A while back I posted a transfer of “Jubilee Stomp” from a Brunswick session:
https://youtu.be/25cyz9mkF_A
This earlier version is from an Okeh session recorded two months earlier in January. A third session for Victor yielded another version that was recorded at the end of March, 1928.
This very clean Parlophone master pressing presented the Ellington band as “Duke Ellington’s Wonder Orchestra” – one of only a very small number of releases to give the band that particular pseudonym. Great performances all around on this version – including hot trumpet, clarinet, trombone, and piano solos.
Recorded in New York City on January 19, 1928.
Originally released as Okeh 41013.
Released in the U.K. as Parlophone R-144 (master pressing).
Credits:
Duke Ellington- piano, arranger, director
Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf – trumpet
Joe Nanton – trombone
Otto Hardwick – soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax
Harry Carney – clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax
Barney Bigard – clarinet, tenor sax
Fred Guy – banjo
Wellman Brand – string bass
Sonny Greer – drums