| Notes: | Mosaic Records: MD7-235 (additional no. on container spines: 235, on discs: A 27821--A 27827)
"This set gathers together all the small group sessions led by Duke Ellington and his sidemen Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges, during the years 1936-40 for labels now owned by the Sony half of Sony-BMG."--Notes, p. 28.
Includes alternate takes of some selections.
Compact discs ; 4 containers in box.
Durations on containers.
Program notes by Steven Lasker and discography (28 p. : ill.) laid in outer container ; discographical information (4 vol.) inserted in each container..
Duke Ellington, piano, conductor ; with variously, Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone ; Billy Taylor, bass ; Jimmy Blanton, bass ; Duke Ellington's Sextet and Orchestra ; Rex Stewart and his 52nd Street Stompers ; Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators ; Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters ; The Gotham Stompers ; Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra ; The Quintones ; Barney Bigard and his Orchestra.
Recorded in Hollywood December 16, 21, 1936 ; in Chicago October 14, 16, and November 22, 1939, February 14-15, 1940 ; remainder in New York City, March 5, 1935 through September 1, 1939.
Vocal selections sung in English.
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