This is an exceptional showcase recording of Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, made for Victor on April 13th, 1929. It recreates the atmosphere of a real concert situation at the Cotton Club. The band plays a medley, including:
1. Cotton Club Stomp
2. Misty Morning
3. Goin' To Town
4. Freeze And Melt
This is a unique record by this singer, stage comedienne and film actress. She was popular with her sometimes pretty risqué songs, but being born from Jewish parents, she recorded one song both in English and Yiddish. On this record, made for Columbia on June 20th, 1928, she was accompanied by Ted Shapiro And His Orchestra.
The clip contains both sides of this 78RPM record.
Hoagy Carmichael was a genious songwriter and performer. On this sublime record, uploaded by request, he plays a piano solo version of one of his best known compositions. Record was made for Victor on December 6th, 1933.
Louis Armstrong, being a jazz icon, couldn't be absent on this channel; this beautiful piece was recorded for Okeh on November 26, 1929. Trumpet solo by Louis Armstrong himself.
This may be the ultimate cheer-up song of the Depression. For sure, Hylton & His Orchestra (with uncredited vocal trio) recorded one of the most smashing, lusciously orchestrated versions of it in the Small Queen's Hall in London. It was issued on a HMV, dated January 30th, 1930.
At request, I've uploaded a second Ethel Waters song: this unforgettable version of "Stormy Weather", recorded for Brunswick on May 3rd, 1933. She was accompanied by a brilliant studio orchestra including Tommy Dorsey on trombone and his brother Jimmy on clarinet.
![Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - When You\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/Du8a7gpj7iY/2.jpg "Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - When You\")
