Conductor, composer and pianist Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
In the programme DUKE ELLINGTON (episode 172), you will listen to studio recordings featuring singer Ivie Anderson, radio broadcasts featuring Ivie from the Cotton Club in Harlem from the period March-May 1938 and a radio broadcast from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston from July 1939.
Source:
D.E.: Ivie & Duke, Vol.2 All God’s Chillun …. (Ivie Anderson with D.E. Orchestra, Vol. 2 HEP CD 1069)
D.E.: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band 1940-1942 (3 CD SET BMG BVCJ -38049-51)
D.E.: At The Cotton Club (2CD Set Storyville 1038415)
D.E.: The Duke In Boston 1939-1940 (Jazz Unlimited JUCD 2022)