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PM, May 11, 1941, p.10

“This is ridiculous!”


PM, May 11, 1941, p.58 (Photos by David Eisendrath, Jr., 1914-1988)

Satchmo, 40, Looks Good for Another 20 Years

The photographs on this page were taken at a recent Decca recording session…

Photos were made during a recording of Hey Lawdy Mama, released this week. Decca, 35 cents.”


Hey Lawdy Mama, Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra, 1941.

Armstrong looked and sounded great for another 30 years…

Lepke (1897-1944) and Armstrong (1901-1971)… two years older and two years younger than Weegee…


Hugo Montenegro, Ellington Fantasy, Vik, LX-1106, 1958
“Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, July 23, 25 and 31, 1957.”
Photo by Weegee.

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Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook, by Musiker and Musiker, 1998

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Billboard, May 26, 1958

Recreation of Hugo Montenegro’s Ellington Fantasy album with recordings of 78s by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra:


Black and Tan Fantasy, 1927


Sophisticated Lady, 1940


Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me, 1940


Solitude, 1934


Azure, 1937


Mood Indigo, 1930


Caravan, 1937


In a Sentimental Mood, 1935


I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good, 1941


Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, 1947


I Didn’t Know About You, 1944


I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, 1938

Happy Birthday anniversary to DUKE ELLINGTON…


PM, April 1947

Turn Up ’98 Discs In Collyer Museum

“…Collyer had boasted the house contained 10 pianos. Fourteen have been found to date. Also:

Three radios.
Two organs.
Two violins.
An old fashioned gramophone.

The record collection had items that were a record-collectors dream, to wit:

Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.

A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.

American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.

A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”

1. “Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:


Bugle Calls, Trumpeter Cassi (1898).

Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in Their Charge Up San Juan Hill, Columbia (A180).

Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in their Charge up San Juan Hill, Manhattan (638)

2. “A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:

La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (16514-B).

La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A)

La Marseillaise-National Air of France. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A).

3. “American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.”:

American Republic March, Columbia Band; Thiele. Columbia (A87), 1901.

American Republic March, Prince’s Band; Thiele. Columbia (A2223). 1917.

4. “A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”:

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

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ca. 1953
Music, Music
Conceivably the most powerful drug that can be bought without a prescription is jazz. Cast a pall of gloom over almost any group of people in the world, let Errol Garner or Benny Goodman loose and in the time it takes for one down, one up beat the group is drunk with joy…”

(to be continued…)