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The Concertzender internet radio site based in the Netherlands has an entire section devoted to the music of Duke Ellington which may be found here.

The particular jewel in the crown of these broadcasts, which seem to be archived permanently on-line, is a series of broadcasts built around particular albums. Here is the complete collection. The later programmes have been - and continue to be - produced by Ellington authority, Louis Tavecchio. The broadcasts are a wonderful resource. Commentaries, of course, are in Dutch. The sound of the music is pristine.

Programme 158: The Treasury Shows Volume 7

Programme 159: Falcon Theatre, Copenhagen 1965

Programme 160: DR TV Centre, Copenhagen 1967

Programme 161: The Treasury Shows

Programme 162: The Treasury Shows

Programme 163: The Treasury Shows

Programme 164: London and New York 1963-64

Programme 165: Holiday Ballroom 1957/ Stratford Festival 1956

Programme 166: Raisin' the Rent/ Jubilee Stomp

Programme 167: Duke at Fargo 1940

Programme 168: Duke at Fargo

Programme 169: Duke at Fargo/ Hotel Sherman

Programme 170: Raisin' The Rent/ All God's Chillun

Programme 171: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band 1940-42

Programme 172: At The Cotton Club

Programme 173: Concert of Sacred Music

Programme 174: Second Sacred Concert

Programme 175: Concert of Sacred Music

Programme 176: In Gröna Lund, 1963

Programme 177: In Gröna Lund, 1963

Programme 178: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943/47

Programme 179: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943/47

Programme 180: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943/7

Programme 181: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943/7

Programme 182: Carnegie hall Concerts 1943/7

Programme 183: First Annual Tour of the Pacific Northwest, Spring 1952

Programme 184: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

Programme 185: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

Programme 186: Conductor, Composer, Pianist

Programme 187: Hollywood Empire, 1949

Programme 188: Dooji: The Click, Philadelphia, November 22, 1948

Programme 189: Dooji: Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook Inn, June 1951

Programme 190: Chronological Classics: August - September 1951

Programme 191: All American In jazz/ Midnight in Paris

Programme 192: Duke Ellington at The Cotton Club

Programme 193: Programme Transcriptions Produced by Carl Hällström

Programme 194: The Duke In Washington

Programme 195: Happy Reunion and New Mood Indigo

Programme 196: Conductor, Composer and Pianist

Programme 197: The Symphonic Ellington

Programme 198: Conductor, Composer and Pianist

Programme 199: Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

Programme 200: Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Stevie Wonder

Programme 201: Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Tony Overwater Trio

Programme 202: Pasquale Grasso; Calefax Reeds; Lorraine Feather

Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert

Programme 203: Pretty Woman

Programme 204: Queen's Suite, Goutelas, UWIS

Programme 205: Treasury Show Volumes 16,19, 20

Programme 206: At the Hurricane -1943 Broadcasts Featuring Ben Webster

Programme 207: Duke's Joint

Programme 208: Daybreak Express

Programme 209: The Treasury Shows Volume 14

Programme 210: The Lost Recordings and Sweden 1973

Programme 211: The Great Concerts - Cornell University 1948

Programme 212: The Great Concerts - Cornell University 1948

Programme 213: Berlin 1959 and Live at the Philharmonic Hall 1973

Programme 214: The Treasury Shows Volumes 24 and 25

Programme 215: The MOMA Recital

Programme 216: ORTF Paris Recital, 2 July 1970

Programme 217: Classics in Digital Stereo

Programme 218: Classics in Digital Stereo Swing 1930-38

Programme 219: Stereo Reflections In Ellington

Programme 220: Blanton Webster Band Alternate Takes

Programme 221: Alternate Takes: 1940-41; 42-47

Programme 222: SESAC Label

Programme 223: Teatro Sistina Concert 1967

Programme 224: Teatro Sistina;Liederhalle, Stuttgart

Programme 225: de Dolen 29 October 1971

Programme 226: America Dances

Programme 227: Octet, San Remo, 22 March, 1964

Programme 228: Duke Ellington Octet at The Rainbow Grill, August 1967

Programme 229: Live At The Whitney, 1972

Programme 230: Ellington The Pianist

Programme 231: At The Piano - Une Anthologie

Programme 232: At The Piano - Piano In The Foreground

Programme 233: Standard Transcriptions

Programme 234: My People

Programme 235: Braggin' In Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year

Programme 236: Braggin In Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year: 2

Programme 237: 1939

Programme 238: The Duke's Men

Programme 239: Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters

Programme 240: Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

Programme 241:Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard Small Groups

Programme 242: Ellington Stockpile: 1956-63

Programme 243: Ellington Stockpile 1962-63

Programme 244: Ellington Stockpile

Programme 245: Unknown Session

Programme 246: The Cosmic Scene

Programme 247: Quartets, Quintets, Octets

Programme 248: ... Plays Mary Poppins

Programme 249: Will The Big Bands Ever Come Back?

Programme 250: 250 Episodes of Duke Ellington!!!

Programme 251: More of Louis Tavecchio's Favourites

Programme 252: More of Louis Tavecchio's Favourites 2

Programme 253: Will The Big Bands Ever Come Back/ Ellington 65

Programme 254: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - The Great Summit

Programme 255: All Ellington

Programme 256: All Ellington 2

Programme 257: Cool Rock

Programme 258: Copenhagen, 1958

Programme 259: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

Programme 260: And His Mother Called Him Bill

Programme 261: Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, 1966

Programme 262: Train Compositions

Programme 263: Nutcracker/Peer Gynt/ French Chansons

The search page for all the references to Duke Ellington on the Concertzender website may be found here.

I have been trying recently to collect the earliest recordings of Paul Gonsalves. Whether they are records he made with Teddy Weatherford (or indeed if he recorded with him at all: see here) is a subject for another day.

Paul certainly did record four sides with Boston society pianist Sabby Lewis and his band in March, 1946. You can clearly see Paul sitting in the reed section in the photograph here...

... which appears on the cover of the Sabby Lewis album it is easiest to obtain, Boston Bounce:

This LP from the 1970s anthologises the first two sides Paul recorded with the band, Edna and Boston Bounce.

The LP is likely a dub and so in order to get closer to the music, and indeed the other two titles, one must dig a little deeper into the crates...

These sides appeared first as 78s on the Continental label. The third title on the session, Alone In The City Blues, was only ever issued in that format, as far as I know. Here is the record:

... which was the B-side of the aforementioned Edna.

Trying to avoid the much later dubbed LP, here are some more alternatives for much earlier pressings, the first time in fact in which these recordings were anthologised on microgroove on the Remington label. Edna also appears on the B-side of this 10" Lp celebrating Ethel Waters...

The fourth and final title from this elusive session, Are You Coming Home, John? was anthologised on this Remington 45...

A much more modern and 'hi fi' title Hi Fi Jazz Session on the Mastersound label also includes the ubiquitous Edna.

... and two of there sides, Are You Coming Home, John? and Boston Bounce appear on this (likely) bootlegged title from Australia.

Here is the original of that 'Manhattan' bootleg Café Society Swing again on the Remington label and what for my money is the definitive microgroove issue of those two titles.

Those four obscure sides, then, have appeared in several different guises over the years. You pays your money and you takes your choice...

For much greater detail on the Remington and associated labels, visit the fascinating Sound Fountain pages...

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