Title: Mrs. Clinkscales to the Cotton Club, Vol. 1: 1926-1 Artist: Duke Ellington Release Date: 3/29/2005 Label: JSP Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 788065902421 Genre: Jazz Styles: Classic Female Blues, Swing, Stride, Classic Jazz, Vaudeville Blues Moods: Atmospheric, Lively, Lush, Poignant, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Stately, Sweet, Intimate, Light, Playful, Romantic, Soothing, Swaggering, Boisterous, Dramatic, Elegant, Freewheeling, Fun, Humorous, Literate, Passionate, Rollicking, Smooth, Theatrical, Warm, Bright, Carefree, Cheerful, Exuberant, Gentle, Nocturnal, Rousing, Soft, Spooky, Stylish, Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Party/Celebratory, Refined/Mannered, Reserved, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual, Joyous Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 4

1. It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Winter (So Get Another Place to Stay)
2. Parlor Social de Luxe
3. Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home)
4. Rainy Nights (Rainy Days)
5. How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
6. I'm Gonna Hang Around My Sugar
7. Trombone Blues
8. Georgia Grind
9. Parlor Social Stomp
10. (You've Got Those) Wanna-Go-Back-Again Blues
11. If You Can't Hold the Man You Love
12. Animal Crackers
13. Lil'i Farina
14. Lucky Number Blues
15. I'm Gonna Put You Right in Jail
16. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
17. Birmingham Breakdown
18. Immigration Blues
19. The Creeper
20. The Creeper
21. New Orleans Low-Down
22. Song of the Cotton Field
23. Birmingham Breakdown
24. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
2. Hop Head
3. Down in Our Alley Blues
4. Black and Tan Fantasy
5. Soliloquy
6. Washington Wobble
7. Creole Love Call
8. The Blues I Love to Sing
9. Black and Tan Fantasie
10. Washington Wobble
11. What Can a Poor Fellow Do?
12. Black and Tan Fantasy
13. Chicago Stomp Down
14. Harlem River Quiver (Brown Berries)
15. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
16. Blue Bubbles
17. Red Hot Band (Red Hot Brand)
18. Doin' the Frog
19. Sweet Mama (Papa's Gettin' Mad)
20. Stack O'Lee Blues
21. Bugle Call Rag
22. Take It Easy
23. Jubilee Stomp
24. Harlem Twist

1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
2. Jubilee Stomp
3. Take It Easy
4. Take It Easy
5. Jubilee Stomp
6. Black Beauty (Firewater)
7. Black Beauty
8. Jubilee Stomp
9. Got Everything But You
10. Yellow Dog Blues
11. Tishomingo Blues
12. Diga Diga Doo
13. Doin' the New Low-Down
14. Black Beauty
15. Swampy River
16. The Mooche
17. Move Over
18. Hot and Bothered
19. The Mooche
20. Hot and Bothered
21. Move Over
22. The Mooche
23. Louisiana
24. Awful Sad

1. The Mooche
2. Santa Claus Bring My Man Back to Me
3. I Done Caught You Blues
4. I Can't Give Anything But Love
5. No, Papa, No
6. No, Papa, No
7. Bandanna Babies
8. Diga Diga Doo
9. I Must Have That Man
10. The Blues with a Feelin'
11. Goin' to Town
12. Misty Mornin'
13. Hit Me in the Nose Blues
14. It's All Coming Home to You
15. St. Louis Blues
16. Hottentot
17. Misty Mornin'
18. Doin' the Voom Voom
19. Tiger Rag, Pt. 1
20. Tiger Rag, Pt. 2
21. Flaming Youth
22. Saturday Night Function
23. High Life
24. Doin' the Voom Voom

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD JSP 924

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JSP's first volume of chronologically presented recordings from the dawn of Duke Ellington's career bears a title that epitomizes producer John Stedman's whimsical sensibilities by utilizing the name of young Edward Kennedy Ellington's piano teacher, Mrs. Marietta Clinkscales. Here upon four compact discs are 96 classic sides dating from 1924-1929, including most every instrumental by the original Washingtonians and the early Duke Ellington orchestras interspersed with vaudeville blues, pop tunes, and hot jazz numbers sung by Alberta Pryme, Florence Bristol, Alberta Jones, Ozie Ware (aka Ozie McPherson), Sonny Greer, Jimmy Harrison, Evelyn Preer, Adelaide Hall, Baby Cox, Irving Mills, and the Palmer Brothers. In addition to Duke's early mainstays it is exciting to note the transitory presence and sterling contributions of trumpeter Jabbo Smith, trombonist Charlie Irvis, reedman Don Redman, and guitarist Lonnie Johnson. Most reissue labels follow Ellington's discography back no earlier than 1927, the year during which Duke's orchestra really began to achieve its signature sound. Only a few (as for example EPM Musique's 1924-1926: Birth of a Band, Vol. 1) acknowledge and explore the early regions of the wonderful strata represented here and take the time to include the true rarities. While this JSP set is a thrilling slice of primal Duke there are gaps, as in two missing sides from November 1924 by a Washingtonians offshoot band calling itself The Deacons with vocals by Jo Trent and the aforementioned Sonny Greer. The omission of these titles is regrettable, especially "Oh, How I Love My Darling," which contains a magnificent lickety-split stride piano passage by the Duke. Nevertheless and on the level, as a straight shot of early Ellington and historic Harlem entertainment, this reasonably priced, action packed compilation is hard to beat and is emphatically recommended for anyone who wants to visit and commune with the spirit of Duke Ellington by absorbing most of his earliest recorded works. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adelaide Hall Vocals Alberta Jones Vocals Arthur Whetsol Trumpet Baby Cox Vocals Barney Bigard Sax (Tenor), Clarinet Bubber Miley Trumpet, Cornet Charlie Irvis Trombone Charlie Johnson & His Orchestra Trumpet Don Redman Sax (Alto), Clarinet Duke Ellington Director, Arranger, Soloist, Piano Florence Bristol Performer, Vocals Fred Guy Banjo Freddy Jenkins Trumpet George W. Thomas Sax (Tenor), Clarinet Harry Carney Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Clarinet, Sax (Baritone) Harry White Trombone Henry Edwards Brass Band Irving Mills Vocals Jabbo Smith Trumpet Jimmy Harrison Vocals, Trombone Joe Tricky Sam Nanton Trombone Johnny Hodges Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Soprano) Keith Briggs Liner Notes Lonnie Johnson Guitar Louis Metcalf Trumpet Otto Hardwick Clarinet, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto), Sax (Bass) Ozie Ware Vocals Palmer Brothers Vocals Rube Bloom Sax (Alto) Rudy Jackson Clarinet, Sax (Tenor) Sonny Greer Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Chimes, Vocals, Drums Wellman Braud String Bass, Brass Band