http://Ellingtonweb.Ca Ellington on CD The Dooji Collection (Ellington on record)
Last updated 2013-07-13
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1899 | ||||||||||
1899-04-29 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | Grandparents' home 2129 Ward Place N.W. | Birth of Edward Kennedy Ellington. When he was a child, Ellington's home had two pianos, and both parents played. AHL tells us mother Daisy played well and father James Edward Ellington played by ear, and sang excerpts from operas and operettas. JE would also lead his friends in singing, arranging the music himself, humming individual parts and conducting from the piano. | . | . | . | AHL p.3 Tucker p.20 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-03-15 |
1900 – 1905 | ||||||||||
1900 01 11 | . | . | . | Birth of Wilbur de Paris, trombone | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1900 01 22 | . | . | . | Birth of Juan Tizol, valve trombonist, composer, copyist, arranger. | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1902 12 13 | . | . | . | Birth of Sonny Greer | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1903 04 03 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Bubber Miley | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1904 00 00 | 1908 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garnet Elementary School | AWL says Daisy Ellington listed her son's age as 6 so he could start school at age 5. While this would place him in school in 1904, Vail places Ellington's school entry in 1905 without providing support. Tucker says Ellington's "first brush with formal music education" was at about 7 years old, but AWL says "about a year later" (after beginning school), his mother put him into piano lessons with Mrs. (Marietta) Clinkscales after he was hit in the head by a baseball bat. This suggests Duke may have started piano lessons as early as age 6, which would be 1905, but Vail, consistent with Tucker, says he started lessons with Mrs. Clinkscales in 1906 | . | . | . | AWL p.3 Tucker p.23 Vail I | djp | ![]() updated 2012-12-29 |
1904 02 01 | . | . | . | Birth of trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1904 05 31 | . | . | . | Birth of Otto “Toby” Hardwicke | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1904 11 01 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Louis Bacon | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1905 – 1909 | ||||||||||
1905 02 28 | . | . | . | Birth of Louis Metcalfe, trumpet | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1905 07 10 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Ivie Anderson | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1906 03 03 | . | . | . | Birth of clarinetist Barney Bigard | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1906 03 16 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Shelton Hemphill | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1907 | ||||||||||
1907 02 22 | . | . | . | Birth of cornetist Rex Stewart | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1907-07-25 Thursday | . | Cambridge, Mass. | Birth of sax star Johnny Hodges (registered as Cornelius Hodges) | Transcribed birth certificate New Desor | . | . | Internet Archive: ne-jazz.org/History | djp | ![]() | |
1907 08 03 | . | . | . | Birth of trombonist Lawrence Brown | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1908 08 11 | . | . | . | Birth of alto sax man/clarinetist Russell Procope | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1909 01 13 | . | . | . | Birth of Quentin Jackson | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1909 02 26 | . | . | . | Birth of Chauncey Haughton | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1909 03 27 | . | . | . | Birth of tenor sax man Ben Webster | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1910 – 1914 | ||||||||||
1910 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | Peripheral event The Howard Theatre opens. | The Howard Theatre website. | djp | ![]() | |||
1910 02 21 | . | . | . | Birth of tenor sax man Al Sears | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1910 04 01 | . | . | . | Birth of reed man Harry Carney | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1911 07 10 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Cootie Williams | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1913 00 00 | 1914 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garrison Junior High School | ![]() Ellington's Grade 8 English teacher and principal, Miss R.A.Boston, emphasized the importance of proper speech, deportment and pride in oneself. Tucker dates this as the school year 1913-1914. Vail has Ellington attending Garrison from 1911 to 1913, without citing his sources. If Ellington started school at age 5, that would be September 1904, and he would have begun eighth grade in September 1911. Further research is necessary to confirm when he entered junior high school. |
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1913 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Poodle Dog Cafe | Duke takes a summer job as a soda jerk. |
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1913 09 00 | 1917 02 00 | Washington, D.C. | Samuel H. Armstrong High School | Ellington's grade 8 teachers encouraged Duke to attend Armstrong, a "vocationally oriented" all black school, so he could major in graphic arts. Vail has Ellington entering Armstrong in September 1913. During these years Oliver "Doc" Perry gave him piano lessons, mentored him and occasionally allowed him to sit in his Doc Perry's Society Band, subbing for Doc on occasion. Vail says Perry taught Ellington to read music, which seems odd since Ellington had had piano lessons. Perry also introduced Ellington to Hugh Grant, a school music supervisor, who gave Ellington harmony lessons. Ellington rehearsed after school at True Reformers Hall with other students. By 1916 they included brothers Felix, Brother and Bill Miller, Lloyd Stewart, Ted Nickerson, Sterling Conway and William Escoffey. |
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1913 12 10 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter/singer/violinist Ray Nance | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1914 05 26 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Harold “Shorty” Baker | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1914 00 00 | . | Asbury Park, NJ | Plaza Hotel | Duke's summer job as a dishwasher led to visiting Philadephia on his way home to hear pianist Harvey Brooks. Brooks taught him some techniques, and this seems to have stimulated Ellington's interest in music. AHL says he was 15, which places this event in 1914, but Vail says this was the summer of 1913. Tucker says 1913 or 1914. |
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1914 07 28 | . | Europe | . | Peripheral event Beginning of First World War in Europe. | . | . | ![]() | |||
1915 | ||||||||||
1915 07 02 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of Ruth Ellington, sister | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1915 08 16 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Al Hibbler | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1915 10 11 Monday | 1915 10 15 | Washington, D.C. | American League Ball Park | Peripheral event W.E.B.Du Bois' 3 hour, 5 scene pageant The Star of Ethiopia, with 1,000 local actors and 200 choristers, was staged on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week. The audience filled the grandstand and left field bleachers each night. The program said "The Story of the Pageant covers 10,000 years and more of the history of the Negro race and its work and suffering..." The Afro American Ledger's review says "The one idea that dominates the whole is that the Negro has a past of which he should be proud." Tucker says it isn't known if Ellington, then 16, attended but he worked at the ball park as a youngster and rehearsals were held at his school. |
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1915 11 29 | . | . | . | Birth of composer/arranger/pianist Billy Strayhorn | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1916 | ||||||||||
1916 00 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Before finishing high school (MIMM, p.32) or in his senior year (Tucker, p.46), Ellington was offered a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NJ, after winning a poster art competition. Marcus Girvan (http://ellingtonia.com) and Vail date this as 1916. | Vail I | djp | ![]() | |||
1916 05 16- | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter “Dud” Bascomb | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1917 | ||||||||||
1917 02 00 | . | . | . | Ellington drops out of school in February 1917, earns money painting posters and making music. |
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1917 03 16 | . | . | . | Birth of Alvin Redrick “Junior” Raglin, bassist | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1917 04 06 | 1918 11 11 | . | . | Peripheral event The United States declared war on Germany, entering the First World War, which started nearly three years earlier, in 1914 Vail I says Ellington, turning 18 that month, was too young to register for the draft. | . | ![]() | ||||
1917 05 25 | . | . | . | Birth of clarinetist/tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1917 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | In 1917 Arthur Whetsel and Otto Hardwick joined Ellington, and Ellington was earning a living with music. |
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1918 | ||||||||||
1918 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington moves to 2728 Sherman Ave., gets a telephone and forms a band, The Duke's Serenaders. He advertises "Irresistable Jass The Duke's Serenaders Colored Syncopaters" in the telephone directory. | Vail I | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1918 07 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | Ellington marries Edna Thompson. |
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1918 10 05 | . | . | . | Birth of bassist Jimmie Blanton | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1918 11 11 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Great War (World War 1) drew to a close in late 1918. Armistices were signed by Bulgaria on 1918 09 29 and by the Ottoman Empire on 1918 10 30. Austria and Hungary signed separate armistaces on 1918 11 03. A ceasefire came into effect when Germany signed an armistice on 1918 11 11. The war officially ended in 1919 | . | ![]() | ||||
1918 11 24 | . | . | . | Birth of Wild Bill Davis, organ and piano | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1918 12 26 | . | . | . | Birth of drummer George “Butch” Ballard | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1919 | ||||||||||
1919-00-00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington met and became friends with Sonny Greer in 1919. | . | . | . | AHL p.2 | djp | ![]() |
1919-00-00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington studies harmony with Henry Grant | Vail I | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1919 03 11 Tuesday | . | . | . | The young Mr. and Mrs. Ellington's only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born. |
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1919-06-06 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Center Market Colosseum 9th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. | Masonic Victory Reception -music by Duke Ellington's Serenaders |
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1920 | ||||||||||
1920 01 01 Thursday | 1920 12 31 Friday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1920 00 00 | . | . | . | Vail has Ellington meeting Sonny Greer this year, and learning Carolina Shout by slowing down a piano roll and playing with it until he had the piece perfected. | Vail I | djp | ![]() | |||
1920 01 09 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Betty Roché | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1920-01-19 | . | United States | . | Peripheral event Prohibition became law throughout the United States in January 1920, banning the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. Repealed in December 1933, prohibition undoubtedly had an impact on the entertainment industry and Ellington's life. The Cotton Club, for example, was owned by gangster Owney Madden and thrived. Ellington's lengthy engagement in that club made him famous nationally. | djp | 2012-07-30 | ||||
1920 01 24 | . | . | . | Birth of Jimmy Forest, tenor sax | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1920 07 12 | . | . | . | Birth of tenor sax star Paul Gonsalves | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1920 12 05 | . | . | . | Birth of Kay Davis, vocalist | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1920 12 14 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Clark Terry | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1921 | ||||||||||
1921 00 00 | . | Washington D.C. | . | Elmer Snowden's undated introduction to Rex Stewart, reprinted in Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, edited by Claire P. Gordon, says:"I first knew Rex in Washington, D.C. that was back in 1920, and I had just about the most popular band in town, in my band was Otto - Hardwick, Art Whetsel, Eddie Ellington, who became known as "Duke Ellington," later.Stewart's autobiography begins: "...Going back to 1921, when I was one of the seven young members of Ollie Blackwell's clowns, I stayed in music all my life. 1921 was a momentous year for us members of Ollie Blackwell's Ragtime Clowns because we were actually part of a show! ... | . | . | . | djp | ![]() | |
1921 03 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Greer claimed that he, Hardwick, Ellington, Whetsel and Snowden visited New York in March 1921. | Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman citing Sonny Greer. | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1921 11 25 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Convention Hall | "The 20th Century Jazz Revue" A capacity audience crowded Convention Hall. Duke Ellington's Wild Cats, Elmer Snowden's Eccentric Serenaders and James P. Johnson, "piano wizard of New York City," were among the performers. Tucker speculates this was when Ellington met and became friends with the 31 year old Johnson after playing Carolina Shout Vail relates the same event, calling the venue "Convention Center." |
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1922 | ||||||||||
1922 06 21 Wednesday | . | Catonsville, Md. | Greenwood Electric Park Winters Avenue | ![]()
| Ad, Afro-American 1922-06-16 | . | . | . | DJP per Hoffman's Ellington file | ![]() |
1922 08 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Lincoln Theatre | During an August 1922 appearance in Washington, New York song-writer/publisher Clarence Williams met Ellington. Williams assured Duke he could make it in New York. | Tucker, p.80, citing a 1950 Williams interview by Ed Kirkeby | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1922 08 29 | . | . | . | Birth of Roffe “Rolf” Ericson | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1922 09 30 | . | . | . | Birth of bassist Oscar Pettiford | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1922 12 27 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Armstrong High School | ![]() The 1922-12-30 edition of the New York Age reported "On Wednesday evening last, the evening classes of Armstrong High School under the directorship of C. W. Childs. Jr.. and Principal J. P. Taylor held their Yuletide exercises. The program consisted of an exhibition of work of various classes in art and sciences. Dancing in the gymnasium with music by Duke Ellington was an enjoyable feature." djp comments: The performance date may have been 1922 12 27 (indicated by the wording and timing of the article) or if Christmas holidays were in effect, perhaps the previous Wednesday. It seems likely Yuletide exercises would occur before Christmas rather than after. | Agustín Perez Gasco, citing the "Washington D.C." column in the "News Of New York State" section, New York Age, 1922-12-30, p.3 | . | . | . | APG - email 2012-08-23 | ![]() |
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January 1923 |
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1923 01 01 Monday | 1923 01 31 Wednesday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
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1923 02 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Vaudevillian band leader Wilbur C. Sweatman, in New York, wanted to hire Washington drummer Sonny Greer. Greer agreed to go if Sweatman would also hire Ellington and Otto Hardwick. By the end of February, the New York Clipper carried an ad for the group referring to Phonograph Artist Wilbur Sweatman ... Assisted by Flo Dade, and his Acme of Syncopators." Ellington, Hartwick (sic), Greer, Maceo Jefferson (banjo) and Ralph Escudero (bass) were listed as the band members.1 Berresford says Ellington at first was reluctant to join Sweatman's band, but Greer and Otto Hardwick wrote to him every week to persuade him; we also learn that the Washington lads didn't like the job, because in vaudeville, performers did half-week engagements and then moved on. Sweatman insisted the sidemen use makeup to lighten their skin.2 Ellington said "We joined him in New York and played some split weeks in theatres..."3 |
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1923 02 01 Thursday | 1923 02 28 Wednesday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
March 1923 | ||||||||||
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1923 03 05 Monday | 1923 03 11 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Midnight Frolic Friday Matinee every day Continous/Sunday from 2 to 11 Wilbur Sweatman Band An ad in the Amsterdam News announced WILBER C. SWEATMAN ORIGINATOR AND HIS MOST IMITATED RAG-TIME AND JAZZ BAND assisted by FLO DADE AND HIS ACME OF SYNCOPATORS Duke Ellington, Piano; Maceo Jefferson, banjo; Joan Anderson, trombone; Otta Hardwick, saxophone; Ralph Escudero, bass; Sonny Green, drums. Other acts appearing:
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1923 03 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
1923 03 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
1923 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
1923 03 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
1923 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
1923 03 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 |
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1923 03 00 | . | . | . | ![]() Vail briefly reports Ellington and his friends remained in New York when Sweatman went on tour, surviving on Greer's pool hustling. Tucker speculates they were playing with Sweatman in late April (see Grand Theater entry at 1923 04 23). Vail reports Duke striking up a friendship with Willie 'The Lion' Smith,' but when things got too bad, Duke, Sonny and Otto went home to Washington. This is generally supported by Tucker and MIMM, but the timing is not certain. | Vail I | . | . | . | djp | ![]() added 2013-06-06 |
1923 04 23 Monday | 1923 04 28 Saturday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | ![]() Vaudeville Berresford speculates that Ellington, Greer and Hardwick were still with Wilbur Sweatman, because the Chicago Defender said Sweatman with his assisting Syncopators appeared at the Grand for this week. | Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman p.136, citing Chicago Defender 1923-03-31 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1923 04 24 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 |
1923 04 25 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 |
1923 04 26 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 |
1923 04 27 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 |
1923 04 28 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 |
June 1923 | ||||||||||
1923-06-08 Friday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Wonderland Park | Elmer Snowden's Jazz Kings | Ads, Baltimore Afro-American
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July 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 07 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club 198 W. 134th St (Harlem) | ![]() (exact dates not known)Club owner Barron Wilkins hired the Snowden band on Ada (Bricktop) Smith's recommendation. They replaced the house band that was paid out for 2 weeks, so they only received tips for those weeks. Tips were lucrative, but hours were long - from 11 pm to 10 or 11 am. | . | . | . | Tucker p.88 | . | ![]() |
1923 07 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923-07-26 Thursday | . | Manhattan, New York City, N.Y. | . | Victor recording session (tests) Elmer Snowden's Novelty Orchestra Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer Titles recorded:
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1923 07 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 07 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
August 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 08 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 08 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Exclusive Club | ![]() see 1923 07 01 August 23 is the end of the Exclusive Club engagement according to Steiner. | Steiner 08, p.5 | . | . | . | . | 2011; updated 2013-01-10 |
1923 08 24 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923-08-25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Premier Grand Piano Co. 510 W. 23 St. | WDT broadcast Bruce Ellington and Serenaders Orchestra broadcast at noon. Ellington was the first act, playing Bebe, Susan and Bananas at 12:00, Where the Sacramenton River Flows, If Winter Comes and Pickles at 12:30, and My Own, Mose, Papa,and Watch Your Step at 12:50. Other performers were Trixie Smith, Thomas Waller, Joe De Lisle, Rosa Henderson (acc. Porter Grainger), Lena Wilson (acc. Fletcher Henderson) |
| . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2013-01-09 | |
1923 08 25 | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 26 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 27 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 28 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 29 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 30 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1923 08 31 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
September 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 09 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | "In September 1923, Billboard reported (Maceo Pinkard) had placed the (The Washingtonians) with the Victor record company..." | . | . | . | Tucker p.104 | . | ![]() |
1923 09 01 Saturday | 1923 11 07 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club 203 West 49th St. (Times Square) | Opening night for the Hollywood which includes the premiere of Leonard Harper's "Cleo Revue;" "Three shows nightly at 9 PM, 11:30 PM and 1:30 AM staged and produced by Mr. Joe Ward. The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader." "Elmer Snowden's Washingtonian Black Dot orchestra will furnish music during dinner and supper, as well as for dancing." | Ad and plug, The Evening Telegram, 1923-09-01, p.8 | . | 05-2,22 | Vail I | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-14 |
1923 09 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | ![]() probably from Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway | In August 1923 WHN began broadcasting bands, and about a month later, The Clipper mentioned the names of some of them, including "the Washingtonians, a colored band from Hollywood café" Tucker says the band played weekly, on Wednesday afternoons | . | . | . | Tucker, pp. 106, 294. | . | ![]() updated 2012-08-09 |
1923 09 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | ![]() probably from Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway | WHN- broadcast scheduled | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 09 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
October 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 10 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | Opening night of "Creole Revue" - two shows nightly. The opening was a week later than planned. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Recording session Some discographies say Elmer Snowden's Novelty Orchestra (Bubber Miley, John Anderson, Roland Smith, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer) recorded Home and M.T. Pocket Blues for Victor in this session. Bakker shows the recordings were unissued, and Steven Lasker's research of Victor's files showed no entry for it. Lasker and DEMS take the position it never happened. | . | . | 06,1-29 96,2-7 01,1-15 | Timner corrections | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
1923 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Star Casino, East 107th St. & 3rd Ave. Harlem | Song Writers' Concert and Dance . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 10 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | Fred Fisher Company registered the copyright of Blind Man's Buff. Mark Tucker writes "This is the first tangible evidence of Ellington's work with Jo Trent." | . | . | . | Tucker, p.103 | djp | ![]() |
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 10 31 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
November 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 11 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Creole Revue" - see 1923 10 12 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 |
1923 11 08 Thursday | 1924 01 20 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" Elmer Snowden Band | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 Abel Green's column in The Clipper, 1923-11-23, p12, said the Snowden band was the only entertainment until midnight, then Harper's "Dixie Revue" (sic) performed at midnight and 2 am. Advertisements in The Evening Telegram, however, until Sept. 16 say there were three shows nightly at 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30 Snowden personnel initially appear to be:
The Nov.17 edition of The Evening Telegram reported Snowden had added "Otto and Smith, The Saxophone Twins." | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1923 | ||||||||||
1923 12 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 14 | . | . | . | The Clipper A listing of the band as the Washington Black Sox was changed to The Washingtonians followed by Snowden's name in brackets. | . | . | . | Tucker p.107 | . | ![]() |
1923 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1923 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Fisher Publishing House | In late December, date uncertain, Ellington became the rehearsal pianist for tin pan alley music publisher Fred Fisher Company. Billboard Magazine: "Duke Ellington, the pianist, at Hollywood Inn, has succeeded Roland Irving in the professional department of the Fred Fisher publishing house" |
. | . | . | Tucker P.104, Citing Billboard Dec.23, 1923 |
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January 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Bubber Miley joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1924 01 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Trombone player Charles Irvis joins. The January 4 issue of The Clipper reported "Charles Irvis is the new trombonist with the Washingtonians at the Hollywood, New York." | Tucker, p.107 | . | ![]() | |||
1924 01 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE George Francis, banjo, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1924 01 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 21 | 1924 04 04 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club aka Hollywood Cabaret | "Mississippi Revue" Elmer Snowden Band | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 At midnight, a Treasury Department agent ordered and was served scotch, and saw others drinking as well. The club was raided the next month on the basis of his affidavit. |
| . | 02,2-19 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-07 |
1924 01 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 01 24 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Alice Babs | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1924 01 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
February 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 02 00 | . | New York City, N.Y. | . | Sometime in February, Elmer Snowden left the band and initially Sonny Greer, and then Ellington, became its leader. The Feb.24 Popular Music edition of the Clipper included a band photo with text saying the banjo player was now George Francis and Ellington was in charge. | . | . | . | Tucker p.109 | . | ![]() |
1924 02 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The Washingtonians | . | . | . | Vail I Bey C77 photo JLC photo DEIP photo | . | 2011 |
1924 02 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The club was raided by federal agents, who seized alcohol. At the end of the year, the US Court of Appeals ordered the liquor returned on a technicality invalidating the search warrant. |
| . | 02,2-19 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-07 |
1924 02 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 02 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Banjo and rhythm guitarist Fred Guy, born 1899 05 23, joined the band | . | . | 06,1-29 | . | S.Hoefsmit | 2011 |
1924 02 20 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom, Broadway & 48th St. | See 1924 03 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
March 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 03 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom, Broadway & 48th St. | ![]() Vail's March 1924 entry says "The Washingtonians begin doubling at the Cinderella Ballroom before the show at the Hollywood Club." Götting places the band at the Cinderella on February 20 and March 12, citing Steiner08. Tucker says "Performers from both the Hollywood and the Club Alabam traveled to the Cinderella Ballroom... where 'these added attractions have been successful...and have been the means of drawing an element a bit above the usualy dance hall following.' Such appearances may have brought bands additional jobs, thus benefiting the musicians as much as their club sponsors. When the Washingtonians made their Haverhill, Massachusetts, debut early in 1925, they were identified as coming not from the Hollywood but 'direct from the Cinderella ballroom on Broadway.'" |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 03 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
April 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 04 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 End of engagement The Hollywood burned down the next day. When it reopened on May 1, the house band was led by James P. Johnson. The Washingtonians opened at the Hollywood again on June 10. | Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146 | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 05 Saturday | 1924 04 19 Saturday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1924 04 20 Easter Sunday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Waldorf Theatre | First visit to New England by The Washingtonians. | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 21 Easter Monday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | Performance for the Salem Young Men's Christian Temperance Society as 'Duke Ellington's Broadway Recording Orchestra.' (Charleshurst owner Charles Shribman had been booking bands into New England in the early 1920s. In 1924 he and other New England ballroom managers formed a performance circuit) | Salem Evening News Apr 18 1924 | . | . | Tucker, pp.183, 184 & 300 | . &djp | ![]() |
1924 04 22 Tuesday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Truell Hall | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 23 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1924 04 24 Thursday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 24 | . | . | . | Birth of bassist Aaron Bell | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1924 04 25 Friday | . | Salem | College Inn | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 26 Saturday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 04 27 Sunday | 1924 04 30 Wednesday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
May 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 05 01 Monday | 1924 05 31 Saturday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1924 05 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood restaurant | Peripheral event The New York Sun reported Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand signed rders against the Picadilly Rendezvous, the Silver Slipper and the "restaurant at 203 West Forty-Ninth" restraining the sale of liquor until "the hearing on the padlock case, which it is expected will come up for trial in June." | New York Sun, 1924-05-21, p.1 | djp | ![]() | |||
1924 05 24 Saturday 7 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event In May 1924, Barron Wilkins, owner of the Exclusive Club, was shot to death outside the club. (New York Age, 1924-05-31,p1) William "Yellow Charleston" Harris, was found guilty of his murder and was executed in late 1924. | . | ![]() | ||||
June 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 06 01 Sunday | 1924 06 09 Monday | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1924 06 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | "The Virginia Girls" Ellington and the Washingtonians return to replace James P. Johnson's band. | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
August 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 08 --? | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Sweatman recording session | Ellington may have been the pianist for this session, in which Sweatman recorded Battleship Kate. | . | 02,1-16/3 | . | . | 2011 |
1924 08 12? (Wednesday) | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Gennett session (may be the same as the one above?) | . | . | 05,1-25 | . | . | 2011 |
September 1924 | ||||||||||
1924-09-06 (Sunday) | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | ![]() "Creole Follies" | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1924 09 18? (Friday) | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Gennett session | . | . | 05,2-19 | . | . | 2011 |
1924-09-20 (Sunday) | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Sweatman session | . | . | 89,2-8 86,2-10 | . | . | 2011 |
October 1924 | ||||||||||
1924-10-05 (Monday) | . | . | . | Bubber Miley recording session | . | . | 06,1-29 | . | S.Hoefsmit | 2011 |
November 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 11 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Possibly at the Emerson Recording Laboratories | Blu-Disc recording sessions The Washingtonians Jo Trent and the D C'Ns Sunny and the D C'Ns Miley, Irvis, Hardwick, Ellington, Francis, Greer, Trent Titles recorded:
| . | DE2402 | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | ![]() | |
1924 11 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Possibly at the Emerson Recording Laboratories | Blu-Disc recording session Ellington, Alberta Prime, Greer Titles recorded:
This session, and the identity of Alberta Prime, are discussed on p.16 of DEMS 2000-4. While New Desor shows this as session 2401, indicating it took place before the other three sides. Since the matrix numbers suggest otherwise, I've listed 2401 after 2402, assuming there were 2 sessions. | . | DE2401 | 00-4 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2013-03-10 |
1924 11 11 | . | . | . | Birth of Willie Cook, trumpet | . | djp | ![]() | |||
December 1924 | ||||||||||
1924 12 02 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Bubber Miley recording session | . | . | 06,1-29 | . | S.Hoefsmit | 2011 |
1924 12 15 (Tuesday) | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club | The Hollywood run ended when there was a fire in the early morning of December 16. | "Fire Record," New York Times, 17Dec24,p43 | . | 07,1-14 | . | .Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14) | 2011 |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
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Other references |
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January 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 01 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Blu-Disc recording session (New Desor shows this as Nov 1924) Florence Bristol, vocal, with Hardwick & Ellington Titles recorded:
| . | DE2403 NDCS 6000 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-29 | |
1925 01 01 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 02 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 03 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 04 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 05 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 06 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 07 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 08 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 09 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 10 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 11 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 12 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 13 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 14 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 15 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 16 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 17 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 18 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 19 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 20 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 21 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 22 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 23 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 24 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 25 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 26 Monday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 01 27 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 28 Wednesday | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 01 29 Thursday | . | Cambridge, Mass. | Elk's Ballroom | . | Boston Post | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 01 30 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 01 31 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
February 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 02 01 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 02 | . | Lynn, Mass. | Odd Fellow's Hall | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 02 03 | . | Portsmouth, N.H. | Freeman's Hall | On Jan.25, the Portsmouth Herald announced a concert from 8:00 to 8:45pm, followed by a dance The concert was to include
| Portsmouth Herald | . | 07,1-14 | . | Agustín Perez Gasco apr11, djp 2012-07-27 | 2011, updated 2012-07-27 |
1925 02 04 | . | Fall River, Mass. | Casino | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 02 05 | . | Taunton, Mass. | Roseland | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 02 06 | . | Haverhill, Mass. | City Hall | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 02 07 | . | Boston, Mass. | Music Box | . | . | . | 07,1-14 | . | 2011 | |
1925 02 08 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 09 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 10 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 11 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 12 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 13 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 14 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 15 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 16 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 17 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 18 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | The Hollywood reopened as Club Kentucky. "Kentucky Nights" revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 02 20 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 21 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 22 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 23 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 24 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | =ex-Hollywood | . | . | 07,1-14 | Vail I | 2011 | |
1925 02 26 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 27 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 02 28 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
March 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 03 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St. | Duke Ellington and The Everglades Orchestra, appearing in a vaudeville show with 5 other acts. Still working nightly at the Kentucky. This may not have been a continuing engagement - Ellington is named in the ad in the New York Age on March 7, he is not mentioned in the Lincoln ads in the February 21 or 28, nor the March 14, 21 or 28, editions. These do refer to vaudeville, but don't name the acts. Apr 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 23, 28, June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 4, 11, 189, 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Sept. 5, 12 19 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, (24 not seen), 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 3, 19 or 26. Duke Ellington's Washingtons is advertised in the May 16 ad and Duke Ellington's Washingtonians The Famous Club Kentucky Band is advertised in the December 12 edition. | Ads, New York Age
| . | . | Tucker, p.111 | Steiner08 & djp | ![]() updated 2013-02-25 |
1925 03 18 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | (all-white revue!) | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 03 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | ![]() "Andrews, according to the Federal record, was connected with the Club Kentucky, padlocked March 25, 1925..." | New York Evening Post, 1928-09-18 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1925 03 01 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 02 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 03 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 04 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 05 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 06 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 07 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 08 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 09 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 10 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 11 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 12 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 13 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 14 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 15 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 16 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 17 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 18 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 19 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 20 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 21 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 22 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 23 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 24 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 25 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 26 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 27 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 28 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 29 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 30 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 03 31 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
April 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 04 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Prince Robinson, clarinet and tenor sax, born 1902, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1925 04 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE George Francis, banjo, leaves the band Fred Guy, banjo and guitar, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1925 04 11? | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | . | . | . | . | newspaper clip | A.Neegaard K.Steiner 3/10 | 2011 |
1925 04 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | "Monster Midnight Show" | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
May 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 05 05 | . | New York, N.Y. | Barnville Club | farewell party | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 05 13 | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | "Greatest Entertainment In N.Y." The band appeared as Duke Ellington's Washington Orchestra. | . | . | . | Tucker, p.111 | Steiner08 & djp | ![]() 2011-12-28 |
1925 05 14? (not 8jun25) | . | New York, N.Y. | . | “Hotsy Totsy” | . | . | 05,1-27 04,3-57 01,3-9 | . | . | 2011 |
1925 05 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | It seems likely that sometime before June 1925 Ellington was one of the Kentucky Club band members appearing briefly in one scene in the background of a silent film called Headlines. Researcher Ken Steiner found this reference in the 13Jun25 issue of the Philadelphia Tribune in the "News of Interest Around New York" column, written by J.A. "Billboard" Jackson, and distributed to African American newspapers through the A.N.P. news service:"Johnnie Hudgins, the Kentucky club band and four girls from the club Alabam have been filmed in the Rue La Paix scene in a feature film called Headlines being produced by the St. Regis Picture Corp."The film is held in the Library of Congress and the segment purportedly including the Kentucky Club orchestra was released on the internet on April 29 2013 - see the film clip and related story in "Duke Ellington’s Film Debut" in the LOC blog, posted April 29, 2013 by Erin Allen. | . | . | DEMS 06/1-22 | . | KS | ![]() updated 2013-05-02 |
June 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 06 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Henry “Bass” Edwards, tuba, born 1898 02 22, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
July 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 07 06 Monday | 1925 07 13 | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | Florence Mills biographer Bill Egan:"In the immediate aftermath of (Mill's) Palace triumph, Florence took a brief break from performing. The Lincoln Theatre in Harlem took the opportunity to engage Vodery's orchestra along with part of the cast from Florence's show for a week. They featured Alma Smith as lead singer and Johnny Nit as lead dancer. An added attraction, reflecting his increasing popularity in Harlem, was Duke Ellington's band, then resident at the Club Kentucky." | Florence Mills, Harlem Jazz Queen by Bill Egan, Studies in Jazz 48, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2004, citing Variety, 1925-07-08, p.47 | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2013-02-26 |
1925 07 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre (Doubtful? - the band played the Rivoli Theatre engagement this day) | Variety show - see 1925 07 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 07 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rivoli Theater Broadway & 49th St. | Plug in the Brooklyn Daily Star, July 13: "As an added feature at the Rivoli tonight ,...present the entire group of entertainers from Club Kentucky, ..."Southern Hospitality" is the name of the spectacular cabaret sketch which includes Bart Lewis as master of ceremonies and the Kentucky's famed jazz band, 'The Washingtonians.' There will be the chorus ensemble, Peggie English and Babe Nasworthy all appearing exactly as they do at the Club Kentucky. This Night Club Revue will augment the Paramount picture "Night Life of New York"... The July 15 Evening Post says "A night club a night " is Hugo Riesenfeld's slogan at the Rivoli this week. ...Mr.Riesenfeld is bringing the entertainers from various nightclubs to provide the proper atmosphere for the feature picture, "Night Life of New York." The Club Kentucky entertainers and the Everglades Revue have already appeared, and more are scheduled... |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-12-18 |
September 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 09 01 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 02 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 03 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 04 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 05 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 06 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 07 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 08 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1925 09 10 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | East 53rd St Studios | Pathé recording session The Washingtonians Pike Davis, Irvis, Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Bass Edwards Titles recorded:
| . | DE2501 | . | Steven Lasker, Luis Contijoch, djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-25 | |
1925 09 12 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 13 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 14 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 15 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 16 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 17 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 18 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 19 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 20 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 21 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 22 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 23 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 24 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 25 | . | . | . | Pathé / Perfect Session false date, see Sept 25 | . | . | 09,3-4 09,2-4 | . | credit Steven Lasker as all 09,2-4entries | 2011 |
1925 09 26 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 27 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 28 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 29 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 09 30 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
October 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 10 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Cameo 288 West Fifty-Seventh St. | Only one night - Tucker places this in November and says the Washingtonians appeared at the Cameo and were fired the same night. The The Baltimore Afro-American reported Elmer Snowden's band took over the Club Kentucky gig when Ellington and the Washingtonians "left their former position where they had been playing for three years to accept a preferred engagement at the Cameo Club further up town. The Sun described the club as "a large dining place frequented by well known Broadway-ites," and The Evening Post described it as "a plush and gilt emporium ,which opened its doors only two or three weeks ago, after Sam Paul, the owner, had spent a thick bankroll making it the most elegant place his imagination could conceive." |
| . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
1925 10 01 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 10 02 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 10 03 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1925 10 19 Monday | 1925 10 24 | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 10 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 10 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 10 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 10 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 10 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theater Broadway at 45th | see 1925 10 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
November 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 11 00 | 1925 11 21 | New York, N.Y. | Lido Club | Night Club Opening date unknown. The 1925-11-21 Baltimore Afro-American said, "It is reported that Duke Ellington's Washingtonians are no longer engaged at the Lido Club. The reason was not disclosed." |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() ![]() |
1925 11 06 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Ozzie Bailey | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1925 11 23 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1925 | ||||||||||
1925 12 03 | . | . | . | Copyright date of "Jig Walk," an Ellington composition used in the "Chocolate Kiddies" revue | . | . | . | Tucker p.126 | . | ![]() |
1925 12 12 | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1925 12 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | Peripheral event Club Kentucky is one of ten served with an injunction "The most drastic measure in the history of New York City against New Year's Eve Revelry was promulgated today by United States Attorney Emory R.Buckner when he served notice on ten Broadway supper clubs and cabarets that he had secured temporary injunctions against them. The injunctions... restrain the clubs and restaurants and their employees from selling or giving away intoxicating liquors until the final hearing of padlock suits which Mr. Buckner has brought against them... Some 150 Federal prohibition agents will be making the rounds and many have engaged tables... Notwithstanding these discouragements to the more convivial part of the city's population and visitors, there was every indication that the New Year's Eve celebration here would be both noisy and extensive .Reservations to the limit of their capacity have been taken at practically all the nightclubs, hotel dining rooms and restaurants...Fifteen dollars seems to be the prevailing price,except where tickets are bought from speculators. The speculators, seeking to reap a richer profit than they could make from the sale of theater admissions, were reported buying all the seats they could obtain at the more expensive nightclubs and disposing of them at an advance running as high as 100 percent, and more." Ken Steiner reports "Prohibition itself is an amazing subject and I can't imagine telling Duke's story without it. Prohibition had the ironic effect of creating the very night club scene that provided Duke employment during his early years. New York was in the midst of a new wave of Prohibition enforcement. Emory Buckner, a "legal beagle," became District Attorney in May of 1925, shifted the focus to Times Square clubs, and expedited the prosecution of cases through non-jury courts, injunctions, and padlocks. Club Kentucky beat the rap this time, according to Variety (Jan. 6, 1926) "through lack of evidence." Later that year, Buckner was successful in closing Club Kentucky on March 21 for six months." | New York Sun, 1925-12-31,pp. 1 & 2 | djp | ![]() |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
DEMS reference |
Other references |
Contact person |
Date added / updated |
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January 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, trombone, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 01 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | "Intimate Revue" | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 01 22 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Bubber Miley Rec | . | . | 06,1-29 | . | S.Hoefsmit | 2011 |
February 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 02 20? | . | New York, N.Y. | . | “Jig Walk” | . | . | 05,1-26+42 04,3-23 01,3-9 98,2-23 97,2-23 | . | . | 2011 |
1926 02 26 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | "All Star Revue" | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
March 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 03 18 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Pathé recording session | . | . | 98,1-16 | . | Timner corrections | 2011 |
1926 03 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | East 53rd St. Studio | Pathé recording session | . | DE2601 | 98,1-16 97,2-4 97,1-8 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,3-9 85,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1926 03 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Kentucky | Club closed ("padlocked" for serving liquor during prohibition) | . | . | 09,3-4 09,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1926 03 26 | . | . | . | Pathé/Perfect Session false date, see mar26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 03 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th St. Offices | Gennett recording session | . | DE2602 | 99,4-12 | . | Timner corrections . | 2011 |
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Charles Irvis leaves the band in the spring. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Mack Shaw, tuba, joined the band in the spring of 1926 | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
April 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 (spring) | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Henry “Bass” Edwards leaves the band. New Desor shows him playing the March 30, 1926 session but Mack Shaw is in the June session. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 04 12 | 1926 04 26 | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's West 56th Street | new "Creole Follies" revue | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
June 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Reed player Percy Glascoe was in the band during the summer of 1926 | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Metcalfe, trumpet, joins the band in the fall | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Prince Robinson leaves the band in the summer of 1926 | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 06 -> | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation | Joe Nanton joined the band during this engagement | . | . | 02,2-19 93,1-7 86,3 | . | . | 2011 |
1926 06 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | The Plantation Club | WGBS-Broadcast 9:30pm | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 06 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th Street Offices | Gennett recording session | . | DE2603 | 06,1-29 03,3-9 02,2-27 02,1-24 | Timner corrections | S.Hoefsmit re 06,1-29 | 2011 |
1926 06 26 | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Alhambra Theater 7th Ave. & 126th St. | benefit performance | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
July 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 07 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | closed by law | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1926 07 12 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | The Washingtonians were now a 10 piece band. Their 5 week New England booking began here; based in Salem, they stayed in the New Brunswick Hotel | . | . | . | Tucker, pp.186-187 | . | ![]() updated 2011-12-27 |
1926 07 13 | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1926 07 14 | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 15 | . | Brockton, Mass. | Highland Park | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 16 | . | Fall River | Lincoln Park | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 17 | . | Worcester, Mass. | Mohegan | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 19 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 20 | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 21 | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 22 | . | Boston, Mass. | Scenic Auditorium Berkeley St. | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 23 | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 24 | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 27 | . | Lowell, Mass. | Commodore Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 28 | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | Dance ROSELAND | The Lowell Sun, 1926-07-28, p.16 | . | . | . | .djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-05 |
1926 07 29 | . | Cranston | Oakland Beach | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 07 31 | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
August 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 08 01 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 02 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 03 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 04 Wednesday | . | Marshfield, Mass. | Fieldston Ballroom (Aka Fieldston Ballroom On The Atlantic | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 05 Thursday | . | Woonsocket, R.I. | Miami Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 06 Friday | . | Somerset | Wilbur's | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 07 Saturday | . | Worcester | Mohegan | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 08 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 09 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 10 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 11 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 12 Thursday | . | Ocean Pier | Orchard Beach | . | . | . | MIMM74 photo | . | 2011 | |
1926 08 13 Friday< | . | Dedham, Mass. | Moseley-On-The-Charles Caution - This ballroom still exists - do not access its website, it has a virus as at 2012-08-05 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 14 Saturday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 15 Sunday | . | Leominster | Rialto Thea | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 08 16 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 17 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 18 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 19 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 20 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 21 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 22 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 23 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 24 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 25 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 26 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 27 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 28 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 29 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 30 | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 08 30 Monday | 1926 09 04 | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | "On the Stage Duke Ellington's 9 - Washingtonians - 9" "The Show-Off opened yesterday at the Olympic theater for a week's engagement. For a new trend in screen productions, The Show-Off is an apt illustration, with Ford Sterling as the central character...One of the finest musical organizations to come to Pittsburgh is at the Olympic this week. Duke Ellington's Washingtonians proved a hit. A corking comnedy, Wife Tamers, featuring Lionel Barrymore and Pathe News were also on the program. An extra film attraction this week of the first annual baby pageant was shown. Harry Hochie and the Olympic Symphonic orchestra pleased with new and entertaining numbers." |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2013-06-14 |
1926 08 31 Tuesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
September 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 09 01 Wednesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 02 Thursday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 03 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 04 Saturday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Olympic Theater | Stage show - see 1926 08 30 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 05 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 06 | 1926 09 11 | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | "Added attraction - Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, Nine Artists in Elaborate Musical Act - Late Feature of the Boreadway Success, 'Plantation'". | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1926 09 06 Monday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 07 Tuesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 08 Wednesday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 09 Thursday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 10 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 11 Saturday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Theater | Stage show - see 1926 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 09 12 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented Steiner, in Mad Throng tells us Ellington's manager at the time, Harrison Smith, had booked a week at North Kensington and Homestead, Penn., and another week at Grafton and Wheeling, W.Va. However according to Nanton, in an interview by Inez Cavenaugh, they were booked into Huntingdon, W.Va. and thinking that was too South, they returned to the Kentucky Club. | . | ||||||
1926 09 13 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 14 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 15 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 16 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 17 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 18 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 19 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 20 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 21 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 22 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 23 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 24 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | . | . | . | 04,3-57 | Vail | . | 2011 |
1926 09 26 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 27 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 28 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 29 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
1926 09 30 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | ||||||
October 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 10 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Edgar M. (“The Lamb”) Sampson, alto sax and violin, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1926 10 02 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Columbia recording session (rejected) | . | . | 80,1-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1926 10 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | East 37th Street Offices | Gennett recording session | . | DE2604 | 03,3-9 04,3-57 00,4-16+17 91,5-6 | . | . | 2011 |
November 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 11 08-> | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | NEW show opens | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1926 11 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2605 | 09,2-4 04,3-57 | . | . | 2011 |
December 1926 | ||||||||||
1926 12 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | Recording Session (rejected) | . | . | 04,1-8 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1926 12 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2606 | 06,1-29 02,1-9+18 01,3-10 99,3-2185,2-4 | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
DEMS reference |
Other references |
Contact person |
Date added / updated |
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January 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 01 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio | DE2701 | . | . | Timner corrections | . | 2011 | |
1927 01 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | . | . | . | 04,1-8 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1927 01 29-> | . | New York, N.Y. | Lincoln Theatre, 58 W.135th St. | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
February 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 02 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Edgar Sampson leaves the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1927 02 03 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | DE2702 | . | . | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 | |
1927 02 14-> | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | "Chocolate Babies" | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 02 28 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2703 | 85,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
March 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 03 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | See 8mar28 | . | . | DE2803 | 82,5-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1927 03 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2704 | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 03 mid | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | Duke's engagement ends | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 03 22 | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Recording Session | . | DE2705 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 04,3-49 04,1-8 03,2-17 | . | . | 2011 |
April 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 04 02 | 1927 04 09 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem ?? | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 04 07 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2706 | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 04 10 | 1927 04 16 | Newark, N.J. | Orpheum ?? | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 04 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | ` DE2707 | . | . | . | 2011 |
May 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 05 19-> | . | Chicago, Ill. | Billie Cain's | . | . | . | 03,1-5 02,2-19 | . | . | 2011 |
June 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 06 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Clarinetist, tenor sax man Rudy Jackson joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1927 06 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Bassist Wellman Braud, born 1891 01 25, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1927 06 16 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Saxophonist Harry Carney joins the band on alto sax but later morphed to baritone sax. He had played with the band earlier in the year, and had to get permission from his mother to join. Harry doubled on clarinet, soprano sax, bass clarinet and, in one recording, either alto clarinet or bassett horn. Harry often drove Duke by car on road trips, and he remained in Ellington's band for nearly 47 years, until 1974, the year they both died. | djp | ![]() updated 2012-10-11 | ||||
1927 06 20 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter On this first night of the 1927 summer New England tour, the band had a "battle" with Mal Hallett's band. This was the first time Carney played in the band after officially becoming a member on the 16th. Ellington brought his family (Edna and Mercer) on this tour, and stayed in the New Brunswick Hotel in Salem. | . | . | 04,3-10 | Tucker p.203, citing Boston Post | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
1927 06 21 Tuesday | . | Foxboro | Lakeview Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 06 22 Wednesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.203, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
1927 06 23 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 06 24 Friday | 1927 06 25 Saturday | Revere | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 06 25 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 06 26 | . | Lynn | Olympia Theatre | One-nighter Some sources suggest Carney joined on the 26th but it is more likely to have been the 16th since he recalled playing the Nutting-on-Charles date on the 20th. | . | . | 04,3-10 04,1-31 | Tucker p.203, citing Lynn Daily Evening Item | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
1927 06 27 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.203, citing Boston Post | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 06 28 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 06 29 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 06 30 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 06 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Mack Shaw leaves the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
July 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 07 01 Friday | . | Providence, R.I. | Crescent Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.203, citing Providence Journal | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 02 Saturday | . | Somerset | Wilbur's | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.203, citing Fall River Herald News | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 03 Sunday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Boston Evening Transcript | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 04 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 05 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 06 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 07 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 08 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 09 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 10 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 11 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 12 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 13 Wednesday | . | Marshfield or Gardner, Mass. | Fieldston | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.203, citing Brockton Post Herald and Fitchburg Sentinel | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 14 Thursday | . | Old Orchard | Orchard Pier | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Portland Press Herald | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 15 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 16 Saturday | . | Revere Beach, Mass. | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Boston Post | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 17 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 18 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 19 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Boston Post | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 20 Wednesday | . | Providence, R.I. | Crescent Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 07 21 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 22 Friday | . | Taunton, Mass. | American Legion | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette | . | 2011 |
1927 07 23 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 24 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 25 Monday | . | Old Orchard, Me. | Old Orchard Pier | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Portland Press Herald | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 07 26 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 27 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 28 Thursday | . | Woonsocket, R.I. | New Joyland | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 07 29 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 07 30 Saturday | . | Nashua | Blackbird Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Manchester Union | .i | 2011 |
1927 07 31 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
August 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 08 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | Kentucky Club | Peripheral event The Club Kentucky closes, and will reopen later as "Monterey" | . | . | 2011 | |||
1927 08 01 Monday | . | Buzzard's Bay | Bournehurst | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 08 02 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 08 02 | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
1927 08 03 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 04 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 05 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 06 Saturday | . | Brockton, Mass. | Highland Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 07 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 08 Monday | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 09 Tuesday | 1927 08 11 | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 10 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 11 Thursday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 12 Friday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Roseland | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 13 Saturday | . | Revere | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 08 14 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 15 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 16 Tuesday | . | Salisbury Beach, N.H. | Ocean Echo | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 17 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 18 Thursday | . | Fitchburg, Mass. | Whalom Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 19 Friday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 20 Saturday | . | Brockton, Mass. | Highland Park | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 20 Saturday | . | . | . | Birth of singer Joya Sherrill | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1927 08 21 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 22 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 23 Tuesday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Commodore Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Lowell Sun | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 24 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 25 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 26 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 27 Saturday | . | Revere | Crescent Gardens | One-nighter | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 08 28 Sunday | . | activities not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 29 Monday | . | activities not documented | . | |||||||
1927 08 30 Tuesday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 08 31 Wednesday | . | Manchester, N.H. | Arcadia Ballroom | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Manchester Union | . | ![]() updated 2013 01 01 |
September 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 09 01 Thursday | . | Fitchburg, Mass. | Whalom Park | Dance "Tomorrow Night Duke Ellington The hottest band that ever played at Whalom Park. Last appearance here. | Ad Fitchburg Sentinel, 1927-08-31 | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-05 |
1927 09 02 Friday | . | activities not documented | . | |||||||
1927 09 03 Saturday | . | Old Orchard | Orchard Pier | One-nighter | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Portland Press Herald | . | added 2011 updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 09 04 Sunday | . | Gardner, Mass. | Arcadia Ballroom | Dance "M-A-M-M-O-T-H MIDNIGHT DANCE ARCADIA GARDNER SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 - AT MIDNIGHT - 12.05 to 4 A.M. Farewell Appearance Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians 'The hottest band on Broadway' Columbia and Brunswick Recording Artists Admission 75˘ BUS SERVICE FROM FITCHBURG Before and After Dance 50˘ Round Trip G. | Ad, The Fitchburg Sentinal, Sat. Sept. 3, 1927, p.2 | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinal | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-05 |
1927 09 05 Monday | . | Fitchburg, Mass. | Whalom Park | ![]() One nighter (Götting has this on 1927 09 07) | . | . | . | Tucker p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinal | . | ![]() added 2013-01-01 |
1927 09 06 Tuesday | . | activities not documented | . | |||||||
1927 09 07 Wednesday | . | Fitchburg | Whalom Park | ![]() One nighter (Tucker has this on 1927 09 05) | . | . | . | Götting, p.6, citing Steiner08 | . | ![]() updated 2013-01-01 |
1927 09 00 -> | . | New York, N.Y. | Ciro's West 56th St. | Three week club residency - exact dates unknown. Tucker says the band played at Club Ciro's for 3 weeks. Vail's June 20 1927 entry says after the (summer) tour ended Sept.5, the band went to the 3 week Ciro's engagement. | . | . | . | Tucker p.207 Vail I | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
1927 09 16 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Ellington and William Donaldson's ”Gold Digger” was published by Denton & Haskins in 1927. Written as early as 1922 or 1923, it had been rejected by music publishers until 1927 because it was a "radical departure from the usual conventional hot tune type." Ellington never recorded it, but on Sept 16, it was recorded by Johnny Ringer and His Rosemont Ballroom Orchestra. Tucker suggests "As Ellington's fame grew as a recording artist his stock rose as a composer. One direct result was the publication in 1927 of "Gold Digger..."" | . | . | 00,2-5 00,1-9 99,5-10 99,4-15 | Tucker, p.200 | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-31 |
October 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 10 01 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 02 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 03 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 04 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 05 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio | . | . | DE2708 | 08,3-23 03,2-16 94,2-2 91,1-4 83,1-3 82,5-4 | . | (credit Jan Bruer for all 03,2-16 entries) | 2011 |
1927 10 07 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 08 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 09 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 10 Monday | 1927 10 16 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Clarence Robinson's “Jazzmania” revue, starring Edith Wilson. Duke Ellington's famous Washingtonians and the Royal Balalakai Orchestra ... "Ellington's band will render regular musical accompaniment to the revue from the pit, while the Balalakai Orchestra will present the special musical accompaniment to the famous act of Rodrigo and Lila. John Vigal, Clarence Robinson, Slim Henderson, Lena Wilson and Buck and Bubbles will also appear in the cast of "Jazzmania."" | Ad and plug "Edith Wilson At The Lafayette Next Week," New York Age, 1927-10-08 | . | . | Vail | djp | ![]() updated 2013-02-25 |
1927 10 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | “Jazzmania” - see 1927 10 10 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 10 17 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 18 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 19 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 20 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 21 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 22 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 23 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 24 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 25 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 26 | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Camden Studio #1 | . | DE2709 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 08,3-23 08,1-21 04,3-34 03,2-16 95,2-7 94,3-5 83,1-3 82,5-4 | . | . | 2011 | |
1927 10 27 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 28 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 29 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 30 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 10 31 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
November 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 11 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Harlem jazz queen Florence Mills passed away in hospital at 4 am She has been described as 'Mills was probably the first black female international superstar, was lionized by crowned heads in Europe and described by English show business impresario C.B. Cochran as "one of the greatest artists that ever walked on to a stage." Although her career and shows changed the nature of black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years.' | Florence Mills, Harlem Jazz Queen by Bill Egan, Studies in Jazz 48, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2004 | djp | ![]() | |||
1927 11 01 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 02 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios 11 Union Square | OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Jabbo Smith, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Adelaide Hall Titles recorded:
Jabbo's solo in Black and Tan Fantasy is treasured by many listeners. Many years later Smith recalled "The night before I recorded with Duke, somebody stole my horn. I had to go to a music store to get a replacement, andd the mouthpiece was way too big. I had a hell of a time hitting that opening high C in my solo, but I made the session."1 | 1Roger Boyes, Blue Light No. 15/4 p.11 quoting from citing Whitney Balliett's New Yorker column (date not given) | DE2710 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-24, 2013-07-04 | |
1927 11 04 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 05 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 06 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 07 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Vocalion recording session The Ellington Trio (Ellington and unidentified violinist, bassist and drummer with singers Marguerite Lee and Walter Richardson Titles recorded:
I am told these songs were recorded in memory of Florence Mills, who died Nov 1. Marguerite Lee eventually became Arther Whetsel's second wife. | . | DE2711 | corr Timner | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-24 | |
1927 11 09 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 10 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 11 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 12 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 13 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 11 14 Monday | 1927 11 20 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | . | . | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania“ Vail I 9 photo | . | 2011 |
1927 11 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Dance Mania revue - see 1927 11 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1927 11 21 Monday | 1927 12 02 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show (Dance Mania according to Vail) This 3-week engagement ended prematurely because Ellington was wanted by the Cotton Club for its new show on December 4. Legend has it that Cotton Club owner Owney Madden, had Philadelphia mobster Boo Boo Huff send gangster Yankee Schwarz to see the theatre manager with the message "Be big, or be dead." |
| . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | ![]() updated 2013-05-24 |
1927 11 22 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 23 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 24 Thursday 8 pm to 3 am | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Academy of Music Broad & Locust Streets | The Student's Official Football Classic Reception Introducing the Howard and Lincoln teams, cheering squads and stars and presenting the greatest orchestral combination on broadway today Fletcher Henderson's Nationally Celebrated Orchestra of the City of N.Y....staged and promoted under the direct supervision of the Student's Official Reception Committee. Separate ad below: THRU AN UNEXPECTED NEGOTIATION OF OUR GRADUATE MANAGER DUKE ELLINGTON'S Great Jazzmania Orchestra (Another of Broadway's Demands) Will Be Presented THANKSGIVING NIGHT in the ACADEMY of MUSIC Together With FLETCHER HENDERSON'S Great Broadway Orchestra EXPENSE CEASES TO BE AN ITEM IN MAKING THIS THE GREATEST CLASSIC RECEPTION EVER. Ken Steiner's research indicates the 'dance/reception' was held in the concert hall, with a dance floor installed above the seating. He also found Horace Henderson's band played here instead of Fletcher's. | Ad, Baltimore Afro-American, 19-11-27 p.7 | . | . | LYM message, Steiner, 2013-04-22 | . | ![]() updated 2013-02-24, 2013-04-22 |
1927 11 24 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 25 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 26 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 27 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 28 Monday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 29 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 11 30 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
December 1927 | ||||||||||
1927 12 01 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 12 02 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Standard Theater South St. | Vaudeville show -see 1927 11 21 | . | . | Vail “Dance Mania" | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 12 03 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1927 12 04 | 1931 02 03 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club 644 Lenox Ave at West 142nd St. | Opening of “1st Cotton Club Revue“ First night of Ellington's first Cotton Club residency, which ran December 4, 1927 to May 2, 1929; May 5 to June 24, 1929; June 30, 1929 to June 13, 1930; and September 14, 1930 to February 3, 1931 John Franchesina, in Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p. 16, writes that Ellington and the band arrived, excited though exhausted, at the club only minutes before the show was to open. Ellington was broadcast locally on NBC's New York stations WHN and WPAP until February 1929. Webmaster's note regarding presentation of the Cotton Club and other extended engagements: I am trying to list each date of multiday events separately, referenced back to the first entry for the engagement. This will allow the viewer to see the all-day activity when Ellington performed at two or more places in one day. I don't yet know if the band had a regular night off during its Cotton Club engagements. Hasse's Beyond Category quotes Barney Bigard as saying they worked seven nights a week with hardly a night off. Researcher Ken Steiner writes 'Ads for the Cotton Club usually said something like "two separate shows nightly." I've never seen a "closed Tuesdays" for example. This means our favorite band worked for months on end without a day off at the Cotton Club, often doubling at theatres, recording and making special appearances and outside gigs!' This webpage may show nights off from the Cotton Club as performance nights in error. Until we learn which nights, if any, the band had off, I don't see an alternative. Broadcasts Sonny Greer said the Cotton Club broadcasts were every night, at 6 pm. | . | . |
| Steiner | added 2011 updated 2012-11-19 | |
1927 12 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-“1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE2712 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-23 | |
1927 12 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Vocalion recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE2713 | 08,1-21 03,2-16 02,3-8 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-23 |
1927 12 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1927 12 31 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Rudy Jackson leaves the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
DEMS reference |
Other references |
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January 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 01 01 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Barney Bigard, clarinet & tenor sax, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 01 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 09 | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | OKeh recording session | . | DE2801 | 08,1-21 04,1-8 03,2-16+17 02,3-8 02,2-17 01,3-6 88,5-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 01 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | OKeh recording session | . | DE2802 | 09,2-4 06,2-52 04,1-8 03,2-16+17 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 01 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 23 | . | . | . | Birth of drummer Dave Black | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 01 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 01 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
February 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 02 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Manhattan Casino 155th St. and Eighth Ave. | ![]() Matinee dance The Metro Club will give their matinee soiree ... Dancing music will be furnished by two orchestras, Duke Ellington and his Little Ellingtonians and the Original Cotton Club Orchestra. | The New York Age, 1928-01-28, p.10 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1928 02 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 02 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
March 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 03 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Various sessions | . | . | 93,1-4 91,1-4 88,5-2 86,4-3 82,5-4 82,1-1 81,5-2 81,4-1 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 03 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio | . | . | DE2803 | 11,2-18 09,3-4 09,2-4 05,3-31 03,3-9 03,2-16 97,2-4 97,1-8 82,5-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 03 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé studio | Cameo/Pathé recording session The Whoopee Makers / The Washingtonians Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE 2803 | 97/2-5 | . | djp | ![]() |
1928 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Arther Whetsel, trumpet, born 1905, joins the band, sometime between the March 8 and 21 recording sessions. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 03 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session The Washingtonians Whetsel, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE2804 | 05,3-31 03,2-16 98,4-7 | Timner corrections | djp | ![]() updated 2012-11-18 |
1928 03 21 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Variety, 1928 03 21, p.69 gave the Monday night Cotton Club broadcast the first of its favourable reviews of Ellington's music. | Stratemann,p.1 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 03 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th St. Studios | . | . | DE2805 | 06,1-29 04,3-34 03,2-16+17 00,3-13 | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
1928 03 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 28 Wednesday | . | . | . | False Date, See Mar28 | . | Pathé recording session | 09,3-4 9,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke leaves the band in the spring of 1928, sometime between the March 28 and June 25 recording session | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 03 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 03 31 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “1st Cotton Club Revue“-see 1927 12 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
April 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 04 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 2nd Cotton Club revue Opening of Dan Healy’s spring revue “Cotton Club Show Boat” ”Dance Music by Duke Ellington And His Famous Victor Recording Artists.” | Ad reproduced in Stratemann, p.685. | . | . | Vail | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 25 | . | . | . | Birth of Rick Henderson, alto sax | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 04 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 04 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
May 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 05 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 23 | . | Brunswick,Me | Bowdoin College | Dance "Ivy Ball" "Each Ivy Ball had live music often performed by the most popular bands of the time. Duke Ellington came in 1928 and 1932." "In 1928, students invited dates to the "Ivy Ball" for a night of dancing and a live performance by Duke Ellington." | From Tears to Beers: A History of Ivies Weekend The final revelation: Setting the record straight on Ivies Weekend | . | . | Vail. | . | ![]() updated 2012-11-18 |
1928 05 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 05 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Revue - "Cotton Club Show Boat" see 1928 04 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2012-09-22 |
1928 00 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Johnny Hodges joins the band in the spring of 1928 | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
June 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 06 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Metcalfe, trumpet, leaves the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 06 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2806 | 06,1-29+34 05,3-49 04,2-10 01,3-24 00,3-13 98,1-16 97,1-10 93,2-5 90,2-6 90,1-3 | NDCS 1058 | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
July 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 07 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | DE2807 | . | . | 08,1-34 08,1-34 06,2-52 04,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
October 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 10 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Freddie (“Posey”) Jenkins, born 1906, ____, joins the band in October 1928. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1928 10 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | DE2808 | . | . | 89,2-8 89,1-9 88,1-1 84,1-3 06,2-52 06,1-29 04,3,44 04,1-8 03,3-15 01,3-7 01,2-24 93,1-5 90,2-7 | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
1928 10 02 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2809 | 03,3-9 02,2-27 02,1-24 98,1-16 97,1-10 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 07 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Hot Chocolate” revue opened. | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1928 10 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2810 | 98,4-14 . | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1928 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 19 | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio | . | . | DE2811 | 97,2-5 97,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 20 | . | . | . | False Date | . | . | 98,1-16 97,1-10 90,2-6 90,1-3 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studios | . | . | DE2812 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 02,3-17 01,1-28 00,3-25 00,2-19 93,3-2 93,2-5 91,4-5 87,3-4 87,3-5 85,2-4 82,2-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 10 31 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
November 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 11 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th St. Studios. | Victor recording session | . | DE2813 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 02,1-18 93,3-2 93,2-5 91,1-4 89,2-8 89,1-9 88,5-8 87,3-5 85,2-4 82,2-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 15 | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th St. Studios. | . | . | DE2814 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,2-17 02,3-17 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 20 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | OKeh recording session | . | DE2815 | 06,2-52 04,1-8 88,2-4 88,1-3 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1928 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 22 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh-Columbia Studios | OKeh recording session | . | DE2816 | 06,2-52 06,1-29 04,1-8 88,2-4 88,1-3 82,4-5 | Timner corrections | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
1928 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio | . | . | DE2817 | 97,2-5 ,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1928 | ||||||||||
1928 12 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 12a | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio | . | . | DE2818 | 97,2-5 97,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 12b | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | Battle of Jazz between the bands of
"...six of New York's leading jazz bands competed in a "battle of jazz," as some 2,000 dance lovers crowded the dance floor or looked on. Outside more than 2,000 were turned away because of the lack of space... "Never before in the memory of Harlem dance lovers were six such personalities gathered under one roof as Duke Ellington with his soul-stirring army of blue blowers..."; "...These six popular bands almost raised the roof with their melodies. The building shook with applause, the throngs went wild with enthusiasm as each music master in his turn sent forth his melodies. The 'battle of jazz' ended without any decision rendered ...as the giddy mob of dancers,consumed the melodies of each aggregation, seemingly unconscious as to who was playing as long as the music continued. And when it stopped,a great cheer shook the house to its framework...". | "5,000 Try To Hear "Battle of Jazz At The Savoy Ballroom" New York Age, 1928-12-22, p.6 | . | . | Vail | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-14 |
1928 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1928 10 07 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1928 12 20 | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | Recording session Warren Bills and His Blue Serenaders recorded St.Louis Blues and Gems from Blackbirds of 1928. This orchestra of 25 musicians included Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, an unknown female vocalist plus the 10 voice Hal Johnson choir, and Matty Malneck, violinist and conductor. Blackbirds of 1928 was a 518-performance Broadway production that opened in May 1928. Adelaide Hall was one of its stars. | . | DE2819 | 11,1-29 10,3-22 08,3-15 06,1-29 05,3-44 97,2-7 | Stratemann, p.1 Timner corrections | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | ![]() updated 2012-08-10 |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
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Other references |
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January 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 01 01 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 02 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 03 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 04 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 05 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 06 Sunday | 1929 04 28 | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem, African Room 388 Lenox Ave. | Sunday matinee Ads in The Inter-State Tattler indicate "Duke Ellington and His Band" played Sunday afternoon matinees at Club Harlem throughout the first four months of 1929, while working nightly at the Cotton Club. Unfortunately, microfilm collections of the Tattler contain many gaps. The first issue with an ad for Ellington at Club Harlem was in the 4Jan29 issue, and ads ran through 24Mar29. From 31Mar - 14Apr the venue switched to the Lenox Ave. Club, and the last ad was 28Apr in a return to Club Harlem. | . | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 07 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2901 | 05,3-59 04,3-44 03,3-9 98,2-16 | Timner corrections | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 09 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 10 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 11 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 12 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 13 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 14 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 15 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2902 Corr.sheet 6000 | 06,1-29 00,3-25 98,2-16 97,2-7 82,5-4 Timner | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 17 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 18 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 19 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 20 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 21 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event The Age reported that Ellington's band "is an excellent combination of men, play in a unique manner and deserve all the credit and praise they get. If you one tune in on their broadcasting night, you will surely re-dial them on the next opportunity. | New York Age, 1929-01-26. p.7 | . | djp | ![]() | ||
1929 01 22 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 23 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 24 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 25 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 26 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 27 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 01 28 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 29 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 30 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 01 31 Thursday |
. | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Fifty-first and Broadway |
![]() "In celebration of its tenth anniverary the management of Roseland ...has arranged the special events for next week...the Cotton Club Revue and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra will be the outstanding offering Thursday night;..." | New York Sun, 1929 01 26 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
February 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 02 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Bubber Miley leaves the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1929 02 02 Saturday | 1929 06 30 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Feb 1929 to June 1930: Ellington gained national exposure when he joined WABC and the Columbia (CBS) network, with broadcasts relayed “Coast-to-Coast.” | . | . | 09,1-18 8,3-11 | . | Ken Steiner | 2011 |
1929 02 03 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 02 10 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 02 17 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 46th Street Studio | RCA-Victor recording session DUKE ELLINGTON'S ORCHESTRA
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2903 | 00,1-25 98,2-16 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1929 02 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Charles Melvin “Cootie” Williams, trumpet, born in 1911 07 04, joins the band sometime between the February 18 and March 1 recording sessions | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1929 02 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Renaissance Casino | Annual entertainment and ball of the Central Republican Club The ball (featured) the entire revue from the Cotton Club, including Duke Ellington's orchestra, parts of the revue from Connie's Inn and cast from Small's Paradise, and several vaudeville actors. The event included dancing to the music of the Vernon Andrades orchestra. | New York Age, 1929-03-02 p.2 | . | . | . | . | ![]() |
1929 02 24 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
March 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 03 01 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2904 | 03,3-9 03,2-15 98,2-10/16 97,1-11 92,2-4 90,4-5 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 03 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé Studio | Cameo recording session The Washingtonians -and- Ozie Ware With The Whoopee Makers
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2906 | 97/2-5 | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2905 | 05,1-23+28 04,3-24 34 44 04,1-22+31 02,2-28 02,1-25 02,1-16 + 18 99,4-9 98,2-16 82,5-6 | Timner corrections | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 10 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 17 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 24 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 31 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Lenox Ave Club | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 03 31 Sunday 12:15 AM and 2:15 AM | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” Cotton Club's spring revue 2 shows nightly | Stratemann p.2 | . | . | Stratemann 686 Vail | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
April 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 04 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1929 04 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 04 Thursday | . | . | . | Birth of Buster Cooper, trombone | . | djp | ![]() | |||
1929 04 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session JOE TURNER AND HIS MEMPHIS MEN
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2907 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 04,1-8 02,3-17 98,2-15 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 07 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Lenox Ave Club | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
Irving Mills introduces each selection. | New Desor | DE2908 | 07,3-23 04,1-22 02,1-18 98,4-7 98,2-15/19 91,5-5 91,4-5 89,3-8 83,4-1 | Vail Timner corrections | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 14 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Lenox Ave Club | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 16 Tuesday | 1929 04 17 Wednesday | New York | F. F. Proctor's New 58th Street Theatre 58th St. & 3rd Ave. | ![]() Theatre show Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Entertainers Collegiate Revue, Youth-Beauty-Talent Continuous shows Noon to 11 PM daily The ad in the Star the next day confirmed the 17th was the last day. | The Daily Star, Queens Borough, 1929-04-16, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1929 04 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 21 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Lenox Ave Club | ![]() Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry This appears to conflict with the Palace Theatre gig below. | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 21 Sunday | 1929 04 27 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre | 30 minute matinée | Stratemann p.2, citing reviews in Variety 1929-04-24,p.38 and Billboard 1929-05-04,p.15 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 04 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 28 Sunday 3:30 PM | . | New York | Club Harlem African Room | Sunday matinée | see 1929-01-06 entry | . | 08,3-10 | . | steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 04 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
May 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 05 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 05 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Spring Birds” see 1929 03 31 | . | . | . | . Vail | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 05 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2909 | 07,3-23+24 07,1-15 98,2-15 83,4-1 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 05 03 Friday | 1929 05 04 Saturday | Princeton, N.J. | Princeton University | . | . | . | Vail | . | . | 2011 |
1929 05 04 Saturday | 1929 05 04 Saturday | Princeton, N.J. | Princeton University | see 1929 05 03 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1929 05 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1929 05 05 Sunday 8:30p.m. | . | Flushing, N.Y. | St. Michael's Parish Hall | ![]() Kwin's Scandals "A galaxy of radio and Broadway stars are slated to appear ... on Friday night, when the curtain is drawn on the 1926 edition of Kwin's Scandals, the annual offering of the Vincent Quinn Association of Whitestone. Among those who will entertain are ...Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra... A Victor recording orchestra will play for dancing after the entertainment." | The Daily Star, Queens, 1929-04-30, p.6 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1929 05 06 Monday | 1929 05 11? Saturday | New York, N.Y. | E.F.Albee Theater | ![]() (Coogan's booking was from Monday to Saturday, but one wonders if he recovered quickly and may have resumed his schedule.) |
| . | . | . | 1. djp, 2. steiner | ![]() |
1929 05 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | '"The War of Jazz," the Music Battle of the Century, if you please, was held at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox avenue on Wednesday May 8. Mr. Buchanan, manager of the palatial fashionable resort, assembled the six best orchestras obtainable ... The armies comprised the Missourians, Johnson's Happy Pals of Virginia, Ike Dixon of Baltimore, Duke Ellington, Fess Williams and Charlie Johnson...Arriving at the Savoy somewhat late, we missed hearing and seeing Duke Ellington and Charlie Johnson. The audience was wildly responsive to Ike Dixon's Baltimoreans...' | New York Age, 1929-05-18 | . | Vail | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 05 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session Columbia recording session Duke Ellington And His Memphis Men -and- Sonny Greer And His Memphis Men
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2910 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 04,1-8 02,3-17 02,2-27 02,1-25 98,2-15 83,1-4 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 06 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Ellington's men were available for "Show Girl" rehearsals during the day. | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.3 Vail | . | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 06 25 Tuesday | 1929 06 29 | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - five nights and two matinées played to nearly full houses The top ticket price was $5. | Stratemann p.3 | . | . | Vail | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 06 26 Wednesday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25 | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 06 27 Thursday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 06 28 Friday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" tryouts - see 1929-06-29 | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1929 06 29 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Colonial Theatre | "Show Girl" | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
July 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 07 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Juan Tizol, valve trombonist,composer and copyist, born 1900 01 22, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() | |||
1929 07 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 02 Tuesday | 1929 10 05 | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | “Show Girl” (111 performances ) | . | . | 02,3-17 83,2-2 | . | . | 2011 |
1929 07 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick studio | Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2911 | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 07 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 31 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | WABC broadcast | . | . | . | . | C.Hällström oct09 | 2011 |
1929 07 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2911 | 03,3-9 02,2-27 02,1-18+24 98,2-16 97,1-11 90,4-5 90,2-7 82,5-5 | . | . | 2011 |
August 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 08 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | 11 Union Square | Okeh recording session THE HARLEM FOOTWARMERS
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2912 | 06,2-52 04,1-8 98,2-16 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 08 12 Monday ![]() | 1929 08 16 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Gramercy Studios | RKO film recording session Ellington's first film, "Black And Tan" Ellington, Arthur Whetsel and Fredi Washington are in the cast. Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
Production records are missing so the production dates are unknown. Stratemann discusses various dates from February to late July 1929 suggested by different sources. Steven Lasker found reports in Film Daily on August 4 saying the film was "scheduled for production," and on August 18 saying it was completed. Dr. Stratemann concluded "At the present stage of research, and with the original files for Black And Tan" apparently lost, the statement appears justified that the film was produced circa August 12 to August 16, 1929" | . | DE2913 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 98,2-15 82,5-5 | Stratemann pp.5 - 23 Stratemann 16 photos Bey C121 photo Vail I p.22+photos Timner corrections | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
September 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 09 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | . | 97,1-10 94,2-7 94,1-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1929 09 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Pathé studio 114 East 32nd St. | Cameo recording session THE WASHINGTONIANS
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2914 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 98,2-15 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 09 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session BILL ROBINSON ACCOMPANIED BY IRVING MILLS AND HIS HOTSY TOTSY GANG -and- THE JUNGLE BAND Bojangles' tracks may not have been from an Ellington session but the bulk of evidence suggests they were
Titles recorded:
| M. Girvan | DE2915 | 09,3-24 03,3-9 03,2-28 02,2-26 02,1-24 98,2-15 97,1-10 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 09 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | 46th Street Studio | RCA-Victor recording session DUKE ELLINGTON'S ORCHESTRA
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2916 | 02,1-24 98,2-15 91,4-5 83,2-2 | Timner corrections | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 09 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Star Casino | Charity event John F. Ringer's Orchestra was "apparently hired" for the occasion. Five other bands were supposed to stake a "battle of music" but only Charlie Johnson's, Louis Metcalfe's and Chick Webb's came. Duke Ellington appeared without his orchestra, was met with vociferous applause at his introduction and played one number with the orchestra. Louis Armstrong also appeared without his orchestra and played "a couple of numbers with the orchestra." | New York Age, 1929-10-05, p.7. | . | . | Stratemann, p.25 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-05 |
1929 09 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick studio | Brunswick recording session THE SIX JOLLY JESTERS
| New Desor | DE2917 | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1929 09 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries revue aka "It's The BlackBerries” Two shows nightly, 12:15 AM and 2 AM A Dan Healy production Lyrics and music by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields | Stratemann pp.24-25, 688-689 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
. | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries revue - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-09 |
October 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 10 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Stage Show (last) | . | . | 02,3-17 | . | . | 2011 |
1929 10 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ridgewood Grove Arena Ridgewood Queens | ![]() "The entertainment committee of the Middle Village Tammany Club reports that Duke Ellington's orchestra, famous radio and night club performers, has been hired for the entertainment and dance to be held October 18 in Ridgewood Grove." | The Daily Star, Queens Borough 1929-08-08 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1929 10 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE2917 | 11,1-14 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,3-9 98,2-15 98,1-16 82,5-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1929 10 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session THE SIX JOLLY JESTERS
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2918 | 11,2-6 09,3-4 08,2-6 06,1-34 05,3-59 02,2-28 02,1-5+24 98,2-15 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
November 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 11 01 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 02 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 03 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 04 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 05 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 06 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 07 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 08 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 09 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 10 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 11 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 12 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 13 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 14 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Liederkranz Hall | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2919 | 98,2-15 91,4-5 82,5-5 | Timner corrections | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 11 15 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 16 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 17 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 18 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 19 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Okeh recording session THE HARLEM FOOTWARMERS
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2920 | 06,2-52 04,1-8 98,2-15 | Timner | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 11 21 Thursday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 22 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Shadowland Ballroom | College Union breakfast dance, Thanksgiving morning | Ad, Baltimore Afro-American, 1929-11-22, p.8 | . | . | Stratemann, p.25 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 11 23 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 24 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 25 Monday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 26 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 27 Wednesday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1930 11 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ![]() Possible end of Cotton Club run. Stratemann p.45 says it was reported that Ellington went on the road again around Thanksgiving, the last Thursday of November, and was replaced by Cab Calloway's orchestra. According to Klaus Götting's note, Carl Hällström's October 2005 itinerary shows the last day is Oct.28 | Stratemann, p.45 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
1929 11 29 Friday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
1929 11 30 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | |||||||
December 1929 | ||||||||||
1929 12 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Forrest Theatre | NAACP benefit concert | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.25 | . | 2011 |
1929 12 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND
Titles recorded:
| New Desor | DE2921 | 05,3-59 98,2-15 97,1-11 90,4-5 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 12 15 Sunday evening | . | New York, N.Y. | Casino Theatre 39th St. & Broadway | "One of the largest theatrical benefit programs of the season has been arranged..." Benefit performance to raise funds to allow the Florence Mills Theatrical Association to purchase its headquarters building. | New York Age, 1929-12-14, p6 | . | . | Stratemann, p.25 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 12 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | no Desor Entry | 03,3-9 | . | . | 2011 |
1929 12 18 Wednesday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Richmond Market Armory | Charity ball | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.25, citing Baltimore Afro-American 1929-12-14 | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 12 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Ziegfeld Theatre | Benefit for New York American Christmas & Relief Fund | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.25, citing New York Times, 1929-12-29 | . | 2011 |
1929 12 25 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Masonic Temple | Presumably a dance “Duke Ellington and his celebrated ‘Jungle Band’ attracted a crowd of more than twelve hundred to the Masonic Temple Auditorium on Christmas Day, when from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. they entranced the admiring throng with their musical rhythm and syncopating strains.” | Review, Baltimore Afro-American, 1930 01 04, p2 | . | DEMS12/1-20 | . | Steiner | ![]() |
1929 12 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Academy Theatre | Afternoon show (Fox theatre circuit) | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.25, citing Billboard 1930-01-04,p.16 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-09 |
1929 12 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | NEW YEAR'S EVE PROGRAM TO COME FROM TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK. Gala broadcasts, in fitting observance of the New Year, are planned by the Columbia Broadcasting System for Dec.31 and Jan.1. Musical programs in which eight different orchestras will play a number of selections on New Year's Eve; broadcasting of a New Year's Eve program from Times Square,...Columbia's special New Year's Eve party will open at 10 p.m. Galveston time Tuesday and continue for two hours. Bits of dance music and entertainment are planned from the following New York City night clubs and hotels: The Paramount Hotel, Yoeng's Restaurant,the Ambassador and the Roosevelt, the Silver Slipper, the Commodore, the Club Plaza and the Cotton Club, in the order named. The orchestras at each of these places will present fifteen minutes of entertainment, beginning at 10 p.m..." |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
DEMS reference |
Other references |
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Date added / updated |
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January 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 01 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 06 | . | New York, N.Y. | Audubon Theatre | Stage show | Stratemann p.25, citing Billboard 1930-01-18 p.17 | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 12 Sunday | 1930 01 17 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | ![]() | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1930 01 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | ![]() | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1930 01 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | ![]() | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1930 01 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | ![]() | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1930 01 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | Stage show which included a singer and a dancer from the Cotton Club revue | Stratemann p.25, citing Billboard 1930-01-25 p19 | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1930 01 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Crotona Theatre | ![]() | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1930 01 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 19 | 1930 01 24 | New York, N.Y. | Metropolitan Theater | Theatre engagement, Duke Ellington & Cotton Club Orch. | Ad, Brooklyn Daily Eagle,1930-01-24 | . | . | Vail | djp | 2011![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-03 |
1930 01 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 20 | 1930 01 29 | New York, N.Y. | (Rec Date Corr ?) | . | . | . | 03,1-13 02,2-21 02,1-18 98,2-15 89,2-8 80,4-6 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 01 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 31 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 01 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Plaza recording session | 114 East 32nd Street | . | DE3001 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
February 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 02 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE3002 | 03,3-9& 02,1-18& 98,2-15 84,1-2 82,5-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 02 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
March 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 03 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Durium recording session Appearing as Harlem Hot Chocolates, sometime this month Ellington's band recorded Sing You Sinners and St. James' Infirmary for Durium's cardboard "Hit of the Week" series of records sold at newstands. | . | DE3003 | 00,3-25 00,2-19 98,2-15 88,1-1 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-01-29 |
1930 03 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Blackberries - see 1929 09 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 02 Sunday | 1930 06 00 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | “Blackberries of 1930” revue Opening night, "after theatre" two distinct shows nightly, 12:15 and 2:00 am Ellington played other engagements during this show's run. | Playbill announcing the opening - Stratemann p.27 Programme - Stratemann p.691 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1930 03 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | Savoy's 4th Anniversary party . | . | . | Vail Stratemann p.26 citing NYA 1930-03-15 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-01-29 | |
1930 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | Harlem Revels Solidarity Ball | . | . | . | Vail Stratemann p.26 citing AN 12.3.30 | djp | ![]() updated 2012-01-29 |
1930 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 03 30 Sunday | 1930 04 13 Sunday | New York, N.Y. | Fulton Theatre 46th St., west of Broadway | Stage show (described in DEMS 02/3 DEMS 17/1 "Maurice Chevalier in person 2 Weeks Only ...An informal, intimate entertainment in which he will sing his songs in French and in English --Accompanied by-- Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra Eves. inc. Sundays at 9. Mats. Wed.& Sat. 2 (illegible)" Stratemann reports Ellington's group played the 50 minutes and then moved to the pit, to accompany Chevalier for the second half. | Ad, New York Evening Post 1930-04-04 | . | 02,3-17 89,2-8 | MIMM p.132 photo Stratemann p.26 Hasse p.127 photo Vail I p.32 photo | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1930 03 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | see 1930 03 01 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
April 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 04 01 Tuesday | ongoing | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 04 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 03 | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | Columbia recording session "Mills Ten Blackberries" Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE3005 | 04,1-8 02,1-18 99,1-13 82,1-6 81,5-2 | Timner corrections | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1930 04 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | 44th Street Studio | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Frank Marvin(vocal) Titles recorded:
| . | DE3006 | 99,1-13 | The Dooji Collection | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1930 04 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 21 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Cornell Smelser (as Joe Cornell)(accordion) and Dick Robertson(vocal) Titles recorded:
| . | DE3007 | 07,3-23+24 07,1-15 06,3-19 05,3-59 99,1-13 98,2-18 97,1-11 90,4-5 84,3-8 83,4-1 83,3-3 83,2-3 | The Dooji Collection | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1930 04 22 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
1930 04 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | (ongoing) | . | . | . | . | . | |
May 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 05 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Charleston Gazette, May 4, 1930, reported 'Irving Mills, czar of Harlem's musicians, owns the "Duke Ellington Negro" band and controls almost all the orchestras playing in Harlem's night clubs. Now he is combining them into one big organization of "Duke Ellington Units." ' | . | djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-05 | |||
1930 05 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | 381 Edgecombe Avenue | Peripheral event Ellington moved to a three bedroom apartment on Sugar Hill, living with Mildred Dixon. Duke's parents, sister and son move in with them. | Vail, Vol.I. | djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-05 | |||
1930 05 01 Thursday | 1930 05 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 05 02 Friday | . | Princeton, N.J. | Princeton University | One-nighter before Cotton Club | . | . | . | Vail I | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-29 |
1930 05 02 Friday | 1930 05 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 2012-12-29 |
1930 05 03 Saturday | 1930 05 09 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | One week theater engagement Last Performance Friday, Midnight "Duke Ellington and His Famous Band in Clarence Robinson's Pepper Pot Revue with a cast of 35. Also 'Cohens and Kellys in Scotland' With George Sidney and Charlie Murray" "At The Lafayette Theatre The Lafayette Theatre is outdoing itself at this season of the year in presenting a series of extraordinary shows. Duke Ellington,famous bandleader,is holding forth at The Lafayette this week... Clarence Robinson has built a snappy revue around Duke Ellington and his band. It is called the "Pepper-pot Revue" and included in the cast the following well known performers:Eddie Green,Ted Blackman,Celeste Coles, John LaRue,Cora LaRed,Henry Wessels and Mildred Dixon. The photoplay feature is..." | New York Age, 1930-05-10, p6 | . | . | Vail I | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-11 |
1930 05 03 Saturday | 1930 05 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 2012-12-29 |
1930 05 09 Friday | . | Providence, R.I. | Univ New Gymnasium | . | . | . | . | M.Graff prev oct11 x2 | . | 2011 |
1930 05 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Bubber Miley recording session | . | . | . | 06,1-29 | . | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | 2011 |
1930 05 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Savoy Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 05 16 Friday | . | . | . | Bubber Miley Rec Date “Without You Emaline” | . | . | 05,3-49 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 05 16 Friday | 1930 05 29 Thursday | New York, N.Y. | Palace Theatre Times Square | 35 minute stage show one week booking extended to two weeks. (doubling CottonClub) | Stratemann, p.26 citing Variety 1930-05-21p35 and Billboard 1930-05-24p16 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-11 |
June 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 06 01 | 1930 06 12 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 06 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | 46th Street Studio | DE3008 | . | . | 99,1-13 91,4-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 06 12 | . | New York, N.Y. | 1819 Broadway | . | . | . | DE3009 | 10,3-24 04,1-8 99,1-13 90,2-7 90,1-7 89,4-2 89,3-8 | . | 2011 |
1930 06 16 | . | Baltimore, Md. | Wonderland | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 06 19 Thursday | . | Mahanoy City, Penn. | Lakewood | "Thursday Dance." | ad, Mt. Carmel Index, 1930-06-19, p10 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 06 21 Saturday | . | Lancaster, Penn. | Rocky Springs Park | "Music Starts at 8 o'clock." | ad, p2, Reading Eagle, 19300615 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 06 23 | 1930 06 29 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Th | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 06 30 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
July 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 07 01 Tuesday | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Ocean Pier | "Dance O'er the Waves." | ad, Portland Press Herald, 1930-07-01, p4 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 07 03 Thursday | . | Buzzard’s Bay, Mass. | Bournehurst on the Canal | (corrected date, previously reported as July 2) | ad, Boston Post, 3Jul30, p18 | . | 05,1-7 | . | KenSteiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1930 07 05 Saturday | . | Boston, Mass. | Moseley's | . | ad, Boston Post, 5Jul30, p4 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Ken Steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1930 07 06 Sunday | . | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Thea | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 07 09 Wednesday | . | Johnson City | CFJ Dance Pavilion | ![]() The week of July 6 is slated to be a big one at the C.F.J.dance pavilion in Johnson City, with Duke Ellington and his New York Cotton Club orchestra and Ted Weems both scheduled to appear there during that week. Ellington and his radio negro band come on July 9 and Weems plays the pavilion on July 11. | Binghamton Press, 1930-06-18 | . | . | Vail37 | djp, Steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-03 |
1930 07 11 Friday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Pythian Temple | (likely in the Savoy Ballroom) | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 07 12 Saturday | . | Columbus, Oh. | .Valley Dale Ballroom | "Dancing 9 to 2," with local broadcast over WCAH 10:00 to 10:30 pm. | ad, radio listing, Columbus Dispatch, 12Jul30, pp12, 13 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 07 16 Wednesday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Masonic Temple, Euclid St. | “Wednesday night when Duke Ellington played at the Masonic Temple on Euclid Street, he was greeted by a packed house.” | Thelma Louise, “Cleveland Squibs,” Baltimore Afro-American, 1930-07-26, p.18 | . | 12/1-20 | . | Steiner | ![]() added 2012-08-19 |
1930 07 17 Thursday | . | Lakeside, Mich | Luna Pier | "Dancing 9 to 1." "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, direct from New York's Harlem, will be the single night attraction at Luna Pier, Lakeside, Mich. Thursday. Ellington is on his way to Hollywood to make a talking picture and will stop off at the Pier en route. This is the first time in five years that he has been outside New York City..." (Note Toledo is about 180 miles due east of Lakeside.) | Toledo (Oh.) News-Bee,
(I could not locate the ad referred to in DEMS 12/1) | . | 12/1-20 | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-09-03, Updated 2013-06-15 |
1930 07 18 Friday | 1930 07 24 Thursday | Detroit, Mich | Graystone Ballroom | This engagement is only revealed through radio broadcasts. Detroit daily newspapers contained little coverage of popular music and no ads for the Graystone, but radio listings in the Detroit News confirm nightly broadcasts at midnight or 12:30 am. "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra will be heard from WJR, Detroit, at 12:30 a.m., on the regular Graystone program." | Robert S. Stephan, "Duke Ellington," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 18Jul30, p16 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 07 21 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 07 24? Thursday | . | Lakeside, Mich | Luna Pier | Preview | . | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 | 2011 |
1930 07 25 Friday | . | Columbus, Oh. | Memorial Hall | Dance. "[T]he famous jazz king entertains members of his own race." | "Ellington Tickets Selling Well," Columbus Dispatch, 24Jul30, p18A | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 07 26 Saturday | 1930 07 27 Sunday | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 07 28 Monday | . | Kansas City, Mo | Paseo Hall | "Battle of Bands" versus Geo. E. Lee | ad, Kansas City Call, Home Ed., 25Jul30, p9 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 07 29 Tuesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Stars' Park | Dance held at this Negro National League baseball stadium "The musicians are on a barnstorming tour to Hollywood. St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha will hear the boys." | ad, St. Louis Argus, 25Jul30, p3 "Chicago Hears Duke Ellington," Chicago Defender, city ed., 2Aug30, p7 | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 07 30 Wednesday | . | Omaha, Neb | City Auditorium | . | "Duke Ellington to Give Concert," Omaha Bee-News, 29Jul30, p12 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
August 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 08 01 | 1930 08 31 | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Studios | (1)Filming of Check and Double Check (2)Mark Cantor advises two prints of the film were made: "to the best of my knowledge, nobody knew of this alternate take until Rick Correll ... decided to restore the film three or so years ago. UCLA called up the negatives at the LoC and two sets arrived. That is when it was discovered that they were two different films. ... The scripts and lines read are basically the same, the camera set-ups similar but sometimes slightly different. The Ellington segment is different both in terms of solos (Freddie Jenkins's is a bit weaker, Carney and Hodges stronger, I think), and the close-ups different. Hodges gets a dandy closeup during his solo....I believe this is the only case of a feature being made with a second parallel version produced at the same time; this is different from the foreign language films made during this period. [It is a] mystery why this was done." | (1)Stratemann pp 29-43 (2)Mark Cantor, emails Dec 2012. | DE3010 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 09,1-12 07,3-27 07,2-5 04,2-32+51 04,1-4+31 99,5-22 | Stratemann 29 & MIMM79photo Vail38photos | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-11 |
1930 08 20 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Hollywood Studio | . | . | DE3011 | 02,2-28 02,1-18+24 00,2-15 98,1-17 97,2-7 85,2-4 83,4-1 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 08 21 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Cocoanut Grove | . | . | . | 04,3-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 08 24 Sunday | . | Los Angeles, Cal | George Olsen's Club | "Guest orchestra." | "Duke Ellington to Appear at Olsen's," Los Angeles Times, 23Aug30, pA7 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1930 08 26 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Hollywood Studio | . | . | DE3012 | 02,1-18 98,4-14 98,1-17 89,4-2 89,3-8 85,2-4 84,1-3 83,4-1 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 08 29 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Shrine Auditorium | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
September 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 09 06 Saturday | 1930 09 12 | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show (1)"Big stars and little stars are romping all over the stage at Keith's Palace on the new bill that opened there today. Lou Holts ...Irene Bordoni..., the beauteous and bewitching, pert in mannerisms and saucy in song, is another headliner. Fred Keating ,suave humorist-magician, who recently concluded a revue engagement, is on hand with a lot of new tricks. He's also acting as master of ceremonies. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra,just back from R.-K.-O radio studios on the West Coast,... are also in the big star class on this bill. The little stars are to be found in "The Tiny Town" revue, Buster Shaver's presentation with a company of Lilliputians. Britt Wood,harmonicist, and Carry and Eddy,dancers, are also on the bill." (2)"Duke Ellington and his orchestra are back from their jaunt to the land flowing with milk and honey —for some — California. Duke and his musicians have completed a talkie there, and with their manager it is told, each and every one of them has returned with a pot of gold for their labor in recording the picture. Amounts quoted may seem far-fetched, but when we remember this is a sterling band, with unusual qualifications with a business manager who knows the game it would not be surprising that the thousands talked about as being received individually by the manager and musician is real fact. ...it tends to show what an organization that works conscientiously can accomplish. Duke and his musicians are headlining this week at the Palace Theatre on Broadway..." |
| . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-14 |
1930 09 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Keith's Palace Theatre | Stage show - see 1930 09 06 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 12 Friday | . | . | . | Peripheral event "Appearing Nightly The first advertisement for Ellington's return to the Cotton Club for the fall | Ad, New York Daily Mirror 1930-09-12 DEMS 12/1-20 | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-09-20 | |||
1930 09 14 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Bill Berry | . | djp | ![]() Added 2012 10 10 | |||
1930 09 14 | 1930 09 30 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club (Return) | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 09 28 | → | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | New Revue: “Brown Sugar” | . | . | . | Stratemann 692 | . | 2011 |
1930 09 28 | → | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | NBC Red + NBC Blue network broadcasts | . | . | 09,1-18 08,3-11 | . | (credit KenSteiner as all 08,3-11 entries) | 2011 |
1930 09 29 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcasts “Sept 1930–Feb 1931, Feb 1932, Mar-May 1933: Ellington’s switch to WJZ and WEAF, flagship stations of NBC’s two networks, the Blue and Red respectively, meant that the orchestra’s music was heard over more stations, with greater coverage and more prestige.” | Per "COTTON CLUB BROADCASTS ON NBC" by Ken Steiner in DEMS 08/3-11, NBC log books at the Library of Congress show the song titles for Ellington’s 1930-31, 1932, & 1933 Cotton Club broadcasts. His search of "NBC Master Books located 51 Ellington broadcasts from 1930-09-29 to 1931-02-03. He found log books for 27 of these programs, with “Corrected Traffic Sheets” for each program listing song titles and other details. | . | 08,3-11 | “Corrected Traffic Sheets,” NBC-Master Books at Library of Congress | KenSteiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-22 |
1930 09 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
October 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 10 01 Wednesday | 1930 10 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 10 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #4 | DE3013 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 10 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Broadhurst Theatre | . | . | . | 00,4-18 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 10 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Okeh recording session, | . | DE3014 | 10,1-16 06,2-52 04,1-8 02,1-18 01,3-13 01,2-18 00,4-18 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 10 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 10 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE3015 | 00,4-18 90,4-5 89,1-9 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 10 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roxy Theatre ?? | "RKO Theatre Of The Air" NBC/WEAF-Broadcast "Amos 'n' Andy...will be RKO radio guest artists for a half hour, Friday night, when...they appear on the RKO radio program over the NBC network at 9:30 p.m. C.S.T. "The occasion is the simultaneous release throughout America on that night and the following day of Amos'N'Andy's first talking picture "Check and Double Check" in 300 key cities. The radio program will be divided in two parts with Amos'n'Andy appearing in a sketch in the first and then making a distinct departure in part by appear- (sic) before the microphone for the first time as Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J.Correll, in person, and telling of the adventures of Amos'n'Andy in Hollywood. "On the program with Amos'n'Andy, who will broadcast from Chicago, will be Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club orchestra, the band which appears with Amos'n'Andy in their picture." Programme per Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1930-10-24: "RKO Theater of the Air, film, vaudeville and radio stars; Amos'n'Andy, blackface comedians; guest artist; Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. Edward Thorgersen, announcer.
The broadcast location is unconfirmed. | The Madison, Wisc. Capital Times, 1930-10-22, p.13 | . | 09,1-18 08,3-11--> | Vail | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1930 10 27 Monday | New York City, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | . | DE3016 | 97,1-11 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 10 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | . | . | 08,3-11 | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | ![]() | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() added 2012-09-22 |
1930 10 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh recording session | . | . | DE3017 | 10,1-16 06,2-52 04,1-8 01,3-13 98,4-7 97,2-20 89,3-8 88,1-1 83,2-6 83,1-4 79,2-1 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 10 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 10 31 Friday | 1930 11 20? | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show with other acts Maurice Chevalier film, Playboy of Paris The New York Times reported Ellington's was the first black orchestra to play the theatre. The booking appears to have been for two weeks (i.e., ending Nov 13) but on Nov.15, the New York Age, reported Ellington's band was held over for another week. | 1. Stratemann p.45, citing New York Times, 1930-11-07, p.33 2.New York Age, 1930-11-15, p.6 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-04 |
November 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 11 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 01 Saturday | 1930 11 28 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 11 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 03 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 06 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 08 | . | New York, N.Y. | Okeh recording session | . | . | DE3018 | 02,1-25 01,2-18+25 99,5-25 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 11 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 11 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 13 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 18 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show - see 1930-10-31 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | ![]() Stage show - see 1930-10-31 This is likely the last day of the extended engagement but I have not confirmed it yet. | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-04 |
1930 11 20 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #1 | . | . | DE3019 | 02,1-18 01,2-25 99,5-25 97,3-10 97,2-7 90,2-6 90,1-4 89,3-8 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 11 24 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 26 | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 | . | . | DE3020 | 05,3-56 01,2-25 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 11 27 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 11 29 Saturday | 1930 12 05 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | “Double Check Revue” 1. "Fresh (from) their triumphs in Hollywood, Duke Ellington and his marvelous orchestra will appear at the Lafayette Theatre next week as the headline attraction of Leonard Harper's newest revue. The revue in which Duke Ellington's Band will take part will be a very fitting vehicle for them. Leonard Harper has been hard at work for the last four weeks training his beautiful chorus and specialty dancers and setting singers,soloists and dramatic artists into their parts in his revue, which will be entitled "Double Check Revue." "Eddie Lemons, the well-known comedian and producer, is assisting Harper in staging the comedy element in the show and will himself do the main comedy work. The Bon Bon Buddies, Pee Wee and Joie, the Three Sepia Songbirds, Harold Doyle, and Hartel Collins, are also in the cast. Hal Bakay will assist in the fun by conducting part of the show -as a Master of Ceremonies." 2. "Unprecedented audiences are attending the Lafayette Theatre this week, to acclaim Duke Ellington and his incomparable band. "And the wonder of it is that Ellington's Band is only a part of this week's great stage and screen show at the Lafayette Theatre. The audience is also being treated to Leonard Harper's newest creation - "The Double Check Revue" and Al Jolson's newest Vitaphone masterpiece, "Big Boy." "It would seem superfluous to urge our readers to go to the Lafayette Theatre at least once this week." While Stratemann (p.45) says the show ran until Dec.6, the display ad in the New York Age, Dec.6 edition, says "THIS WEEK - Last Big Show - FRIDAY MIDNIGHT" and announces another show "NEXT WEEK - Beginning SATURDAY DEC. 6" Since the paper was a weekly that probably hit the newstands two or three days before its official date, it is reasonable to assume Ellington's engagement ended in the early morning hours of Dec. 6. | 1. New York Age, 1930-11-29, p.6 2. New York Age, 1930-12-08,p.6 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-10 |
1930 11 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1930 | ||||||||||
1930 12 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 02 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | Stage show - engagement began 1930-11-29 | While Stratemann p.45 says the show ran until Dec.6, the display ad in the New York Age, Dec.6 edition, says "THIS WEEK - Last Big Show - FRIDAY MIDNIGHT" and announces another show "NEXT WEEK - Beginning SATURDAY DEC. 6" . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 07 Sunday (evening) | . | New York, N.Y. | Waldorf Theatre | NAACP benefit "Numerous Broadway stars, white and colored, will appear tomorrow night at the benefit..." | New York Age, 1930-12-06 Stratemann, p.45, citing AN 1930-12-03 p.9 | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-14 |
1930 12 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 | . | . | DE3021 | 01,2-25 93,2-3 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1930 12 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 13 Saturday | 1930 12 17 | New York, N.Y. | Douglas Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Brunswick recording session Bill “Bojangles”.Robinson + HotsyTotsyGang | . | . | 09,3-24 | . | . | 2011 |
1930 12 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 28 Sunday evening | . | Ossining, N.Y. | Sing Sing prison | About 100 performers led by Bill (Bojangles) Robinson entertained the prisoners in Sing Sing prison. The group included the entire cast of 'Brown Buddies' which starred Bojangles, Ellington and his band from the Cotton Club, and other entertainers from the Cotton Club and Small's Paradise Club. | "Negro Performers Entertain At Sing Sing Prison"New York Age, 1931-01-08 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() added 2012-09-04 |
1930 12 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1930 12 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
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January 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 01 01 | 1931 01 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 05 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Okeh recording session | . | DE3018 | 06,2-52 04,1-8 02,1-25 02,1-5+18 01,3-13 01,2-18+25 97,3-10 89,3-8 83,1-4 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1931 01 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Plaza/ARC recording session | 114 E. 32nd St. | . | DE3101 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,1-13 97,3-10 93,2-3 90,1-4 83,4-3 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1931 01 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | . | 00,3-22 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | . | . | DE3102 | 05,3-59 00,3-22 00,2-18 00,1-24 98,4-14 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | RCA Studio #2 | DE3103 | . | 02,2-28 02,1-24 99,4-9 97,3-10 | Timner corrections | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | DE3104 | . | 05,3-59 02,2-28 02,1-24 97,1-11 85,2-4 | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | Chick Bullock voc | . | 97,3-10 | Vail | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 23 Friday | 1931 01 31 Saturday | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 01 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 01 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
February 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 02 01 Sunday | 1931 02 05 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | Stage show | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 02 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 02 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 30 minute broadcast | Corrected Traffic Sheets - see 1930 09 29 | . | 08,3-11 09,1-18 | . | KenSteiner | 2011 |
1931 02 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Last night of engagement | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 02 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | Peripheral event Cab Calloway and his orchestra became the Cotton Club house band while Ellington and his orchestra began an 18-week "limited tour of Paramount-Publix most important theatres" | Stratemann pp.45-46 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-20 | |||
1931 02 05 Thursday | 1931 02 11 Wednesday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theatre | Stage show First engagement of the 18 week Publix theatre chain tour. In DEMS 05/1-7, Ken Steiner wrote that a dance at the Hotel New Yorker announced in Variety 1930-12-24 is unlikely to have occurred on this date, if at all, because the band was working in Boston. Stratemann, p.47, reports the dates as Feb 6 to 12; Mr. Steiner's research determined the dates were Feb. 5 to 11. | daily ads, Boston Post, 1931-02-05 to -12 | . | 05,1-7 | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1931 02 06 Friday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 07 Saturday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 08 Sunday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 09 Monday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 09 Monday | . | Boston, Mass. | Ambassador Palace Berkeley St. & Warren Ave. | "Duke Ellington and his orchestra and Charlie Johnson and his Victor Recording orchestra from Small’s Paradise, New York, drew the largest throng of both races ever gathered in this city when they played at the Ambassador palace, Berkeley St. and Warren Ave." | "Boston Turns Out to Greet Duke, Charlie," Chicago Defender, city ed., 14Feb31, p6 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 10 Tuesday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 11 Wednesday | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Theater | see 1931 02 05 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1931 02 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hotel New Yorker | ![]() Stratemann reports the band may have returned to New York briefly for a dance engagement but gives no supporting data. This appears to be the event discussed by Steiner (see 1931 02 05 entry above) and probably did not occur. It seems likely the plans changed when the Publix tour was booked in the last six weeks of the Cotton Club residency. | Stratemann p.47 | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 | |
1931 02 13 Friday | 1931 02 19 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Stage show Vocalist Ivie Anderson’s debut with Ellington "In addition to her great singing, Ivie was also considered a good-luck charm. We opened at the Oriental Theater on Friday, February 13, 1931, and we broke the all-time house record. We returned to the Oriental on Friday, March 13, 1931, and broke that record, too." - Ellington | MIMM, p.124 | . | 01,2-15 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 14 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 15 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 16 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 17 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 19 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 02 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 20 Friday | 1931 02 26 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Stage show, with Ivie Anderson, a group called Ford Marshall and Jones, and the Regalettes | Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5 | . | . | . | Nick Fernandes | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 21 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 22 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 23 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 24 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 25 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 26 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | see 1931 02 20 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 27 Friday | 1931 03 05 | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show, with Ivie Anderson, the Four Blazes and the Regalettes Third week of 18 week contract with Publix theater chain (Ending date previously reported as Mar.4) The March 7 national edition of the Chicago Defender announced Ellington's arrival at the Uptown, and said "he will play the Paradise, Tivoli and Fisher, Detroit, before returning east of a call at the Paramount, Brooklyn." | Ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 27Feb-5Mar31 Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Ken Steiner, Nick Fernandes | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 02 28 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
March 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 03 01 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 02 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 03 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 04 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 05 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Uptown Theatre | Stage show - see 1931 02 27 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 06 Friday | 1931 03 12 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show | Corrected dates (not Mar 5 to 11) from ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 5-12 Mar31) Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5 | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 07 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 08 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 09 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 10 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 11 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 12 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Paradise Theater | Stage show - see 1931 03 06 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-17 |
1931 03 13 Friday | 1931 03 19 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | (corrected dates) "...We returned to the Oriental on Friday, March 13, 1931, and broke that record, too." | Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5 ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 12-19Mar31 MIMM p.124 | . | 05,1-7 | Hasse photo Vail I 49 photo | . | ![]() updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 14 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 14 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The March 14, 1931 edition of The New York Age reported "They broke the attendance records at the Rialto Theatre, Chicago, a few weeks ago and played to turn-away business at the Tivoli, also in Chicago, last week." We are so far unable to confirm the Tivoli and Fisher dates. | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-09-17 | |||
1931 03 15 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 16 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 17 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 18 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 03 19 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | see 1931 03 13. | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-11-29 |
1931 03 20 Friday | 1931 03 26 | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 03 21 Saturday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 22 Sunday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 23 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 24 Tuesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 25 Wednesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 26 Thursday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | see 1931 03 20 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011. |
1931 03 27 Friday | . | Waukegan, Ill. | Rivoli | ![]() false date | . | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | 2011 |
1931 03 27 Friday | 1931 03 29 | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1931 03 28 Saturday | . | Joliet, Ill. | Rialto Theatre | False date | . | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | 2011 |
1931 03 28 Saturday | . | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 03 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 03 29 Sunday | . | Madison, Wisc. | . | False date | . | . | . | . | Steiner aug11 | 2011 |
1931 03 29 Sunday | . | Peoria Ill. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 03 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 03 30 Monday | 1931 03 01 | Joliet, Ill. | Rialto Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
April 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 04 03 Friday | 1931 04 09 | Omaha | World Theatre | . | . | . | 02,2-19 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 04 09 | . | Omaha | Fontanelle Hotel | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 04 11 | 1931 04 17 | Minneapolis, Minn. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 04 18 Saturday | 1931 04 21 Tuesday | Des Moines, Iowa | Paramount Theatre | (corrected closing date) | daily ads, Des Moines Tribune | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() updated 2012-01-12 |
1931 04 23 | 1931 04 29 | Denver, Col. | Denver Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
May 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 05 01 Friday | 1931 05 07 Thursday | Kansas City | Newman The | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 05 08 Friday | 1931 05 14 Thursday | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 09 Saturday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 10 Sunday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 10 Sunday | . | St. Louis | Cotton Club | Banquet in honour of the band. | "The Duke Himself in Town," St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.5 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 11 Monday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 12 Tuesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 12 Tuesday | . | St. Louis | Pythian Hall & Cotton Club 3137 & 3133 Pine | Dance, Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra. | ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3 | . | 05,1-7 | . | ken steiner | 2011![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 13 Wednesday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 13 Wednesday | . | St. Louis | People's Finance Auditorium | Duke and members of his orchestra were "celebrated guests" at a dance. | "Duke Ellington Guest at Shriners’ Annual Dance," St. Louis Argus, 15May31, p5 | . | 05,1-7 | . | ken steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-18 |
1931 05 14 Thursday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theater | see 1931 05 08 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 14 Thursday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | Pythian Hall and Cotton Club | Duke Ellington a "special guest" at performance by the Walter Barnes band. | Ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3 | . | 05,1-7 | . | ken steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 -- | . | St. Louis | Auditorium, Koch Hospital | At the invitation of a hospital patient, Duke Ellington performed six tunes: Ring Dem Bells, Three Little Words (vocal by Sonny Greer), I’m a Little Blackbird (vocal by Ivie Anderson), When We Get Together (vocal by an otherwise unidentified "Mr. Harris"), Dinah (vocal again by Greer), and St. Louis Blues. | "Duke Ellington Stirs Koch Hospital Patients with his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra," St. Louis Argus 1931-05-15, p.3 | . | 05,1-7 | . | ken steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-18 |
1931 05 15 Friday | 1931 05 21 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | (1)"Harlem Jazz Kings At Oriental Theatre "Great news for everybody! Duke Ellington and his New York Cotton Club Orchestra are coming back to the Oriental Theater for one week engagement Friday May 15. It will positively be his only appearance in Chicago during his tour. Ellington promises a complete new program with new haunting tunes, new red hot blues and new sizzling songs. When Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a popular tune, it's like hearing it for the first time. There is no other band in the world like his. Duke will also bring a new group of Harlem entertainers with him. Whirlwind dancers, blues singers, laugh artists and a bevy of gorgeous girls." (2)"Included on the program…are The Peanut Vendor, Ol’ Man River, Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone, I’m So In Love With You, Black and Tan Fantasy and Mood Indigo." | (1)Plug, Chicago Daily Herald 1931-05-15, p.5 (2)"Ellington and Band Back at the Oriental," Chicago Defender, city edition, 1931-05-16 p.8 (3)Ads, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1935-05-15 to 21 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Steiner | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 16 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 17 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15![]() | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 17 Sunday | . | Albert Lea, Minn. | New Broadway | ![]() Theater appearance for film "Dude Ranch" "Added attractions Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band" Flip the Frog in "Ragtime Rodeo" | Evening Tribune, 1931-05-15 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() added 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 18 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 19 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 20 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 21 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | See 1931 05 15 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 05 22 Friday | 1931 05 28 Thursday | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | "Duke Ellington and Band at The Shea Buffalo Theater Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, 'the hottest band in the world,' will appear, in person at Shea's Buffalo beginning Friday. Duke Ellington and his band are making appearances at a few of the larger cities throughout the country, and Michael Shea arranged for their appearance at Shea's Buffalo... "'Doctors' Wives,' co-starring Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, will be the screen presentation..." |
| . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 23 Saturday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 24 Sunday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 25 Monday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 26 Tuesday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 27 Wednesday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 28 Thursday | . | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theater | see 1931 05 22 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-08-19 |
1931 05 29 Friday | 1931 06 04 Sunday | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | . | . | . | . | Stratemann, p.48, citing Variety 1931 06 02, p.60. | . | 2011 |
1931 05 30 Saturday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 05 31 Sunday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
June 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 06 01 Monday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 02 Tuesday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 03 Wednesday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 04 Thursday | . | Toronto, Ont. | Imperial Theatre | see 1931 05 29 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 06 Saturday | 1931 06 19 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | "James Furness,...was host to a theatre party at the Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday night. They heard Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra." | Chester Times, Chester Penn., 1931-06-17 p.12 | . | 05,1-7 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 07 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 08 Monday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 09 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 10 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 11 | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 | RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Titles recorded:
Note the city centre of Camden is about 5 miles from Philadelphia's city centre. |
. | DE3105 | 10,1-28 09,3-4 09,2-4 94,1-6 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 06 11 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 12 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 13 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 14 Sunday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 15 Monday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 16 | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 | RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Titles recorded:
| . | DE3106 | 10,1-28 09,3-4 09,2-4 94,1-6 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 06 16 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 17 | . | Camden, N.J. | Church Studio #2 | RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal Titles recorded:
| . | DE3107 | 04,1-22 02,1-18 | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 06 17 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Market Arena | Dance (1)Blacks weren’t admitted until Sam Stiefel, owner of the Pearl Theater, intervened. "Finally they were admitted — but were forced to dance in a roped-off area set aside for them by officials." | (1)"Jim Crow Negroes as Duke Plays", Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-25, p1 | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 06 17 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 18 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 18 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Shadowland | Return engagement from June 11 | Ad, Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-18 p.6 | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-21 |
1931 06 19 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Theatre | see 1931 06 06 | . | . | . | . | djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 19 Friday | . | Reading, Penn. | Berkshire Country Club | "The Casa [L]oma Orchestra and Duke Ellington played for dancing." | "Misses Nicolls and Brother Entertain at Dance at Berkshire C.C.," Reading Eagle, 20Jun31 | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() updated 2012-01-16 |
1931 06 20 Saturday | . | Bemus Point, N.Y. | Casino | "Duke Ellington will appear in person with his original Cotton Club orchestra of twelve pieces in the Casino at Bemus Point Saturday night from 9 until 1 o'clock" | The Era, Bradford, Pa.1931-06-19 p.5 | . | . | Vail | jdp | ![]() updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 21 Sunday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Roosevelt Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 21 Sunday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Motor Square | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 06 22 Monday | . | Erie, Penn. | Rainbow Gardens, Waldameer Park | Dancing | Ken Steiner has copies of ads from Erie newspapers, and a ticket, from the scrapbooks of Herc Chacona who booked Ellington dances twice in 1931 and again in 1933. | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-22 |
1931 06 23 Tuesday | . | Carrolltown, Penn | Sunset B | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 06 24 Wednesday | . | Hershey, Penn. | Hershey Park Ballroom | . | "Duke Ellington at Hershey Park Tonight," Lebanon Daily News, 24Jun31, p24 | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() updated 2012-01-16 |
1931 06 25 Thursday 9 to 1 | . | Yankee Lake, Ohio | Yankee Lake Pavilion or Yankee Lake Ballroom, | . | ad, Youngstown Vindicator, 25Jun31, p26 ad, New Castle Pa. News, 1931-06-23 & 24 | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11, K.Steiner Dec 2012, djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-19 |
1931 06 26 Friday | 1931 07 02 Thursday | Toledo, Oh. | Toledo-Paramount Theater Adams at Huron | Stage show, fronting the film The Night Angel, starring Nancy Carroll and Fredric March. The stage show appears to have been performed 3 times a day initally - 2:15, 6:40 and 9:25 per the June 26 ad, but on June 27, 4 performances were advertised, at 1:10, 4:10, 7:00 and 9:30 pm Announcement: "On the stage will be Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra presenting their new melodies, hot tunes and sizzling syncopation. Ellington, who comes to Toledo from New York after a long run there, is said to have the highest paid group of musicians on the road. Along with their musical numbers they will also present numerous whirlwind dance and dong pets. Benny Ross and his group of local talent will be back in an entirely new act. Albert will direct the Paramount grand orchestra and Merle Clark will be at the organ."Review: Hot from Harlem | The Toledo News-Bee
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1931 06 27 Saturday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 28 Sunday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 29 Monday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 06 30 Tuesday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
July 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 07 01 Wednesday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 02 Thursday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Paramount Theater | Stage show - see 1931 06 26 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 03 Friday | . | Dayton, Ohio | Greenwich Village | (1)Attraction extraordinary DUKE ELLINGTON and his COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA Intact from New York ONE NIGHT ONLY! Admission $2 per person (2)"Tables are being arranged in the perfect setting in the summer gardens and there will be plenty of room." | (1)Ad, The Piqua Daily Call, 1931-07-02, p.11 (2)"News of Dayton Theaters," Dayton Journal, 3Jul31, p36 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012; djp 2012-09-20 | ![]() Added 2012-09-20 |
1931 07 04 Saturday | 1931 07 10 | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre E.17th and Euclid | Theatre engagement - first of 40 documented engagements in Cleveland. | Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" citing "Duke Burns 'Em Up" in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1931-07-05 | . | . | ellingtonweb.ca | djp | ![]() updated 2012-12-07 |
1931 07 05 Sunday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 06 Monday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 07 Tuesday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 08 Wednesday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 09 Thursday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 10 Friday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1931 07 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 11 Saturday | 1931 08 13 Thursday | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Four week "roadhouse" date | . | . | . | . | Ken Steiner aug11; djp | ![]() updated 2013-05-20 |
1931 07 12 Sunday | 1931 08 13 Thursday | ![]() Lincoln Tavern. The July 12 date comes from the July 14, 1931 Variety "Leading Orchestras Directory." I believe July 14 is the correct opening date, as per the Chicago Tribune ad on July 14. The band played a dance at Chicago Stadium on July 13. My guess is that we will someday find one-nighters on July 11 and 12 somewhere between Cleveland and Chicago. | . | . | . | . | djp | 2011 | ||
1931 07 13 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Chicago Stadium | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 (not 11th) | 2011 |
1931 07 14 Tuesday | 1931 08 13 Thursday | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Four week "roadhouse" date | . | . | . | . | Ken Steiner aug11; djp | ![]() updated 2013-05-20 |
1931 07 15 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 16 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 17 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 18 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 19 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 20 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 21 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 22 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 23 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 24 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 25 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 26 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | WGN | Broadcast | . | . | 02,2-19 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 26 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 27 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 28 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 29 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 30 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 07 31 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
August 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 08 01 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 02 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 03 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 04 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 05 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 06 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 07 Friday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 08 Saturday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 09 Sunday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 10 Monday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 11 Tuesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 11 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Brunswick St. B | Recording session, Brunswick Studios; Dick Voynow producer | . | DE9047 | 09,3-4 09,2-4 05,3-59 05,2-20+36 01,2-12+13 | NDCS 1073 | KG, Carl | ![]() |
1931 08 12 Wednesday | . | Michigan City, Ind | Oasis Ballroom | . | Ad, South Bend Tribune, 19310811p .5 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1931 08 12 Wednesday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 13 Thursday | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | Roadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 13 | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Modernistic Ballroom, State Fair Park | . | . | . | 05,2-36 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 14 | 1931 08 20 | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | Stage show "Duke Ellington and His New York Harlem Cotton Club Orchestra are coming back to the stage of the Oriental Theater Friday August 14 for their fourth and last appearance in Chicago – and what a farewell party it will be! ...[they] will have a complete new show for you – and with them you will see Ivy Anderson, the queen of the blues and the Four Step Brothers, lightning fast dancers..." | Plug, Chicago Daily Herald, 1931-08-14, p.12 | . | 05,2-36 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 15 | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | “Grand Picnic” | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1931 08 15 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 16 Friday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 17 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 18 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 19 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 19 Monday 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM | . | Chicago, Ill. | 8th Regiment Armory | Charity Ball | Stratemann p.48, citing Variety 1931-08-15, p.7 | . | . | . | djp | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 20 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | see 1931-08-14 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 08 21 | 1931 08 27 | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 08 31 | . | Detroit, Mich. | Graystone Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
September 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 09 01 Tuesday | . | Grand Rapids, Mich | Ramona Gardens | . | ad, Grand Rapids Herald, 30Aug31, Building and Theatres section, p7 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1931 09 02 Wednesday | . | Paw Paw Lake, Mich | Woodward's Pavilion | . | ad, South Bend Tribune, 1Sep31, p7 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 |
1931 09 03 Thursday | . | Anderson, Ind. | Green Lantern. | ![]() Duke Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orchestra featuring Ivy Anderson, Singer and Entertainer | Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo,Ind., 1931-08-29, p.6 | . | . | . | Ken Steiner | ![]() added 2013-07-05 |
1931 09 04 | . | Peoria, Ill. | Mackinaw Dells | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 09 05 | . | . | . | Peripheral event "The bands controlled by Irving Mills, white, New York orchestra representative, who has under his wings Duke Ellington, Blue Rhythm Boys and Cab Calloway, are constantly in 'hot water.' James Petrillo, white, president of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, drove another spike into the long existing rift between Mills and himself by hauling Duke Ellington before his trial board and causing a two grand ($2,000) fine to be slapped on the Mills controlled band. Recently Petrillo barred Mills from placing units into two local spots. The amount involved in the under scale payment totalled less than $60. Action against the unit put into an embarrassing position George Smith, president of the colored musicians' local, No. 208... When Ellington and his men came in to play a four-week engagement at the Lincoln Tavern, they deposited their traveling cards with Smith. Ellington at the time remarked that he intended to use three of his musicians for doubling and asked for the prvailing local rate. The (illegible) Smith gave him at $125, it later developed, was $4.92 less per man weekly than that listed by the union. The difference was discoverd by Petrillo after the Duke closed his Tavern date. All during the investigation Smith maintained it was all his fault and protested againt putting (a?) stiff fine on Duke. ... Duke is taking an appeal against the penalty to the union's national executive board..." | The Afro-American, week of Sept.5, 1931 | . | ![]() Added 2012-08-26 | |||
1931 09 05 Saturday | . | Davenport, Io. | Danceland Ballroom | "Dancing 9:00 pm to 1:00 am." "DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA with Ivy Anderson, Mistress of Blues" Advance Sale, Danceland Office Gents $1.50, Ladies 50˘ "nite" of dance Gents $1.75, Ladies 75˘ | Ads
| . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012, djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-20 |
1931 09 06 Sunday | . | Dubuque, Io. | Woodland (Formerly Union Park) | . | ad+preview ad, Oelwein Daily Register, 2Sep31, p8 | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() 2011, updated 2012-01-12 |
1931 09 07 | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Modernistic Ballroom State Fair Park, | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 09 09 | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Graystone Ballroom | "Famed Duke Ellington, colored "king of rhythm," and his Cotton club orchestra will be heard over WLW Wednesday evening at 10 to 10:30 o'clock, while in Cincinnati as the featured attraction at the formal fall opening of the Greystone ballroom." | Newark Advocate and American Tribune 1931-09-05 | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-09-20 |
1931 09 10 | . | Erie, Penn. | Rainbow Gardens | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 09 11 | 1931 09 17 | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Stanley Thea | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 09 19 | 1931 09 25 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Thea | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 09 26 | 1931 09 30 | Washington | Howard Theatre, 620 T Street NW | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
October 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 10 ?? | . | ??? | . | Benefit For “Scottsboro Boys” | . | . | . | TDESdec10 | . | 2011 |
1931 10 01 | 1931 10 02 | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 01? | . | Washington | White House | . | . | . | 02,2-19 | RITphoto TDESdec10 | . | 2011 |
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1931 10 03 | 1931 10 09 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Thea | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 10 | 1931 10 16 | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 12 | . | Washington, D.C. | Masonic Temp | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 1-? | . | Washington, D.C. | White House | (visit planned but cancelled ?) | . | . | 02,2-19 | TDESdec10 | . | 2011 |
1931 10 17 Saturday 8:30 p.m. | . | Harrisburg, Penn. | Madrid Ballroom | (1)"Duke Ellington and his original Cotton Club Orchestra will appear in the Madrid Ballroom...Miss Florence Hill, one of the world's greatest dancers, will accompany the band..." | (1)Plug and ad, Lebanon Daily News, 1931-10-16 evening edition, p.21 (2)Preview & ad, Reading Eagle, 16oct31, p38 A plug for another act in the Lebanon Daily News, 1931-12-04, p.25 makes reference to Ellington and other groups having supplied entertainment at the Madrid. | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012, djp | ![]() updated 2012-09-21 |
1931 10 20 | . | Worcester | Mechanics Hall | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 22 | . | Springfield | Butterfly Br | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 10 30 | 1931 10 31 | New Haven, Conn. | Paramount Thea | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
November 1931 | ||||||||||
1931 11 01 | 1931 11 05 | New Haven, Conn. | Paramount Thea | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 11 03 | . | New Haven, Conn. | Music Hall | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 11 06 | . | Cambridge | Copley Plaza | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 11 06 | 1931 11 12 | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Thea | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 11 13 Friday | 1931 11 18 Wednesday | Buffalo, N.Y. | Shea's Buffalo Theatre | Duke Ellington and His Famous orchestra, direct from a sensationally successful tour of theatres and ballrooms in the leading cities of the Middle West and East, will be given a return engagement on the stage at Shea's Buffalo beginning Friday. | The Evening News (Tonawanda, N.Y.), 1931-11-12, p.9 | . | . | Stratemann, p.49 (shows starting Nov.12) | . | 2011 |
1931 11 20 | 1931 11 30 | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 11 29 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1931 | ||||||||||
1930 12 01 | 1930 12 03 | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 12 04 Friday | 1931 12 10 Thursday | St. Louis, Mo. | Ambassador Theatre | . | daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() updated 2012-01-16 |
1931 12 11 | 1931 12 17 | Indianapolis, Ind. | Indiana Th | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 12 18 | . | Urbana, Ill. | Univ New Gym | “Junior Prom” | . | . | . | DailyIllini-ad M.Graff | . | 2011 |
1931 12 19 | . | Indianapolis, Ind. | Indiana Roof | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 12 21 | . | St. Louis | New Coliseum | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1931 12 22 | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Graystone B | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 |
1931 12 25 | 1931 12 31 | Detroit, Mich. | Fisher Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1931 12 25 | . | Detroit, Mich. | Naval Armory | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
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1932 01 04 Monday | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Pythian Temple | (1)One night only. Duke was crowned winner of the Pittsburgh Courier's "Most Popular Orchestra" contest. (2)The band broadcast from the Pythian Temple locally over WCAE at 10:00 pm, opening a special two-and-a-half hour WCAE Dedication Program (as a member of NBC), but did not participate in the 10:30 to 11:30 portion of the broadcast carried nationally as had been announced in the Courier. (3)"...in 1932, for example, a Duke Ellington concert before a live audience of 3,000 was broadcast nationwide..." (4)"The largest event in the Temple’s history was held in January 1932. Almost 3,000 fans from across the country attended Duke Ellington’s coronation as the “King of Jazz” by the Pittsburgh Courier. Ellington’s concert was broadcast nationally from radio station WCAE (later known as WTAE). The Duke’s wife, sister, and mother attended to watch him receive the Courier’s “Loving Cup.”" | (1)"Ellington is Presented With Courier Loving Cup, Record Crowd Out," Pittsburgh Courier, 9Jan32, p1 (2) Darnell V. Martin, "We Now Present," Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, 4Jan32, p15; "Duke in Nat'l Broadcast from Temple Monday," Pittsburgh Courier, 2Jan32, p.A1; NBC Radio Logs, WEAF, 4Jan32 | . | . | (3)Webpage - Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (4)Webpage - Pythian Temple–Savoy Ballroom – Pittsburgh Music History | K.Steiner Dec 2012 + djp | ![]() added 2011, updated 2012-01-16 | |
1932 01 05 Tuesday | . | Harrisburg, Penn. | Coliseum Ballroom | ![]() Harrisburg Telegraph: "Described as 'the hottest band in America,' Duke Ellington and his orchestra from Harlem's famed Cotton Club who will appear at the Coliseum tomorrow night are not unfamiliar to Harrisburg dancers. This is not the Duke's first appearance here and he has quite a following in the Capital City..." | Ad and publicity, Harrisburg Telegraph, 1932-01-04 | . | . | . | Ken Steiner | ![]() added 2013-07-05 | |
1932 01 06 | . | Mohawk, N.Y. | Snell's Dancing Academy | . | . | . | . | Stratemann, citing Chicago Defender, 23.1.32 p.7 | . | 2011 | |
1932 01 08 | 1932 01 14 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Mastbaum Theater | This was the 8th largest theatre in the US and its grandeur "helped put Philadelphia on the national movie map for releases." | . | . | . | Stratemann p.50, citing Variety 12.1.32, p.62 | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-01-17 | |
1932 01 16 | 1932 01 22 | Washington, D.C. | Earle Theatre | . | . | . | . | Stratemann p.50, citing Variety 12.1.32, p.62 | . | 2011 | |
1932 01 23 | 1932 01 29 | Baltimore, Md. | Hippodrome | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
February 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 02 01 | 1932 02 10 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | (credit KenSteiner as all 09,2-6 entries) | 2011 | |
1932 02 01 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 02 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3201 | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 02 03 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | RCA recording session | . | DE3202 | 02,2-27 02,1-24 89,4-2 89,3-8 85,3-3 85,2-11 | . | (credit Jerry Valburn for all 85,3-3 entries) | 2011 | |
1932 02 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3203 | 11,1-29 05,3-59 83,1-4 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 04 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Cub | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 05 | 1932 02 11 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | "Duke and his band are appearing at the Paramount Theatre and doubling at the Cotton Club" | Stratemann p.50, citing Chicago Defender, 19-02-13p7 | . | 09,2-6 05,1-7 | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-12 | |
1932 02 05 | 1932 02 11 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | . | . | . | . | Vail | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 05 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Red network | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 07 | . | New York, N.Y. | Earl Carroll Theat | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 08 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 09 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | RCA recording session, | . | DE3204 | 09,3-21 05,3-59 91,4-5 90,4-4 90,1-4 89,4-2 89,3-8 85,3-3 85,2-11 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 11 | . | New York, N.Y. | Brunswick Studio | ARC recording session Brunswick files show the band and Bing Crosby finished recording St. Louis Blues at 1:20 a.m. | Stratemann p.50 citing Steven Lasker's research | DE3205 | 11,1-11+27+29 08,3-25 08,2-27 02,1-18 02,1-24 01,3-15 00,3-22 98,4-5 98,3-6 | NDCS 1021 | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-12 | |
1932 02 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Grand Central Station | Departure by train for San Francisco aboard the Pullman coach "McLaughlin" (1) "non-stop record breaking jump" (Stratemann suggests there may have been a stopover in Salt Lake City) (2)The New York Age described the train: "...discrimination against artists of color cannot be charged to the big railroad systems of the country, providing they have the spondulicks with which to travel. "This was quite apparent to the conductors, porters and waiters of the North Shore Limited, one of the finest and fastest of the New York Central Railroad fleet of trains, between New York and Chicago, on Friday, February 12, when Duke Ellington, the popular music artist, and his company of 27 members, left New York for California. "The well-known Negro entertainer and his company left the Grand Central Station, on the date and train mentioned, in a special Pullman, The Car McLaughlin. The car was placed in the middle of the train, a position which made the two dining cars of the flyer easily accessible to the occupants of that car. "According to the colored members of the train's crew, the Ellington party was shown the same degree of courtesy, and rendered the same class of service, as that accorded any special party..." | (1)Stratemann p.50, citing Variety, 1932-01-26p.64 (2)New York Age, 1932-02-20, p.9 | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-12 | |
1932 02 16 | . | San Francisco, Cal. | . | Arrival from New York (1)"Quite a number of friends, admirers, and press agents were on hand to greet the Duke…" | (1)Joe Williams, "Stage and Screen," San Francisco Spokesman, 20Feb32, p7 | . | 05,1-7 | (1)(Joe Williams, "Stage and Screen," San Francisco Spokesman, 1932-02-20,p.7) | Steiner | ![]() added 2011 | |
1932 02 18 Thursday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | Noel Sullivan's Home | Welcome reception by the Alexander Dumas Club. "Adding to the pleasure of the evening were several selections by Mr. Ellington and soloists in his entourage." | "Duke Ellington’s Band Entertained by Dumas Club," San Francisco Spokesman, 1932-02-20, p.4 | . | 05,1-7 | . | Steiner | ![]() added 2011 updated | |
1932 02 18 Thursday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | . | Peripheral event Brunswick record 6265 ("It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)," both recorded in February) was released in San Francisco on February 18, the day before the band opened at the Orpheum. The record was not released nationally until March 24. | Steven Lasker, in DEMS 05,3-59 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-23 | ||||
1932 02 19 Friday | 1932 03 09 | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show for film Lady with a Past Duke Ellington and Band, with Ivy Anderson and the Four Step Brothers Ellington's contract was for $5,000 a week for 4 appearances on weekdays and 5 on Saturdays and Sundays. Sales were initially slow because the band wasn't well known on the coast, but picked up the second week. |
| . | 05,3-59 05,1-7 | Stratemann, citing Variety 1932-02-23 p.10 & 1932-03-01 p.8 | djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2013-06-10 | |
1932 02 20 Saturday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 21 Sunday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 22 Monday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 23 Tuesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 24 Wednesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 25 Thursday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 26 Friday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 27 Saturday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 28 Sunday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 29 Monday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 02 29 Monday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | Apex Cabaret | guests | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
March 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 03 01 Tuesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 02 Wednesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 03 Thursday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 04 Friday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 05 Saturday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 06 Sunday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 07 Monday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 08 Tuesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 08 | . | San Francisco, Cal. | Apex Cabaret | Farewell party | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 09 Wednesday | . | San Francisco, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | see 1932 02 19 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 10 Thursday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Radio Station KHJ | Arriving from San Francisco by train, the band was given a parade with a musical escort from the Southern Pacific Station to the Dunbar Hotel. They then were taken quickly to the radio station for an impromptu program reaching the entire "Coast Don Lee network." | Stratemann p.50, citing California Eagle, 1932-03-11 p.10 | . | . | Vail | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-23 | |
1932 03 11 Friday | 1932 04 01 Friday | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show for film Lady with a Past Four 35 minute performances weekdays, five on weekends. Not well-attended initially | Stratemann p.50, citing Los Angeles Daily News, 1932-03-01; Variety 1932-03-22, p.34 | . | . | . | djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-23 | |
1932 03 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Lawrence Brown joined the band during its run at the Los Angeles RKO Orpheum, marking the beginning of Ellington's use of three trombones. Critics complained his legit trombone style wasn't right for jazz, but his ability to play very high notes added to Ellington's tonal pallette. Brown left briefly in mid 1943, but returned the next month to stay until 1951. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-10-11 | ||||
1932 03 12 Saturday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 13 Sunday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 14 Monday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 15 Tuesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 16 Wednesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 17 Thursday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 18 Friday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 19 Saturday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 20 Sunday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 21 Monday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 22 Tuesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 23 Wednesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 24 Thursday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 25 Friday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 26 Saturday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 27 Sunday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 28 Monday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 29 Tuesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 30 Wednesday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 30 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Elks Auditorium | Testimonial dinner honouring Duke | Stratemann, p.50. | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 03 31 Thursday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
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1932 04 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke, rejoins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-10-12 | ||||
1932 04 01 Friday | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | RKO Orpheum Theatre | Stage show - see 1932 03 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 04 06 Wednesday | 1932 04 07 Thursday | Syracuse, N.Y | Snell's | The daily press only advertised one night for "Wednesday, Jan. 6." The African American press reported "Wednesday and Thursday nights," indicating a second night for African Americans. | ad, Syracuse Herald, 1932-01-05, p.17 "Duke Ellington in Syracuse, N.Y.," Washington Tribune, 1932-01-15, p.14 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-16 | |
1932 04 07 Thursday | . | Syracuse, N.Y | Snell's | see 1932 04 06 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() Added 2012-01-16 | |
1932 04 08 Friday | 1932 04 14 Thursday | Hartford, Conn | Publix Allyn Theatre | Part of the 11:30 to midight April 11 broadcast on WTIC is the oldest known recording of an Ellington broadcast | daily ads, Hartford Daily Courier | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-16 | |
1932 04 11 | . | Hartford, Conn. | Pubyx Allyn Theatre | Stage show | . | DE9004 see ND Correction Sheet 1002 | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 04 12 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Recording session= false date | . | . | 91,5-5 | . | CAH | 2011 | |
1932 04 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | Planned NAACP fundraiser. Researcher Ken Steiner reports the NAACP fundraiser was originally scheduled for April 14, but was rescheduled for April 21 so Ellington could appear, according to the Amsterdam News. | . | . | . | Vail | Steiner | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-06 | |
1932 04 15 | 1932 04 21 | New York, N.Y. | Paramount Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 04 21 Thursday | 1932 04 22 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | The annual NAACP fund-raising pageant at which Ruth Ellington was crowned Miss Olympics was originally planned for April 14 but postponed until April 21 to allow Ellington's band to play. Stratemann (p.50) says the band showed up but didn't play because of a disagreement over financial matters between Irving Mills/Ellington and the NAACP. (Stratemann mistakenly places the engagement at the Lafayette Theatre.) The New York Age, 1932 05 07 p.3, says the "fiasco" was at Rockland Palace. Harvey Cohen's Duke Ellington's America, pp 83-84, describes the cancelled event, where Ellington's band showed up to play, but left when Irving Mills, seeing the size of the crowd lined up for the event, "insisted on an upfront payment of $500. When the event organizers refused, Mills forbade the band to play, and they left." Cohen quotes Sonny Greer telling biographer A.H.Lawrence "Ruth was standing there crying. If she hadn't been there I think Duke would have punched him, that's how mad he was...I know Duke saw a lawyer to see if he could get out of the contract. He and Mills were barely on speaking terms until we left for Europe a year later." Stratemann dates the contretemps as April 22, but researcher Ken Steiner suggests that because Ellington was finishing up at the Paramount on the 21st, his appearance at Rockland Palace would have likely begun after midnight, making it the 22nd. Steiner points out as well that it was advertised that Duke was donating his services. | . | . | . | Vail I | Ken Steiner; djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-06 | |
1932 04 23 | 1932 04 29 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Th | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 04 30 | . | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
May 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 05 01 | 1932 05 06 | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 07 | 1932 05 13 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | . | . | . | 02,2-20 | . | (credit Steven Lasker as all 02,2-20 entries) | 2011 | |
1932 05 16 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3206 | 11,1-29 02,2-19 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3207 | 11,1-29 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 18 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3208 | 11,1-29 10,3-5 10,1-13 04,2-10 03,3-28 03,2-7 89,3-8 84,1-3 83,4-3 | Timner corrections NDCS 1053 | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 19 | . | Allentown | Mealey Auditorium | . | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 20 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Death of Bubber Miley | . | djp | ![]() Added 2012 10 11 | ||||
1932 05 21 Saturday | . | Hershey, Penn. | Hershey Park Ballroom | "8:30 p.m." | preview ad, Reading Eagle, 15May32, p15 | . | . | . | AugustinPG aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1932 05 23 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 24 | . | Salem Willows | Charlesh | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 25 8 to 1 a.m. | . | Worcester, Mass. | Cocoanut Grove | "Tonight! Cocoanut Grove Lincoln Park - Worcester DUKE ELLINGTON and his world famous orchestra... Adm. $1.00 | Ad, Fitchburg Sentinel, 1932-05-25 p.2 | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-07-24 | |
1932 05 26 | . | Claremont | Roseland Br | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 27 | . | Brunswick | Bowdoin Coll | . | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 28 | . | Old Orchard Beach, Maine | Ocean Pier | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 29 | . | Buzzard's Bay | Bourneh. | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 05 30 | . | Manchester Nh | Granada Br | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
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1932 06 01 Wednesday | . | Springfield, Ma | Crystal Ballroom Riverside Park, | "Dancing 8:30 to 1." | ad, Springfield Union, 31May32, p14 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1932 06 02 Thursday | . | East Mahanoy Junction, Penn.. | Lakewood | "Everyone within a fifty mile radius is on tip toe eagerly awaiting the Thursday Dance...." | "Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson May Top the Lakewood Attendance Record," Mt. Carmel Item, 1Jun32, p8 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1932 06 04 Saturday | 1932 06 10 | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | . | . | . | 07,1-26 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 05 Sunday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 06 Monday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 07 Tuesday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 08 Wednesday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 09 Thursday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 10 Friday | . | Cincinnati, Oh. | Albee Theater | See 1932 06 04 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 11 Saturday | 1932 06 17 | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre E.17th and Euclid | Theatre engagement | Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" | . | . | ellingtonweb.ca | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-12-07 | |
1932 06 12 Sunday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 13 Monday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 14 Tuesday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 15 Wednesday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 16 Thursday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 17 Friday | . | Cleveland, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1932 06 11 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 18 | 1932 06 24 | Chicago, Ill. | Palace Theatre | program included dancing by The Four Step Brothers and by Kid Charleston | . | . | 89,3-6 89,2-6 | Stratemann p.51, citing Bill Board25/6/32 p.11 | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 26 | . | Anderson, Ind. | Green Lantern | Whites Only ! | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 27 | . | Anderson, Ind. | Green Lantern | Blacks Only ! | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 28 | . | Gary | Miramar Ballroom | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 30 | 1932 06 01 | Chicago, Ill. | Drake Hotel | Democratic Convention | . | . | . | 30jun32-article | . | 2011 | |
1932 06 30 | . | Morton Grove, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | . | . | . | 09,1-19 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
July 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 07 01 | 1932 07 28 | . | . | Regular Broadcasts above continued | . | . | 09,1-19 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 07 01 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Lincoln Tavern | various broadcasts | . | . | 09,1-19 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 07 27? | . | Dubuque Iowa | Woodland P | ad | . | . | . | . | Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 | 2011 | |
1932 07 28 Thursday | . | Mineral Point, Wisc. | Soldiers' Memorial Park | ![]() "Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra In Person ...The Hottest Band on Earth, direct from the Lincoln Tavern, Chicago. Regular feature over WGN, Columbia and NBC networks, Ellington has a great stage show. Adm. $1.50 per Couple. | Ads, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Wisc.:
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1932 07 29 Friday | . | Peoria, Ill. | Fernwood | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
August 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 08 01 | . | Michigan City, Ind. | Oasis Ballroom Washington Park | According to Stratemann, 1,500 people attended. | . | . | . | . | Stratemann p.51 | added 2011 updated 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 02 Tuesday | . | Paw Paw Lake, Mich | Woodward's Pavilion | ![]() | ad, South Bend Tribune, 1Aug32, p8 Note this event is based on an advertisement the previous day, whereas the Stratemann entry for Toledo is based on The Chicago Defender on Aug 6. | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1932 08 02 | . | Toledo, Oh. | Waldorf Hotel | ![]() | . | . | . | Stratemann p.51 citing Chicago Defender 19320806 p.7 | . | . | ![]() updated 2012-01-17 |
1932 08 03 Wednesday | . | Toledo, Oh. | Waldorf Hotel | ![]() This engagement could not be confirmed in the Toledo News-Bee but that paper's Monday August 1 edition reported the annual convention of the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans was to begin at the Waldorf on Wednesday. The Grand Secretary of AMOS was unable to find any record of Ellington appearing at the convention when he checked their records in June, 2013. | Fred Avendorph, "Michigan City Dances to the Duke's Music," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 19320806 p.5 | . | 12/1-20 | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 Updated 2013-06-29 | |
1932 08 04 | . | Cleveland | Crystal Slipper Ballroom East 97th and Euclid | ![]() Dance? The ballroom could accommodate 4,000 dancers. | Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" | . | . | ellingtonweb.ca | . | ![]() updated 2012-12-11 | |
1932 08 05 | . | Washington, D.C. | George Washington Hotel | ![]() | . | . | . | Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 6.8.32 p.7 | . | ![]() updated 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 05 Friday | . | Conneaut Lake, Penn. | Dreamland Ballroom | ![]() | ad, New Castle News, 2Aug32, p5 Avendorph's article in the 6Aug Chicago Defender gave Washington, PA, at the George Washington Hotel for this date, as does Stratemann p.51 (A report after the fact is likely more reliable than an advertisement preceding the event.) | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 06 Saturday | . | Columbus, Oh. | .Valley Dale Ballroom | "Duke (Whataband) Ellington gave us one of the pleasantest evenings we ever enjoyed in a ballroom." | H.E. Cherrington, "Ellington Offers Dancers Pure Delight," Columbus Dispatch, 8Aug32 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-12 | |
1932 08 07 | . | Rochester, Ind. | Colonial Hotel and Terrace Gardens | . | . | . | . | Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 6.8.32 p.7 | . | ![]() updated 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 08 Monday | 1932 08 14 Sunday | Cincinnati, Oh. | "Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel | Stratemann reports both venues, and sAys The Band Broadcast Over CBS From 12:30 To 1:00 Am, Wednesday To Friday | ad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14Aug32, sec3, p2 | . | 05,1-7 | Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 30.7.32 and 6.8.32 p.7, and Variety 23.8.32 | . | ![]() updated 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 15 Monday | . | Louisville, Ky | Armory | "Admission 75 cents. A limited number of bandstand seats, 99 cents. Includes admission and dancing." | ad, Louisville Courier-Journal, 14Aug32, sec2, p2 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 18 | . | Decatur | Coliseum | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 08 19 Friday | 1932 08 23 TuesdaY | . | . | . An August 19 date in Sun Prairie, WI was advertised nine days prior, but evidently did not take place | "Ellington's 14 Now in Chicago for a Lay-Over," Chicago Defender, nat.ed., 27Aug32, p5 ad, Wisconsin State Journal, 10Aug32, p6 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 24 Wednesday | . | Mansfield, Wisc. | Wildwood Park | ![]() | . | . | 05,1-7 | ad, Stevens Point Journal, 22Aug32, p3 | . | 2011 | |
1932 08 26 Friday | . | .Eveleth, Mn. | Eveleth Recreational Building | "Interest ... has been rapidly manifesting itself among music and dance lovers of the Mesabi Range...." | "Duke Ellington Here Tomorrow," Eveleth Clarion, 25Aug32, p8 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 29 Monday | . | Waterloo, Io. | Electric Park Ballroom | "Dancing 9 to 1." | ad, Waterloo Daily Courier, 29Aug32, p9 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 08 31 Wednesday | . | Des Moines, Io. | Riverview Park | . | Everett Wadsworth, "Duke Ellington Thrills Crowd," Iowa Bystander, 2Sep32, p3 | . | 05,1-7 | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 08 31 | 1932 09 05 | Bridgeport, Conn. | Majestic Th | . | . | . | 89,3-6 | . | . | 2011 | |
September 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 09 01? Thursday | . | Bemus Point, N.Y. | Bemus Point Casino | . | . | . | 89,3-6 | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-01-27 | |
1932 09 02 Friday | 1932 09 08 | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater and Wisconsin Roof | "Duke Ellington will go into the Wisconsin Theater in Milwaukee September 2 for a week during which he will play both for the theater and a dance hall in the building after the final show each night. The salary for the week's engagement is $8,500." Ellington was also broadcast on CBS, Wednesday to Friday from 12:30 am to 1 am. |
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1932 09 03 Saturday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 04 Sunday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 05 Monday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 06 Tuesday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 07 Wednesday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 CBS broadcast 12:30 am to 1 am | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 08 Thursday | . | Milwaukee, Wisc. | Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin Roof | Theatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02 CBS broadcast 12:30 am to 1 am | . | . | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 09 09 Friday | 1932 09 15 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | Presumably a stage show, this was reported in the Baltimore Afro-American to be Ellington's sixth appearance at the Oriental. |
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1932 09 10 Saturday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 11 Sunday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 12 Monday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 13 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 14 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 15 Thursday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Oriental Theater | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 16 Friday | 1932 09 22 Thursday | Chicago, Ill. | Tivoli Theatre | ![]() This engagement is doubtful - it conflicts with the upcoming New York recording sessions. | Stratemann p.51 citing VAriety 1932-09-13 | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 17 Saturday | . | activity not documented | . | ||||||||
1932 09 18 Sunday | . | activity not documented | . | ||||||||
1932 09 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3209 | 11,2-18 11,1-29 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 20 Tuesday | . | activity not documented | . | ||||||||
1932 09 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | RCA recording session + ARC recording session, | . | DE3210+3211 | 97,2-21 90,1-4 88,1-1 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3212 | 11,1-2911,1-29 11,1-29 07,1-26 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 09 23 Friday | 1932 09 29 Thursday | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show Stratemann dates this from the 23rd to the 28th; Steiner and Vail have it ending on the 29th. |
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1932 09 24 Saturday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 25 Sunday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 26 Monday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 27 Tuesday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 28 Wednesday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 29 Thursday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Century Theater | Stage show - see 1932 09 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 09 30 Friday | 1932 10 05 | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | 88 minute vaudeville show accompanying a Laurel and Hardy film "Pack Up Your Troubles." Sharing the bill with Ellington and his orchestra:
The Ellington orch accompanied the other acts from the pit for the first part of the act, then took the stage for the last part, joined by dancers Worthy and Thompson (Lucky Boys). |
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October 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 10 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30 | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 07 | . | New York, N.Y. | Rockland Palace | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 10 07 | 1932 10 13 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Metropolitan | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 10 14 | 1932 10 20 | Boston, Mass. | Orpheum Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 10 21 | 1932 10 27 | Jersey City, N.J. | Loew's Theater (probably Loew's Jersey Theater, 54 Journal Square) | . | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() | |
1932 10 28 | 1932 10 31 | Washington, D.C. | Fox Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
November 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 11 01 | 1932 11 03 | Washington, D.C. | Fox Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 11 04 | 1932 11 10 | New York, N.Y. | Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway | . | . | . | 02,2-20 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 11 18 | 1932 11 25 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Pearl Th | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 11 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | New York University | ![]() | . | . | . | Hasse163photo JLCphoto Vail68photo see photo on page 7 of these program notes. | . | ![]() | |
1932 11 26 | 1932 11 01 | Baltimore, Md. | Hippodrome | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 11 29 | . | Baltimore, Md. | New Albert C | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
December 1932 | |||||||||||
1932 12 02 | 1932 12 08 | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | (ad shows Dec 03) | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 12 10 | 1932 12 16 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 12 21 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3213 | . | . | 2011 | ||
1932 12 22 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3214 | NDCS 1022 | . | 2011 | ||
1932 12 24 | . | York, Penn. | Valencia Ballroom | . | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 | |
1932 12 25 | . | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Schenley Hotel | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 | |
1932 12 26 Monday | . | Cleveland, Ohio | Hotel Cleveland | "Duke Ellington and his famous band have been engaged by the Ching Tang Club of Lakewood to furnish music at their ninth annual Christmas dance...." | "Plan Christmas Dance," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 19Dec32, p14 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 12 27 | . | Canton, Oh. | Land O’Lakes Ballroom | . | . | . | . | Vail ellingtonweb | CAHmail08 | 2011 | |
1932 12 27 Tuesday | . | Canton, Oh. | Land O’Dance Ballroom Market Avenue (North Canton) | ![]() . | Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" | . | . | . | djp | ![]() added 2012-12-11 | |
1932 12 28 Wednesday | . | Columbus, Oh. | .Valley Dale Ballroom | "[T]hey will formally open the new Valley Dale Color room, designed by Dick Ashbaugh." | "Harlem Duke Plays Dale Opening," Columbus Dispatch, 27Dec32, p8A | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 | |
1932 12 31 | 1933 01 06 | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre Albee Square Brooklyn | Vaudeville show Ellington orchestra, singer Ann Lester and others | Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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January 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 01 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | RKO Albee Theatre | See 1932 12 31 | . | . | . | . | . | added 2011 updated 2012-09-22 |
1933 01 07 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3301 | 11,1-29 85,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 01 09 Monday | 1933 01 13 | Pittsburgh, Penn. | Pythian Temple | (1)Stratemann says this engagement ran until Jan.13 (2)Ken Steiner's research indicates it was "A one-nighter. For the second year in a row, Ellington was crowned "King of Jazz" by the Pittsburgh Courier. The entire Ellington household came over from New York, especially for the coronation...." | (1)Pittsburgh Courier, 7/1/33 pp/2& 6. (2)Floyd Snelson, "Duke Ellington Praises Hospitality of Pittsburgh After Gala Coronation," Pittsburgh Courier, 14Jan33, sec2, p7 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-01-18 |
1933 01 10 Tuesday | 1933 01 12 Thursday | Cincinnati, Oh. | Pullman Coach | "Duke Ellington puffed on a mild Havana cigar in the drawing room of the special Pullman that was bringing his band to Pittsburgh, thence to Cincinnati and afterwards, to St. Louis, where they will fill dance and vaudeville engagements." | Ted Yates, "Courier Columnist Makes Trip to Pittsburgh with Duke and Band," Pittsburgh Courier, 14Jan33, sec2, p6 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 |
1933 01 13 Friday | . | Evansville, In | Venue Unknown | "A large crowd attended the dance in Evansville, Ind., Friday night where Duke Ellington's band played." | Lee L. Brown, "Kentucky State News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 21Jan33, p21 | . | . | . | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17 |
1933 01 14 Saturday | 1933 01 30 Monday | St. Louis, Mo | Club Avalon | (1)For this engagement, unadvertised in St. Louis newspapers, it was reported the "booking is for two weeks with an option. Ellington's is the first colored band to play the spot." (2)In a confusing report in the Chicago Defender of Ivie Anderson leaving the band twice during this engagement and flying to Chicago, the Avalon management was said to have sent a telegram to the Defender stating that the band closed "Saturday night" [28 Jan]. (3) Closing night uncertain. (4)In an oral history interview, local musician Elijah Shaw said "One time Duke Ellington came here to play and Sonny Greer was sick, one of my students Wilbert Curt played in Sonny Greer's place." |
| . | . | Vail I | K.Steiner Dec 2012 | ![]() Added 2012-01-17, updated 2013-04-23 |
1933 01 31 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Creole Rhapsody won Ellington the New York Schools of Music annual award for the best composition of the year | Niagara Falls Gazette, p.5 | . | djp | ![]() Added 2012-09-14 | ||
February 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 02 04 | 1933 02 10 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Stanley Theatre | . | . | . | . | Carl A. Hällström, The Duke Ellington Itinerary | . | 2011 |
1933 02 15 | . | New York, N.Y. | 55 Fifth Ave | Columbia (English Columbia) recording session | . | DE3302 | 11,1-27+29 04,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 02 16 | . | New York, N.Y. | 55 Fifth Ave. | Columbia (English Columbia) recording session | . | DE3303 | 11,1-29 04,1-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 02 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3304 | 11,1-29 10,3-22 05,3-40 02,1-24 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1933 02 22 | . | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Labor Lyceum | Charity Dance and All-Star Show benefit for the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People | . | . | . | Stratemann p.52 | . | 2011 |
March 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 03 04 | . | Astoria, N.Y. | Paramount's Eastern Service Studios | Paramount Pictorial 837 "The World at Large" 10 min. film featuring Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Orch., Cab Calloway and His Orch., and Duke Ellington and His Orch. | . | DE3305 | 07,2-5 03,3-20 | Stratemann 53 | . | ![]() |
1933 03 09 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network While an advertisement in the March 10 Brooklyn Eagle announced "Sunday March 12 midnite" would be the "triumphant return of the maestro of symphonic jazz," this broadcast from the club establishes the engagement began March 9. This is consistent with an announcement in the March 7 edition of Variety, which says he was to replace Calloway on the 9th | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | ![]() |
1933 03 -- | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Stratemann believes about 1 minute of a Universal Newsreel was filmed during this residency | . | . | . | Stratemann 57 | . | 2011 |
1933 03 10 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 12 | 1933 03 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 21st Cotton Club Parade -this is the advertised date when Ellington was to replace Calloway's band, which went on tour. | . | . | 09,2-6 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 16 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast XEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 17 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Harold Nicholas' birthday | . | . | . | photo | . | 2011 |
1933 03 17 | 1933 03 21 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 23 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 24 | 1933 03 28 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 03 31 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
April 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 04 01 | 1933 04 15 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 21st Cotton Club Parade continues | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 04 | 1933 04 07 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 06 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 11 | 1933 04 13 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 14 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 16 Sunday | 1933 04 30 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 22nd Cotton Club Parade opening The Afro-American reported The Duke was responsible for a new song that is buzzing daily all along Broadway, "Sophisticated Lady." "He gave it to the public over the air ... before hundreds who attended the Cotton Club opening - and still thousands of others listened in over the NBC network. In a few hours, with characteristic manner, Broadway habitues had caught on and were buzzing the new number..." | Afro-American, week of Apr 29, 1933, p.11 | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-08-26 |
1933 04 18 | 1933 04 21 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 20 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 22 | . | New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st | . | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 27 | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 04 30 | . | New York, N.Y. | Renaissance Casino | Samaritan Nursery Benefit | . | . | 02,2-20 | . | . | 2011 |
May 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 05 01 Monday | 1933 05 31 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | 22nd P. | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 02 Tuesday | 1933 05 05 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 04 Thursday | 1933 05 11 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session DE3306 | . | . | 11,1-29 09,2-6 86,4-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 12 Friday | 1933 05 16 | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3307 | 11,1-29 09,2-6 98,4-9 98,2-17 97,2-20 89,3-8 86,4-4 86,3-1 83-4-3 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1933 05 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WEAF+NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Benefit | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 05 23 Tuesday | . | Astoria, Long Island, N.Y. | Paramount Eastern Service Studios | Filming Paramount short film “Bundle Of Blues” (release date 1933-09-01) | . | DE3308 | 09,2-6 05,3-18 03,3-20 | Stratemann pp. 59 - 64 (incl. photos) | . | 2011 |
1933 05 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WEAF+NBC-Blue network | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Town Hall | Benefit Concert | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 26 Friday | 1933 06 01 | New York, N.Y. | Capitol Theatre | . | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 05 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cotton Club | broadcast WJZ +NBC-Blue network | . | . | 09,2-6 | . | . | 2011 |
June 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 06 02 | 1933 06 09 | Atlantic Ocean | S.S.Olympic | travel to Europe, arriving Southampton 1933 06 09 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 09 | . | London, England | Waterloo Station |
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1933 06 11 | . | Bournemouth, England | . | Aft+evening | . | . | . | BlueLight/R.Boyes | . | 2011 |
1933 06 12 | 1933 06 24 | London, England | Palladium | . | . | . | 94,2-4 | TSE photo 36 Strat67 photo VARphoto Vail80photo | . | 2011 |
1933 06 14 | . | . | . | BBC National Broadcast | . | . | 97,2-26 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 16 | . | Streatham | Locarno | Extra Dance | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 18 | . | London, England | Palladium | MELODY MAKER Concert | . | . | 02,2-5 | Stratemann 65 | . | 2011 |
1933 06 19 | . | London, England | Astoria Ballroom | Midnight Dance | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 23 | . | Brighton | Sherry's Ballroom | Concert(late night) | . | . | 96,2-5 94,2-4 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 25 | . | Hastings | Trocadero | 2pm | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 25 | . | Hastings | Regal Luxury | 8pm | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 26 | 1933 06 30 | Liverpool | Empire Theatre | . | . | . | 05,3-30 96,2-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 28 | . | Bolton | Palais De Danse | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 06 30 | . | Liverpool | Grafton Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
July 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 07 01 | . | Liverpool | Empire Theatre | . | . | . | 05,3-30 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 02 | . | Blackpool | Palace Thea? | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 02 | . | Blackpool | + Tower Ballroom | dance | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 03 | 1933 07 08 | Glasgow, Scotland | Empire Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 06 | . | Glasgow, Scotland | Green's Playhouse | extra dance | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 09 | . | Harrogate, Yorks. | Royal Hall | . | . | . | . | BlueLight/R.Boyes | . | 2011 |
1933 07 10 | . | London, England | Finsbury Empire | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 10 | 1933 07 15 | London, England | Holborn Empire | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 13 | . | London, England | Chenil Galleries | Decca recording session | . | DE3309 | 00,1-25 97,2-14 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 14 | . | London, England | Oriole Studios | Ellington interviewed by Percy Mathison Brooks This interview was recorded and released on a souvenir record - see The Dooji Collection, 1933-34, session DE3310b and a photo of studio owner Levy, Ellington and Brooks. | . | DE3310 | 1979,5-1 79,4-1 | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-09-25 |
1933 07 16 | . | London, England | Elephant & Castle | . | . | . | 91,3-2 | Stratemann 66 | . | 2011 |
1933 07 16 | . | London, England | + Trocadero(2pm) | . | . | . | 91,3-2 | Stratemann 66 | . | 2011 |
1933 07 17 | 1933 07 22 | Birmingham | Hippodrome | . | . | . | 97,2-22 96,2-5 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 18 | . | London, England | Finsbury Empire | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 21 | . | Birmingham | New Palais | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 23 | . | Margate | Wintergardens + Westbrook Pavilion | . | . | . | 97,3-20 97,2-22 97,1-16 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 24 | . | London, England | Liverpool Station | leaving for continent | . | . | 97,2-22 | photograph | . | 2011 |
1933 07 24 | 1933 07 25 | Den Haag | . | . | . | . | 02,3-16 02,2-18 | DEMSphoto | . | 2011 |
1933 07 25 | . | Scheveningen | Kursaal | . | . | . | 08,2-6 03,1-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 26 | . | Travel ? | . | . | . | . | 03,1-6 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 27 | . | Paris Salle Pleyel | . | . | . | . | 03,1-6 97,1-16 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 29 | . | Paris Salle Pleyel | . | . | . | . | 97,1-16 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 07 30 | . | Deauville Casino | . | . | . | . | 97,1-16 | . | . | 2011 |
August 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 08 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 21 1933 reported: Duke Ellington is the subject of a long article in the August number of "Fortune." Ellington is credited with being the leading exponent of original jazz. | . | . | ![]() | |||
1933 08 01 | . | Paris Salle Pleyel | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 03 | 1933 08 09 | Atlantic Ocean | S.S.Majestic | Travel to USA Igo's itinerary has the band leaving Southampton for home on August 3 but Stratemann p.66 and Vail I p.87 both have the the band leaving France that day. The lists of US citizens on SS Majestic show she left Cherbourg on August 2. The handwritten passenger listshave her leaving Southampton August 2,and she had some passengers bound for France. Since none of the pages show members of the Ellington entourage departing Southampton, it seems likely the ship travelled from Southampton to Cherbourg, and left Cherbourg with Duke and his people on August 3. Stratemann tells us Irving Mills stayed in France another week to arrange bookings for Cab Calloway and the Mills Blue Rhythm band. | . | . | . | . | . | ![]() updated 2013-07-05 |
1933 08 09 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Arrival | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 15 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | ARC recording session | . | DE3311 | 11,1-29 10,3-5 09,3-4+25 08,2-6 05,2-12 05,1-18 90,1-4 89,1-9 88,5-2 88,4-5 | NDCS 1073 | . | 2011 |
1933 08 18 | 1933 08 24 | Boston, Mass. | Metropolitan Th | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 25 | . | Buzzard's Bay | Bournehurst | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 27 | . | New London, Conn. | Danceland | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 28 | . | Waltham, Mass. | Nuttings-on-the-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 29 | . | Claremont | Roseland Ball | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 30 | . | Cambridge | Shadowland Br | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 08 31 | . | South Lynnfield | Starlight | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
September 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 09 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Bacon, trumpet/vocalist, joins the band | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-10-10 | |||
1933 09 04 Monday | . | White Plains, N.Y. | Westchester County Center, Bronx River Parkway | Os-we-go Club Labor Day dance "...All arrangements have been completed for the big holiday affair...Every city, town and village is planning to turn out in welcome to the "Duke" and his master musicians. Why not take the 40 minute drive up the parkway to the great County Center, where you will be entertained from 9:00 to 3a.m. This is the first appearance of "Duke" Ellington in Westchester County since his recent return from a tour of Europe. He's bringing with him that compelling irresistible band of musicians that form the height of excellence in playing dance music. He will positively play the entire evening and the Os-we-go Club has been highly congratulated in bringing to Westchester County such a high class orchestra..."". | Ad and plug, New York Age, 1933-08-26 | . | . | . | . | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-08-27 |
1933 09 05 | . | Baltimore, Md. | New Albert Hal | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 09 | . | Hershey, Penn. | Park Ballroom | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 11 | . | Erie, Penn. | Rainbow Gardens | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 12 | . | Youngstown | Idora Park | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 15 | 1933 09 17 | Cincinnati, Oh. | Castle Farm | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 22 | 1933 09 28 | Chicago, Ill. | Chicago Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 26 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Merchandise Mart | RCA/Victor recording session | . | DE3312 | 11,1-11 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 27 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Savoy Ballroom | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 09 30 | 1933 09 06 | Dallas, Tex. | Majestic Theatre | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | Vail Photo | CAH (photo) | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-08-10 |
1933 09 30 | . | Dallas, Tex. | Ice Palace | Whites | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
October 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 10 05 | . | Dallas, Tex. | Ice Palace | Blacks | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 06 | . | Dallas, Tex. | Baker Hotel | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 07 | 1933 10 10 | Ft. Worth, Tex. | Worth Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 11 | 1933 10 13 | Austin, Tex. | Paramount Theat | . | . | . | 5,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 12 | . | Austin, Tex. | Tillotson College | Duke guests tk | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 12 | . | Austin, Tex. | Gregory Gym | Dance 10pm | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 14 | 1933 10 20 | San Antonio, Tex. | Majestic | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 10 19 | . | San Antonio, Tex. | Carver Auditorium | . | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 10 -- | . | San Antonio, Tex. | Party Dinner | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 10 21 | 1933 10 27 | Houston, Tex. | Majestic Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 21 | . | Houston, Tex. | Dance “Whites” | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 27 | . | Houston, Tex. | Dance “Colored” | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 28 | 1933 10 31 | Beaumont, Tex. | Jefferson Theater | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 29 | . | Beaumont, Tex. | Peoples Theatre | blacks 11pm | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 10 30 | . | Beaumont, Tex. | Neophogen Hall | dance 10:30pm | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
November 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 11 01 | 1933 11 03 | Waco, Tex. | Waco Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 01 | . | Waco, Tex. | Shrine Club | Dance 11pm | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 02 | . | Waco, Tex. | Cotton Palace | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 04 Saturday | 1933 11 05 | Wichita Falls, Kan. | Majestic | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 04 Saturday | . | Wichita Falls, Kan. | Wichita Club | . | "Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunt were in Wichita Falls Saturday to hear Duke Ellington and his band."-Olney Enterprise, p.17, 1933-11-10 | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 06 | 1933 11 08 | Amarillo, Tex. | Paramount Theatr | . | . | . | 07,2-8 04,1-9 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 06 | . | Amarillo, Tex. | Nat Dance Pal | . | . | . | 04,1-9 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 08 | . | Amarillo, Tex. | Negro Church | Sacred Concert? | . | . | 07,2-8 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 10 | 1933 11 16 | Oklahoma City, Ok. | Criterion | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 11 14 | . | Oklahoma City, Ok. | Skirvin Ho | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 15 | . | Oklahoma City, Ok. | Market G. | dance | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 17 | 1933 11 23 | Tulsa, Ok. | Orpheum Theatre | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 18 | . | Tulsa, Ok. | Convention Hall | dance 11:30pm | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1933 11 30 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
December 1933 | ||||||||||
1933 12 01 | 1933 12 07 | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 12 04 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Merchandise Mart | RCA/Victor recording session | . | DE3313 | 11,1-11 00,2-15 90,1-4 | Timner corrections | . | 2011 |
1933-12-05 | . | United States | . | Peripheral event Prohibition ended when Utah, the 36th state to do so, ratified a constitutional amendment to repeal it. | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-07-30 |
1933 12 06 | . | Davenport | Keith's | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1933 12 08 | 1933 12 11 | Davenport | Orpheum | . | . | . | . | Vail I | . | 2011 |
1933 12 12 | 1933 12 14 | Cedar Rapids Ia | Keith's Iowa Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 CAH ad-art aug11 | 2011 |
1933 12 15 | 1933 12 21 | Omaha | Keith's | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1933 12 22 | 1933 12 25 | Sioux City | Keith's | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1933 12 26 | 1933 12 29 | Des Moines | Keith's | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1933 12 30 Saturday | 1934 01 04 Thursday | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater 1400 Main St. | Stage show | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1933 12 31 Sunday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater | Stage show - see 1933 12 30 | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
Date of event | Ending date (if different) |
City/ Other place |
Venue | Event/People | Primary Reference | New Desor reference |
DEMS reference |
Other references |
Contact person |
Date added / updated |
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January 1934 | ||||||||||
1934 01 00 | . | . | . | PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Bacon, trumpet/vocalist, leaves the band. He will play with the band again from December 14 -26, 1934 and in a session in March 1939. | New Desor vol.2 | djp | ![]() Added 2012-10-10 | |||
1934 01 01 Monday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater | Stage show - see 1933 12 30 | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1934 01 02 Tuesday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater | Stage show - see 1933 12 30 | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1934 01 03 Wednesday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater | Stage show - see 1933 12 30 | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1934 01 04 Thursday | . | Kansas City, Mo. | Mainstreet Theater | Stage show - see 1933 12 30 | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 | 2011 |
1934 01 05 Friday | . | Kansas City | Roseland Ballroom | . | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 06 Saturday | . | activity not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 07 Sunday | . | activity not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 08 Monday | . | activity not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 09 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Merchandise Mart studio | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Bacon, Jenkins, Whetsel, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE3401 | Stratemann p.68 | djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-12-17 | |
1934 01 10 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | Merchandise Mart | RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Bacon, Jenkins, Whetsel, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded:
| . | DE3402 | 11,1-11 06,3-32 02,2-28 | . | djp | ![]() added 2011 updated 2012-12-17 |
1934 01 11 Thursday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 12 Friday | 1934 01 18 | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show | Stratemann p.68, citing Chicago Defender 1934-01-34 19 and Variety 1934-01-16, p.8 | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 13 Saturday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 14 Sunday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 15 Monday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 16 Tuesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 17 Wednesday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 18 Thursday | . | Detroit, Mich. | Michigan Theatre | Stage show - see 1934 01 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 19 Friday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 20 Saturday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 21 Sunday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 22 Monday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 23 Tuesday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 24 Wednesday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 25 Thursday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 26 Friday | . | activities not documented | ||||||||
1934 01 27 Saturday | 1934 01 01 Thursday | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 28 Sunday | . | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1934 01 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 29 Monday | . | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1934 01 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 30 Tuesday | . | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1934 01 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 01 31 Wednesday | . | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1934 01 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
February 1934 | ||||||||||
1934 02 01 Thursday | . | Akron, Oh. | Palace Theatre | see 1934 01 27 | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 02 02 | 1934 02 08 | Philadelphia, Penn. | Earle Thea | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2011 |
1934 02 09 | 1934 02 15 | Washington, D.C. | Howard Theatre | . | . | . | . | . | KenSteiner aug11 (not 10-15) | 2011 |
1934 02 16? | 1934 02 19 | Washington, D.C. | . | Beginnng of train trip to Los Angeles, Cal. It is not clear if the trip began this day or the night before, but the band had stops in Chicago and Ogden on Feb 16 and 17, respectively (see below) | . | . | . | . | djp | updated 2012-07-31 |
1934 02 16 | . | Chicago, Ill. | Regal Theatre | Duke visited Lucky Millander at the theatre during a station stop, and addressed the audience while there. | . | . | 05,1-7 | . | . | 2011 |
1934 02 18 Sunday 09:20 | . | Ogden, Utah | . | Station stop: "Noted Band Going To Coast Studios Duke Ellington and his famous colored dance band of 25 pieces will pass through Ogden Sunday morning at nine-twenty, bound from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles to work in motion pictures. The band occupies one special sleeping car, one 10-section lounge car, one baggage car and a special dining car. The party will be in Ogden 10 minutes, according to schedule." | Ogden Standard Examiner, 19340217 | . | . | . | djp | 2012-07-31 |
1934 02 16? | 1934 02 19 | Los Angeles, Cal. | . | Arrival by Union Pacific train. It was raining when the band arrived. | . | . | . | . | djp | updated 2012-07-31 |
1934-02-19 Monday 8:00 pm | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Fiesta Room Ambassador Hotel | Half-hour benefit concert for a celebrity bridge game for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. | Reports in
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1934 02 19 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Paramount Sound Theatre | Private Concert "On the evening of the band's arrival in Los Angeles a concert was arranged in a sound theatre at Paramount Pictures for an audience of studio executives and their families." | Melody Maker, 17Mar34, p2 | . | 02,2-20 | . | . | 2011 |
1934 02 22 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Paramount Studios | “Murder At The Vanities” | . | . | 07,2-6 98,1-17 | . | . | 2011 |
1934 02 24 | . | Los Angeles, Cal. | Club Ebony | Caberet Party | . | . | . |