New York Telegram, June 2, 1926, was Messin' Around Revue of 1926. The misdating appears to have arisen by the late Frank Dutton's initial mistake, which was corrected in a later edition of Storyville. See details of this engagement at 1926 05 25. |
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circa 1927 10 26 Wednesday | . | . | . | PERSONNEL Lambert shows the band personnel by the time of the Oct. 26 session as:
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1927 10 26 Wednesday | . | Camden, N.J. | RCA's Camden Studio #1 | Victor recording session 9:30-2:00 Whether this is day or night is not known Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Adelaide Hall Titles recorded:
'Discographies show the trumpets on this date as Miley and Metcalf. Miley solos, but the other trumpeter does not. |
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1927 11 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Harlem 'jazz queen' Florence Mills passed away in hospital at 4 am She has been described as 'Mills was probably the first black female international superstar, was lionized by crowned heads in Europe and described by English show business impresario C.B. Cochran as "one of the greatest artists that ever walked on to a stage." Although her career and shows changed the nature of black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years.' | Bill Egan, Florence Mills, Harlem Jazz Queen, Studies in Jazz 48, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2004 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-02-26 | ||||||||
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1927 11 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Studio 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Jabbo Smith, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Adelaide Hall Titles recorded:
Jabbo's solo in Black and Tan Fantasy is treasured by many listeners. Years later Smith recalled 'The night before I recorded with Duke, somebody stole my horn. I had to go to a music store to get a replacement, and the mouthpiece was way too big. I had a hell of a time hitting that opening high C in my solo, but I made the session.1 Steven Lasker:'OKeh's matrix cards for this session show the recording date as "October 3, 1927," but when considered in the context of the nearby matrices, it is apparent that this date is the result of a clerical error, and that the session actually took place on November 3, as shown in all reference works. Per Jean-Pierre Daubresse, album notes to "Jabbo Smith and the Hot Antic Jazz Band -- European Concerts," Memories ME 04 (1982 LP): 'On November 3rd, 1927, Jabbo makes two remarkable recordings of Black and Tan Fantasy for Duke Ellington, who was so impressed that he immediately proposed that he join his own band. 'I didn't join Duke's band because he wasn't well-known enough, and besides he could only offer me $90 while I was earning $150 with [Charlie] Johnson. What's more, at the Cotton Club I would have been 'typed' like the other guys. I wanted the chance to get out and spread my wings." ' |
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1927 11 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Vocalion recording session in the a.m. Marguerite Lee (*) with Duke Ellington Trio and Walter Richardson (**) accompanied by the Duke Ellington Trio Titles recorded:
Singers Lee and Richardson made separate recordings, each accompanied by Ellington, an unidentified violinist and an unidentified cellist, using publisher's arrangements. New Desor shows a bass rather than a cello. Steven Lasker: The recording date is documented in the Vocalion ledger, although Wax Works incorrectly dates this session to December. According to Vocalion's ledger entry for this session, each of the three sides recorded this date were accompanied by the Duke Ellington Trio (piano-violin-cello). The first and third titles were scheduled for release on Vocalion 1150, but this issue was cancelled and no copies have ever been reported. The label copy would have read Soprano with Instrumental Trio MARGUERITE LEE with DUKE ELLINGTON TRIO. Since this is as definitive a description as we shall ever find absent a test pressing, what New Desor and Wax Works shows is irrelevant. They haven't seen the ledger; I have a photocopy of the ledger sheet for these titles. The first title appears in the ledger as "You Will Always Live on in our Memory." (Note the preposition "on.")
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1927 11 14 Monday | 1927 11 20 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Clarence Robinson's "Dance Mania" revue
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1927 11 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Peripheral event The announced Nov. 15 opening of the next revue at the Cotton Club was postponed. The decision to hire Ellington may have been made about this time since there was no hint in the October plug: The New York Morning Telegraph:
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1927 11 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Peripheral event The Baltimore Afro-American carried a picture of the 8 member Washingtonians - Miley, Nanton, Jackson, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud and Greer - saying they were now Keith Circuit stars and ...you hear him now through Victor records and vaudeville.. | Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p. 76, citing Baltimore Afro-American 1927-11-19 | . | . | . | . | New added 2014-08-19 | ||||||||
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1927 11 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Fred Guy is quoted as saying the Cotton Club contract was signed in a tavern beside the Lafayette Theatre the day before the band left for Philadelphia. Cotton Club songwriter Jimmy McHugh, who also was a partner in Jack Mills Music, Inc., was not happy with the band then in the Cotton Club, so decided to seek one with a pianist who was a good musician. He heard Ellington's group in a small cafe, and when they spoke, they found they could work out a deal adding two men to the band for a total of $800/week for ten men. In Swing Magazine, Ellington acknowledged McHugh was instrumental in getting Ellington the Cotton Club booking. In MIMM, however, Ellington said they had to audition for the job when they were at the Gibson's Standard Theatre in Philadelphia. Ulanov contradicts Guy, saying that Duke was in Philadelphia where he received word that Mills had signed a contract for the Cotton Club. |
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1927 11 21 Monday | 1927 12 02 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Gibson's Standard Theater South St. at Twelfth | Clarence Robinson's revue, advertised as 'Dancemania, second edition of Jazzmania' and as 'Jazz Dance Mania, Clarence Robinson's Hits and Bits of the Terrific Sensations "Jazzmania" and "Dancemania"': '...
The Afro-American said Ellington and the Washingtonians were in Philadelphia for a two week stay. Lasker says Dance Mania was engaged for two weeks at the Gibson's Standard Theatre, until Dec.4, then was booked for a week at the Howard Theatre in D.C., to end Dec.11. |
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1927 11 24 Thursday 8 pm to 3 am | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Academy of Music Broad & Locust Streets | The Student's Official Football Classic Reception Introducing the Howard and Lincoln teams, cheering squads and stars and presenting the greatest orchestral combination on Broadway today Fletcher Henderson's Nationally Celebrated Orchestra of the City of N.Y....staged and promoted under the direct supervision of the Student's Official Reception Committee. Separate ad below: 'THRU AN UNEXPECTED NEGOTIATION OF OUR GRADUATE MANAGER DUKE ELLINGTON'S Great Jazzmania Orchestra (Another of Broadway's Demands) Will Be Presented THANKSGIVING NIGHT in the ACADEMY of MUSIC Ken Steiner's research indicates the 'dance/reception' was held in the concert hall, with a dance floor installed above the seating. He also found Horace Henderson's band played here instead of Fletcher's. | Ad, Baltimore Afro-American, 19-11-27 p.7 | . | . | LYM message, Steiner, 2013-04-22 | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-02-24, 2013-04-22 | ||||||||
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1927 11 26 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Gibson's Standard Theater | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |||||||||
1927 11 27 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Gibson's Standard Theater | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |||||||||
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1927 12 03 Saturday | . | . | . | Steven Lasker: 'Per Jimmy McHugh, quoted in Down Beat, 1960-04-14, p. 13: '...we were very pressed for time since the Cotton Club opening night always fell on Sunday evening. It was most important for me to have the band there Sunday morning to rehearse all day with the costumes and the dance numbers... [the bosses] told me to go over and meet this unnamed party who would straighten out everything so that the Duke would not have to appear for the Saturday night show in the club where he was performing. We were somehow able to persuade the Philadelphia management to let Ellington off for the Saturday night show. I then arranged for the band to return to New York and to be ready for rehearsal next morning. This took place Sunday and in the evening the production opened.' Boyer:'Duke couldn't go because he had a contract with the owner of the Philadelphia theatre which ran for a week beyond the ...Cotton Club's opening, and the owner declared ...that nothing ... could persuade him to release Ellington. The Cotton Club people ... called Boo Boo Huff, a friend and an underworld power in Philadelphia, and Boo Boo sent ... Yankee Schwarz to the theatre man. "Be big," Yankee Schwarz pleaded. "Be big or," he mumbled embarrassedly, "you'll be dead." The choice presented no dilemma to the theatre man.' Lasker quotes Ralph Cooper as saying the ultimatum was to Dance Mania producer Clarence Robinson rather than to theatre owner Gibson, He quotes Ulanov as saying the band rehearsed the new score as best it could in Philadelphia. |
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1927 12 04 Sunday | 1931 02 03 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave at West 142nd St. Harlem (see 1924 05 00 above) | Beginning of Ellington's first Cotton Club residency with an expanded 10-piece band. This was also the opening night of an unnamed revue, produced and possibly conceived by Dan Healy, with songs by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. This chronology refers to this as the "1st Cotton Club Revue." Ellington's residencies at the first Cotton Club (referred to sometimes as the uptown Cotton Club or the Harlem Cotton Club) ran
Franceschina, without identifying a source, says Ellington and the band arrived, excited though exhausted, at the club only minutes before the show was to open. McHugh contradicts him: 'I then arranged for the band to return to New York and to be ready for rehearsal next morning. This took place Sunday and in the evening the production opened.' Ulanov: '...In New York, there were some hasty run-throughs with the dancers and singers and a quick retreat to the band member's several homes to freshen up for the evening.' Ellsworth Reynolds named the orchestra members as Miley, Cliff Brazzington, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Reynolds, Guy, Braud and Greer, with Louis Metcalf replacing Brazzington on trumpet a few weeks later. Steven Lasker: '1. Ellsworth Reynolds stayed behind in Philadelphia on December 3rd and 4th, rehearsing the Wilbur DeParis Orchestra in "Dancemania" at the Gibson's Standard Theatre. He rejoined Ellington on December 5th. (See "The Washingtonians: A Miscellany," page 80.) Dorothy Fields and her family shared a table with columnist Walter Winchell. Miss Fields objected to some lyrics sung by an unnamed songstress and insisted the club announce they were not her lyrics. The Morning Telegraph's review of the opening night identified Van & Schneck, Benny Rubin, George Beban, and Dorothy's father Lew Fields and his family in the audience. It named the entertainers as Aida Ward ("singer in the Florence Mills style"}, dance pair Henri Wessels and La Pearl (stage name for Mildred Dixon, who would later live with Ellington), comedy team Edith Wilson and Jimmy Ferguson, dancer Mae Alix performing the Harlem River Quiver assisted by the entire ensemble, tap-dancers The Berry Brothers, and The Duke Ellington Band. Work schedule Riverwalk Jazz says the club opened at 9 p.m. for dining and dancing. Other sources tell us the revues were staged after midnight and at 2 a.m. Hasse's Beyond Category quotes Barney Bigard as saying the band worked seven nights a week with hardly a night off. When interviewed by Patricia Willard in 1979, Juan Tizol recalled working every night, but said they must have had a night off since there was a law requiring it. Researcher Ken Steiner writes 'Ads for the Cotton Club usually said something like "two separate shows nightly." I've never seen a "closed Tuesdays" for example. This means our favorite band worked for months on end without a day off at the Cotton Club, often doubling at theatres, recording and making special appearances and outside gigs!' Palmquist comment:I don't yet know if the band had a regular night off during its Cotton Club engagements. It seems not. Consequently nights off from the Cotton Club may be shown as performance nights in error, but without confirmable information to the contrary, I don't see an alternative. Revues During Ellington's first residency, December 1927 to February 1931, seven revues (floorshows) were staged at the Cotton Club, beginning:
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1927 12 05 Monday | 1938 06 05 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Overview of Cotton Club Broadcastsby Steven Lasker Remote broadcasts originated from the Cotton Club on a regular basis prior to Ellington's arrival. The extent of Ellington's Cotton Club broadcasts has been revealed only recently thanks to dedicated research by Ken Steiner in the radio logs published in vintage daily newspapers, and – with assistance from Christel Schmidt – in microfilms of NBC's radio log books, held at the Library of Congress. Never before have the known dates and times of Ellington's radio broadcasts from December 5, 1927 (the date of Ellington's first broadcast from the club) through September 19, 1930 (the date of Ellington's last broadcast from the club over WABC and the CBS network) been documented in a single place. Ken suspects the full extent of Ellington's Cotton Club broadcasts from the earliest years may never be known, since logs of radio programs published in local newspapers in those years seldom listed broadcasts taking place after 11 p.m. or midnight, long before the band's duties at the club concluded. Dates and times of Ellington's known broadcasts from the club are listed in the daily entries that follow. Data on remote broadcasts from the Cotton Club are taken from either the New York Times or the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, where they are listed as Cotton Orchestra (NYT), Cotton Club Orchestra (BDE) or Cotton Club Dance Orchestra (BDE). The schedules do not necessarily agree, but we show the broadcasts listed in either paper even when it is not shown in the other. Ellington's Cotton Club broadcasts fall into seven distinct phases:
Since WABC wasn't paying the Cotton Club or Duke Ellington for the privilege of being broadcast (at least according to Robert Sylvester, quoted in TDWAW under 1929-02-03), it's doubtful that they had the band broadcast from the WABC studio instead of the club. (If the Ellingtonians were so massively inconvenienced, don't you suppose they'd insist on being paid? Note that no Ellingtonian ever recalled broadcasting from the WABC studio instead of the Cotton Club.) | Emails, Lasker-Steiner-Palmquist
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Background on Stations WHN and WPAPby Steven Lasker
'An overview of Ellington's December 5, 1927 to February 11, 1929 broadcasts from the dance floor of the Cotton Club originating over WHN and WPAP (both stations at 760 kHz, 500 watts, until November 11, 1928; thereafter, at 1010 kHz, 250 watts, as mandated by the Federal Radio Commission's radio frequency reallocation directive effective that date from 3:00 a.m. EST; cf. The New York Times, 1928-09-11, p. 16).
In the 1920s, timeshare agreements among broadcasters were commonplace. Such agreements allowed for multiple stations to share a common broadcast frequency and transmitter, each operating at different hours during the week. Stations WHN and WPAP shared a broadcast frequency with two other broadcasters who otherwise play no part in the Ellington story: WQAO (owned by the Calvary Baptist Church) and WRNY (owned by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing Co., publisher of Amazing Stories, the world's first science-fiction magazine). Nils T. Granlund, "Blondes, Brunettes and Bullets," pp 89-90, recalled the early days of WHN when he was, in his own words, the station's "general manager, announcer, booking department, program director, and general factotum": 'There was only one logical place for us to broadcast from, and that was the new Loew State Building on Times Square. We moved the whole outfit over from Brooklyn, but that wasn't so much of a chore as it sounds. The entire sending apparatus was about the size of an office desk. The generator could almost be carried by one man. The mechanical end of this new station was tucked into one end of our office, and antenna was raised on the roof, and we were in business. Land station WHN -- the call letters had originally been assigned to the S.S. Hanalei, a ship which sank on November 23, 1914 -- founded by George Schubel of The Ridgewood Times, first broadcast on March 18, 1922 from Ridgewood, which straddled the boundary of Brooklyn and Queens. On July 28, 1923, Schubel leased WHN for $100 a week to the Marcus Loew Booking Agency, which soon moved the station -- which they finally purchased in October 1928 -- to the Loew's State Theatre building at 1540 Broadway. "There, the company leveraged its leading vaudeville acts from Loew's theaters to perform briefly (for no pay) on the radio, thereby providing advertisement for the theaters" according to: https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=88 The Washingtonians' earliest-documented broadcast over WHN, in September 1923, was from the station itself. Abel Green reviewed the band in the New York Clipper (1923 11 23, p. 24), noting: "They also broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN (Loew's State building) radio station." On 1924 06 09, WHN became the first station in America to inaugurate remote broadcasts from night clubs (see TDWAW's entries under that date, also 1925 03 18). Ellington recalled ("Jazz as I Have Seen It," Swing, 1940 06 00, p. 21; reprinted in Shapiro & Hentoff, "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," p. 231): "Station WHN was just opening up around then, and they started broadcasting us every night after two a.m. All that air time," he continued, "helped to build up our name." Unfortunately, radio logs in the New York daily newspapers from those years rarely list programs after 11:00 or midnight; as a rule, programs airing at two a.m. weren't listed. Those remote broadcasts from the Club Kentucky that have been traced are cited in the appropriate daily entries above. The earliest such broadcast dates to 1925 09 22. After the founder of Loew's, Marcus Loew, died on September 5, 1927, control of his business empire -- which also included the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City -- passed to Nicholas Schenck, since 1919 President and General Manager of Loew's Inc. The Schenck brothers, Nicholas and Joe, had been associates of Marcus Loew since at least 1910, when, with the latter's financial assistance, they'd purchased Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside Park-Fort Lee New Jersey, located directly across the Hudson River from West 130th Street in Harlem. In the 1920s, the park was conveniently accessible to New Yorkers by ferry, even more so after the George Washington Bridge opened in 1931. As the crow flies, the park was less than two miles from the Cotton Club (Lenox Avenue and 142nd Street). In 1926, Palisades Amusement Park inaugurated its own radio station, WPAP - the "PAP" stood for Palisades Amusement Park -- which shared a common broadcast frequency with WHN. WPAP's station was located opposite the park's ballroom, in a facility designed to look like a huge Atwater-Kent radio and built at a cost reported at $100,000. By December 5, 1927, when Ellington first broadcast from the Cotton Club, both WHN and WPAP were controlled by Nicholas Schenck. (Considering the cost to maintain a radio transmitter as well as economies of scale, it's probably safe to assume that all four stations shared a common transmitter.) Broadcast range was limited, especially after a regulatory directive ordered the station's power reduced from 500 to 250 watts starting November 11, 1928. In 1923, when WHN was only 300 watts, The New York Clipper (1923-11-02, p. 21) observed: "While such neighboring points as Williamsburg and Flatbush sections in Brooklyn, or in Newark cannot hear it, in certain sections of Massachusetts experiment has shown that WHN can be 'caught' more clearly than within the metropolis. There is no particular accounting for this other than atmospheric conditions and the quirks of general 'reception' in some localities."Listeners to Ellington's WHN Cotton Club broadcasts might have been encouraged to enjoy the vaudeville talent and motion pictures found at Loew's theatres in the New York area; listeners to his broadcasts over WPAP might have been advised to visit Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey to enjoy the entertainment there. Print advertising for the Cotton Club stressed such selling points as "The Greatest Array of Colored Talent Ever Assembled" and, for those coming from the Times Square theatre district, "15 Minutes in a Taxi Through Central Park"; it's easy to imagine these same or similar lines being spoken by radio announcers. Broadcasts from the Cotton Club late at night would have carried a greater distance than those at suppertime owing to favorable ionospheric conditions at that hour. Other differences noticeable to those who heard Ellington's broadcasts both at suppertime and late at night might have been the call letters of the originating stations, the names and voices of the announcers and, according to reviewer Abel Green (Variety, 1928-10-24, p. 57), the character of the repertoire: "Ellington Subdued. Duke Ellington and his heated jazzapators [sic] from the Cotton Club in Harlem are not as dirty as they are of midnights, such as Monday, when broadcasting during the dinner sessions. They lean more toward the 'sweet' type of syncopation but can't refrain from slipping in a real wicked ditty off and on." Much of the information on WHN/WPAP above derives from "The Airwaves of New York," a book by Bill Jaker, Frank Sulek and Peter Kanze (McFarland & Co., NY, NY, 1998) which can be read on Google Books. |
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1927 12 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7:00 pm, WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | Victor recording session 1:30pm - 5:30pm (while documentation did not specify am or pm, the band was working at the Cotton Club at night.) Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Irving Mills Director" Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (Irving Mills is shown as the director on the session sheet) Titles recorded:
'Harlem River Quiver was reissued as Brown Berries. |
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1927 12 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 25 Sunday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||||||||
1927 12 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Dance Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1 | Vocalion recording session 3 hrs in the p.m. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Some discographies has this as the last time Rudy Jackson recorded with the band - see the discussion re the 1928 01 09 session. |
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1927 12 30 Friday | . | . | . | Personnel change New Desor says Barney Bigard, clarinet & tenor sax, joined the band He was not in the Since Ellington's autobiography has him joining in 1927, and Bigard told Patricia Willard, in an oral history interview, that he joined in 1927, Bigard: 'When I played my first job with the band, the personnel was ... Miley and ... Metcalf on trumpets, ...Nanton on trombone, ...Carney and myself, and the rhythm section was Duke, Freddie [sic] Guy, Wellman Braud and Sonny Greer. |
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1927 12 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m.12 midnight, WHN | New York Times schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||||||||
1927 12 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
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1928 01 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Dance Orchestra broadcast at 6:30 p.m., WHN | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast at 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times schedule, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Columbia Records Studios 1819 Broadway | Recording session for the Diva, Harmony and Velvet Tone labels This was Ellington's last acoustical recording session. The Washingtonians Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, R.Jackson and/or Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
DEMS 08,1-21 discusses at length whether or not this was an Ellington session, whether or not there were 4 reeds, who took what solo, and whether Stack O'Lee Blues was an Ellington record. Bigard: "The first recording I made with the band was Bugle Call Rag and I remember that, for some reason, they couldn't use the drums. Of course Sonny Greer came there and sat through the whole deal, got paid and everything, but they couldn't record the drums. Wellman Braud, bless his soul, he had to have the horn right close to his bass. He was coming over far too loud and they told him to move back some few feet. "Okay," says Braud, and don't you know he moved back sure enough, but be dammed if he didn't take that horn right along with him. Everyone had their individual horn see." |
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Circa 1928 01 09 | . | . | . | Personnel change It is not clear when Rudy Jackson left the band. New Desor says he was in the band until 1927 12 31. Jan Bruér's study of reed players during the time both Hardwick and Carney were in the band, printed in DEMS 94/2-2 and reprinted in DEMS 03/2 16-1, has Rudy Jackson recording until 1927 12 29 but not later. Consensus is that he played the 1927 12 29 session, but authorities differ about 1928 01 09. Wax Works, Jepsen I, New Desor, Timner V and MacHare (at the time of writing) exclude Jackson from the 1928 01 09 session but include Bigard, with Jepsen and MacHare saying explicitly "add Barney Bigard,cl,ts. Rudy Jackson out" and "Bigard replaces Jackson" respectively. On the other hand, McCarthy/Fox explicitly says Bigard replaces Jackson after the 1928 01 09 session. Lambert suggests there were four reeds. Hardwick, Bigard, Jackson and Carney, with Hardwick playing more bass sax than usual in the absence of a string bass. At the time of writing, Girvan has both Bigard and Jackson present, and, in addition to his detailed comments in DEMS 08/1, Steven Lasker writes: 'Based on what I hear, Jackson and Bigard are both present on the Harmony session of 9Jan28.' |
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1928 01 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 11 p.m., WNJ | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule | . | . | . | djp | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and (false) Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Titles recorded:
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1928 01 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 01 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22< updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 01 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
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1928 02 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WNJ | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 14 Tuesday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 22 Wednesday Matinee | . | New York, N.Y. | Manhattan Casino 155th St. and Eighth Ave. | Matinee dance The New York Age: The Metro Club will give their matinee soiree ... Dancing music will be furnished by two orchestras, Duke Ellington and his Little Ellingtonians and the Original Cotton Club Orchestra. The Inter-State Tattler:The Metro Diamond made a very impressive showing at their matinee dance on the 22nd of February at the Manhattan Casino. The success of this affair is attributed to the efforts of Mr. O.W. Springer, president, Mr. Ed Trott, treasureer and Mr. D. Hudson, publicity manager. Duke Ellington's Washintonians played the good music. |
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1928 02 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
Circa 1928 02 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | The Inter-State Tattler: Backstage with Stagestruck | The Inter-State Tattler, New York, N.Y. 1928-03-02 p.8. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2024-11-29 | ||
1928 02 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 02 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 02 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
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1928 03 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Various sessions | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-03-18 | ||
1928 03 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 10:30 p.m., WSGH | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 03 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 03 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | added 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
Circa 1928 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé or Cameo studio | Cameo/Pathé recording session The Whoopee Makers / The Washingtonians Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'Recording files for the Pathé / Perfect and Cameo / Lincoln / Romeo labels prior to 1929 are lost. These were separate companies until Pathé purchased Cameo in September 1927 (per Phonograph and Talking Machine Weekly, 1927-09-28).
Soon after Pathé bought Cameo, so-called "co-recording sessions" were held at which artists recorded the same titles for both companies, with each master receiving a number in the series of the destination label. Ellington recorded only one such session, circa 1928-03-08. |
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1928 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 10:15 p.m., WSGH | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 03 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, born 1905, joins the band, possibly between the March 8 and 21 recording sessions. [Whether Whetsel joined or rejoined at this time is a matter of semantics. In 1923 he left the five-piece Washingtonians led by Elmer Snowden and in 1928 returned to a 12-piece orchestra led by Ellington which only had three members left from the 1923 band.] Steven Lasker: '...he may have joined somewhat earlier...According to violinist Ellsworth Reynolds (Jazz Monthly, Feb67p6), |
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1928 03 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN Variety gave this evening's Cotton Club broadcast the first of its favourable reviews of Ellington's music: 'RADIO RAMBLES |
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1928 03 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcasts:
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1928 03 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 17 Saturday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-09-08 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 03 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2 | Brunswick recording session 3 hours in the p.m. The Washingtonians Whetsel, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1928 03 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Variety, 1928 03 21, p.69 gave the Monday night Cotton Club broadcast the first of its favourable reviews of Ellington's music. | Stratemann,p.1 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-08 | ||
1928 03 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Variety's Cabaret Bills listed the Cotton Club performers as
Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP |
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1928 03 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Victor studio 28 W. 44th St. | Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Duke Ellington Dir. Irving Mills Present" 2:00 pm -5:30 pm Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Irving Mills was present in this session Titles recorded:
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1928 03 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-03 | ||
1928 03 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 28 Wednesday | . | . | . | Pathé recording session - false date, See Mar28 | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-03-18 | ||
1928 03 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 03 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 03 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
April 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 04 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and new Cotton Club revue Opening of Dan Healy's spring revue "Cotton Club Show Boat" "Dance Music by Duke Ellington And His Famous Victor Recording Artists." | Ad reproduced in Stratemann, p.685. | . | . | Vail | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 04 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 06 Good Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 08 Easter Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 09 Easter Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom 596 Lenox Av. Harlem | Ellington's band played the Savoy Ballroom Easter Monday. The page 12 article also mentions Sunday, but unless Ellington played both nights, this is likely a typo.
| The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-04-06 pp.11, 12, 13 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-11-30 | ||
1928 04 09 Easter Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 04 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcasts, WSGH
| New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 04 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Two remote broadcasts over WSGH were listed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Times radio schedules:
| Radio schedules, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Times, 1928-04-19, courtesy Ken Steiner | . | . | . | ks | 2012-09-22 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 04 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 No remote broadcast was listed in this day's Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 04 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Two remote broadcasts over WSGH were listed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules:
| Radio schedule, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1928-04-26 | . | . | . | ks2012-09-22, djp | 2012-09-22 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 04 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 04 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 29 Sunday Ellington's birthday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 04 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
May 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 05 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 05 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 05 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
Circa 1928 05 17 Thursday | . | . | . | Personnel change Otto ("Toby") Hardwick left the band sometime after the March 26 recording session, to be replaced by Johnny Hodges on May 18. Hardwick returned in 1932 and would stay until an argument with Ellington during the April 1946 Howard Theatre engagement (Nicholson).
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1928 05 18 Friday | . | . | . | Personnel change Johnny Hodges joins the band. Hodges: '...Meanwhile, Otto Hardwick had an accident, went through the windshield of a taxicab. Had his face all cut up, and I had to go to work for him. Duke offered me a job. I still wouldn't take the job, kept putting it off and putting it off. Everybody was trying to talk me into taking it. So I finally took it, and here I am.' S. Lasker in MD11-248:'...Hodges ...and Harry Carney were boyhood chums... Hodges' sister was friendly with Sidney Bechet...Bechet gave the teenage Hodges music lessons and style pointers...Hodges joined Ellington at the Cotton Club in May 1928 and quickly became a featured soloist on soprano and alto saxes, his straight soprano sax being one that Bechet had given him. He also played section clarinet...(Hodges had learned clarinet while in Boston from Harry Carney, who in return received saxophone lessons from Hodges.)... ' Gary Giddins, "notes on the music," Time-Life set STL-J19 ("Giants of Jazz: Johnny Hodges"), p.30:' "I think it was on my sister's birthday, May the 18th," said Johnny Hodges in 1965, recalling the day in 1928 when he joined Duke Ellington and entered a glamorous new world.' |
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1928 05 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 05 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 23 Wednesday | . | Brunswick, Maine | Bowdoin College | Ivy Ball dance "Each Ivy Ball had live music often performed by the most popular bands of the time. Duke Ellington came in 1928 and 1932." "In 1928, students invited dates to the "Ivy Ball" for a night of dancing and a live performance by Duke Ellington." | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-18 | |||
1928 05 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 05 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
1928 05 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 05 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 | ||
June 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 06 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Variety: 'Radio Rambles Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN |
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1928 06 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 10 Sunday | 1928 06 30 midnight | New York, N.Y. | Madison Square Garden Eighth Ave. between 49th and 50th Sts. Manhattan | Promoter Milton Crandall ran a Marathon Dance Derby in Madison Square Garden from June 10 until approximately midnight June 30, with 9 couples still in the competition having danced 482 consecutive hours with 15 minutes rest after every hour of dancing. Health authorities closed the event when one dancer lost consciousness and remained unconscious after several days in the hospital. Crandall initially had the injunction overturned, but that was successfully appealed, and he couldn't sell tickets after 10 p.m. June 30. This marathon dance contest was widely covered across the country, as were dance contests in other cities. This event was for white dancers; the health commissioner did not have the same concern about a Manhattan Casino marathon for Afro-American dancers because they only danced from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily, with one-hour rest periods after every four hours of dancing. Morning Telegraph: 'And by the way, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra have been basking in the limelight....due partly to Crandall's constant crunchers dreamily dragging dead dogs around the Madison Square Garden....Taking pity on the hoofers, the band went down several times to cheer them with some real jazz...' Variety(provided for background only - its marathon is in Harlem and the report doesn't mention Ellington or his sidemen): 'Made 'Em Step |
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1928 06 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 06 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 06 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3 | Brunswick afternoon recording session In this, Hodges' first recording session with Ellington, he solos on soprano sax and doubles on clarinet on Yellow Dog Blues and solos on alto sax on Tishomingo Blues. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'This session was dated to 1928 06 05 in all discographical listings and on all reissues until 1986 when I examined the original recording ledger and noticed the date actually took place on 1928 06 25. |
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1928 06 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 06 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 06 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 06 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
July 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 07 00 | . | Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Rendezvous Club | Questionable event Variety: '...Also Duke Ellington and his band for [Joe Robertson's] Rendezvous Club, Niagara Falls, opening early week in July...' Palmquist's note:I have found no other references to this possible Niagara Falls engagement. Ellington and his orchestra are not known to have travelled this summer. It may be that the band booked into Niagara Falls was the former Cotton Club Orchestra, which was then touring the midwest, and that Variety mistakenly identified it as Duke Ellington's band. | Variety, 1928-06-27 p.58 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-12-01 | ||
Circa 1928 07 00 | . | . | Peripheral event Jack Mills Inc. was renamed Mills Music Inc. Variety: 'The change in corporate name of Jack Mills Inc. to Mills Music, Inc., is a gesture by one brother to another in order not to dominate the business. Irving Mills having become so active with Jack Mills, in addition to Jimmie McHugh, composer and professional manager who is also a partner in the business, the new name was decided on as a compromise to retain the Mills identity because of its trade value. | Variety 1928-07-11 p.41 courtesy S. Lasker Dec.2019 | . | . | . | SL | New added 2020-01-01 | |||
1928 07 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 07 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 07 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills A Duke Ellington Panorama shows the group as "Harlem Footwarmers," but the early OKeh record labels say "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" Titles recorded:
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1928 07 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 07 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Washington Club | Peripheral event The Inter-State Tattler: Club Scribblings This must be taken with a grain of salt. Ellington hung out at Mexico's but this is the first time in over a decade of researching Ellington's life that I recall seeing any mention of Duke owning any club until he opened Duke Ellington's Club in Washington D.C. in late 1948. | The Inter-State Tattler, New York, N.Y. 1928-07-27 p.7 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-01 | ||
1928 07 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 07 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 07 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 07 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 07 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
August 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 08 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN Variety: 'Radio Rambles |
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1928 08 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 08 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 08 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN Variety: 'Ellington Treats |
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1928 08 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 08 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 08 31 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
September 1928 | ||||||||||||
1928 09 01 Saturday | 1928 09 10 Monday | At sea. | S.S. Rochambeau | Peripheral event Otto Hardwick is listed as a U.S. citizen on the S.S. Rochambeau passenger list, for the voyage departing Le Havre Sept. 1 to arrive in New York Sept. 10. He's described as as 24 years old, male, married, born Washington D.C. May 31st 1904, passport no. 2896, address 1439 Morris Rd. S.E. Washington, D.C. The passenger list was signed by an inspector at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10 | "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24XQ-9CW : accessed 18 Sep 2014), Otto Hardwick, 1928. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-09-18 | ||
1928 09 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 09 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN ' RADIO RAMBLES |
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1928 09 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 09 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 09 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 09 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 09 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
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1928 10 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change Trumpeter Freddie ("Posey") Jenkins (1906 - 1978) joined the band in October 1928, replacing Louis Metcalf. He is identifiable in photographs and film because he played left handed (see 1906 10 10). Steven Lasker: When did Jenkins replace Metcalf? Palmquist:
The Bushell anecdote is freely available in the Internet Archive: ...That was a funny band, the way they fired you, or made you quit. Louis Metcalf told me a story about how they'd gotten him out. He hadn't been in the band too long, but they wanted to get rid of him—so he later found out. (I think the whole thing was probably arranged by Duke.) One night down in the dressing room some band members started complaining, "Duke shouldn't do that." “That's a damn shame how Duke treats us. What do you think about it, Metcalf?" “Y'all right." He didn't know better. “Well Metcalf , you know, you see what's going on. Why don't you say something to Duke about it?" “I don't know. What about you?" "No, man, he won't listen to us. He'll listen to you, cause you're new in the band , you know, you're a sensation." And Metcalf, like a jackass, went to Duke and told him he didn't think he was doing right. Duke said, very quietly, “Oh no? Well, all right.” The next day Metcalf got his notice.
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1928 10 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event In November 1966, Record Research magazine published a two page study by Jerry Valburn of Ellington recordings for the Pathé and Cameo groups in 1928 and 1929. Valburn said the two labels assumed joint ownership in October 1928, and discussed the complex "bookkeeping" now needed to control matrix numbers. Steven Lasker: 'Valburn was mistaken in asserting the two labels "assumed joint ownership" in October 1928. As I wrote under circa 1928 03 08, "These were separate companies until Pathé purchased Cameo in September 1927 (per Phonograph and Talking Machine Weekly, 1927-09-28)."' |
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1928 10 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session *Duke Ellington (solo) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra a.k.a. **Lonnie Johnson and His Harlem Footwarmers Whetsel, Miley, Metcalf (see note), Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, L.Johnson (guitar), Guy, Braud, Greer, Baby Cox (vocal) Titles recorded:
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1928 10 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 10 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.3 | Brunswick recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
'This session was dated to 1928 10 20 in all discographical listings and on all reissues until 1986 when I examined the original recording ledger and noticed the date actually took place on 1928 10 02. (On 1928 09 20, Brunswick/Vocalion began allocating blocks of matrix numbers to each of their three New York studios at 799 Seventh Avenue, which explains why the matrix number from this session is higher than those allocated at Ellington's Brunswick session of Lasker believes there were three trumpets on this session, Whetsel (who solos), and probably Miley and Metcalf (neither of whom solos). |
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1928 10 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 10 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
Circa 1928 10 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace. | Fashion show Inter-State Tattler: Social Snapshots |
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1928 10 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2013-08-30 | ||
1928 10 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency Opening night for the new Cotton Club revue "Hot Chocolate." Two shows nightly, 12:15 and 2:15 a.m. - see programme Lee Posner, The Morning Telegraph 1928-10-07: 'Let's stop at the Cotton Club. Tonight, the new show, "Hot Chocolate," has its premiere. Danny Small and his five blazes have been added to the new show. These boys are fast as a Paavo Nurml [the Finnish track star and Olympic gold medalist] on the track. Of course, the "Hot Chocolate" was concocted by the dancer-producer Dan Healy. 'Snuff said. Glenn and Jenkins, two clever dusky good-lookers grab a big hand and why not! |
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1928 10 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 10 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 10 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2 | Brunswick recording session 3 hours 15 minutes Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer and an additional unidentified trumpet Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'On the back of the sheet in Brunswick's recording ledger that documents this session are descriptive comments, the only ones I've found for a session by Ellington:
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1928 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Circa 1928 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio 150 E. 53rd St. | Pathé/Cameo recording session Date estimated due to absence of company files. The Whoopee Makers Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
S.Lasker: 'Braud plays sousaphone on both takes of "The Mooch," but is tacet on the other two titles from this session, where Ellington's left hand supplies the bass line.' |
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1928 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
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1928 10 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN |
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1928 10 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 24 Wednesday | . | . | Peripheral event Critic Abel Green reviewed a dinnertime broadcast: and commented that it was "not as 'dirty' as they are of midnights, such as Monday when broadcasting during the dinner sessions. They lean more to the 'sweet' type of syncopation but can't refrain from slipping in a real wicked ditty off and on." | Stratemann p.1 citing Radio Rambles, Variety 1925-10-24 (p.57) | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||||
1928 10 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 10 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Victor studio 28 W. 44th St. | Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Duke Ellington Dir." 1:45 pm -3:00 pm (OW session) 3:00 pm -5:30pm (DECCO session) Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night. *Ozie Ware with Hot Five and Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, *Jenkins, Nanton, *Bigard, Hodges, Carney, *Ellington, Guy, Braud, *Greer, *Ozie Ware, Irving Mills as Goodie Goodwin, Baby Cox. Titles recorded:
Per Wellman Braud, paraphrased in "New Orleans Style" by Bill Russell (Compiled and edited by Barry Martyn & Mike Hazeldine),Jazzology Press, 1994, p. 112, based on an interview referenced in TDWAW under 1891 01 25: 'I always played for tone, just like when I'm playing sousaphone on The Mooche. I was always curious about things in music. Always asking questions. Anyhow, one day I went over to the Rochester Theater and got talking to the sousaphone player. He was hitting four tones at once on his horn. He said that he had been first brass bass with John Phillip Sousa for twenty-five years. I knew he had to know what he was doing and in fact, he made that horn sound like a string bass. You have to take the dumb side if you want to learn with a professional, so I asked him how he got that tone. He told me it came from the strike of the tongue ans so I went home and practiced on that for a long while. That's how I got the effect on The Mooche with Duke's band.' |
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1928 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 10 31 Wednesday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
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1928 11 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 05 Monday | . | Tarrytown, N.Y. | W.I.H.S. gymnasium | Yonkers Herald: 'A. J. McElwain is general chairman of the committee which is making arrangements for the huge Mardi Gras which Union Hose Company is holding at the W.I.H.S. gymnasium tonight. He is assisted by Leon Andrus, chairman of the refreshment committee; John Carney, chairman of the cloak room committee, William Reardon, chairman of the floor committee, and William McCarty, chairman of the floor [sic] committee. W.I.H.S. appears to be Washington Irving High School. | Yonkers Herald, Yonkers, N.Y. 1928-11-05 p.11, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | KS | Added 2020-10-09 updated 2020-10-10 | ||
1928 11 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN Note this conflicts with the Tarrytown event. It may be that another band subbed at the Cotton Club, or it may be Tarrytown ended early enough for the band to return in time for its shows and the broadcast. | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 2020-10-09 | ||
1928 11 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP (last 760 kilocycle broadcast) | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th St. Studios 28 W. 44 St. | Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Irving Mills Dir." 0900-1310 Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra(1) Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox and Duke Ellington Players(2) Instrumentation and personnel not noted. Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet. Titles recorded:
'The band recorded ICGYABL from 9 am to 1:10 pm, and then Since You Went Away from 1:10 to 2:00 when the date was called off, the company's recording ledger noting |
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1928 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN (first broadcast at 1,010 kilocycles) Variety shows Ellington, Duke, Cotton Club, N.Y.C.for the week beginning Nov. 12.) |
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1928 11 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th St. Studio 28 W.44th St. | Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Irving Mills Dir." 1345-1630 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Miley, Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox Titles recorded:
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1928 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcasts
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1928 11 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1928 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, L. Johnson (third title only) Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker advises that Johnson uses a 12-string guitar in this session and provides this link to a fraulini.com article about his instrument. |
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1928 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30-12:00, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 11 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 11 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 11 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Circa 1928 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio 150 E. 53rd St. | Pathé recording session (The date is estimated due to the lack of studio files) The Whoopee Makers Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'Per the Perfect [Records] Dealer's Advance List and Order Blank for the March 1 [1929] list (hard copy at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers), (records "ready for shipment about Jan. 15th"): '"MISTY MORNING" and "HOTTENTOT" are both featured in the famous Cotton Club in Harlem. We have had many requests for records by the Whoopee Makers.' |
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1928 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m. WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
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1928 12 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Circa 1928 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cameo Studio 114 E. 32nd St. | Cameo recording session (The date is estimated due to the lack of studio files) Ozie Ware Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Greer, Ozie Ware
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1928 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | Battle of Jazz between the bands of
New York Age: "...six of New York's leading jazz bands competed in a "battle of jazz," as some 2,000 dance lovers crowded the dance floor or looked on. Outside more than 2,000 were turned away because of the lack of space... |
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1928 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 It is possible (perhaps likely) that Ellington and his band had a night off at the Cotton Club so he could play at Savoy. However, the New York Times shows a remote broadcast, 7 p.m., on WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | Unconfirmed Note this conflicts with the Cotton Club job this same night (see below). Pittsburgh Courier: 'The Mystic Club, which is a club within the well known Osbiny Club, is making plans for its second annual "Character Costume Dance" to be given December 14 at the newly decorated Rockland Palace. To insure an evening of pleasure New York's best dance orchestra, the Famous Duke Ellington and his Victor and Brunswick Recording Orchestra will provide the music.' | Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1928-12-08 s.1 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-08-21 | ||
1928 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | a href=https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-renaissance-casino-1924/?form=MG0AV3>Renaissance Ballroom/td> | Inter-State Tattler: Club Scribblings | Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-12-14 p.7 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2024-12-01 Updated 2025-02-12 | ||
1928 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN Note this conflicts with a dance at Rockland Palace (which has not yet been confirmed). It may be that Ellington's orchestra took the night off to play at Rockland Palace and that a backup band played the Cotton Club and the remote broadcast, or it may be that Ellington didn't do the dance at Rockland Palace. | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||
1928 12 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||
1928 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | Victor recording session Recording Supervisors at Victor per its log sheet: "N. Y. W. Mills, Dir. [Matty] Malneck, Asst. Dir." 1300-1715 Warren Mills and His Blue Serenaders According to Lambert, Warren Mills and His Blue Serenaders was a 14-piece studio orchestra, plus Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, and Greer, all conducted by violinist Matty Melneck, with an unknown female vocalist and the 10-voice Hall Johnson Choir. Steven Lasker advises the Victor files show:
The studio orchestra is 16 pieces plus the musical directors, rather than 14 pieces. Lambert has an extra trumpet and missed the horn, which Mr. Lasker suggests might actually have been a trombone. New Desor initially identified the vocalist as Adelaide Hall, but New Desor small corrections changed the female vocalist to Unidentified, based on Earl Okin, who knew her well (see DEMS 10/3-22). Mr. Lasker agrees. New Desor also called the Mills group The Hotsy Totsy Gang but the Victor ledgers say Warren Mills and his Blue Serenaders, the name used on the record label. The group is named for Irving Mills' son, Warren. Sjef Hoefsmit, in DEMS Titles recorded:
Blackbirds of 1928 was a 518-performance Broadway production that opened in May 1928 with Adelaide Hall as one of its stars. |
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1928 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 The band seems to have had the night off - see Gates Casino below. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-28 | ||
1928 12 22 Saturday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Gates Casino 879 Gates Ave. | ![]() 'The final sentence on the poster, "Tune in direct from the Cotton Club Station W.P.A.P. Every Wednesday and Friday Night at 7 P.M.," establishes that the band's early evening broadcasts originated not from a radio station but from the Cotton Club itself.' | Concert poster or handbill, courtesy S.Lasker | . | . | . | SL | New added 2016-09-29 updated 2016-09-30 2016-12-27 | ||
1928 12 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 25 Tuesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Renaissance Casino 138th St. and Seventh Ave. | Early morning breakfast dance The Pittsburgh Courier: 'There was ever so much whoopee raised at the breakfast dance given by the Cotton Club Boys in the Renaissance Casino early Christmas morning. Everyone was there and the music by Vernon Andrades and Duke Ellington was superb. The dance lasted until mid-day and everyone declares that it was quite the snappiest affair during the Christmas festivities.' |
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1928 12 25 Tuesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | The Inter-State Tattler: 'The Social Rounders, Inc., whose dances have been an outstanding event in Harlem for some years, announces that this year's dance on Christmas night, December 25th, is to be held at Rockland Palace for the benefit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Music is to be furnished by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Cub Orchestra. The officers and members of the club are as follows: Wiley Holloway, president; James Dennis, vice president;... ' and'...the Social Rounders, Inc., gave a benefit dance on Christmas night at Rockland Palace. Dancing was to the strains of Duke Ellington's Cotton Cub Orchestra...' | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1928 12 25 Tuesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN | New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2016-09-30 | ||
1928 12 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1928 12 31 Monday New Year's Eve | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP New York Evening Post: You don't have to wish a night club proprietor a prosperous new year. They take those things into their own hands... |
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1929 01 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 7:00 pm WHN broadcast | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 04 Friday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The merger of the Victor Talking Machine Company's and Radio Corporation of America's operations was announced. The Associated Press: 'New York, Jan. 4.–Radio and phonograph were brought together today ... through unification of the Radio Corporation of America and the Victor Talking Machine company. In November 1929, RCA's in-house magazine said: '...Carrying forward the cooperation plans begun ten years ago with the creation of the Radio Corporation of America, General Electric and Westinghouse, with the Radio Corporation of Amercan, will form the R.C.A. Victor Corporation. Beginning with January 1st, 1930, the new company will carry on research activities as well as all the engineering, manufacturing and selling activities in connection with radio sets, talking machines, records and other devices in home entertainment now sold by the Radio-Victor Corporation and manufactured by the General Electric and Westinghouse companies. Since the purchase of Victor Talking Machine Company, plans for manufacturing concentration have been under way and have now developed to the point where consiolidation of faciliies , with the Camden plant as the nucleus, is desirable. Of major importance is the unification of the radio research and engineering facilities of General Electric, Westinghouse, R.C.A. and Victor so the same staffs ... will actually be consolidated under single and unified direction ... Lasker: 'Record making was then new to RCA. Above the center hole on the company's "black label" 78 rpm singles, the logo on the label read "Victor" from circa 1902 until 1946, when the logo was changed to "RCA Victor." In the fine print at the bottom of each label, the company name appeared as "The Victor Talking Machine Co." (1901 to Oct 1929; Jan 1930 to Jun 1930); "Victor Talking Machine Division Radio-victor Corporation of America" (Camden plant: Nov & Dec 1929; Oakland plant: to May 1930); RCA Victor Company, Inc." (Jun 1930 to May/June 1935); "RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc." (May/June 1935 to 1942); "RCA Victor Division of Radio Corporation of America" (1943 to 1954). Later issues: "Radio Corporation of America." "Camden, N.J." is shown on all labels from 1901 into 1957. The last popular single to bear the Victor logo above the center hole was Victor 20-1819, released 1946 02 08. Ellington's last "Victor" single was 20-1799, released 1946 01 14. Ellington's first "RCA Victor" single was 20-1992, released 1946 10 14. All subsequent issues, and repressings of earlier issues, bear the "RCA Victor" logo.' |
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1929 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 06 Sunday | 1929 04 28 | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem, African Room 388 Lenox Ave. | Sunday matinee DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS BAND Ken Steiner in DEMS:SUNDAY Presented By THE HARLEM KNIGHTS AT THE Beautiful Club Harlem (FORMERLY BRAMVILLE) 388 LENOX AVE. Between 129th and 130th Streets, New York SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS HERBERT WILLIAMS, Pres. SANDY THOMPSON, Vice Pres. CHESTER GLOVER, Secretary 'Ads in The Inter-State Tattler indicate "Duke Ellington and His Band" played Sunday afternoon matinees at Club Harlem throughout the first four months of 1929, while working nightly at the Cotton Club. Unfortunately, microfilm collections of the Tattler contain many gaps. The first issue with an ad for Ellington at Club Harlem was in the 4Jan29 issue, and ads ran through 24Mar29. From 31Mar - 14Apr the venue switched to the Lenox Ave. Club, and the last ad was 28Apr in a return to Club Harlem. ' Ellington's "sideline" club engagements need further research and need to be reconciled. Subsequent research shows:
See a description of the Cotton Club, Club Harlem and Lenox Club at | .
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1929 01 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Midnight broadcast, WPAP | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2 | Brunswick recording session in the p.m. The Jungle Band Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
'The recording ledger entry for this session shows the masters were initially intended for issue in the Vocalion 15000 (popular and international) series, not Brunswick on which label the sides finally appeared. It was common practice for the company to release masters by an artist under his real name on Brunswick, and under a pseudonym on Vocalion, a few examples being Red Nichols, Duke Ellington and Clarence Williams whose Brunswick records were issued under their own names, but whose Vocalion records were in a few cases issued as by, respectively, Louisiana Rhythm Kings, Traymore Orchestra and The Avalonians. ' |
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1929 01 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 7 pm WHN broadcast | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 11:30 pm WHN broadcast | WHN | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 13 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | . | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-03-20 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-11-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio 28 W.44th St. | RCA Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: Irving Mills, Dir." 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet This was Bubber Miley's last recording session with Ellington. Lambert calls Flaming Youth his swan song Titles recorded:
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1929 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 0 The Pittsburgh Courier Night Life column identified Dan Healey's Revue with Aletha Hill, Margaret Beckett, Berry Bros., Theresa Mason, Leonard Ruffin and Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians. | The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1929-01-19 s3.p.2 | . | . | . | djo | Added 2011 updated 2018-09-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 20 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-01-18 p.2 courtesy K. Steiner email 2024-08-18 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-03-20 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 01 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 WHN remote broadcasts:
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1929 01 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 It isn't clear why, but Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Daily News list two WHN broadcasts:
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1929 01 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Percival Outram, Activities Among Union Musicians: 'Duke Ellington's orchestra at the Cotton Club is an excellent combination of men, play in a unique manner and deserve all the credit and praise they get. If you one tune in on their broadcasting night, you will surely re-dial them on the next opportunity. | The New York Age, New York Age 1929-01-26 p.7 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-04-28 2018-09-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 01 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 WPAP remote broadcasts:
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1929 01 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 WHN remote broadcast 11:45 p.m. - 12:00 | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 01 27 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights The Inter-State Tattler The Harlem Knights seem to have the go with the out of town lassies on Sunday afternoons at Club Harlem. How do they do it? But even Duke Ellington's stomps could not make a certain little lady answering to the initials of A.R.L. dance. But she must remember that "when his wife says be home at 6:30, she means no later and he knows it." Nothing like having 'em trained. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 01 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 WHN remote broadcasts
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1929 01 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 WPAP remote broadcasts:
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1929 01 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom Fifty-first and Broadway | New York Sun: 'In celebration of its tenth anniverary the management of Roseland ...has arranged the special events for next week...the Cotton Club Revue and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra will be the outstanding offering Thursday night;... ' Daily News: JUBILEE WEEK |
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1929 02 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcasts, 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 11 p.m., midnight, WHN WNJ WPAP Steiner's notes show Cotton [Club] Orcestra at 11:30 and Duke Ellington's Orcherstra at 11:45, WHN | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 02 02 Saturday | 1929 06 30 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 There is no listing for Ellington in the Feb. 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule. | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2019-08-31 | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2019-09-01 2020-03-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 02 03 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 02 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Broadcast 11 p.m., WABC Steven Lasker: An overview of Ellington's February 3, 1929 to September 19, 1930 CBS network broadcasts from the Cotton Club originating over the network's newly-acquired flagship station, WABC (Manhattan, 860 kHz, 5,000 watts). According to The Baltimore Evening Sun ("Radio Programs for Tonight," 1929-04-22), the station had a broadcast range of 170 miles, which would vary according to ionospheric conditions. Duke Ellington, his orchestra, their music, the Cotton Club and Harlem itself became nationally famous thanks to frequent radio broadcasts from the dance floor of the Cotton Club over WABC and the CBS network. Significantly, whereas WHN and WPAP had been broadcasting Ellington at 250 watts, WABC was broadcasting the band at 5,000 watts, and, thanks to participating CBS affiliates, Ellington's band was now being heard as far away as Seattle. According to Wikipedia and various other sources, the "first African-Americans to have a network show on radio" were the Mills Brothers, but their program, also on WABC and the CBS network, didn't debut until October 1931, thus – provided one excludes from consideration a few broadcasts by "race artists" on smaller, regional networks – the distinction of being the first African Americans to have a show on a national network properly belongs to Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, whose first broadcast from the club over CBS aired at 11 p.m. on February 3, 1929 (a Sunday). Ken Steiner notes that the Cotton Club broadcasts were "sustaining," i.e., unsponsored, while the Mills Brothers picked up a sponsor after just two months without one. CBS had purchased WABC the month before, on January 18, 1929, according to http://eyesofageneration.com/january-18-1929-cbs-becomes-a-broadcaster/ and http://www.theradiohistorian.org/cbs_beginnings.html WABC soon named a new studio director -- the news was reported in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1929-02-03, p. 43) on the same day as Ellington's first broadcast from the Cotton Club over WABC and CBS: 'Edward B. Husing, known to millions of listeners to sports events as 'Ted' Husing, has been appointed studio director of WABC, the key station of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Despite his new appointment, Mr. Husing will continue as announcer for Columbia. He will specialize in sports events.' Per Robert Sylvester ("No Cover Charge, A Backward Look at the Night Clubs," The Dial Press, NY, 1956, pp. 55-56):'In 1927 [sic], Harlem had another piece of luck. It got caught up in an event which changed Harlem from a playground for hep New Yorkers to an attraction for visitors from all over the country. This event was the exploding growth of network radio. A small station broadcast a nightly session of Ellington's music from the Cotton Club. The reaction was such that the Columbia Broadcasting System approached Herman Stark, the club manager, and offered to broadcast the sessions on a wider basis. It would do the club some good, Columbia suggested. 'There's no money in it for me,' Stark said haughtily. 'It will do you some good, not me. However, it'll probably do Duke some good, too, so go ahead and we'll see what happens.' What happened was that tourists from all over the country came flocking uptown. These tourists had had their earphone radios, or even their big Atwater-Kents and Stromberg-Carlsons turned on steadily since radio first became a national pastime. No music like the Harlem music had ever come out of their radio speakers. Overnight all the other big Harlem clubs added radio broadcasts. Harlem had now made the bigtime. It was a national institution.' Duke Ellington recalled ("Jazz as I Have Seen It," Part IV, Swing, 1940-06-00, p. 11; reprinted in Shapiro & Hentoff, "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," pp. 232-33):'We were broadcasting at 5 p.m. every day [sic; actual days and times are found in the daily entries in TDWAW] over WHN. Then we got a break. Columbia sent Ted Husing down to see about putting the band on the air. He got everything settled, and went right to work announcing our programs. He did such a terrific job that our band soon became widely known.' Per Duke Ellington (1964-05-00 interview with Carter Harman, quoted by Stuart Nicholson, "Reminiscing in Tempo," pp. 77-78):'Here was the real springboard because we were on the radio from the Cotton Club practically every night and we did so well on WHN, that Columbia Broadcasting System came over and we went on the entire Columbia trans-continental network. Ted Husing was the principal announcer. Broadcasting in those days was a little different because you didn't have to clear numbers in front, and Ted would get on the microphone and say, 'Well, Duke, what's next?' and I would say, 'Well, let's see, I tell you what, we recorded a number today, let's hear what it sounds like on the radio.' [..] Everyone who came to New York had to come to Harlem, on Sunday night at the Cotton Club it was a night of introducing celebrity after top celebrity for the entire evening.' [Note: While WHN and WPAP never broadcast from the club on Sunday nights, WABC/CBS occasionally did. Ken Steiner has traced only three CBS Cotton Club broadcasts heard on the West Coast: September 2, 4 and 5, 1929 over station KVI, Tacoma/Seattle.]Per Duke Ellington ("Music Is My Mistress," pp. 79-80): '[Ted] Husing, incidentally, was a beautiful cat with an up-to-the-minute awareness then known as "hip." He was radio's No. 1 announcer, and he did a great deal for us.' Per Sonny Greer (as told to Stanley Dance, "In Those Days," essay in booklet to Columbia set C3L-39, "The Ellington Era, Volume Two"; essay reprinted in Dance, "The World of Duke Ellington," p. 67):'They put a coast-to-coast radio wire in the Cotton Club, and we were lucky enough to have three top announcers of the day in Ted Husing, Norman Brokenshire and David Ross, from six o'clock to seven every night [sic]. Many arguments arose in Harlem because the wives wouldn't cook dinner until the program was over. That was the beginning of Duke's national popularity, being heard from coast to coast.' Early in 1934, Mills Artists produced a pressbook for Cab Calloway, similar to that for Duke Ellington - for details, see 1933-06-00 -- which describe a Cotton Club broadcast:'[..] fashionably garbed men and women elbow each other for preferred standing room at the head of the [dance] floor, where they can watch Cab's gyrations at close range and marvel at the amazing shouts and wails which he emits. When microphones are placed in position for a broadcast, and a circle of chairs are arranged around them on the floor to prevent dancing couples from colliding with them, these seats are quickly occupied by patrons from ringside tables. These admirers appreciate the privilege of 'sitting in' and always respect the radio announcer's injunction to maintain silence while Cab is on the air.' |
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1929 02 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcasts, WHN:
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1929 02 10 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06
Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights The Inter-State Tattler The Harlem Knights had to get the smelling salts for pretty little Grace Johnson after Duke Ellington played Old Man River last Sunday afternoon. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 02 11 Monday | . | Kulpmount, Penn. | . | Peripheral event The Washingtonian orchestra of Kulpmont was to play a dance for the ladies of St. Mary's church following their hassenpferrer, pinnochle, bunco and bridge card party. While Ellington's early band was The Washingtonians, this does not appear to be his orchestra:
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1929 02 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 Remote broadcasts:
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1929 02 14 Thursday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 17 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-02-15 p.2 courtesy K. Steiner email 2024-08-18 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-03-20 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 16 W.46th Street Studio | RCA Victor recording session 13:45-17:15 Duke Ellington's Orchestra Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 02 22 Friday Washington's Birthday | . | New York, N.Y. | Manhattan Casino 155th St. and Eighth Avenue | FIRST MATINEE DANCE | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 02 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Renaissance Casino | Annual entertainment and ball of the Central Republican Club The ball (featured) the entire revue from the Cotton Club, including Duke Ellington's orchestra, parts of the revue from Connie's Inn and the cast from Small's Paradise, and several vaudeville actors. The event included dancing to the music of the Vernon Andrades orchestra. | New York Age, 1929-03-02 p.2 | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-09-14 updated 2025-02-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 24 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-02-22 p.2 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast 11:10 P.M. WNAL Boston broadcast | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 02 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 02 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change At some time between the January 16 and March 1 sessions, trumpeter Bubber Miley was replaced by Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams, who first recorded with the band on March 1. Neither participated in the February 18 session. Lambert shows the band personnel after Bubber's departure as:
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1929 03 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929-03-23, p. 6: 'TALKIES WANT ELLINGTON | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2021-06-26 quoting The Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929-03-23, p. 6:. | . | . | . | SL | New added 2021-06-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney; , Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 03 03 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-03-01 p.2 courtesy K. Steiner email 2024-08-18 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1929 03 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cameo Studio 114 E. 32nd St. | Cameo recording session The session date is estimated due to the lack of studio files. The Washingtonians and Ozie Ware with orchestral accompaniment Personnel: Williams (vocal on "It's Tight"), Bigard, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Ozie Ware (vocal on "Don't Appeal"), possibly Jenkins instead of Williams on "Don't Appeal" Titles recorded:
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1929 03 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1929 03 00 | . | . | . | Steven Lasker: In early 1929, Ellington signed a contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company. Under its terms, which remained in force into 1931, his records for Victor would appear as by Duke Ellington's Orchestra, or Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra, while recordings made by him for other labels would have to appear under a pseudonym. As a result, Ellington's records for Brunswick were released as by The Jungle Band, his records for OKeh were released as by The Harlem Footwarmers, and so on. Mr. Lasker's replies to specific questions regarding Ellington's 1920s and 1930s record contracts:
Finally, to satisfy my curiosity, sidemen were paid for recording sessions. Ellington (or DEI) received payment per selection - flat fee in the earlier contracts, percentage of sales later, with cash in advance.
a.) The employer, usually the record label, paid the leader and sidemen. With stockpile sessions, Ellington was employer. The Pseudonyms: The Ellington orchestra recorded under many names during its history. Here are the band appellations that did not include the names Duke or Ellington. These lists may not be complete, nor have I determined when the various pseudonyms were used. Some predate the Victor contract and some were used many years later.
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1929 03 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | RCA Victor recording session 1:30-5:50 pm - daytime assumed since the band was working late nights at the Cotton Club Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
"Irving Mills, Dir." S. Lasker: 'Per K. K. Hansen, program notes to Ellington's 1933-07-16 Farewell Concert at the Trocadero Cinema, London: "With ten minutes of a recording period left, Stevedore Stomp was written by Duke Ellington in six minutes, arranged at the same time by the device of giving out the harmonies verbally, and recorded in the following four minutes. The recorded version marks the first time the number was ever played by the orchestra." (However, note that take two, and only take two, was issued; take one was destroyed.)'The tenor sax solo at the beginning of "Hot Feet" was played by Harry Carney on Barney Bigard's tenor sax, so I was told by the late Brooks Kerr who heard it from Harry Carney, who added that he played that instrument before joining Ellington, while with Henri Saparo at the Bamboo Inn, and that he plays a signature trill during his solo. He commented that Bigard's tenor solos tended to be sweeter, citing as an example Bigard's solo on King Oliver's record of "Someday Sweetheart." (This was discussed in DEMS 04/1, 31 p902 & 05/1-23.) This is Carney's only recording on tenor sax. |
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1929 03 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 11:00 PM WABC broadcast | New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 10 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room 388 Lenox Ave. | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-03-08 p.2 courtesy K. Steiner | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2024-11-29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 12 Tuesday | . | . | Peripheral event Rian James' Reverting to Type column subtitled Harlemania in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle described the Harlem clubs, including the three Ellington worked in during the first quarter of 1929: '...For Harlem wakes when all the rest of the town has gone to bed: jazz bands blare and white shirt fronts glisten in the rays of soft-hued table lamps. The later the hotter is the credo of the cullud folk. | Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y., 1929-03-12 p.14A | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-09-03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 13 Wednesday | . | . | Peripheral event Variety: 'B'WAY AGAIN GOES HARLEM | Variety, 1929-03-13 p.57 courtesy S. Lasker Dec.2019 | . | . | . | SL | New added 2020-01-01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast 11:10 WNAC broadcast | Radio schedules courtesy K.Steiner: | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency -"Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 17 Sunday 3:30 PM St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room |
Ellington and his orchestra may have played the customary Sunday matinée ("Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights") If so, it would have been advertised in the 1929-03-15 ediiton of The Inter-Stte Tattler, but no archived copy of this edition has been located. It is also possible the club was closed this weekend -see notes to | K. Steiner email 2024-08-18 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 17 Sunday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 24 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 Duke Ellington and his Band presented by The Harlem Knights | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-03-22 p.2 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-03-20 2024-12-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 31 Easter Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Lenox Avenue Club 652 Lenox Avenue (at 143rd Street) | Sunday matinée REMOVAL NOTICE Duke Ellington with his Band as the special feature of Come Early–from 3:30 until 9:00 HERBERT WILLIAMS, President. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-03-29 p.15 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-03-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 03 31 Easter Sunday 12:15 AM and 2:15 AM | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency Opening night of the new Cotton Club revue, "Springbirds" (per the program) or "Spring Birds" (as advertised) Cotton Club's spring revue, two shows nightly Rian James, Reverting to Type: "SILHOUETTE 'COTTON CLUB |
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1929 04 01 Easter Monday 3:30 am | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155th St. and 8th Ave. | Breakfast dance from 3:30 to after 8 o'clock in the morning. This was a friendly battle of the Ellington and Charlie Johnson bands. Variety and the Chicago Defender declared Johnson the winner but did not offer details of the event.
In addition to the above, the ad in The Inter-State Tattler 1929-03-29 said
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1929 04 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 04 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session Joe Turner and His Memphis Men Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 04 04 Thursday | . | Jersey City, N.J. | Columbia Hall Ocean and Cator Avenues | Dance Pittsburgh Courier 1929-03-09: 'Jersey City, N.J. '...The night of nights will be had in this city on Thursday, April 4, at which time the well-known and famous Tabriz Social Club will present to their many patrons and friends the none other than Duke Ellington himself, of the famous Cotton Club fame. Mr. Ellington will be personally introduced to the public by C. Bion Jones, E.E.R. and district deputy of I.B.P.O. E. W. The social occasion will be held at Columbia Hall, Ocean and Cator avenue. Phil Golden is president.' The Jersey Journal:'Tabriz Club Plans |
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1929 04 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Given the recording session and the Jersey City dance, it seems likely Ellington and his orchestra took the night off from the Cotton Club. It's less than 30 miles between Harlem and the Jersey City venue, so it's not impossible that Ellington played part of the night at the Cotton Club, but it seems more likely a substitute was used. | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2018-09-03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 07 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | The Lenox Avenue Club 652 Lenox Avenue (at 143rd Street) | Sunday matinée - see 1929-01-06 entry THE TOWN'S TALK SUNDAY MATINEE 3 P.M. TO9 P.M. HARLEM KNIGHTS The Inter-State Tattler, 1929-04-12: Believe it or not, but since the Harlem Knights moved to larger quarters at the Lenox Club, they can still put the SRO sign out. Wow! What a crowd last Sunday. And to use the much over worked word–how everyone did raise whoopee. And 'twas such a hot day. But still the Harlem Knights continue to draw. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 04 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 Theophilus Lewis, The Inter-State Tattler: ...Last Sunday evening along about eleven o'clock I enjoyed the best part of the Cotton Club entertainment...Simply by dialing in on WABC I got Duke Ellington's hot band in one of its hottest moments. I mean that band was torrid. Not lukewarm, but burning up the air. And while the $2.50 cover charge folks in the club were hoofing it to the strains Johnny Hodges C Sharp Shout, me and the Missus were shaking our dustries to the same tune between sips of Maxwell House coffee brewed in our own kitchen. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-04-12 p.8 | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2024-12-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 08 Monday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Elks Club Boerum Place and Livingston Street | 30th anniversary entertainment and ball of the Kings County Republican Club. Note there may be a conflict with the WABC broadcast and with the Cotton Club residency this night, although it might not have been impossible to do all three functions since it's only about 12 miles by road between the Elks Club and the Cotton Club. While The Chat reported the event took place Tuesday (April 9), announcements in several newspapers said it would be April 8 and detailed reports in the April 9 editions of several newspapers confirmed it was the Monday night. The Chat, April 6: '...Professional artists will provide an excellent program and the music for dancing will be rendered by the Cotton Club Orchestra under the direction of Duke Ellington. ' The Standard Union, April 9:'Four thousand friends of Charles C. Lockwood, Republican leader of the Fifth A.D., gathered at the Elks Club...last night... '...The program was opened with an organ recital...It was followed by a professional vaudeville show and dancing. Hundreds of groups were entertained at a midnight supper...' The Chat, April 13:'Over 4,000 persons ... were present at the 30th anniversary of the Kings County Republican Club held on Tuesday [sic] evening at the new Elk's Clubhouse... The beautiful auditorium was a gay scene, the lower floor being given up to dancing, while in the two tiers of boxes above a constant reception was going on as new guests arrived and passed from box to box greeting old friends and associates... |
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1929 04 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 Note the possible conflict with the Elks Club dance this evening. | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2020-08-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | RCA Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: Irving Mills, Dir." 2:00 pm –5:30 pm (documentation did not specify afternoon or night, but an afternoon session would not conflict with night duty at the Cotton Club). Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Harmonica Charlie Irving Mills introduces each selection and is listed on the session sheet as director and master of ceremonies. Titles recorded:
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1929 04 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 14 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | The Lenox Avenue Club | Sunday matinée -see 1929-01-06 entry Note the apparent conflict with the Proctor's gig below | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 04 14 Sunday | 1929 04 17 | New York, N.Y. | F.F.Proctor's 58th St. Theater 58th St. near 3rd Ave. | The Vaudeville News and New York Star: 'DUKE ELLINGTON BAND OPENS ALL TALKING FILM Note the apparent conflict with the Lenox Club matinee on this first day. |
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1929 04 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast - not confirmed (no entry in Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle) | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 16 Tuesday | 1929 04 17 Wednesday | New York, N.Y. | F.F.Proctor's 58th St. Theater 58th St. & 3rd Ave. | Vaudeville - see 1929 04 14 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Entertainers Collegiate Revue, Youth-Beauty-Talent Continuous shows Noon to 11 PM daily The ad in the Star the next day confirmed the 17th was the last day. | The Daily Star, Queens Borough, 1929-04-16, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 04 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 04 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | The Lenox Avenue Club 652 Lenox Ave. at 143rd St. | Possible Sunday matinée -see 1929-01-06 entry Unconfirmed and doubtful While The Interstate Tattler carried the usual ad for the Sunday Harlem Knights matinee featuring Duke Ellington and his band, it conflicts with the Palace Theatre gig below. The venues are five miles apart, so it would not have been possible for Duke and his men to slip out of Club Harlem during breaks to play their vaudeville theatre sets. Also note the next Sunday was back at Club Harlem, so something may have happened to cancel The Lenox Avenue Club matinee this Sunday. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 04 21 Sunday | 1929 04 27 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre 1564 Broadway. | Vaudeville - Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra appeared in a show headlined by the four Marx Bros.
Variety's and The Billboard's reviewers didn't think the band did well enough with slow numbers for vaudeville. While the engagement started April 21, it isn't clear if it ended April 26 or 27. Stratemann reported the two trade paper reviews of the April 21 matinee but doesn't give engagement dates, while Vail I says it was a week-long engagement, not providing references. Sunday News and Daily News carried Palace ads with Ellington from April 21 to April 26 but did not have an ad for the Palace on April 27. While The New York Age, April 27 said 'Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra are at the Palace Theatre, New York City., it was a weekly paper and may have been published earlier in the week. The Billboard: 'The Palace, New York '...a first rate blackamoor band, come down from deepest Harlem to provide a series of jazz specialties that range from tepid to torrid. Duke Ellington is the maestro, and his musicians customarily function at the Cotton Club...' The Pittsburgh Courier: "All of Harlem is agog and congratulating Duke Ellington and his boys of the Cotton Club at the opening of Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro of the Cotton Club and his orchestra, who are sharing headline honors this week with the three Marx Brothers and Leatrice Joy at the Palace Theatre. ... This is the first engagement that a colored orchestra has played the Palace as a feature and Duke and his boys are tripling this week by their usual broadcasting sessions and at the club..." The Vaudeville News:'Irving Mills of the Mills Music Co., 148 West 46th St., N.Y.C., dabbles in show business occasionally–that is, when not on the job making hits for the hustling publishing firm. Evidentely he is just as successful in one line as the other, as attested by the laurels that were heaped upon Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra last week at the New York Palace...' Steven Lasker:'The late Brooks Kerr told me a story related to him years before by Sonny Greer, that when Ellington's band played the Palace Theatre on the same bill as the Marx Brothers, the Marxes asked Sonny to accompany portions of their act which Sonny would have been happy to do provided he was paid, but the Marx Brothers weren't so inclined so Sonny didn't join in their merriment.' |
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1929 04 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 11:30 pm WABC broadcast | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | Theatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21 | Vail I | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast The Syracuse papers announced this was to be on WFBL at 6:31. Note the band would have had to do this show between appearances at the Palace, unless there was a remote feed there. |
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1929 04 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | Theatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21 | Vail I | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 04 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 04 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | Theatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21 This may have been the Ellington orchestra's last day, but it seems more likely the run ended Saturday. |
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1929 04 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | Theatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21 Ellington's orchestra might have finished the previous night. | Vail I | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-08-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 28 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 The Harlem Knights ad shows the matinee is back at Club Harlem, 2 to 9 p.m. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1929 04 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 CBS broadcast, 10:30 p.m. | Radio log, Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, N.Y. | . | . | Vail | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2018-09-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 29 Monday Ellington's birthday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 Broadcasts - due to the time change, Syracuse Herald reported the Cotton Club Band would be on WFBL (Columbia Broadcastng Ssytem) at 5:30 and 10:00 p.m. | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 2018-09-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 04 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 05 00 | . | . | Peripheral event The Chicago Defender: 'The Cotton Club, Small's Paradise and Connie's Inn are not complaining, but all of them might enjoy heavier profits had the police commissioner not put the night life into the almost forgotten curfew law. The clubs are dismissing customers 15 minutes before 3 a.m., preferring no misunderstanding with the patrolmen, who call promptly at 2:55 and look officious. The entertainers at these late places are happy over the enforcement of the statute at any rate.' | Maurice Dancer, "Way Down East," The Chicago Defender (national edition), Chicago, Ill. 1929-05-11, p. 6, courtesy S. Lasker | . | . | . | New added 2020-12-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Circa 1929 05 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y.? | Shadowland | The Inter-State Tattler: Duke Ellington drew an awful crowd to "Shadowland" last Wednesday evening. We wouldn't be afraid to say, 1,500 people enjoyed his supreme jazz. This event is tentatively dated May 1, since Ellington played at the Savoy May 8. The Inter-State Tattler a weekly, was published Friday but Windows Copilot AI says it hit the street Thursday, implying a press deadline earlier in the week. Further research is needed to confirm the name, location and nature of Shadowland and which Wednesday Ellington appeared there. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-05-10 p.13 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | RCA Victor recording session 2:00 pm – 5:40 pm The documentation did not specify day or night, but the band's work at the Cotton Club the night before and in New Jersey this night makes it unlikely to have been in the wee hours. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 05 03 Friday | . | Flushing, N.Y. | St. Michael's Parish Hall Madison Ave. and Main St. | The Daily Star: CURTAIN GOES UP ON 'KWIN'S SCANDALS' FRIDAY | The Daily Star Queens Borough, New York, N.Y. 1929-04-30, p.6 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-11-26 updated _2024-12-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 03 Friday | 1929 05 04 Saturday | Princeton, N.J. | Campus and Cannon Clubs Princeton University | Ellington's orchestra played one or more dances Friday and/or Saturday for a combined House Party dance for the Campus and Cannon clubs. If they played Flushing Friday, they would have had to travel about 60 miles to Princeton in time to play dances that ran from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
* The substituting bandsSteven Lasker:'Ellington called on a number of bands to replace his at the Cotton Club. Besides Luis Russell's orchestra, there are three others that we know of:
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1929 05 04 Saturday | . | Princeton, N.J. | Campus and Cannon Clubs Princeton University | House-Party Weekend -see 1929 05 03 Vail I: 'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play another dance at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, prior to the nightly stint at the Cotton Club.' | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-11-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 04 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event "Because of some misunderstanding between Vincent Youmans and Irving Mills, the latter, manager of Duke Ellington, Duke and his orchestra will not open with Vincent Youman's HORSE SHOES, the musical show now in rehearsal to open June 2, and has been replaced by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra from the Roseland. Duke Ellington's contract called for five years work at $50,000 a year. Miller & Lyles, Cora Green, Exposition Jubilee Four are other colored artists who have contracted for the production, which is to have a cast of 150 of the best known colored and white performers." | The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,Sat. May 4 1929, p.3 s.3 | . | . | . | partly illegible article found by djp, copied from another source by K.Steiner | New added 2014-01-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 05 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room 388 Lenox Ave. | Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06 THE TOWN'S TALK HARLEM KNIGHTS | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1928-05-03 p.10 courtesy K. Steiner 2024-08-18 | . | DEMS | . | steiner | New Added 2024-12-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 06 Monday | 1929 05 11? Saturday | New York, N.Y. | E.F.Albee Theater Albee Sq. Brooklyn | Vaudeville show "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra is the headline vaudeville attraction at the E.F.Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, this week, replacing Jackie Coogan, who has been compelled to postpone his engagement to a later date due to an attack of laryngitis..." 'Duke Ellington and his eleven Harlem instrumentalists, on leave from the Cotton Club, beat the tom-toms for a half hour of nerve-tingling music, whipped up to a swirling finish, at the E. F. Albee Theatre. Brought to the big R-K-O house in the absence of Jackie Coogan... this band of negro players drew many lauighs by their handling of the Yiddish dialect. |
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1929 05 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | E.F.Albee Theater Brooklyn | Vaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 05 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom Lenox Avenue, 140-141st Street | The Inter-State Tattler advertised
"The War of Jazz," the Music Battle of the Century, if you please, was held at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox avenue on Wednesday May 8. Unheralded, unannounced, but bringing with it a determination to win and a confidence which carried with it an assurance of their superiority, Roy. F. Johnson and is [sic] Happy Pals orchestra completely outplayed and out-stomped New York's pride and joy, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra. Charlie Johnson and his band, who we are looking forward to dropping dead most any time; Fess Williams and his Harmony Dispensers, who tried to perform a Barnum & Bailey-Ringling Brothers act by clowning himself away; Ike Dixon and his Melody Boys, who were just good enough for one set of pieces; the Classical Missourians, who equaled the efforts and tied for first place with the Happy Pals... |
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1929 05 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 05 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | E.F.Albee Theater Brooklyn | Vaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06 | Ad, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1929 -05-10, p.A16. | . | . | . | . | 2012 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | E.F.Albee Theater Brooklyn | Vaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06 Apparent end of engagement, not confirmed. | . | . | . | . | . | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 11:30 pm - WABC radio remote | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-05-15 p.A6. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 18 Saturday | . | . | Peripheral event The Theatrical and Amusements page of the Indianapolis Recorder of this date mentioned Ellington several times:
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1929 05 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
circa 1929 05 19 Sunday | circa 1929 05 31 | Manhattan, New York, N.Y. | Fox's Audubon Theatre and Ballroom 3940 Broadway | Did Ellington have an engagement at the Audubon in 1929, and if so, when? Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong says Louis Armstrong and Carroll Dickerson's orchestra filled in for Duke Ellington and his orchestra for one show at the Audubon Theater. If it's true, Ellington and his orchestra most likely would have worked at the theatre for either a week or a half-week that included either Sunday May 19 or Sunday May 26, typically sharing a vaudeville bill with several other acts, with several performances each day. Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections, Louis Armstrong House Museum & Archives, said his source is Dickerson drummer Zutty Singleton in
An absence of proof is not proof of absence, so more research is needed to determine if and when Ellington and his orchestra were at Fox's Audubon in 1929. If Singleton was correct in saying Armstrong subbed for Ellington on a Sunday, before Armstrong's return to the Savoy, Ellington's engagement would have included either Sunday May 19 or Sunday May 26. |
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1929 05 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 05 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men and Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men Personnel: Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 05 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 05 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155th Street and Eighth Avenue | (Unconfirmed - may conflict with the Cotton Club work) 'Debonair Club To Give Students Benefit Dance | The New York Age New York, N.Y. 1929-05-25 p.2 | . | . | djp | New added 2018-11-10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 05 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 06 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 03 Monday | 1929 10 05 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre 54th St. and 6th Ave. | In late May, Variety reported Ellington had been signed to play in Ziegfeld's "Show Girl." Ziegfeld's secretary was named Goldie. Her notebook says: "5/-/29 DUKE ELLINGTON 6/18/29 PRIV. TO PLAY CAB. MUST REP AT COT. CLUB 11.25 PM "During the last two weeks of June, Ellington's band had been busy in daytime rehearsal for another presitigious [sic] side venture arranged for them by Irving Mills. They were contracted to appear in "Show Girl," one of producer Florenz Ziegfeld's last revues,...The tryout took place at Boston's Colonial Theatre [sic] on June 24, and with the customary changes, the revue opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre [sic], New York, on the night of July 2, 1929." |
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1929 06 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Daytime and/or evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Duke Ellington's Jungle Band played a half-hour on WABC at 5:30 pm local time. | Radio timetable, The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg,Va., 1929-06-20 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-10-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 22 Saturday | . | New York N.Y. / Boston, Mass. | . | Ellington and his band accompanied the Show Girl company to Boston. Chick Webb's orchestra replaced them at the Cotton Club until their return. "Florenz Ziegfeld's newest production, 'Show Girl,' ...left this morning for the world premiere which takes place next week at the Colonial Theatre, Boston. A special train composed of two sections having eight Pullman cars, three day coaches and two diners and six carloads was required to transport the company to the Hub. | Betty Longacre, Gossip of the Theatre, Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1929-06-22, p.10 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-04-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 23 Sunday | . | Boston, Mass. | . | activities not documented Possibly (likely?) involved in show rehearsals | . | . | . | . | . | 2018-01-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 24 Monday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | The theatre was closed for the Show Girl dress reheasal | The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass. 1929-06-23 Social Section, p.9 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 25 Tuesday | 1929 06 29 | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts opening night - 8:30 p.m. Five evening performances nights and two matinées played to nearly full houses The top ticket price was $5. Chick Webb's band subbed for Ellington and his orchestra at the Cotton Club when they were in Boston. Ellington seems to have returned to the Cotton Club when the show returned to New York. |
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1929 06 26 Wednesday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1929-06-25 Matinée 2:10 p.m. Evening performance 8:30 p.m. Even though the band was in Boston, the Daily Eagle showed a radio listing for "Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Band" at 11 pm on WABC - unless this was a remote from Boston, it would have been played by Chick Webb's orchestra. | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 Added 2011 updated 2012-09-10 2015-04-01 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 27 Thursday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25 Evening performance 8:30 p.m. | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 Added 2011 updated 2012-09-10 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 28 Friday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25 Evening performance 8:30 p.m. | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 Added 2011 updated 2012-09-10 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 29 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25 Matinée 2:10 p.m. Evening performance 8:30 p.m. | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 Added 2011 updated 2012-09-10 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 06 30 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented possibly in final rehearsals or travelling back to New York. | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 07 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event American Record Corporation was formed about this time by the merger of Regal Record Corporation, Cameo Record Corporation and Scranton Button Works. | S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 01 Monday | 1929 10 05 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 PM WABC broadcast, "Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Band" Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 02 Tuesday | 1929 10 05 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | The Ziegfeld musical "Show Girl" (see 1929 06 03) opens, performing 6 nights a week, Monday to Saturday, Sundays dark, with half-price matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays, a total of 111 performances.
Photo from Juan Tizol's scrapbook, courtesy Steven Lasker: This photo shows a 12-piece orchestra consisting of
Opening night credits
The Gershwins sued Ziegfeld after he stopped paying royalties and he countersued on the grounds they did not write a hit show. A choir of "colored jubilee singers" was added in late July or early August to perform new music by Vince Youmans, and an August ad says the show had 150 Glorified Girls. Further show information is in the Internet Broadway Database and the official George and Ira Gershwin website. Steven Lasker: 'The Ziegfeld Theatre's printed programs for the weeks beginning 1929-07-02, 1929-07-08, 1929-07-15, 1929-07-22 and 1929-08-26 show that the Ellington band's appearance in Show Girl came in the final scene of act one. The band is billed as DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND in the first two programs, DUKE ELLINGTON'S COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA in the July 22 program and DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA in the August 26 program. The program was reprinted weekly, with new ads and changes in the show and personnel. Part of the July 15 version is in set designer Joseph Urban's papers on the website of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries. It names the cast in order of appearance, including Jimmie Durante, Lou Clayton, and Ruby Keeler. The program lists the names of the girls dancing as the Albertina Rasch Dancers, 17 showgirls, and 37 other dancers, but Ellington and his men are only referred to as Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra. The opening night program sets the scene and lists the players: SCENE 7 -- Club Caprice, New YorkIn the 1929-08-26 program, Althea Heinly replaces Noel Francis. The "musical programme" lists the songs played. In all the editions of the printed program the final song heard in the first act is shown as "Harlem Serenade," performed by DIXIE AND GIRLS. While none of the printed programs state that Ellington's band played "Harlem Serenade," that inference is unavoidable. Here is a link to sheet music of "Harlem Serenade"' Several songs from the show can be heard at the official Gershwin webpage noted to the right. Lasker: 'The printed program for the week beginning 1929 08 26 shows the fourth song in the show (the last song performed in act one, scene one) was "Mississippi" by Vincent Youmans, sung by Jubilee Singers. The song, copyrighted as "Mississippi Dry" [sic], was recorded by Ellington's orchestra for Victor on 1929 09 16. "The Duke Steps Out" was another title recorded at that session. Spike Hughes, in his notes to the printed program for Ellington's 1933 English concerts, noted: "The Duke Steps Out was written in 1928 [recte 1929] while Duke Ellington and his band were featured in 'Show Girl.' Albertina Rasch, who may be called the super-Tiller Girl of America, asked Duke for a number for one of her dance routines in that production. The Duke Steps Out was what Mme. Rasch received; it is related that she did not know what it was all about. If you have ever seen Albertina Rasch's attempts to be at all rhythmic in her dance routines, you will not be surprised to hear that The Duke Steps Out went a little over her head." No printed program for Show Girl that I have lists Ellington as playing "Mississippi," and I've heard no claim by Ellington or others that "The Duke Steps Out" or any other Ellington piece was actually used in the show. The four-bar piano intro to "The Duke Steps Out" was habitually played by Duke during his later career as a signal to his musicians to return to the bandstand from a break.'In August, the Baltimore Afro-American reported 'Florenz Ziegfeld ... found it necessary to strengthen his production and has added a choir of colored jubilee singers to his already large cast. Most of the singers were with Vincent Youman's "Great Day" and they are using songs added to the show by Yoemans. Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro from the Cotton Club, and his popular band are still one of the main features of "Show Girl." ' Although Ellington played the Cotton Club after the show each night, on July 6 a column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported Chick Webb had replaced him there. The newspaper was most likely referring to the period Ellington was with the Show Girl company in Boston in late June. |
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1929 07 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2013-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 11 pm WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2013-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 pm WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 - 7:00 WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 11:00 WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 pm WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 12 Friday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Steven Lasker: On this date, The New York Telegram published, on page 8, a letter from Florenz Ziegfeld to reviewer Robert Garland that was highly laudatory of Ellington and his orchestra: 'It was probably foolish of me, after spending so much money on a large orchestra, to include a complete band in addition but the Cotton Club Orchestra, under the direction of Duke Ellington, that plays in the cabaret scene is the finest exponent of syncopated music in existence. Irving Berlin went mad about them and some of the best exponents of modern music who have heard them during rehearsal almost jumped out of their seats with excitement over their extraordinary harmonies and exciting rhythms.' The paragraph was subsequently quoted by the Cotton Club in advertising (example reproduced in A Cotton Club Miscellany, p. 29), and on a postcard the club had printed (reproduced in Stratemann, p. 4). | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2021-08-01. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2021-08-27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | Stratemann, pp.2- | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 11 pm WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC broadcastNight club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 07 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30 pm WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | 7:00 pm - WPAP - Cotton Club Orchestra | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 31 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Victor studios 28 West 44th St. | Recording session 13:30-16:30 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Ellington is listed as director on the session sheet; it doesn't name the musicians, just the instrumentation: 3t, tb; 3s; p; bj; sb; d. Titles recorded:
'Mr. [Loren L.] Watson, present. Two waxes of "Ain't Misbehavin'" were cut, but neither was processed. The session sheet notes "Decided to make above sel. on later date. Not satisfied with orchestra." The matrix number (53971) was assigned to another master (by the Missourians, cut the following day) and the title was re-recorded by Fess Williams and His Royal Flush orchestra on 1929 09 20.' | E-mail, Lasker-Palmquist
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1929 07 31 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 07 31 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | WABC 11:30 pm broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 08 01 Thursday | . | . | . | Union ScaleSteven Lasker: Ellington and his men were paid union scale for recording activity according to every contract I've seen to which they were a party, namely: A.F. of M. contracts for Ellington's L.A. sessions at Capitol (1953-54), Columbia (1958-61) and Reprise (1967); also contracts for RCA's "Reader's Digest Sessions" (New York, 1969). In every instance (issues of cartage and doubling excluded), the musicians were consistently paid scale wages except for the leader/contractor, who received double price. Bearing that in mind, scale wages for union recording artists follow, as originally published in "The International Musician," the official journal of the American Federation of Musicians. (Note: The A.F. of M. is international in that in consists of more than one country, in this case the U.S. and Canada.) I began canvassing "The International Musician" with their July 1920 issue, but found nothing concerning phonograph recording session rates for musicians until 1929. (Pay scales for musicians in symphony orchestras are not addressed in this survey): Effective 1929 08 01
Changes in scale rates are discussed below and in TDWAW2 under the following dates:
The August 1929 scale seems to be a cut in pay. Steven Lasker: Warren "Baby" Dodds recalled ('The Baby Dodds Story,' p. 72) that in the days before the union enacted scale rates for recording, 'While we were rehearsing in the recording studio we were not paid but when the technician held his hand up to signal that a master was made, that was your money. Each musician got thirty dollars a side.' 'Per Harry Dial, "All This Jazz about Jazz," Storyville Publications, Chigwell, Essex, 1984, pp 39-40 (note that Dial, a drummer, first recorded for the Vocalion label in Chicago on 1929-07-03):'[In 1929] the record companies reverted to session pay instead of the twenty-five dollars per side we had been receiving. [....] The session pay was twenty dollars per man and that consisted of four [recte three] hours and four tunes. That was taking eighty dollars off the previous pay for the same work.' and'Elmer Snowden, recalling pay scale in notes to an LP, IAJRC 12 ("Elmer Snowden"): "I used to get $25.00 a side in those days." | Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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1929 08 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session The Harlem Footwarmers Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'Six or Seven Times had a vocal by someone not named in the files, but likely Sonny Greer since none of the other men on the date ever sang on record. |
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1929 08 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast 'Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Dance ORchestra and the Paramount Hotel Orchestra will be heard in the hour betwwen 11 and midnight tonight over W A B C. ' "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 "Harry (Cotton Club) Griffin, the headwaiter, is none other than Kid (Boxfighter) Griffin..." | Rian James: Reverting to Type, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-08-10 p.11 | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Circa 1929 08 12 Monday | Circa 1929 08 17 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios 145-155 East 24th St. | RKO film recording session for Ellington's second film, "Black And Tan," his first sound film. Steven Lasker: '"Black and Tan" was originally titled "Jazz." Ellington, Arthur Whetsel and Fredi Washington are in the cast. The music was by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra: Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and a choir Lasker: 'Some reference works identify the Hall Johnson Choir on the soundtracks of "St. Louis Blues" and "Black and Tan" (both RKO shorts from 1929 directed by Dudley Murphy) but the choir isn't mentioned in the credits of either film. Nor is the Hall Johnson choir mentioned in relation to either picture in any contemporary printed source I've seen. (In the course of researching "Black and Tan," I exhaustively canvassed film periodicals from summer 1929 in the collection of the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.) Titles heard in order (full band unless noted):
Production dates
Technology The film used RCA Photophone technology - while Photophone projectors could handle film sound from earlier formats, other systems could not play Photophone sound, so the music for Black and Tan was also produced on two single sided discs. This would allow movie houses to play the recordings when showing the film if they didn't have the RCA Photophone equipment. Lasker: 'The film was first released on 1929-10-29 in the form of prints with sound-on-film. The two single-sided 16-inch disks made for theatres not equipped for sound-on-film exhibition were produced by dubbing from the first-generation sound recordings made on film. |
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1929 08 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | (Unconfirmed) Filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | (Unconfirmed) Filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | (Unconfirmed) Filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | (Unconfirmed) Filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | (Unconfirmed) Possible last day of filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12 | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-03-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | In light of the Roseland Ballroom concert and dance, it would appear another band subbed for Ellington this night. | . | . | . | . | C.Hi??llstri??m oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-20 2016-03-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 25 Sunday | . | Asbury Park, N.J. | Roseland Ballroom | 'Duke Ellington and his (12) piece Broadcasting Orchestra will play at Roseland Ballroom Sunday evening, August 25. Springwood and Atkins Avenue, Asbury Park, N.J. Concert at 10.30. Dancing at 12.01.' | Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 1929-08-23 p.1, courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | Steiner email 2016-03-01 | New added 2016-03-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 The New York Times ad this day shows ticket prices:
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1929 08 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 08 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1929 09 00 to 1929 10 00 | Possibly 1930 06 12 more likely 1930 03 01 if not earlier | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Personnel change
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1929 09 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-03-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency The Albany Evening News radio log showed Ellington's band on WABC New York at 5:30 pm and on the same page, reported 'Duke Ellington and his "Jungle Band," from the Cotton Club, New York, and Roy Ingraham and his Hotel Paramount orcehstra, will broadcast a dance program via WABC, with WOY not included, at 11 o'clock. Ellington and his band are also a feature of Ziegfeld's Show Birl and his type of jazz is called "jungle music." ' The Brooklyn Daily Eagle shows 11:30 instead of 11:00"Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 |
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1929 09 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | A.R.C. Studio 114 East 32nd St. | Cameo recording session The Washingtonians Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud,Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 09 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | WHN | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session Bill Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang -and- The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson1 Titles recorded:
1These are tap dance records featuring the great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap and vocal, apparently labelled as being by Irving Mill's Hotsy Totsy Gang, a white band. There is evidence they were in fact recorded by Ellington and/or his band - see the discussion in DEMS 09/3-24. They are not listed in the New Desor, Bakker, Jepsen nor Aasland discographies, but they are in Timner IV and the webpage discographies of MacHare and Girvan. Steven Lasker: 'Brunswick 4535 shows Bill Robinson "in a Novelty Tap Dance" on one side (Ain't Misbehavin') and "in a Novelty Tap Routine" on the other. Although the world thinks of Bojangles as a tap dancer, arguably the greatest ever, technically speaking, he didn't dance with taps on his shoes, opting instead to dance in split clog shoes, as heard on this record and described in this capsule bio: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.154/default.html' 2Cootie's first growl trumpet solo. Steven Lasker: Per "Cootie Williams Discusses the Trumpet," Music and Rhythm, 'I was playing the first chair with Fletcher Henderson before I joined Duke. When I made the change I thought that it would be a good idea to adapt myself to Duke's style. Since I took Bubber Miley's place, and he had been famous for his 'growl,' I decided to give Duke the same orchestral color which Bubber had. But it wasn't from Bubber that I learned the growl; as a matter of fact, I only heard Bubber play twice in my life. It was by listening to and watching Tricky Sam Nanton, Duke's trombonist, that I picked up the growl style. The growl was very funny to me when I first heard it. It used to make me laugh; it had a lot of humor in it. And so I began working and practicing hard--and that was that. Lasker: 'Timme Rosenkrantz and Inez Cavanaugh, in notes to Brunswick album 'is one of the many tunes Duke wrote twenty minutes before a recording session [....] on this side we have Cootie Williams playing so much like Bubber Miley that Duke Ellington, on hearing the record again after many years, refused at first to believe that it wasn't the old master himself.' I share the maestro's incredulity!'3According to file cards held in the archives of Sony Music, Brunswick's original intent was to couple "Jolly Wog" with "Slow Motion" (an Ellington composition); this latter title, master E30939, was re-titled "Jungle Rhythm" prior to January 24, 1930, when it was rejected. Brunswick 4705, released March 13, 1930, coupled "Jolly Wog" with "Jazz Convulsions." The company's December 1931 inventory of metal masters then held omit any parts for E30939, by inference destroyed. Neither metal part nor test pressing is known today. S. Lasker in DEMS 09/3-24: 'In a broadcast 1947 05 10 on WNEW ...host Art Ford asked Robinson and Ellington, who were both present, "I understand you two made a record years ago. Is that right?" Lasker email 2017-12-18: 'This session wasn't on the radar of Ellington discographers until the early 1990s, by which date Bakker, Jepsen and Aasland had already published their discographies. To the disbelief and puzzlement of Sjef Hoefsmit, myself and many others, the New Desor team didn't accept these as Ellington sides, despite the evidence cited above. (Note also this was a Mills-organized record session.) Timner (and just about everyone other than the Italians -- I can't think of anyone who agreed with their assessment on this point) accepted this as a genuine Ellington date, and listed the recordings in his fourth and fifth editions.' |
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1929 09 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 46th Street Studio 16 W. 46th St. | RCA Victor recording session 13:45–16:45 ![]() ![]() Victor V-28098-B (Victor Talking Machine Co.) and Victor 24057-A (R.C.A. Victor Company, Inc.) labels"> Click to Enlarge Whetsel, Jenkins, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn (guitar), Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 09 16 Monday | . | . | . | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band were scheduled to be broadcast over radio station KLZ in Colorado at 3:30 pm local time. Nothing else was scheduled in that listing until 5 pm, so this may have been a long program. If it was a live national broadcast, it would have started at 5:30 pm local time in New York, too early to be from the Cotton Club. | Weekly radio timetable, The Tribune-Republican, Greeley, Col.1926-09-15/16 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-10-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast - under "Monday," Sunday's Eagle announced: "Jungle jazz played by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, featured in Ziegfeld's musical sucess "Show Girl," will be heard over WABC for 30 minutes, beginning at 6:30 o'clock this evening." Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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1929 09 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency 11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Star Casino | Charity event
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1929 09 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Amsterdam Theatre West 42nd St. | The Indianapolis Recorder: 'DUKE ELLINGTON AT BENEFIT Walter Winchell: 'The charitable Eddie Cantor, who is sponsoring a benefit performance of "Whoopee" for Palestine sufferers at the New Amsterdam this Sunday, arranged with his cast, chorus, musicians, dressers et al to contribute their services gratis. Many actors have purchased seats for the benefit, too, and Cantor was happy until he was informed by the stage hand officials that they would not work the show unless they were paid... ' |
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1929 09 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 (Show Girl night off) | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 Broadcast, 6:30 EST, directly from the Cotton Club, Columbia Broadcasting System, heard in Buffalo on WMAK | Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, N.Y. | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-09-05 2020-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | 6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency Opening night of new "Black Berries" revue aka "It's The Blackberries" (Show Girl night off) Two shows nightly, 12:15 AM and 2 AM A Dan Healy production with lyrics and music by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields New York Evening Post: '...The new fall review is fast, smart and excellently presented. It goes along at a pace that is bound to command attention every minute. Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, composers of several successful reviews, are the authors, and Dan Healy the producer. Once again Mr. Healy has demonstrated his masterful showmanship and displayed a versatile and artistic imagination. 'ITEM. If you have seen the new review at the Cotton Club – and if you haven't you should – you probably liked the "Washboard Serenade" number to no end. But what you probably won't learn about – even when you see the entire cast flitting around with washboards under their arms – is that the name of a laundry is on the washboards for a very practical reason. The reason is that the owner of the Cotton Club is also the owner of the laundry. Thus has practicality and pleasure been combined. DATA, DAHTA, OR DATTER. They have quick-timed the Barcarole from "Tales of Hoffman"; put Sousa's immortal "Stars and Stripes" to jazz; you can fox-trot to the Sextet from "Lucia,"... But you knew that already. What you may not know, is that you may now cavort snappily to Chopin, at his heaviest. At the aforementioned Cotton Club the versatile Maestro Duke Ellington plays the Funeral March, which has had its tempo lifted for the occasion, as a dance number nightly. It provides a slightly shuddery, wholly reminiscent fox-trot.' |
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1929 09 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 09 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "The Blackberries" revue - see 1929 09 21 Duke Ellington and Orchestra broadcast on WJAS (Pittsburgh) from 6:45 to 6:55 pm. local time. Early photos on the WJAS website show microphones labelled CBS, so it would appear the station was part of that network, with the broadcast originating in New York on WABC, the CBS flagship station. | Radio timetable, The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio, 1929-09-30 | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | Added 2011 updated 2013-10-22 2014-04-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 10 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 Daily News ad: 'MATS. THURS. & SAT. – HALF PRICE | Daily News, New York, N.Y. 1929-10-01 p.37 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-12-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 10 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 End of run - Show Girl closes. The Pittsburgh Courier listed the show in its Oct. 5 edition, indirectly confirming the weekly was published some time before its official publication date. Its Oct. 19 edition carried a story datelined New York Oct. 17 which said the show closed "last Saturday," which would be Oct. 12. In addition, the story said said Ellilngton and his Cotton Club Orchestra had been with the show for five months. |
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1929 10 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155th Street at 8th Avenue | Sunday Afternoon, October 6 Battle of Music 4 -- Four Bands -- 4 DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS JUNGLE BAND VS. CHARLIE JOHNSON AND HIS SMALL'S PARADISE BAND From 3:00 P.M. 'til 9:30 P.M. "SAME DAY" LUIS RUSSELL AND HIS ROSELAND BALLROOM BAND VS. CHICK WEBB AND HIS VERSATILE BAND From 9:30 P.M. 'til 3:00 A.M. Continuous Dancing All Day 75¢ ROCKLAND PALACE 75¢ 155th STREET at 8th AVENUE All Day – – – – One Admission – – – – All Day | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1930-10-04 p.10. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2024-12-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 10 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 10 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ridgewood Grove Arena Ridgewood Queens | (Unconfirmed) "The entertainment committee of the Middle Village Tammany Club reports that Duke Ellington's orchestra, famous radio and night club performers, has been hired for the entertainment and dance to be held October 18 in Ridgewood Grove." | The Daily Star, Queens Borough 1929-08-08 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 The Pittsburgh Courier Down Broadway column by Maurice Dancer: 'Night Life | The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1929-10-19 p.3 s.2 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-12-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Vocalion recording session The Six Jolly Jesters C.Williams, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Title recorded: Six Or Seven Times Steven Lasker: The pseudonym was borrowed from a real act: Per the New York Morning Telegraph, "Jolly Jesters" Booked |
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1929 10 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 10 28 Monday | . | Borough of Manhattan New York, N.Y.. | 22 W. 130 St.. | Peripheral event Charlie Williams (Cootie Williams), age 21, of 36 W. 128 St. married Catherine Smith, age 18, of 100 W. 129 St. Witnesses were J. Helen Brown and Lillian Featherston. | Certificate and record of marriage no. 27061, courtesy S.Bowie 2023-04-16 | . | . | . | SBowie | New added 2023-04-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 10 29 Tuesday "Black Tuesday" | . | . | . | Peripheral event Ellington's film Black and Tan was released the day the stock market crashed. |
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1929 10 29 Tuesday "Black Tuesday" | . | . | . | Peripheral event This day was the culmination of the 1929 stock market collapse that marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Mercer Ellington recalled: '"The positive aspect of 1929 was the arrival of Cootie Williams, but it was also the year of the Wall Street crash. Pop had fallen into the same trap as everybody else on Broadway: Why work for a living when all you have to do is buy stocks and watch your money grow? Nobody seem to have even suspected the possibility of a crash, but suddenly the whole thing flipped and banks began to fold. So Pop was back at the bottom again, supposedly an important man, but without money. He was not just broke; he also owed a great deal of money. This was the first big financial slump he got into, but I don't think he was too downhearted, not judging by the number they played that year called "Wall Street Wail." '[recorded 'Duke's holdings deflated like a punctured balloon and he was left without a penny, and in sizable debt.' Steven Lasker:
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1929 10 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3 | Vocalion recording session The Six Jolly Jesters C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn (guitar), Braud, Greer, Bruce Johnson (washboard) Howard "Blinky" Randolph (kazoo) The extra three men were The Washboard Serenaders. Steven Lasker: 'The scat vocalist on Goin' Nuts is likely Putney Dandridge' ...Dandridge was listed as being in Dan Healy's Cotton Club revues in the Chicago Defender national editions of 1929-10-19, 1929-10-26, 1929-11-09 and 1929-11-23 Titles recorded:
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1929 10 30 Wednesday | . | Jersey City, N.J. | Jewish Community Center Bergen and Belgen Ave. | Confucius Club Holds Dance in Jersey City This conflicts with the Cotton Club engagement, but Jersey City is just across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan. It is possible:
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1929 10 31 Thursday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 11 00 | . | . | Peripheral event The Chicago Defender: 'Harlem Clubs Take Broadway Business | The Chicago Defender (national edition), Chicago, Ill. 1929-11-09 p.6, courtesy S. Lasker | . | . | . | SL | New added 2020-12-05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Persian Gardens Ritz-Carlton Hotel | Dance (unconfirmed) 'Tickets for the Candle-Light frolic to be given tomorrow evening in the Persian Gardens of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel by Emanu-El League, society organization of the young people of Temple Emanu-El, are going so fast that Masson Foxhall Judell, chairman of the entertainment committee and in charge of the evening, expects a complete sellout before the evening of the dance. | New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y., | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-09-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 04 Monday | . | New York | WABC and CBS network | The Bradford Era reported West Point's football coach, Biff Jones, would be the guest speaker in the Country Club hour to be broadcast at 10 pm, and "Duke Ellington and his orchestra will provide the musical background to the hour." The Long Island Daily Press carried the announcement a few days earlier, giving the name of the broadcast: "Duke Ellington and his famous Jungle Band will supply the music on the next Burns Panatela Country Club broadcast to be heard on WABC and stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System..." The New York Evening Post gave the playlist as
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1929 11 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 11 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Star Dancing 110 West 42nd St. East of Broadway | Dancing, Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra | Daily News, New York, N.Y.
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1929 11 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall, 111 East 58th Street | RCA Victor recording session1929-11-14: Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "L. L. Watson & Irving Mills Present" 13:30–16:45 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer L. L. Watson and Irving Mills were present for the session Titles recorded:
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1929 11 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh Recording Laboratories 11 Union Square W. | OKeh recording session The Harlem Footwarmers Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Greer Titles recorded:
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1929 11 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists a midnight broadcast on WABC. Stratemann and Vail list the |
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1929 11 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Engineers Ballroom 153 W.64th St. | Afternoon dance Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra appeared on the same bill as Scotty Kay's Collegians for a dance "tendered by the New Club Balconades" 2 to 6:30 p.m. Admission - Ladies 60¢ Gents 75¢ The event has not been confirmed. The poster or handbill has a rare picture of a young Ellington. | Advertising poster or handbill
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1929 11 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 28 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Shadowland Ballroom 20th & Montgomery Sts. |
Miss Coolbreeze, "Philadelphia," The Inter-State Tattler: ...Thursday,was the day. It was colder than ever. Knowing that I would become confused getting about in five different places at the same time and determining that I would not become confused–I started the morning...I really hated to leave but the one and true artist Duke Ellington was playing at the Shadowland. I have not yet learned to resist his music and so–I arrived there... The Inter-State Tattler:Philadelphia Football Fans Captured by Six Popular Beauties in Honor of Annual Thanksgiving Clash... |
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1929 11 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Since Philadelphia and New York are about two hours apart by train, Ellington's orchestra may have played Cotton Club despite the daytime dance in Philadelphia. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2024-12-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency Midnight WABC broadcast "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 11 30 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre 54th St. and 6th Ave. | Benefit concert 8:30 p.m. New York American Christmas & Relief Fund Ticket prices were $1 to $6 28 All Star Acts included Duke Ellington & Orch. as well as William Frawley, Clayton Jackson & Durante, Fred & Adele Astaire, Louis Russell & Orch. and many others. | New York Times, New York, N.Y. 1929-12-30 p.16, courtesy of Rainer Jazz Clippings | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-01-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 12 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155th St. and Eighth Avenue | (Unconfirmed) Fourth annual costume ball and carnival of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; special attractions - revues by Cotton Club, Lenox Club, Nest Club and Small's Paradise. Admission $1.00, Boxes $5.00, Loges $2.50 While Ellington's orchestra is not named in the ad, it is likely to have accompanied the Cotton Club troupe. See the incident described at 1929 01 22 above. | New York Age, New York, N.Y.
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1929 12 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m. "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 It is possible that another orchestra subbed for Ellington's orchestra for part of the evening, but it seems likely that Ellington's group would have had to be back in time for its broadcast. | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 2018-09-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 12 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Forrest Theatre | N.A.A.C.P. All-Star Concert, 8:30 p.m. Baltimore Afro-American 1929-12-21: '...all-star presentation ... last Monday [sic] evening at the Forrest Theater in New York... Reports of this event in the weekly afro-american papers are frustratingly ambiguous about the date.
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1929 12 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2 | Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud (Note absence of Greer) Titles recorded:
2. According to Lambert, only a single test pressing was known to exist for Cincinnati Daddy, but reissues have made it now fairly common. 3. Steven Lasker advises a master-pressed shellac test of Cincinnati Daddy is in the Valburn Collection at the Library of Congress, and another copy sold on eBay in 2011. |
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1929 12 10 Tuesday | . | Urbana-Champagne, Ill. | R-K-O Orpheum | Peripheral event The campus newspaper The Daily Illini carried an ad for the R-K-O ORPHEUM JAZZ FESTIVAL, whose second feature was '"Duke" Ellington And His Famous Cotton Club Victor Recording Band in "Black and Tan" An Ethiopian Fantasy - An' How.' This would be Ellington's recent film by that name. | The Daily Illini, Urbana-Champagne, Ill., 1929-12-10 p.9 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-07-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 10 Tuesday | . | Norwalk, Conn. | Norwalk Armory | 'COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA SENSATIONAL ENGAGEMENT | Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
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1929 12 10 Tuesday | . | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Palmquist's note: We assume the orchestra had the night off since it had a recording session and an out-of-town engagement this date. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 11 Wednesday | . | Newark, N.J. | Dreamland Academy | The Inter-State Tattler: Last Wednesday evening Newark witnessed one of the grandest affairs of the pre-holiday season. Dreamland Academy was crowded, and the fairer sex were adorned with the latest evening gowns, long and short. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra furnished the music. Some of the distinguished guests were: Dr. and Mrs. Pines, Madam Minnie Johnson, mother of Essex Temple, Ernest Baxter, Dr. L. Baxten Dr. Mae McCarroll, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. R. Deandridge, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Crawley, Mrs. Reilly, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett and the newly elected Exalted Ruler of Pride of Newark Lodge, Irving Wray. "Smiling" Jimmie Wheeler was floor manager, and he certainly saw to it that the patrons were entertained. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-12-20 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Palmquist's note: We assume the orchestra had the night off since it had an out-of-town engagement this date. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2024-12-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929 12 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m. "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1929 12 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Saratoga Club | Peripheral event The Inter-State Tattler: Bobby Johnson of Charlie Johnson's Band, Art Wheatsel [sic] and Barney of Duke Ellington's Band, Josephine Glover, Adie Thompson and Mrs. Isadore of the Club Spider Web were some of the well known [sic] Harlemites seen at the Harlem Knights matinee last Sunday afternoon at the Saratoga Club. Depending on press deadline, this may have been Dec. 8 instead of | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1929-12-20 p.7 | . | . | . | djp | New Added 2024-12-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 15 Sunday evening | . | New York, N.Y. | Casino Theatre 39th St. & Broadway | Peripheral event An ad and covering story in the Dec. 14 edition of The New York Age named Ellington as one of about 20 groups who would perform at "One of the largest theatrical benefit programs of the season..." to raise funds so the Florence Mills Theatrical Association could buy its headquarters building. The New York Times and The Inter-State Tattler announcements also named his band. It appears Ellington did not perform at this event. Reports in the Dec. 21 editions of the Baltimore Afro-American and New York Age say the event was a financial success but only 8 groups showed up to perform. While Ellington's orchestras was not one of the groups named by The New York Age as having performed, the Afro-American report mentions spirited dancing by the Cotton Club chorus. |
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1929 12 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m. "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session Bill Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang In DEMS 03,3-9 and 09,3-24, Steven Lasker reported two rejected December 1929 recordings with tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang, consisting of Ellington personnel. The correct date is given in the earlier bulletin. The evidence cited is a Brunswick recording card for Dec. 18 1929 for Sweet Mama and Black Beauty. This session is not listed in New Desor or the other discographies I have checked. The Red Hot Jazz Archive describes Irving Mills' Hotsy Totsy Gang as white musicians and lists various members, but that appears to be incorrect - the discussion in DEMS makes a good case for the group being Ellingtonian. Mr. Lasker: No personnel or session times are listed on the artist's card, and the Brunswick's recording ledger for New York, 1930, has been missing since at least 1962 when Decca moved to Universal City. Master number E31728 and E31729 are omitted from Brunswick's December 1931 inventory of metal parts, evidence that they'd already been destroyed... According to a typed notation on the card, the two titles were "REJECTED? Letter Mr. Lanyon 2/26/30." |
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1929 12 18 Wednesday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Richmond Market Armory | Charity ball, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Unnamed charity. Ball promoted by William Gamby. "Inclement weather failed to daunt the spirit of the 600 persons who crowded the Richmond Market Armory to hear the famous Duke Ellington and his jungle band of the Cotton Club, New York...The appearance of the world famous radio broadcaster and Columbia Record stars in Baltimore was the first time they have appeared South of Philadelphia. That is, since the great Duke left the city of Washington to make his fortune in the Big City of Towers. It was a banner day for Baltimoreans as they may not have the chance to hear this great aggregation again in the future. Hoping this is all wrong. Credit should be give Bill Gamby, through whose efforts the New York outfit was secured..." |
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1929 12 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency WABC broadcast, 12:01 a.m. "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 22 Sunday 1929 12 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre 54th St. & 6th Ave. | 8:30 p.m. benefit concert for the New York American Christmas & Relief Fund Tickets $1 to $6, tax exempt. 28 all star acts were advertised, including Duke Ellington & Orch. The masters of ceremonies were Jack Donahue and George Givot.
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1929 12 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 23 Monday | . | . | . | Steven Lasker:
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1929 12 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 25 Wednesday Christmas | . | Washington, D.C. | Masonic Temple | Daytime dance
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1929 12 25 Wednesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Midnight 30 minute C.B.S. broadcast |
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1929 12 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Academy Theatre | Afternoon show (Fox theatre circuit) Variety "Vaude House Reviews" 'Held over from last week, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra of 11, aided and abetted by several specialty entertainers from, the Harlem night club, proved the biggest hit of all, doing encore because of repeated demand. Could have done two, after playing "St. Louis Blues" hot as hot can be, but time apparently didn't permit' |
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1929 12 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Ellington's Cotton Club Band," WABC broadcast 12:01 a.m. "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | Brooklyn Eagle radio log | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929 12 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | NEW YEAR'S EVE PROGRAM TO COME FROM TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK. Ellington was not finished for the night - see |
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Circa 1930 00 00 | . | Harlem district Manhattan New York, N.Y. | 381 Edgecombe Ave. | Life event After Ellington and his wife Edna separated (see 1927 09 00 above), Duke took a large apartment in the Sugar Hill neighbourhood of Harlem with his mother, Daisy, sister, Ruth, and son, Mercer, and his common-law spouse Mildred Dixon, a dancer at the Cotton Club (see 1904 11 21 above). His father joined them later. Exactly when these events happened is not documented, but:
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1930 01 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event January 1 was the announced date to combine the operations of RCA, Victor, GE and Westinghouse - see 1929-01-04 above. | . | . | . | . | . | New Added 2024-07-18 2024-12-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 01 Wednesday New Year's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155th St. & 8th Avenue |
The Dec. 27 ad says the event was sponsored by The Nite Club Boy's, Inc. from Connie's Inn. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1930 01 01 Wednesday New Year's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Midnight 30 minute C.B.S. broadcast | Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark Norfolk, Va. 1930-01-03 p.13 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 2025-01-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fox's Audubon Theatre and Ballroom 3940 Broadway | Vaudeville The Billboard's review by Conde G. Brewer described the acts Monday evening:
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1930 01 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 11 Saturday | . | South River, N.J. | Willus Hall Jackson St. | The Sunday Times: 'SOUTH RIVER, Jan.11 – 'SOUTH RIVER, Jan. 13 Palmquist's notes:
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1930 01 12 Sunday | Friday Circa 1930 01 16 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Vaudeville Stratemann only shows one date (Jan. 16). Vail I shows the engagement from Jan. 12 to Jan. 17, but the Brooklyn Daily Eagle advertises Ellington at the Metropolitan on Jan. 17. Joe Schoenfeld in The Billboard: 'Crotona, New York 'Jan.16 Ellington had singer Leitha Hill with him, and dancer Henry Wessells, both from the Cotton Club revue.' |
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1930 01 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 01 12 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 01 12 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 01 12 | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Variety listed the acts this week as
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1930 01 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 01 12 This seems to be the last day of this engagement. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 1930 01 17 Friday | 1930 01 24 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St., Brooklyn | Vaudeville Vail I has this engagement beginning Jan. 19 but Brooklyn Daily Eagle carried daily ads Jan. 17 to 24. The Jan. 24 ad says "Last Times Today." A different act was advertised Jan. 25. Brooklyn Daily Eagle 'A double headline stage attraction is offered this week at Loew's Metropolitan Theater with the joint appearance of the two Broadway favorites, Georgie Price and Duke Ellington, with his Cotton Club Orchestra. Mr. Price presents a novelty skit ... and Ellington offers "The Last Word in Heat."...' |
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1930 01 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 20 Monday | . | . | . | Some discographies incorrectly date the 1930 01 29 Plaza [recte A.R.C.] recording sesson as 1930 01 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 Standard Union: 'On the bill at the Metropolitan, the star act is Duke Ellington's different orchestra. This aggregation of dusky musicians play jazz and blues and straight music in a manner to arouse enthusiasm. As an encore they play and sing a Jewish medley, much to the delight of large sections of the audience. George Price is his own agile and energetic self.' The accompanying ad says "Today to Friday." | Standard Union, New York, N.Y. 1930-01-20 p.7 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 2020-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 Broadcast, midnight, 30 minues | The Saratogian Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1930-01-23 (radio log) | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2025-01-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 01 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's Metropolitan Theater Fulton St. Brooklyn | Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17 Even though the theatre ad this day shows Ellington, it is possible Ellington finished Thursday, leaving time for the New Jersey dance this evening. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 24 Friday | . | Ridgefield Park, N.J.. | Clubhouse | Bergen Evening Record, Jan.9: 'NOTED ENTERTAINERS WILL VISIT PARK | Bergen Evening Record, Hackensack, N.J., 1930-01-09 p.28 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-01-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Midnight 30 minute C.B.S. broadcast | GEneva Daily Times, Geneva, N.Y. 1930-01-24 p.12 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2025-01-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 01 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Renaissance Casino 138th St. and Seventh Ave. | Grand Annual Ball, Tammany Hall, United Colored Democracy Cotton Club Orchestra was one of several night club orchestras with their revues listed in the advertisement. Dancing started at 9:30 and the entertainment was to begin at 10:00 p.m. | New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1930-01-22 p.9. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2023-07-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | A.R.C. Studio 114 E.32 St. | A.R.C. recording session Ten Black Berries Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills (vocalist, credited as Sunny Smith in recording ledger and record labels of original issues) Titles recorded:
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1930 01 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 01 31 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 02 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 06 Thursday | 1930 02 08 Saturday | Port Chester, N.Y. | Fox Capitol | On The Stage | Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
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1930 02 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Variety 1930-02-12 p.47 reports the acts at the Cotton Club (as written) were
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1930 02 13 Thursday | 1930 02 14 Friday | Jersey City, N.J. | Orient Theatre Ocean & Orient Aves. | Vaudeville Doubtful? Orient Theatre ad: Mats. 2:15–Nts.7-9 Sun. 1:30 to 11 P.M. This theatre is close enough to Harlem to have enabled Ellington's orchestra to perform without affecting its work at the Cotton Club. However, the Ellington film Black and Tan was showing in theatres during this period, and it isn't clear if the reference to the orchestra means a live performance or merely is for the film. | The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J.
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1930 02 14 Friday Valentine's Day | . | Jersey City, N.J. | Orient Theatre Ocean & Orient Aves. | Vaudeville Doubtful? - see | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-01-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 14 Friday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Variety 1930-02-19 p.47 reports the acts at the Cotton Club (as written) were
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1930 02 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 21 Friday | . | Plainfield, N.J. | Amusement Academy | Mask and Civic Ball
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1930 02 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded:
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1930 02 22 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Mechanic's Bld'g. Hunt Ave.. | Poster: THE GREATEST HOLIDAY ATTRACTION OF THE SEASON ONLY NEW ENGLAND APPEARANCE Admission $1.25 DUKE ELLINGTON (IN PERSON) and HIS ORIGINAL COTTON CLUB ORCH, WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AFTERNOON - FEB. 22nd MECHANIC'S BLD'G. HUNT AVE. DANCING 1 to 5 P.M. 2000 SEATS RESERVED FOR SPECTATORS |
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1930 02 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 We don't know if the band worked the Cotton Club this evening or had the night off. It is not impossible for it to have finished the Boston dance on schedule and travel for 4 hours or so, in plenty of time to play the first show at the Cotton Club. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 Updated 2015-07-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 Variety 1930-02-26 p.53 reports the acts at the Cotton Club were
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1930 02 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 02 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 03 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | The Summer 1930 Manhattan Telephone Directory shows Hit of the Week at 460 W. 34th St. | Durium Hit of the Week recording session Harlem Hot Chocolates Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded:
Labels for Ellington's Hit of the Week records can be seen in The Dooji Collection. Steven Lasker: 'According to Hans Koert, "Discography Hit of the Week Durium" (5th edition, Heinkenszand, Netherlands, 1998) HoW 1045 was released circa 1930-05-06 while HoW 1046 was released circa 1930-05-13.' Mr. Koert's webpages dated 2010 show Sing You Sinners came out May 8 and St. Jame's Infirmary was released May 15.These dates need further research since Sing You Sinners was advertised for 15¢ in The Hartford Daily Courant May 2 1930 and St. James Infirmary was advertised June 5 and 6, respectively, in the Boston Globe and The Hartford Daily Courant. Palmquist note: Ellington's Sing You Singers is his arrangement of the Harling/Coslow tune from the Paramount film "Honey," featuring Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Lillian Roth, Skeets Gallagher, Stanley Smith and "little Mitzi Green." The film was shown in Bismarck, N.D. in January 1930 and by March was playing in movie houses across the country, with many ads naming the song as its hit. Other recordings of the same name were made by The High Hatters (instrumental - Victor 22322-B) and The Revellers (vocal - Victor 22423 and His Master's Voice B3531). As at the time of writing, these version can be heard on YouTube at: |
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1930 03 02 Sunday | 1930 06 00(Unconfirmed) | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club residency and "Blackberries of 1930" revue Since McHugh and Fields were no longer working in the club, Ellington wrote the songs for the show:
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1930 03 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see "Duke Ellington's Band" was scheduled to broadcast over WABC at midnight. | Radio log The New York Amsterdam News Harlem, Manhattan New York City, N.Y., 1930-03-05 p.11 courtesy L. Porter 2024-10-13. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2024-10-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 03 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | 'THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR |
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1930 03 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 17 Monday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick studio 799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3 | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded:
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1930 03 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 386 West 155th St. |
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1930 03 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 00 00 | . | New York, N.Y.. | . | These undated band photographs show the sidemen, except Teddy Bunn, as they were from the arrival of Juan Tizol in mid-1929 until Lawrence Brown was hired in February 1932. They were taken by a New York studio sometime before one was published in June in The Afro-Amnerican. Steven Lasker believes they were taken sometime in the spring of 1930: This photo session produced three images that I know of...That Teddy Bunn isn't shown in any of the three images is a non-sequitur. He was a member of the Washboard Serenaders who happened to be drafted to appear at the Cotton Club. I don't suppose Ellington considered him to be a regular member of his orchestra, so I wouldn't expect to see him in the band's publicity photos. Also attached is an ad that appeared in the | Juan Tizol and Sonny Greer collections, courtesy of Steven Lasker. | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-16 Updated 2024-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 03 30 Sunday | 1930 04 13 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre 210 W.46th St. (west of Broadway) | A Concert Composed of MR. MAURICE CHEVALIER and DUKE ELLINGTON and His Cotton Club Orchestra. "Maurice Chevalier in person 'Duke Ellington did a most surprising feat of showmanship when he held the stage of the Fulton Theatre, New York, for the first 50 minutes of the Maurice Chevalier solo show in that house, which broke the Fulton's house record at the $3 scale for two consecutive weeks. That was the test of present day colored music in the jazzy way because Ellington in those two weeks pleased some of the best social lights of the metropolis, those who believe the show can't be much if it isn't $3 or more.' The Internet Broadway Database reports the show played eighteen times. Arthur Pollock, Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
John Mason Brown, The New York Evening Post:
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DEMS 02/3-17/1 describes how Chevalier chose the Ellington band. Stratemann reports Ellington's group played the 50 minute first half of the show on stage, then moved to the pit to accompany Chevalier for the second half. The programme for Sunday evening, April 6, is shown in that date below. Hasse quotes Ellington: This was about the only time I used a baton.and says the first half of the show ...probably represented Ellington's first concert engagement...Ellington had difficulty being master of ceremonies for the first time:
'We were the first band to play Maurice Chevalier at the Fulton Theatre... We played the first half of his show on stage, just us. No women was in the show. Us and the Berry Brothers, the famous Berry Brothers. That's a trio. No women in the show...In the second part, when he come on, we played in the pit. Man, I remember opening night, Maurice Chevalier, you know, he's a Frenchman didn't speak no English at that time. Man, we opened with him, opened up the band and tore them down, then the Berry Brothers come out and tore them down. Contrary to Mr. Greer's opinion:
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1930 03 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre | Chevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30 Variety, 1930-04-02, p. 66: 'Chevalier to Capacity, $10,000 Advance Claimed | Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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1930 03 31 Monday (after theatre) | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see An ad in Variety reproduced in Stratemann says "LATE FEATURE Mr. Ellington has personal direction of the revue, featuring eight principals and 24 chorus girls. In the show are Clarence Robinson, the Five Wisecrackers, Isabelle Washington, Celeste Cole, Leitha Hill and Mildred [Dixon] and Henri Wessels. |
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1930 04 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Columbia Records Studios 1819 Broadway | Diva/Velvet Tone recording session Mills Ten Blackberries Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1930 04 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre | Chevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30 Steven Lasker:
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1930 04 09 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the Brunswick-Balke-Collander's record division assets for $10,000,000. | S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 04 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio 28 44th St. | RCA Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Ellington Dir. Mr. Watson Present" 13:45–17:15 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Frank Marvin(vocal) "Irving Mills, Dir. Mr. Watson Present" is noted on the studio sheet Titles recorded:
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1930 04 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre | Chevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 11 Friday (after theatre) | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre | Chevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 12 Saturday (after theatre) | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre | Chevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 13 Sunday (after theatre) | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 381 Edgecombe Ave. | The 1930 census, enumerated April 17, shows Ellington, Edward D. [sic] renting for $95/month, age 30, occupation musician, industry cabaret. Residing with him were Daisy, his mother, age 50, Ruth, sister, age 14, and Mercer, son, age 10. The census shows the household had a radio. | Email, Steven Bowie 2015-03-27 with census page | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-03-27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3 | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Cornell Smelser (as Joe Cornell)(accordion) and Dick Robertson(vocal) Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: The composers of Double Check Stomp are shown as 'Bigard-Brand [sic]-Hodges' on Victor V-38129-A, as 'Bigard' on Brunswick 4783 (recorded 1930 04 21), and as 'Bigard, Hodges, Braud and Ellington' on Diva 6062-G and Velvet Tone 7082-V (recorded 1930 06 12). Copyright registration (pf copy registered at copyright office on 1930 07 05) and published sheet music (two copies registered 1930 08 06) credit authors Albany Bigard and Irving Mills. This song title isn't found in the index to Bigard's autobiography ('With Louis and the Duke'). Wellman Braud recalled (Bill Russell, 'New Orleans Style,' p. 112): 'While I was with the band I wrote Double Check Stomp. I got the title from Amos 'n' Andy.' However, note that the contract for Ellington's employment on RKO's production of 'Check and Double Check' wasn't inked until Wikipedia has an article on Cornell Smelser, who plays on this version of Double Check Stomp and a title he composed, Accordion Joe (with lyrics by Dale Wimbrow): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Smelser The version of Cotton Club Stomp recorded at this session is an entirely different song from the Cotton Club Stomp on other labels. Brunswick 4887 credits -Mills-Ellington. The late Brooks Kerr told me that in 1970 he made a written transcription of the Brunswick Cotton Club Stomp and showed it to Ellington, Carney and Cootie Williams. None of the three could come up with a title other than Cotton Club Stomp. In notes to Up-to-Date 2007 (Duke Ellington - The Studio Series, Volume Six - 1930-1958), Jerry Valburn claimed that this melody is actually Willie 'the Lion' Smith's song 'Keep Your Temper,' but many others strongly disagree. The other Cotton Club Stomps:
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1930 04 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 23 Wednesday | . | Peekskill, N.Y. | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem Penelope Park | Night off from Cotton Club. The Peekskill Evening Star: 'YOU'LL RUN WILD 'Dance at Penelope Park Tonight– |
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1930 04 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Mecca Temple 133 West Fifty-fifth St. Manhattan | Queens Daily Star:
I was unable to find any report of this event in the Saturday and Monday editions of the Queens Daily Star, so it is unconfirmed. It may conflict with the Cotton Club work, the Cotton Club could have used substitutes, or Ellington, playing the first part of the evening, may have had time to do both. | The Daily Star, Queens Borough, N.Y.
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1930 04 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y.. | Arcadia Hall Halsey Street near Broadway | After months of preparation, William N. Conrad, chairman, ans his associates on the entertainment committee, have everything in readiness for the twenty-second annual reception and entertainment of the Ridgewood Democratic Club. The affair will be held this Saturday night, April 26, at Arcadia Hall,... and Carl Berger, president, and Albert C. Benninger, executive member, anticipate that 5000 members and friends will attend. No expense or effort has been spared ... What is considered one ot the best night club shows in Manhattan has been booked for the occasion, namely: Duke Ellington's new show, the entire Cotton Club Revue. The committee has added two local radio favorites, Freddy Weber and Georgie Hunder, who have promised an enjoyable program. Duke Ellington will conduct the music for the show, and the committee has engaged Vincent Lopez to appear in person and direct his orchestra for the dancing... . |
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1930 04 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see It isn't clear, but it isn't impossible, that Ellington, his orchestra and the Cotton Club troupe returned to the Cotton Club after finishing at Arcadia Hall. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2019-08-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 29 Tuesday Ellington's birthday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 04 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Charleston Gazette, May 4, 1930, reported 'Irving Mills, czar of Harlem's musicians, owns the "Duke Ellington Negro" band and controls almost all the orchestras playing in Harlem's night clubs. Now he is combining them into one big organization of "Duke Ellington Units." ' | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 02 Friday | 1930 05 03 Saturday | Princeton, N.J. | Dial Lodge or Campus and Cannon Princeton University | House Party Week dance Announcement April 29: 'The dances will be held at the Clubs on Friday and Saturday nights, from 10 to 5 and from 9 to 12 respectively. After 12 on Friday night any undergraduate with a girl or with the invitation of a Club may visit any of the Clubs for the rest of the dance. 'With over 600 guests gracing the Campus, House Party festivities open at 10 this evening with dancing at all clubs continuing until daylight. Resuming at 9 tomorrow evening the parties will last till midnight... ' The May 2 Daily Princetonian also carried Dean Christian Gauss' announcement:'I have approved the request of the Undergraduate Council that the automobile regulations be temporarily modified to permit the use of automobiles by the members of the three upper classes ovr the week-end of house parties, under the following conditions:
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This was the second House Party Week weekend Ellington's orchestra played at Princeton - see 1929 05 03![]() Click to Enlarge | The Daily Princetonian, Princeton, N.J.
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Friday | . | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | While Vail I says the Princeton dance was played prior to the nightly shows at the Cotton Club, it provides no references to support that. Given that the Friday dance at Princeton was to end at dawn, and the Saturday dance was to end at midnight, after which Ellington's orchestra was to play a breakfast dance Sunday morning, it is likely that another band subbed at the Cotton Club Friday and Saturday nights. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-12-29 2020-07-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 03 Saturday | 1930 05 09 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem 'America's Leading Colored Theatre' | One week theater engagement The New York Age, May 10: Last Performance Friday, Midnight Despite the May 10 "holding forth at The Lafayette this week," Ellington finished at The Lafayette the night before. This is possibly explained by the paper being a weekly, always dated Saturday but hitting the streets earlier in the week. The Lafayette job was advertised May 3 and 10 in The New York Age. In any event, the May 3 ad says "NEXT WEEK (Beginning SATURDAY MAY 3)" and the May 10 ad says "THIS WEEK LAST PERFORMANCE FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT," and says Ethel Waters would begin Saturday May 10. | The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
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Saturday | . | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see It seems likely another band subbed for Ellington's orchestra, given the other Ellington activiities this date. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 2020-07-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 03 Saturday technically 1930 05 04 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Danny Small's club 145th St. | Breakfast party: Duke Entertained Danny Small, who recently opened his uptown club on 145th street, entertained Duke Ellington and his orchestra last Satuday with a breakfast party, following the midnight show at the Lafayette Theatre, New York.Among the guests were: Mrs. George Dewey Washington, Mrs. Danny Small, Angelina Rivera, Santita Rivera, Clarence Robinson, Hyacinth Curtis, Sonny Greer, Millie Cooke, Mildred Dixon, Leonard Ruffin, Bobby Sawyer, Fay Casselle, June Reed, Lydia Bourke, Alice Davis, Paul Bass, Ernest Durham, Davis Peterson, Fred Jenkins, Columbus Williams, James Fields, Arthur Bryson, Ollie Johnson, Lil' Brown, Edna Ellington, Gladys Cross, James Monroe, Dolly Conway, Frank Hughes, Walter Mae Carlton, Erma Miles, Elizabeth Waters, Jerome Rhea and others.' The article appeared in the May 17 edition of BAA but would have been published earlier in the week. Ellington began at the Lafayette Saturday Webmaster comment: The presence of both Edna and Mildred is notable. Edna and Duke were already living apart, and Mildred, a cast member from the Cotton Club, may only recently have begun living with Duke - she wasn't listed in the census for his household, enumerated April 17. | Baltimore Afro-American, 1930-05-17 p.9 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-07-04 updated 2024-12-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 04 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 05 Monday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 06 Tuesday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 07 Wednesday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 08 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 09 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Pepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03 New York Age:"THIS WEEK LAST PERFORMNANCE FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT." | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1930-05-10 p.6 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 13 Tuesday | . | 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2019-01-07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Star Dancing 110 West 42nd St. | Dancing, Duke Ellington and His Original Cotton Club Orchestra | Daily News, New York, N.Y. and Sunday News, New York, N.Y.
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1930 05 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | Savoy's annual "Battle of music" between six bands. Stratemann: Ellington's band appeared with five others in a "battle of music": Fletcher Henderson; The Missourians under Lockwood Lewis; Cab Calloway with the Alabamians; Chick Webb; Cecil Scott: (PC 10.5.30). The Henderson orchestra won. Vail IDuke Ellington and his Orchestra play a battle of music at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City. The other bands involved are Fletcher Henderson, The Missourians, Cab Calloway with the , Chick Webb and Cecil Scott. The Pittsburgh Courier 1930-05-10Six Great Orchestras in Big Battle of Music A battle of the bands was held at the Savoy on May 14, 1930 that featured the bands of Ellington, Fess Williams, Charlie Johnson, Roy Johnson (of Richmond, VA), the Cotton Pickers (of Boston), Lloyd Scott and the Missourians. The winners, Roy Johnson and his Happy Pals and the Missourians, were each awarded a 10-week contract to play the Savoy that summer. The Missourians may not have been able to fulfill that contract, since they subbed for Ellington at the CC that August.[Stratemann, citing BAA 1930-06-07, notes that Henderson won.] Stratemann's BAA reference is to an ad for a Fletcher Henderson /Ike Dixon event at the New Albert June 7:SPECIAL! DON'T MISS HEARING FLETCHER HENDERSON And His ORCHESTRA After Winning the Recent Six-Band Contest at Savoy Ballroom... Six bands played: Ellington, Fletcher Henderson (whose band won), Lockwood Lewis (The Missourians), Cab Calloway (The Alabamians), Chick Webb and Cecil Scott. |
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1930 05 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 05 16 Friday | 1930 05 29 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | RKO Palace Theatre Broadway at 47 St. Times Square | Vaudeville 35 minute stage show 3 shows Sunday 2:30, 5:20, 8:20 Stratemann: 'Ellington and his band were shoved into this engagement at America's most important show place on Times Square on an emergency, without much time to frame an act for this excursion into bigtime vaudeville. Yet the band proved to be the "hit of the show" (Variety 21.5.30p35), providing entertainment for 35 minutes and doing very well... The Palace engagement apparently remained indelibly imprinted in Ellington's memory for the rest of his life. He would occasionally refer to it as the occasion when he had been coerced into making his own announcements on a theatre stage for the first time in his career. ... Ellington's men received high praise as well, for their ability to "play anything and everything." Originally, the band had been booked for one week, but remained for a second one, with Cora LaRedd and other acts from the Cotton Club in support...'
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1930 05 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Circa 1930 05 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Private residence | The Inter-State Tattler: Alma Smith, "Yes, Babes," was tendered a surprise birthday party Tuesday night by her pal, Billy Cain at her residence. Jimmy Nelson did the catering ... Drinks a-plenty flooded over the Cain bar. Many stage celebrities were present, including the famous Duke Ellington. Others present were: ...Mildred Dixon,...the Freddie Guys,... Andy Razaf,... Ms Smith appears to have been a fairly prominent tap dancer or vaudevillian. Further research may reveal her birthday, allowing this party to be accurately dated. While May 27 is the Tuesday preceding May 30 The Inter-State Tattler press deadline may have been earlier in the week. | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y. 1930-05-30 p.5 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 05 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 35 minute stage show - see 1930 05 16 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1930 05 30 Friday | . | Bronx, N.Y. | Veterans Hospital No. 81 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd. | Standard Union: 'Duke Ellington's Gesture 'The Duke's band is nightly engaged at the Cotton Club and can be heard over the radio in all parts. Recently the jazz wonders journeyed up to the soldiers' convalescent home, where for a solid hour they made hundreds of war vets feel better and smile longer with less pain.' These reports don't give the date, but with the May 29 story being prospective and the June 7 report being retrospective, it seems likely this event was May 30, which was Memorial Day, also known as Decoration Day, that year.Steven Lasker provided this photograph, likely taken on this occasion. Duke, pen in hand, and an unidentified lady stand outdoors between two disabled veterans and an unidentified man, possibly a patient, stands beside them. Several people watch from inside the building. |
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1930 06 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 46th Street Studio 16 W.46th St. | RCA Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Ellington Dir." 10:30–16:30 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1930 06 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see C.B.S. broacast, 11 p.m. | The Evening Star, Washington D.C. 1930-06-06 p.C-3. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2025-01-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circa 1930 06 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y.. | Hampden's Theater Broadway at 63rd Street | This event has not been confirmed. Portland Evening Express A benefit for Mrs. Eddie Foy, widow of the comedian, was given at the Hampden's Theater, New York, the latter part of last week, with Sophie tucker, Harry Richman, William and Eugend Howard, Tom Bowman and his orchestra, Rudy Vallee, Will Osborne and Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra taking part in the program. Mrs. Foy appears to have been the beneficiary of more than one such event. R.K.O. has donated the use of the Walter Hampden Theater at Broadway and 63rd St. for the Eddie Foy Memorial Benefit next Sunday evening. The proceeds will go to Mrs. Foy. Permit for a theatrical benefit, partially for Mrs. Eddie Foy...was denied yesterday by the Public Welfare Department...learned the Music Temple of the World, unicorporated, was also to share in the benefit proceeds. The Music Temple of the World, he said, pays Mrs. Foy a salary of $100 a week as director...Free use of the Hampden Theatre had been promised. The benefit had been arranged when friends said creditors were about to seize the little delicatessen story Mrs. Foy had been running...since her husband's death. The widow of Eddie Foy, who has been running a suburban delicatessen, is reported as about to try her skill at producing Sunday night all-star vaudeville shows. |
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1930 06 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Columbia Records Studios 1819 Broadway | Diva/Velvet Tone recording session Mills Ten Blackberries Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
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1930 06 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Nightclub residency "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see This may have been the end of the spring session at the Cotton Club, although it's possible Cab Calloway and his orchestra took over the engagement. In a story datelined New York, June 13, The Chicago Defender said the Duke is a feature at the Cotton Club,and said Duke Ellington and his orchestra...will begin a tour of the United States on June 14. |
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1930 06 14 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented The Chicago Defender announced this was the beginning of Ellington's U.S. tour (see 1930 06 12 above). Much has been written about the Ellington orchestra's travel by train. Here is how Freddie Jenkins described it: ' - the Ellington organization was spending about 100,000 dollars a year for transportation, and we always had the best accomodations. We had either two or three sleeping cars, depending on how big a show the Duke was carrying at the time, and a baggage car, and they would switch us from line to line for our itinerary. We never had to get out of our cars unless we wanted to. If there was no diner on the train, we had our own kitchen set up in the baggage car, and our porters would serve us. Some of the guys in the band were real good cooks, and they'd fix us soul food - you know, pigs feet, red beans, rice, greens, and so on. And, of course, there was always hot coffee all day long. So, even in the towns where we were booked, if our cars had to be set on a siding pretty far out from the town, we could either get taxis to a restaurant, or eat in style in our cars. And, believe me, our porters were good waiters too.' | Jenkins interviewed by Roger Ringo: Reminiscing in tempo with Freddie Jenkins, Storyville Magazine #46, April/May 1973 (Storyville No. 46), pp.124-133. | . | . | . | djp | added 2015-11-25 updated 2021-07-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 16 Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Wonderland Amusement Park | Dancing, 8 to 2 Standard Time, admission 76¢ Duke Ellington and his original Cotton Club Orchestra Extra added attraction Ike Dixon's Orchestra. The event was promoted by Ike Dixon. | Stratemann p.26 citing The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
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1930 06 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 18 Wednesday | . | Berwick, Penn. | West Side Park | "Dancing 9 to 1." Ladies 75¢ Gentlemen $1.25 |
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1930 06 19 Thursday | . | Ryan Township Schuylkill County, Penn. | Lakewood Park | "Thursday Dance." Ladies, 75¢, Gents $1.00 Mauch Chunk Times-News: 'Ellington Scores 'MANY ATTENDED THE |
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1930 06 21 Saturday | . | West Lampeter Township near Lancaster, Penn. | Rocky Springs Park | 'Dance Saturday Nite The Evening News: ' When Duke Ellington and his orchestra appear in Rocky Springs Park on Saturday night, June 21, everyone will have the first opportunity to see and hear in persons [sic] the famous orchestra that everybody has been waiting so long for. The management of Rocky Springs Park has gone to great trouble and expense to bring this orchestra here and it will be their only appearance this season. Everyone has heard them over WABC and the Columbia network for the past three years. The demand for this great orchestra was so great that engagements in Hollywood and Paris have been put off in order that they might go on a short tour. |
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1930 06 23 Monday | 1930 06 29 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | . | Stratemann, p.26 citing Chicago Defender 1930-06-28 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-01-01 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 24 Tuesday | . | . | . | Date of an agreement between Duke Ellington, Inc. and RKO Productions, Inc. contracting Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra to appear in RKO's film Check and Double Check. | Email, Steven Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19 (RKO contract details) | . | . | . | sl | New added 2014-08-25 2019-06-22 2021-03-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 24 Tuesday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 25 Wednesday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 26 Thursday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 27 Friday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 28 Saturday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 29 Sunday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Stage show - see 1930 06 23 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 06 30 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 07 01 Tuesday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Pier Casino | "Dance O'er the Waves." It seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12. | ad, Portland Press Herald, 1930-07-01, p4 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | New added 2012-01-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 07 03 Thursday | . | Buzzard's Bay, Mass. | Bournehurst on the Canal | (corrected date, previously reported as July 2) | ad, Boston Post, 3Jul30, p18 | . | DEMS
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1930 07 05 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Moseley's | . | ad, Boston Post, 5Jul30, p4 | . | DEMS
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1930 07 06 Sunday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | 'added attraction–Sunday Only |
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1930 07 07 Monday | . | Asbury Park, N.J. | Tusting's, The Music Store 609 Mattison Ave. | The band was advertised to appear at Tusting's record store at 4 p.m. The event was originally advertised for the previous Saturday afternoon, but rescheduled. | Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J.
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1930 07 07 Monday | . | Asbury Park, N.J. | Roseland Ballroom and Plantation Garden Springwood & Atkins Ave. | Poster: The Duke Steps Out! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS Reese DuPree Presents DUKE ELLINGTON and his Original Cotton Club Orchestra Monday Roseland Evening Ballroom 7th AND JULY Plantation Garden Springwood & Atkins Ave. Dancing 9:30 Until Entree - - - - $1.00 Duke Ellington and his Original Cotton Club Orchestra will positively appear or your Money refunded NO STUFF -- NO BLUFF -- NUFF SED |
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1930 07 09 Wednesday | . | Johnson City, N.Y. | Geo. F. Pavilion C.F.J. Park | Dancing, $1 a person. The same day ad says this is positively Ellington's first appearance outside of New York City in 5 years. The week of July 6 is slated to be a big one at the C.F.J.dance pavilion in Johnson City, with Duke Ellington and his New York Cotton Club orchestra and Ted Weems both scheduled to appear there during that week. Ellington and his radio negro band come on July 9 and Weems plays the pavilion on July 11. | Binghamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y.
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1930 07 10 Thursday | . | Dallas, Penn. | Fern Brook Park or Fernbrook Park | 'ELLINGSTON'S [sic] BAND COMES TO FERNBROOK 'I checked in Variety and the location of Fernbrook Park is usually given for Dallas, PA.' The name of the venue is spelled both as "Fern Brook Park" and "Fernbrook Park" in the Ellington ads and announcements. Ads say dancing until 1 a.m., with admission $1.25 for gentlemen and 75¢ for ladies. |
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1930 07 11 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Pythian Temple (possibly its Savoy Ballroom) | Dance '...The famous King of Jazz and his internationally famous orchestra, will make a single appearance in Pittsburgh next Friday Evening, July 11, at Pythian Temple. This attraction, the greatest musical treat dancing Pittsburgh has ever known, is expected to draw a capacity crowd, and Sellers M. Hall, hustling dance promoter, who is bringing the attraction here, is making plans to handle the throng that will turn out... 'When Sell Hall brought Duke Ellington to the Pythian Temple on July 7, [sic] he established himself as one of the biggest chance-takers in the promotion game. Fortunately, he made a profit on the venture...' Aug.30:... When they appeared here early last month, they drew the largest crowd the temple has ever known... | The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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1930 07 12 Saturday | . | Columbus, Ohio | Valley Dale Ballroom 1590 Sunbury Road | "Dancing 9 to 2," with local broadcast over WCAH 10:00 to 10:30 pm. 'Last week the band appeared at Valley Dale and according to newspaper reports it was acclaimed one of the best musical aggregations evdr to appear in the city...' | The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
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1930 07 14 Monday | . | Lexington, Ky. | Angliania Warehouse | '"Duke Ellington, Columbia Broadcasting band, first time out of New York, at Angliana warehouse Monday night, July 14. Admission, $1.00."' | Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing ad, Lexington Herald, 13Jul30 1930-07-13 | . | . | . | . | New Added 2015? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 07 16 Wednesday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Masonic Temple, Euclid St. | ' 'Big Chief' Turpin engaged Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club-Connie Inn Jungle Band for a nite's engagement here, July 16, at the Masonic Temple on Euclid Avenue." |
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1930 07 17 Thursday | . | Lakeside, Mich. | Luna Pier | "Dancing 9 to 1." "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, direct from New York's Harlem, will be the single night attraction at Luna Pier, Lakeside, Mich. Thursday. Ellington is on his way to Hollywood to make a talking picture and will stop off at the Pier en route. This is the first time in five years that he has been outside New York City..." (Note Toledo is about 180 miles due east of Lakeside.) | Toledo (Oh.) News-Bee,
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1930 07 18 Friday | 1930 07 24 Thursday | Detroit, Mich | Graystone Ballroom The venue was also called Graystone Gardens and Graystone Ballroom Gardens. | Detroit daily newspapers contained little coverage of popular music and no ads for the Graystone, but radio listings in the Detroit News confirm nightly broadcasts at midnight or 12:30 am. "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra will be heard from WJR, Detroit, at 12:30 a.m., on the regular Graystone program." Marian E. Fields, in a column headed Detroit, Mich.: ...For the Duke Ellington dance, Miss Ethel Duffy, also Mr. Wilbur Brassfield of Toledo, O., were in town. They visited at the Lightfoot residence on Scotten avenue... Detroit Evening TImes 'DUKE ELLINGTON AND BAND |
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1930 07 19 Saturday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Dance - see 1930 07 18 1 a.m. one-hour broadcast on WJR | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 2020-08-06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 20 Sunday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Dance - see 1930 07 18 Midnight one-hour broadcast on WJR. | Detroit Free-Press, Detroit, Mich. 1930-07-20 p.14 courtesy K.Steiner | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-01-12 updated 2016-03-25 2021-06-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 21 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Dance - see 1930 07 18 Marian E. Fields, in a column headed Detroit, Mich.:
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1930 07 23 Wednesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Dance - see 1930 07 18 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 24 Thursday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Dance - see 1930 07 18 The DET ad said this was the last night. Ellington's orchestra was scheduled for a thirty-minute WJR broadcast at midnight. | Detroit Evening Times, Detroit, Mich. 1930-07-24 pp.1, 14 | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 2021-06-19 2021-07-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 25 Friday | . | Columbus, Ohio | Memorial Hall | Dance sponsored by the Lane-Askins Tea Room company.
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1930 07 25 Friday | . | Columbus, Ohio | Lane-Askins Tea Room | Members of the orchestra were to be entertained at the tearoom after the dance. | The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
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1930 07 25 Friday | . | Columbus, Ohio | WHK Radio | The Daily News-Journal ',,,Duke Ellington's Orchestra is scheduled from WHK at 11:02...' The same announcement was made in The Register, Sandusky.WHK was a Cleveland radio station, some 140 miles from Columbus. If this broadcast occurred, it may have been a remote from the dance. |
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1930 07 26 Saturday | 1930 07 27 Sunday | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom South Parkway at 47th St. | '2 NITES ONLY 2 |
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1930 07 27 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom | Dancing - see 1930 07 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 28 Monday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Telegram - Mills to Check and Double Check producer LeBaron: JULY 28, 1930 WILLIAM LEBARON IRVING MILLS |
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1930 07 28 Monday | . | Kansas City, Mo | Paseo Hall | "Battle of Bands" versus Geo. E. Lee | ad, Kansas City Call, Home Ed., 1930-07-25, p.9 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | New added 2012-01-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 07 29 Tuesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Stars' Park | Dance held at this Negro National League baseball stadium"The musicians are on a barnstorming tour to Hollywood. St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha will hear the boys." |
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1930 07 30 Wednesday | . | Omaha, Neb. | City Auditorium | Dancing, 8:30 p.m.
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1930 07 31 Thursday | Circa 1930 08 31 Sunday | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Studios | Overview |
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1930 08 02 Saturday | . | . | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above activities not documented To arrive in Los Angeles early in the day August 4, the band would have departed from Denver this morning. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 08 03 Sunday | . | Los Angeles area, Cal. | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above activities not documented Possibly on the train; unlikely to have arrived yet in Los Angeles this date. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 08 04 Monday | . | Los Angeles area, Cal. | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Possible arrival in California
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1930 08 05 Tuesday | . | Los Angeles area, Cal. | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above activities not documented Possibly still en route by train from Denver to Los Angeles or already there, working on the picture. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 08 06 Wednesday | . | Los Angeles area, Cal. | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above activities not documented If the band arrived in Los Angeles Aug. 7, it would have been on a train on Aug. 6, but it may be that the band was already in L.A. and working on the picture. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 08 08 Friday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | KHJ Studio | "Osborne's Orchestra, Ellington's Band" Columbia network 30 minute broadcast This would have been made from the KHJ Columbia network studio in Los Angeles at 8:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time, based on the radio logs in other time zones:
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1930 08 14 Thursday | . | Hollywood, Cal. | RKO's studios | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Filming scenes from the film Check and Double Check. Stratemann says this was the first day the orchestra was filmed and recorded, beginning 9:45 a.m. and finishing at 5:55 p.m. Six thousand feet of soundtrack was recorded. |
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1930 08 15 Friday | . | Los Angeles area, Cal. | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented Will Osborne's Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Band are shown at 9:30 p.m. on WABC in the Houston Post-Dispatch radio listing this date compiled by The Associated Press. The Birmingham News described said this was 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. The listing is also in The Huntsville Daily Times on CBS. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 08 16 Saturday | . | Hollywood, Cal. | RKO's studios | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Filming the Check and Double Check arrival at the Blair mansion by taxicab |
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1930 08 18 Monday | . | . | Birth of Charles Raymond ("Chuck") Connors (Aug. 18, 1930 - Dec. 11, 1994), trombone, bass trombone.
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1930 08 19 Tuesday | . | Hollywood, Cal. | RKO's studios | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Filming the Check and Double Check Old Man Blues scene. |
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1930 08 20 Wednesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RCA Victor Hollywood Studio 1016 N.Sycamore Ave. | RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Emmanuel Hall Quartet, Jimmy Miller, Titles recorded:
S.Lasker: 1930 08 20, 1930 08 26 Timner says the original title of Old Man Blues was Ow Wa! Ow Wa Blues, based on a character from the Amos 'n' Andy show.(Victor recording sessions) The first session was from 2:00 to 6:15, the second from 2:00 to 5:00, am/pm not noted. Middle of the night sessions were rare, especially in 1930. Sessions were held at that inconvenient hour not because the band played so much better at that hour, but because either (1) the band or (2) the studio were super B-U-S-Y. (1) RKO's Daily Production Reports for Check and Double Check for 8/20 and 8/26 (see Stratemann, p. 34) make no mention of Ellington or his band, presumably free days for our heroes when they could report to Victor instead of RKO. (2) Victor's Hollywood studio saw little use this month:
Ellington's August 1930 sessions were held in the afternoons. (3) Brooks Kerr told me that in 1968, Ellington told him that "Old Man Blues" was a portrait of Will Marion Cook. (4)Victor 22528 (Three Little Words/Ring Dem Bells), released 1930 09 12, sold very well. While a sales figure for this release isn't noted on the blue "history card" for this issue, my sense from many years of record collecting (I've been collecting 78s since 1972) is that it was likely the best-selling "scroll" Victor 78 by Ellington. (I obtained my first copy of this issue in 1976.) (5)Although the label indicates that Ring Dem Bells was "From RKO picture, "Check and Double Check," it isn't heard in any extant version of the film. The sheet music was published by Harms, Inc., as were the other songs from the film. |
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1930 08 21 Thursday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel 3400 Wilshire Blvd. | S. Lasker quoting from The Hollywood Filmograph, 1930-08-30 p.6: 'BROWSING AROUND WITH THE NIGHT HAWK The Inside Facts story described the event as an elaborate dinner and dance for the executives, artists, directors and others of prominence from the RKO Studios. It said the party was arranged by Irving Mills and presented Duke Ellington and his orchestra in their first public appearance in Hollywood. |
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1930 08 00 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Dunbar Hotel | Ellington and Freddie Jenkins were among the guests at a party of theatrical people in honour of a visiting art teacher, Miss Georgia Washington hosted by Miss Michael (Mickey) Donaldson. The date of the party was not given, but it can only have been in August, prior to the newspaper report. | The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal. 1930-08-22 p.9. | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 08 23 Saturday | . | Hollywood, Cal. | RKO's studios | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Retakes for the film Check and Double Check |
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1930 08 24 Sunday or 1930 08 25 Monday | . | Culver City, Cal. | George Olsen's Club | Ellington and his orchestra played a night club date either Sunday or Monday. Newspaper plugs and reports and an ad contradict each other about when it happeend.
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1930 08 26 Tuesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RCA Victor Hollywood Studio 1016 N.Sycamore Ave. | RCA Victor recording session 2:00 - 5:00 (most likely in the afternoon - see Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, The Rhythm Boys (The Rhythm Boys were Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris) Titles recorded:
The bar chimes on Ring Dem Bells are played by Sonny Greer. Some older discographies show Charlie Barnet as playing chimes on this track, but Barnet, in his Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Project interview with Patricia Willard, denied his presence on the session, and had no idea how the rumor got started. Cf. his oral history interview, pp. 1-2: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/52150/JPEG/read/#page/2/mode/2up |
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1930 08 28 Thursday | . | Hollywood, Cal. | RKO's studios | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above Retakes for the film Check and Double Check Stratemann quotes the Daily Production Report: 'Finished with Retakes of the Ellington band - finished with the band shell in the Blair home...' |
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1930 08 29 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Shrine Auditorium 665 West Jefferson | BIG BENEFIT DANCE The California Eagle printed several identical plugs on p.4: 'Duke Ellington and his great dance and recording orchestra playing tonight at the Big Benefit Dance, Shrine Auditorium. Don't miss it.' The California Eagle: DUKE ELLINGTON'S famous band, hailed as the world's greatest has the town all on its toes for the big cance at the Shrine Auditorium. The well known Tommy Southern is the promotor... |
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1930 09 04 Thursday | . | . | . | See Check and Double Check Overview at 1930 07 31 above activities not documented Likely eastbound by train | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 09 05 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented May have arrived in New York this day, since there was a 30-minute broadcast (Columbia network at 10 pm local time) and the band was to start in a theatre the next day. | Radio log, World-Herald, Omaha Neb. 1930-09-05,p.16 | . | . | . | . | 2011 updated 2021-07-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 09 06 Saturday | 1930 09 12 | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show (1) 'Big stars and little stars are romping all over the stage at Keith's Palace on the new bill that opened there today. Lou Holts ...Irene Bordoni..., the beauteous and bewitching, pert in mannerisms and saucy in song, is another headliner. Fred Keating ,suave humorist-magician, who recently concluded a revue engagement, is on hand with a lot of new tricks. He's also acting as master of ceremonies. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra,just back from R.-K.-O radio studios on the West Coast,... are also in the big star class on this bill. The little stars are to be found in "The Tiny Town" revue, Buster Shaver's presentation with a company of Lilliputians. Britt Wood, harmonicist, and Carry and Eddy,dancers, are also on the bill. ' (2)'Duke Ellington and his orchestra are back from their jaunt to the land flowing with milk and honey -for some - California. Duke and his musicians have completed a talkie there, and with their manager it is told, each and every one of them has returned with a pot of gold for their labor in recording the picture. Amounts quoted may seem far-fetched, but when we remember this is a sterling band, with unusual qualifications with a business manager who knows the game it would not be surprising that the thousands talked about as being received individually by the manager and musician is real fact. '...Mr. Ellington and his Senegambian specialists in jazz provides an ear splitting excursion among the fiery dissonances and "mean" rhythms of the "hot" school of modern music, and reintroduces that pleasantly effervescent dusky entertainer, Cora La Redd... ' |
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1930 09 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 Cancelled engagement: The Pittsburgh Courier reported: Duke Ellington and his famous Cotton Club orchestra, who were schedueld to play a return date at Pythian Temple on Wednesday evening, September 10, will be unable to apppear there on that date. | The Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh, Penn. 1930-08-30 s.2 p.7. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2024-12-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 09 12 Friday | . | . | . | Peripheral event "Appearing Nightly The first advertisement for Ellington's return to the Cotton Club for the fall | Ad, New York Daily Mirror 1930-09-12 DEMS 12/1-20 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | New added 2012-09-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 09 14 Sunday | 1931 02 03 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Ellington and his orchestra returned to the Cotton Club while their replacement, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, went on tour. Stratemann: The Ellington band then entered the Cotton Club to close out the present revue: ... Ellington returns after a three-month absence | Steven Lasker, A Cotton Club Miscellany, p.1 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-12-31 2014-02-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 09 20 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement with revue - see 45 minute broadcast on NBC WEAF network: Weekly Saturday Night Dance Series Arkon Beacon Journal: 'Several cancellations came through from Columbia yesterday on Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra and for several hours this department thought it was going to be missing one of its pet dance bands from ether. Steven Lasker: 'An overview of Ellington's September 20, 1930 to February 3, 1931 NBC network broadcasts from the Cotton Club originating over either the NBC Red network's flagship station WEAF (Manhattan, 660 kHz, 50,000 watts) and participating affiliates, or the NBC Blue network's flagship station WJZ (Manhattan, 760 kHz, 30,000 watts), and affiliates. While broadcasting at CBS, Ellington enjoyed the freedom of not having to pre-clear his set list, but at NBC, he was required to submit his songs for pre-clearance. Fortunately for students of Ellington history, many (but not all) of these documents survive on microfilm at the Library of Congress. NBC's "Log Books and Corrected Traffic Sheets" typically note the date and time of each program broadcast, list the selections scheduled for airplay and note any last-minute changes. This data appears in the relevant daily entries below thanks to, and courtesy of, researchers Christel Schmidt and Ken Steiner. After playing the Cotton Club on the night of February 3, 1931, Ellington left to tour America. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, who had deputized for Ellington's band at the club in the summer of 1930, replaced the band the following night. Broadcasts from the club over the NBC network continued, including some by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on return engagements to the club in February 1932 and Spring 1933. (Details are found in the relevant daily entries below.) WABC/CBS resumed their series of Cotton Club broadcasts on January 6, 1935 (per Melody News [published by Mills Artists, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.], Vol. I No. 4, 1935-01-01, p. 1). This link leads to a virtual tour of WEAF's studio and transmitter in 1927: http://www.theradiohistorian.org/weaf/weaf.html' |
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1930 09 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement, opening night of Ellington's 7th Cotton Club revue: "Blackberries Crop of 1931 in Brown Sugar, Sweet But Unrefined" Produced by Dan Healy, music and lyrics by Koehler and Arlen, dances staged by Clarence Robinson. Performers included
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1930 09 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcasts "Sept 1930-Feb 1931, Feb 1932, Mar-May 1933: Ellington's switch to WJZ and WEAF, flagship stations of NBC's two networks, the Blue and Red respectively, meant that the orchestra's music was heard over more stations, with greater coverage and more prestige." The WJZ/Blue network broadcast this evening was from midnight to 12:30 a.m. | Per "COTTON CLUB BROADCASTS ON NBC" by Ken Steiner in DEMS 08/3-11, NBC log books at the Library of Congress show the song titles for Ellington's 1930-31, 1932, & 1933 Cotton Club broadcasts. His search of "NBC Master Books located 51 Ellington broadcasts from 1930-09-29 to 1931-02-03. He found log books for 27 of these programs, with "Corrected Traffic Sheets" for each program listing song titles and other details. | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 09 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red network, 11:00-11:30 pm | . | . | DEMS | NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets", Library of Congress - see | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 10 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #4 145 E.24 St. | RCA Victor recording session 11:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:30 Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Ellington Dir. Watson Present." Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson Titles recorded:
S. Lasker: Another Ellington first: On You're Lucky to Me, Sonny Greer adds punctuation on vibraphone. It is the first appearance of vibraphone on a jazz record that I know of, two weeks prior to Armstrong's recording of Memories of You on which Lionel Hampton played vibes. RCA Victor moved its New York recording operations to East 24 Street in 1930, there to stay until 1969. RCA Photophone opened "The Gramercy Studios" (advertised as "Finest Sound Motion Picture Stages in the East") in 1929. The company's address was shown as 145-155 East 24th Street, and consisted of several adjacent structures, the tallest being a seven-story building originally built in 1907 as a horse stable. Manhattan telephone directories for summer 1930 and winter 1930-31 show "Victor Recording Lab" at 145 E. 24th St; directories from summer 1931 through December 1942 show "Victor Recording Lab" (later changed to "Victor Recording Studio") at 153 E. 24th St. An RCA Victor Division Electrical Transcription sleeve from the mid-1930s shows the New York studio at 155 E. 24th Street, and this address is the one most commonly seen for the studios in publications from later decades. It is possible that 153 and 155 were different addresses for the same building. Three of RCA's many divisions were RKO, the studio which produced Check and Double Check, the RCA Victor Company, and the National Broadcasting Company. Ellington had begun broadcasting from the Cotton Club over NBC on 1930 09 20. Circumstantial evidence suggests that from that date until 1931 02 03, Ellington's last night at the Cotton Club, the corporation exercised some degree of control over what songs Ellington recorded for Victor. During this period, Ellington's orchestra was recorded by Victor at five different sessions, on 1930 10 02, 1930 11 21, 1930 11 26, 1930 12 10 and 1931 01 16. Discounting alternate versions and alternate takes, fourteen different songs were recorded in total, of which only three (Mood Indigo, I'm So in Love with You and Rockin' in Rhythm) were written or co-written by Ellington. None of the other 11 songs were published by a Mills-related company, which suggests Mills didn't call the shots. |
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1930 10 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 10 04 Saturday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Brooklyn Elks Club | TAMARACK CLUB'S GALA DANCE ON OCTOBER 4 |
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1930 10 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 am. Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS
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1930 10 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 pm. Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS:
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1930 10 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS:
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1930 10 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see New York Evening Post: The Night Clubs | New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y. 1930-10-10 p.13 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 2024-12-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Broadhurst Theatre | Gala benefit, Ellington and his band, also Marx Brothers. | . | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-01-01 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lenox Ave. Club | The Inter-State Tattler Oct. 10: JEFF-ELLINGTON-WHITMAN DUKE ELLINGTON WITH SNAKE HIPS TUCKER, BIG HITS AT LENOX AVE. CLUB | The Inter-State Tattler New York, N.Y.
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1930 10 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 am | K. Steiner: .NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh studio Probably 1819 Broadway possibly 25 West 45th Street | OKeh small group recording session The Harlem Footwarmers Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
Mood Indigo
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1930 10 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 pm | K. Steiner: .NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st | Monster Fall Opening |
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1930 10 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see The scheduled 30 minute broadcast on WEAF 11:30-12:00 midnight was pre-empted by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, *Dick Robertson (voc.) Titles recorded:
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1930 10 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 10 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | WEAF studio AT&T Building 19th Street and Fifth Avenue or Roxy Theatre 153 West 50th Street (at the time of writing, Windows CoPilot advises NBC had a studio in the theatre) | WEAF / NBC Red Network broadcast "RKO Theatre Of The Air" This half-hour show aired at 10:30 p.m., so Ellington's band may not have had to miss its performances at the Cotton Club. Motion Picture News, 1930-10-25 p.25: Wisconsin State Journal 1930-10-24RKO may be paving the way to a new slant on picture merchandising by virtue of its plan to run "Check and Double Check" in approximately 300 cities day and date throughout the country, beginning today. The Amos 'n; Andy opus opens at the new RKO Mayfair...next Friday, but gets under way generally today throughout the country. The dates have been spotted in so that word-of-mouth comment, if it should be unfavorable, will have little effect on the first run situations upon which Radio naturally depends for its big money. If New York critics should sock the film, it will have little effect on the rest of the country...because the showing here is one week behind the key cities. In other words, Radio is playing it safe... Amos 'n' Andy...will be RKO radio guest artists for a half hour, Friday night, when...they appear on the RKO radio program over the NBC network at 9:30 p.m. C.S.T. The occasion is the simultaneous release throughout America on that night and the following day of Amos 'n' Andy's first talking picture "Check and Double Check" in 300 key cities. The radio program will be divided in two parts with Amos 'n' Andy appearing in a sketch in the first and then making a distinct departure in part by appear-[sic] before the microphone for the first time as Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll, in person, and telling of the adventures of Amos 'n' Andy in Hollywood. ...Amos 'n' Andy will broadcast from the Chicago studios of N.B.C. and will do both skits in blackface character. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra take part in a special NBC Amos 'n' Andy broadcast from the Roxy Theatre, NYC, to publicize "Check and Double Check." Programme per Brooklyn Daily Eagle: RKO Theater of the Air, film, vaudeville and radio stars; Amos 'n' Andy, blackface comedians; guest artist; Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. Edward Thorgersen, announcer. Programme per The Daily Gleaner and The Buffalo Times:
Selections from "Check and Double Check:"
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1930 10 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 27 Monday | . | New York City, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, Bennie Payne Titles recorded:
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1930 10 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 10 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
The Mystery House radio broadcast and opening of the new serial which was scheduled this evening from 10 to 10:30 o'clock [CST}, has been indefinitely postoponed, according to announcement [sic] made by officials of WOC-WHO of the Central Broadcasting company. |
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1930 10 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2024-12-28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 10 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh studio Probably 1819 Broadway possibly 25 West 45th Street. | OKeh recording session The Harlem Music Masters and The Harlem Footwarmers Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, I. Mills (voc.) Titles recorded:
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1930 10 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 10 31 Friday Halloween | 1930 11 13 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre Times Square | Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra played 20 minute sets on stage between showings of a Maurice Chevalier film, following non-Ellington vaudeville acts. The vaudeville act the first week was "Smile Awhile" (Frank Cambria's Publix Show) and in the second week, "Paintin' the Town" (Petroff's Publix Stage Revue). The vaudeville acts were supported by the Paramount Orchestra and organist Jesse Crawford or Mr and Mrs. Jesse Crawford were named in ads, Mr. Crawford's organ performance was described in Variety's first day review.
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1930 10 31 Friday Halloween | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 11 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 11 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see The 30 minute broadcast has Duke Ellington crossed out in NBC's Corrected Traffic Sheets so it may be that the band did not broadcast this evening. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 11 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Misdated OKeh or Harmony recording session - see 1931 01 08 | . | DEMS | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2014-01-01 2014-04-28 2020-03-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 11 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 11 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 11 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #1 145 E.24th St. | RCA Victor recording session 1:45 – 5:45 It's most likely this was an afternoon session since a night session would conflict with the Cotton Club work. Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Smith Ballew (as Billy Smith) Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: Ellington Dir. Titles recorded:
'In November [1930], I had a call to report to Victor for a date [....] in Studio A [recte Studio #1]. When I got there at the proper hour, I looked through the glass door of Studio A, and it didn't look right to me. So I went up to the recording master's office, and checked with him. He assured me that Studio A was right and escorted me back down there, took me in, and introduced me to Duke Ellington. Well, I was just fresh up from Texas -- at least, I hadn't been in New York very many years -- and I didn't know whether I wanted to keep this date. Not that I didn't like his music; I didn't know how my friends, particularly in Texas, would like it. They didn't understand the situation. But I had been there only about two minutes when I was completely sold on the whole deal. The Ellington band was recording Mood Indigo, and it was so beautiful I forgot all my doubts about recording with Negro artists. Then came my turn, and the first number was I'm So in Love with You, which Ellington wrote. It was a very pretty song. We then did Nine Little Miles from Ten-Ten-Tennessee, and I enjoyed it too. Later, I could never go into the Cotton Club that the Duke didn't strike into those two numbers as soon as he saw me come in. I never got to record with him again. ' Steven Lasker:'Per Victor's file sheet for this session: |
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1930 11 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 145 E.24th St. | RCA Victor recording session 1:30 - 6:00 This will have been an afternoon session unless the band had a night off from the Cotton Club, . Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Ellington Dir." Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Robertson, Garry and 2 unnamed black male vocalists (Robertson is not named in some discographies) Titles recorded:
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Milton Berle told Brooks Kerr (who told me) that Gary was billed as "the little man with the big voice." |
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1930 11 26 Wednesday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Main ballroom Elks Club Livingston St. & Boerum Place | The Brooklyn Daily Times 1930-11-16: To the strains of the peppiest variety of music furnished by Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra, one of the largest crowds that ever assembled at a social affair will glide about the spacious floor of the main ballroom of the Elks' Club on Thanksgiving evening [sic]. On that night the annual charity ball of the Elmer Peters Association will be held...The orchestra from the Cotton Club...will not be the only feature, as the entire floor show, consisting of 60 people, will accompany the Ellington band to the clubhouse and put on the same performance given at the Cotton Club. Another favorite of Brooklyn, will be on hand with his gang–and you know who we mean–Rudy Vallee... The Brooklyn Daily Times 1930-11-30:More than 5,000 people attended the annual charity ball and entertainment of the Elmer Peters' Association at the Elks Club last Wednesday night ... Duke Ellington and his orchestra, with the entire floor show of the Cotton Club in Manhattan, was the outstanding act on the long bill. Rudy Vallee appeared late in the evening and sang a few songs without the aid of his famous megaphone. To say that Rudy went over big would be ding him an injustice. He was received in a tumultuous manner and when he had finished the police were forced to make a path through his admirers so he could reach the street. |
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1930 11 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 27 Thursday Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace 155 Fifth Street at 8th Ave. | ![]() The Inter-State Tattler 1930-11-07 "Check and Double Check" I found no other reference to this event in the archives available to me in Dec. 2024 | The Inter-State Tattler, New York, N.Y. 1930-11-07 p.7 | . | . | . | . | New added 2024-12-30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 27 Thursday Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see (Unconfirmed) See 1930 09 14 Possible break in the Cotton Club run. Stratemann says it was reported that Ellington went on the road again "around Thanksgiving," the last Thursday of November, replaced by Cab Calloway's orchestra, and returned to the Cotton Club in January. The Ellingtonia Time Machine, without identifying sources, shows the last day as Oct.28, with Ellington going into the Lafayette the next day. It shows the band returning to the Cotton Club on Jan 1, 1931 without identifying a source. Steven Lasker's A Cotton Club Miscellany, however, has Ellington at the Cotton Club until February 3, 1931 and theatre engagements typically ended before Ellington's band was on at the Cotton Club. The Afro-American, Baltimore, reports Calloway and his band went into the Cotton Club February 4 to replace Ellington. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-11-17, updated 2014-01-01 2014-02-02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 11 29 Saturday | 1930 12 05 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | "Double Check Revue" The New York Age
Since the paper was a weekly that probably hit the newstands two or three days before its official date, it is reasonable to assume Ellington's engagement ended in the early morning hours of Dec. 6. For our purposes, that is the night of Dec. 5. | New York Age, New York, N.Y.
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1930 11 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 11 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 12 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see The New York Evening Post Dec. 3 listing of night club activity shows COTTON CLUB, Lenox Ave. 142nd St.–A Dan Healy "All-colored Extravaganza" that should not be missed. Duke Ellington and band. 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Elizabeth Greer, 50, Sonny Greer's mom, died of heart disease. She was survived by Sonny's dad, Alexander, daughters Madeline and Saretta of Long Branch, Edward of Long Branch and Sonny, as well as four sisters and four brothers. The funeral was scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6. | Asbury Park Evening Press Asbury Park, N.J. 1930-12-04 p.2 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2025-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-11-29 This appears to be the last night of this run, ending with a midnight show. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2025-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 12 07 Sunday (evening) | . | New York, N.Y. | Waldorf Theatre 116 West 50th St. | NAACP benefit Sunday night. Tickets, $1 to $5 The New York Age Numerous Broadway stars, white and colored, will appear tomorrow night at the benefit... New York Amsterdam News named the expected acts, including Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.It is possible another drummer subbed for Sonny Greer, since this was the day of his mother's funeral. | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1930-12-06 Stratemann, p.45, citing New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1930-12-03 p.9 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-14 2025-01-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. |
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1930 12 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 145 E.24 St. | RCA Victor recording session Recording Supervisor at Victor per its log sheet: "Irving Mills Dir." 1:45-5:00 A.M. or P.M. isn't stated. Unless the band had the night off at the Cotton Club, this will have been an afternoon session. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, Bennie Payne Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet Titles recorded:
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1930 12 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 13 Saturday | 1930 12 17 Wednesday | New York, N.Y. | New Douglas Theatre Lenox Ave. at 142nd Street The Cotton Club was on the second floor of the theatre building - see the image at | Amsterdam News New DOUGLAS Theatre The Spell of the Circus is a 10-episode movie serial film.Lenox Ave. Cor. 142nd Street - Phone Edgecombe 8041 5 Days Beginning Saturday December 13 DUKE ELLINGTON And His COTTON CLUB BAND IN PERSON ON THE STAGE Together with the showing of "AMOS 'N' ANDY" IN "CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK" ALSO First Chapter of Mysterious Serial THE SPELL OF THE CIRCUS NO ADVANCE IN PRICES |
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1930 12 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Douglas Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 12 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Douglas Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 12 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Douglas Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 12 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles per K. Steiner, additional commentary and spelling corrections by S. Lasker)
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1930 12 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Douglas Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 12 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 18 Thursday | . | . | . | Two unissued Brunswick recordings were dated 18Dec29 in DEMS 03,3-9 and 18Dec30 in DEMS 09,3-24. 18Dec29 is correct. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see It seems likely the Ellington orchestra had the night off since Mills Blue Rhythm Band substituted for Ellington's band in the WEAF broadcast | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2018-09-01 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930 12 22 Monday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Enquirer: 'Noble Sissle recently arrived in this country and has been spending several weeks with Duke Ellington of the Cotton Club, New York... ' According to New York Age, Sissle sailed from Liverpool Dec. 16 and was to arrive in New York Dec. 22. |
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1930 12 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1930 12 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | (Unconfirmed) Bandleader/songwriter Noble Sissle was to appear with his band at a Christmas Eve homecoming reception on their return from Europe. The Pittsburgh Courier ran a story datelined Paris, November 26, which announced "Duke Ellington To Welcome Noble Sissle Upon His Return Next Month. Upon his arrival, plans are being made to have Duke Ellington, America's premier jazz directory, and other persons whose names are bywords in Harlem and along Broadway, meet him. The event was later briefly described by the Baltimore Afro-American as a flop, with no mention of Ellington.It isn't clear whether Ellington was to greet Sissle dockside, one on one, or attend the gala performance. If he was to attend the gala, it isn't clear if he did so, and if so, whether he made a personal, non-playing appearance or performed with his orchestra. Further information is welcome. |
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1930 12 25 Thursday Christmas | . | Washington, D.C. | New Masonic Temple or Masonic Temple | 'Duke Ellington Here 'Duke Ellington Here | Baltimore Afro-American
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1930 12 25 Thursday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast Ken Steiner's research of Cotton Club broadcasts on NBC Master Books and Log Books with Corrected Traffic Sheets" shows the 30 minute broadcast on WEAF/NBC Red Network at 23:30, but without detail. Note the possible conflict with the Washington dance Christmas morning. The following scenarios should be considered:
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Circa 1930 12 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem |
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1930 12 28 Sunday evening | . | Ossining, N.Y. | Sing Sing prison | About 100 performers led by Bill (Bojangles) Robinson entertained the prisoners in Sing Sing prison. The group included the entire cast of 'Brown Buddies' which starred Bojangles, Ellington and his band from the Cotton Club, and other entertainers from the Cotton Club and Small's Paradise Club. Sing Sing, on the Hudson River, is about 30 miles north of central Manhattan.) | "Negro Performers Entertain At Sing Sing Prison" New York Age, 1931-01-08 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-04 2024-12-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 12 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 01 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 01 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | OKeh studio Probably 1819 Broadway possibly 25 West 45th Street. | OKeh recording session originally dated The New York Syncopaters or Memphis Hot Shots for the first two titles, and Harlem Footwarmers for the last two. Personnel: Whetsel, C. Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Sid Garry (vocal)* Titles recorded:
Brian Priestley's essay "Evolving in Rhythm" (Blue Light, Vol. 10. No. 1, 2003 Jan-Feb-Mar, pp. 8 to 11) 'takes a closer look at the development of Rockin' in Rhythm, and its many manifestations in the years from 1930 to the end of the Ellington band.' Of all Ellington's early works that stayed in the book until the end, this was the only one that was always played in its entirety, without ever being put into the medley. I have the impression that the band's members never grew tired of this warhorse. [empahsis added] Palmquist note:While Rockin' in Rhythm stayed in the book forever, by the 1960s Ellington often made it into a medley with a lengthy piano introduction called Kinda Dukish, followed by a raucous band performance, the only saving grace being Harry Carney's clarinet solo. |
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1931 01 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 01 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | . | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 10 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event In praising vaudevillian Naomi Price in this week's The Pittsburgh Courier, Floyd G. Snelson named her manager and the manager's association with Ellington: '...Miss Price is under the management of Harrison G. Smith ......who has been such a factor in the success of ... Duke Ellington, ... The Pittsburgh Courier readers will recall Smith's booking of Duke Ellington and his band at the Olympic and Schenley theaters, the engagements which "made" Ellington. Smith recently sold his contract covering the exclusive services of Ellington and his band to Irving Mills and Duke Ellington, Inc. in order to permit Ellington to appear in Amos 'n' Andy's "Check and Double Check" picture...' The Ellington events he mentioned were not recent. Smith booked Ellington into the Olympic and Schenley in August/September 1926, Duke Ellington Inc. was incorporated in 1929 and the Amos 'n' Andy film contract is datedSmith may have started managing Ellington in late March 1926, and it isn't known when that ended. See the supporting webpage TDWAW - Harrison G. Smithfor Harrison Smith. |
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1931 01 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | 114 E. 32nd St. or 1776 Broadway | A.R.C. recording session The Whoopee Makers Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Chick Bullock, vocal. Titles recorded:
Steven Lasker: 'This session took place either at 114 E. 32nd Street or at 1776 Broadway, I can't say which. As I noted in the discussion under circa 1928 03 08, the ARC's New York studio moved to 1776 Broadway circa January 1931. The earliest ledger sheet to show that address, for master number 10460, is dated 1931-03-04, but the move happened earlier inasmuch as the |
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1931 01 12 Monday 2 P.M. | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Recording Studio Room 2 (Studio 2) 799 Seventh Ave. |
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1931 01 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 01 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio 799 Seventh Ave. Studio 3 | Recording session for the Brunswick and Melotone labels. 14:00 - 16:55 The Jungle Band and Earl Jackson and His Musical Champions Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bennie Payne, vocal and piano Titles recorded:
The Brunswick Recording Laboratories Work Order and Questionnaire for Rockin' Chair, reproduced in DEMS 2000/3, was typed, showing a typed "Lab. Date" of Jan. 12, 1931, altered in writing to Jan. 14, and Studio No. 2, altered to No. 3.The typed artist name was "Jungle Band" and "Name Later," with "The Washingtonians" added in handwritten capital letters. Instrumentation shows as 2 pianos, drums, 3 saxes, 1 banjo, 1 bass viol, 3 turmpets and 1 trombone. This form was originally for the Jan.12 session, and at the bottom is a note saying "10 waxes cut for this selection 1-12-31 - no masters made. Room 2 Jan. 13." The form shows the number of men used as 12, but this is appears to have been altered from 11. This may be due to using both Payne and Ellington on piano. |
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1931 01 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 145 E.24th St. | RCA Victor recording session Irving Mills, director 1:30-5:40 This appears to be an afternoon session since the band was working nights at the Cotton Club. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Chick Bullock,vocal Titles recorded:
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1931 01 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 01 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio Studio 2 799 Seventh Ave. | Recording session for the Brunswick and Melotone labels. 14:30 - 17:50 The Jungle Band The first and last titles were released on Melotone as by Earl Jackson and His Musical Champions. Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, vocal Titles recorded:
' Is That Religion was first released on Melotone with artist's credit to Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions. Melotone was a 25-cent budget label. (If you're ever curious about the retail price of 78s in the period 1925-50, check out this link: http://www.vjm.biz/new_page_11.htm |
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1931 01 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | (Unconfirmed) "Congressman Oscar DePriest...principal speaker at a big public mass meeting to adi the jobless, which will be staged at Rockland Palace...The meeting is being promoted by Apex Beauty College and the proceeds will be given to the Urban League, the Harlem Co-opeartating Committee and other agencies for the unemployed." Advertisement:"Gala Benefit for Urban League and Harlem Co-Operating Committee for Unemployment Relief Under auspices of Apex College. Artists named "who will definitely attend:" Congressman Oscar DePriest; Bill Bojangles Robinson; Adelaide hall; Ada Brown; Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra; Alma Smith and Putnie; Connie's Inn Revue; Red and Struggie; 2 Midnight Steppers; Berry Brothers; Beatrice Foots; Leonard Harper; Roy White; Small's Paradise Revue; Myara Johnson; Harold Reed; Chas. Johnson and His Small's Paradise Band. The report only confirms 3,000 attended the meeting and there was dancing. It doesn't confirm who performed. |
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1931 01 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
New York, Jan. 23 -- Fireman, save my child! |
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1931 01 23 Friday | 1931 02 04 Wednesday | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theater | Stage show Stratemann has the engagement ending Feb. 5, likely taken from a Variety ad which said the band was held over a second week, thus indicating closing on Feb. 5. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle carried an ad for Ellington and the Paramount on Feb. 5 as well. However, since the band opened in Boston on that day, this chronology shows it closing Feb. 4. The Paramount run was announced as the band's first stage appearance in Brooklyn, and the initial announcement in the Standard Union said it was for two weeks. The ads included the film, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, and "RUBINOFF - Public Revue." Standard Union's review: '...Duke Ellington, temporarily supplanting the crooning Mr. Vallee, leeas his Cotton Club orchestra through several jazz selections. Appearing in the Publix revue, "Three of a Kind," these estimable musicians offer their number in red hot, sizzling style. Other entertainers include Hal Netman, Fred Sylvester and Grace Bowman.' The Brooklyn Daily Eagle provided more information about the other acts:
'...Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra spread indigo syncopation and torrid music all over the place. They offer a programme which includes "Mood Indigo,: "Nobody's Sweetheart Now," and "Tiger Rag." It would be a pleasure to listen to them all day long.' |
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1931 01 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 24 Saturday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 24 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The New York Age this date carried an ad for the Lafayette showing DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND ON THE VVITAPHONE [sic}. Steven Lasker: 'The stage show gets top billing in the ad, above the films. So "Duke Ellington's band on the Vitaphone" must refer to one of its two short films. (The band had made two features, "Headlines," a 1925 silent, and "Check and Double Check," a 1930 talkie. Bearing in mind that films were the property of the film studio which were rented to exhibitors and had to be returned, the theatre was prohibited from excerpting the five-minute clip with Ellington from the latter.) The two shorts were "Black and Tan" (1929) and "Pathe Audio Review #1," released in December 1930. Both shorts were produced in sound-on-film and sound-on-disk versions. "Vitaphone" was a sound film system proprietary to Warner Bros. Pictures, a studio for which Ellington never worked (although the company did own and control Brunswick Records in 1930-31), so the reference in the ad is most likely a mistake on the part of the ad's copywriter. |
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1931 01 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 25 Sunday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 26 Monday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 27 Tuesday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 28 Wednesday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 29 Thursday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 01 30 Friday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
1931 01 31 Saturday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 01 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011> | |
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1931 02 01 Sunday | 1931 02 05 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 02 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 15 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:45-12:00 midnight Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS, comments by S. Lasker
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1931 02 02 Monday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 02 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. | K. Steiner: NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets" Library of Congress - see | . | DEMS | . | Ken Steiner | Added 2011 updated 2013 2018-08-24 2020-03-21 | |
1931 02 03 Tuesday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 02 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m. (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
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1931 02 04 Wednesday | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Presumed ending day of Stage show - see 1931 01 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 02 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event 1Cab Calloway and his orchestra became the Cotton Club house band while Ellington and his orchestra began an 18-week "limited tour of Paramount-Publix most important theatres" 2 "...the Duke and the Cotton Club will go their separate ways because he has refused to accept a cut in salary for himself and his men, and that a smaller organization is going in at a reduced price." According to Shipton, Calloway was under contract to Moe Gale who was having trouble finding work for his band. At the very end of 1930, he managed to put the band into the Crazy Cat. According to his autobiography, mobsters showed up at that club and told him to be at the Cotton Club to rehearse. His contract with Gale would be torn up and he'd be employed by the Cotton Club. While he was playing at the Strand in January, it was announced to the press that he would replace Ellington at the Cotton Club in the first week of February. The Pittsburgh Courier carried Floyd J. Calvin's lengthy column about Calloway, datelined New York, Jan. 29, in which Calloway was reported to be opening at the Cotton Club on February 5. |
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1931 02 05 Thursday | circa 1932 02 01 | . | . | Ellington and his orchestra began a year on the road, opening in Boston on February 5, 1931. With the exceptions of an apparently cancelled February 11 date at the Hotel New Yorker and an October week in nearby Jersey City, N.J., they were away from New York until the beginning of February, 1932. Hasse (and confirmed by Bigard): 'Impresario Mills gave out typewritten itineraries, and each member of the orchestra knew what bus, train or boat to catch..." ' John Hammond:'Speaking of the Duke, I hear that he will return to New York early in February [1932], his first visit in well over a year. Trouble with the local racketeers, I fear, has been one of the causes of his prolonged absence.' Barney Bigard:'... it was over eleven years till I once again could settle down and stay in one place. The world was now made up of theaters, trains, boats, hotel rooms, movie lots, radio stations, band buses which all come under the all encompassing heading "The rigors of the never ending road." Of course it wasn't a bad life once you took to it. Living out of a suitcase has its good points too, but you just don't have any roots. No place to really come home to. In fact home is with the band, year in and year out.' |
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Circa 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | Personnel change Cotton Club bus boy Richard Bowden "Jonesy" Jones When did Ellington hire Jonesy? Ellington wrote: '...our first band boy... worked his way up to bus boy at the Cotton Club... What is a band boy? Bigard: 'We had a band boy named Richard B. Jones. He used to be a bus boy at the Cotton Club and when we left we took "Jonesy" with us. He was so loyal to Duke that later he became more of a bodyguard. He used to handle all the trunks. Put them on and off trains and bring them to the hotel to the rooms and all. He also kept the band's music and passed it out.' Hasse:'"Jonesy" became the "band boy," responsible for handling the trunks, helping Sonny Greer set up his elaborate drum set and keep it polished, handing out musical arrangements, and acting as something of a bodyguard for Ellington.' Boyer:'When a dance is over, [road manager Jack] Boyd and his Negro assistant, Richard Jones, or Jonesy, who doubles as Duke's valet, begin packing the instruments, uniforms, scores, stands, and the like so that they can be transported to the next town the band is playing. "If the band gets four hours' sleep," Boyd often says, "me and Jonesy don't get any. When the band walks out, they're through, but me and Jonesy have to get the baggage on the train and often we don't get to bed at all." ' Chester Nerges, Chicago Defender:'He looks after all of the baggage, assists Sonny Greer in setting up his drums and keeping them shining at all times, distributes the music and does many other important jobs that the ordinary public would never think of. However, aside from all these duties his main interest lies within the old maestro, Duke. Anywhere you happen to see Mr. Ellington his worthy constituent is right by his side. At times Duke reminds one of a gangster with one of his bodyguards. '... he was always ready to do anything to help us. He first got into our world by helping us load instruments on the many nights we did benefits. We were sort of hooked on each other... ' Ulanov, who spells the middle name "Bowdoin")'Jones is very close to Duke. Since 1927, when Duke found him at the Cotton Club, a newly-wed bus-boy, he's been in constant attendance upon him, a valet, factotoum, friend.' Carney, quoted by Lawrence:'...When he wasn't busing dishes, he was always hanging around backstage... Duke would always change clothes between shows. The next thing we knew, Jonesy would be in his dressing room helping him. He did the same thing on the theater dates downtown. When we had recording dates he'd do the setups, and once Sonny got those drums, Duke knew he'd need some help with them and hired Jonesy as a combination valet-band boy. Then they took him on the road with us.' |
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1931 02 05 Thursday | 1931 02 11 Wednesday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theatre | Stage show First engagement of the 18 week Publix theatre chain tour. The outstanding attraction on the stage program yesterday afternoon was Duke Ellington and his celebrated Cotton Club band. They roused the audience to loud, even vociferous applause which continued without pause through the 10-minute trailer that followed their appearance. Ellington plays the piano and conducts, while the members of the orchestra do their specialties, producing a lively, rhythmic, ear-piercing din. They have their own idea of jazz and it is undeniably effective. E.L.H. In DEMS 05/1-7, Ken Steiner wrote that a dance at the Hotel New Yorker announced in Variety 1930-12-24 is unlikely to have occurred on this date, if at all, because the band was working in Boston. Stratemann, p.47, reports the dates as Feb 6 to 12; Mr. Steiner's research determined the dates were Feb. 5 to 11. |
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1931 02 06 Friday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville -Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 07 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 08 Sunday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 09 Monday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 09 Monday | . | Boston, Mass. | Ambassador Palace Berkeley St. & Warren Ave. | "Duke Ellington and his orchestra and Charlie Johnson and his Victor Recording orchestra from Small's Paradise, New York, drew the largest throng of both races ever gathered in this city when they played at the Ambassador palace, Berkeley St. and Warren Ave." | "Boston Turns Out to Greet Duke, Charlie," Chicago Defender, city ed., 1931-02-14, p.6 | . | DEMS
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1931 02 10 Tuesday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Commodore "The Ballroom Beautiful" | (Unconfirmed) Dance "Tomorrow Night | Ads, Lowell Sun
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1931 02 10 Tuesday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 11 Wednesday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | Publix Theatre tour Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hotel New Yorker | (Very doubtful) Stratemann reports the band may have returned to New York briefly for a dance engagement but gives no supporting data. This appears to be the event discussed by Steiner (see 1931 02 05 entry above) and probably did not occur. It seems likely the plans changed when the Publix tour was booked in the last six weeks of the Cotton Club residency. | Stratemann p.47 | . | DEMS | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 2015-06-17 2020-03-21 | |
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1931 02 13 Friday | . | . | . | Personnel change Ivie Anderson joined the band at the request of Balaban of the theatre owner Balaban & Katz for its four weeks in its Chicago theatres, and she was billed as the "Featured Singer." At the end of the four week try-out, Ellington asked her to stay on. | Ivie Anderson web page ( http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html ) | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015 updated 2015-06-04 2017-07-11 2017-09-26 | |
1931 02 13 Friday | 1931 02 19 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Stage show Vocalist Ivie Anderson's debut with Ellington
STAGE SHOWS '... I used to skip school when it was at the Oriental Theatre. In fact, kids all over the South Side did. You couldn't find five kids in any class when that band was there.' 'In addition to her great singing, Ivie was also considered a good-luck charm. We opened at the Oriental Theater on Friday, February 13, 1931, and we broke the all-time house record. We returned to the Oriental on Friday, March 13, 1931, and broke that record, too.' |
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1931 02 14 Saturday Valentine's Day | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 15 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 16 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 17 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 19 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 20 Friday | 1931 02 26 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville show, with Ivie Anderson, a group called Ford Marshall and Jones, and the Regalettes Variety: 'House records were broken here this week with Duke Ellington. |
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1931 02 21 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 22 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 23 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 24 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 25 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 It appears a special extra show was put on at midnight either for the members of, or sponsored by, Local 208, which was the AF of M local for black musicians. HEAR AND SEE | Chicago Defender
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1931 02 26 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 02 27 Friday | 1931 03 05 | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre (Publix~Balaban & Kata) Broadway at Lawrence | Stage show, with Ivie Anderson, the Four Blazes and the Regalettes Third week of 18 week contract with Publix theater chain (Ending date previously reported as Mar.4) Admission: 35¢ 12 to 6 p.m. The March 7 national edition of the Chicago Defender announced Ellington's arrival at the Uptown, and said "he will play the Paradise, and Fisher, Detroit, before returning east of a call at the Paramount, Brooklyn." The Indianapolis Recorder, Feb.28: 'ELLINGTON BAND PACKING THEM IN |
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1931 02 28 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
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1931 03 01 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 02 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 03 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 04 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 05 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 06 Friday | 1931 03 12 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Vaudeville Shown in the Leading Orchestras Directory in Variety as the week of March 5. Dates have been corrected (not Mar 5 to 11) based on ads |
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1931 03 07 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 08 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 09 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 10 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 11 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 12 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 | |
1931 03 13 Friday | 1931 03 19 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater Randolph near State Publix-Balaban & Katz Loop Theaters | Vaudeville Duke Ellington and his orchestra returned to the Oriental in a "Complete New Program" but the daily ads include a second band as well, TED COOK and BAND in color-riot 'Knick-Knacks' with FRED LIGHTNER and a dozen other merrymakers.also advertised as TED COOK and Orchestra in Knick Knacks FRED LIGHTNER and ROSCELLA, Lillian Dawson, Bee Hee and Rubyette, Merriel Abbot Girls, Preston Sellers, organist.
On its page for March 1931 (p.49), Vail I shows a night-time photo of the Oriental Theater marquee. The film named on the marquee, "Big-Hearted Herbert," was not made until 1934 and played during Ellington's late 1934 Oriental appearance. |
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1931 03 14 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 | |
1931 03 14 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The March 14, 1931 edition of The New York Age reported "They broke the attendance records at the Rialto Theatre, Chicago, a few weeks ago and played to turn-away business at the Tivoli, also in Chicago, last week." We are so far unable to confirm the Tivoli and Fisher dates. | . | . | . | . | djp | . | New added 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 15 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 | |
1931 03 16 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 | |
1931 03 17 Tuesday St. Patrick's Day | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 | |
1931 03 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 | |
1931 03 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom South Parkway at 47th St. | Pittsburgh Courier Mar.14: ' CHICAGO, Mar.12–All Chicago is taking a social rest and "beuty nap," so to speak, to await the coming of Duke Ellington to the South Side and bring his band for an all-evening dance at the Savoy Ballroom, South Parkway at 47th street, Wednesday evening, March 18.
| The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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1931 03 19 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 13. Last night. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 2020-12-12 | |
1931 03 20 Friday | 1931 03 26 | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater BAGLEY NEAR GD. CIRCUS PARK | Vaudeville Harlem's Jazz King! Variety reported the theatre grossed $40,000 during the week with Ellington's band. |
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1931 03 21 Saturday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011. | |
1931 03 22 Sunday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 Detroit Free-Press: 'Duke Ellington and his orchestra, often heard on the NBC national network, will be the feature on the theater broadcast at 2 p.m. over WJR.' | High Spots on The Air Today, Detroit Free Press, 1931-03-22, courtesy K.Steiner. | . | . | . | KS | Added 2011 updated 2016-03-25. | |
1931 03 23 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 24 Tuesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 25 Wednesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 26 Thursday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 27 Friday | 1931 04 02 | , | . | Overview of these few days Stratemann, citing Variety 1931-04-01 p.60: 'On March 27, Ellington went out on a series of one-nighters at the Tivoli, Waukegan, III.; the Rialto, Joliet. III.; Madison. Wisc., and Peoria, Ill. (Var: 1.4.31p60) then resumed his theatre dates ' The Variety Leading Orchestras Directory cited is not as precise, saying:'Mar. 27–Waukegan, Tenn; Rialto, Joliet; Madison; Peoria' Vail, without naming sources, has Ellington at the Palace in Peoria March 27-29, then at the Rialto in Joliet, March 30-April 1. While Variety appears to say Waukegan, Tenn., the archived digital page image is low resolution image, and "Tenn." might be "Penn." or "Term." or something else. In any event, there is a Waukegan, Illinois, north of Chicago, and a Waukegan, Texas, north of Houston. |
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1931 03 27 Friday | . | Iowa City, Iowa | Pastime Theatre | Peripheral event Pastime Theatre ads from March 27 to April 2 included a small box with variations on this wording: You Will Hear and See the Hottest Jazz The Press-Citizen's review of the featured film said: '...Duke Ellington and his popular Cotton club orchestras and entertainers are featured in a 20 minute act that is different and entertaining. Unusual photography adds to the pleasure of the Ellington act...' .Typical theatre ads for Ellington's vaudeville appearances around this time featured his name prominently with reference to his vaudeville show and to Ivie Anderson. This, combined with the review's mention of photography and the conflict with appearances elsewhere during the same days, suggest the Pastime was showing an Ellington film short. This may not be the case, since "Black and Tan" is the only Ellington short known to have been made by this time, and it was released in 1929. |
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1931 03 27 Friday | . | Stratemann shows an appearance in Waukegan based on Variety. This conflicts with the confirmed Peoria engagement below. | Variety 1931-04-01 p.60. | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | Added 2011 updated 2021-08-23 2022-04-03 | |||
1931 03 27 Friday | 1931 03 29 | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | Motion Picture Herald: 'Colored Band Wins Over Publix Circuit, | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2022-03-01 citing Motion Picture Herald, 1931-08-08, p. 168 | . | . | . | Ken Steiner aug11 | Added 2011 updated 2022-04-03 | |
1931 03 28 Saturday | . | False date Motion Picture Herald's report of the three days in Peoria spans this date. | . | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | Added 2011 updated 2022-04-03 | |||
1931 03 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Silver Slipper night club Manhattan | Peripheral event Various newspapers announced Ellington and his orchestra would appear at the Westchester County Park Policemen's Benevolent Association first annual benefit vaudeville show, but the benefit's review in the Yonkers Statesman said they did not come. |
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1931 03 28 Saturday | . | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 03 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 29 Sunday | . | Madison, Wisc. | . | False date | . | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 29 Sunday | . | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 03 27 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 03 30 Monday | 1931 04 01 | Joliet, Ill. | Rialto Theatre | Vaudeville | Vail I | . | . | . | Ken Steiner aug11 | Added 2011 | |
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1931 04 01 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented Possibly a travel day. | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
1931 04 02 Thursday | . | Omaha, Neb. | . | The band arrived in Omaha by train. The Omaha Bee-News: 'Ellington and Band Arrive 'Yes, Duke Ellington is married. Mrs. Ellington was in Omaha with him. She's about 4 feet 5 inches tall, and has been mistaken for the Duke's daughter. And, believe you me, whe wears the glad rags, and how.' | The Omaha Bee-News, Omaha, Nebr.
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1931 04 03 Friday | 1931 04 09 | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show Now! THE SENSATION The theatre ads are topped with a banner "World Vaudeville Pictures," with a small insert saying "A Publix Theatre" World Herald Apr.4 Jazz Entertainers Head Stage Show 'Ballyhoo Helps "Name" Shows in Small Key Spots Ellington caricatures clearly based on the Hirschfeld drawing discussed at |
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1931 04 04 Saturday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 There were five shows Saturday and Sunday: 1:45; 4:00; 6:25; 8:45; and 11:00. The showtimes were not advertised other days; presumably there would have been four a day. | The World Herald, Omaha, Nebr. 1931-04-044 p.11 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 05 Sunday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 06 Monday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 06 Monday | . | Omaha, Neb. | KOIL Studios | Half-hour broadcast at 11:30 on radio station KOIL. Described the next day as "Hot, eh?" | Omaha Bee-News, Omaha, Nebr.
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1931 04 07 Tuesday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 | The Omaha Bee-News,Omaha,Nebr. 1931-04-07 p.3 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 08 Wednesday | . | Omaha, Neb. | Corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets. | Free outdoor Milk and Ice Fund fundraising concert - see 1931 04 07 A record store, A. Hospe Co., was located at this intersection | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 08 Wednesday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 08 Wednesday | . | Omaha, Neb. | The Omaha Bee-News: '...Duke Ellington and his famed New York Cotton club [sic] Serenaders, Art Randall and his Royal Fontenelle orchestra and the specialty casts from the Brownell Hall revue practiced for the last time Wednesday night before the big Free Milk and Ice fund party.' | The Omaha Bee-News, Omaha,Nebr. 1931-04-09 p.2 | . | . | . | djp | Added New added 2022-04-06 | ||
1931 04 09 Thursday | . | Omaha, Neb. | World Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 04 03 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 09 Thursday | . | Omaha, Neb. | Fontanelle Hotel | Omaha Bee-News Milk and Ice Fund Charity Ball Remote broadcast on KIOL. The Omaha Bee-News: 'Fund Starts Off With $1,144 |
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1931 04 10 Friday | . | . | . | Travel - Omaha to Minneapolis. | 1931-04-10 p.15 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-04-04 | |
1931 04 11 Saturday | 1931 04 17 Friday | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater (Publix) | Vaudeville, with the film feature Man of the World, starring William Powell. Duke Ellington 'Ford, Marshall and Jones, dancers, with Ivy Johnson[sic], blues singer, and the Harlem Ballet. Lou Breese and his music offer some new orchestral selections and Stan Malotte at the organ plays a novelty number. ' |
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1931 04 12 Sunday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 13 Monday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 14 Tuesday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 15 Wednesday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 16 Thursday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 17 Friday | . | Minneapolis, Minn. | Minnesota Theater | Vaudeville - see 1931 04 11 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 18 Saturday | 1931 04 21 Tuesday | Des Moines, Iowa | Paramount Theatre | Vaudeville: 'duke The first appearance in print of the complete Al Hirschfeld iconic caricature of Ellington, commissioned by Irving Mills, appears to have been in the Des Moines Sunday Register on this date. The complete caricature was included in the first (1931) ADVERTISING MANUAL DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA distributed by/for Mills Dance Orchestras Inc. (see Blue Light). Edited versions of Hirschfeld's drawing appeared in the Paramount Theatre ads on the next page and in The Des Moines Register, as well as in the Des Moines Tribune-Capital as early as April 16. A crudely drawn Ellington caricature with several similarities to the Hirschfeld drawing appeared in the World Vaudeville Pictures ad for Duke Ellington In Person and His New York Cotton Club Orchestra in Omaha's April 4 Evening World-Herald. While the Advertising Manual appears not to have been issued until November 1931, the Omaha caricature may indicate the Mills organization commissioned the Hirschfeld illustration before April 4. |
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1931 04 19 Sunday | . | Des Moines, Iowa | Paramount Theatre | see 1931 04 18 The Jefferson Herald: 'Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Clopton with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coburn and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Lawton, Jr., were members of a congenial party which motored to Des Moines Sunday to heear Killington at one of the capital city theaters.' | The Jefferson Herald, Jefferson, Iowa, 1931-04-23 p.5 | . | . | . | SL | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-18 2018-01-22 2020-12-12 | |
1931 04 20 Monday | . | Des Moines, Iowa | Paramount Theatre | see 1931 04 18 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 21 Tuesday | . | Des Moines, Iowa | Paramount Theatre | see 1931 04 18 Five stage shows this last day of the engagement. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-12 | |
1931 04 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. | Peripheral event Steven Lasker: 'A division of German State radio sent reporter Hellmut H. Hellmut to the United States to produce a series of reports, "America Seen Through the Microphone." One segment concerns us, just over 20 minutes recorded at the Cotton Club, where Cab Calloway led the band, in the early morning hours of April 21, 1931. It is the earliest recording from the Cotton Club known to survive. Herr Hellmutt, sitting next to the Cotton Club's dance floor, spoke into a microphone, which picked up both his comments and the sounds made by the entertainers in the club, and conveyed them over NBC's radio line to RCA Victor's studio #1, where five 12-inch waxes were cut from which metal parts and finally shellac pressings derived.RCA's recording ledger includes the following entry: BROADCASTING RECORDINGS (our NBC line from the Dance Floor of the Cotton Club, Harlem N.Y.) (Studio #1, N.Y. IMPRESSION OF THE COTTON CLUB BY HERR HELLMUTT) Part 1-5 (CRC 53039-1/40-1/41-1/42/1/43-1) Time 12:30 to 1:20 A.M. of Ap. 21, 1931. One set of shellac pressings from 1931 is known. The labels bear gold lettering on a plain white field: Victor Special Record (FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY) RCA Victor Company, Inc. CAMDEN, N.J. The matrix numbers are typed to the right of the center hole, and just below the center hole is this: IMPRESSION OF THE COTTON CLUB Part 1 [also parts 2, 3, 4 and 5] HERR HELLMUT The complete recording was issued in 2003 on a 2-CD set, Bear Family BCD 16340 BL, "Live From the Cotton Club," that's out of print, but copies are occasionally offered on Amazon and eBay. The lavishly illustrated 125-page hardcover book justified its original retail price, which I recall was close to $100. An extensive essay by J. P. Bergmeier & Rainer E. Lotz gives background on this historic broadcast, and others from the series. The notes indicate that while some programs in the series were broadcast live over shortwave to Germany, the Cotton Club broadcast, if aired live, would have aired at an hour when most Germans were sleeping, so it was decided to record the broadcast on disk for later airing in Germany. It seems likely that a show broadcast in Germany between 7:35 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. on September 30, 1931 included snippets from the Cotton Club, one segment among others in the broadcast. Herr Hellmutt offered a play-by-play account of the sights in rapid-fire German. Herr Hellmutt chooses to speak over every other song, by coincidence (or not) those on which Cab Calloway sings. This is a recording from the Cotton Club which appears to have been broadcast, in edited form, months after the original event. I would hesitate to call this a Cotton Club broadcast, because it wasn't broadcast live or on American airwaves. One feature on the broadcast is a tap dance routine, announced by Herr Hellmut as by "Eddie Cantor" (it's not; it's probably Eddie Rector instead) accompanied by an unnamed pianist (Earres Prince?) playing Ellington's "The Mystery Song." Note that this recording predates Ellington's own version of the song, recorded June 17, 1931. Ellington recalled (MIMM, p. 81): "I wrote 'The Mystery Song' for the Step Brothers in rehearsal. It was part of their act, not part of the show." The late Brooks Kerr recalled being told by Ellington in 1968 that he'd notated The Mystery Song 40 years before, in 1928. It is believed the "Step Brothers" is another name for the "Five Blazes," a group whose debut at the Cotton Club was reported in the Morning Telegraph on October 7, 1928: "Danny Small and his five blazes have been added to the new show." The "Five Blazes" are listed in a program for "Spring Birds," the Cotton Club revue which opened on Mar 31, 1929. The "Five Blazers" [sic] are listed among the acts working at the Cotton Club in the Chicago Defender (national edition) during 1929 in the editions of June 1, August 31, September 7, September 28 and October 5. This is believed to be the same group as the "Five Hot Shots" who dance in RKO's Black and Tan, and may be the same group as the "Ebony Steppers," who appeared in "Blackberries Crop of 1931" according to the program for that show, which opened at the Cotton Club on September 28, 1930. The "4 STEP-BROTHERS" were so billed in the program for the spring 1938 Cotton Club Parade, which also featured Duke Ellington. | Email, Lasker - Palmquist, Steiner, Porter, 2018-09-25 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2018-09-25 | |
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1931 04 23 Thursday | 1931 04 29 Wednesday | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | . |
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1931 04 24 Friday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 25 Saturday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 26 Sunday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 27 Monday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 28 Tuesday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 04 29 Wednesday Ellington's birthday | . | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | See 1931 04 23 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
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1931 05 00 | . | . | Peripheral event In May, Orchestra World published a short Ellington biography with his photograph. The article says Indicative of his national popularity is the fact that early returns in the national popularity contest conducted by THE ORCHESTRA WORLD showed Ellington and individual players of his group leading the field for honors as leader and individual player. | Orchestra World, May 1931, p.17, courtesy Ralph Wondraschek | . | . | . | rw | New added 2018-09-12 | ||
1931 05 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Mills building 156 W.46th St. | Peripheral event Motion Picture Herald "Up and Down the Alley with Ed Dawson," 'Mills Music was on the second floor and Mills Artists on the smaller third floor.' Lasker:'Gotham Music, which published Ellington, was also located at this address. For subsequent moves, see the entries at 1932 02 00 and 1932 09 00 below. ' | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2022-03-01, citing:
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1931 05 01 Friday | 1931 05 07 Thursday | Kansas City, Mo. | Newman Theater | Variety May 13: 'Estimates for This Week | Variety 1931-05-13 p.10. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2021-08-23 | |
1931 05 02 Saturday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Newman Theater | see 1931 05 01 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 05 03 Sunday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Newman Theater | see 1931 05 01 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 05 04 Monday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Newman Theater | see 1931 05 01 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 05 04 Monday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Paseo Hall 15th & Paseo | Doubtful 'THE MUSICIANS OF 'I don't believe Duke actually performed at this event, A review of the Musicians' Ball in the "dance gossip by e.w.w." column in the May 8, 1931 Kansas City Call reported that "six bands played," than goes on to describe each of them, Iola Burton, Elmer Payne, Paul Banks, Andy Kirk, Jap Allen, and Walter Page. Quite an event no doubt, but no mention of Duke!' Since I am unable to locate the newspaper online to hunt for a followup report, this event is unconfirmed. It seems likely however, since visiting bands were booked in the club on Monday nights. It doesn't necessarily conflict with the theatre engagement. |
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1931 05 07 Thursday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Newman Theater | see 1931 05 01 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 05 08 Friday | 1931 05 14 Thursday | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | The St. Louis Star: 'Ambassador: Duke Ellington and his famous Cotton Club orchestra apear on the stage at the Ambassador. A second stage production, "Cupid's Carnival," with five acts of vaudeville, and a screen comedy, "Fify Million Frenchmen"...complete the bill...' . |
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1931 05 10 Sunday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 10 Sunday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave. Harlem | Banquet in honour of the band. | "The Duke Himself in Town," St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.5 | . | DEMS
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1931 05 11 Monday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 12 Tuesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 12 Tuesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Pythian Hall & Cotton Club 3137 & 3133 Pine | Dance, Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra. | ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3 | . | DEMS
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1931 05 13 Wednesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 13 Wednesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | People's Finance Auditorium | Duke and members of his orchestra were "celebrated guests" at a dance. | "Duke Ellington Guest at Shriners' Annual Dance," St. Louis Argus, 15May31, p5 | . | DEMS
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1931 05 14 Thursday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 14 Thursday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Pythian Hall and Cotton Club | Duke Ellington a "special guest" at performance by the Walter Barnes band. | Ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3 | . | DEMS
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1931 05 00 | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Auditorium, Koch Hospital | At the invitation of a hospital patient, Duke Ellington performed six tunes: Ring Dem Bells, Three Little Words (vocal by Sonny Greer), I'm a Little Blackbird (vocal by Ivie Anderson), When We Get Together (vocal by an otherwise unidentified "Mr. Harris"), Dinah (vocal again by Greer), and St. Louis Blues. | "Duke Ellington Stirs Koch Hospital Patients with his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra," St. Louis Argus 1931-05-15, p.3 The Koch Hospiatl seems to have been located in Oakville, near St. Louis, and in St. Louis County. | . | DEMS
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1931 05 15 Friday | 1931 05 21 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | (1)"Harlem Jazz Kings At Oriental Theatre (2)"Included on the program.are The Peanut Vendor, Ol' Man River, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, I'm So In Love With You, Black and Tan Fantasy and Mood Indigo." Motion Picture Herald:'Chicago Oriental, Week Ending May 22 |
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1931 05 16 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 17 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 (Unconfirmed) This date conflicts with an advertised appearance in Albert Lea, Minn. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 17 Sunday | . | Albert Lea, Minn. | New Broadway | Peripheral event An advertisement for the New Broadway theatre said Sunday Only, the film was "Dude Ranch" and 'Added Attractions Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band Flip the Frog in "Ragtime Rodeo"' It seems likely the Ellington item was a film short since it conflicts with the Chicago residency and is not ballyhooed as it would normally be in an ad for Ellington appearances.. | Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn.1931-05-15 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-09-19 updated 2021-08-23 2022-07-13 | |
1931 05 18 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 19 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 20 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 21 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 | |
1931 05 22 Friday | 1931 05 28 Thursday | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | "Duke Ellington and Band at The Shea Buffalo Theater Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, 'the hottest band in the world,' will appear, in person at Shea's Buffalo beginning Friday. Duke Ellington and his band are making appearances at a few of the larger cities throughout the country, and Michael Shea arranged for their appearance at Shea's Buffalo... "'Doctors' Wives,' co-starring Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, will be the screen presentation..." |
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1931 05 23 Saturday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 24 Sunday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 25 Monday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 26 Tuesday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 27 Wednesday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 28 Thursday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-08-19 | |
1931 05 29 Friday | 1931 06 04 Sunday | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | Probably vaudeville Steven Lasker: 'Per Percival Outram's column, New York Age, 1935-10-19, quoted in Storyville 145, p. 28: Waiting for Duke Ellington in his dressing room Thursday at the Apollo Theatre his father confessed what I think an amusing and interesting story. The Duke, said his father, was playing a theatrical engagement in Canada about four years ago. Braud, Duke's then bass player took sick, Duke induced his father to go on the stage, hold the bass and make motions, "but don't touch it with your right hand, dad. Just make believe." Into the uniform rushed the new bass player and onto the stage -- but let the distinguished gentleman tell his own story: "Perspiration oozing from every pore on my body, 4,000 eyes were focussed on me. I was never so uncomfortable in my life. The 30 minutes on the stage looked like 30 hours. But there was I playing that bass. When I got off that stage my mentality was nearly wrecked and to crown all, the fingers of my left hand for some time refused to straighten, keeping the curve indicative of the stangle hold I had on the neck of that bass violin. |
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1931 05 30 Saturday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 05 31 Sunday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
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1931 06 01 Monday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 02 Tuesday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 03 Wednesday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 04 Thursday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 05 Friday | . | Scranton, Penn. | Masonic Temple ballroom. | Dance hosted by the Alpha Beta Phi fraternity of Central High School. Over 600 attended. | Report, "Dance of Fraternity is Brilliant Affair," The Scranton Republican 1931-06-06, courtesy K. Steiner | . | . | . | Ken Steiner | New added 2013-09-23 | |
1931 06 06 Saturday | 1931 06 19 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | Variety Apr.22: 'Duke Ellington's band, currently with Publix, is booked for two weeks commencing June 5 (sic) at the Pearl, Philadelphia, an indie theatre. Salary will be $5,000 per week. Pearl is operated by the Pearl Amusement Corp. and plays vaud-films. Ed. Scheuing, NBC's Artists Bureau, negotiated the booking. ' Chester Times:'James Furness,...was host to a theatre party at the Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday night. They heard Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra. ' |
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1931 06 07 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 08 Monday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 09 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 10 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 11 Thursday | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 114 N.5th St. | RCA Victor recording session 00:45-05:00 Steven Lasker: 'File sheet shows date of June 11th, and notes session was "called [for] 11:30 p.m.; orch. arrived 12:45 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.," and resulted in masters CVE-62831 (12-inch), BVE-62832 (10-inch) and CVE-68233 (12-inch). (Neither metal masters nor tests of BVE-68232, Creole Rhapsody -- Part I, are known.) Master 68230 (by Henny Hendrickson) was recorded June 10, while master 68234 (by Blanche Calloway) was recorded June 11, which confirms that Ellington's date was held in the early morning hours of Thursday the 11th. ' Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Titles recorded:
Note the city centre of Camden is about 5 miles from Philadelphia's city centre. Steven Lasker ' Victor 36049, Creole Rhapsody Parts 1 and 2, is a double-sided, 78 r.p.m. 12-inch disk with over four minutes of music on each side. Priced at $1.25, this was the first 12-inch disk to be released under Ellington's name. John Hammond reviewed the latter record in a letter dated 1932-03-09 that appeared in the 1932-04-00 issue of "Melody Maker" (on page 300c [sic]): 'That poor unfortunate and reactionary Victor company, which gets good bands only to lose them, has just issued a 12-in. Duke opus, his "Creole Rhapsody." This composition, alas, does not bear well this expansion, and is no longer homogeneous, if you get what I mean. Even so, it is a record to own.' Given the date of Hammond's letter, which predated by 16 days the release date shown for Victor 36049 in RCA's files, Hammond must have been in possession of an advance test pressing.' |
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1931 06 11 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 12 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 13 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 14 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 15 Monday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 16 Tuesday | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 114 N.5th St. | RCA Victor recording session, 9:00-11:45 We don't know if this session was in the afternoon or at night. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Titles recorded:
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1931 06 16 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 17 Wednesday | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 114 N.5th St. | RCA Victor recording session, 8:00-1:00 A.M. or P.M. not known> Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet Titles recorded:
The last title the Ellington band recorded in 1931 was The Mystery Song, the opening of which is a moment of pure Ellington magic... Steven Lasker:"It's Glory" is based on the changes of "Sweet Sue Just You." The manuscript score originally bore the title "Shim Sham," but that was erased and "It's Glory" written over it. Victor's recording sheet for this session shows that on the day of its recording, it was "M'Monia," and that title was etched by the recording engineer in the central area of the wax master. The title was changed to "It's Glory," although 78s released in Britain, France (and possibly Italy) bore the title "It's a Glory." |
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1931 06 17 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Market Arena | Dance (1)Blacks weren't admitted until Sam Stiefel, owner of the Pearl Theater, intervened. 'Finally they were admitted - but were forced to dance in a roped-off area set aside for them by officials.' | (1)"Jim Crow Negroes as Duke Plays", Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-25, p1 | . | DEMS
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1931 06 17 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 'James Furness, of Concord avenue, was host to a theatre party at the Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday night. They heard Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra.' | Chester Times, Chester, Penn. 1931-06-17 p.12 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2015-07-04 2020-03-21 2021-08-23 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 18 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 2020-03-21 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 18 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Shadowland | Return engagement from June 11 | Ad, Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-18 p.6 | . | DEMS
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1931 06 19 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre 2047 Ridge Avenue | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 2020-03-21 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 06 19 Friday | . | Reading, Penn. | Berkshire Country Club | "The Casa [L]oma Orchestra and Duke Ellington played for dancing." | "Misses Nicolls and Brother Entertain at Dance at Berkshire C.C.," Reading Eagle, 20Jun31 | . | . | . | AgustínPerez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012 | Added 2011 updated 2012-01-16 | |
1931 06 20 Saturday | . | Bemus Point, N.Y. | Casino | "Duke Ellington will appear in person with his original Cotton Club orchestra of twelve pieces in the Casino at Bemus Point Saturday night from 9 until 1 o'clock" "...The institute was visited in the afternoon; and following dinner, dancing at the Bemus Point Casino to Duke Ellington's colored band concluded the day..." |
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1931 06 21 Sunday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Roosevelt Theater | Email, David Hill/Palmquist 2022-11-11 with clippings: . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1931 06 21 Sunday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Motor Square | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 22 Monday | . | Erie, Penn. | Rainbow Gardens, Waldameer Park | June Frolic Dancing 9 to 1 Admission $3.00 Couple Alpha Gamma Sigma presents Duke Ellington (IN PERSON) and His Cotton Club Orcehstra The dance committee included Hercules Chacona, Harry Randolpoh, Carl Poole, Edward Hinchley, Donald Johnson, Selden Marsh and Howard Parsons. Herc Chacone booked Ellington dances twice in 1931 and again in 1933. Ken Steiner, referring to these clippings, reported the dances in DEMS 05/1-7. These clippings from Mr. Chacone's scrapbook have since been made publicly available by Mr. Chacone's son John via Facebook. 'Duke Ellingtons Band Thrills Thousands of Dancers Here THERE must have been the predicted 10,000 couples at Rainbow Gardens, Wahldameer, Monday night to hear the famous Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra play their incomparable music. The dance, sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity, had the highest attendance record of any function in Erie's social history. And not one of the guests was disappointed in that marvelous rhythm produced by those colored artists. Judging from the manner the dancers clammered around the orchestra stage it appeared that they didn't care to miss a note. It was perfectly grand to see such a response an dit certainly must have made the committee ... feel that their efforts were well appreciated. Duke Ellington's band needs praise from society editors, inasmuch as it is listed as one of the first-class and most popular bands in the country, but if one good word deserves another, it was the most wonderful music ever played in Erie...' | . | . | DEMS
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1931 06 23 Tuesday | . | Carrolltown, Penn | Sunset Ballroom | SUNSET |
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1931 06 24 Wednesday | . | Hershey, Penn. | Hershey Park Ballroom | Dance 'Watson Fletcher Jr. and Charles Homer spent Wednesday evening in Hershey, where they heard Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra. Valentine Berghaus and another friend accompanied them home, and were dinner guests in the Fletcher home on Thursday.' |
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1931 06 25 Thursday 9 to 1 | . | Yankee Lake, Ohio (12 miles north of Youngstown) | Yankee Lake Pavilion or Yankee Lake Ballroom | Dance, 9 to 1, admission $1.25 |
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1931 06 26 Friday | 1931 07 02 Thursday | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater Adams at Huron | Vaudeville show, fronting the film The Night Angel, starring Nancy Carroll and Fredric March. The stage show appears to have been performed 3 times a day initally - 2:15, 6:40 and 9:25 per the June 26 ad, but on June 27, 4 performances were advertised, at 1:10, 4:10, 7:00 and 9:30 pm Announcement: "On the stage will be Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra presenting their new melodies, hot tunes and sizzling syncopation. Ellington, who comes to Toledo from New York after a long run there, is said to have the highest paid group of musicians on the road. Along with their musical numbers they will also present numerous whirlwind dance and dong pets. Benny Ross and his group of local talent will be back in an entirely new act. Albert will direct the Paramount grand orchestra and Merle Clark will be at the organ." Review:Hot from Harlem |
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1931 06 27 Saturday | . | . | Peripheral event The Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown, N.Y. carried an ad and announcement saying Ellington would play at Cooperstown Lake Front Pavilion on Saturday, June 27. This conflicts with the Toledo engagement over 500 miles away, and appears to be a mistake in the newspaper. The plug says the band is Duke Ellington's "Happy Serenaders," consisting of eleven artists featuring the "Coon Shouters" and "Lindy Hoppers" | The Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown,N.Y. 1931-06-26 p.4 | . | . | . | New added 2020-11-28 | |||
1931 06 27 Saturday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 28 Sunday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 29 Monday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 06 30 Tuesday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
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1931 07 01 Wednesday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 02 Thursday | . | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo-Paramount Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 03 Friday | . | Dayton, Ohio | Greenwich Village | The Piqua Daily Call: Attraction extraordinary 'Tables are being arranged in the perfect setting in the summer gardens and there will be plenty of room.' |
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1931 07 04 Saturday | 1931 07 10 | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre E.17th and Euclid | Vaudeville show - first of 40 documented engagements in Cleveland. RKO Palace W. Ward Marsh: "When Duke Ellington takes popular tunes and puts them through the instruments of his Cotton Club Orchestra, as he does on the Palace's stage this week, they come out like something you've not heard before. They rush at you with a kind of frenzied madness, spiced with tricky rhythms and garnished with strange, half eerie tonal backgrounds. |
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1931 07 05 Sunday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 06 Monday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 07 Tuesday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 08 Wednesday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 09 Thursday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 07 10 Friday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Palace Theatre | Vaudeville - see 1931 07 04 "Duke Ellington always plays one request night during a week's visit in a city. He will hold his request night in the Palace tomorrow night." | Cleveland Plain Dealer 1931-07-09, p.18 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2014-03-12 | |
1931 07 11 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Chicago Defender: 'CAB LEAVES COTTON CLUB JULY 24 FOR FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT ON NATIONAL BROADCASTING CHAIN New York.July 8-- A further break between Irving Mills and the National Broadcasting chain is seen in the booking of Cab Calloway's band for the next five years, exclusive for the chain right over Mills' head. Though Mills has a 40 per cent interest in the band, he was not consulted in the deal, which was culminated by Ed Keough of N.B.C. artist's bureau, with Moe Gale and Herman Starr [sic] said to jointly own majority control of the band. ,,, Recently Mills declared that because of N.B.C.'s alleged mismanagement of Duke Ellington, he would pull the band from that network's direction and switch to C.B.S. after Ellington's N.B.C. booked engagement at the Lincoln tavern, Chicago, is completed Aug. 10 [sic]. At that time Mills declared he would book the band himself with Publix for $5,500 per week without paying the radio chain any commissions. The Ellington band is now booked for that figure with Publix in Chicago, though N.B.C. claims to have negotiated the booking. The dates are Aug. 14 to 21. An aftermath of the Mills' N.B.C. tiff was the reported proposal from either side to establish a Colored orchestra booking department at N.B.C. with Mills as its head. It was later declared inadvisable by N.B.C. to establish a segregated department for Race bands. Disfavor of non-white listeners was feared.' | The Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill. 1931-07-11, courtesy S. Lasker | . | . | . | sl | New added 2021-09-10 | |
1931 07 11 Saturday | Spring Valley, Ill. . | New Hicks Park Route 7 . | The Daily Pantagraph: 'New Hicks Park The Daily Pantagraph carried two ads for this engagment, one for Saturday July 12 and the other for Saturday July 11. July 11 was the Saturday in 1931, and Ellington had a booking Sunday July 12 in Antioch, Ill. Spring Valley is about 100 miles west of Chicago, about 70 miles north of Bloomington, Ill. where the Pantagraph was published. | The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.
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1931 07 12 Sunday | Thursday | Antioch, Ill. | Mickey Rafferty's Antioch Palace | Dancing The Oakparker: 'Dancing Nightly 'Villagers are Drawn to Cooling Antioch Lakes Stratemann, Vail and Götting show the four-week Lincoln Tavern residency began July 12 in error. Stratemann's date is from the July 11, 1931 Variety "Leading Orchestras Directory." but the Chicago Daily Trubune and The Chicago Defender establish the Lincoln Tavern residency began Tuesday, July 14. |
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1931 07 13 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Chicago Stadium 1800 West Madison St. | Dance 8:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Admission $1.25 per couple. Despite its name, Chicago Stadium was in indoor arena, the home of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team. Steven Lasker: Per The Chicago Defender (nat. ed.), 1931-07-25, p. 5: (Harmon was the stadium's builder)'Lack of advertising is blamed for the Duke's failure to draw the expected 10,000 to the Chicago Stadium on Monday. Less than 5,000 paid at the gate. |
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1931 07 14 Tuesday | 1931 08 10 Monday Thursday | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern Four miles west of Evanston on Dempster Road |
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1931 07 15 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 16 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 17 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 18 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 19 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 Network remotes: Chicago Sunday Tribune: 'DUKE ELLINGTON'S ORCHESTRA 'The Duke made his piano debut over WGN Sunday at 2 p.m. with Walt Richardson and Ivy [sic] Anderson.' |
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1931 07 20 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 21 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 22 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 23 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 24 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 25 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 26 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 27 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 28 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 29 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 30 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 07 31 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
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1931 08 01 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 02 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 03 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 04 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 05 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 06 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 07 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 08 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 09 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 -WGN broadcasts (details at 1931 07 14) While this ad indicates Ellington's residency would end the next day, August 10, on the same page of the Chicago Sunday Tribune we see: 'Earl Burtnett and his dance band, returning to the Lincoln tavern tomorrow, where they supplant Duke Ellington, will be heard nightly from 12 to 12:30 and from 1 to 1:30...' (emphasis added) | Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill. 1931-08-09 Pt.7, P.4N | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-11-28 2020-12-09 | |
1931 08 10 Monday | . | . | . | Business event Ellington leaves NBC. Variety: 'Commish Claim on NBC by Mills for Calloway | Variety 1931-08-11, p.59 courtesy S.Lasker 2022-00-26, 2023-02-25, 2023-09-28 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2023-10-07 restored 2024-07-21 | |
1931 08 10 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Closing night of roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 and 1931 08 08 No apparent broadcast this day. There is a possibility Earl Burtnett's orchestra replaced Ellington's orchestra at the Lincoln Tavern this day, with the activities of Ellington and his orchestra not being documented as yet. Ellington is not shown in the Chicago Daily Tribune Monday radio listings but Burtnett is, albeit without the location. | . | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2020-11-28 2020-12-09 | |
Circa 1931 08 11 Tuesday or later | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Peripheral event The Afro-American: "The bands controlled by Irving Mills, white, New York orchestra representative, who has under his wings Duke Ellington, Blue Rhythm Boys and Cab Calloway, are constantly in 'hot water.' |
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1931 08 11 Tuesday 14:15 - 16:30 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Brunswick Studio B 21st floor American Furniture Mart 666 N. Lake Shore Drive | Brunswick recording session 14:15 to 16:30 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Braud, Greer Guy appears to have been absent; the work orders list 1 piano, 1 traps, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 saxaphones [sic] and 1 bass viol. Studio personnel were Voynow (Dick Voynow) at the monitor and Minkler-Bosley, recorder for the first title and Minkler for the second. Titles recorded:
The other DEMS references shown are less significant: DEMS 09,3 and 09,2 discuss the then-new Timner V. DEMS 05/3-59 explains Brunswick's record production processes and DEMS 05,2 references briefly mention travel and a New Desor update. The recordings were never issued and Mr. Lasker points out the card for the first title is marked "Priv" meaning private. He comments that this makes it the first "stockpile" recording but it's lost. Four waxes of Tootsie Hill were cut, with two shipped to Muskegon. Recording this title took an hour, from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Six waxes of It Don't Mean A Thing were cut and two were shipped. Recording this title took from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Ellington and Mills are listed as composers for the latter, but only Ellington is shown for the former. |
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1931 08 12 Wednesday | . | Michigan City, Ind. | Oasis Ballroom | South Bend Tribune, Aug.13: 'Among tbe Mishawaka young people who danced to the music of Duke Ellington at the Oasis, Michigan City, Ind., Wednesday night were Miss Louise Brown, Miss Virginia Niles, Miss Lorene Nees, Miss Harriet Eggleston, Miss Bernice MacGowan, Dewitt Eggleston, Frank Kaufman, Charles Ostrom, James Doran, Robert Mast, Howard Lowe,George Zimmerman, Louis Bickel, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Block, Miss Ella Block, Miss Helen Crofoot, Miss Lois Webster and Miss Gertrude O'Neill.' | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Ind.
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1931 08 13 Thursday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Modernistic Ballroom, State Fair Park | . | Ad, Milwaukee Journal, 1931-08-13, p.4 s.L | . | DEMS | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-03-21> | |
1931 08 14 Friday | 1931 08 20 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show "Duke Ellington and His New York Harlem Cotton Club Orchestra are coming back to the stage of the Oriental Theater Friday August 14 for their fourth and last appearance in Chicago – and what a farewell party it will be! ...[they] will have a complete new show for you – and with them you will see Ivy Anderson, the queen of the blues and the Four Step Brothers, lightning fast dancers..." Stratemann reports Ellington was to be paid $5,500/week |
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1931 08 15 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Washington Park or 52nd St. at South Parkway (now Martin Luther King Drive) | Bud Billiken Picnic
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1931 08 15 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 16 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 17 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 18 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 19 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 19 Monday 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM | . | Chicago, Ill. | 8th Regiment Armory 35th St and Giles Ave. | Duke Ellington And His Original Cotton Club Orchestra in a Gala Charity Ball 2-orchestras-2 |
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1931 08 20 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 08 14 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 21 Friday | 1931 08 27 Thursday | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater Bagley near Grand Circus Park | Vaudeville show Ellington shared the bill with Ivy Anderson, The Four The August 20- add said both "He's Coming Back!" and Exciting Farewell Engagement!" It identified the theatre as a Publix theatre. The Detroit Free Press, Aug. 22: 'The Four Step Brothers, with Duke Ellington and his band from the Cotton Club in Harlem, a sensation in dancing, stopped the show, receiving as tumultous [sic] applause as has been heard in a motion picture theater in months. Miss Ivy Anderson, dusky blues singer, also found favor with the first day audience, and Mr. Ellington and his band, of course, were loudly received.' |
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1931 08 22 Saturday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 23 Sunday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 2 p.m. WJR "Theater hour" remote broadcast from the theatre | The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 1931-08-23, pt.4, p.6, courtesy K. Steiner. | . | . | . | KS. | Added 2011 Updated 2016-03-25 2021-09-10 | |
1931 08 24 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 25 Tuesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 26 Wednesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 27 Thursday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | Vaudeville show - see 1931 08 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |
1931 08 28 Friday | . | Pleasant Lake, Mich. | Bartlett's Pavilion | Dancing The ads say there is no charge for dancing but then show admission prices of $1.00 for ladies and $1.50 for men. 'Duke Ellington, colored king of dance music, and his famous orchestra will be the feature attraction at Bartlett's pavilion at Pleasant lake near Leslie, on next Friday night, August 28. He brings with him Ivy Anderson, known as "The Mistress of Blues. Dancing will be on social plan between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m...' Bartlett's Pavilion was 11 miles north of Jackson and 7 miles south of Leslie. | Ads and publicity, courtesy K. Steiner, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich.
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1931 08 29 Saturday | . | Waterloo, Iowa. | Electric Park Ballroom | "DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous 16 Entertainers" | Waterloo Sunday Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 1932-08-21 p.13 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2016-09-28. | |
1931 08 30 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
1931 08 31 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | Ellington's orchestra played for an audience of 7,000 opposite McKinney's Cotton Pickers, led by Benny Carter. |
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1931 09 01 Tuesday | . | Grand Rapids, Mich. | Ramona Gardens | . | ad, Grand Rapids Herald, 1931-08-30, Building and Theatres section, p.7 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | New added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 09 02 Wednesday | . | Paw Paw Lake, Mich | Woodward's Pavilion | Ball, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra Miss Virginia Allor, the Queen of the first annual Peach Festival and her three Princesses were escorded to the ball, where Duke Ellingon and his Cotton Club orchestra played. |
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1931 09 03 Thursday | . | Anderson, Ind. | Green Lantern | Duke Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orchestra featuring Ivy Anderson, Singer and Entertainer |
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1931 09 04 Friday | . | Peoria, Ill. | Mackinaw Dells | Dance? Tickets - advance: ladies $1, men $1.25 | The Daily Pantagraph and The Sunday Pantagraph Bloomington, Ill.
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1931 09 05 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Billboard's 1931 "Fall Special" carried a full-page Mills Dance Orchestras Inc. advertisement touting the impressive recent successes of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra. Steven Lasker:
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1931 09 05 Saturday | . | Davenport, Iowa | Danceland Ballroom | "Dancing 9:00 pm to 1:00 am." "DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA with Ivy Anderson, Mistress of Blues" Advance Sale, Danceland Office Gents $1.50, Ladies 50¢ "nite" of dance Gents $1.75, Ladies 75¢ The Daily Times: '...Ellington will be remembered as a character in "Check and Doublecheck," starring Amos and Andy. He is the composer of a score called "Creole Rhapsody," which was featured a short time ago by the Boston Symphony orchestra.' (emphasis added) |
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1931 09 06 Sunday | . | Dubuque, Iowa | Woodland (formerly Union Park) | DANCERS! He Is Coming! |
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1931 09 07 Monday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Modernistic Ballroom State Fair Park, | . | . | . | DEMS
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1931 09 08 Tuesday | . | Decatur, Ill. | Coliseum 3 Miles West on Route 10. | Dancing 9 to 1. Admission $1 per person, parking 25¢ |
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1931 09 09 Wednesday | . | Cincinnati, Ohio | Greystone Ballroom | Opening attraction of the season The Enquirer, Aug.30: 'The Cincinnati debut of Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, at the opening of the Greystone Ballroom, Music Hall, September 9, is to be made a gala occasion, according to s Manager. Special features will be introduced to make the opening of the season a memorable event. In honor of the guests of honor, members of the Stage and Screen Scribes of America, Ellington is composing a special "Stage and Screen Scribes Schottische," and will play it for the first time as part of the opening Greystone program...' "Famed Duke Ellington, colored "king of rhythm," and his Cotton club orchestra will be heard over WLW Wednesday evening at 10 to 10:30 o'clock, while in Cincinnati as the featured attraction at the formal fall opening of the Greystone ballroom." |
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1931 09 10 Thursday | . | Erie, Penn. | Rainbow Gardens, Waldameer Park |