16" ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE - Live Broadcast - DATE WITH DUKE ELLINGTON 1945
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DATE WITH THE DUKE #4 SHOW from THE ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE on a 16" TRANSCRIPTION DISC.
RECORDED LIVE TOWARD THE END OF WORLD WAR II AT THE 400 CLUB ( also referred to as Little Rhythm Club ) IN NEW YORK CITY AT 5th AVE & 43rd ST.
Toward the end of World War II, to promote the Seventh War Loan drive, the United States Treasury Department sponsored a series of broadcasts featuring live in-person performances by Ellington and his orchestra. Aired for one hour each week, "Your Saturday Date with the Duke" proved to be a popular feature on the fledgling ABC Radio Network. Broadcast from a variety of locations - usually night clubs or theaters where the Ellington band was being featured - and always attended by a wildly enthusiastic audience, the programs featured a wide array of compositions old and new. Listeners enjoyed classics from Ellington's band book, popular songs, familiar Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn compositions, excerpts from many of Ellington's longer compositions, and many rarely heard pieces - some of which were never commercially recorded.
Military personnel, unable to hear these live broadcasts due to their faraway assignments, were lucky in that the Armed Forces Radio Service chose to record and edit the shows for rebroadcast via shortwave throughout the world. Editing the one-hour shows into a series of thirty minute weekly features, retitling them "Date with the Duke", and distributing them on 16" vinyl transcriptions, Ellington's fans all over the world also had the chance to hear the smooth, swinging, and rousing sounds of a band that many consider one of Ellington's very best.
Heard today, the twenty half-hour broadcasts featured in this set remain a fascinating glimpse into the musical world of the mid-1940s. The enthusiastic big-city audiences in attendance clearly motivate the musicians to new musical highs and soloists, not restricted to the three-minute lengths imposed by 10" 78 RPM records, often extend the length of the selections to five or six minutes of delightful free-form jazz. Ellington's piano solos are a highlight, of course, as are the vocals of Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Joya Sherrill, Ray Nance, and others.
THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE #4 DISC ISSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICES. PLEASE NOTE IT IS A TRANSCRIPTION DISC MEASURING 16". SELECTIONS ON THIS PROGRAM ARE AS FOLLOWS: BLUE-TOPIA SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY A CONCERT FORMAT FOR PASSION FLOWER with JOHNNY HODGES, AIR CONDITIONED JUNGLE with JIMMY HAMILTON on clarinet, AND FRANTIC FANTASY with REX STEWART on TRUMPET. MAIN STEM ( at least that's what it sounded like) EVERYTHING BY YOU with JOYA SHERRILL CARNEGIE BLUES. INTERESTING NOTE --- YOU CAN HEAR THE DUKE "NOODLING" DURING THE BREAKS WHILE THE ANNOUNCER TALKS. CONDITION OF THIS DISC: VERY GOOD WITH LITTLE USE. NO NOISY SCRATCHES, NO DUG OUT GROOVES, NO REPEATING FLAWS. RATE THIS ONE AS AN "M" *
*NOTE: "M" is NOT "MINT"
WE USE THE GOLDMINE GRADING SCALE
DEALER STOCK --- NEVER PLAYED.
N --- LOOKS LIKE NEW or DEALER STOCK BUT WITH THE ULTRA SLIGHTEST SIGN OF WEAR.
M --- LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME OUT OF THE STORE BUT HAS A FEW TICKS THAT KEEP IT FROM PERFECT
E --- EXCELLENT BUT NOT PERFECT. SHOWS A FEW FLAWS.
VG ( very good ) --- SHOWS FLAWS. HAS SURFACE WEAR AND SOME SURFACE NOISE SHOULD BE EXPECTED. NO NASTY SCRATCHES, NEEDLE DROPS, RIM CHIPS, OR OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS.
GOOD --- ACTUALLY, A FAIRLY USED RECROD THAT IS NEARING THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.
FAIR or GOOD --- NOT MUCH OF EITHER. BUY IT UNTIL YOU CAN FIND A BETTER COPY.
"+'S" & "-'S" --- TAKE IT UP OR DOWN A HALF STEP.
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