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This webpage is an "evergreen" project intended for Ellington researchers to share information. New information, references and corrections are welcome.

Duke Ellington, born in 1899, began his musical career in his home town, Washington, D.C. In 1923 he and his musician friends took their music to New York where they played in various clubs and theatres and began recording as early as 1923. In late 1927 they became the house band at the Cotton Club, and Ellington's career took off. He and his sidemen, many of them stars in their own right, travelled the world with their music right up until a couple of months before Ellington died in 1974.

Whenever I refer to the late Dr. Klaus Stratemann of Germany's comprehensive Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film. I am over-awed by the picture it paints of Duke Ellington's travels during the ordinary course of his working life throughout his career.

There is an incredible amount of information about Ellington's working life and travels in over three decades of tri-annual DEMS Bulletins, in Stratemann, and in THE definitive Ellington discography, The New Desor, by Luciano Massagli and Giovanni M. Volonté.

Researcher and record collector Klaus Götting of Paris, France, compiled a directory of Ellington's itinerary from March, 1923 through to the end of his life, titled The Duke – Where and When. Initially for his own use, this document includes direct and indirect contributions from fellow researchers from around the world and from other sources. TDWAW will help you find out what Ellington was doing and where he was on a particular date and guide you to more detailed information in the DEMS Bulletins, Stratemann or New Desor.

M. Götting made TDWAW available on request to members of the Ellington community at least as long ago as 2009. At researcher Herr Carl Hällström's suggestion, M. Götting agreed to let it be used as the basis of this webpage, to serve as a resource for the research community. Entries in this colour are from the August 2011 version of TDWAW, and entries from all other sources are in black.

Individuals who contributed information directly or indirectly to TDWAW include Ken Steiner (USA), Carl A. Hällström (Sweden), the late Sjef Hoefsmit (Belgium), Agustín Pérez Gasco (Spain), Arne Neegaard (Norway), Steven Lasker (USA), Jan Bruér (Sweden), Ken Vail, the late Dr. Klaus Stratemann (Germany), William E. Timner (Canada), Michael Graff (USA), the late Jerry Valburn (USA), Roger Boyes (UK), and of course, all the contributors to DEMS. If you contributed information but your name is not shown, please accept my apology and let me know so I can credit you.

Since this is not a discography, where I've chosen to show what was recorded in a session, I've only listed the titles, without repeating a title if there's more than one take.

Much of itinerary began with research done by individuals such as the late Joe Igo, the late Gordon Ewing and the late Art Pilkington (see DEMS 08/2-6) and a great deal of credit is due to the late Sjef Hoefsmit and the late Benny H. Aasland of The International Duke Ellington Society for their work over the years in gathering and sharing this body of knowledge.

Many events are described quite briefly, but the references should allow you to look them up. While this webpage is based on M. Götting's TDWAW, as a webpage it has the room to add more information, and will include more information about important events in the lives of Ellington and his sidemen, gathered from many sources. An item marked as an update may simply be an added reference or a rewording, or it may include additional information.

Personnel changes are noted, taken from the second volume of New Desor. Exact dates are not usually shown, and where people left and returned, I have not checked to see if their departures were planned to be only a break or if they intended to leave forever. Similarly, some members were in the band only a for short time, and I don't know if they were hired for a short length of time or were intended to be permanent members of the band.

Caution

Since Ellington often changed his plans, a review after an event is more reliable than an advertisement beforehand. Where an event is only supported by advance publicity (previews) or by advertisements, you should consider it to unconfirmed, although an ad on the day of the event is more likely to be reliable than one a week or two ahead of time.

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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
1890s
1898 01 03 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	.	James Edward Ellington married Daisy Kennedy, who would be 19 years old the next day. Tucker reports they had a child before Duke, and this child died in infancy.	Tucker, p.16.	.	.	.	added 2013-10-05
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	added 2011-12-28 updated 2012-03-15
1900 – 1905
1900 01 11	.	.	.	Birth of Wilbur de Paris, trombone			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1900 01 22	.	.	.	Birth of Juan Tizol, valve trombonist, composer, copyist, arranger.			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1902 12 13	.	.	.	Birth of Sonny Greer			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1903 04 03	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Bubber Miley			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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	added 2011-12-28 updated 2012-12-29
1904 02 01	.	.	.	Birth of trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1904 05 31	.	.	.	Birth of Otto “Toby” Hardwicke			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1904 11 01	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Louis Bacon			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1905 – 1909
1905 02 28	.	.	.	Birth of Louis Metcalfe, trumpet			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1905 07 10	.	.	.	Birth of singer Ivie Anderson			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1906 03 03	.	.	.	Birth of clarinetist Barney Bigard			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1906 03 16	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Shelton Hemphill			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1907
1907 02 22	.	.	.	Birth of cornetist Rex Stewart			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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	added 2011-12-27
1907 08 03	.	.	.	Birth of trombonist Lawrence Brown			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1908 08 11	.	.	.	Birth of alto sax man/clarinetist Russell Procope			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1909 01 13	.	.	.	Birth of Quentin Jackson			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1909 02 26	.	.	.	Birth of Chauncey Haughton			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1909 03 27	.	.	.	Birth of tenor sax man Ben Webster			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1910 – 1914
1910 00 00	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Peripheral event The Howard Theatre opens.				The Howard Theatre website.	djp	Added 2012-12-29
1910 02 21	.	.	.	Birth of tenor sax man Al Sears			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1910 04 01	.	.	.	Birth of reed man Harry Carney			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1911 07 10	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Cootie Williams			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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.	Tucker p. 25 citing an interview with Ruth Ellington Boatwright, 1983-10-21 Vail I	.	.		djp	added 2011-12-28
1913 00 00	.	Washington, D.C.	Poodle Dog Cafe	Duke takes a summer job as a soda jerk.	Tucker p.25 MIMM pp.20 AHL p.2 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011-12-28
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.	Tucker p.28 AHL pp.7? & 8 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011-12-28
1913 12 10	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter/singer/violinist Ray Nance			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1914 05 26	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Harold “Shorty” Baker			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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.	Tucker pp.26-27 MIMM p.20 AHL p.2 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011-12-28
1914 07 28	.	Europe	.	Peripheral event Beginning of First World War in Europe.				.	.	Added 2012-08-05
1915
1915 07 02	.	Washington, D.C.	.	Birth of Ruth Ellington, sister			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1915 08 16	.	.	.	Birth of singer Al Hibbler			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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.				The Afro American Ledger 1915-10-16 Tucker pp 7-8	djp	Added 2012-12-30
1915 11 29	.	.	.	Birth of composer/arranger/pianist Billy Strayhorn			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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	added 2012-09-02
1916 05 16-	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter “Dud” Bascomb			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1917
1917 02 00	.	.	.	Ellington drops out of school in February 1917, earns money painting posters and making music.	Tucker p.51 http://ellingtonia.com Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-02
1917 03 16	.	.	.	Birth of Alvin Redrick “Junior” Raglin, bassist			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
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.			.		Added 2012-08-05
1917 05 25	.	.	.	Birth of clarinetist/tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1917 00 00	.	Washington, D.C.	.	In 1917 Arthur Whetsel and Otto Hardwick joined Ellington, and Ellington was earning a living with music.	AHL p.8 Tucker p.28	.	.	.	djp	2011-12-28 updated 2012-03-15
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	.	.		.	added 2012-12-29
1918 07 02 Tuesday	.	.	.	Ellington marries Edna Thompson.	http://ellingtonia.com Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-02
1918 10 05	.	.	.	Birth of bassist Jimmie Blanton			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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			.	Added 2012-08-05
1918 11 24	.	.	.	Birth of Wild Bill Davis, organ and piano			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1918 12 26	.	.	.	Birth of drummer George “Butch” Ballard			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1919
1919-00-00	.	Washington, D.C.	.	Ellington met and became friends with Sonny Greer in 1919.	.	.	.	AHL p.2	djp	added 2012-03-15
1919-00-00	.	Washington, D.C.	.	Ellington studies harmony with Henry Grant	Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-03
1919 03 11 Tuesday	.	.	.	The young Mr. and Mrs. Ellington's only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born.	New Desor, p.1458 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-02
1919-06-06 Friday	.	Washington, D.C.	Center Market Colosseum 9th St. & Pennsylvania Ave.	Masonic Victory Reception -music by Duke Ellington's Serenaders	Print ad - Washington Bee, May 31, 1919 Tucker p.60	.	.	.	djp	added 2011-12-28
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	Added 2013-06-03
1920 01 09	.	.	.	Birth of singer Betty Roché			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
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	Added 2012 10 11
1920 07 12	.	.	.	Birth of tenor sax star Paul Gonsalves			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1920 09 13 Monday	.	Fairmount Heights, Md.	New Fairmount Park	Reception and dance in honour of the club, patrons and friends of the park. The music for Monday night, the 13th, will be furnished by DUKE ELLINGTON assisted by DOC PERRY...	Washington Bee, 1920-09-11, p.4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-05
1920 12 05	.	.	.	Birth of Kay Davis, vocalist			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1920 12 14	.	.	.	Birth of trumpeter Clark Terry			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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. "We played all of the Dancce (sic) Halls and worked almost every night. "One night we were playing Murrays Casino and a band of younger fellows came in to audition to try out for some dates. That was a crazy bunch of kids led by a piano player named Ollie - Blackwell. They called themselves the "Clowns Band" and sat on the Floor or jumped up on the piano while playing. We did not think much of them, but we did notice Bernard Addison the Band-Man, and the kid in whort (sic) pants, who did not blow good, but he sure was loud!!!! "Well the years passed and the next time I saw Rex, we both were in N.Y. There had been the split up of my original Washingtonians..." 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! ... "...Washington, DC, in 1921 was the right time and place for me to hear music. I don't think there were many towns with more dance halls than Washington,..." (discusses battles of the bands, then) "... At any rate my first awareness of this delightful phenomenon was at the Lincoln Colonnades. There were three bands, but the main battle was between Doc Perry and Sam Taylor. The third outfit was only a pick-up group with Duke Ellington on piano, a fellow named Tobin on C-melody sax, Otto Hardwicke on bass violin and Stick-A-Makum on drums. There were others in the band too, but I don't recall their names or faces..."		.			djp	added 2013-02-25
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	added 2012-12-08
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."	Tucker, page 74, citing Chicago Defender 1921-12-03 MIMM, p.93 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-02-09 Updated 2012-12-29
1922
1922 06 21 Wednesday	.	Catonsville, Md.	Greenwood Electric Park Winters Avenue	A Grand Musical Exhibition and Dance...Two Orchestras Elmer Snowden's Big Jazz Band, Washington, D.C. Ike Dixon's Jazz Demons of Baltimore	Ad, Afro-American 1922-06-16	.	.	.	DJP per Hoffman's Ellington file	added 2013-01-09
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	Added 2012-02-09
1922 08 29	.	.	.	Birth of Roffe “Rolf” Ericson			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1922 09 30	.	.	.	Birth of bassist Oscar Pettiford			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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	added 2013-01-15

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1923

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
January 1923
1923 01 01 Monday	1923 01 31 Wednesday	.		activities not documented	.
February 1923
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 In New York, it appears Ellington first boarded with LeRoy Jeffries' mother, then moved to Forny Brooks' apartment. Later, he boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harper when he was Harper's rehearsal pianist at Connie's Inn and they both worked at Barron's and the Kentucky Club.⁴	(1) Tucker, pp.80-82, with photo (2) Mark Berresford "That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman" 3. MIMM, p.36 3. MIMM, p.xi Vail I	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-02-09 Updated 2012-12-08 & 2013-09-09
1923 02 01 Thursday	1923 02 28 Wednesday	.		activities not documented	.
March 1923
1923 03 01 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 02 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 03 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 04 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
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: Wells & Wells Joyner & Foster Walters & Farrell Story Book Revue' featuring Buster Edwards 'Husbands Three' A Merry Musical Comedy - 17 people	Tucker, pp.80-82 Vail I Ad, New York Amsterdam News 1923-03-07 - see Steiner08,p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-09
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
1923 03 12 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 13 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 14 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 15 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 16 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 17 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 18 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 19 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 20 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 21 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 22 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 23 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 24 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 25 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 26 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 27 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 28 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 29 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 30 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1923 03 31 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
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	added 2012-12-08
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 1923-05-23.p.7 1923-06-01 p.7	.	.	Tucker, p.86	Steiner08, p5	added 2011 updated 2013-05-25
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	.	2011; updated 2012-11-26
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 Title recorded: Home In DEMS 96/2, p.7, Steven Lasker says the take was "likely rejected on the spot" and destroyed without a metal part or test pressing being made.	.	.	06,1-29 01,1-15 96,2-7	.	S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29); djp	added 2011 updated 2012-02-09
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 Sacramento 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) Radio Digest has Ellington as "Duke Ellington, Vocalion Record artist and orchestra" and lists his titles as: Where the Sacramento River Flows; If Winter Comes; Pickles; My Own; Mose; Papa, Watch Your Step.	WDT radio log, The Evening World, New York, 1923-08-25 Steiner 08, p.5 Radio Digest Illustrated, 1923-08-25,p.9	.	.		djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-09; 2013-08-31
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	.	added 2012-01-09
1923 09 01 Saturday	1923 11 07 Friday	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret a.k.a Hollywood Café Hollywood Restaurant The Hollywood 203 West 49th St. (Times Square) This webpage uses "Hollywood Cabaret" because that is the operating name shown in 1924 in an affidavit sworn by a U.S.Treasury Agent.	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." Ellington recalled WHN radio broadcast their music every night after 2 a.m. Ken Steiner's early and exhaustive research into Ellington's time at the Hollywood and its successor, Club Kentucky, is presented in his paper Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923-27, delivered at the 2008 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference in London. Since Wild Throng is not in general circulation, here is a list of the various sources he cited that specifically relate to Ellington, the Washington Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, the Washingtonians, and The Hollywood from September 1923 and February 1925. Cotton Club Miscellany, by Steven Lasker, 2002 The Tattler (New York) Variety, "Leading Orchestras," 1926 (fall) Liner notes, Columbia Records album C2L-39,199, pp.6-7 Barry Ulanov, "Duke Ellington." p.27 Baltimore Afro-American, 1923-05-25, p.7 Billboard, 1923-09-23, p.55 Evening Telegram, ads 1923-10-12 - 1923-11-07 1923-09-08 to 1923-10-07 Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-09-29, p.5 1923-10-27, p.4 1923-11-03, p.4 1923-11-10, p.14 1923-11-17, p.10 1923-12-01, p.9 Evening Telegram 1923-09-01, p.8 1923-09-08,p.10 1923-10-13, p.4 International Musician, 1924-06-00 Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants, Cabarets," 1923-09-02 1923-09-09 1923-09-23 1923-09-23 1923-10-14 1923-10-23 1923-10-28 1923-11-04 1923-11-11 1923-11-18 1923-12-02 1923-12-16 1923-12-30 1924-01-01 1924-01-13 1924-02-03 1924-02-17 1924-03-02 1924-03-09 Morning Telegraph 1924-04-13 Morning Telegraph, weekly ads 1923-09-09 to 1923-10-07 1923-10-14 to 1923-11-04 1923-11-11 to 1924-01-13 New York Telegram and Evening Mail 1924-02-09, p.5 1924-03-08, p.14 New York Amsterdam News, 1923-03-07, p.7 New York Clipper "Band and Orchestra Reviews," 1923-11-23 "Cabaret Shows in Dance Halls," 1923-12-14, p.24 1924-01-04, p.24 1924-02-22, ad, p.35 New York Sun, WHN radio schedule, 1923-09-27 New York Times "Fire Record" 1924-04-05 Pittsburgh Courier (PC), 1923-08-18 p.10 Swing, "Jazz as I Have Seen It, Part IV," 1940-06, p.21 The Evening World, New York, "Radio," 1923-08-25	Ad and plug, The Evening Telegram, 1923-09-01, p.8	.	05-2,22	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-14
1923 09 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 19 Wednesday	.	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.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-09
1923 09 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"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 Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 09 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
October 1923
1923 10 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	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 Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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 Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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 Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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	added 2012-01-07
1923 10 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 10 31 Wednesday Hallowe'en	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Night club engagement- see 1923 10 12 Three showings of a special show were announced, featuring Celtic airs played by the orchestra and "a number of real old Irish songs" sung by "colored artists."	Steiner, Mad Throng, citing Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-10-28.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
November 1923
1923 11 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12 "Four stars of colored shows" had been engaged for the new review that was postoned until Thursday, and were rehearsing for opening night.	The Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-03, p.4	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-26
1923 11 08 Thursday	1924 01 20	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	See 1923 09 01 "Dixie Girl" revue opened. The band advertised was The Washingtonian Real Jazz Orchestra Elmer Snowden, Leader	Ad, Evening Telegram, 1923-11-10 to 1923-12-07 Evening Telgram, "News," 1923-11-10, p.14 Morning Telgraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-11-11 Weekly ads, Morning Telegraph 1923-11-11 to 1924-01-13	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 Elmer Snowden was reported to have added Otto Hardwick and Roland Smith, "the Saxophone Twins," to the Washington Black Dot Orchestra.	Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-17	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 18 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 Abel Green wrote that Snowden band was the only entertainment until midnight, then Harper's "Dixie Revue" (sic) was 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's personnel initially appear to be: Snowden, leader, banjo, soprano sax John Anderson, trombone and trumpet Greer, vocals and drums Hardwick, sax and violin Roland Smith, sax and bassoon Ellington, piano, arranger The Nov.17 edition of The Evening Telegram reported Snowden had added "Otto and Smith, The Saxophone Twins."	The Clipper, 1923-11-23, p.12	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 11 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1923
1923 12 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cinderella Ballroom Broadway and 48th	The entire Cotton Club revue appeared at the Cinderella in the evening: Some of the small Broadway cabarets are trying a new stunt to boost business. On special nights usually heralded several days in advance, the entire revue of [a] show from the supper club is transported to a popular Broadway dance hall and performed in its entirety. That takes place at an hour before 11, naturally, preceding the regular after-theatre performances in the cabaret." Trombonist Charlie Irvis, joined the band in time for this performance. His mute technique would become a key part of the Ellington brass section sound, adopted by Bubber Miley and, later, Tricky Sam Nanton, Cootie Williams and their successors.	Steiner, Wild Throng, citing New York Clipper: "Cabaret Shows in Dance Halls," 1923-12-14, p.24 1924-01-04, p.24 Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-12-23	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-01
1923 12 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 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	.	added 2012-01-07
1923 12 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 The Telegram reported club owner Leo Bernstein set aside 40 seats for the cast members of 3 Broadway shows because their work prevented them from attending the club until after the theatres closed, and it was hard for them to get tables.	Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-12-29 p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1923 12 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1923 12 31 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 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	djp	added 2012-01-07

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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
January 1924
1924 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bubber Miley joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
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	.	added 2012-01-07
1924 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE George Francis, banjo, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1924 01 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Private home	Hollywood Club owner Leo Bernstein hosted a party for 50 at his home, to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary. Members of the revue at the Club entertained the party after dinner. The article does not say if the Washingtonians were there, but it seems likely.	Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-05, p.12	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-01
1924 01 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 Rehearsals for the new, 25 member, Revue that was to open Jan.21 started. "The review now playing has had an excellent run of ten weeks... The music played by the Washingtonian Orchestra is out of the ordinary in dance music. The orchestra,...under the direction of Elmer Snowden, always receives as much applause after each selection as the cabaret revue."	Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants, and Cabarets, 1923-01-13	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1924 01 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 17 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 18 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 21	1924 04 04	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Club aka Hollywood Cabaret	See 1923 09 01 "Mississippi Revue" opened. Elmer Snowden Band	Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-19, p.13 Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-26, p.14 Ads, Morning Telegraph, 1920-01-24 to 1924-03-30 Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-01-20 Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-01-27 Ads, New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-01-22 to 1924-04-04	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1924 01 22 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21 Affidavit for Search Warrant, Violation of The National Prohibition Act, sworn by U.S. Treasury Department agent Frank Rickey: "On January 30, 1024, about 12:00 midnight, I entered the cabaret known as the Hollywood Cabaret, located in the basement of the building at 203 West 49th Street... I was introduced to the man in charge of the cabaret, whose name is Leo Bernstein. Leo Bernstein called the waiter and told him to give us anything we wanted. We were then seated at a table, and we ordered from the waiter drinks of Scotch whiskey, and sandwiches. While drinking the Scotch whiskey, Bernstein came to our table and asked us if everything was alright, and if we were well taken care of. He told us that we could have anything we wanted, and later brought a girl to me and insisted that I dance with her. She claimed to be the "hostess" in the cabaret and offered drinks of Scotch whiskey for which we were compelled to pay $1.50 a drink. I drank some of the whiskey, and as I am familiar with the taste of whiskey I know that it was whiskey. There were a great many people drinking whiskey in said cabaret on this occasion, and various scenes of partial intoxication. This cabaret is open only at night. From my observations and purchases therein I am positive that liquor is possessed on said purchases.	Steven Lasker in DEMS 02,2-19, citing "The New York Herald Tribune" 1924-12-09 p.I-2 Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146 Ken Steiner: Wild Throng..., p.13 - Rickey's affidavit	.	02,2-19	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1924 01 31 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 01 24	.	.	.	Birth of singer Alice Babs			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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.	New York Clipper, 1924-02-22 p.35.	.	.	Tucker p.109	.	added 2012-01-07
1924 02 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"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 Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cinderella Ballroom	The Mississippi Revue appeared at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening, probably on February 6. They proved so popular that they were asked to return the following Wednesday.	New York Telegram and Evening Mail, "News," 1924-02-09, p.5	.	.	djp from WTDM	added 2013-09-01
1924 02 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The Morning Telegraph reported three musicians were added to the Washingtonians Black Dot Band.	Morning Telegraph, "Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-02-10	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1924 02 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St.	The Mississippi Revue were asked to appear a second time at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening of Feb. 13 but the appearance was postponed a week.	New York Telegram and Evening Mail, "News," 1924-02-09, p.5 1924-02-16, p.6	.	.	djp from Steiner's WTDM	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1924 02 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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. Sworn statement of Agent Thomas Shannon: Search warrant executed at 2:15 am on February 24th, 1924, at 203 W.49th Street, NYC, found pint whiskey in pitcher in kitchen, 4 oz. scotch whiskey in glass in kitchen, 6 oz. whiskey in three separate glasses on table near kitchen door." On 1924-12-08 the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the seized liquor should be returned because the search warrant was invalid. The prohibition agents raided at night but the warrant was valid during daytime hours only.	Steven Lasker in DEMS 02,2-19, citing "The New York Herald Tribune" 1924-12-09 p.I-2 Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146 Ken Steiner: Wild Throng..., p.15 - Shannon statement	.	02,2-19	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-02
1924 02 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-07
1924 02 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 02 29 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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
March 1924
1924 03 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The New York Telegram and Evening Mail reported the club was continuing its policy of adding new principals to revues as their run lengthened, and had added two for the coming Monday to strengthen the show for another month's run. The paper reported Ellington was now the leader of the Washington Black Dot orchestra, and the revue was to be presented at the Cinderella Ballroom the following Wednesday. Snowden continued to be shown as leader in the weekly Morning Telegraph ads, and in the New York Clipper.	New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Peripheral event Hollywood owner Leo Bernstein and a Sam Shiener pled not guilty to possessing and selling two drinks of whiskey to the Treasury agent. They appear to have been convicted because they were each fined $100 on March 24. Bernstein, co-owner George Hammond, Schiener and a Sam Silverstein also pled not guilty to possessing liquor (1 pint and 10 ounces). The outcome of these charges is not known, other than Silverstein was released on $500 bail. This may be the case that ended July 28 1925 when the charges were dismissed.				Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly at Cellar Club, p.15.	djp	Added 2013-09-01
1924 03 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 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 usual 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.'"	Vail I Tucker, p.106 citing The Clipper 1924-03-13 p.18 Götting, citing Steiner08 New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1924 03 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St.	The Mississippi Revue was scheduled for a one-hour performance at the Cinderella Ballroom.	Morning Telgraph "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-03-09	.	.	djp from Steiner's WTDM	added 2013-09-01
1924 03 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 03 31 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1924
1924 04 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 04 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 04 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	"Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 Last night of engagement The Hollywood burned down early the next morning. All the Mississippi Revue costumes and some musical instruments were destroyed. The club was not insured and the loss came to about $10,000. When it reopened on May 1, the house band was led by James P. Johnson, suggesting the Washingtonians had other work. The Washingtonians played in New England from about April 12 to 26, and returned to the Hollywood on June 10.	Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146 New York Times "Fire Record" 1924-04-05 Morning Telegraph 1924-04-13	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09
1924 04 04 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 05 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 06 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 07 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 08 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 09 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 10 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 11 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 12 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 13 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 14 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 15 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 16 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 17 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 18 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 19 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 20 Easter Sunday	.	Lynn, Mass.	Waldorf Theatre	Beginning of the first New England tour by The Washingtonians.	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Lynn Daily News 1924-04-18	.	.	.	.	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)	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-21	.	.	Tucker, pp.183, 184 & 300	. &djp	updated 2012-01-04
1924 04 22 Tuesday	.	Lawrence, Mass.	Truell Hall	.	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Lowell Sun 1924-04-22, p.16	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 04 23 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1924 04 24 Thursday	.	Lowell, Mass.	Associate Hall	Dance First of two dances booked here for the band, admission 50 cents.	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Lowell Sun Announcement, 1924-04-16, p.8 Announcement, 1924-04-24, p.2 ad, 1924-04-24 Review, 1924-04-25, p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-02
1924 04 25 Friday	.	Salem, Mass.	College Inn	dance	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-24	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-02
1924 04 26 Saturday	.	Lowell, Mass.	Associate Hall	Dance "... will engage in a battle of music with Miner-Doyle's orchestra. The admission ...is 50 cents with free checking". The Associate Hall was a five-storey building with retail businesses on the ground floor, offices upstairs, and apparently the dance hall or club on the top floor. At 12:30 am Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in the Club room on the top floor of the Associate building and appeared to be a minor blaze. The alarm was sounded at 12:34 am, and fire companies responded. The fire spread, and ultimately destroyed three buildings and damaged others. A fire captain was killed after being crushed under a falling wall, 10 other firemen were injured and a fire truck was destroyed. This was the biggest fire in Lowell's history. It seems likely the dance would have still been underway when the alarm was first sounded, but the newspaper coverage does not mention the dance.	Steiner, "Wild Throng..." p.16, citing Lowell Sun Announcement, 1924-04-16, p.8 Announcement, 1924-04-24, p.2 Lowell Sun, 1924-04-28, pp. 1, 4.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-02
1924 04 27 Sunday	1924 04 30 Wednesday	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 28 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 04 29 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented (Ellington's 30th birthday)	.
1924 04 30 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
May 1924
1924 05 01 Monday	.	.		activities not documented The Hollywood reopened with a new Leonard Harper revue, advertised both as The Virginia Girls and The Virginian Girls. Its music was written by Jimmie (James P.) Johnson who led the band initially. Benny Carter and Sidney Bechet were in the band, according to Steiner (Wild Throng..., p.17) and John Chilton Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz, pp. 67-68.	.
1924 05 02 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 03 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 04 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 05 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 06 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 07 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 08 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 09 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 10 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 11 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 12 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 13 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 14 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 15 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 16 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 17 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 18 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented The Hollywood replaced the Johnson band with an unnamed French orchestra.	.
1924 05 19 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 20 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 21 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Peripheral event The New York Sun reported Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand signed orders 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	Added 2012-12-26
1924 05 22 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 23 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 24 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
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.			.		Added 2012-07-30, updated 2012-12-29
1924 05 25 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 26 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 27 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 28 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 29 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 05 30 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
June 1924
1924-06-00	.	.	.	The June 1924 edition of International Musician reported Ellington, Guy, Greer, Irvis and Whetsel were new members of Local 802 of the Musicians Union	.	.	.	.	added 2013-09-01
1924 06 01 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 02 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 03 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 04 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 05 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 06 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 07 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 08 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 09 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 06 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency resumed, with "The Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 Ellington and the Washingtonians with Sidney Bechet return to replace James P. Johnson's band. Bechet: [James P. Johnson] "went and got himself fired. And the band which took his place was Duke and me. "Duke had come up to New York. He remembered me from Washington and he wanted to make up a band together, so we did that. And that was a fine time, playing with Duke in 1924. He had his feelings inside the music where they belonged, and none of any kind of meanness outside the music. When we played, we were playing together, doing what the music wanted done with none of this personal me me feuding through what we were doing. That music was just liking itself because we let it be itself...That was a good time in that Kentucky Club. We made some records, too, while we were together, but for some reason I don't know, they were never released. I feel real sad about that because they were good records, and now there is no trace of them. "That's why when Duke and I went in there, we had this big success... "But after a time... I was still having trouble with ...Bubber Miley and Charlie Irvis...When I first joined the band Bubber Miley was in jail... And the first money that was put up for him, the pool that was started for having him put on bail so he could come join the band, it was from me... "...Otto, Duke and myself used to go over to Duke's place evenings to fool around on the piano, talk how we were going to build this thing with all the band...And that was good times in Duke's apartment...I could see those were just evenings after a fashion - there wasn't going to be much to it. That Bubber Miley and Charlie, they had it all too uncomfortable. So I had some money coming to me from some records I'd made, and I thought I'd like to open my own cabaret..." It isn't certain when Bechet left The Washingtonians; in May 1925 he is reported to have been added to the musical unit in Seven-Eleven.	Sidney Bechet, Treat It Gentle, pp.141-143 Steiner "Wild Throng...", p.18 citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1925-05-09, p.4 Sidney Bechet, ibid.	.	.	.	.Steiner08	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1924 06 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 29 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 06 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1924
1924 07 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Sunday's Morning Telegraph said George Hammond, partner in the Hollywood, planned to take the entire revue to the Empire Race Track as his guests, then take them, including the Hollywood Orchestra, home. The Orchestra would serenade his wife with a few tunes for her birthday.	Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets, 1924-07-13	.	.	.	.	added 2013-09-02
1924 07 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Steiner, in Wild Throng, says the Morning Telegraph Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets column in the July 13 edition of the Morning Telegraph is the last mention of the Hollywood until the autumn. The column itself says the warm weather did not affect the club and Bernstein said it would remain open all summer. Steiner suggests The Washingtonians may have continued at the club for the rest of the summer, or may have toured New England, since Ellington recalled, in Music is My Mistress, a summer tour of New England with him, and it seems that can only have been this summer. Until evidence of their activities between July 16 and Sept.5 is found, we simply say this period is undocumented.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 16 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 07 17 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 18 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 19 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 20 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 21 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 22 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 23 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 24 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 25 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 26 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 27 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 28 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 29 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 30 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 07 31 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
August 1924
1924 08 01 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 02 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 03 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 04 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 05 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 06 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 07 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 08 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 09 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 10 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 11 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
1924 08 12 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 13 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 14 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 15 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 16 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 17 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 18 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 19 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 20 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 21 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 22 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 23 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented possibly working at the Hollywood - see 1924 07 15 - or touring New England (perhaps with Bechet) The August 23 edition of the Chicago Defender reported Otto Hardwick was now with the White Brothers orchestra in Chicago. Since the Defender is dated the end of the week it is published, the report could be from up to two weeks before August 23.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 24 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 25 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 26 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 27 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 28 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 29 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 30 Saturday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 08 31 Sunday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
September 1924
1924 09 01 Monday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 09 02 Tuesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 09 03 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 09 04 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 09 05 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15	.	.	.	.	.	.
1924 09 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency (see 1923 09 01) continues (or resumes?), with the new Leonard Harper revue, “Creole Follies,” which played 2 shows nightly. Hollywood ads refer to the band either as "Washingtonian's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra" or "Washington's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra."	Steiner, Wild Throng, pp.18-19	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-03
1924 09 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924-09-20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	While it is not in the fourth edition of Ellingtonia, DEMS 1989/2 seems to suggest an earlier edition included a session with Ellington playing piano in a Sweatman recording session on this date. The information is vague, but may be supported by a statement attributed to banjoist Mike Danzi, saying he played a Sweatman session with Duke on piano. We have no information about the session other than the two DEMS bulletins listed for this entry.	.	.	89,2-8 86,2-10	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-03
1924 09 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club date with “Creole Follies” revue This night was publicized as a new opening of Creole Follies, with 2 shows nightly. The show may or may not have been rewritten, but it appears a singer, Miss Leona Williams, and a dancer, Mr. Arthur Bryson, were added to the show.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with a second, new version of the “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 09 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1924
1924 10 01 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 02 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 03 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 04 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 05 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 06 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 07 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 08 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 09 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 10 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 12 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 13 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 14 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 17 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 18 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 19 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 21 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 23 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 24 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 26 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 27 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 28 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 29 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 10 31 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	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: Choo Choo Rainy Nights Deacon Jazz Oh How I Love My Darling	.	DE2402	09,3-4 09,2-4 07,2-41 06,1-29 05,1-38 04,3-22 00,4-16 99,3-21	.	S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29)	2011, updated 2012-01-07
1924 11 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Possibly at the Emerson Recording Laboratories	Blu-Disc recording session Ellington, Alberta Prime, Greer Titles recorded: It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Winter Parlor Social De Luxe 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	added 2011 updated 2013-03-10
1924 11 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27 The New York Telegram reported rehearsals of the third edition of Leonard Harper's Creole Follies had started.	Steiner, Wild Throng, citing New York Telegram and New Yourk Evening Telegram 1924-11-08	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-15
1924 11 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 11	.	.	.	Birth of Willie Cook, trumpet			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1924 11 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with second edition of “Creole Follies” revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 24 Monday	1924 12 16 Tuesday	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with new revue, “'Stepping High' Creole Revue," produced by Eddie Green - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27 Steiner in Wild Throng: The Telegram also indicated a 'new orchestra, and ads referred to the 'Hollywood Jazz Orchestra.' As Snowden later insisted to interviewers that he returned to the Washingtonians and recalled a fire, perhas this was an indication of a Snowden return. Ellington, too, recalled a fire around Christmastime.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-15
1924 11 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 11 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1924
1924 12 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 02 Tuesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Bubber Miley recording session	.	.	06,1-29	.	S.Hoefsmit	2011
1924 12 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1924 12 15 Monday		New York, N.Y.	Hollywood Cabaret	Club residency with “'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24 The Hollywood engagement was ended by a fire at 5 o'clock the next morning. The fire 'wrecked' the club and damaged stores in the building. Water from the firefighters' hoses poured into the subway; the Daily Star reported 2 feet of water delayed the Long Island city bound B.M.T. trains a short while, other papers reported there was no delay.	"Fire Record," New York Times, 1924-12-17,p.43 Daily Star, Queens Borough, New York, N.Y. 1924-12-16 p.4 New York Evening Post 1924-12-16, p.11 Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N.Y. 1924-12-16 New York Telegraph and Evening Mail 1924-12-16, p.4 and 1924-12-20, p.5 New York Evening World 1924-12-16, p.4	.	07,1-14	.	Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14)	2011
1924 12 16 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 17 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 18 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 19 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 20 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 21 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 22 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 23 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 24 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 25 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 26 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 27 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 28 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 29 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 30 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1924 12 31 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.

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Duke Ellington's Working Life and Travels

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1925

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
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: How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	.	DE2403 NDCS 6000	09,3-4 09,2-4 07,2-41 05,1-30	.	djp	added 2011 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	.
	.			activity not documented	.
1925 01 24 Saturday	.	Salem, Mass.	College Inn	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Ad, Salem Evening News 1924-01-24	.	.	.	Steiner, email 2013-09-17	added 2013-09-17
1925 01 25 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 01 26 Monday	.	Lynn, Mass.	Odd Fellows' Hall	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03 (Some itineraries show the band in Haverhill this date, but the Jan. 26 edition of the Haverhill paper said it would appear there on Jan. 28.)	Ad, Lynn Telegram News 1925-01-26	.	.	.	Steiner08 (Wild Throng) and email 2013-09-17	added 2011 updated 2013-09-18
1925 01 27 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 01 28 Wednesday	.	Haverhill, Mass.	City Hall	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Tucker, p.185 citing Haverhill Evening Gazette Ad, Haverhill Evening Gazette, 1925-01-28	.	07,1-14	.		added 2011 updated 2013-09-18
1925 01 29 Thursday	.	Cambridge, Mass.	Elk's Ballroom	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Ads,Boston Post 1925-01-28 1925-01-29 p.18	.	07,1-14	.	Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14)	2011
1925 01 30 Friday	.	Marblehead, Mass.	Abbot Hall	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Review, Marblehead Messenger, 1925-02-06	.	.	.	Steiner email 2013-09-17	added 2013-09-17
1925 01 31 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
February 1925
1925 02 01 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 02 02 Monday	.	.	.	Peripheral event The Club Kentucky was legally incorporated.				New York Times, 1925-02-03 p.35	.	Added 2013-09-16
1925 02 02 Monday	.	Lynn, Mass.	Odd Fellow's Hall	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Ad, Boston Post, 1929-01-25 p.18	.	07,1-14	.		2011
1925 02 03 Tuesday	.	Portsmouth, N.H.	Freeman's Hall	Washingtonian Orchestra Concert 8-8:45 pm, then a dance. On Jan.25, the Portsmouth Herald announced a concert from 8:00 to 8:45pm, followed by a dance Those who arrived early received a copy of the record: free phonograph records will be given out early in the evening. Concert programme: The following concert program is the same one recently featured by this orchestra as a headline vaudeville act all over the Fox Circuit in New York state Choo-Choo Ghost of the Blues Non Sense at All What Became of Sally Tea for Two Raggerty Ann St. Louis Blues Sam Everybody Loves my Baby (sung by whole orchestra) "The concert was different from that usually rendered by dance orchestras and greatly pleased the crowd which packed the gallery, while the dance music was of the sort that brought the dancers onto the floor at the first strain of the music, eager to enjoy every bit of each number."	Boston Post, Ad, 1929-01-25 p.18 Portsmouth Herald Ad 1925-01-28 Preview 1925-01-25 p.8 "Dancers To-Nite," 1925-02-03 p.10 Review, "Dancers Pleased with Orchestra," 1925-02-04, p.9	.	07,1-14	.	Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14) Agustín Perez Gasco Apr 2011 djp 2012-07-27	added 2011 updated 2012-07-27 and 2013-09-16
1925 02 04 Wednesday	.	Fall River, Mass.	Casino	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18	.	07,1-14	.		2011
1925 02 05 Thursday	.	Taunton, Mass.	Roseland	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18	.	07,1-14	.		2011
1925 02 06 Friday	.	Haverhill, Mass.	City Hall	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03 Variety reported Ellington was replacing Mal Hallett and His Orchestra this night	Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18 Variety 1925-02-04, p.37	.	07,1-14	.	Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14);djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-31
1925 02 07 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Music Box	Possibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03	Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18	.	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 203 West 49th St. near Broadway	The Hollywood reopened as Club Kentucky. An ad on Feb 18 announced "Kentucky Nights" revue twice nightly, with dancing to the Washingtonians Club Kentucky Orchestra Under "Hotels," the Morning Telegraph reported the club was packed on the opening night and over Washington's Birthday. A story in the Feb 22 Morning Telegraph referred to "Stepping High, Croele Revue," but the March 1 edition called it "Kentucky Nites."	Steiner: Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.5, citing Morning Telegraph -1925-02-18 -1925-02-25 -1925-03-01 -1925-03-08 07,1-14 ?>	.	.	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2013-08-31
1925 02 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 Midnight radio remote over WFBH	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 Possible first remote broadcast from the club - Ken Steiner, in Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.22, suggests there was a broadcast on WFBH each Thursday and Saturday night at 1:30 or 12:00 midnight.	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 02 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1925
1925 03 01 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 02 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 03 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 04 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 06 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Lincoln Theatre 58 W.135th St.	Still working nightly at the Kentucky Club, Duke Ellington and the Everglades Orchestra appeared in a vaudeville show with 5 other acts. This may not have been a continuing engagement - Ellington is named in the ad in the New York Age on March 7, but 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: -April 4, 11, 18, 25 -May 2, 9, 23, 28 -June 6, 13, 20, 27 -July 4, 11, 18, 25 -August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 -September 5, 12 19 26 -October 3, 10, 17, (24 not seen), 31 -November 7, 14, 21, 28 -December 3, 19 or 26. 'Duke Ellington's Washingtons Orchestra' 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 1925-03-07, p.6 1925-05-16, p.6 1925-12-12, p6	.	.	Tucker, p.111	Steiner08 & djp	2011 updated 2013-02-25
1925 03 08 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 09 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 10 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 11 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 13 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 15 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 16 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 17 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky	(all-white revue!)	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 20 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 22 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 23 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 24 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 25	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky	The New York Evening Post reported three people were jailed for violating an injunction not to move bar fixtures out of padlocked clubs. "Andrews, according to the Federal record, was connected with the Club Kentucky, padlocked March 25, 1925..."	New York Evening Post, 1928-09-18	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-12-18
1925 03 25 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 03 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 27 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 03 29 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 30 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 03 31 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
April 1925
1925 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Prince Robinson, clarinet and tenor sax, born 1902, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1925 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE George Francis, banjo, leaves the band Fred Guy, banjo and guitar, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1925 04 01 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 02 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 03 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 04 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 05 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 06 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 07 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 08 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 09 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26 Variety 1925-04-08 p.45 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres."	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 10 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 11?	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky	.	.	.	.	newspaper clip	A.Neegaard K.Steiner 3/10	2011
1925 04 12 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 13 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 14 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 15 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 17 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 18 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 19 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 20 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 21 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?) Variety 1925 04 21 p.37 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres."	.
1925 04 21 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem	"Monster Midnight Show" Presumably the Washingtonians fitted this in before or after the Club Kentucky job	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 22 Wednesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 23 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 24 Friday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
1925 04 26 Sunday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 27 Monday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 28 Tuesday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 29 Wednesday Ellington's birthday	.			activity not documented (at Kentucky Club?)	.
1925 04 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Kentucky.	Nightclub engagement - see 1925 02 19 late broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1925
1925 05 05	.	New York, N.Y.	Barnville Club 65 W.129th St.	Farewell party for the cast of Chocolate Kiddies, who were leaving the next day for Europe. It isn't certain whether or not Ellington attended - he composed music for the show, but he may not have had free time from the Club Kentucky	.	.	.	.	.	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. Variety, May 13 1925 p.40, shows Washingtonians at the Club Kentucky in the Leading Orchestra section. Personnel listed were Ellington, Hardwick, Robinson, Miley, Irvis, Guy and Greer.	.	.	.	Tucker, p.111	Steiner08 & djp	updated 2011-12-28 2013-09-02
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	added 2011 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	Added 2012-10-11
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	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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...	Brooklyn Daily Star, 1925-07-13, p12 New York Evening Post, 1925-07-15, p12	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-20 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: I'm Gonna Hang Around My Sugar Trombone Blues	.	DE2501	09,3-4 09,2-4 03,3-9 97,2-4 97,1-8	.	Steven Lasker, Luis Contijoch, djp	added 2011 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.	Ellington accepted an offer to have his band perform here, but they lasted only one night. 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." Variety: "For three years Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians were the musical feature at the Hollywood Cafe, which has since been renamed the Kentucky Club. Their music created quite a demand, with such popularity that Duke and his band seemed a fixture. Then the Cameo Club, uptown, sought a band. Flattering offers were made to Duke, and the result was he and musicians moved out of their apparent permanent home in cafe. Then came the shock of Duke's life. After one appearance - just one single night, to be exact - the Washingtonians were informed they wouldn't do for the Cameo. Not that their music wasn't good, but it didn't fit the atmosphere, or whatever it was, that comprised the alibi. Meanwhile Elmer Snowden and band were ensconced at the Kentucky and there was no chance of Duke's return. Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer have now staged a big act, comprising 20 persons, and the Ellington band got the job." Tucker places this in November, saying 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.	Variety 1925-11-25 p.34 Baltimore Afro-American 1925-12-05. p.4 The Sun, New York, 1925-11-20,p.1 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1925-11-20, four o'clock edition, p.1 New York Evening Post,1925-11-20,p.1	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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 04 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 05 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 06 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 07 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 08 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 09 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 10 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 11 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 12 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 13 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 14 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 15 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 16 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 17 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 18 Sunday	.			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
1925 10 25 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 26 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 27 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 28 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 29 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 30 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1925 10 31 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
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."	Tucker, pp 136-137 Baltimore Afro-American 1925-11-21p.5	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-05-07
1925 11 06	.	.	.	Birth of singer Ozzie Bailey			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
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	.	Added 2012-01-07
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	Added 2012-11-20

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1926

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
January 1926
1926 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, trombone, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
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	Added 2012-10-23
1926 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Mack Shaw, tuba, joined the band in the spring of 1926				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
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	Added 2012-10-11
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	Added 2012-10-12
1926 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Metcalfe, trumpet, joins the band in the fall				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1926 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Prince Robinson leaves the band in the summer of 1926				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
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	.	added 2011 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 Tonight "Duke" Ellington - AND HIS - Famous Orchestra (Colored) Hear these artists - this is the Hottest band in America Check Dancing -Admission 10˘	The Lowell Sun, 1926-07-28, p.16	.	.	.	.djp	added 2011 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."	Pittsburgh Press Movie reviews, 1926-08-31,p.25 Ads: 1926-08-31 p.26 1925-09-02 p.11 Steiner - Mad Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.30 citing Pittsburgh Press 1926-08-31,p.25	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 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'".	Steiner - Mad Throng, p.30 citing Pittsburgh Press 1926-05-11,p.4	.	.	.	.	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	Added 2012-10-25
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 99,3-21 85,2-4	.	S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29)	2011

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1927

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
January 1927
1927 01 10	.	New York, N.Y.	44th Street Studio	DE2701	.	.	04,3-57 99,3-21	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	Added 2012-10-25
1927 02 03	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	DE2702	.	.	08,1-34 06,1-29 03,2-17 01,3-10 99,4-12 99,3-20	.	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	Added 2012-10-23
1927 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bassist Wellman Braud, born 1891 01 25, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
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.				New Desor vol.2 04,3-10 04,1-31	djp	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	Added 2012-10-25
July 1927
1927 07 01 Friday	.	Providence, R.I.	Crescent Park	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.203, citing Providence Journal	.	added 2011 updated 2013 01 01
1927 07 02 Saturday	.	Somerset	Wilbur's	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.203, citing Fall River Herald News	.	added 2011 updated 2013 01 01
1927 07 03 Sunday	.	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Boston Evening Transcript	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013 01 01
1927 07 14 Thursday	.	Old Orchard	Orchard Pier	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Portland Press Herald	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 07 26 Tuesday	.	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013 01 01
1927 07 29 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1927 07 30 Saturday	.	Nashua, N.H.	Blackbird Ballroom	One-nighter BLACKBIRD BALLROOM The greatest attraction ever is offered to the patrons of the Blackbird Ballroom when "Duke" Ellington and his Victor Recording orchestra start to play their music. This is without doubt the hottest colored band in the United States. This team is called the "Paul Whiteman of colored orchestras." A treat is in store for all those who love real rhythm and music that will make your feet twitch in spite of yourself. The management of the Blackbird is sparing no expense in order that it may bring the best bands to this popular resort. Dancing in this ballroom every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.	Tucker p.204, citing Manchester Union Announcement, The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., 1927-07-30	.	.		.djp	added 2011 updated 2013-10-22
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, Mass. (Town of Bourne)	Bournehurst	One-nighter	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1927 08 02 Tuesday	.	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News	.	added 2011 updated 2013 01 01
1927 08 02	.	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 09 Tuesday	1927 08 11	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 12 Friday	.	Lawrence, Mass.	Roseland	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 19 Friday	.	Salem, Mass.	Charleshurst Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Salem Evening News	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 20 Saturday	.	Brockton, Mass.	Highland Park	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 20 Saturday	.	.	.	Birth of singer Joya Sherrill			.		djp	Added 2012 10 10
1927 08 21 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	"Duke Ellington and Band" are in the ad under "today." The film is "Painting the Town" and the other act is Barbette.	Boston Herald, 1927-08-21	.	.	.	Ken Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2013-07-26
1927 08 22 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1927 08 23 Tuesday	.	Lowell, Mass.	Commodore Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Lowell Sun	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 08 31 Wednesday	.	Manchester, N.H.	Arcadia Ballroom	One-nighter	.	.	.	Tucker p.204, citing Manchester Union	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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, Mass.	Whalom Park	One nighter (Tucker has this on 1927 09 05)	.	.	.	Götting, p.6, citing Steiner08	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-01
1927 09 00	+ 3 weeks?	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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	Added 2013-02-26
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: What Can A Poor Fellow Do? Black and Tan Fantasy Chicago Stomp Down 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	10,2-6 06,2-47 06,2-52 04,1-8 03,2-16 03,2-17 02,1-18 00,1-16 98,4-7 82,5-4	.	djp	added 2011 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: You Will Always Live In Our Memory Gone But Not Forgotten She's Gone to Join the Songbirds in Heaven 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	05,1-39 06,2-51 06,3-34	corr Timner	djp	added 2011 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."	Music is My Mistress, pp 75-76 John Franchesina: Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. p.16	.	.	Vail “Dance Mania"	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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 Sunday	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.	.	.	02/2 dems1 09,1-18 08,3-11 05,3-31	Vail I Stratemann p.1 Sonny Greer oral history interview	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 Monday	.	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: Harlem River Quiver East St. Louis Toodle=O Blue Bubbles	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.4	DE2712	08,1-21 03,2-16+17 82,5-4	.	djp	added 2011 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 Thursday	.	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: Red Hot Band Doin' the Frog	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.4	DE2713	08,1-21 03,2-16 02,3-8	.	djp	added 2011 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 Saturday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Rudy Jackson leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23

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1928

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
January 1928
1928 01 01	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Barney Bigard, clarinet & tenor sax, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
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 Monday	.	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 Thursday	.	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 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 Matinee	.	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	added 2012-09-23
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 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: East St. Louis Toodle-O Jubilee Stomp Take It Easy	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.5	DE 2803	11,2-18 09,3-4 09,2-4 05,3-31 03,3-9 03,2-16 97/2-5 97,2-4 97,1-8 82,5-4	.	djp	added 2012-11-18
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	Added 2012-10-25
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: Take It Easy Jubilee Stomp Black Beauty	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.5	DE2804	05,3-31 03,2-16 98,4-7	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-18
1928 03 21 Wednesday	.	.	.	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	Added 2012-09-08
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	Victor recording session Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Black Beauty Jubilee Stomp Got Everything But You	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.5	DE2805	06,1-29 04,3-34 03,2-16+17 00,3-13	.	S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29), djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
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	Added 2012-10-12
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 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 Ellington's birthday	.	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 Wednesday	.	Brunswick, Me.	Bowdoin College	Ivy Ball dance "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."	Vail I From Tears to Beers: A History of Ivies Weekend The final revelation: Setting the record straight on Ivies Weekend	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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 May after Toby Hardwick's face was cut when he went through the windshield of a taxi.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
June 1928
1928 06 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 02 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: What A Life Yellow Dog Blues Tishomingo Blues Hodges played this session, Hardwick being out because his face was badly cut when he went through the windshield of a taxi in May.	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.5 Vail I	DE2806 NDCS 1058	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)	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 06 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 29 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Louis Metcalfe, trumpet, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
July 1928
1928 07 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Okeh (Columbia) Studios 11 Union Square	Okeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills While http://depanorama.net shows the group as Harlem Footwarmers, the early Okeh record labels say Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Titles recorded: Diga Diga Doo Doin' The New Low Down	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.6	DE2807 NDCS 6000	08,1-34 06,2-52 04,1-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 07 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 29 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 07 31 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
August 1928
1928 08 01 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 02 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 03 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 04 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 05 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 06 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 07 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 08 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 09 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 10 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 12 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 13 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 14 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 17 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 18 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 19 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 21 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 23 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 24 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 26 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 27 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 28 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 29 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 08 31 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
September 1928
1928 09 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 09 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
October 1928
1928 10 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Freddie (“Posey”) Jenkins, born 1906, joins the band in October 1928.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1928 10 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Okeh Columbia Studios	Okeh recording session Duke Ellington (solo) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra a.k.a. Lonnie Johnson and His Harlem Footwarmers Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, L.Johnson (guitar), Guy, Braud, Greer, Baby Cox (vocal) Titles recorded: Black Beauty Swampy River The Mooche Move Over Hot And Bothered	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.6	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); djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 10 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer One title recorded: Awful Sad	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama sessionography The Dooji Collection Timner IV, p.6	DE2809	03,3-9 02,2-27 02,1-24 98,1-16 97,1-10	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-01
1928 10 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Revue - “Cotton Club Show Boat” see 1928 04 01	.	.	.	.	.	2013-08-30
1928 10 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	“Hot Chocolate” revue opened.	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011
1928 10 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer and an additional unidentified trumpet Titles recorded: The Mooche Louisiana Memphis Wail	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection Timner IV, p.6 Timner corrections Lambert, chapter 4	DE2810	98,4-14	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-15
1928 10 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 19 Friday (unconfirmed)	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé Studio	Pathé recording session The Whoopee Makers Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: The Mooche Hot And Bothered Move Over These records, issued on the Cameo and Romeo labels, are discussed by Lambert as Cameo records.	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Timner IV p.7 Lambert, pp.22-23	DE2811	97,2-5 97,1-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-15
1928 10 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - 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	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07 Critic Abel Green reviewed the dinnertime broadcast: and commented that it was "not as 'dirty' as they are of midnights, such as Monday when broadcasting during the dinner sessions. They lean more to the 'sweet' type of syncopation but can't refrain from slipping in a real wicked ditty off and on."	Stratemann p.1 citing Variety 1925-10-24	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-01
1928 10 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	44th Street Studios	Victor recording session Ozzie Ware with Hot Five Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: The Mooche Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back To Me I Done Caught You Blues I Can't Give You Anything But Love No Papa No Misty Mornin'	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p9.6-7	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	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-15
1928 10 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 10 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1928
1928 11 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	44th St. Studios	Victor recording session< Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox Titles recorded: I Can't Give You Anything But Love Since You Went Away	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.7	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	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 11 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	44th St. Studio	Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox Titles recorded: Bandanna Babies Diga Diga Doo I Must Have That Man	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.7	DE2814	09,3-4 09,2-4 03,2-17 02,3-17	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-0830
1928 11 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 18 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	OKeh-Columbia Studios 11 Union Square	OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: The Blues With A Feeling Goin' To Town Misty Mornin'	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.7	DE2815	06,2-52 04,1-8 88,2-4 88,1-3	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 11 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Okeh-Columbia Studios	OKeh recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: The Blues With A Feeling Goin' To Town	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.7	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); djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
1928 11 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 11 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé Studio	.	.	DE2817	97,2-5 ,1-8	.	.	2011
1928 11 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1928
1928 12 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - 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 Duke Ellington Ike Dixon Lockwood Lewis Charlie Johnson Arthur Gibbs Lloyd Scott "...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	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-14
1928 12 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1928 12 31 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Hot Chocolate revue - 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)	added 2011 updated 2012-08-10

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1929

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
January 1929
1929 01 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 01 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Doin' The Voom Voom Tiger Rag - Parts 1 & 2	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 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 13 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 01 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	44th Street Studio	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Flaming Youth Saturday Night Function High Life Doin' The Voom Voom	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)	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 01 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 17 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 18 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 20 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 01 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 21 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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. Oftimes the orchestra and the revue are taken for an hour or so to different functions to 'strut their stuff.' On these occasions, when necessary, an outside orchestra is hired to play and hold the crowd until Duke gets back on the job. Usually Duke gives the subbing to Willie Lynch, a drummer, a member of Local 802. Lynch would hire the men and be leader on the job. Recently Lynch was called to get some musicians to sub for Duke. The hired musicians went to the club. Sergeant-at-Arms Minton, on his routine, dropped in to the club, saw the strange men and requested their cards, which were not forthcoming, and discovered as leader of the group a musician who had not deposited his transfer card - which omission caused him to be ineligible to work in this jurisdiction. Minton remained on the premises until Duke's return. It is alleged that Duke told Minton that he had placed the job in Lynch's hands and did not expect to find other than musicians in good standing in Local 802. Charges were filed against Lynch for hiring non-union musicians. Lynch, on Tuesday before the Trial Board, pleaded guilty, but claimed that having a job himself he could not go on Duke's job, told Duke this, and was told by Duke to do the best he could, and so he hired Steve Wright, thinking him O.K. Lynch was told by the Board to be more careful in future as to whom he hired, and was reprimanded and not fined. Steve Wright also pleaded guilty for not depositing his card and was fined $10, the minimum penalty, on his explanation..."		New York Age, 1929-01-26. p.7		.	djp	Added 2013-04-28
1929 01 22 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 27 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 01 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 01 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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	added 2012-09-10
1929 01 31 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07 If there was a scheduling conflict with the Roseland event, it seems likely another band would have subbed at the Cotton Club	.	.	.	.	.	2011
February 1929
1929 02 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bubber Miley leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1929 02 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 02 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 10 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 02 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 17 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 02 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	46th Street Studio	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington's Orchestra Whetsel Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Japanese Dream Harlemania	New Desor	DE2903	00,1-25 98,2-16	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013
1929 02 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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	.	.	.	.	added 2012-09-14
1929 02 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07 Another band may have subbed for Ellington's orchestra this day due to the Renaissance Casino gig, depending on the time.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 24 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 02 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 02 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	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	Added 2012-10-25
March 1929
1929 03 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney; Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Rent Party Blues Paducah Harlem Flat Blues	New Desor	DE2904	03,3-9 03,2-15 98,2-10/16 97,1-11 92,2-4 90,4-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 02 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 03 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé Studio	Cameo recording session The Washingtonians -and- Ozie Ware With The Whoopee Makers Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Ware Titles recorded: Saratoga Swing Who Said "It's Tight Like That"? He Just Don't Appeal To Me	New Desor	DE2906	97/2-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Liederkranz Hall	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton , Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: The Dicty Glide Hot Feet Sloppy Joe Stevedore Stomp	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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 10 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 17 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 24 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 03 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 29 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1928 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1929 03 31 Sunday 3:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Lenox Ave Club	Sunday matinée	see 1929-01-06 entry	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
April 1929
1929 04 01 Easter Monday 3:30 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace	Breakfast dance from 3:30 to after 8 o'clock in the morning. This was a friendly battle of the bands - Ellington's and Charlie Johnson's. Variety declared Johnson the winner.	Stratemann p.2, citing Variety 1929-03-27 p.59 (before the event)	.	.	Vail	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
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	Added 2012 10 11
1929 04 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	1819 Broadway	Columbia recording session Joe Turner and His Memphis Men Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: I Must Have That Man Freeze And Melt Mississippi Moan	New Desor	DE2907	09,3-4 09,2-4 04,1-8 02,3-17 98,2-15	.	djp	added 2011 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, N.Y.	Lenox Ave Club	Sunday matinée	see 1929-01-06 entry	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 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 Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Harmonica Charlie Titles recorded: A Nite At The Cotton Club - Part 1 (Cotton Club Stomp, Misty Mornin') A Nite At The Cotton Club - Part 2 (Goin' To Town, Harmonica Interlude, Freeze and Melt) 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	.	added 2011 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, N.Y.	Lenox Ave Club	Sunday matinée	see 1929-01-06 entry	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 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, N.Y.	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	added 2012-09-10
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, N.Y.	Lenox Ave Club	Sunday matinée	see 1929-01-06 entry This appears to conflict with the Palace Theatre gig below.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 04 21 Sunday	1929 04 27 Saturday	New York, N.Y.	Palace Theatre	30 minute matinée Variety's reviewer didn't think the band did well enough with slow numbers for vaudeville.	Stratemann p.2, citing reviews in Variety 1929-04-24,p.38 and Billboard 1929-05-04,p.15	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 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	.	.	.	Broadcast, likely from the Cotton Club: Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band will furnish a half hour of dance music at 6:31 pm	"Air Program For Tonight Has Variety," Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, N.Y., 1929-04-22	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-22
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, N.Y.	Club Harlem African Room	Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06	.	.	08,3-10	.	steiner	added 2011 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 Ellington's birthday	.	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 Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Cotton Club Stomp Misty Mornin' Arabian Lover Saratoga Swing	New Desor	DE2909	07,3-23+24 07,1-15 98,2-15 83,4-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 05 03 Friday	1929 05 04 Saturday	Princeton, N.J.	Campus and Cannon Clubs Princeton University	'House-Parties Weekend' Each year Princeton students gather for formal parties on Friday, semi-formal parties on Saturday, and lawn parties on Sunday during the annual House Parties Weekend. The parties are meant to celebrate the end of the spring semester.	Stratemann p.3 FN1	.	Vail	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-29
1929 05 04 Saturday	1929 05 04 Saturday	Princeton, N.J.	Campus and Cannon Clubs Princeton University	'House-Party Weekend' -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	added 2012-09-10
1929 05 06 Monday	1929 05 11? Saturday	New York, N.Y.	E.F.Albee Theater	"Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra is the headline vaudeville attraction at the E.F.Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, this week, replacing Jackie Coogan, who has been compelled to postpone his engagement to a later date due to an attack of laryngitis..." (Coogan's booking was from Monday to Saturday, but one wonders if he recovered quickly and may have resumed his schedule.)	New York Evening Post, 1929-05-06, p.18 Theatrical Notes, New York Times, 1929-05-06 Ad for Coogan, New York Times, 1929-05-05, p.119	.	.	.	1. djp, 2. steiner	added 2012-08-20
1929 05 07 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
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...'	Stratemann, p.2 New York Age, 1929-05-18	.	Vail	.	djp	added 2011 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 Whetsel Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: That Rhythm Man Beggar's Blues Saturday Night Function	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	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
June 1929
1929 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Juan Tizol, valve trombonist,composer and copyist, born 1900 01 22, joins the band in time for Show Girl, bringing the band up to 11 musicians. I dated his arrival as being in June, since Ellington appears to have been paid for 11 musicians during the rehearsals. Tizol had previously freelanced with Whetsel, who pushed Duke to bring him in. He was paid $125/week and stayed 15 years during his first stint in the band. Mercer Ellington: "I remember being around when he was speaking about how different it was to write for five (brass) instead of four. He began to think of the brass as two sections now, where before the trombone's part had been written with the trumpets. ...This was a new challenge and it began to affect the way he had to write."	William Timner, Ellingtonia,4th edition, Attendance chart p.569 Basilio Serrano, "Juan Tizol, His Caravan Through American Life and Culture" Kurt Dietrich, "Duke's 'Bones"	.	.	djp	Added 2012-10-25 updated 2013-07-29
1929 06 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Ellington's men were available for "Show Girl" rehearsals during the day. "During the last two weeks of June, Ellington's band had been busy in daytime rehearsal for another presitigious (sic) side venture arranged for them by Irving Mills. They were contracted to appear in "Show Girl," one of producer Florenz Ziegfeld's last revues,...The tryout took place at Boston's Colonial Theatre (sic) on June 24, and with the customary changes, the revue opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre (sic), New York, on the night of July 2, 1929."	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.3 Vail	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 06 20 Thursday	.	.	.	Duke Ellington's Jungle Band played a half-hour on WABC at 5:30 pm local time. No other activities are documented for this day.	Radio timetable, The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg,Va., 1929-06-20	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-22
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. While Ellington and his orchestra were in Boston, Chick Webb's band replaced them at the Cotton Club. Ellington seems to have returned to the Cotton Club when the show returned to New York.	Stratemann p.3	.	.	Vail	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
1929 06 26 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Colonial Theatre	"Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
1929 06 27 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Colonial Theatre	"Show Girl" tryouts	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
1929 06 28 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Colonial Theatre	"Show Girl" tryouts - see 1929-06-29	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
1929 06 29 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Colonial Theatre	"Show Girl"	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
July 1929
1929 07 01 Monday	1929 10 05 Saturday	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 02 Tuesday	1929 10 05 Saturday	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Ziegfeld musical "Show Girl" Opening night credits: Producer: Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., music: George Gershwin; book: William Anthony McGuire; lyrics: Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn; musical director: William Daly; additional lyrics: Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W. H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante; additional music: Farrell and Durante; featured songs: J. Little; staging: McGuire; musical staging: Bobby Connolly; ballets: Albertina Rasch; production supervision: Ziegfeld; scenic design: Joseph Urban; costume design: John W. Harkrider. The show played 6 nights a week, with half-price matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays, and Sundays off, a total of 111 perfomances. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra the cabaret scene (Act One, Scene 7), leaving in time for their first set nightly at the Cotton Club. Variety said the band worked on the stage with Clayton, Jackson and Durante, and was part of an elaborate minstrel act sitting high on a platform above a chorus line of 45 girls. While it was commonly thought Irving Mills got the gig for Ellington, Fred Guy said Ellington got the job by going directly to Ziegfeld. This is consistent with Ellington's statement: "Will Vodery got us the gig in Show Girl at the Ziegfeld Theatre simply by mentioning my name to Flo Ziegfeld." The Gershwins sued Ziegfeld after he stopped paying royalties and he countersued on the grounds they did not write a hit show. A choir of "colored jubilee singers" was added in late July or early August to perform new music by Vince Youmans, and an August ad says the show had 150 Glorified Girls. Further show information is in the Internet Broadway Database and the official George and Ira Gershwin website. It seems the program was reissued every week, allowing new ads and changes in the show and personnel. Part of the July 15 version is in the papers of Broadway set designer Joseph Urban found on the website of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries. It names the cast in order of appearance, including Jimmie Durante, Lou Clayton, and Ruby Keeler. The program lists the names of the girls dancing as the Albertina Rasch Dancers, 17 showgirls, and 37 other dancers, but Ellington and his men are only referred to as Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra.	Stratemann p.2 citing Variety 1929-05-29 and other sources. MIMM p.98 The official George and Ira Gershwin website Internet Broadway Database Joseph Urban papers Brooklyn Daily Eagle Plug 1929-06-08 Publicity and ad, 1929-07-03 Publicity, Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1929-07-03 Announcement, Baltimore Afro-American, 1929-08-17 Ad, New York Times, 1929-08-25. p.X3	.	02,3-17 83,2-2	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-28
1929 07 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	To be confirmed. WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	added 2011 updated 2013-07-28
1929 07 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	added 2011 updated 2013-07-28
1929 07 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	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 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	Stratemann, pp.2-	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	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.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	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.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick studio	Brunswick recording session THE JUNGLE BAND Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Tizol Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Black And Blue Jungle Jamboree	New Desor	DE2911	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
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
1929 07 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
1929 07 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 07 31	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	WABC broadcast	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	2011
August 1929
1929 08 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 31 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 08 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	11 Union Square	Okeh recording session THE HARLEM FOOTWARMERS Whetsel Nanton Bigard Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Jungle Jamboree Six Or Seven Times Snake Hip Dance	New Desor	DE2912	06,2-52 04,1-8 98,2-16	.	.	added 2011 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 Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Hall Johnson Choir Titles recorded: Black and Tan Fantasy The Duke Steps Out Black Beauty Cotton Club Stomp Flaming Youth 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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
September 1929
1929 09 01 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	.	.	.	97,1-10 94,2-7 94,1-6	.	.	2011
1929 09 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 09 06 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 07 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 08 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 09 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé studio 114 East 32nd St.	Cameo recording session The Washingtonians Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud,Greer Titles recorded: Doin' The Voom Voom Flaming Youth Saturday Night Function	New Desor	DE2914	09,3-4 09,2-4 98,2-15	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 09 11 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 12 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
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 , Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer,Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Titles recorded: Ain't Misbehavin' Doin' The New Low Down Jolly Wog Jazz Convulsions Slow Motion	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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 09 14 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 15 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	46th Street Studio	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington's Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Mississippi Dry The Duke Steps Out Haunted Nights Swanee Shuffles	New Desor	DE2916	02,1-24 98,2-15 91,4-5 83,2-2	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 09 16 Monday	.	.	.	Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band were scheduled to be broadcast over radio station KLZ in Colorado at 3:30 pm local time. Nothing else was scheduled until 5 pm, so this may have been a long program. If it was a live national broadcast, it would have started at 5:30 pm local time in New York, too early to be from the Cotton Club.	Weekly radio timetable, The Tribune-Republican, Greeley, Col.1926-09-15/16	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-22
1929 09 17 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 18 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 19 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 20 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-05
1929 09 22 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 23 Monday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 24 Tuesday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick studio	Brunswick recording session The Six Jolly Jesters C. Williams,Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Title recorded: Six Or Seven Times	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama	DE2917	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-09
1929 09 26 Thursday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 27 Friday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 28 Saturday	.	.		activities not documented	.
1929 09 29 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	New Black Berries revue aka "It's The BlackBerries” Two shows nightly, 12:15 AM and 2 AM A Dan Healy production with lyrics and music by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields	Stratemann pp.24-25, 688-689	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 09 30 Monday	.	.	.	Duke Ellington and Orchestra broadcast on WJAS (Pittsburgh) from 6:45 to 6:55 pm. local time. No other activities are documented for this day. Early photos on the WJAS website show microphones labelled CBS, so it would appear the station was part of that network, with the broadcast originating in New York on WABC, the CBS flagship station.	Radio timetable, The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Oh., 1929-09-30	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-22
1929 09 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
October 1929
1929 10 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 10 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 10 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 10 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1929 10 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ziegfeld Theatre	Show Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02 Show Girl closes.	.	.	02,3-17	.	djp	2011
1929 10 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 17 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 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	added 2012-09-10
1929 10 18 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 21 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 22 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session The Six Jolly Jesters C.Williams, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Title recorded: Six Or Seven Times	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama	DE2917	11,1-14 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,3-9 98,2-15 98,1-16 82,5-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
1929 10 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick Studio	Brunswick recording session The Six Jolly Jesters C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn, Braud, Greer, Howard "Blinky" Randolph Titles recorded: Goin' Nuts Oklahoma Stomp	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection	DE2918 NDCS 061d	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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 10 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 10 31 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
November 1929
1929 11 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 02 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Liederkranz Hall	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra Whetsel Williams Jenkins Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol(tb); Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: The Breakfast Dance Jazz Lips March of the Hoodlums	New Desor	DE2919	98,2-15 91,4-5 82,5-5	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 11 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Okeh recording session The Harlem Footwarmers Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Greer< Titles recorded: The Lazy Duke Blues Of The Vagabond Syncopated Shuffle	New Desor	DE2920	06,2-52 04,1-8 98,2-15	Timner	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 11 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 11 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 29 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 11 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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 Whetsel Williams Jenkins Nanton Tizol Bigard Hodges Carney Ellington Guy Braud Greer Titles recorded: Sweet Mama Wall Street Wail Cincinnati Daddy	New Desor	DE2921	05,3-59 98,2-15 97,1-11 90,4-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 12 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 12 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 12 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 25 Wednesday Christmas day	.	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	Added 2012-08-10
1929 12 25 Wednesday Christmas day	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-09
1929 12 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 29 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1929 12 31 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Black Berries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
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..."	"Columbia to have Gala Broadcasts", Galveston Daily News 1929-12-29 "Dance the New Year In With These Leading Orchestras" Decatur Herald, 1929-12-31, p4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-01-30

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1930

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
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 Monday	.	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	Stage show including a singer and a dancer from the Cotton Club revue	Stratemann p.25, citing Billboard 1930-01-25 p.19	.	.	Vail	.	2011 updated 2012-09-19
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	Stage show - see 1930 01 12	.	.	.	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	Stage show - see 1930 01 12	.	.	.	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	Stage show - see 1930 01 12	.	.	.	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 - see 1930 01 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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	Stage show - see 1930 01 12	.	.	.	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 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Blackberries - see 1929 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1930 01 19 Sunday	1930 01 24 Friday	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 20 Monday	.	.	.	Some discographies incorrectly date the 1930 01 29 Plaza recording sesson as 1930 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1930 01 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Metropolitan Theater	Theatre engagement, see 1930 01 19	.	.	.	.	.	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.	Metropolitan Theater	Theatre engagement, see 1930 01 19	.	.	.	.	.	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.	Metropolitan Theater	Theatre engagement, see 1930 01 19	.	.	.	.	.	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.	Metropolitan Theater	Theatre engagement, see 1930 01 19	.	.	.	.	.	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.	Metropolitan Theater	Theatre engagement, see 1930 01 19	.	.	.	.	.	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.	114 E.32 St.	Plaza recording session The Ten Black Berries Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded: St. James Infirmary (3 issued takes) When You're Smiling (2 issued takes) Rent Party Blues (3 issued takes) Jungle Blues(2 issued takes) This session was erroneously dated Jan.20 in some discographies. All ten takes made in this session were released on a variety of labels - Perfect, Banner, Cameo, and Oriole. Some can be seen in The Dooji Collection	Ellingtonia.com The Dooji Collection	DE3001	09,3-4 09,2-4 03,1-13 02,2-21 02,1-18 98,2-15 89,2-8 80,4-6	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
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
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 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Brunswick studio	Brunswick recording session The Jungle Band Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded: Admiration Maori When You're Smiling	Ellingtonia.com The Dooji Collection	DE3002	03,3-9 02,1-18 98,2-15 84,1-2 82,5-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
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 Harlem Hot Chocolates Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills Titles recorded: Sing You Sinners St. James' Infirmary These records, sold at newstands, were issued on the Hit of the Week label. The records were made of treated cardboard. Sing You Sinners was released on or about May 8, 1930 and St. James' Infirmary came out the following week. Sing You Sinners was also issued on the Biltmore 1014 label. These labels and hyperlinks to Hit of the Week history and the Durium discography can be found in The Dooji Collection.	Ellingtonia.com The Dooji Collection	DE3003	00,3-25 00,2-19 98,2-15 88,1-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-01-29 2013-07-27
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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1930 03 31 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: The Mooche Ragamuffin Romeo East St. Louis Toodle-O	.	DE3005	04,1-8 02,1-18 99,1-13 82,1-6 81,5-2	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 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: Double Check Stomp My Gal Is Good For Nothing But Love I Was Made To Love You	.	DE3006	99,1-13	The Dooji Collection	.	added 2011 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: Double Check Stomp Accordion Joe Cotton Club Stomp	.	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	.	added 2011 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 Ellington's birthday	.	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	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
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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 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1930 07 04 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 05 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Moseley's	.	ad, Boston Post, 5Jul30, p4	.	05,1-7	.	Ken Steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1930 07 06 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1930 07 07 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 08 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 09 Wednesday	.	Johnson City, N.Y.	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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-03
1930 07 10 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
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 13 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 14 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 15 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1930 07 16 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Masonic Temple, Euclid St.	"'Big Chief' Turpin engaged Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club-Connie Inn Jungle Band for a nite's engagement here, July 16, at the Masonic Temple on Euclid Avenue." “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 Baltimore Afro-American 1930-07-19 p.9	.	12/1-20	.	.Steiner email 20130707	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, ad, 1930-07-16,p.4 plug, 1930-07-17,p.8 (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, 1930-07-18, p16	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-12
1930 07 19 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-12
1930 07 20 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-12
1930 07 21 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1930 07 22 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-12
1930 07 23 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-12
1930 07 24 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance - see 1930 07 18	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-12
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 27 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	see 1930 07 26	.	.	.	.	.	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
1930 07 31 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
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	.	added 2011 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	"Their only and farewell appearance on the Pacific Coast"	Stratemann, p.45.	.	.	.	.	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..."	(1)Plug "Vaudeville Events" - New York Sun, 1930-09-06. p6 (2)New York Age, 1930-09-13 p.6	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	.	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. Opening Signature Introductory announcement. RingDemBells, Duke Ellington's Orch. Amos 'n' Andy. Three Little Words, Duke Ellington. Announcement. Nobody Knows but the Lord, I' m So In Love With You, Duke Ellington's Orch. Amos'n 'Andy. Announcement Medley of selections on the program. RKO-lians and RKO Quartet. Closing announcement" The broadcast location is unconfirmed.	The Madison, Wisc. Capital Times, 1930-10-22, p.13	.	09,1-18 08,3-11	Vail	djp	added 2011 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	added 2011 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 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	added 2012-11-17
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	added 2011 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	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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

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1931

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
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 ¹Cab 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" ² "...the Duke and the Cotton Club will go their separate ways because he has refused to accept a cut in salary for himself and his men, and that a smaller organization is going in at a reduced price."			¹Stratemann pp.45-46 ²Baltimore Afro-American 1931-01-24, p.9	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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 10 Tuesday	.	Lowell, Mass.	Commodore "The Ballroom Beautiful"	Dance "Tomorrow Night (2) Orchestras (2) "Duke" Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orch... Casa Loma Orchestra (14 Men)... This is the Greatest Dance Attraction Ever Offered in America - The World's Greatest and Most Sensational Colored Band and That Famous Singing and Entertaining Band. 75c Adm. FREE DANCING Till 2 O'Clock Adm. 75c	Ad, Lowell Sun, 1931-02-09	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07	added 2013-08-24
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	.	12,1-20 02,2-19	.	djp	added 2011 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	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 14 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 15 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 16 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 17 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 18 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 19 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	see 1931 02 13	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 21 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 22 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 23 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 24 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 25 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-17
1931 02 26 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	see 1931 02 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	.	.	added 2011 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	.	added 2011 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
1931 03 31 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
April 1931
1931 04 01 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1931 04 01 Wednesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Variety, 1931-04-01 p.59: NBC's Artist bureau will send Duke Ellington's colored orchestra on a 1-week $2-top concert tour of principal middle western towns, with stands ranging from one night to a week. Opening date is a one-nighter at Buffalo. Full weeks at Cleveland and Cincinnati follow. Chicaco has not yet been including in the booking. Where possible, NBC will hood broadcst wires into the Ellington concert stands.				.	.	Added 2013-08-29
1931 04 02 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1931 04 03 Friday	1931 04 09	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show	.	.	02,2-19	.	.	2011
1931 04 04 Saturday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 05 Sunday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 06 Monday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 07 Tuesday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 08 Wednesday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 09 Thursday	.	Omaha, Neb.	World Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 04 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 09 Thursday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Fontanelle Hotel	.	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011
1931 04 10 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1931 04 11	1931 04 17	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	Presumably a theatre stage show - Stratemann's source is Variety, 1931-04-15 p.75, "Leading Orchestras Directory," which just says "Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, April 11, Minnesota, Minneapolis." Stratemann shows the ending date on the 17th, but this is not in the Variety column.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-29
1931 04 11 Saturday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 12 Sunday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 13 Monday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 14 Tuesday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 15 Wednesday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 16 Thursday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 17 Friday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Unnamed venue	see 1931 04 11	.	.	.	.	.	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	added 2011 updated 2012-01-12
1931 04 19 Sunday	.	Des Moines, Iowa	Paramount Theatre	see 1931 04 18	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1931 04 20 Monday	.	Des Moines, Iowa	Paramount Theatre	see 1931 04 18	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1931 04 21 Tuesday	.	Des Moines, Iowa	Paramount Theatre	see 1931 04 18	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1931 04 22 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1931 04 23 Thursday	1931 04 29 Wednesday	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 24 Friday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 25 Saturday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 26 Sunday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 27 Monday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 28 Tuesday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 29 Wednesday Ellington's birthday	.	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	See 1931 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 04 30 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
May 1931
1931 05 01 Friday	1931 05 07 Thursday	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 02 Saturday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 03 Sunday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 04 Monday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 05 Tuesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 06 Wednesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 07 Thursday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Newman Theater	see 1931 05 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 05 08 Friday	1931 05 14 Thursday	St. Louis, Mo.	Ambassador Theater	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 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, Mo.	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	added 2011 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, Mo.	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	2011added 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, Mo.	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	added 2011 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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 05 00	.	St. Louis, Mo.	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 The Koch Hospiatl seems to have been located in Oakville, near St. Louis, and in St. Louis County.	.	05,1-7	.	ken steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-09-18 and 2013-08-29
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	added 2011 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 This date conflicts with an advertised appearance in Albert Lea, Minn.	.	.	.	.	.	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..."	The Times, Batavia, N.Y. 1931-05-21 Erie County Independent, Hamburg, N.Y., 1931-05-21	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 23 Saturday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 24 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 25 Monday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 26 Tuesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 27 Wednesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-19
1931 05 28 Thursday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Shea's Buffalo Theater	see 1931 05 22	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 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 05 Friday	.	.	Scranton, Penn.	Masonic Temple ballroom.	Dance hosted by the Alpha Beta Phi fraternity of Central High School. Over 600 attended.	Report, "Dance of Fraternity is Brilliant Affair," The Scranton Republican 1931-06-06	.	.	.	Ken Steiner	added 2013-09-23
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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 07 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 08 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 09 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 10 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 11 Thursday	.	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: Creole Rhapsody, parts 1 and 2 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	added 2011 updated 2012-09-20
1931 06 11 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 12 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 13 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 14 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 15 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 16 Tuesday	.	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: Limehouse Blues Echoes of the Jungle	.	DE3106	10,1-28 09,3-4 09,2-4 94,1-6	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-20
1931 06 16 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 17 Wednesday	.	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: It's Glory The Mystery Song	.	DE3107	04,1-22 02,1-18	.	djp	added 2011 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	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-20
1931 06 17 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-19
1931 06 18 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 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	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-21
1931 06 19 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	see 1931 06 06	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	.	.	added 2011 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	added 2011 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 Duke Ellington and His New York Cotton Club Orchestra OFF STAGE HA-CHA-CHA! Duke's Here and Hot -- Princess Comedy Oke by Allen Saunders News-Bee Dramatic Editor "HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY! Ha-de-ha-de-ha! Sweet notes dripping from clarinets like N'Orleans sorghum from a barrel bung! Finespun tune threads drawn from muted brasses! Heart-tearing blues and the hottest of ha-cha-cha!. Duke Ellington's in town! Hey-de-hey-de-hey! Ha-de-ha-de-ha! For one who never liked colored dance bands, I'm getting pretty maudlin. But it's justified. The playing of Duke Ellington's Cotton Club orchestra, big name attraction on the Toledo-Paramount stage this week, does things to you that cannot and need not be explained. Let it be understood that this is about the most exquisite syncopated music in existence. And let that be all that is said. The band's appearance was the high spot in a day of shows that also included 'Night Angel' at the Paramount and "Up Pops the Devil" at the Princess. ...The generous bill at the Paramount also includes one of Alberti's well-conducted overtures, Merle Clark's organ playing and clowning and the second appearance of Benny Ross and His Gang. Bobby Sutor's singing seemed to please the public palate most.	The Toledo News-Bee Ad, 1931-06-24, p.18 Ad and plug, 1931-06-24, p.8 Ad, 1931-06-26, p.16 Ad and review, 1931-06-24,p13 Ad 1927-06-27	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-15
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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	added 2011 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	updated 2011-12-29
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 Thursday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Modernistic Ballroom, State Fair Park	.	.	.	05,2-36 05,1-7	.	.	2011
1931 08 14 Friday	1931 08 20 Thursday	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..." Stratemann reports Ellington was to be paid $5,500/week	Plug, Chicago Daily Herald, 1931-08-14, p.12 Stratemann, p.48 citing Variety 1931-08-11,p.41	.	05,2-36	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-20,2013-08-30
1931 08 15 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 16 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 17 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 18 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 19 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 20 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Stage show - see 1931 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1931 08 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Bud Billiken Picnic “Grand Picnic” The Chicago Defender's children’s section, called Defender Junior, had a fictitious editor named Bud Billiken. The newspaper sponsored the Bud Billiken club for children and in 1929 began sponsoring an annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic. The annual parade became one of the largest gatherings of Afro-Americans in the USA.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-30
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, 1931-08-30, 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 Saturday	.	Davenport, Iowa	Danceland Ballroom	"Dancing 9:00 pm to 1:00 am."	ad, Davenport Democrat and Leader, 4Sep31, p8	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
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 prevailing 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 discovered by Petrillo after the Duke closed his Tavern date. All during the investigation Smith maintained it was all his fault and protested against 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 Davenport Democrat and Leader 1931-09-04, p.8 Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-09-04, p.9 Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-09-03, p12 ,	.	.	.	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	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-20
1931 09 10	.	Erie, Penn.	Rainbow Gardens, Waldameer Park	.	.	.	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
1931 10 00	.	.	.	Duke Ellington to Tour Paramount Publix Circuit for Six Months Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra are about to begin a six months tour of motion picture theatres for The Paramount-Publix circuit which will take this celebrated organization into most of the large cities in the east and middle west. Except for an occasional engagement here and there, dance lovers will not have an opportunity during this period to step to the favorite music of Harlem' s aristocrat of jazz, unless the(y) pick up the Duke via the radio, for he is expected to broadcast at least once in almost every city he visits. Although the last Ellington dance tour was a tremendous success, the Duke and his band were such a sensation on the stage, particularly during their four engagements within six months at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, that Publix theatre officials prevailed upon Irving Mills, his personal manager, to book another tour of their circuit. It is probable that at the conclusion of this route the Duke and his men will go to Hollywood for another motion picture, although insistent demands of ballroom managers everywhere for the attraction may upset these plans and make another dance tour imperative. The Ellington unit is dividing its time this month between independent theatres in Philadelphia and Washington, following which it plays one week at the Stanley theatre in Jersey City, then begins its Paramount route.	The New York Age, 1931-10-03. p.6	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013
1931 10 03	1931 10 09	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	.	.	.	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	added 2011 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	Added 2011 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

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
January 1932
1932 01 01 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 01 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 01 03 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
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 Wednesday	.	Mohawk, N.Y.	Snell's Dancing Academy	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, citing Chicago Defender, 23.1.32 p.7	.	2011
1932 01 07 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 01 08 Friday	1932 01 14 Thursday	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 09 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 10 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 11 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 12 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 13 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 14 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mastbaum Theater	Stage show - see 1932 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 15 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 01 16 Saturday	1932 01 22 Friday	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	Stratemann p.50, citing Variety 12.1.32, p.62	.	2011
1932 01 16	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 17 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 18 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 19 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 20 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 21 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 22 Friday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 23 Saturday	1932 01 29 Friday	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 01 24 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 25 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 26 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 27 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 28 Thursday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 29 Friday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 01 30 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 01 31 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
February 1932
1932 02 01 Monday	1932 02 10	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	.	09,2-6	.	Ken Steiner	2011
1932 02 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network	.	.	09,2-6	.	.	2011
1932 02 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3201	11,1-29 08,2-14 05,3-59	.	.	2011
1932 02 03 Wednesday	.	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 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3203	11,1-29 05,3-59 83,1-4	Timner corrections	.	2011
1932 02 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Cub	Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network	.	.	09,2-6	.	.	2011
1932 02 05 Friday	1932 02 11	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	"Duke and his band are appearing at the Paramount Theatre and doubling at the Cotton Club"	Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1932-02-06 Stratemann p.50, citing Chicago Defender 1932-02-06 p.7 1932-02-13 p.7	.	09,2-6 05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-16
1932 02 05 Friday	1932 02 11	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	.	.	Vail	.	2011
1932 02 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Broadcast WJZ +NBC-Red network	.	09,2-6	.	.	.	2011
1932 02 06 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 02 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Earl Carroll Theater	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	.	2011
1932 02 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Broadcast WEAF+NBC-Red network	.	09,2-6	.	.	.	2011
1932 02 09 Tuesday	.	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 10 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 02 11 Thursday	.	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. Ellington discusses this recording session with Vancouver broadcaster Jack Cullen on "Owl Prowl," 1962 10 30.	Stratemann p.50 citing Steven Lasker's research	DE3205 NDCS 1021	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	.	.	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 13 Saturday	.	.	In transit	En route to San Francisco by train	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 02 14 Sunday	.	Omaha, Neb.		"Duke Ellington and his 'Cotton Club' colored orchestra of 26 members passed through Omaha Sunday morning on the Union Pacific's Overland limited (sic), en route from New York to San Franscisco, for engagements on the Pacific Coast. They were traveling in a special section, consisting of baggage car, sleeper and diner.	Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1932-02-15, p.7	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-04
1932 02 15 Monday	.	Omaha, Neb.	In transit	En route to San Francisco by train	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-04
1932 02 16 Tuesday	.	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, 1932-02-20,p.7	.	05,1-7	.	Steiner	added 2011
1932 02 17 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 02 18 Thursday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	.	Peripheral event Brunswick record 6265, with "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, 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 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 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.	Announcement, New York Age, 1932-03-12, p.6 Story, California Eagle 1932-03-11, p.10	.	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 Tuesday	.	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 End of engagement	.	.	.	.	.	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, which would soon mark 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. In an oral history interview, Brown told Patricia Willard When I came from the coast, we went to Hartford, Connecticut, where we rehearsed. I didn't play with the band up there. I didn't play with the band at first because I was the thirteenth man... Brown left briefly in mid 1943, but returned the next month to stay until 1951.				New Desor vol.2 Interview, cited by Stuart Nicholson in "Reminiscing in Tempo," p.120	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 Wednesday	.	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
April 1932
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 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented - probable departure by train to the east coast	.
1932 04 03 Sunday	.			activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast	.
1932 04 04 Monday	.			activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast	.
1932 04 05 Tuesday	.			activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast	.
1932 04 06 Wednesday	1932 04 07 Thursday	Syracuse, N.Y	Snell's	The white press only advertised one night for "Wednesday, Jan. 6." The black 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	Dance for Afro-Americans -see 1932 04 06	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 08 Friday	1932 04 14 Thursday	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		daily ads, Hartford Daily Courier	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 09 Saturday	.	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		Stage show - see 1932 04 08	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 10 Sunday	.	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		Stage show - see 1932 04 08	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 11 Monday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Pubyx Allyn Theatre	Stage show Part of the 11:30 to midnight broadcast on WTIC this night is the oldest known recording of an Ellington broadcast	.	DE9004 NDCS 1002	11,2-6 +18 02,2-19 99,3-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013
1932 04 12 Tuesday	.	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		Stage show - see 1932 04 08	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Erroneous date for recording session	.	.	91,5-5	.	CAH	2011
1932 04 13 Wednesday	.	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		Stage show - see 1932 04 08	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 14 Thursday	.	Hartford, Conn	Publix Allyn Theatre		Stage show - see 1932 04 08	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-01-16
1932 04 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace	Original date for planned NAACP fundraiser. Rescheduled to April 21 so Ellington could appear, according to the Amsterdam News.	.	.	.	Vail I	Email - Steiner/Palmquist 2012-09-05	added 2011 updated 2012-09-06
1932 04 15 Friday	1932 04 21	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 04 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace	An 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. Advertisement: N.A.A.C.P. - NY Branch Nite in California Postponed One Week from April 14th to Thurs. April 21st - WHY? BECAUSE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE WITH US - GUESS WHO? HE HAS A BAND IS THE REAL JAZZ KING PLAYS 'BLUES INDIGO" LIKE NOBODY ELSE WAS THE HIT OF 'AMOS 'N' ANDY' PICTURE JUST COMPLETED A TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUND TRIP HAS BROKEN MORE BOX OFFICE RECORDS THAN ANY BAND He will positively be at Rockland Palace on the above date with his entire organization, and he is donating his services to the N.A.A.C.P. "MISS OLYMPIC" will be crowned in a dazzling and spectacular coronation ceremony, and there will be DANCING UNTIL DAWN Two Other Orchestras Have Donated Their Services RALPH COOPER and His Kongo Knights JOHN C. SMITH and His Harlem Syncopaters ROCKLAND PALACE General Admission $1.00 - Boxes and Loges Reserved For Reservations, 2370 Seventh Ave. -AUd. 3-2942 Stratemann says the band showed up but didn't play because of a disagreement over financial matters between Irving Mills/Ellington and the NAACP. Harvey Cohen describes the cancelled event in his Duke Ellington's America, pp. 83-84: "Although the NAACP had promised Mills a portion of the gate receipts (probably to cover costs as was commonly done)" 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." (ibid.) Cohen says Sonny Greer told 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 with Ellington finishing at the Paramount on the 21st, his appearance at Rockland Palace would have likely begun after midnight, making it the 22nd. Stratemann places the engagement at the Lafayette Theatre.) but the New York Age, puts it at Rockland Palace. Regardless, the Amsterdam News ad is for April 21 at Rockland Palace; and an ad in New York Age is for a different event there on April 22. Vail I has the band appearing at Rockland for the NAACP ball on April 21 and the appearance for the Miss Olympics event at the Layayette, but on the same page, reproduces the Rockland Palace ad which explicitly puts the Miss Olympic coronation at Rockland on the 21st. Stratemann and Vail may have gotten the April 22 date from a story in the New York Age, 1932-04-16	Amsterdam News ad 1932-04-13 p.6 Stratemann, p.50 Harvey S. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America pp. 83-84 New York Age - 1932-04-16, p.6 - 1932-05-07 p.3 Vail I	.	.	.	Ken Steiner; djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-25
1932 04 22 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 04 23 Saturday	1932 04 29	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stratemann: The next day, the Ellington troupe went out to play a string of 'colored houses' Stage show	Stratemann p.51 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 24 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 25 Monday<	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 26 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 27 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 28 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 29 Friday Ellington's birthday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 04 23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-25
1932 04 30 Saturday	1932 05 06	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Vaudeville show One week beginning Saturday April 30th The Aristocrat of jazz Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band with IVY ANDERSON, HAMTREE HARRINGTON, FREDI WASHINGTON, FOUR STEP BROTHERS, DERBY WILSON AND A GALAXY OF OTHER STARS .	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1932
1932 05 01 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 02 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 03 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 04 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 05 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 06 Friday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	See 1932 04 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 07 Saturday	1932 05 13	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem	.	.	.	02,2-20	.	Steven Lasker	2011
1932 05 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre Harlem	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 14 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 05 15 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 05 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3206	11,1-29 02,2-19	.	.	2011
1932 05 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3207	11,1-29	.	.	2011
1932 05 18 Wednesday	.	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 Thursday	.	Allentown, Penn	Mealey Auditorium	.	Vail I	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 05 20 Friday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Death of Bubber Miley			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1932 05 20 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	University of Pennsylvania Hutchinson Gymnasium 219 S.33rd St.	Dance ONE OF PARTICIPANTS Miss Colleen Ciliberti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ciliberti, of 415 West Third street, sang several solos during the University of Pennsylvania's Ivy Ball, held in the Hutchinson gymnasium last Friday night. Her accompanist was Duke Ellington.	Society columns, Chester Times, Chester, Penn. 1932-05-23.	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-24
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 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 05 23 Monday	.	Waltham, Mass.	Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River	Dancing "Charles Shribman Presents Duke Ellington and His World Famous Band Making Their Only New England Appearances"	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 24 Tuesday	.	Salem Willows	Charleshurst	Dancing	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 25 Wednesday 8 to 1 a.m.	.	Worcester, Mass.	Cocoanut Grove	Dancing "Tonight! Cocoanut Grove Lincoln Park - Worcester DUKE ELLINGTON and his world famous orchestra... Adm. $1.00	Ad, Fitchburg Sentinel, 1932-05-25 p.2 Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-07-24 and 2013-09-07
1932 05 26 Thursday	.	Claremont, N.H.	Roseland Ballroom	Dancing	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 27 Friday	.	Brunswick, Maine	Ivy Ballroom or Gym, Bowdoin College	Dancing	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 28 Saturday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean Pier	Dancing	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 29 Sunday	.	Buzzard's Bay, Maine	Bournehurst-on-the-Canal.	Dancing Bournehurst Buzzards Bay presents SUNDAY at MIDNIGHT DUKE ELLIGNTON AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS BAND Dancing 12 to 3 Admission $1.00	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14 1932-05-28, p.8 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 30 Monday<	.	Manchester, N.H.	Granada Ballroom	Dancing	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 05 31 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
June 1932
1932 06 01 Wednesday	.	Springfield, Ma	Crystal Ballroom Riverside Park,	"Dancing 8:30 to 1."	Springfield Union Ad, 1932-05-22 p.9A Ad, 1932-05-31, p.14 "Riverside Attracts Crowd for Opening" 1932-05-29, p4A	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-12 updated 2013-09-06
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 03 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 06 04 Saturday	1932 06 10 Friday	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 Friday	Cleveland, Oh.	RKO Palace Theatre E.17th and Euclid	Theatre engagement Duke Ellington in person and his Famous Orchestra, with Ivy Anderson and: Al K. Hall and Al K. Hall, Jr., comics Charlie Hill and Lora Hoffman, singing pianists The Honey Family, quintet of performing athletes Kid Charleston Four Step Brothers Maurice Spitalney's Orchestra Reduced (illegible) prices 60 cents all seats, concession 15 cents	Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" Cleveland Plain Dealer Plug, 1932-06-05 ,p.9 Review, 1932-06-12, p.10 Column about Ellington's music, 1932-06-12, p.10 Review, 1932-06-13, p15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-07 and 2013-09-06
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 Saturday	1932 06 24 Friday	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show including The Four Step Brothers and by Kid Charleston	.	.	89,3-6 89,2-6	Stratemann p.51, citing Billboard25/6/32 p.11	.	-added 2011 updated 2013-09-04
1932 06 19 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 20 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 21 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 22 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 23 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 24 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 06 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 06 25 Saturday	.	Terre Haute, Ind.	Trianon Moonlight Gardens Ballroom	(a)"Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, direct from a sensationally successful tour of theaters and ballrooms in the leading cities of the middle west and east, will be featured at the Trianon Moonlight Gardens on Saturday night, June 25, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m...." (b) "Misses Dora Shriver, Barbara Thomas and Dorothy Sparks, with Herb Simpson, Ralph Osborne and Harry Helm, motored to Terre Haute Saturday night to attend a dance at the Trianon Ballroom for which Duke Ellington and his orchestra played."	a. Terre Haute Star, 1932-06-24 b. Society and Clubs page, Sunday Courier and Journal, Evansville, Ind., 1932-06-26	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2013-07-26
1932 06 26 Sunday	.	Anderson, Ind.	Green Lantern	Dance - whites only	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 06 27 Monday	.	Anderson, Ind.	Green Lantern	Dance - blacks only	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1932 06 28 Tuesday	.	Gary, Ind.	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 06 29 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 06 30 Thursday	1932 07 01	Chicago, Ill.	Drake Hotel	Democratic Convention	.	.	.	30jun32-article	.	2011
1932 06 30 Thursday	.	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	Dance? "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.: 1932-07-24 p.16 1932-07-25 p.5 1932-07-26	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-20
1932 07 29 Friday	.	Peoria, Ill.	Fernwood	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
August 1932
1932 08 01 Monday	.	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 Tuesday	.	Toledo, Oh.	Waldorf Hotel	This event, from the Chicago Defender conflicts with the Paw Paw Lake event advertised in the South Bend Tribune.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.51 citing Chicago Defender 19320806 p.7	.	.	added 2011 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 Thursday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Crystal Slipper Ballroom East 160th and Euclid Ave.	Dance - the ballroom could accommodate 4,000 dancers. Advertisement: "The Dusky Rajah of Syncopation, Himself Duke Ellington and his original Cotton Club Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson Only 50 cents Admission 50 Cents Free checking at Phil Selenick's Crystal Slipper Ballroom. Note: This Is Guaranteed to Be the Same Troupe That Played The Palace Theater."	Cleveland Plain Dealer, ad, 1932-08-04, p.14 Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-11 and 2013-09-07
1932 08 05 Friday	.	Washington, Penn.	George Washington Hotel		.	.	.	Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 19320806 p.7	.	added 2011 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 Sunday	.	Rochester, Ind.	Colonial Hotel and Terrace Gardens	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 6.8.32 p.7	.	added 2011 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	Steiner 08	added 2011 updated 2012-01-17
1932 08 09 Tuesday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 08 10 Wednesday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 08 11 Thursday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 08 12 Friday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 08 13 Saturday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 08 14 Sunday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms or Gibson Hotel	see 1932 08 08	.	.	.	.	2011
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 16 Tuesday 5:30pm	.	Evansville, Ind.	Unidentified radio station	Tune in on Special Broadcast featuring Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra...This famous band also featured at a special concert and dance Tuesday Nite at Coliseum...	Banner ad, Evansville Press, 1932-08-12,p.8	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-04
1932 08 16 Tuesday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Memorial Coliseum	Concert and dance with a near-capacity crowd A plug for the January 1933 appearance said Ellington and his band played a concert and dance here in August before a near-capacity crowd.	Evansville Press 1932-08-07, p.8 1932-08-12, p.8 1932-08-14 p.16 1932-08-16, p.14 Evansville Courier, 1932-08-14, p.9 Unidentified Evansville newspaper, 1933-01-12, p.7	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-04
1932 08 17 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 18 Thursday	.	Decatur, Ill.	Coliseum	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 08 19 Friday	1932 08 23 TuesdaY	.	.	.Layover in Chicago. 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 20 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 21 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 22 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 24 Wednesday	.	Marshfield, Wisc.	Wildwood Park	The park is in the southern part of Marshfield, which is east of Minneapolis and Eau Claire, north of Madison, and west of Green Bay.	.	.	05,1-7	Ad, Stevens Point Journal, 1932-08-22 p.3	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-04
1932 08 25 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 26 Friday	.	.Eveleth, Minn..	Eveleth Recreational Building	"Interest ... has been rapidly manifesting itself among music and dance lovers of the Mesabi Range...."	"Duke Ellington Here Tomorrow," Eveleth Clarion, 1932-08-25, p8	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-17
1932 08 27 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 08 28 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
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 30 Tuesday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Dreamland Dance Hall 2223 North Twenty-fourth St.	Dance "Duke of Ellington Meets Society, White and Colored, at Dreamland "Black and tan, black and 'blue,' black and white... last night five hundred strong and more... "Those who didn't go in, climbed the fire escape and roofs and in crowded clusters looked through the windows. "...Duke Ellington and his orchestra, 'the hottest band on earth' - made the warm and humid air cool by comparison. "A Whirl of Piano-playing Fourteen auburn musicians, dressed in the whitest of white suits, whammed and blatted, soothed and satisified (sic)... "Primitive Negro melodies and rhythm, typical of the Harlem night club, were just at their height at midnight, when every kind of a fancy and not so fancy vehicle you would care to see was parked outside for flocks (sic) around. The duke...'did his stuff' at the piano. ... orchestra, inspired by the enthusiasm of the multitude, 'blued' the air until it fairly vivrated (sic) with syncopation. "Whites Watch, Some Dance ... "A considerable number of whites looked on, other (sic) danced. For the Negro attendants, it was very much a dress affair. Gorgeous gowns were rife and jewles (sic) flashed second only to cuspids and bicusids (sic). "The duke was gratified. J.C.Jewell of Dreamland was doubly so as the tickets sold for one dollar. The cream of Darktown's night life had a mean time - and the fair skinned boys and girls fere (sic) brethren under the skin."	Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. Announcement, 1932-08-29, p.9 Review 1932-08-31, p.2 The World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. Review 1932-09-01, p.11 Society column item, 1932-09-02, p.18	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-04
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!-- can't find this DEMS ref: 89,2-6-->	.	.	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.	Baltimore Afro-American, 1932-08-06 p.4 Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1931-07-19 p.39 1932-08-23 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-20
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.	Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-09-06 p.25 Vail I with an undated ANP wirestory attributed to the Baltimore Afro-American, also without a stated date. .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-20
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	11,1-29 11,1-29 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.	Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-09-20 .	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11; djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-21
1932 09 24 Saturday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 09 25 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 09 26 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 09 27 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 09 28 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 09 29 Thursday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show - see 1932 09 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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: James Barton Benny Rubin Mills, Kirk & Martin Lucky Boys Frances Williams 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).	Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-10-04 Billboard 1932-10-08 p.121 Vail I, with clippings of an ad and a review; neither's source is identified	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-21
October 1932
1932 10 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 06 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 10 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace	"Duke Ellington’s band, the Hall Johnson choir, W.C. Handy, Jules Bledsoe, Monette Moore, and George Morton will be among the entertainers at the benefit performance for the Scottsboro Unity Defense Committee ... with Bill Robinson ... as emcee."	.	.	05,1-7 citing "Music Notes," New York Times, 1932-10-04, p26).	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 10 07 Friday	1932 10 13	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 10 08 Saturday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 09 Sunday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 10 Monday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 11 Tuesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 12 Wednesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 13 Thursday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Loew’s Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 14 Friday	1932 10 20 Thursday	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre Washington St. & Hamilton Pl.	Loew's Greater Vaudeville, The Harlem Aristocrats, Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, tap dancers Sid Gold & Don Raye, comediennes Maud Hilton and Mildred Caron, May Joyce (diminutive songstress), Other Star Acts	Boston Herald 1932-10-13, p.6 1932-10-15, p.8 1932-10-16 p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-06
1932 10 15 Saturday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1932 10 16 Sunday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14 Special broadcast at 10:30 pm over station WBZ	Radio page, Boston Herald, 1932-10-16, p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-06
1932 10 17 Monday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14 Tonight - Girls' Dance Contest	Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-10-17 p.15	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 10 18 Tuesday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1932 10 19 Wednesday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1932 10 20 Thursday	,	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 14	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1932 10 21 Friday	1932 10 27	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater (probably Loew's Jersey Theater, 54 Journal Square)	.	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-01-03
1932 10 22 Saturday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 23 Sunday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 24 Monday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 25 Tuesday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 26 Wednesday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 27 Thursday	.	Jersey City, N.J.	Loew's Theater	Stage show - see 1932 10 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 28 Friday	1932 11 03 Thursday	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 29 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 30 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 10 31 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1932
1932 11 01	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 01 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 02 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 03 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 04 Friday	1932 11 10 Thursday<	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway	Stage showWhile the boys are in the pit, Ellington conducts and Horace Henderson, no less, plays piano. But the union still forbids the appearance of Lawrence Brown, that third trombone, since he is not yet a member of the New York local, which keeps Duke from playing his very latest stuff.	.	.	02,2-20 Steven Lasker quoting John Hammond in Melody Maker, Dec 1932	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 11 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 08 Tuesday<	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 10 Thursday<	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 11 04.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 11 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 12 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 13 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 14 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 15 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 16 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 17 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 11 18 Friday	1932 11 25 Friday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 11 19 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 20 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 21 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 22 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 23 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 24 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	New York University	According to the Percy Grainger page in Wikipedia, "On 25 October 1932, (Percy Grainger's) lecture was illustrated by Duke Ellington and his band, who appeared in person; Grainger admired Ellington's music, seeing harmonic similarities with Delius." The date of the event is unconfirmed. Page 121 of The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia, says it was in November.	.	.	.	Hasse163photo JLCphoto Photo Vail I p.68 Photo on page 7 of these program notes.	.	updated 2012-01-03
1932 11 25 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Pearl Theater	Stage show see 1932 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 26 Saturday	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	Dance?	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 27 Sunday	.	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 11 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 28 Monday	.	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 11 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 29 Tuesday	.	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 11 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 11 29 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	New Albert Casino	Krazy Kats Ball	Baltimore Afro-American 1932-11-26 p.17.jpg.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 11 30 Wednesday	.	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 11 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1932
1932 12 01 Thursday	.	1932 11 01	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	see 1932 11 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 02 Friday	1932 12 08 Thursday	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	(ad shows Dec 03)	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1932 12 03 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 04 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 05 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 06 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 07 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 08 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1932 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 09 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 10 Saturday	1932 12 16 Friday	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem	Vaudeville show Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band, Ivy Anderson, 3 Drifters, Roland Holder, Marcelle and Williams in 'The Cat and The Parrot,' Clint and Marie, DeGaston and Williams, The Pearlettes.	New York Age1932-12-17,p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1932 12 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre	Vaudeville show - see 1932 12 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1932 12 17 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 18 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 19 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 20 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3213	11,1-29 04,2-10 98,3-6 85,2-4 83,1-4	.	.	2011
1932 12 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3214	11,1-29 10,3-5+22 04,3-28 04,2-36 02,2-28 02,1-24 00,3-22 99,1-9 98,4-5 98,3-6	NDCS 1022	.	2011
1932 12 23 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 24 Saturday	.	York, Penn.	Valencia Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1932 12 25 Sunday Christmas	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Schenley Hotel	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1932 12 26 Monday	.	Cleveland, Ohio	Ballroom 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...." The club was a young men's club, proceeds of the party were to go to charity.	"Plan Christmas Dance," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1932-12-19, p.14	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-17
1932 12 27 Tuesday 8:30 till 1	.	Canton, Oh.	New Land O’Dance Ballroom Market Avenue (North Canton)	Dance, 8:30 to 1:00 am Owner H.W.Perry announced he would be installing loges and special seating for those who wanted to watch but not dance. Admission 75 cents a person, free list suspended, doors open 7 pm.	Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" The Canton Repository: Announcement and ad, 1932-12-18, p.16 Ad, 1932-12-20, p.10 Ad, 1932-12-21, p.9 Announcement 1932-12-25, p.16 Ad, 1932-12-27, p.16	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-12-11 updated 2013-09-06
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 29 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 30 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1932 12 31 Saturday	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 1933-01-01 1933-01-05 p.10	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10

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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
January 1933
1933 01 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	315 Edgecombe Ave.	Duke's parents, James Edward and Daisy, celebrated their 35th anniversary at home. Among the family members and guests present were: Ellington son Mercer sister Ruth Cab Calloway (who dedicated half his Cotton Club broadcast to them) and his bandsmen Sam Flashnick Mr. and Mrs. E. Ned Williams, publicity agent for Mills-Rockwell Mr. and Mrs. Braund [recte Braud?] Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Greer Mr. and Mrs. Juan Tizol Ivy Anderson Freddie Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. F. Guy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wetzel [recte Whetzel] Joseph Nanton Otto Hardwick Courier columnist Ted Yates listed many more names, as well as the names of those who sent greetings and/or gifts.	Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Ellingtons A Blessed Event; Nite Club Stars Attend, Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-14 p.3 s.1 (date-line New York, Jan.5)	.	.	.	.	added 2013-09-09
1933 01 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	RKO Albee Theatre	See 1932 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1933 01 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3301	11,1-29 85,2-4	.	.	2011
1933 01 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 01 09 Monday 2:30 a.m. departure	.	New York to Pittsburgh	Pullman coach	In a story datelined Pittsburgh, Jan.9, Pittsburgh Courier columnist Ted Yates described his train trip from New York to Pittsburgh, departing at 2:30 a.m., with Ellington, his family and the orchestra, some with their wives. Specifically mentioned as being on the trip: Duke's parents son Mercer sister Ruth Sam Fleishnick, representing Ellington's booking agent Mills Rockwell Ivy Anderson Artie Wetzel Charlie Williams Mr. and Mrs. Juan Tizol Mr. and Mrs. William Broad friend Jerome Reigh himself (Yates) Since a subsequent story says Duke's girlfriend, not named, was at the post-event celebration that evening, it seems likely she was on this trip too.	Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-14 p.6 s.2	.	.	.	KS, djp	Added 2012-01-17 updated 2013-09-09
1933 01 09 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Pythian Temple	"Victory Dance" in honour of the "King of Jazz Rhythm" Duke was crowned winner of the Pittsburgh Courier's "Most Popular Orchestra" contest, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Courier, celebrating the second time he won its poll. Courier's theatrical editor, Floyd G. Snelson, climbed to the platform and made the coronation speech, introducing the Ellington family and the band. The lovely Sara Turner put the crown on Duke's head and gave him a silver loving cup to deafening applause. The dance followed. There is extensive coverage in the January 7 and 14 editions of the Courier, including a photo collage of the band and Duke, and photos of Daisy and of Ruth. (1)Stratemann has Ellington at the Pythian until Jan.13, citing Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-07,pp.2 & 6, but there is nothing in that edition saying so. Vail gives the same dates, naming no sources. (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...." If Ellington had engagements in Pittsburgh after Jan. 9, they had to have finished by Jan. 12, because Ellington performed in Evansville the next day. Considering Ellington had his entire family with him and some of the sidemen brought their wives, they may have just taken a couple of days off before hitting the road again.	(1)Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-07 pp.2,6 (2)Floyd Snelson, "Duke Ellington Praises Hospitality of Pittsburgh After Gala Coronation," Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-14, p.7 s.2	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	added 2011 updated 2012-01-18 and 2013-09-07
1933 01 09 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	The Sunset	After the Pythian Temple dance, "The Duke and his gang were guests of the Sunset," a restaurant which was crowded with well-wishers.	"Talk 'o Town," Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-14, s.1 p.8	.	.	.	.	added 2013-09-09
1933 01 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 01 11 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 01 12 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 01 13 Friday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Memorial Coliseum	Concert, 9 pm, followed by dancing until 2 am Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra Sharing the billing, Ivy Anderson and Charley Williams Reduced prices, couples $1.50 plus tax. Reserved tables 25 cents per person. Balcony admission 35 cents. "A large crowd attended the dance in Evansville, Ind., Friday night where Duke Ellington's band played."	Ads, Evansville Press, 1933-01-08 1933-01-13 Lee L. Brown, "Kentucky State News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1933-01-21 p.21	.	.	.	Renny McBride, Evansville Libary 2013-08-22; K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2012-01-17 and updated 2013-08-22
1933 01 14 Saturday	.	.	.	Peripheral event The Pittsburgh Courier carried an ad for G.A.Morgan's Improved Hair Refiner Cream, with an endorsement by Ellington: "I have tried them all, but there's nothing that does the work quite so well as G.A.Morgan's Hir Refining Cream for straightening the hair,"says Duke Ellington, the Jazz King Also on the page: Tickets for the Duke Ellington dance were duplicated, and the schemers got away - so they believe.				Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-04, p.6,s.1	djp	Added 2013-09-09
1933 01 14 Saturday	1933 01 28 Saturday or 1933 01 30 Monday or 1933 02 03 Friday	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date. (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)A confusing report in the Chicago Defender has 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) The closing date is uncertain. United Press columnist C.E.Butterfield's column published in the January 20 1933 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times, p.6 and Harrisburg (Penn.) Telegraph, p.12, says Duke Ellington's band, playing from St. Louis, give the first of three Saturday midnight dance concerts on WABC-CBS this week-end. If these were all to be from St. Louis, this indicates a closing date of February 4, but Ellington appears to in Philadelphia on February 4. The January 21 and 28 broadcasts are confirmed in radio logs in the Fresno Bee, The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times for those dates, but Ellington is missing from their schedules for February 4.(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.	(1)"Ellington at Avalon," Variety, 10Jan33, p50 (2)"Ivy Anderson Spikes Rumor of Split With Duke Ellington 14," Chicago Defender, city ed., 1933-02-04 p.6 (3)Perhaps a less reliable source, the last radio listing of one of Ellington's nightly broadcast over KMOX appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Jan.30. 4. Historical Society of Missouri Research Center, St. Louis, Oral History T-0010, Irene Corinovis interview of Eddie Johnson, Elijah Shaw, Chick Finney and Eddie Randle, 1971-08-20	.	.	Vail I	K.Steiner Dec 2012	added 2011 updated 2013-04-23
1933 01 13 Friday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 14 Saturday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 15 Sunday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 16 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 17 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 18 Wednesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 19 Thursday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 20 Friday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 21 Saturday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 22 Sunday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 23 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 24 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 25 Wednesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 26 Thursday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 27 Friday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 28 Saturday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 29 Sunday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Closing date uncertain	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 30 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Closing date uncertain	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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
1933 01 31 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Closing date uncertain	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 01 31 Tuesday	1933 02 01 Wednesday	St. Louis, Mo.	.	The telegram from the Avalon management to the Chicago Defender suggested that the band "might well have playing elsewhere in the Mound city." (Chicago Defender, above)	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
February 1933
1933 02 01 Wednesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Closing date uncertain	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 02 02 Thursday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Closing date uncertain I have kept this entry listed because there was a possibility of the contract begin extended, but it seems doubtful given the Carbondale appearance on this date. However, St. Louis and Carbondale are about 2 hours apart by road. It's not impossible.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 02 02 Thursday	.	Carbondale, Ill.	exact venue unknown	A "breakfast dance given at the shoe factory."	"Illinois News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 18Feb33, p22	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 02 03 Friday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Club Avalon	Club date - see 1933 01 14 Doubtful but not impossible. Closing date uncertain	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 02 04	1933 02 10	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	.	.	.	.	Carl A. Hällström, The Duke Ellington Itinerary	.	2011
1933 02 04 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 05 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 06 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 07 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 08 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 09 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 10 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Stanley Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 02 04	.	.	.		.	2011
1933 02 11 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 12 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 13 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 14 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	55 Fifth Ave	Columbia (English Columbia) recording session	.	DE3302	11,1-27+29 04,1-8	.	.	2011
1933 02 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	55 Fifth Ave.	Columbia (English Columbia) recording session	.	DE3303	11,1-29 04,1-8	.	.	2011
1933 02 17 Friday	.	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 18 Saturday	.	Allentown, Penn.	Mealey Auditorium	"Dancing 8:30 pm to 12:00."	ad, Allentown Morning Call, 18Feb33, p11	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 02 19 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 20 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 21 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 22 Wednesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Labor Lyceum Willoughby and Myrtle Aves.	Charity Dance and All-Star Show for the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People The bill included Ellington and his band, The Three Keys, Doris Rhubottom, Tommy Morton and His Ipana Troubadours, Connie's Inn Revue and Band, Earl (Snakehips) Tucker, Jazzlips Richardson, Bessie Dudley, Cora Green, Una West, Willie Jackson, The Lucky Severn Trio, Red Simmons, The Dixie Nightingales. Music for dancing by Cora La Redd's Red Peppers. Admission 35 cents, no tax.	Ad, New York Amsterdam News 1933-02-15p.11.	.	.	Stratemann p.52	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1933 02 23 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 24 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 25 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 26 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 27 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 02 28 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
March 1933
1933 03 01 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 02 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 03 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 04 Saturday	.	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	.	updated 2012-01-06
1933 03 05 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 06 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 07 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 08 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 03 09 Thursday	1933 05 31 Wednesday	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Return to the Cotton Club Night club residency (this was the last Ellington residency at the "uptown" Cotton Club) 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red 12:05* - 12:30 am Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle My Darling Limehouse Blues Sophisticated Lady It Don’t Mean A Thing Ducky Wucky Milenberg Joys Mood Indigo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Orch. Spike Hughes, in Impressions of Ellington in New York, ...I make a point nowadays of being home every night at two, to hear his half-hour broadcast. (Twice a week he also broadcasts for half-an-hour as well.) 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, the broadcast establishes the engagement began March 9. Ken Steiner in DEMS 09/2-6: While details for Ellington’s first trip to Europe were being worked out, Ellington played what would be his last engagement at the Uptown Cotton Club. New York dailies advertised opening night for 12Mar33, but the 7Mar33 Variety report that Ellington steps into the Cotton Club here this Thursday (9) replacing Cab Calloway (in the 21st Cotton Club Parade), who goes on tour is confirmed by a NBC broadcast 9Mar. Mr. Steiner's information is consistent with a Variety announcement saying Ellington would replace Calloway on the 9th. This webpage is prepared on the assumption this Cotton Club engagement was 7 nights a week. If you have evidence this was not so, please contact the webmaster. The song listings for the broadcasts are from Ken Steiner's exhaustive research of the NBC log books and corrected traffic sheets, as published in DEMS 09/2-6. You should consult that bulletin for considerably more detail provided by Mr. Steiner.	Stratemann p.57 Vail I with unidentified clipping Variety 1933-03-07 Brooklyn Eagle 1933-03-10 *12:05 per N.Y.Times radio log 1933-03-09 Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, p.70, from Hughes column in Melody Maker, May 1933 .	.	09,2-6	.	.	updated 2012-01-06 and 2013-09-10
1933 03 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Universal Studio	Stratemann believes about 1 minute of a Universal Newsreel was filmed during this Cotton Club residency	Stratemann p.57	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 03 10 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red 12 - 12:30 am Titles broadcast Its Glory Blue Tune Bugle Call Rag Creole Love Call Fit as a Fiddle Sophisticated Lady Lightnin’ Swanee Lullaby Note this broadcast is not listed in the New York Times, Chicago Daily Tribune, Los Angeles Times or Washington Post radio logs	.	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue 1:30 am remote broadcast WMCA	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 03 12 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue 1:30 am local remote broadcast WMCA This is the advertised opening date for Ellington's return to the Club to replace Calloway, who was going on tour.	New York Times daily and weekly radio log	.	05,1-7	.	ks djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 13 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue no Ellington broadcast is shown in the NYT radio log	New York Times daily and weekly radio log	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 14 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Dinah Drop Me Off at Harlem The Sheik Rockin in Rhythm Stevedore Stomp Night and Day Ring Dem Bells Sophisticated Lady Signature –East St. Louis Toodle Oo No apparent local broadcast on WMCA	New York Times weekly radio log, week of 1933-03-12, and daily log, 1933-03-12	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue No apparent local or national broadcasts appear in the NYT radio log.	New York Times radio log 1933-03-15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network12:05 - 12:30 am Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle 142nd and Lenox Ave. [ Sophisticated Lady I Heard Echoes of the Jungle Old Man River Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo Crossed out: Fast and Furious Rose Room Three Little Words No apparent local broadcast on WMCA	New York Times radio log 1933-03-16	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 17 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12:15 - 12:30 am Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Lightnin’ Mood Indigo Milenberg Joys Sophisticated Lady Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo Crossed out: Double Check Stomp Some of These Days No apparent local broadcast on WMCA Backstage birthday celebration for the young Harold Nicholas	New York Times radio log 1933-03-17 Birthday party photo	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 18 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue No apparent local broadcast on WMCA, but its 2 a.m. "Calloway's Orch." listing might be a mistitled Ellington broadcast.	New York Times radio log 1933-03-18	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 19 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not in the New York Times radio log, but a 30 minute 1:45 a.m. Wellington Orch. WMCA radio listing may be a misspelled Ellington listing.	New York Times weekly radio log 1933-03-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-10
1933 03 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times weekly radio log 1933-03-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 21 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am (confirmed in NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Ring Dem Bells Swanee Lullaby I’ve Got the World on a String Drop Me Off in Harlem Sophisticated Lady Dinah Tiger Rag Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-21 and weekly radio log 1933-03-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times weekly radio log 1933-03-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 23 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network12:05 - 12:30 am (not shown in NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Swing Low Rose Room Lightnin’ Medley: You’ve Got Me Cryin’ Again Down a Carolina Lane Some of These Days The Mooche Twelfth Street Rag Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo Crossed out: I’ve Got the World On a String The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-23	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 24 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Jive Stomp Creole Love Call Rockin’ in Rhythm Sophisticated Lady It Don’t Mean a Thing Black and Tan Fantasy Lightnin’ Mood Indigo Crossed out: Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-24	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The "nightly" broadcast on WMCA is listed in the New York Times radio log at 1:45 a.m.	New York Times radio log 1933-03-25	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 26 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:15 - 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-26	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 27 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:15 to 3 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-03-27	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 28 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Louisiana Hayride I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues from “Vanities 1932” Digga Digga Do Ducky Wucky A Tree Was a Tree Echoes of the Jungle Hot and Bothered Sophisticated Lady Crossed out: Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:15 - 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-28	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 29 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-3:00 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-03-29	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle The Duke Steps Out Dreaming Sweet Dreams of Love Fit as a Fiddle Mama When You Ain’t There Slippery Horn Moon Song Every Tub Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo Crossed out: Sophisticated Lady The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 1:00 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-03-30	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 03 31 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Jig Walk Medley: Willow, Weep for Me You Got Me Cryin’ Again Night and Day Doin the New Low Down from “Blackbirds” Japanese Dreams Jive Stomp Sophisticated Lady Just an Echo in the Valley Mood Indigo Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00 to 3 A.M. Dance Music; Songs. The Mount Vernon Daily Argus shows this time slot as Entertainment	New York Times radio log 1933-03-31	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
April 1933
1933 04 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue 2 a.m. remote broadcast on WMCA	New York Times radio log 1933-04-01	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00 - 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-02	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-03	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12 - 12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Every Tub Black Beauty Nobody’s Sweetheart Now Sophisticated Lady Rockin’ in Rhythm I Must Have That Man Runnin’ Wild Blue Ramble Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45-3:00 Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-04	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45-3:00 Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-05	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Say It Isn’t So Blue Tune Birmingham Breakdown Sophisticated Lady Lightning Creole Love Call Crossed out: It’s Glory Black and Tan Fantasy Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-06	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Lime House Blues Rose Room Swing Low St. Louis Blues The Sheik Milenberg Joys Signature Crossed out: Sophisticated Lady The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-07	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-08	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-09	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 1:00 - 2:30 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-10	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Slippery Horn Medley: Have You Ever Been Lonely Try a Little Tenderness My Darling Bugle Call Rag Sophisticated Lady Jig Walk Black and Tan Fantasy Stevedore Stomp Awful Sad Crossed out: Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows [1}1:30 to 2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-0_-__	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-12	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo It’s Glory Stormy Weather (the song's composer, Harold Arlen was listed as a vocalist in this broadcast and may have sung this song.) Baby Sophisticated Lady Louisiana Hayride Ducky Wucky Whispering Tiger Rag Signature Crossed out: Blue Tune The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Song	New York Times radio log 1933-04-13	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue There was no broadcast on WEAF and NBC Red network or WJZ and NBC Blue network - Ellington was pre-empted by the Johnnie Johnson Orchestra, Hotel Pennsylvania The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-14	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency 21st Cotton Club Parade revue 2 a.m. remote broadcast on WMCA	New York Times radio log 1933-04-15	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Opening night of the new revue, the 22nd Cotton Club Parade, featuring Ethel Waters, with book and score by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen. 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... This must be referring to the Tuesday night national broadcast. The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music	Afro-American, week of Apr 29, 1933, p.11 New York Times radio log 1933-04-16	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-17	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Hot and Bothered Down a Carolina Lane China Boy Stormy Weather Digga Digga Doo Sophisticated Lady Just an Echo in the Valley Swanee Lullaby Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-18	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30 to 2:30 A.M. Dance Orch.; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-11
1933 04 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Whispering Tiger Rag Stormy Weather Shim Sham Medley: You’ve Got Me Crying Again I’ll Follow You I Got a Right to Sing the Blues Happy as the Day is Long Sophisticated Lady Signature Crossed out: Rockin’ in Rhythm The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-20	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Jive Stomp Moon Song The Monkey Sophisticated Lady Fast and Furious Stormy Weather Bugle Call Rag Crossed out: Swanee Lullaby The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:303 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-21	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roseland Ballroom, Broadway & 51st	The entire Cotton Club Revue performed at the Roseland Ballroom.	.	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 30 minute 2 a.m. remote local broadcast on WMCA	New York Times radio log 1933-04-22	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:45-2:30 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-04-23	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30 to 2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-24	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Cotton Club Shim Sham Stormy Weather Some of these Days The Monkey Baby Get Yourself a New Broom Awful Sad Crossed out: Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-25	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-26	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Slippery Horn Drop Me Off in Harlem Raisin the Rent Sophisticated Lady Jive Stomp Stormy Weather Signature: East St. Louis Toodle Oo Crossed out: Doin the New Low Down The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-27	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The usual remote WJZ and NBC Blue network broadcast was pre-empted by the broadcast of the Princess Eugenie Pageant at the Metropolitan Opera Ball. (confirmed by NYT radio log) The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:45 to 3 A.M. Dance Music; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-28	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 29 Saturday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 30 minute 2 a.m. local WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-04-29	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 30 Sunday 3 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Renaissance Casino	Samaritan Nursery Benefit Steven Lasker: "According to a handbill found in Ellington's vertical file at the Schomburg Branch of the New York Public Library, a benefit for the Samaritan Nursery School was held at the Renaissance Casino in Harlem at 3 p.m. on "Sun., April 30." Advertised is "An Afternoon of Stars Featuring Duke Ellington, Carmen Jones Choir, Ralph Cooper, Del St. John, Edith Sewell, Ralph Demund, Prof. Norris Roach, Magician and Many Stage & Radio Stars. Nora Holt, Mistress of Ceremony."	.	.	02,2-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 04 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-04-30	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
May 1933
1933 05 01 Monday<	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-01	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Lightnin’ Stormy Weather Swing Low Trees Happy as the Day is Long Down a Carolina Lane Jig Walk Sophisticated Lady Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:30-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-02	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-03	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Every Tub Stormy Weather Fast and Furious The Duke Steps Out Drop Me Off in Harlem Sophisticated Lady The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-04	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo It’s Glory Drop Me Off in Harlem Twelfth Street Rag Sophisticated Lady Milenburg Joys Raising the Rent Slippery Horn Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Crossed out: Ducky Wucky The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-05	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 30 minute local remote WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-05-06	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 30 minute 2 a.m. local remote WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-05-07	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-08	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Every Tub Black and Tan Fantasy Get Yourself a New Broom Sophisticated Lady Fast and Furious Down a Carolina Lane Slippery Horn Stormy Weather Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-09	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-10	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle Stevedore Stomp Raisin’ the Rent Get Yourself a New Broom Sophisticated Lady 3 illegible titles The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-11	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Old Man Blues Down a Carolina Lane It Don’t Mean a Thing You’re Mine You (illegible) Medley: Looking Forward It’s Sunday Down in Caroline A Ghost of a Chance I Heard Sophisticated Lady Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-12	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 2:00 am local remote 30 minute WMCA broadcast The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:00 A.M. Dance Music	New York Times radio log 1933-05-13	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 2:00 am local remote 30 minute WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-05-14	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 16 Tuesday	.	.	.	ARC recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges,Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Bundle Of Blues Sophisticated Lady Stormy Weather	- Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV	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 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo The Duke Steps Out Stormy Weather The Monkey Blue Prelude I Know that You Know from “Oh Please” When We’re Alone Sophisticated Lady Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-16	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-17	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Slippery Horn Mood Indigo Ring Dem Bells Sophisticated Lady Fast and Furious Best Wishes Runnin’ Wild Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; talks; songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-18	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Cotton Club Shim Sham Creole Love Call Swing Low Sugar Hill Blues Jive Stomp Best Wishes It’s Glory Sophisticated Lady Signature The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-19	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-20	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lafayette Theatre, 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem	Pullman Porters Brotherhood Monster Midnight Benefit show Among the performers advertised to appear were Connie's Inn Revue Ethel Waters Duke Ellington and his Orchesta Small's Paradise Revue (entire show) George Dewey Washington Hemsley Winfield Ernest Whitman Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra Dextra Male Quintette Hall Johnson's Negro Choir Melody Four Quartette Admission prices $1.00, 75 cents and 55 cents	Ad, New York Age, 1933-05-20 p.2 Vail I, with image	.	.		.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-21	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:15-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-0_-__	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 23 Tuesday	.	Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.	Paramount Eastern Service Studios	Filming the 9 minute Paramount short film “Bundle Of Blues” (release date 1933-09-01) The tremendous popularity of the Koehler/Arlen hit Stormy Weather, recorded by Ethel Waters, spawned several exploitation plans. The sheet music sold as many as 8,000 copies a day. Recordings were issued on the Brunswick label (two records, Lombardo and Ellington - see 1933 05 16), Columbia (Ted Lewis orchestra) and Victor (Reisman's orchestra). Ellington's instrumental version topped the Brunswick label record sales in June, 1933, but he was unable to record a vocal with Ivy Anderson until 1940. The film sound track was recorded by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Personnel: Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Benny James (guitar), Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson. The dancers in the Bugle Call Rag sequence were Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill. Titles recorded: Lightnin' Rockin' In Rhythm Stormy Weather Bugle Call Rag	Stratemann pp. 59 - 64 (incl. photos) Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV	DE3308	09,2-6 05,3-18 03,3-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The customary midnight network broadcast was pre-empted in favour of a program about the dedication of Richmond Va., station WRVA The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-0_-__	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-24	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network 12:05-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Lightnin’ Drop Me Off in Harlem Double Check Stomp The Mooche Jig Walk Sophisticated Lady Crossed out: Get Yourself a New Broom Ducky Wucky Bundle Of Blues The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-25	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Town Hall	Benefit Concert	Stratemann, p.65, citing Amsterdam News, 1933-05-17.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 26 Friday	1933 06 01	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	The exploitation of Stormy Weather (see "Bundle of Blues" at 1933 05 23) continued with the Cotton Club show taken into the Capitol Theatre for a week of evening entertainment. Ads in the New York Sun shouted FIRST TIME ON ANY STAGE New York's most famous entertainment institution! The ALL NEW COTTON CLUB REVUE of 1933 with the Queen of Harlem's Entertainers ETHEL WATERS singing "Stormy Weather" BUCK & BUBBLES NICHOLAS BROS. Cast of Sepian Stars - and - Added Attraction DUKE ELLINGTON and his Famous Orch. and HARLEM MOVES to the CAPITOL Stage COTTON CLUB REVUE of 1933, Book and lyrics by TED KOEHLER & HAROLD ARLEN ETHEL WATERS singing STORMY WEATHER, and BUCK & BUBBLES, NICHOLAS BROS. The FOUR FLASH DEVILS, WEN TAYLOR'S CHOIR, JOSIE OLIVER, "RUBBER LEGS" WILSON, CORA LA REDD, SALLY GOODING, KATHRYN SMITH, BOBBY SAWYER and the COTTON CLUB Chorus - and - Added Attraction DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA Production by DAN HEALY Stratemann includes Florence Hill, too. The ensemble played a 75 minute show at the Capitol nightly for a week. Presumably they returned to the Cotton Club for the usual perfomances, but this is not confirmed. The first night, Ethel Waters and the Ellington orchestra appeared on the WABC Around the Town radio show. Around the Town was a unique concept. An aeroplane equipped to receive and transmit short wave radio, piloted by Amelia Earhart, circled over New York for an hour, picking up shows from the Capitol, the Park Central Casino, and a Greenwich Village club, and retransmitting these feeds to the CBS studio for onward transmission. Ted Heusen was the announcer.	Stratemann, p.65 citing Variety 1933-05-30, pp.14 and 43 New York Sun 1933-05-24 p.20 1933-05-26, p.18	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am (confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo St. Louis Blues The Mooche Tiger Rag Awful Sad Every Tub Best Wishes Stevedore Stomp Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Crossed out: Blue Tune The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-26	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 2:00 am local remote 30 minute WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-05-27	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-12
1933 05 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade 2:00 am local remote 30 minute WMCA broadcast	New York Times radio log 1933-05-28	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-29	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log) Titles broadcast Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Jive Stomp Stormy Weather Limehouse Blues Mama When You Ain’t There It Don’t Mean A Thing (Ivy Anderson) Sophisticated Lady Slippery Horn Signature – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo Crossed out: Drop Me Off in Harlem The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-30	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13
1933 05 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 05 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	The Evening Post said Wednesday would be Ellington's last night at the Cotton Club. See 1933 03 09 Night club residency Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs	New York Times radio log 1933-05-31 New York Evening Post 1933-05-27	.	09,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-13 & 2013-10-02
June 1933
1933 06 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26 Vail has this as Ellington's last night at the Capitol. Given their imminent departure, it seems unlikely the Ellington band played this evening. Whatever the date, when Ellington left, Baron Lee and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band took over at the Capitol and at the Cotton Club.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-14
1933 06 02 Friday	1933 06 09 Friday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams, Wellman Braud, Johnny Hodges, Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Ivie Anderson,Freddie Jenkins, Juan Tizol, Arthur Whetsel, Bessie Dudley, Bill Bailey, and Derby Wilson embarked for England and the Continent. It isn't clear if Kay Hanson, described as a publicity agent by Stratemann and as a secretary by A.H.Lawrence, was on this voyage. Stratemann has her travelling with the group; Lawrence says Mills had dispatched his secretaries, Florence Hill and Kay Hansen (sic) a week before the arrival...to have everything in place, including hotel rooms, when the entourage arrived. Questions arise: Correct spelling of Hansen/Hanson? Did she travel with the band or a week ahead? What was her job? Secretary or publicity agent? Was Florence Hill a Mills secretary, or was she the dancer by that name? Stratemann spells her name Hanson; Lawrence spells it Hansen, and Lawrence describes her as a secretary. Parsonage tells us the Ellington tour was subject to a great deal of advance publicity, as early as Mills' visit in November 1932, when he confirmed Ellington was considering a visit, reported in Melody Maker, November 1932. A tentative agreement with the Palladium was announced in Melody Maker January 1933 and it mentioned the forthcoming visit each month thereafter. In 1985, Peter Tanner told the Ellington conference about the 1933 Ellington tour, and said the band rehearsed on the Majestic, and played a concert en route.	Vail I: Dockside band photo in Southampton Stratemann, p.65 A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, p.197 Peter Tanner's address, Blue Light Vol. 12 No. 3, transcribed by Quentin Bryar Catherine Parsonage, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935, pp. 228-229	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-21
1933 06 03 Saturday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 04 Sunday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 05 Monday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 06 Tuesday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 07 Wednesday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 08 Thursday	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Olympic	ocean crossing	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 09 Friday mid-day	.	Southampton and London, England	.	Landing at 12:30 noon at Southampton, the group was met by British bandleader Jack Hylton, who sponsored the British leg of the tour, and by journalist Spike Hughes. A 'Special Representative' of Melody Maker, likely Hughes, reported he was present with a crowd of others to welcome Ellington: "We went aboard the Olympic and sought him out... There he was! In person! In the flesh! The Duke! Himself! "Tall - over 6 ft. - broad, with the shoulders, and build of an athlete, slightly plump in a way that seemed in accord with his obvious good temper. "A broad smile that had nothing artificial or forced about it. A firm handshake. A pleasant cultured voice. "Behind him were 'the boys.' There they were, all of them - Bigard, Hughes, Brown, Greer and the rest. Also in the party were two attractive coloured girls - Ivie Anderson, the Blues singer, and Bessie Dudley, the dancer. "There was, of course, great to-do's. I think that the Duke's arm must have ached with the hundreds of handshakes! A constant procession of people passed in front of him...All through all of it his smile never faltered and his good humour never cracked under the strain for an instant.... "Through the wizardry of Jack Hylton, the usually tedious Customs formalities passed with lightning speed, and before very long Ellington was entrained, en route for London..." The ensemble posed for a dockside group photo, and travelled by train to Waterloo Station, London, where they were met by crowds, where Jack Hylton's band played for them, and where they posed for a group photo. Melody Maker reported 37 photographers lined up to take pictures of the band. Ellington and Mills had rooms in the Dorchester; the band members and entertainers were either accommodated in 'Their Bloomsbury Hotel' or in several small hotels in the East End and Bloomsbury. Collier writes "...very quickly the musicians discovered that England was not as free of racial prejudice as they had been told. No hotel could be found that would take in eighteen blacks (some of the Cotton Club dancers had been added to the show). Eventually, Ellington was given a room in the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, but the other musicians were scattered around London in small hotels and rooming houses.	Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 75-76, extract from a front page story in the June 17 edition of Melody Maker. Vail I: Dockside band photo in Southampton; copy of aforesaid Melody Maker article. Stratemann, p.65 A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, p.197 Peter Tanner's address to the 1985 Duke Ellington conference, transcribed by Quentin Bryar, Blue Light Vol. 12 No. 3, p.9	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-21
1933 06 09 Friday	.	London, England	Hylton home, Mayfair	Upon arrival in London, Jack Hylton, who sponsored the tour, honoured Ellington with a late afternoon press reception. This does not appear to have included the rest of Ellington's entourage: Whilst the boys were settling down in their Bloomsbury Hotel and taking their first look at London, the Duke was going through his third 'ordeal' that day. Jack Hylton has a beautiful house... Collier writes "...very quickly the musicians discovered that England was not as free of racial prejudice as they had been told. No hotel could be found that would take in eighteen blacks (some of the Cotton Club dancers had been added to the show). Eventually, Ellington was given a room in the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, but the other musicians were scattered around London in small hotels and rooming houses. Nonetheless, ... (racial prejudice) was not so widespread nor held so strongly by many people as was the case in the United States. As a result the band, and especially Duke, was invited to parties and receptions given in their honor (sic). The group played at Punch's Club, which was filled with members of the British aristocracy, and later went to a party attended by the Prince of Wales..."	Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reasder, pp. 75-76, extract from a front page review by an unidentified "Special Representative" in Melody Maker, 1933-06-17.	.	.	Stratemann 66 photo Gammond photo MIMM 83 photo JLC photo Jewell photo Prim 53 photo DE's A photo Blue Light/Roger Boyes James Lincoln Collier, Duke Ellington, p.96	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-20
1933 06 09 Friday 9 pm	.	London, England	Broadcasting House	Ellington and Hylton are interviewed by Music Maker's editor Percy Mathieson Brooks on the B.B.C. 9 o'clock news.	Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-19
1933 06 10 Saturday	.	London, England	London Palladium	Rehearsals.	Peter Tanner's address to the 1985 Ellington conference in Oldham, transcribed by Quentin Bryar in Blue Light Vol. 12 No. 3, p.9	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-22
1933 06 11	.	Bournemouth, England	.	Afternoon and evening concerts	.	.	.	R.Boyes in Blue Light	.	2011
1933 06 11 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 06 12 Monday 6:30 and 9 pm	1933 06 24	London, England	London Palladium	Opening night for the reknowned Palladium engagement, which was a variety /vaudeville show playing twice each evening, with matinees on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Palladium had been experimenting with a different type of show, "Crazy Gang," but decided to return to vaudeville. It delayed the change back until Ellington was available. The show was a 13 act variety show and 9 acts did not include Ellington Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra received top billing and had the honour of being last on the program, with a 45 minute set. In the order mentioned in Variety's review, the acts were Sixteen Palladium Girls - show girls Seven Royal Hindustans - whirlwind of tumbling Murray and Mooney, comedy Three Whirlwinds, acrobatic rollerskaters Lassiter Brothersdance, clown and fall to good results Randolph Sutton, light comedy and singing DeWolf, Metcalf & Ford, comedy, dancing and acrobatics. Intermission Frank and Betty Boston, 'club jugglers' Cheeky Chappie Max Miller, comic The Ellington orchestra with Bailey and Derby, tap dance Bessie Dudley, original snake-hips girl Ivie Anderson (Stormy Weather) Melody Maker's reviewer named some of the titles played: Ring Dem Bells Three Little Words Stormy Weather Give Me A Man Like That (as an encore for Ivie) Bugle Call Rag Rockin' in Rhythm (with Bessie dancing) Whispering Tiger (Tiger Rag played very quietly Black and Tan Fantasy Some of These Days (encore) Mood Indigo (encore) . The critic panned the opening acts and complained there wasn't enough Ellington, although reporting the audience was electrified, wildly applauding, and the band was perfection in every note it played: "...there has been a lot of Press publicity about Ellington as a sponsor of a new kind of music, and all the lay critics, musical and otherwise waiting to hear it. Yet 'Mood Indigo' was all they got. What about 'Blue Tune,' 'Blue Ramble,' 'Rose Room,' 'Creole Rhapsody' and the rest of those numbers which Ellington has made peculiarly his own?" Through quoting from them, Parsonage identifies reviews and commentary about the first Palladium performances in: Daily Herald 1933-06-13, p.8 Daily Express 1933-06-13 Evening Standard 1933-06-13 Times 1933-06-13 p.12 Era 1933-06-14 Melody Maker 1933-06-17, p.2 Sunday Referee 1933-06-18 p.11 People 1933-06-18 Rhythm 1933-07, p.9 Down Beat 1952-11 and Ellington's comments in Down Beat, Nov. 1952 Peter Tanner, addressing the 1985 Duke Ellington conference in Oldham: "Well, Ring Dem Bells was a good opener. Incidentally, I can remember very, very clearly, that Sonny Greer was perched up at the back, with all his drums crashing and hitting those bells as hard as he could, and you could not hear a sound! But when the band ended, everybody realized that there was no Duke. There was the band, the saxes on the right, the brass on the left, in tiers, ... Anyway, just as the applause was deafening for the end of... Ring Dem Bells, Duke came running on. Well, what had happened was, that he had been wrongly informed of the time of the start - we always say that anyway - and he just made it. Now Barry Ulanov in his book says he didn't make it at all in the first house and only came on at the very tend,. But that's wrong, and he did come at the end of Ring Dem Bells. The band appeared stunned by the applause, they really, they were so amazed they could hardly sort of pull themselves together to go into the second number..."	Vail I Stratemann, p.65 Catherine Parsonage, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935, pp. 228-229 Tanner's address, transcribed by Q.Bryar, Blue Light, Vol.12 No.4, p.8 See also Ralph Willett: ELLINGTON AT THE PALLADIUM, in the Food for the Fickle Grey Beast blog.	.	94,2-4	TSE photo 36 Stratemann 67 photo VARphoto Vail 80 photo	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-22
1933 06 13 Tuesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event The Daily Herald carried a plug by Spike Hughes called "Meet the Duke!", publicizing Ellington's upcoming BBC broadcast the next day.				Tucker, Duke Ellington Reader, pp 72-75	djp	Added 2013-09-21
1933 06 13 Tuesday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 14 Wednesday 2:30, 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - matinee and 2 evening performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 14 Wednesday 8 pm	.	London, England	.	45 minute BBC national broadcast Duke Ellington and His American Dance Orchestra Titles broadcast: East St. Louis Toddle-O Lightnin' Creole Love Call Old Man Blues Rose Room Best Wishes Limehouse Blues Blackbirds of 1930 (medley) I can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Doing the New Low Down I Must Have That Man Baby Dixie Diga-Diga-Doo Porgy Sophisticated Lady It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Medley of Popular Tunes Intro My Darling Down A Carolina Lane I've Got the World On A String Mood Indigo Stormy Weather was scheduled but wan't played. The "Wall of Sound" blog headline says this was a BBC regional broadcast at 8:30, but later in the blog says it was 45 minutes per Ulanov, p.131 and was a national broadcast from 8:00 to 8:45, citing Radio Times 1933-06-14.	Roger Boyes, DEMS 97/2, citing BBC Written Archives, Jeff Walder	.	97,2-26	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-19
1933 06 15 Thursday 2:30, 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - matinee and 2 evening performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 16 Friday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 16 Friday	.	Streatham (near London), England	Locarno Ballroom	Extra Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 17 Saturday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 18 Sunday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 18 Sunday	.	London, England	Palladium	Melody Maker concert	.	.	02,2-5	Stratemann 65	.	2011
1933 06 19 Monday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 19	.	London, England	Astoria Ballroom	Midnight Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 20 Tuesday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 21 Wednesday 2:30, 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - matinee and 2 evening performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 22 Thursday 2:30, 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - matinee and 2 evening performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 23 Friday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 23	.	Brighton, England	Sherry's Ballroom	Concert (late night)	.	.	96,2-5 94,2-4	.	.	2011
1933 06 24 Saturday 6:30 and 9 pm		London, England	London Palladium	Variety show - 2 performances - see 1933 06 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 25 Sunday	.	Hastings, England	Trocadero	2pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 25 Sunday	.	Hastings, England	Regal Luxury	8pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 26 Monday	1933 06 30 Friday	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	This seems likely to be a variety show similar to what was done at the Palladium.	.	.	05,3-30 96,2-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-19
1933 06 27 Tuesday	.	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	Variety show - see 1933 06 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 28 Wednesday	.	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	Variety show - see 1933 06 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 28 Wednesday	.	Bolton, Manchester, U.K.	Palais De Danse	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 29 Thursday	.	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	Variety show - see 1933 06 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 30 Friday	.	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	Variety show - see 1933 06 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 06 30 Friday	.	Liverpool, England	Grafton Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1933
1933 07 01 Saturday	.	Liverpool, England	Empire Theatre	.	.	.	05,3-30	.	.	2011
1933 07 02 Sunday	.	Blackpool, Lancashire, England	Palace Theatre?	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 02 Sunday	.	Blackpool, Lancashire, England	Tower Ballroom	dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 03 Monday	1933 07 08	Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	Variety show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 04 Tuesday		Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	see 1933-07-03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 05 Wednesday		Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	see 1933-07-03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 06 Thursday		Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	see 1933-07-03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 06 Thursday	.	Glasgow, Scotland	Green's Playhouse	extra dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 07 Friday		Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	see 1933-07-03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 08 Saturday		Glasgow, Scotland	Empire Theatre	see 1933-07-03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 09 Sunday<	.	Harrogate, Yorkshire, England	Royal Hall	.	.	.	.	BlueLight/R.Boyes	.	2011
1933 07 10 Monday	.	London, England	Finsbury Empire	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 10 Monday	1933 07 15	London, England	Holborn Empire	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 11 Tuesday	.	London, England	Holborn Empire	See 1933 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 12 Wednesday	.	London, England	Holborn Empire	See 1933 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 13 Thursday	.	London, England	Chenil Galleries	Decca recording session	.	DE3309	00,1-25 97,2-14	.	.	2011
1933 07 13 Thursday	.	London, England	Holborn Empire	See 1933 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 14 Friday	.	London, England	Holborn Empire	See 1933 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 14 Friday	.	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 15 Saturday	.	London, England	Holborn Empire	See 1933 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 16 Sunday	.	London, England	Elephant & Castle	.	.	.	91,3-2	Stratemann 66	.	2011
1933 07 16 Sunday 2pm	.	London, England	Trocadero	.	.	.	91,3-2	Stratemann 66	.	2011
1933 07 17 Monday	1933 07 22	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	.	.	.	97,2-22 96,2-5	.	.	2011
1933 07 18 Tuesday	.	London, England	Finsbury Empire	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 18 Tuesday	.	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	See 1933 07 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 19 Wednesday	.	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	See 1933 07 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 20 Thursday	.	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	See 1933 07 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 21	.	Birmingham	New Palais	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 21 Friday	.	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	See 1933 07 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 22 Saturday	.	Birmingham, England	Hippodrome	See 1933 07 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 23 Sunday 3 pm	.	Margate, East Kent, U.K.	Wintergardens	First of two concerts in Margate this day. One program was printed for both events and is reproduced in DEMS 1997-3. Personnel listed in the programme: Duke Ellington, Piano Arty Whetsel, Trumpet Freddy Jenkins, Trumpet Charlie Williams, Trumpet Joseph Nanton, Trombone Juan Tisol (sic), Trombone Harry Carney, Saxophones, Clarinet and Flute Johnny Hodges, Saxophones and Clarinet Otto Hardwick, Saxophones and Clarinet Barney Bigard, Saxophone and Clarinet Sonny Greer, Drums and Soloist Wellman Braud, Bass Fred Guy, Banjo and Guitar Ivie Anderson, Vocalist The programme includes the following titles. It's Glory Blue Ramble Rockin' in Rhythm Rose Room, Hickman, arr. Ellington Lightnin' Creole Rhapsody Old Man Blues Echoes of the Jungle Double Check Stomp Lazy Rhapsody (Swanee Lullaby) Swing Low Ducky Wucky The Sheik..., Snyder, arr. Ellington Ev'ry Tub Awful Sad Slippery Horn Baby, When You Ain't There Ring Dem Bells Blackbird Medley, McHugh-Fields, arr. Ellington *Sophisticated Lady It Don't Mean a Thing Black and Tan Fantasy Hot and Bothered and High Life Mood Indigo, Mills-Ellington, Birmingham Breakdown Flaming Youth Jazz Lips The Mystery Song Dreaming Sweet Dreams of You Stevedore Stomp Doing the Voom Voom I'm So In Love with You The Duke Steps Out *The Mooche Blue Tune Merry-Go Round The Mystery Song Sirocco, Spike Hughes Swing Low Twelfth Street Rag, Bowman, arr. Ellington St. Louis Blues, W.C.Handy, arr. Ellington Black Beauty Bugle Call Rag, Schoebel, arr. Ellington Old Man River, Kern, arr. Ellington Jive Stomp Drop Me Off in Harlem Paradise, Brown, arr. Benny Carter Creole Love Call The Monkey *Tiger Rag, La Rocca, arr. Ellington Pencilled in at the end, above "God Save the King," were: Stormy Weather Three Little T--- (illegible) Harlem Speaks Some of These Days Asterisks signify titles checked off by the programme-holder. Two asterisks are the titles that appear to have been marked too, but less clearly. Unfortunately, we can't know which concert the owner of the programme attended. All titles were credited to Ellington, except as noted.	Program held by Frank Rutter Bigard: With Louis and the Duke, p.69	.	97,3-20 97,2-22 97,1-16	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-19
1933 07 23 Sunday 8 pm	.	Margate, East Kent, U.K.	Westbrook Pavilion	Second Margate concert - see preceding entry	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 07 24 Monday	.	London, England	Liverpool Station	Departure for Continental Europe	.	.	97,2-22	photograph	.	2011
1933 07 24 Monday	1933 07 25 Tuesday<	Den Haag	.	.	.	.	02,3-16 02,2-18	DEMS photo	.	2011
1933 07 25 Tuesday	.	Den Haag	.	.	.	.		DEMSphoto	.	2011
1933 07 25 Tuesday	.	Scheveningen	Kursaal	.	.	.	08,2-6 03,1-6	.	.	2011
1933 07 26 Wednesday	.	Travel ?	.	.	.	.	03,1-6	.	.	2011
1933 07 00	1933 08 01 Tuedsay	Paris, France	.	While in Paris the group was lavishly entertained by 'Bricktop,' sepia owner of one of Paris' smartest nite clubs, by Joshephine Baker and many others.	New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-26
1933 07 27 Thursday	.	Paris, France	Salle Pleyel	.	.	.	03,1-6 97,1-16	.	.	2011
1933 07 28 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 07 29 Saturday	.	Paris, France	Salle Pleyel	.	.	.	97,1-16	.	.	2011
1933 07 30 Sunday	.	Deauville, France	Casino	.	.	.	97,1-16	.	.	2011
1933 07 31 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
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.				.	.	Added 2013-06-11
1933 08 01 Tuesday	.	Paris	Salle Pleyel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 02 Wednesday	1933 08 09	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	Travel to USA Joe 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. All three sources appear to be in error. British government records: The White Star Line list of alien passengers embarking from Southampton on the Majestic includes none of the Ellington party, but does say 21 of the passengers listed were going to Cherbourg. American government records: The official list of United States Citizens (U.S. Department of Transport form) for the SS Majestic show she left Cherbourg August 2. Absent documentation proving the August 3 departure, I assume August 2 to be correct. Members of the Ellington entourage identifiable from the S.S. Majestic passenger list: Vicente Tizol M___ Albany L. Bigard Cornelius Hodges Ivie A. Anderson Bessie Dudley Edward Kennedy Ellington Richard B. Jones Joseph Nanton Irish William A. Greer Fred Guy Charles M. Williams Otto James Hardwick Gordon S. Wilson William E. Bailey Arthur P. Whetsel Lawrence Brown Fred D. Jenkins William Brand (sic - this is likely Wellman Braud) Harry Howell Carney Kay Hanson or Hansen and Florence Hill have not yet been found on the passenger lists, and the July 1, 1933 Chicago Daily News "47th Street - Chicago" column by Allan MacMillan reported seeing her around town. Irving Mills returned on the S.S. Rex, departing Villefranche on the French Riviera August 10, arriving New York August 16. Stratemann and Vail say he remained the extra week in France to arrange bookings for Cab Calloway and for the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05 and 2013-09-28
1933 08 03 Thursday	.	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	At sea	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1933 08 04 Friday	.	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	At sea	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1933 08 05 Saturday	.	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	At sea	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1933 08 06 Sunday	.	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	At sea	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1933 08 07 Monday	.	Atlantic Ocean	S.S.Majestic	At sea	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1933 08 08 Tuesday Mid-day	.	Atlantic Ocean	Pier 59	Arrival in the U.S.A., in the early afternoon. The passenger lists were signed by an immigration official at 1:35 pm. The group's baggage had to be reweighed in New York because a mistake was made in Paris. The 3,255 kilograms of baggage took 2 hours to reweigh. Their return home has set Harlem mad, with signs of welcome posted up and down Harlem's Seventh avenue (sic).	Passenger lists, 1933-08-02 New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal Welcome, Pittsburgh Courier 1933-08-19 p.6,s.2 Newsy Newsettes, Pittsburgh Courier (ibid.)	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-26
.			activities not documented (The Pittsburgh Courier, Vail I and the Joe Igo itinerary incorrectly give this as the date of arrival in New York)	.
1933 08 10 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 08 11 Friday	.	Norwalk, Conn.	Roton Point	"First American ballroom engagement since their return this week from a brilliant European tour."	New Haven Evening Register, 1933-08-12 p.5	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 08 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y	Lafayette Theatre	Duke Ellington and his orchestra, with their wives or sweethearts, were Ted Blackman's guests of honor at his Lafayette midnight show...	New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 08 12 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 08 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Small's Paradise	Friday night ...guests of honor ... at ... Lafayette..., and on Sunday after midnight they enjoyed Arthur Hammerstein's popular Small's Paradise breakfast dance. Duke Ellington, his orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Bessie Dudley, Derby Wilson and Bill Bailey will soon go on tour, playing Loew's theaters as far as Dallas, Tex., where they open their Southern engagement for twelve weeks, ending in Nashville, Tenn.	New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 08 14 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 08 15 Tuesday	.	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 16 Wednesday	.	Springfield, Mass.	Riverside Park	"Dancing 8:30 to 1." This engagement was also advertised as "First American Appearance Since Returning From His Sensational European Trip."	ad, Springfield Republican, 1933-08-16 p.12	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 08 17 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 08 18 Friday	1933 08 24 Thursday	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	One week theatre engagement for $5,000.	Stratemann p.67 citing Variety 1933-08-08, p.41	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-26
1933 08 19 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 20 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 21 Monday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 22 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 23 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 24 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Theater	Stage show - see 1933 08 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 25 Friday	.	Buzzard's Bay, Mass.	Bournehurst On The Canal		Stratemann p.67	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 26 Saturday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean Pier	.	ad, Portland Press Herald, 26Aug33, p4	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 08 27 Sunday	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland	.	Stratemann, p.67	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 28 Monday	.	Waltham, Mass.	Nuttings-on-the-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River	.	Stratemann, p.67	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 29 Tuesday	.	Claremont, N.H.	Roseland Ballroom	.	Stratemann, p.68	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 30 Wednesday	.	Cambridge, Mass.	Shadowland Ballroom	.	Stratemann, p.68	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 08 31 Thursday	.	South Lynnfield, Mass.	Starlight Ballroom (aka Kimball's Starlight)	.	Stratemann, p.68	.	.	.	.	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 01 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 03 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
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..."	New York Age Ad and plug, 1933-08-26 Ad, 1933-09-02 p.9	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-27
1933 09 05 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	New Albert Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 06 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 07 Thursday	.	Mahanoy City, Penn.	Lakewood	.	ad, Mt. Carmel Index 1933-09-07 p.8	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 09 08 Friday	.	State Road, Del. (south of Wilmington)	Black Cat Ball Room	Dance, 9 to 2, sponsored by Sigma Kappa Delta, Wilmington Admission $1.25	Chester Times Ad 1933-09-06, p.8 Ad 1933-09-07, p.4 Ad 1933-09-08 p.4 Publicity 1933-09-08, p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-09-24
1933 09 09 Saturday	.	Hershey, Penn.	Park Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 09 10 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 11 Monday	.	Erie, Penn.	Rainbow Gardens, Waldameer Park	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 09 12 Tuesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Idora Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 13 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Ohio	Valley Dale	"About 1500 in the crowd...."	H.E. Cherrington, Duke Ellington Edifies the Dale, Columbus Dispatch, 1933-09-13, p.4B	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 09 14 Thursday	.	Huntingdon, W.Va.	unknown location	.According to the review in the Columbus Dispatch, if you go down West Virginia way you'll find the boys at Huntingdon.	H.E. Cherrington, "Duke Ellington Edifies the Dale," Columbus Dispatch, 13Sep33, p4B	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 09 15 Friday	1933 09 17 Sunday	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farm	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	Steiner	2011
1933 09 16 Saturday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farm	see 1933 09 15	.	.		.	.	2011
1933 09 17 Sunday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farm	see 1933 09 15	.	.		.	.	2011
1933 09 18 Monday	.	Louisville, KY	Armory	Over 100 African Americans and three whites walked out in protest of 75 cent prices for blacks and 55 cent prices for whites	Citizens Resent Segregation at Duke Ellington Armory Dance, Louisville Leader, 1933-09-23 p.1	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 09 19 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 20 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 21 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 09 22 Friday	1933 09 28 Thursday	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.68 citing Variety 1933-09-26	2011
1933 09 23 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 24 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 25 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 26 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Merchandise Mart	RCA/Victor recording session	.	DE3312	11,1-11	.	.	2011
1933 09 26 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22 Note the other entries for this date	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 27 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 27 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	.	Stratemann p.68 citing Chicago Defender 1933-09-23	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 28 Thursday<	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 09 22	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 09 29 Friday	.			activities not documented This may have been a travel day, since the 8 week tour of the South began the next day in Dallas.	.
1933 09 30 Saturday	1933 10 06 Friday	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - breaking the attendance record set by Calloway in his earlier tour, which in turn had set attendance records.	Stratemann, p.68	05,1-7	.	Vail I Photo	CAH (photo)	added 2011 updated 2012-08-10, 2012-09-26.
1933 09 30 Saturday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Ice Palace	Whites	.	.	05,1-7	.	KS	2011
October 1933
1933 10 01 Sunday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 02 Monday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 03 Tuesday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 04 Wednesday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 04 Wednesday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Special midnight show with a 200 voice choir, singing spirituals.	Vail I, no source cited	.	.	.	.	added 2013-09-08
1933 10 05 Thursday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 05 Thursday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Ice Palace	Blacks	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 06 Friday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 06 Friday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Baker Hotel	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 07 Saturday	1933 10 10 Tuesday	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Worth Theatre	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 08 Sunday	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Worth Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 09 Monday	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Worth Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 10 Tuesday	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Worth Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 11 Wednesday	1933 10 13 Friday	Austin, Tex.	Paramount Theater	.	.	.	5,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 12 Thursday	.	Austin, Tex.	Tillotson College	Ellington "told about his music and played several numbers for" students at the African American women’s college.	"Duke Ellington Guest at Tillotson College," Black Dispatch, 1933-10-19, p.3)	.	05,1-7	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 12 Thursday	.	Austin, Tex.	Paramount Theater	Stage show - see 1933 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 12 Thursday 10 pm	.	Austin, Tex.	Gregory Gym	Dance	Ad, Austin American, 1933-10-12, p.3.	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013
1933 10 13 Friday	.	Austin, Tex.	Paramount Theater	Stage show - see 1933 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 00	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Party Dinner	Dinner in Barney Bigard's honour, at his cousin Don Albert’s home in San Antonio. "Mr. and Mrs. Don Albert were hosts at a charming party in their home honoring Don’s cousin, Barney Bigard…. Mr. Ellington favored the guests with several of his own compositions, among which was Black Jazz Nocturne." While Vail I shows the dinner on Nov. 3, it must have occurred during the week the band was in town, and the newpaper report confirms it was in October, although the exact date isn't known.	The Don Alberts Entertain Cousin, San Antonio Register, 1933-10-27 p.6	.	05,1-7	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 14 Saturday	1933 10 20 Friday	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	Stage show. According to Joe Igo's Ellington itinerary, The Majestic had a "colored section" in the balcony with a separate ticket booth, popcorn stand, etc. with the entrance on a side street in the rear.	San Antonio Register, 1933-10-13 p.1.	.	05,1-7	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 15 Sunday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 16 Monday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 17 Tuesday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 18 Wednesday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 19 Thursday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 19 Thursday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Carver Library Auditorium	Dance	Vail I, no source cited	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 20 Friday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 21 Saturday	1933 10 27 Friday	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	Ads, Houston Chronicle, 1933-10-21 to 1933-10-27	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 22 Sunday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 23 Monday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 24 Tuesday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 25 Wednesday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 26 Thursday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 27 Friday	.	Houston, Tex.	Majestic Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011<
1933 10 27 Friday	.	Houston, Tex.	.	Dance for “colored”	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 28 Saturday	1933 10 31 Tuesday	Beaumont, Tex.	Jefferson Theater 345 Fannin St.	Stage show	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 10 29 Sunday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Jefferson Theater	Stage show - see 1933 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 29 Sunday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Peoples Theatre	Blacks 11 pm	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 30 Monday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Jefferson Theater	Stage show - see 1933 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 10 30 Monday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Neophogen Hall	dance 10:30pm	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 10 31 Tuesday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Jefferson Theater	Stage show - see 1933 10 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1933
1933 11 01 Wednesday	1933 11 03 Friday	Waco, Tex.	Waco Theatre	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 11 01 Wednesday	.	Waco, Tex.	Shrine Club	Dance 11 pm to 1 am	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 11 02 Thursday	.	Waco, Tex.	Waco Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 11 01	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 02 Thursday	.	Waco, Tex.	Cotton Palace Coliseum	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 11 03 Friday	.	Waco, Tex.	Waco Theatre	.	Stage show - see 1933 11 01	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 04 Saturday	1933 11 05 Sunday	Wichita Falls, Kan.	Majestic Theater	Stage show "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 04 Saturday 11 pm	.	Wichita Falls, Kan.	Wichita Club	Dance		.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 11 05 Sunday	.	Wichita Falls, Kan.	Majestic Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 06 Monday	1933 11 08 Wednesday	Amarillo, Tex.	Paramount Theatre	Vaudeville show for whites only. On the bill were Ellington and his orchestra, with Ivie Anderson; Earl Tucker; Ford, Marshall and Jones (Dancing, Singing and Comedy); Sonnie [sic] Greer; Louis Bacon (Singer). TEXAS TOWN STILL RAVES OVER DUKE ELLINGTON Amarillo People Wild About Famed Musical Aggregation - Have Use of White Theater For Midnight Performance When Duke Uses His Influence On Last Night. By OMAR LA GRANGE AMARILLO, Texas, Nov.26 - Duke Ellington and his fourteen Aristocrats from Harlem, with Ivie Anderson, Earl (Snakehips) Tucker, and Ford, Marshall and Jones, are still the talk of this city where they took the Panhandle by storm during their engagement the week of November 6th. Upon their arrival in the Southwestern city, the Duke and his company kept a constant stream of Yellow Cabs plying between the Negro section and the Paramount Theatre, where they fulfilled their engagement. While the yokels wer trying to decide whether W.Brand (sic), bass violinist, was the Duke or the Duke himself, as both were wearing big white cowboy hats, they were finally straightened out by members of the company.. Duke Ellington and his unit was the first colored attraction to play a Panhandle Theatre and went over with a bang,....	Amarillo Daily News 1933-11-05 1933-11-06 Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2	.	07,2-8 04,1-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1933 11 06 Monday 11 pm - 2 am	.	Amarillo, Tex.	Nat Dance Palace (The Natatorium)	Dance ... the same success was experienced at Nat Dance Palace, an ofay dine and dance rendezvous. The patrons, many of them sons and daughters of ranchmen and cowhands, never having seen a leading Negro orchestra in action, could hardly dance for watching the Duke and his musicians dispense their hot numbers and believe me you they were certainly scorching and did Ivie Anderson, the slim California song bird go over big? Shieks and Shebas, I'm telling you, from her opening number 'Stormy Weather' to the final encore, a word picture in sex appeal, 'Give Me a Man Like That,' the crowd shook the roof with applause and called for more. She sang five numbers in all, and took her final bow among tumultuous applause and called (sic) for more..."	Amarillo Daily News 1933-11-05 1933-11-06 Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2	.	07,2-8 04,1-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1933 11 07 Tuesday	.	Amarillo, Tex.	Paramount Theatre	Vaudeville show for whites only - see 1932 11 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 08 Wednesday	.	Amarillo, Tex.	Paramount Theatre	Vaudeville show for whites only - see 1932 11 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 08 Wednesday	.	Amarillo, Tex.	Unnamed church	...sacred concert in one of the negro churches between shows ... for the older members of the colony, and for those who could not attend the midnight show. ... arranged by Bones.	Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, TX, 1933-11-09, p.2	.	07,2-8 04,1-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 11 08 Wednesday Midnight.	.	Amarillo, Tex.	Paramount Theatre	Vaudeville show for blacks Amarillo Globe "Ellington Matinee Red Letter Event for Negroes Here” Due principally to the efforts of Matthew ‘Bones’ Hooks, old-time negro cowboy and leader in his community, a midnight matinee was arranged at the Paramount Theater for negroes only, at which Duke Ellington and his Harlem Aristocrats entertained 630 patrons in an hour and a half show that proved to be an all-time red letter event for those present." Pittsburgh Courier "...Our people never had a chance to see the band in action until the last night of their engagement here, and that at a mid-night show mainly through the efforts of Matthew Bones Hooks, Pioneer Negro cowboy, and leading citizen in this part of the country, and when the Duke learned of the situation, he used his influence with his traveling (sic) representative and the combination was successful, with the result that colored people had the entire main floor of the Paramount to themselves. This was not a great deal to brag about for many people resented the fact that they had to wait until the last night and, too, for a mid-night show at that, but it was the best that could be had, and is vicotry in itself even though small, as Negroes had never before been inside the Paramount Theatre as patrons until the coming of Duke Ellington and his company.. ...Please allow me to state that Ellington's sojourn here should be a lesson in personal conduct to the would-be small town snob. With honors bestowed upon these musicians by the cream of the social and financial world of two continents and plenty of money to spend, the personnel of his company were just a regular bunch of fellows, jolly and sociable as one could wish, and the whole town joins me in wishing luck to Duke Ellington and his gang."	Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, TX, 1933-11-09, p.2 Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2	.	07,2-8 04,1-9	.	.	added 2013-09-08
1933 11 09 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 11 10 Friday	1933 11 16 Thursday	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show	Vail I	.	05,1-7		.	2011
	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 11 Saturday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 12 Sunday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 13 Monday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 14 Tuesday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 14 Tuesday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Skirvin Hotel	Private party	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 11 15 Wednesday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 15 Wednesday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Market Garden	Dance Multitudes Greet Ellington Engagement	Black Dispatch, 1933-11-16 p.3	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 11 16 Thursday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Criterion Theater	Stage show - see 1933 11 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 17 Friday	1933 11 23 Thursday	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 11 18 Saturday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 18 Saturday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Convention Hall	dance 11:30pm	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1933 11 19 Sunday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 20 Monday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 21 Tuesday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 22 Wednesday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 23 Thursday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 11 24 Friday	1933 11 26	Little Rock, Ark.	Pulaski Theatre	Four shows daily	daily ads, Arkansas Democrat	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 11 24 Friday 10 pm	.	Little Rock, Ark.	Nut Club	Dance for whites	ad, Arkansas Democrat, 24Nov33, p3	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1933 11 25 Saturday	.	Little Rock, Ark.	Pulaski Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 24 Note the other entry for this date	.	.	.	.	.	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 11 25 Saturday	.	Little Rock, AR	Mosaic Temple	Dance at 10 pm for blacks	ad, Arkansas Democrat,25Nov33, p3	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	. Added 2013-09-26
1933 11 25 Saturday 2 pm	.	.	.	Peripheral event Ray Nance's Rhythm Barons ("now playing nightly at Dave's Tavern) were scheduled to play the Chicago Defender's Bud Billiken club's Thanksgiving party at the Regal Theater.				Photo and publicity,Chicago Defender 1933-11-18, p.18	djp	Added 2013-09-26
1933 11 26 Sunday	.	Little Rock, Ark.	Pulaski Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 09 24	.	.	.	.	.	.Added 2012-01-12
1933 11 27 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 11 28 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 11 29 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1933 11 30 Thursday	1933 12 07	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1933
1933 12 01 Friday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 02 Saturday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 03 Sunday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 04 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Merchandise Mart	RCA/Victor recording session	.	DE3313	11,1-11 00,2-15 90,1-4	Timner corrections	.	2011
1933 12 04 Monday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933-12-05 Tuesday	.	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 05 Tuesday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 06 Wednesday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 06 Wednesday	.	Davenport, Io.	Keith's	Likely a false date Stratemann shows this date, citing Variety 1933-12-05, p.8, but shows it as dubious.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-08
1933 12 07 Thursday		Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 08 Friday	1933 12 11 Monday	Davenport, Io.	Keith's Orpheum Theatre	Stage Show	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1933 12 09 Saturday	.	Davenport, Io.	Keith's Orpheum Theatre	Stage Show -see 1933 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 10 Sunday	.	Davenport, Io.	Keith's Orpheum Theatre	Stage Show -see 1933 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 11 Monday	.	Davenport, Io.	Keith's Orpheum Theatre	Stage Show -see 1933 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 12 Tuesday	1933 12 14 Thursday	Cedar Rapids, Ia.	Keith's Iowa Theatre	Stage Show	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 CAH ad-art aug11	2011
1933 12 13 Wednesday		Cedar Rapids, Ia.	Keith's Iowa Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 12 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 14 Thursday		Cedar Rapids, Ia.	Keith's Iowa Theatre	Stage show - see 1933 12 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 15 Friday	1933 12 21 Thursday	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show	Mention in Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kan. 1933-12-22, p.5.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011added 2011 updated 2013-09-07
1933 12 16 Saturday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 17 Sunday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 18 Monday<	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 19 Tuesday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 20 Wednesday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 21 Thursday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 22 Friday	1933 12 25	Sioux City, Io.	Keith's	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1933 12 23 Saturday	.	Sioux City, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 24 Sunday	.	Sioux City, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 25 Monday Christmas	.	Sioux City, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 26 Tuesday	1933 12 29	Des Moines, Io.	Keith's	Stage show	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1933 12 27 Wednesday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 28 Thursday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1933 12 29 Friday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Keith's	Stage show - see 1933 12 26	.	.	.	.	.	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

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1934

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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
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 The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune reported "Stephen Pardonner and Kennedy went to Kansas City today to hear Duke Ellington at the Mainstreet theatre."	Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, 1934-01-02 p.3	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011 Updated 2013-07-24
1934 01 03 Wednesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1933 12 30	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1934 01 03 Wednesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	A midnight performance was presented Wednesday in order that the colored people might see the famous band on stage.	The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans. 1934-01-05 p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-01
1934 01 04 Thursday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1933 12 30	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1934 01 05 Friday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Roseland Ballroom	He will play for a dance tonight at a Missouri side dance hall.	The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans. 1934-01-05 p.5	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-01
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: Delta Serenade Stompy Jones	.	DE3401	11,1-11 06,3-32 05,1-18 01,2-23 01,2-20 99,4-10 99,3-17	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: Solitude Blue Feeling	.	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	1934 01 24 Wednesday	Akron, Ohio	Keith's Palace Theatre	"Duke Ellington, ... whose regular performances at the Palace do not begin until Sunday [22], will be presented ... in a special Saturday stayup performance."	daily ads, Akron Beacon Journal "This, That About Shows," Akron Beacon-Journal, 1934-01-19 p.17	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1934 01 22 Monday	.	Akron, Ohio	Keith's Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 01 21	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	Added 2013-09-26
1934 01 23 Tuesday	.	Akron, Ohio	Keith's Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 01 21	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1934 01 24 Wednesday	.	Akron, Ohio	Keith's Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 01 21	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
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 Friday	1934 02 08 Thursday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 03 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 04 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 05 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 06 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 07 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 08 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1934 02 02.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 09 Friday	1934 02 15 Thursday	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	One week beginning Friday, February 9 Shep Allen presents Duke Ellington, the king of jazz, and his Famous Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson in his latest review "Harlem Speaks" with Bobby Caston - 4 Blazers - Jerry & /Turk - Snake Hips Tucker - 50 others See for the first time a spectacle of beauty Duke's own Moving Stage Screen Feature Warren William and Jean Muir in "Bedside" Midnite Show Saturday	Poster reproduced in Vail I.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (changed dates)	added 2011 updated 2013-07-26
1934 02 10 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 11 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 12 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 13 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 14 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 15 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theater	see 1934 02 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 02 15 Thursday	1934 02 19	Washington, D.C.	.	Late night beginning of train trip to Los Angeles, Cal. The band had stops in Chicago and Ogden on Feb 16 and 17, respectively (see below)	.	.	.	.	djp	updated 2012-07-31
1934 02 16 Friday	.	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 17 Saturday	.			in transit	.
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 19 Monday	.	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 Feb 19, 1934 San Antonio Light Baltimore weekly Afro-American, week of March 10, 1934 Reading Eagle, Feb 22, 1934	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-07-31
1934 02 19 Monday 8:00 pm	.	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 19 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Dunbar Hotel	It appears Ellington and his people lived at the Dunbar Hotel during this sojourn in Los Angeles. According to Buck Clayton "The Dunbar Hotel was jumping, as almost every day there would be loads of people hanging around the front door trying to get a glimplse of Duke. ...every night in the Dunbar Hotel there would be parties thrown by Duke and his guys, and there was chicks and champagne everywhere. The parties wouldn't last too long, though, as the band had to report to the studio at six o'clock in the morning." Clayton describes the band listening to their recording of It Don't Mean a Thing, in the Dunbar restaurant, the first time they'd heard it since arriving in the west, and the men were beating rhythm on tables, instrument cases, or anything they could find. He also says that if the fifteen men went into a restaurant together, they sat at 15 separate tables.	Buck Clayton and Nancy Miller Elliott, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, p.62	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-25
1934 02 20 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 02 21 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 02 22 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Murder At The Vanities”	.	.	07,2-6 98,1-17	.	.	2011
1934 02 23 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 02 24 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Club Ebony	Cabaret Party	.	.	.	CAH-ad	.	2011
1934 02 25 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 02 26 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Murder At The Vanities”	.	DE3403	11,1-27 10,3-24 09,1-13 08,2-31 07,2-5+6 03,3-18+28 03,2-7 03,1-10 98,1-17	Stratemann 73+102 Timner corrections NDCS 1053	.	2011
1934 02 27 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 02 28 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
March 1934
1934 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1934 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Marshall Royal, alto sax, joins the band, staying about 3 weeks in March and April 1934				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1934 03 05	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Lot	“Hollywood On Parade” During this session, Ellington and his orchestra played the wedding march for an unnamed couple who were marrying on the set. The bride was working in the movie and also performing at night at a club so didn't have time to get married. People attending the wedding included Jack Oakie, Cary Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Randolph Scott, Roscoe Karns, Earl Carroll, Cary Grant and George Raft. This may have been the wedding of Buck Clayton and Derb Henderson described on page 83 of Stratemann	Evening Standard, Uniontown,Penn.,1934-05-03 p.9	.	.	Stratemann 83	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-24
1934 03 13	1934 03 14	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”	.	.	.	Stratemann 89+103	.	2011
1934 03 15	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties” DE3404	.	.	02,2-24	Timner corrections Strat89+104	.	2011
1934 03 16a	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties” DE3405	.	.	.	Stratemann 89+105 Timner corrections	.	2011
1934 03 16b	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ambassador Hotel	“Academy Awards Banquet”	.	.	02,2-20	.	.	2011
1934 03 17	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”	.	.	.	Stratemann 89+106	.	2011
1934 03 18	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Murder At The Vanities”	.	.	07,2-6	Stratemann 73+106	DE-FB91photo Strat70+78+ +photos DE'sA photo	2011
1934 03 19 Monday 7:30-8:00 PM	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour")	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 03 21	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Many Happy Returns”	.	DE3406	01,3-13	Stratemann 85+107	.	2011
1934 03 24	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”,	.	DE3407	89,3-8 84,4-6 84,3-7 82,3-2 91,1-1 89,4-2	Stratemann 89+108	.	2011
1934 03 26 Monday 7:30-8:00 PM	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour")	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 03 26	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”	.	DE3408	Strat89+109 Timner	.	.	2011
1934 03 29	1934 03 31	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1934
1934 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1934 04 01	1934 04 04	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 04 --	.	.	.	.	.	“Belle Of The Nineties”	89,4-2 89,3-8 84,4-6	Stratemann 89 Strat87+88+99 photos	.	2011
1934 04 02 Monday 7:30-8:00 PM	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour")	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 04 05	1934 04 18	Culver City	Sebastian's Cotton Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 04 09 Monday 7:30-8:00 PM	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour")	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 04 12	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Studio	RCA/Victor recording session	.	DE3409	06,1-27 05,3-26 98,4-14	.	.	2011
1934 04 16 Monday 7:30-8:00 PM	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour") Ken Steiner's research showed Ellington was replaced by Gus Arnheim on April 16, so this event did not involve Ellington.	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 04 17	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Studio	RCA/Victor recording session	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 04 20	1934 04 26	San Francisco, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	DE3410	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not 20-25)	.	2011
1934 04 23 Monday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Radio station KFI	KFI weekly NBC radio show “Demitasse Revue“ (or "MJB Coffee Hour") According to Stratemann p.69, the initial contract was for four weekly broadcasts, and was extended by two more, making six in total. Stratemann says, "If the Ellington band actually did play the April 23 broadcast, we don't know. It would have had to do it from San Francisco where the band was then appearing at the Orpheum Theatre." Steven Lasker, on Stratemann p.71, lists seven broadcasts, but marks April 23 as "from San Francisco ?" It seems likely there were six broadcasts, Mar. 19, Mar.26, Apr. 2, Apr.9, Apr. 16, Apr.30, and the week the band was out of town was likely skipped. The Apr. 23 broadcast is doubtful.	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-11
1934 04 23	.	.	.	See 24mar34	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 04 27	.	Sacramento, Cal.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 04 28 Saturday	.	Fresno, Cal	Rainbow Ballroom	.	ad, Fresno Bee 1934-04-27 p.4	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1934 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	Berkeley	San Pablo Pk	Baseball	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	Dance 7:30pm	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 04 30b	.	Oakland, Cal.	Oakland	Auditorium	.	.	Vail	.	.	2011
May 1934
1934 05 01 Tuesday	.	Bakersfield, Cal.	Fox Theatre	"Shows at 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, 11:00."	ad, Bakersfield Californian, 1934-05-01 p.8	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-09-26
1934 05 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 03 Thursday	.	Riverside, Cal.	Riverside Civic Auditorium Memorial Auditorium	Dance sponsored by the American Legion "Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra with Ivie Anderson in Harlem Speaks. The music treat of the year." Admission $1.10 each person. "...several hundred couples last night danced at Memorial auditorium. The event was another of the popular American Legion public dances, being held weekly. To swinging music of the orchestra were added the numbers by the soloist Ivie Anderson. Deafening applause greeted the singer, and became even more vociferous when Earl (Snake Hips) Tucker, colored stepper, appeared in solo dances."	Riverside Daily Press Ad and publicity 1934-05-03 Report, 1935-05-04	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2013-07-26
1934 05 04 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 05 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 06 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 07 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”	.	DE3411	01,1-22	Stratemann 89+112 Timner corrections	.	2011
1934 05 08 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Studios	“Belle Of The Nineties”	.	DE3412	02,2-24 01,1-22	Stratemann 89+112 Timner corrections	.	2011
1934 05 09 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Studios	RCA/Victor recording session	.	DE3413	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 10 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 11 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 12 Saturday	1934 05 18 Friday	Portland, Ore.	Music Box Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 13 Sunday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	.	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 14 Monday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	.	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 15 Tuesday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 16 Wednesday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 17 Thursday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 18 Friday	.	Portland, Ore.	Music Box	see 1934 05 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 19 Saturday	1934 05 25 Friday	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 05 20 Sunday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 21 Monday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 21 Monday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Finnish Hall	dance	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 05 22 Tuesday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 23 Wednesday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 24 Thursday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 25 Friday	.	Seattle, Wn.	Music Hall	see 1934 05 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 26 Saturday	1934 05 28 Monday	Tacoma, Wash.	Music Box	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not 26-31)	2011
1934 05 27 Sunday	.	Tacoma, Wash.	Music Box	see 1934 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 28 Monday	.	Tacoma, Wash.	Music Box	see 1934 05 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 05 29 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 05 30 Wednesday	.	Idaho Falls, Idaho	Paramount	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1934 05 31 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
June 1934
1934 06 01 Friday	.	Salt Lake City, Utah	Downtown streets	Salt Lake City held a two day merchanding festival on June 1 and 2. As part of the celebration, eleven downtown streets were to be dressed up in festive colours, with many decorated store fronts and windows. Friday was 'wholesale day' and Saturday was 'retail day.' Merchant's windows were to be officially unveiled at 8 pm Friday. Music for the official window unveiling was to be provided by Duke Ellington and his world-famous colored (sic) orchestra.¹ "Windows will be officially unveiled at 8 p.m. with a special musical program to be broadcast by loud speakers in the business district."² 'Coconut Grove' was leased for a huge carnival dance to being Friday evening at 9 o'clock, but there's no indication Ellington was involved.	The Salt Lake Tribune (1)Thurs.A.M.1934-05-31 p.18 (2)1934-06-01 p.1	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-25
1934 06 01 Friday	1934 06 03 Sunday	Salt Lake City, Utah	Orpheum Theater	Stage show, 4 shows daily Fanchon & Marco present that dusky monarch of rhythm Duke Ellington in person with his famous orchestra, Ivy Anderson, Original Minnie the Moocher. Screen: Gay...Spicy...Naughty but Nice "Uncertain Lady" Prices 41 cents until 5 55 cents evenings Unsourced clippings from 1934-35 in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mention when the band played an Orpheum Theatre in Utah, it had only 13 men, Bigard and Hardwick being "on the sick list."	Ads, plugs, and review, The Salt Lake Tribune 1934-05-31 p.6 1934-06-01 p.10 1934-06-02, p.12 1934-06-03, p.D-11	.	05,1-7 02,2-21	Vail I	KS, djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-25
1934 06 02 Saturday	.	Salt Lake City, Utah	Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934-06-01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1934 06 03 Sunday	.	Salt Lake City, Utah	Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934-06-01	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1934 06 04 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 06 05 Tuesday	.	Ogden, Utah	Orpheum Theatre	Theatre shows - matinee and evening performances "Coming to Ogden! At the Same as Salt Lake City Prices Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson (Original "Minnie the Moocher") and on the screen "Merry Wives of Reno..." Vail I says Ellington opened here June 5 for two nights,closing on June 6, but provides no support. The Ogden Standard Examiner plugs and ads seen all say one day. The plugs say matinee and evening performances. Unsourced clippings from 1934-35 in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mention when the band played an Orpheum Theatre in Utah, it had only 13 men, Bigard and Hardwick being "on the sick list."	Ogden Standard Examiner Publicity 1934-05-31, p.8 1934-06-03, p.9 Ads 1934-06-03, p.9 1934-06-15, p.18	.	02,3-6 02,2-21	Vail I	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-07-30 2013-07-24
1934 06 06 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 06 07 Thursday 10:50 AM	.	Nevada, Iowa	Eighth Street train crossing	"The pastor of the local Seventh Day Adventist church was killed when his automobile was struck by a special fast North Western train. The "train was carrying Duke Ellington's famous negro orchestra. ...Just as [Elder Jeys] drove onto the tracks, the train roared onto the crossing from the west and struck the coupe broadside. The car was carried for about three blocks before Jeys rolled out, badly cut. He had died instantly. The car, which was completely demolished, was carried for two or three blocks farther before the train could be stopped." Nevada, Iowa is two or three miles east of Ames, Iowa.	Ames Daily Tribune-Times, Ames, Io., 1934-06-07	.	.	.	djp	img class=rt src=New.jpg> added 2013-07-25
1934 06 07 Thursday	1934 06 13	Chicago, Ill.	.	Lay-over in Chicago Stratemann and Vail list a one week appearance at the Orpheum Theater, Denver, Col. beginning on June 7 but it appears to have been cancelled. The accident noted above confirms Ellington and his entourage were not in Denver on this date, as does the absence of daily ads in the Denver Post from June 7 to 12. Steiner suggests the cancellation and early return east was due to illness in the band. "Duke Ellington and his band arrived in the city Thursday from the Pacific coast for a week’s layoff. They are due to leave for the East early next week and return here for an engagement at the [Chicago] World’s Fair.	"Duke Ellington and Band Here," Chicago Defender, national ed., 1934-06-16 p.8	.	. 05,1-7 DEMS 02/2, p20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-26
1934 06 08 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	activities not documented	.
1934 06 09 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	activities not documented	.
1934 06 10 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	activities not documented	.
1934 06 11 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	activities not documented	.
1934 06 12 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	activities not documented	.
1934 06 12 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy	Peripheral event Ivie Anderson attended an amateur fight night at the Savoy, while the band was "here for a few days."				Dan Burley, "She Swings and She Sings and It All Comes So Easy!" Kansas City Call, city ed., 22Jun34, p8	.	2011
1934 06 13 Wednesday	1934 06 14 Thursday	Ada, Okla.	Strand Theater	"Added Entertainment Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" Possible theater appearance - the film was Hell and High Water, a Paramount production. Admission prices were 5 and 10 cents. It is more probably that this was a film of some sort, perhaps Bundle of Blues, instead of a live appearance by Ellington and his entourage, but I felt it was important to show this as a tentatively identified gig just in case Ellington's people successfully scrambled for work after the cancellation in Denver. More research is needed.	Ads, Ada Evening News 1934-06-13, p.8 1934-06-14, p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-21
1934 06 14 Thursday	.	Ada, Okla.	Strand Theater	Possible theatre appearance - see 1934 06 13	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-21
1934 06 15 Friday	1934 06 18 Monday	Canton, Oh.	Loew's Theatre	The Amsterdam News reported "ELLINGTON WILL HAVE REGULAR SHOW IN END Three Miller Brothers, sensational dancing act, and the Three Palmer Brothers, harmony singing trio, have been sent from New York by Mills Artists to join Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra in Canton, Ohio, opening at Loew's Theatre. Ivie Anderson, California songbird and Earl 'Snakehips' Tucker, originator of his unique dance already are featured with the Ellington act, which will play the Penn Theatre, Pittsburgh June 22, Paramount Theatre, New York June 30, State Theatre, Providence July 6 and Orpheum Theatre, Boston, July 13." Stratemann shows the engagement ending 1934 06 21 (Thursday) but the Massillon ad on the 15th says the engagement is "until Monday."	Stratemann, citing Variety 1934-06-24, p.52 Amsterdam News 1934-06-23 p.6 California Eagle 1934-06-29 The Evening Independent, Massillon, Oh. ad 1934-06-13 as 1934-06-15 (ad says 'through Monday') Plug and ad, 1934-06-16	.	.	.	KS and djp	added 2011 updated 2013-09-26
1934 06 16 Saturday	.	Canton, Oh.	Loew's Theatre	see 1934 06 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 17 Sunday	.	Canton, Oh.	Loew's Theatre	see 1934 06 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 18 Monday	.	Canton, Oh.	Loew's Theatre	see 1934 06 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 19 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 06 20 Wednesday	.	Wheeling, WV	Market Auditorium	.	ad, Wheeling Intelligencer, 1934-06-18, p.7	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1934 06 21 Thursday	.	Canton, Oh.	Loew's Theatre	see 1934 06 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 22 Friday	1934 06 28	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Movie theatre appearance Little Miss Marker "Pittsburgh, July 2 — Considering the heat, business in town wasn't bad last week. Big money went to the Penn, there the combination of "Little Miss Marker" and Duke Ellington's band proved a winner at $23,000..." Further down the page: "Little Miss Marker"(Para.) PENN — (3,300), 25c-35c, 6 days. Stage: Duke Ellington's band with Ivie Anderson, Snakeships (sic) Tucker, Palmer Bros. and Miller Bros. Gross:$23,000. (Average, $21,000)"	Motion Picture Daily 1934-07-03 p.7	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-01-21
1934 06 23 Saturday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 24 Sunday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 25 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 26 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 27 Wednesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 28 Thursday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Penn Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 06 29 Friday	1934 07 12	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Movie theatre appearance "The Thin Man," helped by Duke Ellington and his band, was not outstanding at the Capitol with $39,800... (1) Estimated takings: ... Week ending July 5: "The Thin Man," (M-G-M) CAPITOL — (4,700) 35c-$1,65, 7 days. Stage: Duke Ellington and orchestra and Harlem Revue. Gross: $39,800 (2) Estimated takings: ... Week ending July 12: "The Thin Man," (M-G-M) CAPITOL — (4,700) 35c-$1,65, 7 days. Stage: Duke Ellington and orchestra and Harlem Revue. Gross: $24,500	(1)Motion Picture Daily 1934-07-11, p.6 (2) Ibid. 1934-07-19	.	05,2-41	.	KS (in DEMS) & djp	added 2011 updated 2012-01-21
1934 06 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1934
1934 07 01 Sunday 07 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Small's Paradise	Reception? The New York Age 1934-07-07 p.5 carried a photo of Ellington with the caption "...Popular bandleader,who was given welcome home reception at Smalls' Paradise last week."	.	.	.	Vail I	djp	added 2011 2012-09-12
1934 07 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Terrace Roof, Harlem Hospital	"The third of the Harriet L. Dismond programs for shut-ins, presented July 4 at the Terroce (sic) Room of Harlem Hospital, featured the internationally famous Duke Ellington and his band with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Master of Ceremonies. In addition there appeared Adelaide Hall, Cora La Redd,Red and Struggle, Swan and Lee and many other stage notables. These programs have been gratefully received by the patients... "	New York Age 1934-07-07 p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-11
1934 07 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre Broadway & 51st St.	Stage show - see 1934 06 29	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 13 Friday	1934 07 19 Thursday	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 07 14 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 15 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 16 Monday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 17 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 18 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 19 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Loew's Orpheum Theater	Stage show - see 1934 07 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 20 Friday	.	Petersburg, Va.	Lakemont Park	First of 7 one-nighter dances in the South booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Company. Admission - Dancers, $1.00, Spectators, $0.75 One night dance engagement (1)Chicago Defender: "Duke Ellington's Band Plays Cincy New York, July 20 - After his week at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston where he opened on July 12, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will invade the south for a tour of one-night dance engagements. Following this the Ellington band will be featured for two days, July 28 and 29, at Castle Farms in Cincinnati..." (2)Amsterdam News: "THE DUKE WILL INVADE THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND After his week at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston,where he opened on July 13, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will invade the South for a tour of one-night dance engagements. Harlem's aristrocrat of jazz will be seen and heard in Roanoke, Petersburg and Richmond, all in Virginia, in Durham and Goldsboro, both North Carolina, in Columbia and Charlette, South Carolina and in Charleston, W.Va. Following this, the Ellington band will be featured for two days, July 28 and 29, at Castle Farms in Cincinnati, at which time radio listeners will hear it via WLW."	(1)Chicago Defender national edition, 1934-07-21 p.6 (per Hoffman) or p.8 (per ProQuest) (2)Amsterdam News 1934-07-28 p.6 Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1934-07-14 p.15	.	.	.	djp, Steiner	added 2011 updated 2013-08-26
1934 07 21 Saturday	.	Winston-Salem, N.C.	Pepper Warehouse	Second of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	.	.	.	.	Steiner	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 22 Sunday Midnight	.	Durham, N.C.	Banner Warehouse.	Third of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	.	.	.	.	djp, Ken	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 23 Monday	.	Goldsboro, N.C.	Big Brick Warehouse	Fourth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	.	.	.	.	djp, Ken	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 24 Tuesday	.	Columbia, S.C.	Township Auditorium	Fifth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	.	.	.	.	djp, Ken	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 25 Wednesday	.	Charlotte, S.C.	City Armory	Sixth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	.	.	.	.	djp, Ken	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 26 Thursday	.	Roanoke, Va.	City Auditorium also called Roanoke Auditorium	Last of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20	Ad, Roanoke Tribune, 1934-07-26, p.12	.	.	.	djp, Ken	added 2013-08-26
1934 07 27 Friday	.	Charleston, W.Va.	Armory	Dance Admission $1.25 including tax; White spectators, $1.00 including tax.	Ads, The Charleston Gazette 1934-07-22 p.11 1934-07-26, p.2(section F?) 1934-07-27, p.10	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-26
1934 07 28 Saturday	1934 07 29	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	Dance and remote broadcast on radio station WLW	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-26
1934 07 29 Sunday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	see 1934 07 28 Dance and remote broadcast on radio station WLW	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 07 30 Monday	.	Louisville, Ky.	.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 07 31 Tuesday	.	Atlanta	Auditorium	.	.	.	05,1-7 02,3-6 02,2-20	.	.	2011
August 1934
1934 08 01 Wednesday	.	Birmingham	Masonic Temple	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 08 01 Wednesday	.	-	-	ARC and Duke Ellington Inc. contract to record 24 selections for ARC between 1934 09 01 and 1935 08 31	Page 27 of the booklet for Mosaic's CD box set "The Complete 1932-1942 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra"	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-07-23
1934 08 02 Thursday	.	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Auditorium	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1934 08 03 Friday	.	Nashville, Tenn.	Cotton Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 04 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 05 Sunday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Tomlinson Hall	"More than four thousand people jammed Tomlinson Hall..."	"Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson Win Palm for Attracting the Largest Dance Crowd," Indianapolis Recorder, 1934-08-11 p.1	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-26
1934 08 06 Monday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Loew's Victory Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 07 Tuesday	.	Atlanta, Ga.	City Auditorium	False date in Stratemann. See Memphis entry below. Both Pittsburgh Courier 1934-08-11 and Baltimore Afro-American 1934-08-11 had articles about the Atlanta dance and said it was "Tuesday night." It may be that Dr. Stratemann overlooked the lead time for these two newspapers.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-01
1934 08 07 Tuesday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Casino Ballroom	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Harlem Speaks. Don't Miss The Season's Most Sensational Dance Event	Ad, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 1934-08-06	.	.	Steiner 2013-09-01	added 2013-09-01
1934 08 08 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 09 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 10 Friday	.	Bloomington, Ill.	Shalain Park	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1934 08 11 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 12 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 12	.	.	.	(1) Motion Picture Daily¹ carried a small announcement: Ellington Denied Permit LONDON, Aug,12 — Duke Ellington's band has been refused a permit to play in film houses in England by the Ministry of Labor. The official stand is that British bands should be employed in any extension of stage shows. Ellington had been scheduled to play the Paramount Astorias circuit. This conflicts with information in Stratemann,² which says Irving Mills had been arranging for ten weeks of theatre and dance dates in Britain to start in September, but the British Labor Ministry objected to the planned dance dates, permitting only stage performances.	(1) Motion Picture Daily 1934-08-13, p.2	.	.	(2) Stratemann, p.115	.	Added 2012-01-21
1934 08 13 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 14 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 15 Wednesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	Jefferson County Armory	Concert/dance The Chicago Defender reported rowdies in the crowd ran amok, and the police closed the dance early.	Chicago Defender 1934-08-25, p.6	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-26
1934 08 16 Thursday 9 pm - 1 am	.	Russells Point, Oh.	Minnewawa Dance Hall Sandy Beach Park	Dance According to local historian John McPherson of the Logan County Museum: Sandy Beach was an amusement park in the village of Russells Point,...built next to the Russells Point Harbor of Indian Lake... The crown jewel of the Sandy Beach Amusement Park was the fabulous Minnewawa Dance Hall, billed as the best and the largest in Ohio, featuring two bandstands and room for hundreds of couples...The name Minnewawa was derived from a line in ...“The Song of Hiawatha”. Minnewawa drew all the most popular touring performers of the day,..." Mr. McPherson confirmed the title "Sandy Beach Park Pavilion" on the ticket shown in DEMS would mean the pavilion at Sandy Beach Park named Minnewawa Dance Hall, since there were no other dance halls located on the same grounds as the amusement park at the time.	Ad, Lima News, Lima, Oh. 1934-08-16, p.11 The Herald Voice, Belle Center, Oh.: Announcement, 1934-08-02 Ad, 1934-08-16	.	07,1-13 06,3-11 05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-29
1934 08 17 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 18 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Washington Park	Bud Billiken Picnic	Stratemann p.115 citing Chicago Defender 1934-08-25 p15R Chicago Defender 1934-08-25 p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-25
1934 08 19 Sunday 10 pm EDST	.	Chicago, Ill.	WEAF studio	NBC/WEAF “Hall Of Fame” broadcast	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-25
1934 08 20 Monday	.	Canton, Oh.	Triangle Park	.	.	.	02,2-20	.	.	2011
1934 08 21 Tuesday	.	Dayton, Oh.	Greenwich Village	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 22 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Starlight Garden	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 23 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 24 Friday	.	Erie, Penn.	Waldemere Park	Doubtful but not impossible. Erie is on the route from Columbus to Toronto. It is possible for the band to have played in Erie early in the day and in Toronto in the evening.	.	.	89,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-25
1934 08 24 Friday	1934 08 25	Toronto, Ont.	Hall Of Fashion Canadian National Exhibition fairgrounds	Duke Ellington and his orchestra will open the centennial celebration of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on Aug. 24 and 25.	Motion Picture Daily 1934-08-02, p.2	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 25 Saturday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Hall Of Fashion CNEfairgrounds	Fair booking - see 1934 08 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 08 26 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 27 Monday	.	Berwick, Penn.	Westside Park	.	.	.	02,2-20	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2013-08-25
1934 08 28 Tuesday	.	Scranton, Penn.	Town Hall	One nighter	Small ad, Scranton Republican 1934-08-25	.	.	.	Ken Steiner	added 2013-09-23
1934 08 29 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 30 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 08 31 Friday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Syria Mosque	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
September 1934
1934 09 01 Saturday	.	Bemus Point, N.Y.	Casino	.	.	.	89,2-6	.	.	2011
1934 09 02 Sunday	.	Canton, Oh.	Moonlight Ballroom Meyers Lake Park	A Mills Artist Bureau contract for this date, signed by Joe Hoffman is reported by Carl Hällström and confirmed by a local ad.	Ad, Evening Independent, Massillon, Oh., 1934-08-31, p.13	.	09,1-17	.	CAH/Steiner 2/09 + 6/11	added 2011 updated 2013-09-27
1934 09 02 Sunday	1934 09 08	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theater	Vail reports this engagement, but does not name his source. It appears Vail is incorrect; the Bridgeport engagement is documented to have started Sept. 7, see 1934 09 07	.	.	09,1-17	.	Steiner 6/11: false date	added 2011 updated 2013-09-27
1934 09 03 Monday Labour Day	.	Reading, Penn.	Crystal Ballroom	Arsonia Park	.	.	Michael Graff 6/11	.	.	2011
1934 09 04 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 09 05 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 09 06 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 09 07 Friday	1934 09 13	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show, corrected dates (some sources indicated Sept.2 to 8)	Daily ads, Bridgeport Post	.	09,1-17	.	CAH/Steiner 2/09 + 6/11	added 2011 updated 2013-09-28
1934 09 08 Saturday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 09 Sunday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 10 Monday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 11 Tuesday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 12 Wednesday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event When his one-year contract with RCA ended, Irving Mills 'switched his affiliations back to Brunswick'				Stratemann p.116	.	Added 2013-09-29_
1934 09 13 Thursday 1:00 to 5:00 A.M.	.	New York, N.Y.	American Record Co. studio 1776 Broadway.	ARC recording session After playing the last show of the night on September 12...the band commuted to New York for a one a.m. record date at Brunswick. The studio dated the session Sept. 12, but it was after midnight, thus Sept.13. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer Titles recorded: Solitude Saddest Tale Moonglow Sump'n' Bout Rhythm In Saddest Tale, Carney played what Ellington called a mezzo clarinet, an otherwise unknown instrument. From his description, it seems likely to be an alto clarinet or possibly a bassett horn.	S. Lasker, booklet to Mosaic's MD11-248 CD box set The Complete 1932-1942 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, p. 27 Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.22	DE3414	11,1-29 06,3-32 05,2-41 03,2-15 02,2-28 02,1-7 02,1-24 01,3-6 82,5-3 82,3-3	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-28
1934 09 13 Thursday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Majestic Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 14 Friday	1934 09 20 Thursday	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show	Stratemann, p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-04, p.54	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-29
1934 09 15 Saturday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 16 Sunday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 17 Monday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 18 Tuesday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 19 Wednesday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 20 Thursday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Elm Street Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 21 Friday	1934 09 27 Thursday	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show	Stratemann, p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-11, p.52	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 22 Saturday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 23 Sunday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 24 Monday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 25 Tuesday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 26 Wednesday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 27 Thursday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 28 Friday	1934 09 04 Thursday	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show	Stratemann p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-25 p.53	.	.	ad (M.Graff jul11)	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-29
1934 09 29 Saturday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 09 30 Sunday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1934
1934 10 01 Monday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 02 Tuesday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 03 Wednesday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 04 Thursday	.	New Haven, Conn.	College Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 09 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 05 Friday	1934 10 11 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	”Fast And Furious“ revue. Produced by Clarence Robinson, the revue included Ed Green, Bea Foots, the Three Patent Leather Kids, Ralph Cooper and the 16 Apollo Rockets. The film was a 78-minute feature "Half a Sinner" starring Joel McCrea.	.	.	05,2-41 citing New York Age 1934-10-06, p.4	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-03
1934 10 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater<	”Fast And Furious“ show - see 1934 10 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 12 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	State Ballroom	.	.	.	05,2-41	.	.	2011
1934 10 13 Saturday	.	Manchester, N.H.	Ritz Ballroom	.	Ad, Boston Post, 1934-10-13, p.8	.	05,1-7	.	ks	added 2011 updated 2013-09-29
1934 10 14 Sunday	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland Ocean Beach	.	Stratemann p.116	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 15 Monday	.	Springfield, Mass.	Cook's Butterfly Ballroom	.	Stratemann p.116	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 10 16 Tuesday	.	Somerset, Mass.	Wilbur's Ballroom	.	Ad, Providence Journal, 1934-10-12 p.20	.	02,2-20	.	KS	2011 updated 2013-09-28
1934 10 16	.	.	.	Peripheral event It was known by now that the British labour ministry would not let the band tour. A westward tour was suggested, with possibly some film making in Hollywood, but this did not materialize.				Stratemann p.116	djp	Added 2013-09-29
1934 10 17 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 18 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 19 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 20 Saturday	.			activities not documented On Saturday and/or Sunday("over the weekend"), Ellington visited his mother in Washington D.C. source: Baltimore Afro-American, 1934-11-03; DEMS 05/1-7	.
1934 10 21 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Earle Theatre	"Duke Ellington…who came to town over the weekend to see Mama Ellington, went back stage at the Earle Sunday night to visit [bandleader] Paul Ash. Ash insisted on taking him out on the stage and presenting him."(1) "[Duke] was greeted by such applause that he consented to take over one of the grand pianos and play his own fascinating composition of Sophisticated Lady. And how he played it!" (2)	(1) Louis Lautier, "Capital Spotlight," Baltimore Afro-American, 3Nov34, p9 (2) Nelson Bell, "Ellington Plays a Piece," Washington Post, 23oct34, p16	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-29
1934 10 22 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 23 Tuesday	1934 10 29	Allentown, Penn.	Colonial Theatre	Incorrect dates. Ken Steiner's research shows the band played here from 1934 10 30 to 1934 11 01	Stratemann p.116 citing DESB VAil I	.	.	.	.	2011 updated 2013-09 30
1934 10 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 24 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 25 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 26 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 27 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 28 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 29 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 10 30 Tuesday	1934 11 01 Thursday	Allentown, Penn.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show (corrected dates per K.Steiner's research)	Allentown Morning Call, daily ads	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-30
1934 10 31 Wednesday	.	Allentown, Penn.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1934-10-30	.	.	.	.	.	.Added 2013-09-30
November 1934
1934 11 01 Thursday	.	Allentown, Penn.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1934-10-30	.	.	.	.	.	.Added 2013-09-30
1934 11 02 Friday	1934 11 08 Thursday	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	Stage show Loew's BALTIMORE Theatres Wk. Beg. Fri. Nov.2nd CENTURY On the Stage IN PERSON Sensation of Two Continents DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous ORCH. featuring IVY ANDERSON OTHERS	Ad, The Daily Mail, Hagerstown 1934-11-02p.3 Ad, the Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Md.,1934-11-02 p5 Stratemann p.116 citing Variety 1934-10-30 p.49 DESB Vail I	.	.	.	Steiner aug 11	added 2011 updated 2013-09-30
1934 11 03 Saturday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 04 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 05 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 06 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 07 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 08 Thursday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Century Theater	stage show - see 1934 11 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 09 Friday	1934 11 15	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	Stage show in a segregated theatre open to whites only. The show included Ivie Anderson, Snakehips Tucker and the Four Blazers. The Baltimore Afro-American referred to a review in the Washington Post which may be of interest. The BAA's article discusses the juxtaposition of jazz in the theatre, as performed by Duke. with a more staid form of entertainment such as the accompanying film.	Stratemann p.116 citing Variety 1934-11-06 p.57 Baltimore Afro-American, 1934-11-24 p.8 DESB Vail I .	.	.	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2013-09-30
1934 11 10 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 10 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	WMAL broadcast	An unsourced clipping in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mentions a broadcast this date on WMAL in Washington, D.C., but there is no sign of it in the Washington Post radio log.	.	.	02,2-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-30
1934 11 11 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 12 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 12 Monday 11 PM	.	Washington, D.C.	WJSV studio	One hour benefit broadcast in aid of the Community Chest Drive. Stratemann advises Ellington, Fox Theatre management and the Mills Offices donated their services, the the musicians union allowed the band to play without pay.	Stratemann p.116 citing DESB Washington Post radio log 1934-11-12 .	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-30
1934 11 13 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 14 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 15 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 15	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	false date	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1934 11 16 Friday	1934 11 22 Thursday	Queens, N.Y.	Loew's Valencia Theatre, Jamaica Ave.	"Harlem Speaks" revue On Stage - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Also named in the plugs were Snakehips Tucker, Ivy Anderson, The Four Blazes. Dr. Stratemann sited the theatre in Brooklyn, starting on the 15th. The Variety listing shows a starting date of the 16th, however, it lists the theatre as a Loew theatre in Brooklyn. The Valencia was the first of 5 opulent theatres built by the Loew chain. I have been unable to locate a Valencia in Brooklyn.	Variety Bills, Variety, 1934-11-13, p.51 (under Loew, Brooklyn) Stratemann p.116, citing Variety (ibid.) and DESB Long Island Daily Press 1934-11-16 p.22 1934-11-17 p.7	.	05,2-41	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-02
1934 11 17 Saturday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 18 Sunday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 19 Monday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 20 Tuesday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 21 Wednesday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 22 Thursday	.	Queens, N.Y.	Valencia Theater	Stage show, see 1934 11 16.	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 11 23 Friday	1934 11 29 Thursday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1934 11 24 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 25 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 26 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 27 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 28 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 28 Wednesday 11 PM to closing	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace 155th St. at 8th Ave.	Breakfast dance 7 bands and the Cotton Club Revue "XMAS FUND for the Benefit of Harlem's Needy Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orch. Abe Lyman and his Orchestra Rudy Vallee and his Orchestra Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra Lucky Millinder and Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Ad, New York Age 1934-11-24 p.7 Ad, New York Amsterdam News, p.4	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-01
1934 11 29 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Theater	Stage show - see 1934 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Billy Taylor, string bass and tuba, joins the band just before the Howard run.¹ Writer Harry Pekar:² “In 1934 Ellington hired Billy Taylor to play alongside Braud. … Historians don’t agree why Duke hired two bassists. Possibly he was trying to modernize his rhythm section; Duke may have thought Braud’s slapping technique was dated. Also, compared to some of the younger bassists, Braud’s playing sounded stiff, although it remained powerful. Some commentators have noted Duke hated firing people, and hiring Taylor may have been a message for Braud to leave. However, Duke must have thought there was something to his two-bass concept, because when Braud left, Ellington hired Hayes Alvis to replace him while keeping Taylor. By merely using them together Duke was doing something special, setting a precedent that others—including Ornette Coleman—would eventually follow.” Variety³ reported a walkout by the band members "...was averted last week when Irving Mills agreed to withdraw the notice given to Welden Graud (sic). Latter got his two week's exit note after he had refused to take a cut from $100 to $80 a week. Graud was notified of the proposed clip following the addition of another bass player to the band. Six other regulars in the Ellington band expressed their objection and advised Mills that if Graud went they would go along with him. While Mills was considering the situation, the sextet advised several band bookers that their services would soon be available. Along with reinstating Graud at his $100 salary Mills has given the other bass player his notice."			1. New Desor vol.2 & Stratemann p.116 2. Harry Pekar Sophisticated Basses: The Pioneering Players Of Duke Ellington’s Golden Years , Bass Player, January 2000 3.Variety 1935-02-12 p.62		djp	Added 2012-10-25 updated 2013-06-27
1934 11 30 Friday	1934 12 06	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show According to Stratemann, In addition to his regulars, Ellington had Bert Howell (vcl&uke)-It isn't clear if Howell played with the band or was a separate part of the variety show. Others in the show were Three Gains Brother, John Mason and Ferdi Robins (comedy) and Four Blazers.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1934
1934 12 01 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 02 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 03 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 04 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 05 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 06 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 11 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 07 Friday	1934 12 13 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	05,2-41	.	.	2011
1934 12 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1934 12 07	.	.		.	.	2011
1934 12 14 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1934 12 14 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Freddie Jenkins left the band due to illness and was hospitalized with tuberculosis. Louis Bacon replaced him temporarily until the band left New York.				New Desor vol.2 Stratemann p.129 citing Pittsburgh Courier 1934-12-29 p.4	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1934 12 15 Saturday	1934 12 18 Tuesday	Elizabeth, N.J.	Ritz Theatre	Starting Saturday, December 15th, for a four day engagement only, the Ritz Theatre is proud to present Duke Ellington and his world famous Orchestra and Revue of thirty sepia stars... STARTS TOMORROW In Person You've Never Heard Anything Like It! Music No Other Band Can Play! INDIGO BLUES! TORRID TUNES! Special!! SAT. & SUN Midnight Shows Last Complete Show 11:15 P.M. 4 Stage Shows DAILY 1:45 - 4.20 6:45 - 9:00 HARLEM'S ARISTOCRAT OF JAZZ DUKE ELLINGTON and his WORLD FAMOUS BAND WITH IVIE ANDERSON Original "MINNIE THE MOOCHER" ----- WILLIE TUCKER Original "Snake-hips" dancer ----- 4 "STEP" BROS. Footloose Dynamos! ----- ALL COLORED REVUE ..." The Woodbridge Leader-Journal announces the appearance in Elizabeth N.J. Stratemann reports location as Woodbridge, N.J., citing DESB. Vail I repeats Dr. Stratemann's mistake. Elizabeth and Woodbridge are about 15 kilometres apart. Ken Steiner's research revealed the error.	Woodbridge Leader-Journal 1934-12-14 p.7 Stratemann p.129 citing DESB Vail I .	.	05,2-41	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-02
1934 12 16 Sunday	.	Elizabeth, N.J.	Ritz Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 17 Monday	.	Elizabeth, N.J.	Ritz Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 18 Tuesday	.	Elizabeth, N.J.	Ritz Theatre	Stage show - see 1934 12 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 19 Wednesday	1934 12 27	.	.	Christmas holiday	Chicago Defender national edition 1935-01-05 p.8	.	DEMS 05/2-41	.	.	added 2013-10-02
1934 12 20 Thursday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 21 Friday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 22 Saturday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 23 Sunday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 24 Monday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 25 Tuesday Christmas Day	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 26 Wednesday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 27 Thursday	.	.	.	Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19		.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 27	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Cornetist Rex Stewart, born 1907 02 22, joins the band He will begin playing with it when it opens at the Regal in January				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25, updated 2013-02-22
1934 12 28 Friday	1935 01 02	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre engagement also on the bill - Snakehips Tucker and The Four Blazers.	Stratemann p.129 citing Chicago Defender 1934-12-29 p7 and Variety 1935-01-01, p.132	.	.	.	KS aug11 (not 28-02)	added 2011 updated 2013-02-22
1934 12 29 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre show - see 1934 12 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 30 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre show - see 1934 12 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 31 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre show - see 1934 12 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1934 12 --	.	Astoria, N.Y.	Eastern Studios	"Symphony In Black”	Stratemann p.119.	DE3415	07,1-42 06,3-8 04,3-35 03,3-20 02,2-10	Hasse 185 photo	.	2011

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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
January 1935
1935 01 01 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre show - see 1934 12 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 01 02 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	Theatre show - see 1934 12 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 01 03 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 04 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 05 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 06 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 07 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 08 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 09 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Brunswick Studios	ARC recording session: Admiration Stomp Farewell Blues Let's Have a Jubilee Moonlight Fiesta	.	DE3501	11,1-29 10,3-5+22 09,3-4 09,2-4 03,2-17 03,1-13 88,5-1 Timner	.	.	2011 updated 2012-07-31
1935 01 10 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 11 Friday	1935 01 12 Saturday	Madison, Wisc.	Orpheum Theater	On stage, in person, Duke Ellington and His Band On the screen, Music in the Air "After Duke Ellington and his band entertain from the Orpheum stage Friday and Saturday, the screen program will show ..." On the Saturday, the ad reads DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS CROWDS We Are Presenting 5 Stage Shows Today At 2:05 - 4:20 - 6:35 - 8:50 - 11:00 To Enable Everybody To See Duke Ellington And His Band...30 clever stars" A review on page 9 of the Saturday edition said "Duke Ellington and his band drew proved such an attraction and drew such applause from capacity houses today that the management of the Orpheum theater announced that today the Duke will give five shows instead of the previously scheduled four."	Ads, Wisconsin State Journal: Jan.8,1935 Jan. 6, 1935 Announcement WSJ Jan.11, 1935	.	.	Vail I	djp	2011 updated 2012-07-31
1935 01 12 Saturday	.	Madison, Wisc.	Orpheum Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 11	.	.	.	.	djp	2011 updated 2012-07-31
1935 01 13 Sunday	1935 01 19	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 1935-01-13 to 1935-01-20	.	05,1-7	.	KS	2011
1935 01 14 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 15 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 16 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 17 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 18 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 19 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 13	.	.	.	.	KS	2011
1935 01 20 Sunday	1935 01 26 Saturday	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement "Mayor and Mrs. John Einsfeld and Marshal and Mrs. Herbert Davish motored to Cincinnati Thursday to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the Shubert theatre."(sic)	ads, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20-27Jan35 Jazzed in Cleveland webpage Hamilton Journal The Daily News, 1935-02-01, p.10 (this report likely refers to Thurs. Jan 24, not Jan 31) .	.	05,1-7	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 21 Monday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20	.	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 22 Tuesday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20	.	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 23 Wednesday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20	.	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 24 Thursday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20	.	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 25 Friday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20	.	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 26 Saturday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Shubert Theater	Last day of theatre engagement - see 1935 01 20 -	Ad, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1935-01-27 s.W p.9 "Musical Notes," Cleveland Call and Post 1935-02-02 p.7	.	.	.	KS (DEMS) and djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02 & 2013-09-28
1935 01 27 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Danceland East 90th and Euclid	Dance? 5 PM to 12:30 AM	Danceland News as quoted in Jazzed in Cleveland ad, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 27Jan35, sec W, p9 Musical Notes,Cleveland Call and Post, 2Feb35, p7 )	.	.	.	CAHmail08,KS in DEMS & djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 28 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	Dance "Played to an immense crowd Monday night."	Russell Cowan,Round N Bout Detroit Chicago Defender, national ed.,2Feb35,p.8	.	05,1-7	.	ks	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 01 29 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 30 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 01 31 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
February 1935
1935 02 01 Friday	1935 02 07	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater 1400 Main St.	"Mr. and Mrs. Glen Edwards and their daughter Carolyn were in Kansas City Sunday to see and hear Duke Ellington and his band at the Mainstreet theater."	The Iola Daily Register, Iola, Kansas, 1935-02-05, p.3	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 02 02 Saturday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 03 Sunday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 04 Monday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 05 Tuesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 06 Wednesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 07 Thursday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Theatre show - see 1935 02 01	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1935 02 08 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 02 09 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1935 02 10 Sunday	1935 02 16	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show, includes 4 Blue Blazes, Bessie Dudley and Three Flats	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-22
1935 02 11 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 12 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 13 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 14 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 14 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Tony's Tavern	Mr. & Mrs. Louis Armstrong, Wellman Braud, Duke Ellington attend a dinner party.	.	.	.	Boujut photo VARphoto Vail I 107 photo	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-22
1935 02 15 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 16 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1935 02 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 17	.	South Bend, Ind.	Palais Royal	.	Stratemann, p. 129, citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 20	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Naval Armory	.	.	.	02,2-20	.	.	2011
1935 02 23	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Stambaugh Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 02 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Renaissance Casino OR Bert Hall Club ?	Stratemann, p.129 shows the Renaissance is per DESB and the Club is per New York Age 1935-02-25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1935
1935 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wellman Braud leaves the band in early March				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1935 03 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 02 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 03 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 04 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session According to Stratemann this was bassist Wellman Braud's last recording date with the Ellington band.	.	DE3502	11,1-27+29 10,3-22+24 08,3-37 06,2-39 02,2-24+27+28 02,1-25 88,5-1 88,4-3 84,1-3	Timner corrections	.	2011
1935 03 06 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 07 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 08 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 09 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Peripheral event and personnel change Opening night for Wellman Braud's new Vodvil Club. Stratemann suggests Braud left the band before the road trip that began March 14, but it is now known the trip began by March 12, so he may have left earlier. In any case, he was not present in Cleveland.				Stratemann p.129, citing Chicago Defender 1935-03-09 Chicago Defender 1935-03-16 International Musician 1935-07-00 and 1935-03-16	.	Added 2013-09-28
1935 03 10 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 11 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 11 Monday	.	Richmond, Va.	Tantilla Gardens	Incorrect date in Vail I - this appears to have been the date of a Peterson Progress clipping in the DESB rather than the date it announced.	Vail I	.	.		.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-28
1935 03 12 Tuesday	.	Norfolk, Va.	Palais Royale Casino	Dance	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-28
1935 03 12 Tuesday	.	Norfolk, Va.	.	Ellington interview We have just finished a movie short to be titled Black Rhapsody or Rhapsody in Black. It is a composition of Negro moods from a highly artistic standpoint. Special scenes of it are still being photographed. This appears to refer to Ellington's Symphony in Black - see Stratemann, p.119-128.	P. Bertrand Young, Talk to Duke Ellington About Anything You Want to, But He Will Talk About Music to You, Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1935-04-16 p.1	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-09-28
1935 03 13 Wednesday	.	Durham, N.C.	Roycroft's Warehouse	"9:00 'till 1."	Ad, Norfolk Journal and Guide, 9Mar35, p15	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 03 14 Thursday	.	Richmond, Va.	Tantilla Gardens	"Music 9:30 - 2 A.M."	Stratemann p.129 citing DESB Peterson Progress, Peterson, Va. 1935-03-11 Ad, Richmond News- Leader, 1935-03-14 p.22	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-28
1935-03-15 Friday 9 PM - 2 AM	.	Johnson City, Tenn.	Central Warehouse	Dance sponsored by the Derby Club It is anticipated the warehouse which has ample dancing space for 7,000 people will be none too large to accommodate the dance-minded of this section... (Vail I incorrectly shows the May 15 1935 Cleveland, Oh., Public Auditorium engagement on this date)	Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tenn. Announcement 1935-03-14 Announcement 1935-03-15 Report 1935-03-18 14 and 15 editions of the Report in the March 17, 1935 edition	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-08-01
1935 03 16 Saturday 9 PM - 2 AM	.	Charleston, W.V.	Charleston Armory	Dance Tickets -$1 in advance, $1.25 at door Spectators allowed in gallery	Stratemann, p.129 citing DESB The Charleston Gazette, Ad, announcement 1935-03-14 The Charleston Gazette, Ad, announcement 1935-03-16	.	.	.	.	2011 updated 2012-07-31
1935 03 17 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 18 Monday	.	Raleigh	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 19 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 20 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 21 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.
1935 03 22 Friday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	.	Peripheral event A United Press wirestory datelined Cincinnati, March 22, reported William Cullen, 22, Rochester N.Y., alleged to have confessed he raided the wardrobe of Duke Ellington, dance leader, was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse on a petit (sic) larceny charge here. Judge Clarence E. Spraul also held Cullen for the grand jury on a burglary charge. Detectives arrested Cullen when he tried to sell Ellington's trousers and topcoats to a second hand dealer.				The Canton Repository, Canton, Oh., 1935-03-22, p.44	.	Added _______
1935 03 22 Friday	1935 03 28 Thursday	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	09,3-4	ellingtonweb.ca Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"	.	2011
1935 03 23 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 24 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 25 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 26 Tuesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 27 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 28 Thursday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1935 03 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 29 Friday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom Pythian Temple 2007-2013 Centre Ave.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 30 Saturday	1935 03 31	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 03 31 Sunday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	see 1935 03 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1935
1935 04 01 Monday	.	Lexington, Kent.	.	White Concert + black dance	Stratemann p.129 citing DESB Ad, Lexington Herald, 1935-04-01 p.2 .	.	.	Vail I	CAHoct05	2011
1935 04 03 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 04 Thursday	.	Birmingham	Masonic Temp.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 04 05 Friday	.	Chattanooga	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 06 Saturday	.	.	.	band activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 06 Saturday	.	Baton Rouge, La.	Westdale Golf and Country Club Field House	Ellington is listed as one of many attending the Chi Omega sorority "Founders Day" banquet and formal dance. The guest list included the following visiting members and their escorts: Olive Owens and Duke Ellington... The society column said an excellent orchestra played for the dance, but did not name it.	A Founders Day Banquet and Formal Dance Feature Chi Omega Spring Festival, The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge 1935-04-07, pp.6 and 10	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-03
1935 04 07 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 08 Monday	.	Tuskegee	Logan Hall	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 04 09 Tuesday	.	Montgomery, Al.	Teachers College	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 10 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 11 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 12 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 13 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 14 Sunday	.	Charlotte	Armory Audit.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 15 Monday	.	Bluefield, W.V.	National Guard Armory	"Duke Ellington COMING Duke Ellington and his orchestra have been booked for an appearance in Bluefield on April 15 at a dance given by the Spade club,according to information received here last night by Lawson Brooks, an officer."(1) Ellington's Orchestra Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, who will play for the Spade club dance at National Guard armory Monday night, April 15, will arrive on The Pocahontas that morning direct from Castle Farm, Cincinnati, where they closed an engagement."(2)	News of the Colored People, Bluefield Daily Telegraph (1) 1935-03-27 (2)1935-04-09	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-08-01 updated 2013-02-22
1935 04 16 Tuesday 10 PM - 2 AM	1935 04 17	Charleston, W.V.	Armory	Dance for whites only, sponsored by the Dice Club "Guests of honor are to be students who are at home for their spring vacation. Tickets $2/couple, Stag at gate only, $1.50 The governor and his wife were among the patrons named on p.11 of the 1935-03-31 edition. The Daily Mail reported the Dice Club, interested in creating an organization of "persons interested in the better type of dance music," planned to study the public's attitude toward Ellington's orchestra before going further with the idea. Editorial comment: Announcements were published day after day until at least Apr.14, each more elaborate, which suggests the level of advance ticket sales concerned the organizers.	Announcements, Charleston Gazette 1935-03-24 1935-04-16 Charleston Daily Mail 1935-04-07, p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-21
1935 04 17 Wednesday	.	Charleston, W.V.	Armory	Dance - see 1935 04 16	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-11
1935 04 18 Thursday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Palace Theater 16 E.Sixth St.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 19 Good Friday	.	Fairmont	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 20 Saturday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Motor Quare G	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1935 04 21 Easter Sunday	.	Harrisburg	Casino Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 22 Easter Monday	.	Chester, Penn.	Chester Armory	"COLORED ELKS HOST TO THRONG AT BALL Duke Ellington entertained 1500 dancers last night in the Chester Armory, as the Easter dance of the John A. Watts Lodge, I.B.P.O.E.W. drew crowds from all parts of the city and county. The famous Negro band leader brought his fifteen piece ensemble to this city for the biggest colored ball ever held there, with the Negro Elks acting as hosts. Ellington, of Cotton Club fame, motored here from Pittsburgh for the entertainment. The streets within two blocks of the armory were packed with traffic and the hall itself was filled to overflowing with dancers..."	Report, Chester Times 1935-04-23, p.2	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-01
1935 04 23 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 24 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Plantation	One-night club engagement	"Famous Jazz Leaders are Headline Attractions at City's Night Clubs this Week," Philadelphia Inquirer 1935-04-24 p.6	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-03
1935 04 25 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 26 Friday	1935 04 28 Sunday	New York, N.Y.	Academy Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Academy Theatre	see 1935 04 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Academy Theatre	see 1935 04 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 04 29 Monday Ellington's birthday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 04 30 Tuesday	.	.	.	ARC recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Anderson Titles recorded: In a Sentimental Mood Showboat Shuffle Merry-Go-Round Admiration Stomp	.	DE3503	11,1-29 10,3-22 09,3-4 09,2-4 06,1-27 03,2-17 03,1-13 02,2-28 89,4-2	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-29
May 1935
1935 05 01 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 02 Thursday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Memorial Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 03 Friday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 04 Saturday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto Theater	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 05 Sunday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 06 Monday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 07 Tuesday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 08 Wednesday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 09 Thursday	1935 05 09	Louisville	Rialto	see 1935 05 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 10 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 11 Saturday	1935 05 14 Tuesday	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	05,1-7	ellingtonweb.ca	.	2011
1935 05 12 Sunday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1935 05 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 13 Monday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1935 05 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 14 Tuesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1935 05 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 05 15 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	City Auditorium Ballroom (or Public Auditorium?) East 6th and Lakeside	Evening Dance, admission $1, sponsored by "Cleveland society matrons and the American Legion." Cleveland mayor Harry Davis, commander of the Legion, and Councilman Lawrence Payne presented Ellington with the keys to the city.	Ad "Cleveland Press," 1935-05-15 (courtesy of Joe Showler) Pittsburgh Courier 1935-05-25,p3 The Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15, p.9	.	02,2-20	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02, 2013-10-09
1935 05 16 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 17 Friday	1935 05 23 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	"Irving Mills spent last week in Detroit, where the Ellington band played seven days at Eastwood Park"	Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15,p.24	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 18 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 19 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 20 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 21 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 22 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 23 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park	see 1935 05 17	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-02
1935 05 24 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 25 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Koch Sanitarium (private hospital)	Peripheral event Daisy Ellington, Duke's mother, passed away. She had been ill for a year, and spent her last 8 weeks in a private hospital in Detroit, with husband James and daughter Ruth in constant attendance. Duke and Mercer were present when she died. "For an entire week, the Duke has been torn between love and duty. With loyalty to his band, he played at night, but his undying devotion to his mother carried him each morning with a box of fresh flowers to his mother's sick room, where he remained all day comforting her. He refused to receive guests or to participate in any social activities. Future engagements for his band are temporarily postponed." His mother's death devastated Ellington. He read the entire Bible three times; and he wrote Reminiscing in Tempo around this time too.			Afro-American, week of June 1, 1935, p.22	djp	Added 2012-08-26
1935 05 25 Saturday	.	Mansfield, Ohio	Coliseum Gardens	Due to the death of his mother, Duke would not have been present but the band may have performed without him. It is not certain, since the Afro-American reported future engagements for his band are temporarily postponed.	ad, Columbus Dispatch 1935-05-25 p.8B Afro-American, week of June 1, 1935, p.22	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 05 26 Sunday	.	Detroit to Washington	Travel	James, Duke, Ruth, and Mercer Ellington and Tommy LaVigne accompanied the late Daisy Ellington's remains from Detroit to Washington, D.C. The Reverend R.L.Bradby officiated at a short service for the family and friends.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-04
1935 05 26 Sunday	.	Vermillion, Oh.	Elberta Beach	Due to the death of his mother, Duke was likely not present but the band may have performed without him -see 1935 05 25	Ads, Sandusky Star Journal 1935-05-17 and 1935-05-21	.	02,2-20	CAHmail08	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-01
1935 05 27 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom Pythian Temple	The Pittsburgh Courier carried ads for Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra to appear at the Savoy Monday evening. The radio schedule in the May 27 Uniontown N.Y. Evening Standard shows Duke Ellington's Orchestra broadcasting from the Savoy Ballroom on WWSW at 8:15 pm. Similarly, the Indiana Gazette of the same date has Duke Ellington's Orchestra on WWSW at 7:15 pm and again after the 9:15 newscast. These sources were all published before the event, and it seems likely the appearance was cancelled. Stratemann and Vail report Ellington did not accompany the band to the Savoy engagement but that Johnny Hodges' brother-in-law, Don Kirkpatrick, subbed for Duke. Stratemann's source appears to be page 68 of Bigard's autobiography, With Louis and the Duke, and Vail's source is likely Stratemann. The Chicago Defender reported, however, 'Due to the death of Duke Ellington's mother, it made it impossible to keep engagements at the Savoy Ballroom last Monday, May 27. Money was refunded and all Pittsburgh is in sympathy with the king of jazz. Ellington will return at a later date.'	Stratemann p.130 citing Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-05-25 p.12 Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-05-25 Vail I Evening Standard, Uniontown, N.Y. 1935-05-27 .	.	05,1-7 citing "Cab Calloway in Pittsburgh," Chicago Defender, national ed., 1935-06-15 p.7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-09
1935 05 28 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 29 Wednesday	.	.	.	Mrs. Ellington's funeral "The body lay in state at Jarvis Funeral Home for two days, where thousands of persons viewed it... An hour before the funeral services began the street was filled with spectators eager to get a glimpse of the popular celebrity's mother's form and the $1,500 inner-seal, all-metallic casket, with inlaid iron. There were fifty cars in the funeral possession... Mrs. Ellington was a member of the Masonic order and the Young Women's Protective League. Phillip Murray sang at the ceremonies. Interment was in the Harmony Cemetery... The deceased is survived by ... James Ellington...Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and Ruth Ellington; a grandson, Mercer Ellington; two brothers John and James Kennedy...; three sisters, Miss Ellen Kennedy, Mrs. Florence Hargroves, and Mrs. Marie Letcher."	Afro-American, week of June 1, 1935, p.22 The Afro-American, 1935-06-08, p.14 ("Reprinted from Late Editions of Last week.")	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-04
1935 05 29 Wednesday	.	Olyphant, Penn.	Fernbrook Park	If the band performed, Duke would not have been present due to his mother's funeral. Don Kirkpatrick would again have been subbing for him on piano.		.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-05
1935 05 30 Thursday	.	Hazleton, Penn	Lakeside	Memorial Day dance Again, Duke may not have been present.	"Duke Ellington at Lakeside May30," Hazleton Standard, 29May35, in DESB	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 05 30 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1935 05 31 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE On May 22, Ellington sent a telegram to bassist Hayes Alvis saying YOU JOIN BAND PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY 31. DUKE. Alvis was a Chicagoan who had played with Jelly Roll Morton and in Mills Blue Rhythm Band, had an office in California, and had passed an aviator's test according to a 1937 biographical sketch.				Stratemann p.130, citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15 p.9 Vail I (with partial copy of telegram) The Duke Ellington Reader, p.453, citing Metronome 1937-04	.	Added _______
1935 05 31 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	.	Stratemann shows the band here, but provides no other information.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.130, citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15 p.9 New York Adviser, 1935-06-06 Metronome, 1935-07-35,p.20	djp	added 2012-09-02
June 1935
1935 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Arther Whetsel, trumpet, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1935 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Fred Avendorph, drums joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1935 06 01 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 06 02 Sunday	.	Troy, N.Y.	Paradise Floating Palace	"Biggest attraction in the history of Paradise Floating Palace..."	Ads Schenectady Gazette 1935-07-01(?) Times Record,1935-05-18 p7	.	.		M.Graff	2012-05-03
1935 06 02 Sunday	.	Columbus, Ohio	Memorial Hall	Stratemann and Vail I incorrectly have the band playing here, probably from misreading of an article in the DESB for the 1935-05-02 engagement.	.	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 06 03 Monday	.	Waltham, Mass.	Nuttings-On-The-Charles (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall) Prospect St. at the Charles River	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 04 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 06 05 Wednesday evening 9 PM	.	Olean, N.Y.	New York State Armory Times Square	"Duke Ellington and his band of 15 artists...Ivie Anderson, the California Blackbird, will appear... as soloist." (The announcement in the 1935-05-21 edition says fourteen men.)	Announcement, Olean Times-Herald,1935-05-08 (The starting time is from page 8 of the 1935-06-05 edition)	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-01
1935 06 05 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 06 06 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 06 07 Friday	1935 06 13	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	RING DEM BELLS! HE'S HERE TOMORROW! THE IDOL OF TWO CONTINETS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA IVIE ANDERSON CALIFORNIA SONGBIRD SNAKE HIPS TUCKER The World's Greatest Master of Rhythm Presenting His New All-colored Revue 'HARLEM SPEAKS' Harlem Speaks Revue	Stratemann p.130 citing Variety 1935-05-22 p.48 Vail I with copies of a Variety ad dated 1935-05-22 an ad from an unidentified newspaper, apparently published 1935-06-06 .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-07
1935 06 08 Saturday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 09 Sunday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 10 Monday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 11 Tuesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 12 Wednesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 13 Thursday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Shea's Theatre	Harlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 14 Friday 9:30 pm to 2 am	.	Battle Creek, Mich.	Recreation Union	Dance	Stratemann p.130	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-07
1935 06 15 Saturday	.	Grand Rapids, Mich.	Civic Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 16 Sunday	.	Gary, Ind.	Miramar Ballroom	Dance	"Duke Ellington played to Packed House Sunday," Gary American 1935-06-21 p.2	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 06 17 Monday	.	Sun Prairie, Wisc.	Sun Prairie Ballroom	Dance Admission to park 25 ˘ dance - gents 75˘ ladies 50˘ As an aside, Sun Prairie High School's band has placed in the top 15 bands in the Essentially Ellington band competition seven times from 1998 to 2013, placing 3rd in 1998, 2004 and 2008.	ad, p10, Wisconsin State Journal 1935-05-29	.	05,1-7	.	ks & djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-01 and 2013-10-07
1935 06 18 Tuesday	.	Hartford, Wisc.	Schwartz Ballroom 150 Jefferson Ave.	Played to a full house.	Stratemann p.130 citing DESB.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-08
1935 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE In mid to late June, Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, was away sick and Charlie Allen subbed for him. Similarly, Sonny Greer was off sick, and Fred Avendorph came in to cover drums.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1935 06 19 Wednesday	.	Oshkosh, Wisc.	Eagles Ballroom	Dance booked for Eweco Park relocated due to rain	ad, Oshkosh Northwestern 1935-06-19, p4	.	05,1-7	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-08-01
1935 06 20 Thursday/td>	.	Waukegan, Ill.	Rink Ballroom	.	Ads, Racine Journal Times: 1935-06-19 1935-06-20	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935 06 21 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 06 22 Saturday	.	Freeport, Ill.	The Palms	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 23 Sunday	.	Dubuque, Io.	Melody Mill	One-nighter Stratemann and Vail I incorrectly place the band in Gary, Ind., evidently due to a reference in the Chicago Defender 1935-06-29 ("The band played a dance date in Gary, Ind., Sunday night"). The band was in Gary the previous Sunday, see 1935 06 16.	ad, Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1923-06-23, p.6	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-13-07
1935 06 24 Monday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 25 Tuesday	.	Des Moines, Io.	KSO radio station	Interview missed Ellington was to be interviewed at 7;30 but missed because his train from Minneapolis was late. It had to be rerouted because there was a train wreck on its usual route from Minneapolis. Ellington and the band arrived too late for the interview.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-07
1935 06 25 Tuesday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Riverside Park Ballroom	Stratemann: In addition to his stage appearance.... Arriving late, the orchestra played from 10 pm to 2 am for 4,000 listeners.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 06 26 Wednesday	.	Arnolds Park, Io.	Roof Garden	.	"Duke Ellington at Roof Garden June 26," Lake Park News, 1935-06-20 p.3	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-08
1935 06 27 Thursday	.	Lincoln, Neb.	Sylvan Ballroom, Capitol Beach.	"...nearly 4,000 people at Capitol Beach, a few trying to dance, but most preferring only to listen to the heated rhythms." Stratemann p.130 and Vail I incorrectly show the city as Omaha.	Lincoln Morning Journal, 1935-06-30, in DESB	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 06 28 Friday	.	Omaha, Neb.	Ne Royal Grove	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not PEONY)	2011
1935 06 29 Saturday	.	St Joseph, Mo.	Frog Hop Ballroom	.	.	.	09,3-4	.	.	2011
1935 06 30 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
July 1935
1935 07 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Arther Whetsel, trumpet, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1935 07 01 Monday	.	Chillicothe, MO	Windmoor Gardens	.	"Duke Ellington is Known as Composer," Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, 1935-06-26 p.1	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-09
1935 07 02 Tuesday	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 03 Wednesday	.	Henderson, Tex.	Copper Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 04 Thursday	.	Hope, Ark.	Yerger High School	Dance "1,500 to Hear Duke Ellington and Band. World-Famous Negro Musician at Yerger School Night of July 4 Accommodations for 1,500 persons are being made to take care of the crowd when Duke Ellington and his negro orchestra comes to Hope the night of July 4 to play for a negro dance at the Yerger High School auditorium. A large section will be reserved for white persons who desire to witness the dance, floor show and to hear Duke Ellington and his band. Advance tickets are for sale for white persons at Ward's drugstore. Negroes may obtain advance tickets at Lewis grocery store. This nationally known orchestra comes to Hope after recent engagements at the Cotton Club in New York City. The Ellington band, at present, is touring the Southern states."	Announcement, Hope Star, 1935-06-29	.	.	.	Stratemann + djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-03
1935 07 05 Friday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Automobile Building Fair Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 06 Saturday	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Sylvan Club	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 07 07 Sunday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Spanish G.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935-07-08 Monday 8:15 pm	.	Amarillo, Tex.	City Auditorium	Concert, 8:15 to 10:00 p.m. The entire balcony reserved for colored people... "Miss Charlotte Ratliff is to accompany Miss Judith English of Plainview to Amarillo Monday to hear the Duke Ellington orchestra concert"	ad, Amarillo Globe, 1935-07-08 p.10 society news The Sunday Avalanche Journal, Lubbock, Tex., 1935-07-07 and	.	DEMS12/1-20	.	KS & djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935-07-08 Monday 10:30 pm	.	Amarillo, Tex.	1. Nat Dance Palace	Dance, 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.	ad, Amarillo Globe, 1935-07-08 p10	.	DEMS12/1-20	.	KS & djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935-07-09 Tuesday	.	San Angelo, Tex.	Municipal Auditorium	(1)Concert at the Municipal Auditorium followed by a dance. (2)Ellington party, including 15 members of the orchestra and Ivie Anderson, torch singer will arrive from San Angelo at 3 p.m. over the Texas and Pacific Railway ... The cars were en route from Amarillo, where the band played to 2,200 concert patrons and 500 dance couples Monday night, to San Angelo for last night’s engagement.”	Abilene Daily Reporter 1. 1935-07-08, p.6 2.Ellington to Play Tonight 1935-07-10, p.12	.	Dems12/1-20	.	Kens	Added 2012-08-03
1935-07-10 Wednesday 8 pm	.	Abilene, Tex.	Fair Park Auditorium	Concert (a)"Concert Fair Park Auditorium 8 P.M. MAIN FLOOR: Seats 55c and 85c,if bought before July 10th; on July 10 prices 85c and $1.10. No seats reserved but only as many higher-priced tickets as seats in that bracket will be sold. BALCONY(Reserved for Colored): Same prices as Main Floor. All prices include tax." (b)"The Wednesday engagements will be Ellington's first in Abilene and the second in this part of West Texas. He will appear at San Angelo Tuesday night for a concert and dance, the bookings in Abilene and San Angelo being arranged by Amarillo News-Globe, along with the Amarillo date Monday night. Three dates had to be arranged to bring the band to West Texas." (c)"... when Duke Ellington staged a bang-up show as well as dance. Slews of those sweet little things and their little men cavorting in and out of the Hilton. Had they not been wearing such sophisticated dresses we might have made a very grave social error ...so un-grown did they look and act.... Not meaning to say [they] had the dance all to themselves — there was quite a sprinkling of the older crowd — even a few ...Dowagers on the sidelines." (d) "Throughout the two hours of the concert at Fair Park auditorium and the four hours of dancing at the Hilton Hotel last evening, the Duke sat at a baby grand and played that piano." (e) Discounted advance ticket prices appear to have been fairly novel in Abilene, in that the 1935-08-05 paper gives a detailed description of how the box office opening will be delayed to ensure advance ticket holders will get seats before late-comers. (f) The racist publicity in the Abilene Daily Reporter on 1935-07-09 is appalling. (g) A story appearing in the 1935-09-01 edition of the Abilene Morning Reporter about the Little Jack Little orchestra says that Ellington's appearance was the first move to provide musical entertainment by name bands to West Texans at popular prices. (h) Last summer Mills' Artists was induced to send Duike Ellington into San Angelo and Abilene, along with Amarillo, on a 'test tour.'" The Duke wanted a substantial guarantee; he didn't get it. As a test he came in anyway - and left with $175 more than the guarantee he had asked. And he was here on the hottest day of the year!...	(a),(b) Ad and publicity story, Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-04 (c) Abilene Morning Reporter 1935-07-14 Partying, Gadding About by The Dowager (d)Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-11 Mary McKenzie: Famous Negro Band and ‘Blues’ Singer Make Hit at Concert and Dance (e)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-08, p. 6 (f)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-09 edition, p.3 (h) Abilene Morning Reporter-News, 1935-12-22, p.27	.	.	.	KS(DEMS) & djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935-07-10 Wednesday 10 pm	.	Abilene, Tex.	Washed-Air Ballroom Hilton Hotel	Dance	(a),(b) Ad and publicity story, Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-04 (c) Abilene Morning Reporter 1935-07-14 Partying, Gadding About by The Dowager (d)Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-11 Mary McKenzie: Famous Negro Band and ‘Blues’ Singer Make Hit at Concert and Dance (e)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-08, p. 6 (f)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-09 edition, p.3 (h) Abilene Morning Reporter-News, 1935-12-22, p.27	.	.	.	KS(DEMS) & djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935 07 11 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 07 12 Friday 10 pm to 2:30 am	.	Shreveport, La.	Municipal Auditorium	Dance	Stratemann p.131, citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 13 Saturday 10 pm - 2:30 am	.	Alexandria, La.	Bolton High Auditorium	Dance Tickets $3.00 plus tax per couple; spectator concert seats, $1.00 plus tax	Stratemann p.131, citing DESB Ad, State-Times, Baton Rouge, La., 1935-07-10, p.18	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2011 updated 2013-07-26
1935-07-14 Sunday	.	Lake Charles, La.	Shell Beach Club	.	Port Arthur News 1935-07-10, p8 1935-07-12, p.17 .	.	.	.	KS, djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935 07 15	1935 07 17	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Sylvan Club	cancelled, burned down	.	.	05,1-7	Vail I	.	2011
1935 07 15 Monday	.	Houston, Tex.	City Auditorium	"Being a Negro gives you license to do certain things that you just couldn't do otherwise."	John Stokes Holley, "Brown Skin May be an Asset, Says Duke Ellington," Houston Informer, 1935-07-15 p.11	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-30
1935 07 16 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 07 16 Tuesday	1935 07 17 Wednesday	San Antonio, Tex.	unknown venues	"Duke Ellington will play here for dances July 16 and 17.(1)" (2) The Duke Ellington dance Wednesday [17] evening was the major attraction of many weeks. The second night was presumably for blacks.	(1)Renwicke Cary, "Around the Plaza," San Antonio Light, 1935-06-24 S.B, p.1 (2)"Jo's Jotting's," San Antonio Register, 1935-07-19	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-30
1935 07 17 Wednesday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	unknown venues	Dance - see 1935 07 16	.	.	.	.	.	.Added 2013-10-30
1935 07 18 Thursday	.	Houston, Tex.	Aragon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 19 Friday	.	New Orleans, La.	Autocrat Club St. Bernard Ave.	Arrival and reception Ellington, in a green suit with violet shirt and tie, and his entourage were greeted upon arrival at the train station by several thousand fans. They were rushed to their hotel to change before heading to the Autocrat Club. The reception hall was filled to overflowing capacity with fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen who erupted into thunderous applause when the M.C., Dr. Joseph A. Hardin , presented Ellington. Locals put on a short program for the benefit of the Duke and members of his orchestra. ...Mrs. Beatrice Duncan sang “Solitude” ...accompanied by Ellington.... Ivie Anderson ...sang “Stormy Weather” snd was accompanied by Duke on the piano when she sang, “I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for Bluebirds.” All members of the orchestra were introduced to the audience. Autograph seekers almost mobbed Mr. Ellington who ... signed as many ...as time allowed. His stay at the Autocrat Club ...lasted for ... two and a half hours...	"Duke Ellington in the Big Easy – 1935" on the Creolegen website, citing Amistad Research Center, Joseph A. Hardin Collection The Louisiana Weekly 1935-07-20 p.2 and 1935-07-27 p.7	.	.	.	Bo Haufman, Carl Hällström	added 2013-06-27
1935 07 19 Friday	.	New Orleans, La.	Municipal Auditorium	Concert for whites "Upon leaving the Autocrat..., headed to the Municipal Auditorium to perform for the white population of New Orleans. Here he was greeted by 1500 white fans..." Stratemann says reviews stated more than 5,000 blacks grouped around the building to try to hear the band.	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB Vail I "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy – 1935" on the Creolegen website	.	.	.	Bo Haufman, Carl Hällström	added 2011 updated 2013-06-27
1935 07 19 Friday	1935 07 20 Saturday	New Orleans. La.	Golden Dragon	Notwithstanding Stratemann and Vail I, Ellington did not play at the Golden Dragon in New Orleans. Ken Steiner suggests Stratemann's speculative entry probably came from misreading the Chicago Defender: “The Duke is scheduled to spend two days at the City Park, playing one night [19] for whites and one [20] for his own people. Louis Armstrong … is to play to anybody and everybody at the Golden Dragon on Sunday, July 21, and the following night at the same place.”	Stratemann p.131 citing "New Orleans Host to Two Great Orchestras," Chicago Defender national edition, 1935-07-13 p.7 Billboard 1935-08-03 p.72 Vail I	.	12/1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-27
1935 07 20 Saturday	.	New Orleans, La.	Perez home 321 North Rocheblave St.	Cocktail party hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur and Maggie Perez in their home. "Delicious food was served as many from the Creole community mingled with Mr. Ellington and requested his autograph on their dollar bills, handkerchiefs, and even pocketbooks. Mr. A. P. Bedou, ...snapped a photo of the entire group."	"Duke Ellington in the Big Easy – 1935" on the Creolegen website	.	.	.	Bo Haufman, Carl Hällström	added 2013-06-27
1935 07 20 Saturday 10 pm	.	New Orleans, La.	Fair Grounds	Dance for blacks "Winding up the day’s activities at ten in the evening was a dance held at the Fairgrounds. It was here that more than 8,000 people of color arrived after purchasing tickets costing 75 cents plus tax. Purchases were made at LaBranche or Belfield’s Drug Stores, The Autocrat Club or The Louisiana Weekly on South Rampart Street. No one was more elated than Albany “Barney” Bigard, a New Orleans Creole, who was a member of Ellington’s Orchestra from 1927-1942. Barney had a chance to show his home town just what he really could do. To the delight of the dancers who had crowded around the bandstand to listen, he led with the saxophone and sometimes the clarinet. A. G. Bigard, Barney’s dad, had to be the proudest person there. The music and dancing continued over three hours. Before leaving the city, The Duke remarked, 'I have received a greater ovation here from an admiring public than anywhere I have been.' "	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB Vail I "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy – 1935" on the Creolegen website	.	.	.	Bo Haufman, Carl Hällström	added 2011 updated 2013-06-27
1935 07 21 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 07 22 Monday	.	Atlanta, Ga.	City Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 07 24 Wednesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	Jefferson County Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 07 25 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 07 26 Friday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Tomlinson Hall	.	"Duke Ellington Kept His Word," Indianapolis Recorder, 1935-08-03, p.8	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-30
1935 07 27 Saturday	1935 08 01 Thursday	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park		ad, Detroit Free Press, 1935-08-01, p.17	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-30
1935 07 28 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park	-see 1935 07 27	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2013
1935 07 29 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park	-see 1935 07 27	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2013
1935 07 29 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich	Sylvan Lake	The famous band leader, who opened a week's engagement at Eastwood Park Saturday, will take his orchestra to the Free Press Fresh Air Camp at Sylvan Lake Monday." (	"To Play at Camp," Detroit Free Press, 29Jul35, p12	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
1935 07 30 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park	-see 1935 07 27	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2013
1935 07 31 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park	-see 1935 07 27	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2013
August 1935
1935 08 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Fred Avendorph, drums leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1935 08 01 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich	Eastwood Park	-see 1935 07 27	.	.	.	.	.	Added 2013
1935 08 01 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 02 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 03 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 04 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 05 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 06 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 07 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 08 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 09 Friday	.	Dallas, Penn.	Irem Country Club 1340 Country Club Rd.	.	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-1-31
1935 08 10 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 11 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 12 Monday	.	Mallets Bay, Vermont	Bayside Pavilion	.	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 13 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Starlight Club	.	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 14 Wednesday	.	Plymouth, Mass.	Memorial Hall	8th annual Police Ball: Concert 8 to 9 pm, followed by a dance until 1 am.	Stratemann p.131 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 15 Thursday	.	Framingham, Mass.	Bal-A-L’Air	This appears to have been a dance in an outdoor ballroom on the turnpike leading west to Northborough	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 16 Friday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 17 Saturday	.	Narragansett Pier, R.I.	Casino	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 08 18 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3404	11,1-8+29 10,3-22 09,3-4 82,4-5	.	.	2011
1935 08 20 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Sky Club	"Miss Dorothy Goaring of South Mt. Vernon avenue was the guest of Pittsburgh friends this week and attended the Sky Club, where entertainment was furnished by Duke Ellington and his band."	The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Pa. 1935-08-24, p.7	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1935 08 21 Wednesday 10 pm - 2 am	.	Bel Vedre, Penn. (near Kane)	.	Dancing, 10 pm to 2 am, admission $1.25 per person, tax included	Ad, The Kane Republican, Kane, Penn. 1935-08-16,p.5	.	.	.	Ken Steiner	added 2013-09-23
1935 08 22 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 23 Friday	1935 08 29 Thursday	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows a day with the tap dance team Three Dukes and with Snakehips Tucker. Lawrence Brown was absent, but both Arthur Whetsel and Sonny Greer were present.	Stratemann p.131 citing Billboard 1931-08-31 DESB Personnel listing, International Musician, 1935-09-00 Vail I	.	.		.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-31
1935 08 24 Saturday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 25 Sunday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 26 Monday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 27 Tuesday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 28 Wednesday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 29 Thursday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Theatre	5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 08 30 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 08 31 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
September 1935
1935 09 01 Sunday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom Pythian Temple	Labour Day morning dance, to start one minute after midnight Sunday night, and continue until dawn. An argument can be made that this should be dated Sept. 2, but since the band would have had to be setting up before midnight, the date used here is Sept.1.	Vail I..	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-11-01
1935 09 02 Monday	.	Atlantic City, N.J.	Convention Hall	YMCA benefit	Stratemann p.131.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-31
1935 09 03 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 04 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 05 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 06 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 07 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 09 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 11 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer Titles recorded: Reminiscing in Tempo, parts 1, 2 3 and 4 Reminiscing in Tempo Part 1 Reminiscing in Tempo Part 2 Reminiscing in Tempo Part 3 Reminiscing in Tempo Part 4	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV Stratemann p.131	DE3505	11,1-8+29 10,3-22	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-31
1935 09 13 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 14 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 15 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 16 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 17 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 18 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 19 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 20 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 21 Saturday	.	Jacksonville, Fl.	Pythian Temple	The famous orchestra will play for a dance engagement at the Pythian Temple Saturday night, 9 'til 12	"Duke Ellington Booked for Jacksonville Dance," Atlanta Daily World, 1935-09-18 p.3	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-31
1935 09 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 23 Monday	.	Savannah, Ga.	Civic Audit.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 09 24 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 25 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 26 Thursday	.	Augusta, Ga.	Cherokee Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 09 27 Friday	.	Mullins, S.C.	.	“Tobacco Ball”	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 09 28 Saturday	.	Richmond, Va.	Hippodrome Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 09 29 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 09 30 Monday	.	Augusta, Ga.	Cherokee Casino	Return to the same venue following the appearance of 1935 09 26	ad, Augusta Chronicle, 29Sep35, p10	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2012-01-12
October 1935
1935 10 01 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 10 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 10 03 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1935 10 04 Friday	1935 10 10 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	Stage show. Billed as Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, the show included Meeres and Meeres 3 Dukes Eddie Green Ivy Anderson	Stratemann p.131 citing Amsterdam News 1935-10-03, p.55 Vail I .	.	.	newspaper	CAHjul11	2011
1935 10 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1935 10 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 11 Friday	1935 10 17 Thursday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show. The show included Wade and Wade Avon Long Josie Oliver	Stratemann p.131 Vail I .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-11-01
1935 10 12 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 13 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 14 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 15 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 16 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 17 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 18 Friday	1935 10 24 Thursday	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show IN PERSON "Harlem's Aristocrat of Jazz" Duke Ellington AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA IVIE ANDERSON WADE and WADE BESSIE DUDLEY SWANN and LEE 64 - CAST OF - 64 ON SCREEN "WE'RE IN THE MONEY" FEATURING JOAN BLONDELL GLENDA FARRELL Radio Audition Nite FRIDAY, 9 P.M. (illegible) CASH PRIZES MIDNIGHT SHOW SATURDAY Reserved Seats	Stratemann p.131 citing Amsterdam News 1935-10-03 p.55 Vail I with copy of unattributed ad	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-11-01
1935 10 19 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 20 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 21 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 22 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 23 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 24 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 18.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 25 Friday	1935 10 31 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre Broadway & 48th St.	The NATION'S leading VAUDEVILLE THEATRE LOEWS STATE on the stage DUKE ELLINGTON and ORCH. with IVIE ANDERSON "JIG-SAW" JACKSON 3 DUKES ---------- MEDLEY & DUPREE "Anything can happen - and it does" ---------- JANE & KATHARINE LEE The Darlings of Stage and Screen ---------- 3 ST. JOHN BROTHERS ---------- RUBY ZWERLING and Lowe's State Senators An unattributed review reproduced in Vail says Duke Ellington's part in the stage proceedings this week uses up 20 minutes on its first run, with an extra stanza of 10 minutes allotted for encores. Management might as well have given the band another half-hour, the way the house went for it. Still the same classy outfit, Harlemania rhythm dressed up in trick lighting effects and set off by the Duke's expert keyboard manipulation and smart showmanship. He's surrounded with practically the same group of entertainers as when spotted last, and they continue to click ... Ellington's act has the men in white jackets, scarlet trousers and shoes. Leader contrasts in grey and white. Colored (sic) lights play on the various numbers, with the leader picked out for a red shaft by himself. Ivy Anderson, Three Dukes, Jigsaw Jackson among the specialists. As an encore, Ellington's 'St. Louis Blues' is presented, with typical foreign variations, etc., socking the familar strains. Flash closes in darkness, much the same way it opens, which ties it up neatly. Sixty minutes in toto for the vaude array..."	Stratemann p.131 citing Variety 1935-10-30 p.55 Vail I with unattributed clippings	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-11-01
1935 10 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 10 31 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre	Stage show - see 1935 10 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1935
1935 11 01	.	New Haven, Conn.	Moose Hall	.	.	.	.	YaleDailyNews	Graff-jul11	2011
1935 11 04	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom Pythian Temple	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 11 08	1935 11 12	Baltimore, Md.	Regent Theatre	Big broadcast Of 1936” Screen Show ?	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1935 11 08	1935 11 14	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 11 15	.	Rochester, N.Y.	Convention H	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 11 18	.	Baltimore, Md.	New Albert Th	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1935 11 22	.	Johnson City	G.F.Pavil.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 11 27	.	Worcester	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 11 28	.	Boston, Mass.	K Of P Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 11 29	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1935 11 30	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 11 30	1936 11 30	-	-	ARC and Duke Ellington Inc. contract to record 12 selections for ARC between 1935 12 01 and 1936 11 30	Page 20 of the booklet for Mosaic's CD box set "The Complete 1932-1942 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra.	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-07-23
December 1935
1935 12 07	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 12 11	.	Shamokin	Edgewood Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 12 13	1935 12 19	Washington, D.C.	Fox Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 12 14	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 12 21	.	Flint	I.M.A. Audit.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1935 12 22	.	Chicago, Ill.	Paradise Valley	Coming out party	.	.	.	Stratemann p.132, citing DESB	.	2011
1935 12 24 Tuesday	.	Logansport, Ind.	Train	Train No.216,through Logansport at 1 o'clock this afternoon, will have an extra baggage car and extra sleeper occupied by Duke Ellington and his band, enroute from Chicago to Columbus.	Railroad Notes, Logansport Press, 1935-12-24, p.4	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935 12 24	.	Columbus, Oh.	Memorial Hall	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.132, citing DESB	.	2011
1935 12 27	.	Bluefield, W.Va.	Armory	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.132, citing DESB	.	2011
1935 12 30	.	Nicholasville, Ky.	Nicholasville Skating Rink	Concert and Dance	.	.	.	Stratemann p.132, citing DESB	.	2011
1935 12 31 Tuesday	.	Logansport, Ind.	Train	Train No.307, through Logansport at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday had an extra baggage car and two extra sleepers occupied by Duke Ellington and his band en-route from Lexington, Ky., to Chicago. (Nicholasville is about 12 miles south of the centre of Lexington)	Railroad Notes, Logansport Press, 1936-01-01, p.5	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-08-03
1935 12 31	.	Chicago, Ill.	Bal Tabar Room Hotel Sherman	New Years Eve broadcast by the band and Ivy Anderson on the Columbia network.	Afro-American, 1936-01-11	.	.	.	CAH 2008; djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-26

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1936

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
January 1936
1936 01 03	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	ARC recording session,	.	DE3601	11,1-29 10,3-22	Timner corrections	.	2011
1936 01 05	1936 01 11	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show	Afro-American, 1936-01-11	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-26
1936 01 20	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	ARC recording session,	.	DE3602	11,1-29 08,3-37	Timner corrections	.	2011
1936 01 23	.	Chicago, Ill.	Winter Gardens	party.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 01 24	1936 01 30	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater 1400 Main St.	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not 26-31)	2011
February 1936
1936 02 --	.	.	.	See 19jan38	.	DE3603	07,2-41	.	.	2011
1936 02 01	1936 02 02	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Warner Th.	.	.	.	02,1-8	.	.	2011
1936 02 03	1936 02 09	Kansas City	Layover	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 02 08	.	Kansas City	Pla-Mor Ball	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 02 14	1936 02 20	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	Photo with caption, New York Age, 1936-02-08 p.4	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 02 16	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	close at 644 LenoxAve	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 02 21	.	Boston, Mass.	Boston Garden	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 02 22	.	Lawrence	Recreation Ball	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 02 24	.	Springfield	Butterfly Ba	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 02 27	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session, 4	.	DE360	11,1-8+29 10,3-22 08,2-20 02,1-11 01,2-15 01,1-15 97,2-20 82,4-5	.	.	2011
1936 02 28	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session,	.	DE3605	11,1-27+29 10,1-28 09,3-4 09,2-4 90,2-6 90,1-5 89,4-2	Timner corrections	.	2011
March 1936
1936 03 13	.	Roanoke	P.Henry Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 14	.	Saginaw	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 15	.	Cleveland	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	CAHmail08	2011
1936 03 17	.	Youngstown	Stambaugh A	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 19	.	Toledo, Oh.	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 20	.	Athens, Oh.	Ohio University	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 21	.	Charleston, W.V.	Armory	Dance "He welcomes you to SPRING FROLIC DUKE ELLINGTON And His Famous Orchestra at Charleston Armory the very first day of Spring March 23 9:30 P.M. to 1:30 Tickets on sale at Colored Drug Stores, Galparin's and Cap's Smoke Shop"	Charleston Gazette ad, 1936-03-15 announcement, 1936-03-20: "Duke Ellington's Band To Play Here Tomorrow - Duke Ellington and his nationally famous orchestra will play for a dance tomorrow night at the Armory under the sponsorship of the Onyx Club. The orchestra,which will arrive in Charleston tomorrow afternoon about four o'clock from Athens.O. will be accompanied by Ivy Anderson,blues singer..."	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-03
1936 03 22	1936 03 25	St. Louis	Layover	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 03 26	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Lido	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 03 28	.	New Orleans	Fair Gr.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1936
1936 04 02	.	Shreveport	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 03	.	Houston, Tex.	Coronado Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 05	.	New Orleans	Fair Grounds	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 06	.	Houston, Tex.	Pilgrim Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 07 Tuesday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	New Olmos Terrace "out San Pedro"	.	ad in San Antonio Light, April 1, 1936, p.11	.	.	.	CAH dec09 and djp 2012-07-24	2011 and updated 2012-07-24
1936 04 09	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	Humming Bird	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 --	.	Detroit, Mich.	Arcadia Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 12	.	St. Louis	Coliseum	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 04 17	.	Gary	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 04 24	.	Babylon	Babylon High School	false date	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1936 04 25	.	Marion	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 26	.	Middletown	Strand Th.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	Lexington	Rose Garden	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 04 30	.	Owensboro	Rainbow Gar.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1936
1936 05 01	1936 05 07	Indianapolis, Ind.	Lyric Th.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 05 08 Friday	1936 05 31	Chicago, Ill.	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel	The May 8 1936 Oakland Tribune reported "Duke Ellington, the famed jazz band leader, will be welcomed to the NBC networks this evening in a transcontinental program originating in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. ...The program marks the opening of Duke and his band at the Congress Hotel in Chicago.(Spot:7:30 to 8,KGO)." The May 9, 1936 Afro-American reported the radio station was WMAQ and that Ellington would have a floor show headed by Ivy Anderson.	.	.	10,2-11 02,1-11	.	Vail121photo	2011 updated 20120723
1936 05 08 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel	.	.	.	09,3-4 09,2-4	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-26
1936 05 09	.	Chicago, Ill.	Congress Hotel	.	.	DE3606	09,2-4 02,1-11 89,4-2	Timner corrections	.	2011
1936 05 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	Congress Hotel	.	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-4 09,2-4	.	.	2011
1936 05 23	.	Chicago, Ill.	Congress Hotel	see 26may36	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-4 09,2-4	.	KenSteiner	2011
1936 05 26	.	Chicago, Ill.	Congress Hotel	.	.	DE3607	10,2-11 09,3-4 09,2-4 02,1-11 89,4-2	Timner corrections	.	2011
June 1936
1936 06 01	1936 06 05	Chicago, Ill.	Congress Hotel	.	.	.	10,2-11	.	.	2011
1936 06 05	.	Chicago, Ill.	8th Regim.Armory	Farewell Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 06 06	1936 06 07	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Park Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 06 09	.	Oberlin, Oh.	Oberlin College	.	.	.	04,2-21	.	.	2011
1936 06 11	.	Dayton	Graystone Ballroom	NBC/WMAQ broadcast at 1am	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 06 12	.	Columbus, Oh.	Moonlight Gardens, Olentangy Park	.	.	.	04,2-20	.	(credit DEMS as all 04,2-20 entries)	2011
1936 06 14	.	Geneva-On-The-Lake	Pier	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 06 14	.	Columbus, Oh.	Moonlight Gardens, Olentangy Park	.	.	.	04,2-21 02,3-6 02,2-20	.	CAHmail08	2011
1936 06 15	.	Gallitzin, Penn.	Oriental Ballroom	.	Ad, Altoon Daily Mirror, 1936-06-15	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1936
1936 07 01 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 02 Thursday	.	Hartford	Foot Guard Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 07 03 Friday	.	Salem	North Shore Gard	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 07 04 Saturday	.	Narragansett, R.I.	Pier Casino	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 07 05 Sunday (evening)	.	Fort Lee, N.J.	Mardi Gras Ballroom at Palisades Park	"Making their first appearance in the East this season, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will play at Palisades Amusement Park... on Sunday night for one night only. ...band will play for dancing in the new Mardi Gras ballroom and in addition there will be an elaborate Harlem revue featuring the Duke himself and Ivie Anderson...The appearance of the Ellington band will mark the first of a number of well-known orchestras scheduled to play at the Jersey amusement center..."	.	.	.	New York Evening Post ad and article, 36-07-03	CAHjul11, M Graff Apr 22 2012	revised 2012-04-23
1936 07 06 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 07 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 08 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 09 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 10 Friday	1936 07 16 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	"Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be the featured stage attraction at Loew's State this week. The program also includes the Four Step brothers (sic), Cook and Brown, eccentric dancing team; George Beatty and Joe and Jane McKenna."	New York Sun 1936-07-11 p.9	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-10
1936 07 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011.
1936 07 12 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011.
1936 07 13 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011.
1936 07 14 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011.
1936 07 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	.	.	.	.	.	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	2011.
1936 07 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	.	.	.	.	.	Stage show - see 1936 07 10	2011.
1936 07 17 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Anderson Titles recorded: Shoe Shine Boy It Was A Sad Night in Harlem Trumpet in Spades Yearning for Love	.	DE3608	11,1-8+29 02,1-11	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-12-12
1936 07 18 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 19 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 20 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 21 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 22 Wednesday	.	Framingham, Mass.	Bal A L’Air Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 07 23 Thursday	.	Onset, Mass.	Colonial Casino	Shown as July 30 in Stratemann and Vail, it seems more likely this job was on July 23. Steiner writes "The band was advertised there for 23Jul while on a short tour of New England. This date has been incorrectly listed in the references due to an inaccurate reading of an ad in the DESB. There is no ad in the 30Jul36 Boston Post." The July 30 date is doubtful because: a/ Duke seems to have opened at the Palace Theater in Cleveland the next day. Ellington's typical theatre gigs included several shows a day starting in the afternoon. b/ Ellington had a recording session in New York on July 30 c/ From Onset to Cleveland is nearly 700 miles. It's a long way to go overnight, particularly from a coastal resort and complicated by needing to meet the rest of the troupe used for theatre gigs. d/ An appearance on July 23 seems more likely since it would fall between the appearances also advertised in DESB for Framingham, Mass. (July 22) and Manchester N.H. (July 25). Further evidence such as Ellington's business records or local news coverage the day after the event is needed.	Stratemann p.134 Vail I	.	05,1-7	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-19
1936 07 24 Friday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1936 07 25 Saturday	.	Manchester, N.H.	Bedford Grove Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 07 26 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 27 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 28 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 07 29 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC recording session	.	DE3609	11,1-29 03,2-15	.	.	2011
1936 07 30 Thursday	.	Onset, Mass.	Colonial Casino	Like a false date See 1936 07 23 It seems more likely this was a travel day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-19
1936 07 31 Friday	1936 08 06	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	ellingtonweb.ca	.	2011
August 1936
1936 08 01 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 02 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 03 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 04 Tuesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 05 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 06 Thursday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1936 07 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 07 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 08 Saturday	.	South Bend, Ind.	Melody Garden, Playland Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 09 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 10 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 11 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 12 Wednesday	.	Oil City, Penn.	Stoneboro Pavilion	Dance	Greenfield Pa. Record Argus, Aug 10, 1936	.	.	.	djp	2011 updated 2012-07-26
1936 08 13 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 14 Friday	.	Dayton Ohio	Lakeside Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 15 Saturday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 08 16 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 17 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 18 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 19 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 20 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 21 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 22 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 23 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 24 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 25 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 26 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 27 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 08 28 Friday	1936 09 02	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre appearance "...the Ellington troupe with Tooty & Al and the Step Brothers received such great applause from full houses 'as has seldom been heard for any presentation at this theatre, it was said.'" There was dancing on the stage after the regular show at no extra charge. Shows were at 1:00, 3:50, 6:35 & 9:20 pm.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.134, citing Variety 1936-09-02 and 1936-09-26Joe Igo's itinerary citing Montreal Gazette 1936-09-01	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-19
1936 08 29 Saturday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre show - see 1936 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1936 08 30 Sunday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre show - see 1936 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1936 08 31 Monday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre show - see 1936 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
September 1936
1936 09 01 Tuesday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre show - see 1936 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1936 09 02 Wednesday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Loew's Theatre	Theatre show - see 1936 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1936 09 03 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 09 04 Friday	1936 09 05	Fort Lee, N.J.	Mardi Gras Ballroom at Palisades Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 09 11	1936 09 17	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	02,2-20	Ad, New York Age	CAHjul11	2011
1936 09 12	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Saturday Night Swing C” no Duke	.	.	99,4-14	.	.	2011
1936 09 18	1936 09 24	Philadelphia, Penn.	Lincoln Th	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 09 25	1936 09 30	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1936
1936 10 01	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 10 02	1936 10 08	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 10 09	.	Charleston, W.Va.	Armory	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 10	.	Welch, W.Va	Armory	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 11	.	Keystone, N.C.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 12	.	Fayetteville, N.C.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 13	.	Greenville, S.C.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 14	.	Memphis, Tenn.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 10 15	.	Ft. Worth, Tex.	.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
1936 10 18 Sunday	1936 10 20	Dallas, Tex.	Centennial Exposition State fairgrounds possibly at the 2,000-seat amphiteatre to The Hall of Negro Life	The exhibition seems to have been a major cultural event, equivalent to a World's Fair. The Texas Centennial, marking 100 years of Texas independence, was officially celebrated in 1936, although local observances began in 1935 and the Central Centennial Exposition in Dallas and the Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth continued through 1937.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1936 10 19 Monday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Centennial Exposition State fairgrounds	Ellington appears to have played October 19 after a football game, and also to have crowned the Queen of Wiley College.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1936 10 20 Tuesday	.	Dallas, Tex.	Centennial Exposition State fairgrounds	.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1936 10 28 Wednesday	.	Springfield, Mo.	Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque	dance "Don Sandmire and Earl Crockett drove to Springfield, Mo., Wednesday night to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra." Mail orders...The Internationally Famous Composer and Maestro Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Shrine Mosque, Wed. Nite,Oct.28 Only $1.11 per person Tickets purchased at Shrine Mosque nite of dance $1.40 Person	Brief note in Miami News-Record, October 30, 1936 (Miami Oklahoma ) and advertisement in the Joplin News Herald Oct. 24, 1936	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-07-25
1936 10 30	.	Terre Haute, Ind.	Trianon	.	.	.	04,1-9	.	.	2011
1936 10 31	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Coliseum	.	.	.	04,3-9	.	(credit KenSteiner as all 04,3-9 entries)	2011
1936 10 31	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Paseo Ballroom	Stratemann writes that Ellington's band played opposite Count Basie's orchestra in its last home town appearance before going to Chicago	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
November 1936
1936 11 02	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Paseo Hall	.	.	.	04,3-9	Prez p65	.	2011
1936 11 03	1936 11 06	Kansas City, Mo.	04,3-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 11 06	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Municipal A.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
1936 11 07	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Departure	.	.	.	04,3-9	.	.	2011
1936 11 08+	.	Dallas, Tex.	Centennial Exposition	.	.	.	.	Ulanov180	.	2011
1936 11 10	1936 11 16	Dallas, Tex.	Chez Maurice	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
1936 11 21	.	Austin, Tex.	Stephen F. Austin Hotel	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
1936 11 24 Tuesday	.	College Station, Tex.	Texas A&M College	.	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	.	2011
1936 11 25 Wednesday	.	Austin, Tex.	University of Texas	Homecoming celebration	.	.	.	Stratemann p.135	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1936 11 26	.	Austin, Tex.	Univ Of Texas Texas Union	.not nov25	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.135	KenSteiner aug11	2011
December 1936
1936 12 01 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 02 Wednesday	.	Albuquerque, N.M.	Carlisle Gym	Dance sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the B'nai Israel congregaton.	Report in the Albuquerque Journal, Dec 4, 1936	.	.	.	.	2011, updated 2012-07-25
1936 12 03 Thursday	.	Las Vegas, Nev.	Train	"Duke Ellington and his nationally famous orchestra passed thru Las Vegas this morning en route by train from California to Denver, where they will play an engagement."	Las Vegas Daily Optic, Dec 3, 1936	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-07-25
1936 12 04 Friday	.	Denver, Col.	Rainbow Room	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 05 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 06 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 07 Monday	.	Salt Lake City, Ut.	Coconut Grove	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 08 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 09 Wednesday	.	Oakland, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1936 12 10 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 11 Friday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	One week engagement with the 14 piece orchestra; may have been extended a second week (not confirmed). Stage show supporting the film "The Jungle Princess" The curtain came up on a dark stage with just the piano keyboard and Duke's hands lit up as he played Sophisticated Lady. Then "baby spots" came on, illuminating Duke and his soloists. When the full lighting came up, the band was revealed in white jackets, red trousers, black socks and red shoes. Other songs in the programme included "Jamming the Band", "Daylight Express', "Echoes in Harlem" and likely "Truckin.'" Other acts included in the show were dancer Miss Connie Harris, The Jones Boys, and The Five Hot Shots. A late December 1936 edition of The California Eagle describes Ellington's show in detail, praising Ivie Anderson in the process. The same page includes photos and a short column by Freddy Doyle about his friend, Hayes Alvis, who was in the band at the time.	California Eagle, Dec 1936 (exact date not legible).	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-16
1936 12 12 Saturday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 13 Sunday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 14 Monday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 15 Tuesday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 16 Wednesday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 16	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3610	11,1-27 07,2-41 06,2-39 03,2-14 00,2-14 98,2-21 96,2-2 96,1-4 95,1-5	Timner corrections	.	2011
1936 12 17 Thursday	1936 12 17 Thursday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	see 1936 12 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 18 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 19	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3611	07,2-41 06,2-39 02,2-28 02,1-24 89,4-2 88,2-3	.	.	2011
1936 12 20 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 21	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Associated Cinema Studios	Master recording session,	.	DE3612	11,1-27+29 10,3-5 09,3-4 08,2-6+35 06,2-39 04,2-10 01,1-28 00,3-22 89,4-2 82,3-5	NDCS 1023	.	2011
1936 12 22 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1936 12 23 Wednesday	1937 01 19	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	Stratemann p.136, citing Variety 1936-12-09, p.41 & Down Beat 1937-01	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 24 Thursday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 25 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 26 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 27 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 28 Monday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 29 Tuesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 30 Wednesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1936 12 31 Thursday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23 Ellington was broadcast nationally at 11:45 PM local time, over radio station WOR and the MBS network. The broadcast was logged by a 16-year old in New York, who listed the selections performed as East St.Louis Toodlo-Oo Big Chief DeSota I'm Satified Oh Babe, Maybe Someday Organ Grinders Swing Ring Dem Bells .	.	.	99,5-4	.	.	2011

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1937

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
January 1937
1937 01 01 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 02 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 03 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 04 Monday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 05 Tuesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 06 Wednesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 07 Thursday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 08 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 09 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 10 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 11 Monday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 12 Tuesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 13 Wednesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 14 Thursday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 15 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 16 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 17 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 18 Monday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 19 Tuesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Sebastian's Cotton Club	Club date - see 1936 12 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 13	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	The Auditorium Josiah Royce Hall University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)	This date appears to be in error. See 1937 01 21	.	.	02,2-20	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-25
1937 01 15	1937 02 29	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	MGM Film “A Day At The Races” Ivie Anderson had a role in the Marx Brothers comedy "A Day at the Races," in which she sang "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm." Ellington and his band are reported to have performed, but the piece was re-recorded by a studio orchestra because the choreographers wanted faster music. For a fuller understanding, refer to Stratemann, p.136 and pp.667-669 and to Will Friedwald's liner notes to the 2 CD set "Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic M-G-M, Warner Bros & RKO Films"(Rhino R270805), quoted in full in DEMS 2000/3, p.8 In Vancouver in 1962, Ellington told broadcaster Jack Cullen "Ivie Anderson had the contract for the picture and we happened to be playing at the Cotton Club in Culver City. Irving Mills told them 'Why don't you have the band come over, they'll give it the real feeling,' and we did it." The dates Ellington and the band worked on the film are not known. The California Eagle reported they were working on it in its Jan. 15 and 22 editions, and said 'A Day At The Races' "finished last week" in its Feb. 29 edition.	.	DE9012	00,4-17 00,3-8 00,1-5	Stratemann p.667 NDCS 1023	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1937 01 21	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	The Auditorium Josiah Royce Hall University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)	Concert According to Jacqueline Tasch's The Truth About Ellington's First Concert, Ellington performed at UCLA on January 21, 1937, for free, he went to USC, first, in error, and showed 3 hours late. The audience filled the house at 11 am for a 3 pm start time, but he arrived at 6 pm. However, he played for 4 hours.	Jacqueline Tasch: The Truth About Ellington's First Concert The date needs to be confirmed; DEMS has January 13, but the programme shows January 21	.	.	Vail I	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-25
1937 01 30	.	Oakland, Cal.	Hotel Oakland	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 01 31	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
February 1937
1937 02 01	.	Oakland, Cal.	.	Mcfadden Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 02 02	.	Sacramento, Cal.	Rainbow Gard	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 03	.	Stockton, Cal.	Cocoanut Grove	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 04	.	San Jose, Cal.	Civic Audit.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 05	1937 02 06	.	.	Travel (Snow-storm)	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 06	.	Seattle, Wn.	Trianon Ballroom	cancelled	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 07	.	Tacoma	Oakes Ballroom	Cancelled ??	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 08	.	Bellingham	Armory	.	.	.	05,1-7	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 09	1937 02 12	Seattle, Wn.	Palomar Theatre	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 09	.	Seattle, Wn.	Finnish Hall	orch guests	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 13	.	Portland	McElroy's	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 02 15 Monday	.	Eugene	University of Oregon	Prom	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 02 18 Thursday	1937 02 21	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	Film "The Hit Parade" Ellington was scheduled to begin working on this project on Feb. 18 and was reported to work "all week" the week of Feb. 22 to 25 or 26, "...virtually day and night in order to depart on schedule. Last Tuesday they put in eighteen hours from early in the morning".	Stratemann p.137 citing Billboard 1937-02-13 and California Eagle, 1937-03-05, the latter research credited to S. Lasker	DE3701	10,3-22 06,1-5	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-24
1937 02 19 Friday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 20 Saturday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 21 Sunday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 22 Monday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 23 Tuesday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 24 Wednesday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 25 Thursday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 26 Friday	.	North Hollywood, Cal.	Republic Studios	"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 02 27 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Scheduled departure for New York	.	DE.	.	Stratemann p.137	djp	added 2012-09-24
1937 02 28 Sunday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Train station	30-minute layover en route to New York.	"Duke Ellington and His Band Here between Trains," Kansas City Call, city edition, 1937-03-05, p.14)	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
March 1937
1937 03 00	.	New York, N.Y.	.	(1)Ellington and his band were back in New York by early March, rehearsing for the upcoming Cotton Club show, etc. (2)Ellington is quoted as saying, ""At the first rehearsal,Kaloah,the dancer, tells me that she's amazed because my band played her music so well without any practice. So I told her that the tune,'Black and Tan' was written by me."	(1)Stratemann, p.143 (2)New York Post, 1937-03-22, second section	.	.	.	.	added 2012-09-24
1937 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Freddie Jenkins rejoins the band for the month. He will record with the band one more time, in July 1937				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1937 03 05	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session	.	DE3702	11,1-27 10,3-22 05,1-39 04,2-55 82,3-8	Timner corrections	S.Lasker	2011
1937 03 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 08a	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3703	09,3-4 09,2-4 06,2-39 00,2-14	.	.	2011
1937 03 08b	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	CBS-broadcast “Major Bowes Hour”	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 12	.	New York, N.Y.	1780 Broadway Party	Master Records Studio	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 13	.	New York, N.Y.	.	CBS Playhouse #1 “Saturday Night Swing Club”	.	.	99,4-14 93,4-6	.	.	2011
1937 03 14	.	New York, N.Y.	Master Rec Studios	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 14	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Photo With Chick Webb	.	.	DEMS 89/1photo	Stratemann 144 photo =Hasse 212 photo Gamm photos Vail I 131 photo	.	2011
1937 03 17	1937 06 13	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club Broadway & 48th St. (New location at the former Palais Royale)	Second Cotton Club Parade 3 shows nightly (9 PM, 12 PM and 2 AM) Stratemann Appendix D has a copy of the program and the opening night show is reviewed extensively in the California Eagle, quoting Ed Sullivan at length.	Stratemann pp.143 & 694-695 Review, California Eagle, 1937-04-02, p.Two B,	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23 2013-07-11
1937 03 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17 MBS broadcast	.	DE3704	02,1-16 97,4-16 90,1-5 89,1-17.	.	.	2011
1937 03 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	Timner	.	2011
1937 03 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 27	.	New York, N.Y.	WINS studio	Guest appearance by Ellington on WINS broadcast “Matinee Frolic”	.	.	.	Stratemann p.143	.	2011
1937 03 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 03 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1937
1937 04 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 09	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session	.	DE3705	04,2-55 01,2-15	.	.	2011
1937 04 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 11	.	New York, N.Y.	Alvin Theatre	Benefit performance for the song plugger's association, Professional Music Men, Inc. The master of ceremonies was columnist Ed Sullivan, and the participants included bands Bands of Ellington Benny Goodman Shep Fields Guy Lombardo Mitchell Ayres Jay Freeman Bob Hope J.C.Flippen Clem McCarthy	Stratemann p.143 citing Variety 1937-04-14 p.57	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1937 04 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 18 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 22	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3706	04,2-55 02,2-24 01,2-15 98,2-8	Timner corrections	.	2011
1937 04 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 27	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session	.	No New Desor entry	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Master Records Studio.	Master or Variety recording session	.	DE3707	06,2-39 00,2-14	Stratemann 698 Timner corrections	.	2011
1937 04 29 Thursday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	birthday party (above)	.	.	.	Vail I 134 HiDiDo photo	.	2011
1937 04 29 Thursday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 04 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1937
1937 05 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Playhouse #1	”Saturday Night Swing Club“ broadcast Ellington played Swing Session, and a medley of Solitude and In A Sentimental Mood	.	DE3708	10,3-18 05,1-34 04,2-10	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-23
1937 05 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 14	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3709	06,1-27 05,1-18 04,2-55 02,2-24 01,2-15 98,4-14 98,4-7 98,2-8 97,2-21 90,2-6 90,1-5 89,4-2 82,4-5	.	.	2011
1937 05 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 20	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3710	11,2-18 09,3-4 09,2-4 06,2-39 04,2-10 03,2-14+15 03,1-13+28 02,3-26 02,2-15+24 02,1-23	NDCS 1036	.	2011
1937 05 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 21	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	CBS shortwave to BBC ??	.	92,4-3	Strat143	.	.	2011
1937 05 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 05 31 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1937
1937 06 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 02 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 03 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 08	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3711	04,2-55 00,4-23	.	.	2011
1937 06 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 12	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Playhouse #1	“Saturday Night Swing C.”	.	DE3712	02,2-12 02,1-12 99,4-15 93,4-6 93,3-6 93,2-5	Timner corrections	.	2011
1937 06 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 16	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3713	10,3-24 06,2-39 02,2-24+28 02,1-25 00,2-14 88,5-1 88,4-3	Timner corrections	.	2011
1937 06 18	1937 06 24	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 06 (late)	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Picture	“Record Making With DE”,	.	DE3714	07,1-42	Stratemann 148 photos Strat145	.	2011
1937 06 29	.	Olyphant	Park Pavilion	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1937
1937 07 01	1937 07 07	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatert	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 03	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"SaturnightSwingClub"	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 07	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Master recording session,	.	DE3715	07,2-41 06,2-39 05,3-37 04,2-55 00,2-14 90,1-7 89,4-6 82,3-8	Timner corrections	.	2011
1937 07 09	1937 07 15	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Th.	.(not 08-14)	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1937 07 11	.	Steubenville, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 14	.	Baltimore, Md.	Carlin's Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 16	1937 07 22	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Th.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 17 ?	.	Raleigh	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 18	.	Camden, N.J.	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 07 20	.	Charlotte	.	??	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 23	.	Atlantic City, N.J.	Steel Pier	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 25	1937 07 27	Columbus, Oh.	Arabian Gardens	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 29	.	McHenry, Ill.	Fox Pavilion	.	Ad, The Daily Herald, Chicago, 1935-07-23, p.8	.	05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-09
1937 07 30 Friday	1937 08 05 Thursday	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 07 31 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1937
1937 08 01 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 02 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 03 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 04 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 05 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Palace Theatre	see 1937 07 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 06 Friday	1937 08 12	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	ellingtonweb.ca	.	2011
1937 08 07 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 08 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 09 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 10 Tuesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 11 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 12 Thursday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1937 08 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 13 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 14 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 15 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 16 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 17 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 18 Wednesday	.	Akron East, Oh	Market Garden	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 19 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 20 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 21 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 22 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 23 Monday	.	McKeesport, Penn.	OLYMPIA PARK	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 08 24 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 25 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 08 26 Thursday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Tromar Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 27 Friday	.	Lincoln	Turnpike Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 28 Saturday	.	Waterloo	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 29 Sunday	1937 08 30	Rockford	Coronado Theater	.	.	.	05,1-24	.	.	2011
1937 08 30 Monday	.	Rockford	Coronado Theater	see 1937 08 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 08 31 Tuesday	1937 09 01	Madison	Orpheum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
September 1937
1937 09 01 Wednesday	.	Madison	Orpheum	see 1937 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 02 Thursday	1937 09 03 Friday	Milwaukee, Wisc.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 03 Friday		Milwaukee, Wisc.	.	see 1937 09 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 04 Saturday	.	Highland Park, Ill.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 05 Sunday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Modernistic Ballroom State Fair Park	.	.	.	05,2-36	.	.	2011
1937 09 06 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Coliseum	Night time dance on Labour Day	.	.	05,2-36 05,1-7	Ad, St. Louis Argus, 1937-09-03 p.5	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1937 09 07 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1937 09 08 Wednesday	1937 09 14`	Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	.	ads, Minneapolis Tribune, 1937-09-07 to 1937-09-14	.	05,1-7	.	Steiner	2011
1937 09 09 Thursday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 10 Friday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 11 Saturday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 12 Sunday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 13 Monday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 14 Tuesday		Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum Theater	see 1937 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 15	1937 09 16	Youngstown	Idora Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 17	.	Newark, N.J.	Krueger Audit.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 09 20	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3716	11,2-11 11,1-8+11+29 10,3-5 09,3-4 09,1-26 07,2-20 06,3-27+32+33 06,2-20 06,1-18+27 05,3-37 05,2-25 05,1-24+39 04,3-13+56 04,2-10+55 04,1-32 03,3-9 03,2-14 03,1-3 02,3-17+27 02,2-27 89,4-6 89,1-9 85,2-4 83,3-7	Timner corrections NDCS 1051	.	2011
1937 09 24	1937 09 30	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1937
1937 10 01	1937 10 07	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	05,2-36	Vail ad with date	.	2011
1937 10 11	.	Taunton	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	05,2-36 05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 10 08?	.	Reading, Penn.	Cocoanut Grove	.	.	.	.	ad+preview	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1937 10 08	1937 10 14`	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	doubtful	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 10 14	1937 10 20	Boston, Mass.	Metropolitan Th.	.	.	.	06,3-28 05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 10 22	.	Boston, Mass.	Copley Plaza Hot	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 10 24	.	Cleveland Oh	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 10 25	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 10 26	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3717	07,2-41 06,2-39 05,3-37	.	.	2011
1937 10 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Columbia Medical Center	James Edward Ellington, Duke's father, died at 11 pm	.	.	02,2-20	Stratemann 150	.	2011
1937 10 29 ?	.	Newark, N.J.	Krueger Audit.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 10 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Funeral for J.E.Ellington, after which Duke and other family members accompanied his remains to Washington, D.C., wehre he would be buried the following Tuesday.	.	.	.	Stratemann 150	.	2011
1937 10 30 Saturday	.	London, England	.	Peripheral event The New York Age carried a short wirestory datelined London saying "Ellington Court" 29 Sloane Square, SW 1, Southgate, had been christened in honour of Duke Ellington. It says Ellington was sent pictures and a letter telling him of the honour.			New York Age 1937-10-30	djp	Added 2012-09-13
1937 10 31	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	06,3-28	.	.	2011
November 1937
1937 11 01 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 02 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	.	J.E.Ellington was interred	.	.	.	Stratemann 150	.	2011
1937 11 03a Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Memorial Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 03b Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	06,3-28	.	.	2011
1937 11 04 Thursday	.	Toledo, Oh.	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 05 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 06 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 07 Sunday	.	Fremont, Oh.	Rainbow Gardens	Rainbow Gardens, Fremont, O. presents Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson in "Harlem Speaks." While there was a conventional display ad in the local paper on Nov.5, the ads on other days were just 3 or 4 lines of text, without borders or other decoration.	Sandusky Star-Journal "Text" ad, 1937-11-05 p.2 "Text" ad, 1937-11-06 p.2 Conventional ad and entertainment column mention, 1937-11-05 p.19	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-24
1937 11 08 Monday	.	Louisville, Ky	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 09 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 10 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 11 Thursday	.	Atlanta	Sunset Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 12 Friday	.	Knoxville	Chilhowee P.	Black Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 13 Saturday	.	Knoxville	Chilhowee P.	White Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 14? Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 15 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 16 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 17 Wednesday	.	Asheville	Carolina Wareh	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 18 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 19 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 20 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 21 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 22 Monday	.	Tampa	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 23 Tuesday<	.	Tampa	Apollo Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 23 Tuesday<	.	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Coliseum	Dance, with 1,000 patrons.	Review, St. Petersburg Evening Independent, 1937-11-24,p.7	.	.	.	APG sep09	added 2011 updated 2013-02-13
1937 11 24 Wednesday	.	St Petersburg, Fla.	Coliseum	Doubtful - see 1937 11 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 25 Thursday	.	Orlando, Fla.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 26 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 27 Saturday	.	Pensacola, Fla.	Sands Beach	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 28 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1937 11 29 Monday	.	Baton Rouge	Temple Th.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 11 30 Tuesday	.	Birmingham	Municipal	.	.	.	06,3-28 04,2-55	.	.	2011
December 1937
1937 12 02	1937 12 06	Memphis	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 09	.	Little Rock	Dreamland	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 12 10	.	Urbana, Ill.	Illinois Univ, Champaign Huff Gym	“Junior Prom”	.	.	02,3-4	.	MichaelGraff jul11 KenSteiner aug11	2011
1937 12 12	.	Springfield	Roxy Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 13	.	St Joseph	Frog Hop Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 16	.	Cedar Rapids, Io.	Danceland	.	.	doubtful	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 12 16	.	St. Louis	Carioca Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1937 12 17	.	St. Louis	Coronado Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 18	.	Rock Island	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 19	.	Chicago, Ill.	Bacon's Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1937 12 24	.	Charleston	Armory	.	.	.	06,3-28	.	.	2011
1937 12 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	8th Reg. Armory	.Benefit	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1937 12 31	.	Chicago, Ill.	Standard Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011

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1938

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
January 1938
1938 01 13	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3801	11,1-29 05,1-39 04,2-55 91,3-6 90,3-4 Timner	.	.	2011
1938 01 14	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Th	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 01 16a	.	New York, N.Y.	Criterion Theatre	WENW-broadcast “Swing Session”	.	.	99,4-15 98,2-6	.	.	2011
1938 01 16b	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Benny Goodman's famous Carnegie Hall concert. Ellington was in the audience, and Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges and Harry Carney performed "Blue Reverie"	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
1938 01 16c	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	Battle Of Bands	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 01 19	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3802 DE3603	09,2-4 07,2-41 06,2-39 03,2-14 02,3-18 02,2-22+27 02,1-11+24 01,3-20 85,2-4 79,5-3	NDCS 1079	.	2011
1938 01 21	1938 01 27	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 01 28	.	Toronto, Ont.	Royal York Hotel 199 Queen St. W.	University of Toronto dance UP wire story datelined Toronto: "Ellington and his band were here to play at a college dance last night and left for New York early today."	North Tonawanda Evening News, 1938-01-29	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-04
1938 01 30	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Bojangles Tribute	.	.	.	.	.	2011
February 1938
1938 02 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3803	11,1-9+12+27+29 05,1-39 04,2-55 97,2-20 91,3-6 90,3-4	.	.	2011
1938 02 04	1938 02 07	Ft. Wayne	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 02 09	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Elmwood Music H	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 02 11	1938 02 17	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Th.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 02 13	.	Steubenville, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 02 18	1938 02 19	New Brunswick, N.J.	Rutgers U.	.	.	.	04,3-13 04,2-55	.	.	2011
1938 02 19	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Arther Whetsel, trumpet, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1938 02 23	.	New York, N.Y.	St Regis Hotel	'High Low Concert'	.	.	.	.	Agustín Perez Gasco, May 2010	2011
1938 02 24	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wallace Jones, trumpet, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1938 02 24	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3804	11,1-29 09,2-4 05,1-39 04,2-55 91,3-6 90,3-4 89,4-6	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 02 26	.	New York, N.Y.	.	CBS-Broadcast “SaturdayNightSwingSession”	.	.	93,4-6 93,3-6 93,2-5	Vail147photo	.	2011
1938 02 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	CBS-broadcast “Major Bowes Hour”	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco may10	2011
March 1938
1938 03 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 03 03	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3805	11,2-11 11,1-29 09,2-7 09,2-7 06,2-52 06,1-27 05,1-39 04,2-55	.	.	2011
1938 03 05	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 03 09 Wednesday Midnight	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club Broadway & 48th St.	"Cotton Club Parade," fourth edition, opened at midnight Featured acts: Duke Ellington, Peters Sisters, Peg-Leg Bates, Mae Johnson, Chocolateers, Aida Ward, Aland & Anise, 4 Step-Brothers, Cracker Jacks, Flash and Dash, Billy Mapes, Will Vodery's Jubileers, Duke Ellington and Orchestra with Ivy Anderson, Socarras Orchestra Stratemann reports this was the first Cotton Club Parade to have its whole score written by Ellington. While played in the nightly broadcasts, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart was replaced by Swingtime in Honolulu, in the programme, performed by the Peters Sisters. PegLeg Bates' performance featured I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue With the Sole of My Shoe." The band and small units were regularly broadcast from the club on Sundays at 11:30 PM and Wednesdays at 11:00 PM	Stratemann, p.152 citing Billboard 1938-03-26 pp.20 &12, and Down Beat 1938-04 Advertising reproduced in Stratemann, p.696	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09 A review by critic Hy Gardner can be found in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 16, 1938	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 17 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 18 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 21 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 22 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09 This night's 11 P.M. CBS broadcast, recorded by Joseph Schillinger, is on the Storyville CD 1038415 "Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club," produced by Carl Hällström. The songs are Harmony in Harlem If You Were In My Place Mood Indigo East St. Louis Toodle-O Oh Babe, Maybe Someday Dinah's in a Jam and If Dreams Come True Skrontch	.	DE3806	10,3-18 09,3-21 06,2-52 05,3-57 05,2-24 05,1-34 04,3-42 04,1-22 01,2-28 90,4-3 83,3-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-22
1938 03 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 28	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3807	07,2-41 06,2-39 02,1-24	.	.	2011
1938 03 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 03 31 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
April 1938
1938 04 00-	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Hayes Alvis, bass, leaves the band in early April				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1938 04 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 02 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 03 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 04 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 05 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 06 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 07 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 08 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 09 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 11 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 13 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 14 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 29 Friday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 29 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 05 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition see 1938 03 09	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 04 04	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3808	06,2-39	.	.	2011
1938 04 10	.	New York, N.Y.	Abyssinian Church	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 04 11	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3809	11,1-9+29 05,2-24 05,1-39 04,2-55 90,3-4 85,4-4	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 04 17	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3810	10,3-18 05,1-34 04,3-42 04,1-22 02,2-27 02,1-25 01,2-28	.	.	2011
1934 04 21 Thursday	.	.	.	"The New York Paramount Theater will present the second in its series of special guest star nights. Duke Ellington, Kay Thompson, Chick Webb and Jack Teagarden will be guests of Tommy Dorsey and his band and Ben Blue, now featured in the stageshow. They will appear during the last performance, in addition to the showing of the screen attraction,..."	Plug and ad in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thur. Apr. 21, 1938	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-12
1938 04 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3811	11,1-29 10,3-18 05,1-34 04,3-51 04,1-22 03,2-29 01,2-28 83,3-7	.	.	2011
1938 04 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City NBC Studios	WJZ broadcast over the NBC Blue network Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson were guests on “Steinie Bottle Boys Club”	.	C.Hällström oct09	.	.	.	2011
1938 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3812	04,3-13 04,1-6 97,3-8 97,2-14 90,3-8 89,3-2 85,4-4 85,3-2	.	.	2011
May 1938
1938 05 01	1938 05 31	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 05 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3813	11,1-9 10,3-18 05,1-34 04,3-51 04,1-22 02,2-28 02,1-24 01,2-28	.	.	2011
1938 05 05	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3814	11,2-20 11,1-12+27 10,3-18	.	.	2011
1938 05 05	.	.	.	Session Deleted	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 05 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	04,3-13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 05 08a	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Academy Of Mus	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1938 05 08b	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3815	10,3-18 05,1-34 87,1-2 86,4-4 86,3-1	.	.	2011
1938 05 11	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Garden	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 05 12	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	broadcast recordings exist	.	.	TDESnov10	.	CAHmay11	2011
1938 05 15	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3816	11,1-29 10,3-18 05,1-34 04,3-51 04,1-22 02,2-28 02,1-24 01,2-28 00,4-11 97,2-17 Timner	.	.	2011
1938 05 22	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3817	10,3-18 05,1-34 04,3-23+50 98,2-23	.	.	2011
1938 05 29a	.	New York, N.Y.	Randall's Island	“Carnival Of Swing”	.	.	07,3-18 05,2-24 04,3-56 04,2-55 03,2-9 03,1-4 02,2-20 94,2-9 .	Stratemann 155photo TSEphoto36 MIMM105photo Vail152photo VARphotos DEMS 89/1photos Morton photo Nichol55	.	2011
1938 05 29b	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	DE3818	10,3-18 05,1-34 04,1-22 02,2-20 01,2-28 98,1-17 94,2-9 93,2-5	.	.	2011
1938 05 31 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	The May 27 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that Herman Stark announced the Cotton Club would end its second Broadway season "next Tuesday," adhering to its 14-year policy of closing for the summer. This conflicts with an announcement in Billboard, 1938-06-11 p.16 cited by Stratemann, saying the club closed "last Thursday," which Stratemann interpreted as June 9 but could have been June 2, depending on Billboard's deadline.	Announcement, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1938-05-27, p.14	.	.	.	djp	2012-09-22
June 1938
1938 06 01 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 02 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 03 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 04 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 05 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 06 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 07	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3819	11,2-20 11,1-27+29 10,3-22 04,2-55 03,3-19 90,3-4 85,2-4 82,4-5 82,1-3 Timner	.	.	2011
1938 06 07 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 08 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 09 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	see 1938 05 31	.	.	.	.	.	2012-09-22
1938 06 10 Friday	1938 06 16	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 12 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 13 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 14 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 14 Tuesday	.	New Rochelle, N.Y.	.	New Rochelle celebrated its 250th anniversary from June 12 to 18. The New York Age of 1938-06-25 reported "Duke Ellington, world famous band leader and composer, appeared last Tuesday evening in New Rochelle as guest of the New York Age Westchester Editor Avis B. Fields, for the 250th Anniversary of New Rochelle. He received the unstinted plaudits of the 5,000 'rug-cutters and jitterbugs' of that city block dance. This was the first appearnce (sic) of Mr. Ellington in this city and he had to be ushered to his car by four policemen. New Rochelle indeed is in love with him for the good he did for our 250th anniversary. Douge Moye who furnished the music introduced the editor and then Mr. Ellington.	New York Age 1938-06-25 p.12	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-10
1938 06 15 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 16 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Stage show - see 1938 06 10	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 17 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 18 Saturday	.	Providence, R.I.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 19 Sunday<	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	Palorama "end Crane Street"	"Tomorrow Nite IN PERSON - DUKE ELLINGTON And His Famous Orchestra"	Ad, Amsterdam Evening Recorder 1938-06-18. p.6	.	.	ads	CAHjun11	added 2011 updated 2012-09-13
1938 06 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3820	11,1-29 07,2-41 04,2-55 03,3-19 81,2-7 Timner	.	.	2011
1938 06 21 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3821	07,2-41 06,2-39 BRONX YANKEE STADIUM championship boxing Duke attended	.	.	2011
1938 06 23 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 24 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Playhouse #1	.	.	DE3822	02,2-12 02,1-12 93,2-5	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 06 26 Sunday	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	Palorama	false date see ad activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 27 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 28 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1938 06 29 Wednesday	1938 06 30	New York, N.Y.	Wickersham Hospital	(hernia surgery)	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 06 30 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
July 1938
1938 07 01	1938 07 25	New York, N.Y.	Wickersham Hospital	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 07 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Small's Paradise	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1938
1938 08 01	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3823	11,1-8 07,2-41 06,2-39 03,1-28 02,2-15	.	.	2011
1938 08 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3824	06,2-39 02,1-5 83,3-8	.	.	2011
1938 08 04	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3825	11,1-8+29 10,3-22 04,2-55	.	.	2011
1938 08 09	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3826	11,2-11 11,1-29 06,1-27 04,2-55 82,4-5	.	.	2011
1938 08 11	.	Shrewsbury, Mass.	Bal-A-L’Air	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1938 08 12	.	Salem	Canabie Lake Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 08 15	.	Marsfield	Fieldston B.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 08 19	.	Binghampton, N.Y.	Pavilion	False date	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1938 08 20	.	Lancaster	Rocky Springs	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 08 24	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3827	07,2-41 06,2-39	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 08 26	.	Johnson City, N.Y.	George F.Pavilion	.	.	.	.	Vail I	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1938 08 27	.	Bemus Point, N.Y.	Casino	.	This appearance is shown by Stratemann (p.48, as being at "Marmaroneck Bemus Point Casino" but Marmaroneck is not near Bemus Point. This appears to be an error traceable to a speculative comment about the location of Bemus Point by Gordon Ewing in DEMS 89/1 referring to DEMS 85/1 (should be DEMS 86/1-3)..	.	89,2-6	.	.	2011
1938 08 30	.	Clayton	Casino	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
September 1938
1938 09 01	.	Scranton	Temple Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3828	11,1-29 04,2-55 00,2-14 96,2-2 96,1-4 95,1-5	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 09 05	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fleisher A	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 09	1938 09 10	Boston, Mass.	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 11	.	Albany	H.Bleecker Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 14	.	New York, N.Y.	Wins Radio Station,	interv Rosalyn Sherman	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 15	1938 09 21	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway	(1)"HARLEM VIGNETTES Duke Ellington and his aggregation, with that Ivie Anderson gal gave their usual Broadway thrill at Loew's State last week, and are scheduled ditto at the Harlem Apollo next week (30)..._".	(1)Announcement, New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7	.	.	(2)Stratemann p.156, citing Variety 1938-09-21 p46 and Billboard 1938-09-24 p.29	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-04
1938 09 24	.	Durham	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 27	.	Norfolk	City Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 09 30 Friday	1938 10 06	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	Stage show during the run of the "gripping jungle drama" Booloo. Ellington's group included Ivy Anderson and a new singer, Dolores Brown. Other acts included tap dancers, a singer, a comic, "sixteen lovely brownskin dancing girls."	Announcement, New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7	.	.	Stratemann p.156, citing Variety 1938-10-05,p.53	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-04
October 1938
1930 10 01	.	.	.	Peripheral event "Ruth Ellington is back from Europe,and now destined to set the style and fashion, with her French attire and learning. Ruth is a dutiful sister to a dutiful brother — her benefactor and greatest admirer."			New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7	djp	Added 2012-09-04
1938 10 06 Thursday 4:30 PM	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	Broadcast from the stage, carried on CBS and CBC, and by shortwave in the UK on BBC.	.	DE3829	04,1-6 98,2-8 97,3-8 97,2-14 90,3-8 89,3-2	Timner corrections	.	2011
1938 10 07 Friday	1938 10 13 Thursday	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	ellingtonweb.ca	KenSteiner aug11 (not 07-12)	2011
1938 10 08 Saturday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 09 Sunday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 10 Monday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 11 Tuesday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 12 Wednesday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 13 Thursday		Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1938 10 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 14 Friday	.	Dayton, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 15 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 16 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 17 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 18 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 19 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 20 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 21 Friday	1938 10 27 Thursday	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	Metropolitan Post, Chicago, 1938-10-22.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 22 Saturday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 23 Sunday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 24 Monday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 25 Tuesday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 26 Wednesday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 27 Thursday	.	Memphis, Tenn.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 28 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 29 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 10 30 Sunday	.	New Orleans, La.	Fair Grounds	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 10 31 Monday	.	New Orleans, La.	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1938
1938 11 01 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 02 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 03 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 04 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 05 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 06 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 07 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 08 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 09 Wednesday	.	Kansas City	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1938 11 10 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 11 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 12 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 13 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 14 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 15 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 16 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 17 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 18 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 19 Saturday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Plaza Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 11 20 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 21 Monday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 22 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 23 Wednesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Maple Leaf Gardens Carlton & Church Sts.	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner dec09	2011
1938 11 24 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 25 Friday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Trianon Ballroom 9802 Euclid Ave.	"In November of 1938, the 17-year-old ... was at the Trianon Ballroom ... where the Duke Ellington Orchestra was playing for a dance. De Arango recalled it was unbelievable, with 2,500 people dancing and about 80 guys standing around the bandstand, trying to get close to their heroes."	Jazzed in Cleveland, Part 69, Bill De Arango	.	.	ellingtonweb.ca	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-12
1938 11 26 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Masonic Temple	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 11 27 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 28 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	8th Reg Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 11 29 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 11 30 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
December 1938
1938 12 01 Thursday<	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Club Crawford	party	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1938 12 02 Friday	1938 12 08 Thursday	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 03 Saturday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 04 Sunday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 04 Sunday	.	Steubenville, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 05 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02 "Eugene Baker of this city was a Pittsburgh visitor yesterday where he witessed the stage show at the Stanley theatre, featuring Duke Ellington and his band." - Daily Independent	The Daily Independent, Monessen, Penn.1938-12-06 p.5	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 06 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 07 Wednesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 08 Thursday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	see 1938 12 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 09 Friday	1938 12 15	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 10 Saturday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 11 Sunday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	44th Street Theatre	Negro Actors Guild Benefit	Stratemann, p.156, citing Variety 1938-11-09 and Amsterdam News 1938-11-19 p.21	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 12 Monday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 13 Tuesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 14 Wednesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 15 Thursday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Strand Theatre	see 1938 12 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 16 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 17 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	8th Regiment Armory	Stratemann, p. 156 says Variety announced Ellington was to play a week at Nixon's Grand Theatre, Philadelphia, beginning Dec. 17, but The Chicago Defender arried ads saying he was going to appear at the Annual Christmas Basket Show at the Armory. Other participants were to be Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan, Bill Robinson and Earl Hines. Given the following events in New York, it seems likely the Philadelphia engagement was cancelled.	Stratemann p.156 citing Variety 1938-11-30,p.41 Chicago Defender (edition not stated)	.	.	.	.	2011added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 18 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick-Master recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Stewart, Jones, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer Titles recorded: T.T. On Toast Jazz Potpourri Battle Of Swing	.	DE3830	04,1-32 03,3-28 82,4-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 20	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick - Master recording session Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer Titles recorded: I'm In Another World Hodge Podge Dancing On The Stars Wanderlust	.	DE3831	06,2-39 04,1-32 03,3-28	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick -Master recording session recording session Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer Titles recorded: Delta Mood The Boys From Harlem Mobile Blues Gal-A-Vanting	.	DE3832	06,2-39 03,2-20 02,1-9 97,2-20 96,1-6 4/29+33	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	WNEW broadcast “Martin Block’s Make Believe Ballroom”	.	DE3833	.	.	CAHmay11	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	1776 or 1780 Broadway	ARC/Brunswick -Master recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Stewart, Jones, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Sonny Greer Titles recorded: Blue Light Old King Dooji Boy Meets Horn Slap Happy	.	DE3834	11,1-29 07,2-17 07,1-40 06,2-39 98,4-14	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-12-13
1938 12 23 Friday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 24 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 25 Sunday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 26 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Athletic Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1938 12 27 Tuesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 28 Wednesday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 29 Thursday	.	.	.	activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	.
1938 12 31 Saturday	.	Montréal, P.Q	On board a train.	The Star reported a dozen RCMP officers led by Corporal Edward A. Chamberlain boarded the inbound New York train to Montreal and searched the baggage and the persons of the members of the Duke Ellington orchestra. Finding one marijuana cigarette the police arrested one unnamed band member and took him to their barracks where they studied the prisoner's antecedents. After several hours they let him go. He had willingly and truthfully answered all questions, he had been an orchestra member for 11 years and had no use for drugs, and he could not explain the finding of the marijuana smoke at his feet.	The Star (Montreal) 1938-12-31	.	.	.	Homzy 2013-04-28	added 2013-04-28
1938 12 31 Saturday 10 pm	1939 01 01 Sunday morning	Montréal, P.Q.	Montréal Forum	New Years Eve party sponsored by the Lions Club. Ellington led although he was sick - fever of 101.5 degrees. The evening started with vaudeville, and then a dance.	Variety 1938-11-16 p.38 announcement, Montreal Gazette 1938-12-03 p.11 Announcement, ad and caricature, Montreal Gazette 1938-12-07 Review, Montreal Gazette 1939-01-02 p.3	.	.	Stratemann p.157	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-09

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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
January 1939
1939-- --	.	Locations Unknown	.	Three 1939 broadcasts, dates unknown yielded recordings of Boy Meets Horn, Solid Old Man,& The Sergeant Was Shy	.	DE3925	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 01 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 02 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Great Hall, City College	"Fifth annual New Year's Concert" sponsored by Harlem Branch Y.M.C.A.; about 1,800 in audience	.	.	09,3-4	Stratemann page 157 Announcement, New York Age, 1938-12-31	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 01 04 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 05 Thursday	1939 01 07	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's	Stage show Duke Ellington, His Famous Orchestra and Big Revue, featuring Ivie Anderson, Chuck & Chuckles, Earl & Francis, Dolores Brown Film feature: There's That Woman Again; Short: 3 Stooges "Flat Foot Stoogie", and a Merrie Melodie cartoon. Schenectady Gazette "Duke Ellington Proves Popularity in Program at Proctor's Music Maestro Shows Wares In Wide Variety Orchestra Offers Class A Performance, Augmented by Talented Acts, New Farce on Screen. ... a mood difficult to describe and perhaps best likened to the aurora with flowing tones bursting from time to time into brilliant points of sound and emphasis. The setting is arresting in the extreme, each member of the band is placed on his own individual pedestal and each pedestal tastefully frivolous in yellow satin ruffles. Lighting effects are clever and the translucent curtain at the start adds to the intrigue. A barbarous note is provided by the hanging gongs in the trap outfit....Each player kept time with his feet whether playing or not..." The review goes on to describe the dance routine of Earl and Francis hearing the Rachmaninoff C sharp minor prelude in a "compelling swing arrangement ending on the strangest note ever minted from the melodic mind." Rex Stuart (sic) trumpet concerto Ivie Anderson singing Alexander's Ragtime Band Johnny Hodges and his jam band Chuck and Chuckles tap routine I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart by the whole band.	Ad and lengthy review "Duke Ellington Proves Popularity in Program at Proctor's" Schenectady Gazette, 1939-01-06 p.14	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-04
1939 01 06 Friday	,	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's	Stage show -see 1939 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 07 Saturday	,	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's	Stage show -see 1939 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 09 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 11 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 12 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 13 Friday	1939 01 19 Thursday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre Broad St. & Montgomery Ave.	Stage show		.	.	John W. Mosley photograph: Duke and Cootie before a full house.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-19
1939 01 14 Saturday		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 15 Sunday<		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 16 Monday		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 17 Tuesday		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 18 Wednesday		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 19 Thursday		Philadelphia, Penn.	Nixon's Grand Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 13	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 20 Friday	1939 01 26	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	Ken Steiner aug11 (not 20-31)	added 2011 updated 2013-08-27
1939 01 21 Saturday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 22 Sunday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 23 Monday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 24 Tuesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 25 Wednesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 26 Thursday	.	Newark, N.J.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1939 01 20	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 01 27	1939 02 02	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	Concerts Vocalist Jean Eldridge replaced Dolores Parker	Stratemann p.157	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	updated 2011-12-28
1939 01 27 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 28 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 29 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 30 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 01 31 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 02 --	.	New York, N.Y.	New York City College	This concert is listed in New Desor but appears to be the wrong date - see 24nov39	.	DE3901	10,2-11 09,3-4 09,2-4	.	.	updated 2011-12-28
February 1939
1939 02 10	.	Ithaca, N.Y.	Drill Hall Cornell University	Junior Prom (dance) A rare collection of popular dance bands, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford and Les Brown, will provide the music at the prom. ( junior prom )	Niagara Falls Gazette, 1939-02-10 The Oshkosh Northwestern, 1939-02-11 p.8	.	.	Stratemann, p157, citing Bill Board 1939-01-28 p.12	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-04
1939 02 11	.	New York, N.Y.	369th Regiment Armory	NAACP dance	.	.	.	Stratemann page 157, citing NYA 28/1/39 p.12	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 02 17	1939 02 23	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	Stratemann page 157, citing NYA 18/2/39 p.7 and Variety 22/2/39	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 02 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Waldorf Astoria Hotel	Dance Columbia University prom Ellington and Hal Kemp orchestras	.	.	.	Stratemann page 157, citing Bill Board 18/2/39 p.12	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 02 27	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC-Brunswick (Master) recording session Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	.	DE3902	06,2-39 83,4-3	The Dooji Collection	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 02 28	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC-Brunswick (Master) recording session Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters	.	DE3903	10,1-17 06,2-39 03,1-18	The Dooji Collection	.	updated 2011-12-28
March 1939
1939 03 04	.	Providence, R.I.	Arcadia Ballroom Or Arcadia Roof Garden Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.157	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 03 08	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC-Brunswick (Master) recording session Duke Ellington, piano Titles "Just Good Fun" and "Informal Blues"	.	DE3904	06,2-39	.	.	updated 2011-12-28
1939 03 09	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland State Ballroom Massachusetts Avenue		ad	.	.	.	CAHoct11	2011
1939 03 15	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Studios	Broadcast, CBS to BBC -shortwave broadcast to England of "America Dances," John Harper, announcer. Nine titles were played; part is CD - the Ellington '97 conference souvenir CD "The British Connexion" and Jazz Unlimited's same title, catalogue no. JUCD 2069. The program was heard in England from 7:02:45 to 7:30 PM local time.	Review, "The Melody Maker" 25Mar39 p4	DE3905	04/2-26 97,3-8 (other DEMS references need to be moved up from next entry)	.	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 03 15	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	.	.	.	04,2-26+51 04,1-6 97,2-14 90,3-8 89,3-2 85,4-4 85,3-2	.	CAH28mar04	2011
1939 03 17	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland State Ballroom Massachusetts Avenue	.(17th only)	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1939 03 18 ?	.	Boston, Mass.	Broadcast “Spring Carnival Of Swing” 3 bands - Ellington, Ina Ray Hutton and Artie Shaw. Sponsored by Boston Friars Club.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann page 157, citing Bill Board 11/3/39 p.12	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 03 20	.	New York, N.Y.	World Records Studio 711 Fifth Ave.	Master Records recording sessions (Rex Stewart and His Fifty-Second Street Stompers and Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	record labels	De3906	11,1-8+29 10,3-22 07,1-43 06,2-39 04,1-32 03,3-9+27 03,2-14	.	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 03 21	.	New York, N.Y.	World Records Studio 711 Fifth Ave.	Master Records recording session, Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington Trio, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	.	DE3907	11,1-8+15+29 10,3-22 10,1-28 09,3-4 09,2-4, 07,1-43, 06,2-39, 04,1-32 03,3-27 03,2-15 03,1-28	New Desor Corrections (as all 03,3-27 entries) Timner corrections	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Billy Strayhorn, composer, arranger and Ellington’s co-composer, born 1915 11 29, joins the Ellington organization, according to Cohen's Duke Ellington's America, p.176. Strayhorn spends his first month in Ellington’s apartment, studying scores, while Ellington and the band travel to Europe.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1939 03 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Borderline Cafe 7 West 110th St.	"One of the last rites performed by Duke Ellington...before he sailed for the continent last Thursday noon, was to chop a poor chick's head off at the new and palatial Borderline Cafe...The Cafe held a special premier for Duke, at which hundreds of the popular orchestra leader's cafe society friends attended. Bea Ellis, ex-chorine, smiles as Duke chops up chicken. His arranger, Billy Strayhorn, looks on, too."	New York Amsterdam News, 1Apr39, p21, with photo	.	03,2-10	.	(credit KenSteiner as all 03,2-10 entries)+djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-03
1939 03 23 Thursday	1939 03 30 Thursday	New York To Le Havre	S.S. Champlain	Travel by sea to Le Havre for a 34 day, 28 concert tour of continental Europe including Scandinavia. Britain was not included in the tour because the British Ministry of Labour declined the Musicians' Union's request to allow the band to perform in Britain. The tour was jointly arranged by Mills, Reuter and Reuter (UK) and A & M Dandelot (Paris) Stratemann reports this was "Ellington's last enterprise under Mills Artists Inc." He changed to the William Morris agency when the band returned to the USA. Ellington recalled this as a very rough, stormy voyage: We had very rough seas all the way. The Champlain tossed up and down on the Atlantic, first the front end out of the water, and then the back end. You could hear the propeller spin and scream, and then the boat would slap back on the sea with a bump and a crash. You had to hold on every minute of the day... Rex Stewart recalled the outbound sea voyage: the band travelled second class (he doesn't say what class accommodation Duke had) Rex shared a cabin with Billy Taylor there was some sort of bon voyage party striding down the gangplank, Tricky Sam dropped and smashed a quart bottle of whiskey Stewart fondly remembered five nuns who stood at the bow, gazing at the Statue of Liberty while singing a hymn. Taylor, who had a big appetite, cut pictures of food out of magazines so he would be able to order from waiters who didn't speak English. "Often I'd run into Dumpy [Duke], as he communed with nature a lot more than people would surmise from his 'I love you madly' routine." He gave his supply of dramamine to Freddy Guy, who needed it, after the first day.	.	.	07,1-43	Stratemann page 158, citing Variety 29/3/39p.31 Variety 12/4/39 p.39 Down Beat May 1939. Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.181-182 MIMM p.150	djp	updated 2013-01-27 and 2013-09-18
1939 03 24	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 24 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 03 25 Saturday	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 26 Sunday	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 27 Monday	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 28 Tuesday	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 29 Wednesday	.	.	S.S.”Champlain”	At sea	.
1939 03 30 Friday	1939 04 02 Saturday	Paris, France	.	The band was met at Le Havre by "a lot of people from all over France...members of the various 'hot clubs,' both fans and musicians..." The group took the "special boat train" from Le Havre to Paris - carrying about 50 people, it was fast and low to the ground. The band was met upon arrival in Paris by an enthusiastic crowd: "jazz aficionados and writers were on hand who came from England, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Sweden" The band first went to a banquet, and then to their hotel. They were greeted by many ladies.	Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
1939 03 31 Friday	.			Activities of Ellington and most of the band are not documented but Hardwicke, Stewart and others went to Boudons, otherwise known as LeClub this afternoon. From Stewart's description, it appears to have been a bordello owned by a Madame Blanchard in Rue Pigalle.	Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
April 1939
1939 04 01	.	Paris, France	Probably "Le Jazz Hot" Rue Chaptal	Press conference The second night after arrival, Stewart jammed with Django Reinhardt.	Stratemann p.158 Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186 .	.	.	Delaunay photos	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-04
1939 04 02	.	Bruxelles, La Belgique	Grand Salle Palais Des Beaux Arts	3:00pm - Concert 5 pm Reception 8:45pm Concert Stewart: "I, for one, was greatly surprised at the way we were greeted by the audience in Belgium. When we appeared on stage, there was a brief second of silence, then there was pandemonium in the form of hissing!"	.	.	.	.	CAH oct05 George Debroe octO5 djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
1939 04 03	1939 04 04	Paris, France	Théâtre National	First of two concerts - Stratemann describes this venue as an 1,800 seat bombproof theatre under the Palais de Chaillot. He writes that British fans crossed the channel to attend, filling the house to capacity both nights.	.	.	02,1-12	Stratemann page 158, citing Variety 19/4/39 p.48	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 04 04	.	Paris, France	Théâtre National	Second of two concerts - see 1939 04 03	.	.	02,1-12	Stratemann page 158, citing Variety 19/4/39 p.48	.	updated 2011-12-29
1939 04 05	.	Unknown location	.	Swing Label recording session Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers Stewart; Bigard; Django Reinhardt; Billy Taylor Hugues Panassié was also present.5 tracks recorded. Stewart wrote the music, and recalled three titles Low Cotton, Montmartre and Finesse, with Finesse winning Rex the Grand Prix for the best composition in France for 1939.	Boy Meets Horn, p.185	.	98,2-21	You Tube video	.	updated 2013-01-27
1939 04 06	.	Antwerp, Belgium	Majestic Theatre	Concert 8:30pm (Stratemann reports two concerts, but it appears there was only one.	.	.	.	DebroeOctO5	.	2011
1939 04 07	.	Den Haag, Nederlands	Hotel Terminus	PressConference 4:00pm	.	.	.	DebroeOct05	.	2011
1939 04 08	.	Den Haag, Nederlands	Bebouw K&W	Concert 8:15pm film exist	.	.	08,2-6	DebroeOct05	.	2011
1939 04 09a	.	Utrecht, Nederlands	Tivoli	Concert 2:15pm	.	.	02,2-22 02,1-12 01,2-22	DebroeOct05	.	2011
1939 04 09b	.	Amsterdam, Nederlands	Concertgebouw	Concert 8:15pm	.	.	02,2-22	DebroeOct05 Vail163photo	.	2011
1939 04 10 Monday depart 8:15am	.		.	Travel from The Hague to Malmö via Hamburg and Copenhagen Stewart described the experience of changing trains in Hamburg and being screened by the customs officials and those infamous lethal appearing SS guards. They were frightening to see in their jet-black regalia embellished with silver death heads on their caps... But once we had passed the frontier the atmosphere changed... He describes their coach being next to coaches filled with cadets who played Ellington's music on portable record players to try to get their attention. After one cadet snuck in to ask for an autograph, many cadets and their officers came in as well. Ellington stayed at the Palace Hotel in Copenhagen, and commented in his autobiograhy recalled the bells in the carillon of the nearby City Hall sounding every quarter hour.	Boy Meets Horn, pp 187-188 MIMM p.151	.	03,1-6 02,3-16 02,2-18	Rattenbury photos Debroe Oct05	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27 and 2013-09-18
1939 04 11 Tuesday	.	Malmö, Sweden	Tennisstadion	Stewart wrote: "...there was one event that evidently caused Duke to curtail the tour. I think this was on the way back to Paris. We were staying in Malmö, ... when we were rudely awakened by several bursts of amchine-gun fire. This caused all of us to get up, dress, and go from room to room asking one another, 'Is this war? And if so, what do we do?' Joe Nanton, perhaps, was the most unperturbed, as he discoursed at length on the beauty of the porcelain stove in the lobby of the hotel."	Boy Meets Horn, p.188	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
1939 04 12 Wednesday	.	Helsingborg, Sweden	Konserthus	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 13 Thursday	.	Kobenhavn, Denmark	.	Arrival By boat Ellington signing autographs and Bigard, Nanton, and Stewart walking down the gangplank were filmed for a weekly newsreel "Dansk Film Revu," its first appearance in front of European movie cameras. The segment has been telecast on Danish TV as "Jazzperler"	Stratemann p.158	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-04
1939 04 13 Thursday 7 & 9:15PM	.	Kobenhavn, Denmark	Kobenhavn-Hallen	Concerts	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 14 Friday	.	Göteborg, Sweden	Konserthus	.	.	.	.	DEMS 89/1 photos ??	.	2011
1939 04 15 Saturday	.	Huskvarna, Sweden	Idrottshuset	Concert In DESS Bulletin 4, Nov.2012, Rolf Dahlgren refers to this location as Jönköping. According to Wikipedia, Huskvarna (older spelling Husqvarna) constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, the municipal seat of Jönköping Municipality, and the distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. Until 1970 it was a municipality by itself, but grew geographically together with Jönköping in the 1950s.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-12-09
1939 04 16 Sunday Afternoon matinee and 10 pm	.	Stockholm, Sweden	Konserthuset	Two concerts A young Rolf Dahlgren was able to attend both concerts for free in return for a review for Folkets Dagblad. His review, in Swedish, was published 1939-05-02 and is reprinted in the September 2012 DESS Bulletin, at p.14 The Swedish promoter was Rueter & Reuter, and Dahlgren writes that that may explain why Ellington recorded the Swedish popular novelty number I en rod liten stuga (literal translation "In a Little Red Cabin" but anglicized as "Cottage by the Sea").	.	.	02,2-18	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-12-08
1939 04 17 Monday<	.	Vasterås, Sweden	Grand Cinema	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 18 Tuesday	.	Karlstad, Sweden	Vanershof	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 19 Wednesday	.	Oslo, Norway	Colosseum	2 Concerts without Ivie Anderson	.	.	.	.	Ulf Renberg	added 2011 updated 2012-12-09
1939 04 20 Thursday	.	Day off	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 21 Friday	.	Orebro, Sweden	Konserthus	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 22 Saturday	.	Eskilstuna, Sweden	Idrottshus	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 23 Sunday	.	Storvik, Sweden	Parkhallen	2:30 pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 23 Sunday	.	Uppsala, Sweden	Nya Tennish.	9:00 pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 24 Monday	.	Stockholm, Sweden	Kungl Mus Akad	.	.	.	02,2-18	.	.	2011
1939 04 25 Tuesday	.	Vaxio, Sweden	Laroverket Aula	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 26 Wednesday	.	Karlskrona, Sweden	Konserthus	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 27 Thursday	.	Linköping, Sweden	Circus	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 28 Friday	.	Norrköping, Sweden	Arbetarforen.	.	.	.	.	DEMS 89/1photo	.	2011
1939 04 29 Saturday 7 pm and 9:15 pm Ellington's birthday	.	Stockholm, Sweden	Konserthuset	Concerts	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 04 29 Saturday Ellington's birthday	.	Stockholm, Sweden	.	After returning to their hotel, Ellington and the band were awakened by a large group (1,500) of school children grouped in the garden around the hotel, with bouquets, serenading Duke on his birthday.	Boy Meets Horn, pp. 188-189	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-27
1939 04 29 Saturday Ellington's birthday	.	Stockholm, Sweden	Fenix-Kron	Swedish radio broadcast "Danens Eko" Ellington interviewed by Manne Berggren	.	DE3908:	10,3-18 05,1-34 03,1-15 02,2-18 94,2-3 88,4-4 88,3-2	DEMS 89/1 photos Wallen photo Vail I 165 photos	.	2011
1939 04 30 Sunday	.	Göteborg, Sweden	Konserthus	7:00 & 9:15PM	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1939
1939 05 01 Monday	.	Varberg, Sweden	Nojesparken	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 02 Tuesday	1939 05 03	North Sea	S.S.Britannia	Travel Irving Mills cut the European tour short due to looming war clouds, so the band sailed on the S.S.Britannia from Göteborg, Sweden to Tilbury, England on the first leg of their trip home. They had a two day layover in London. ("They were in London long enough for the veterans of 1933 to renew old acquaintances..."	Rex Stewart (ed. Claire Gordon), "Jazz Masters of the 30's," pp.140-141 Roger Boyes in Blue Light 16/3 Autumn 2009, citing Barney Bigard, With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1988, paperback edition, p.75 Rex Stewart (as above) Stratemann p.158	.	.	DEMS 89/1 photo	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-08 2013-07-04
1939 05 03 Wednesday	.	London, England	.	Second day of London layover, with some socializing	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-08 2013-07-04
1939 05 04 Thursday	1939 05 10	Southampton, Hampshire, England	S.S.”Ile De France”	The band boarded the S.S. Ile de France to return home. Hardwick and Greer missed the boat train from London, and the ship's departure was delayed so they could be brought aboard by the pilot boat. The band travelled home under contract numbers for the band returning home May 3, 1939 from Southampton were 27581 and 27582. They are listed as transmigrants, in other words, alien passengers who arrived in the United Kingdom, having in their possession prepaid through tickets, and in respect of whom security has been given that they will proceed to places outside the United Kingdom. The Ellington people listed were Anderson, Ivie Bigard, Albany Boyd, Charles (- I don't know who this is) Brown, Lawrence Carney, Harry Ellington, Edward Greer, William Guy, Frederick Hardwick, Otto Hodge (sic), John Jones, Richard Jones, Wallace Nanton, Joseph Martinez, Jaun (sic) (- this is probably Juan Tizol) Stewart, Reginald Taylor, Billy Williams, Charles	Rex Stewart (ed. Claire Gordon), "Jazz Masters of the 30's," pp.140-141 Roger Boyes in Blue Light 16/3 Autumn 2009, citing Barney Bigard, With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1988, paperback edition, p.75 Rex Stewart (as above) Stratemann p.158	.	.	Debroe Oct05 DEMS 89/1 photo	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-08 2013-07-04
1939 05 05 Friday	.	At sea	S.S.”Ile De France”	activities not documented	.
1939 05 06 Saturday	.	At sea	S.S.”Ile De France”	activities not documented	.
1939 05 07 Sunday	.	At sea	S.S.”Ile De France”	activities not documented	.
1939 05 08 Monday	.	At sea	S.S.”Ile De France”	activities not documented	.
1939 05 09 Tuesday	.	At sea	S.S.”Ile De France”	activities not documented	.
1939 05 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	S.S.”Ile De France”	Arrival in New York	Stratemann p.158 citing Variety 1939-05-10 p.2 Down Beat 1939-06	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 11 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 12 Friday	.	Allentown, Penn.	Dorney Park	Amusement park engagement	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 13 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 14 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 15 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 16 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 17 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 18 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 19 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 20 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 21 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 22 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 24 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 05 25 Thursday	1939 05 31	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - included on the bill were Stump and Stumpy (dancer), Jigsaw Jackson, Jimmy Shields (singer), Stone and Lee (comedy).	Stratemann p.159 citing Variety 1939-05-31 (review) Billboard 1939-06-03 p.22	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1939 05 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 28 Sunday	.	Unknown Location /	.	NBC broadcast The President Birthday Ball W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Billy Taylor, Greer Only title broadcast: Pussy Willow I cannot find this broadcast in radio logs for this date in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Daily Tribune or the New York Times. In DEMS 02/1-9/2, Steven Lasker reported having seen 2 copies of second-generation dubs of Pussy Willow marked "5/28/39", one of which he has. He said the announcer doesn't mention anything about a President's Birthday Ball, which is typed on the label. In DEMS 01/3 12/1, Carl Hällström says President Roosevelt's birthday parties were always held on January 30th. All the networks had a hodge-podge of dance music from all parts of the country, each orchestra played one or a few tunes, with some "official talks" between the different band remotes.	.	DE3910	11,1-29 02,1-9 01,3-12 01,2-20 99,3-18	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1939 05 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Loew's State Theater	Stage show - see 1939 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hippodrome	National Swing Club of America concert - 12 "complete organized units" played, plus various others. Stratemann reports Ellington led an ad-hoc group that included Roy Eldridge, Charlie Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Benny Carter, Charlie Barnet, Seb Julian, Art Ryerson, John Kirby, Adrian Rollini and Cozy Cole. He says Metronome also had him performing with Barnet, Frank Newton, Sandy Block and Henry Adler,and this group accompanied Billie Holiday in one number.	Stratemann p.159 citing Variety 1939-05-24 p.39 New York Times 1939-05-30 p.13 Down Beat 1939-07	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 05 30	.	New York, N.Y.	Renaissance Casino	Cotton Club waiters' dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1939
1939 06 01 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 06 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3911	06,2-39	.	.	2011
1939 06 02 Friday	1939 06 08	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 03 Saturday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 04 Sunday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 04 Sunday	.	.	.	ad jul11	.	2011
1939 06 05 Monday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 06 Tuesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	World Studio 711 Fifth Ave	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3912	11,1-29 07,3-23+24 83,4-1	.	.	2011
1939 06 07 Wednesday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 08 Thursday	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	see 1939 06 01.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3913	06,2-39	.	.	2011
1939 06 09 Friday	.	Salem	Canobie Lake Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 10 Saturday	.	Marshfield, Mass.	Fieldston Ballroom.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 11 Sunday	.	Flushing, N.Y.	Hall of Music World's Fair	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	World studio 711 Fifth Ave	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3914	11,1-29 81,3-1	.	.	2011
1939 06 13 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 06 14 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 06 15 Thursday	.	North Adams	Meadowbr.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1939 06 16 Friday	.	Lynnfield	Starlight B.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 17 Saturday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean Pier	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 18 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 06 19 Monday	.	Cambridge, Mass.	Lowell House Harvard University	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1939 06 20 Tuesday Noon	.	Baltimore, Md.	The Waters A.M.E. Church.	Funeral for Chick Webb An AP wirestory datelined Baltimore June 20 reported Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway and Jimmy Lunceford dropped batons between shows to join the processional as honourary pallbearers. Although Baltimore is 400 miles from Boston, Ellington's presence is corroborated by several sources. Ella Fitzgerald sang, accompanied by Taft Jordan, Webb's lead trumpeter. Peg Leg Bates was also present, and was carried out of the church after collapsing.	AP wirestory in The Ada Evening News, Ada, Okla. 1939-06-20 p.4 New York Post 1939-06-20, p.4 Brooklyn Eagle 1939-06-20, p.11 Gilbert Sandler: Small Town Baltimore: An Album of Memories, p.48 Baltimore Sun 2007-02-16 The Times Record, Troy, N.Y. 1939-06-22 "Memories of Webb Funeral", Baltimore Afro-American, 1977-05-14, p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-21
1939 06 20 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland State Ballroom Massachusetts Avenue	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 21 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 06 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3915	07,2-41 06,2-39 05,3-37 03,1-28 02,1-23	.	.	2011
1939 06 23	1939 06 29 Thursday	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 23 Friday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 24 Saturday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 25 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 26 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 27 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	v	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 28 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 29 Thursday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Hippodrome Theater	see 1939 06 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 06 30 Friday	1939 07 03	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1939
1939 07 01 Saturday	.	Akron	Palace Theatre	see 1939 06 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 02 Sunday	.	Akron	Palace Theatre	see 1939 06 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 03 Monday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	see 1939 06 30	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 04 Tuesday	1939 07 06 Thursday	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 05 Wednesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1939 07 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 06 Thursday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1939 07 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 07 Friday	1939 07 13 Thursday	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 07 Friday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 08 Saturday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 09 Sunday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 10 Monday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 11 Tuesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 12 Wednesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 13 Thursday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 14 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1939 07 15 Saturday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Val Air Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 16 Sunday	.	Sioux City, Io.	Shore Acres	.	.	.	99,4-15	.	.	2011
1939 07 17 Monday	.	Sioux City, Io.	Neptune Ballroom	.	.	.	99,4-15	.	.	2011
1939 07 18 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 19 Wednesday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Tomlinson Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 20 Thursday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 21 Friday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 22 Saturday	.	Sylvan Beach, N.Y.	Danceland	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1939 07 23 Sunday	.	Richfield Springs, N.Y.	Canadaroga Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 24 Monday	1939 08 06	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	.	.	.	04,2-10 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 07 25 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 26 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
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1939 07 27 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 28 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
==== == ==	.	.	.	Broadcast (network or station) session at (time) Titles broadcast:	.	.	.	.	djp
1939 07 29 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 30 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 31 Monday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 07 26	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast, NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	DE3916	11,1-29 02,2-21 94,1-4	.	CAH dec09	2011
1939 07 28	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	.	.	.	CAH dec09	2011
August 1939
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1939 08 01	1939 08 17	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	.	.	.	04,2-10 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 08 01	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	KECA-broadcast	.	.	07,2-9	.	.	2011
1939 08 02	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	.	.	.	CAH dec09	2011
==== == ==	.	.	.	Broadcast (network or station) session at (time) Titles broadcast:	.	.	.	.	djp
1939 08 04	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	.	.	.	CAH dec09	2011
==== == ==	.	.	.	Broadcast (network or station) session at (time) Titles broadcast:	.	.	.	.	djp
1939 08 05	.	.	See 28may39	.	.	.	99,3-18	.	.	2011
1939 08 09	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström dec09	2011
==== == ==	.	.	.	Broadcast (network or station) session at (time) Titles broadcast:	.	.	.	.	djp
1939 08 01 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 02 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 03 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 04 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 05 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 06 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Hotel	See 1939 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 13	.	Orchard Beach	Old Pier	.	.	.	03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 08 16	.	Boston, Mass.	Ritz-Carlton Roof	Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström dec09	2011
1939 08 18	.	Salem	Canobie Lake Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 19	.	Stonington	Weq.Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 08 28	.	New York, N.Y.	World studio 711 Fifth Ave	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3917	11,1-10+29 03,2-29 03,1-11+28 98,4-2 98,3-20 83,2-6	.	.	2011
1939 08 30	.	New York, N.Y.	NBC Studios	WJZ NBC Blue Network broadcast “Hobby Lobby” "Lowell Thomas, famous NBC commentator,will be the pinch-hitting host of Hobby Lobby over WHAM tonight at 8:30. Duke Ellington, noted band leader, will head the list of guests that Thomas will interview. Ken Steiner explained "WJZ was the NBC Blue Network flagship station. WHAM was one of about 50 stations that were part of the network. The broadcast was from New York City."	Rochester Democrat And Chronicle, 1939-08-30, p.8	.	03,2-10	.	CAHoct05, djp, Steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-08-17
September 1939
1939 09 01	.	New York, N.Y.	.Columbia St ??	ARC/Brunswick recording session,	.	DE3918	07,2-41 06,2-39	.	.	2011
1939 09 03	.	Pittburgh	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 09 08	.	Johnson City	G.F.Pavilion	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 09 12	1939 09 13	Newcastle, Penn.	Cathedral Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09 KenSteiner aug11	2011
1939 09 14	.	Bradford, Penn.	Bradford Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1939 09 15	1939 09 21	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	NYAge-ad	CAHjul11	2011
1939 09 20	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Nbc-Broadcast “G.Jessel’s Celebr.Hour”	.	DE3919	.	.	.	2011
1939 09 --	.	Bradford, N.Y.	Bradford Th	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1939 09 24	.	Alliance	Columbia Theatre	.	.	.	03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 09 27	.	Sharon, Penn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1939 09 28	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-10 02,3-4	.	.	2011
1939 09 29	.	Dayton	Memorial Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1939
1939 10 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bassist Jimmie Blanton joins the band in late October				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1939 10 01	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 10 02	.	St. Paul, Minn.	Coliseum Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1939 10 02	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	ASCAP-Concert no Duke	.	.	02,3-4	.	.	2011
1939 10 07	.	Lincoln	Turnpike Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 10 08	1939 10 09	Kansas City	.	Stop-over	.	.	03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 10 10	.	Junction City, Kan.	Municipal Building	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1939 10 13	.	Bloomington	University	.	.	.	02,3-4	.	.	2011
1939 10 14	.	Chicago, Ill.	Arc/Brunsw Rec	.	.	DE3920	08,2-6 06,2-39 06,1-27 03,3-19+27 03,1-11	.	.	2011
1939 10 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	Drake Hotel	+ Junior League Ball	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 10 16	.	Chicago, Ill.	Arc/Brunsw Rec	.	.	DE3921	08,2-31 06,2-39 03,3-19 02,1-25 01,3-27	.	.	2011
1939 10 17	1939 10 18	Madison	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 10 19	.	Kansas City	.	Stop-Over	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1939 10 20	1939 10 31	St. Louis	Coronado Hotel Club Caprice	.	.	.	05,3-45 04,2-22 03,2-10 02,3-4+5 91,1-3 79,4-3	.	.	2011
1939 10 20	.	St. Louis	Club 49	De Attended	.	.	10,1-26 04,2-22 02,3-5	.	(credit KenSteiner as all 04,2-22 entries)	2011
November 1939
1939 11 01	1939 11 02	St. Louis	Coronado Hotel Club Caprice	NBC-broadcast	.	DE3922	11,1-11 10,1-26 04,3-51 04,2-22+50 02,3-4 91,2-6 91,1-3 90,4-3	Timner corrections	.	2011
1939 11 03?	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blackstone H.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	CAHapr04	2011
1939 11 04	.	Champaign	Huff Gym	Homecoming Dance	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-5	.	.	2011
1939 11 08 Wednesday 9:00 to 1:00	.	Joplin, Mo.	Memorial Hall	"Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, presented by the Joplin Elks" Prices: $1.00 plus tax, Balcony 25 cents.	Ad and publicity story, Miami Daily News-Record, Miami, Okla., 1939-11-05, p.3	.	.	.	Agustin Perez Gasco dec09 djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-21
1939 11 10	.	Wichita, Kans.	Rose Room	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 11 11	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.		"Miss Shirley Rutledge and her brother, Jim Rutledge, were in Oklahoma City Saturday night to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra." *	Agustin Perez Gasco Dec09 * The Ada Evening News, Ada, Ok. 1939-11-13, p.3	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-21
1939 11 15	.	Kansas City	Roseland	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-5	.	.	2011
1939 11 16	.	St. Louis	Castle Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-5	.	.	2011
1939 11 19	.	Gary	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 11 20	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	Hotel Waiters Ball	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 11 21	.	Chicago, Ill.	New Deal Tavern	5am breakfast party	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 11 22	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	ARC/Brunswick recording session	.	DE3923	08,2-31 07,1-43 06,2-39 04,2-22 81,3-1	.	.	2011
1939 11 22	.	Chicago, Ill.	Drake Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1939 11 24	.	Chicago, Ill.	Merchandise Mart	WBBM/CBS-broadcast “Young Man With A Band”	DE3924 + DE3901	11,1-10 10,2-11 09,3-4 09,2-4 04,2-22 03,1-22 02,3-5 98,4-14 83,3-6	.	.	2011
1939 11 25	1939 11 26`	Peoria, Ill.	Palace Theatre	4 stage shows daily	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-5	.	.	2011
1939 11 30	.	Birmingham	Munic.Audit.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
December 1939
1939 12 03	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Sunset Terrace Club	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-5	.	.	2011
1939 12 0-	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	JazzInfo#14	Cah	2011
1939 12 09	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blackstone Hotel	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 12 10	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Topper's Ball	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 12 11	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Public Auditor	.	.	.	.	.	CAHmail08	2011
1939 12 15	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	W.Penn Hotel	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1939 12 16	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Cotton Club	Members of the orchestra stop at the club on the way from Pittsburgh to Vincennes. Blanton jams with the house band including Eugene (Sox) Pope and Jimmie Hinsley. "It was interesting to hear Johnny [Hodges] tell me how he found Jimmie Blanton in St. Louis and how when Jimmie plays Body and Soul … he plays more changes than any horn tooter." ).	Ye Scribe, "In the Groove," Indianapolis Recorder, 23Dec39, p12, quoted in DEMS 03/2-10 and 04/2-22	.	04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-23
1939 12 17	.	Vincennes	Pantheon Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-6	.	.	2011
1939 12 20	.	Chicago, Ill.	Eden Club	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-10 02,3-6 02,2-20	.	.	2011
1939 12 25	.	Union City	High School	Christmas Ball	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-6	.	.	2011
1939 12 26	.	Sikeston	New Armory	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-6	.	.	2011
1939 12 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blackstone Hotel	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1939 12 31	.	Chicago, Ill.	Marigold Ballroom	+ “Meet the Band” broadcast	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-10 02,3-6 02,2-21	.	.	2011

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1940

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
January 1940
1940 01 00(1)	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bassist Billy Taylor leaves the band. In late 1939, “Ellington heard Jimmie Blanton at an after-hours joint and hired him on the spot. Ellington still had Taylor, though, so he stayed with the two-bass concept. But it got to be too much for Billy—whom Duke liked and called ‘one of the ace foundation-and-beat men on the instrument.’ Taylor supposedly quit the band in the middle of a set, saying, ‘I’m not going to stand up here next to that young boy playing all that bass and be embarrassed.’(2)				New Desor vol.2 Harry Pekar Sophisticated Basses: The Pioneering Players Of Duke Ellington’s Golden Years , Bass Player, January 2000	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1940 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Herb Jeffries (“The Singing Cowboy”), born in 1916, joins the band. Mr. Jeffries previously had a career as a motion picture cowboy.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1940 01 01	.	Maywood	Hines Hospital	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,2-21	.	.	2011
1940 01 04	.	Butler	Butler Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-6	.	.	2011
1940 01 05	.	.	.	Peripheral event Death of Arther Whetsel, trumpet			.		djp	Added 2012-11-04
1940 01 05	.	Cumberland	Strand Th.	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,3-6	.	.	2011
1940 01 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom ?	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 01 07	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Golden Gate ?	.	.	.	04,3-11 04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 01 08	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ben Webster, tenor sax, born 1909 02 27, joins the band, having recorded with it in 1935 and 1936.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1940 01 08	.	Jackson, Tenn.	Union City	.	.	.	.	.	CahJazzInfo#18	2011
1940 01 08	1940 01 20	Boston, Mass.	Southland Cafe	.	.	.	10,1-26 05,3-45 04,3-11 04,2-22 02,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 01 09	.	Boston, Mass.	Southland	.	.	DE4002	07,1-46 04,2-22+50 94,1-4	.	.	2011
1940 01 12	.	Boston, Mass.	Southland	.	.	DE4001	04,3-51 04,2-50+51 02,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 01 18	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	City Hall	.	.	.	.	MIMM477photo	.	2011
1940 01 21	.	Boston, Mass.	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	10,1-26 04,3-11 04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1940 01 22	.	Portland, Me.	City Hall	Ben Webster joins	.	.	10,1-26 04,3-11 04,2-22 03,2-10	CahJazzInfo#19	.	2011
1940 01 23	1940 01 25	.	.	Unidentified one-nighters	.	.	10,1-26 04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1940 01 24	.	Manchester, N.H.	.	.	.	.	10,1-26	.	.	2011
1940 01 26	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland State Ballroom Massachusetts Avenue	.	.	.	10,1-26 04,3-11 04,2-22 03,2-29	.	.	2011
1940 01 27	.	Lawrence	Recreation Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 01 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	04,3-11 04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 01 29	.	Huntingdon	Clifton Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
February 1940
1940 02 01	.	Madison	Univ Great Hall	.	.	.	04,2-22 04,1-9	.	.	2011
1940 02 02	1940 02 08	Chicago, Ill.	State-Lake Theater	(not mar40)	.	DE4007	04,2-10+22+51 04,1-9+32 03,2-10 02,3-7 84,4-8 83,3-7	.	.	2011
1940 02 09	1940 02 15	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 02 14	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Recording sessions	.	DE4003	08,2-31 06,2-39 04,2-22 02,2-27 02,1-23 00,4-23 00,3-26 98,4-14	.	.	2011
1940 02 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Recording sessions	.	DE4004	09,2-4 08,2-31 07,2-41 07,1-39 06,3-33+34 06,2-39+51 04,3-57 04,2-22 03,1-28 02,3-20 02,2-27 02,1-23 00,3-26	.	.	2011
1940 02 16	.	Detroit, Mich.	Wayne University Masonic Temple	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 02 17	.	Muskegon	Michigan Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-10	.	.	2011
1940 02 18	1940 02 20	Grand Rapids	Keith's Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 02 23	1940 02 24	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Michigan Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 02 25	1940 02 28	Lansing	Strand Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 02 29	.	South Bend	Palace Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
March 1940
1940 03 --?	.	Salt Lake City (?)	.False Date + Location SeE 40 02 02-08DE4007	.	.	.	04,2-10 + 04,2- 51 04,1-32 02,3-7 84,4-8 83,3-7	Timner corrections	.	2011
1940 03 01	.	West Lafayette	Union Br	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 03 03	1940 03 05	Saginaw	Temple Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 03 06	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	First recording session under the new RCA-Victor contract Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, Ivie Anderson Titles recorded: You, You Darlin' Jack The Bear Ko-Ko Morning Glory So Far, So Good Lambert: The last recordings under the Master-Brunswick-Columbia-Variety-Vocalion-OKeh contract were made less than a month before the first 1940 Victors, yet these Victors seem to mark the beginning of a new era...A good deal of the credit must go to the Victor company itself for the superb recording quality of the 1940 discs...the Victors are exceptional; in particular the bass part — crucially important in this music — is clearly recorded. ... The first recording session under the new Victor contract took place on March 6, 1940, and the first title recorded was anything but a masterpiece, a non-Ellington pop song called You, You Darlin'...The second title, Jack the Bear, is much more representative...	Duke Ellington A Listener's Guide pp. 85 - 88	DE4005	04,2-22 02,1-10 1979,1-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-18
1940 03 08	1940 03 14	Detroit, Mich.	Colonial Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 03 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4006	06,1-27 04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 03 16	.	St. Louis	Tune Town	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12 03,1-6	.	.	2011
1940 03 19	1940 03 25	Denver, Col.	Denver Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 03 29	1940 03 31	Tacoma, Wash.	Century Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	MIMM154photo	.	2011
April 1940
1940 04 01	1940 04 14	Seattle, Wash.	Show Box	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 04 08	.	Seattle, Wash.	Finnish Hall	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,2-21 02,1-8	.	.	2011
1940 04 15	.	Vancouver, B.C.	Vancouver Forum	Dance "IT'S ALL A MISTAKE" Thousands Here "Jitterbug" to "Duke" Ellington's Band ...thousands of fans who jammed the Forum Monday night to hear Duke Ellington and his fifteen-piece band jam and jive in the hottest and most lengthy swing session ever heard in Vancouver, found no complaint with jitterbugging, or the music with the "bugs" dance. While the majority of the capacity audience sat enthralled by the heavily-brassed band, a small portion gyrated to the Harlem King of Swing's music. But even these paused to marvel at the small, isolated groups of "hepcats" who siezed the golden opportunity to jitterbug." 'Rug Cutters' Get 'in the Groove' for Pioneer The "hep cats" really "jived" when Duke Ellington's famous swing band got "in the groove" at the Forum Monday night, and George Markle, 90, stood by in bewilderment as the "rug cutters" galloped by him. ..."Do they call that dancing?" he asked, as a stamping, posturing young couple galloped by. "We would have placed people under observation if they had acted like that in the good old days." He moved closer to the band and listened as the brass section tore through a piece of "music" entirely unrecognizable to him and, I must confess, to me. I don't think he liked it. Strangely enough, the next was a waltz. "There. That's more like it," he approved. "Not bad at all." The old-timer's foot was tapping out the rhythm now. He turned to the dancers again and smiled and nodded in approval. The moment of comparative sanity ended all too soon. The band blared out another call to action... Ellington Band Wins Acclaim of Jitterbugs But Music Critic Fails to "Get in Groove' (by Stanley Bligh) Upwards of 4000 people jittered and slithered, swayed their bodies and clapped their hands to the rhythmic sounds of Duke Ellington's band at the Forum, Monday evening. Judging by the manner that hundreds crowded round the band platform, heads nodding, arms and shoulders in time with the music, they were having the time of their lives. The more sedate, sitting on the raised seats at the sides, beheld a sea of uptuned faces with eyes following the antics of the various performers as each took a solo part in front of the microphone. DANCED WITH DELIGHT The enthusiastic fans applauded, they cheered, they danced with delight as the trumpets shrieked, the saxophones and clarinets wailed, the trombones moaned and the drums beat forth a deadly rhythm. Although it was supposed to be a dance, there were very few people actually dancing. They all seemed to be content to stand and drink in the many weird sounds emanating from the various instruments. Occasionally a few would break away and dance. Then suddenly a circle would be formed, and some ardent youths and maidens, would be seen in the centre going through all kinds of peculiar motions with their bodies, arms and legs. ...it was quite evident that the vast crowd enjoyed itself to the full and were quite happy to worship at the shrine of one of the recognized masters of - - - -?... Vancouver Sun, April 17, 1940: "Nobody is quite sure yet what happened at the Forum the other night when Duke Ellington touched off his load of ebony dynamite and the younger generation went berserk. But it seems to be generally agreed that it was fun even if it wasn't sane."	Ads in the Daily Province and Vancouver Sun, April 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 15 Publicity Vancouver Sun 1940-04-11 Review, Daily Province 1940-04-16 Review "Old-Timer Looks as Swing", with photograph, Vancouver Sun 1940-04-16	.	.	Stratemann p.162, citing Downbeat 1940-04-15 (sic) p.20	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-08
1940 04 15	.	Vancouver, B.C.	Cave Supper Club	Ellington was to attend an after-hours performance of The Harlem Trio	"Ellington Guest at Cave Tonight" Vancouver Sun, 1940-04-15,p.9	.	04,2-22	.	Steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-08-08
1940 04 16?	.	Victoria, B.C.	.	Side trip Oakland, Calif. Hello Snelson: Duke Ellington and his orchestra are having a grand time out here on the Pacific Coast. We stopped off here from Seattle, and leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, where the Duke will play at the Orpheum (24 (sic) and from there we will head east via Texas...Will have to catch up on the gossip when I return to Harlem. We visited Victoria, B.C., and it was just like ole England. Sincerely, BEA ELLLIS (sic), secretary to Duke Ellington."	Letter, Bea Ellis to columnist Floyd G. Snelson, New York Age, 1940-05-04, p4.	.	04,2-22	.	D.Palmquist	added 2011 updated 2012-09-10
1940 04 17	.	Portland, Ore.	Uptown Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 04 19	.	Palo Alto, Cal.	Stanford Universit	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 04 20	.	Sacramento, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	(creditKenSteineras all 05,1-7 entries)	2011
1940 04 21	1940 04 22	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	1st Whites 2nd Blacks	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 04 23	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Club Alabam (Betw. Seventh & Eighth Ave on West 44th)	band as guests	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 04 24	1940 04 30	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 04 28 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Private residence	Billy Strayhorn and Harry Carney hosted a party for about 3 dozen at the home of Neal ---t's place. Ivie Anderson and Sonny Greer were present. The party lasted into early Monday.	Bill Smallwood column, California Eagle 1940-05-02, p.4A	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-13
1940 04 29 Monday Ellington's birthday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Dunbar Hotel Duke's suite	The California Eagle reported "more people than I really care to enumerate in one breath" attended a surprise birthday party for Ellington.	Bill Smallwood column, California Eagle 1940-05-02, p.4A	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-13
May 1940
1940 05 01	.	San Diego, Cal.		Broadway PIER	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 05 02	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ambassador Hotel	Private Party	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 05 02	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Park Rink	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12 02,3-6 02,2-20	.	.	2011
1940 04 03?	.	Glendale, Cal.	Auditorium	uncertain/unlikely date	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 04	.	Hollywood, Cal.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4008	.	.	.	2011
1940 05 04	.	Hollywood, Cal.	.	“Central Avenue Date”	.	.	04,2-22 02,2-20 98,4-14 84,3-10 84,1-4	.	.	2011
1940 05 06	.	Ogden	White City Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 05 08?	.	Columbia	University	Uncertain/unlikely date	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 09	.	Emporia, Kan.	Civic Auditorium	Fiestaval Grand Ball The ad for Emporia's First Annual Fiestaval May 5 to 9 billed included an exhortation to plan to attend the grand opening of the new $600,000 Civic Auditorium.	Emporia Daily Gazette-1940-04-30	.	04,2-22	Stratemann, p.162	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-06
1940 05 10	.	Lincoln	Turnpike Casino	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 11	.	Sioux City, Io.	Skylon Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 12	.	Omaha, Neb.	Chermot Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 13	.	Tulsa, Okla.	Oil Capital Club	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 15	.	Houston, Tex.	City Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 05 25	.	Burlington, Io.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 27	.	Chicago, Ill.	Skoller's Swingl.	as guests.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4009	04,2-22	Vail181photo	.	2011
1940 05 30	.	Gull Lake	Labelle Res.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 05 31	.	Columbus, Oh.	Buckeye Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
June 1940
1940 06 01 Saturday	.	Charleston	WCHS Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 06 02 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	"Swing concerts" at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.	Bill Gottlieb, "Swing Sessions," Washington Post, 1940 06 02 p.8	.	04,2-22	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-26
1940 06 02 Sunday 8:30 until dawn	.	Washington, D.C.	Cruise ship Robert E. Lee	Cross Keys' Nautical Cruise	ad in Vail I, no source given	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 03 Monday	.	Albany, N.Y.	Odd Fellows Hall	"The Versatile Girls will present Duke Ellington's orchestra at their annual ball on June 3 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Albany."	New York Age 1940-05-18 p.7	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2013-07-26
1940 06 04? Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 05 Wednesday	.	Old Orchard Beach, Maine	Ocean Pier	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 06 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 07 Friday	1940 06 13 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Cotton Club	Peripheral event The Cotton Club closed. Business was terrible, but Herman Stark said he'd reopen with another show later in the season.	New York Sun, 1940-06-14, p.25				djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-26
1940 06 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Studios		Prerecording of the BBC "America Dances" broadcast that was aired April 26, 1941. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, possibly sub William White Jr., Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson Titles recorded: East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme) Ko-Ko Blue Goose So Far, So Good Cotton Tail Concerto For Cootie Jack The Bear Boy Meets Horn The Sergeant Was Shy Don't Get Around Much Anymore	.	DE4010	07,1-46 04,2-22 00,3-9/22 00,3-25 00,2-13 99,5-4 89,3-2 85,4-4		CAH mar10; djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
1940 06 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 12	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Duke is interviewed by Norman Pierce for an MBS program called “Radio Newsreel” During the session, he plays Don't Get Around Much Anymore.	.	DE4011	04,2-22 04,1-6 00,3-25 99,5-4 97,2-20 97,2-14 86,1-3 79,1-1	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
1940 06 12	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1940 06 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Central Park Mall	Duke guest-conducted the New York municipal band	Stratemann p.162 citing Variety 1940-06-05	.	04,2-22 89,1-16 85,3-1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-27
1940 06 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1940 06 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 06 14 Friday	.	Ithaca, N.Y.	Cornell University	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 15 Saturday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Stambaugh	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 16 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Duke Alone, orchestra in Dayton	.	(?)	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 17 Monday	.	Johnstown,	Majestic Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 18 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 19 Wednesday	.	Charleston, S.C.	Riverside Beach Park	False date	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1940 06 19 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 20 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 21 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Golden Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	Vail I 183 photo DEIP photo	.	2011
1940 06 22 Saturday	.	Allentown	Castle Garden	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 06 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 24 Monday	.	Lancaster, Penn.	Rocky Springs Park	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 25 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 26 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1940 06 27? Thursday	.	Lawrence, Mass.	Recreation Ballroom	Uncertain Date	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 27	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke, rejoins the band after his replacement was found to be lacking.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1940 06 28 Friday	.	Fort Lee	Amusement Park	.	.	.	04,2-22 00,3-22	.	.	2011
1940 06 29 Saturday	.	Bemus Point, N.Y.	Casino	In 1984, DEMS reported the current casino owner of this open-air ballroom on Lake Chautauqua said Ellington appeared there in 1932, 1934 & 1938, but not in 1940. This appears to be incorrect; Ken Steiner located a "same day" ad for this appearance.	Ad, Jamestown Evening Post, 1940-06-29, p.5	.	04,2-22 89,2-6 89,1-16	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-08-20
1940 06 30 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
July 1940
1940 07 02	.	Abingdon, Va.	Vann's Warehouse.	"Seats sale at Pearl Roberts’ Home, and Abingdon Pharmacy, $1.00; at the door, $1.25. Limited space for white spectators; tickets at Cowan-Grant, 55c; at the door, 75c."	ad, Bristol News Bulletin, 1Jul40, p3	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	steiner	added 2011 updated 2012-08-20
1940 07 03	.	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 04	.	Macon	Macon Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 06	.	Charleston	Armory	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 07 08	.	Mount Hope	Armory	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 10	.	Lexington	Joyland Casino	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 12	.	Buckroe Beach	Bayshore P.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 15	.	Auburn	Frazier Park	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 16	.	Columbus, Oh.	Fairgrounds	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 17	.	Atlanta	City Auditorium	Blacks dance/Whites con	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 18	.	Asheville	Carolina Ware	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 19	.	Charleston	Beach Park	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 22	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4012	04,2-22 98,4-14	.	.	2011
1940 07 23	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Rex Stewart HRS recording session	.	.	07,1-43 99,4-23	.	.	2011
1940 07 24	.	New York, N.Y.	.	RCA/Victor Rec S.,	.	DE4013	06,3-19 04,1-32 00,2-5 99,5-22 98,4-5 98,3-17 96,2-4 89,1-16 83,3-7	.	.	2011
1940 07 25	.	New York, N.Y.	World's Fair	+Charlie Barnet Orchestra	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 07 26	1940 08 01	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Gardens	.	.	DE4014 DE4015	08,2-25 04,2-22 02,3-6 02,2-21 87,4-5	Timner corrections	.	2011
1940 07 29	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Gardens	.	.	DE4014	04,1-15 03,2-9 02,3-26+27 02,2-11 87,4-5 85,3-3 85,2-11	Timner corrections NDCS 1037	.	2011
1940 07 30	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Gardens	.	.	.	04/1-32	.	.	2011
1940 07 31	.	Detroit, Mich.	Eastwood Gardens	.	.	DE4015	04/1-15+32 03,2-9 03,1-5 85,3-3 85,2-11	Timner corrections	.	2011
August 1940
1940 08 01	.	New York, N.Y.	World's Fair	.	.	.	02,3-6	.	.	2011
1940 08 02?	.	Dayton	.	Uncertain	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 04	1940 08 10	Virginia Beach	Surf Cl	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 15	.	South Lynnfield	Kimball	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 16	1940 08 17	Salem	Canobie Lake Park	.	.	DE4016 DE4017	11,1-9 06,2-29 04,2-22 03,3-28 03,2-9 03,1-4 85,2-11	.	.	2011
1940 08 19	.	.	No Longer Above Salem	.	.	.	03,3-28 03,2-9 03,1-4 85,3-3 85,2-11	.	.	2011
1940 08 20	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-12	.	.	2011
1940 08 21	.	Claremont	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 23	1940 08 24	Toronto, Ont.	Canadian National Exhibition New Dance Pav	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 24	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Floyd G. Snelson's column in the New York Age, 1940-08-24, p.4,: "The oomph girl, Bea Ellis, is quietly lolling in her "Sugar Hill" love-nest and will join her heart-beat, Duke Ellington, next week, when he opens his engagement at the Hotel Sherman, in Chicago." .	.	.	.	.	.	added 2012-09-03
1940 08 26 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Chicago Coliseum)	Miss Bronze America Contest (1)According to the Chicago Defender, 4,000 attended the Miss Bronze America Contest of the American Negro Exposition, Ellington and his Orchestra played for the contest and Ellington crowned contest winner Miriam Ali. (2)The Chicago Defender also reported that, following the coronation ceremony, Ellington played for dancing at the Tropical Gardens next door. (3)The New York Age said the "finals were held beginning at midnight in the Exposition Theatre" and "it was not until 2:30 AM that the winner could be declared and crowned in the Court of Dioramas where Duke Ellington was playing. The crown was placed on the winner's head by James W. Washington, president and founder of the Exposition." The Court of Dioramas was in the centre of the Coiseum, and the Exposition Theater or Exposition Hall was at the north end.	"Beauty Queen to Leave for New York on Sunday," Chicago Defender, 31Aug40 p2 Chicago Tribune, 1Sep40, part6, p6 New York Age, Sept. 7, 1940	.	04,2-22	.	Steiner; djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-05
1940 08 27	.	St. Louis	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 08 31	.	Glencoe	Lake Shore Cl.	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
September 1940
1940 09 02	.	St. Louis	Forrest Park	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 09 03	.	Henderson	Trocadero Cl	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 09 05	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Victor recording session, + broadcast “In Chicago Tonight”	.	DE4018?	08,3-32 06,1-8 04,2-22 03,2-28 02,2-17 01,2-30 = 01,2-29 00,4-11+23 00,3-25 85,1-10	Timner corrections	.	2011
1940 09 06	1940 09 30	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4019	04,2-22 02,2-22+26	.	CAHoct05	2011
1940 09 07	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Commercial broadcast =Opening Night on 6th?	.	DE4020	09,3-10 04,2-22 02,2-26 98,2-24 83,3-8 79,1-1	Timner corrections	(credit CarlHällström+KenSteiner as all 09,3-10 entries)	2011
1940 09 07	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 08	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	DE4021	09,3-10 04,2-10 04/1-32 03/3-27 03,2-9+29 03/1-28 02,2-26 85,3-3	.	.	2011
1940 09 09	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Broadcast“Your Music IQ”	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 09 10	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ 11:05	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 10	1940 09 11	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast NBC-Red network	.	DE4022	09,3-10 02,2-26	.	.	2011
1940 09 11	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ 11:05	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 11	1940 09 12	Chicago, Ill.	Grand Terrace	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 09 11	1940 09 12	Chicago, Ill.	/+ Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR+NBC	.	DE4023	10,2-11 09,3-10 04,2-22 00,2-21+26	.	.	2011
1940 09 12	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast NBC-Blue network	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 13	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	DE4024	09,3-10 03,3-28 03,2-9 00,2-21+26	NDCS 1053	.	2011
1940 09 14	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	Brass Rail	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 09 15	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast NBC	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 09 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	+ Sustaining broadcast WMAQ 11:05	.	.	09,3-10 04,2-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 18	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ 11:05+ Sustaining broadcast WENR+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 19	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast NBC-Blue network	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 20	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 21	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	NBC-broadcast + Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC "This is the 11:05 PM NBC coast-to-coast broadcast but since it was airchecked in Chicago from the WMAQ feed it also got the Panther Room commercial which was being read by a different announcer, located in the studio, and of course not heard on the NBC Blue line." - Hällström "Jig Walk" is included in New Desor, the other titles broadcast were: Sign-on: Sepia Panorama The Big (sic) Walk Whispering Grass Blueberry Hill Harlem Air Shaft All This and Heaven Too Maybe Madam Will Drop Her Shawl Tooting Through the Roof There I Go Sign-off: Warm Valley	.	DE4025	09,3-10 04,3-23 04,3-50 03,3-28 03,2-9 02,2-26 98,2-23 85,3-3 85,2-11	NDCS 1053	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-02
1940 09 22	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	WMAQ broadcast	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 24	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	WMAQ broadcast	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 25	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+ Sustaining broadcast WENR+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 26	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast NBC + Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	DE4026	09,3-10 08,2-25 02,2-26 85,3-3 85,2-11	.	.	2011
1940 09 27	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	DE4027	09,3-10 09,2-21 91,2-7 85,3-3	.	.	2011
1940 09 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	Square's Café	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 09 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 09/10	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4028	11,2-6 04,2-10 02,3-26 00,2-21	NDCS 1018	.	2011
October 1940
1940 09 06	1940 10 16	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	(continued)	.	DE4019	04,2-22 02,2-22+26	.	CAHoct05	2011
1940 10 01	.	Chicago, Ill.	RCA Studio A	Victor recording session Ellington and Blanton only Pitter Panther Patter Body and Soul Sophisticated Lady Mr. J.B. Blues	.	DE4029	04,2-22 02,3-20 99,5-22 90,4-4 83,4-1	.	.	2011
1940 10 01	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 02	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ 11:05+ Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 03	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	NBC-broadcast+ Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	DE4030	11,2-6 09,3-10 02,3-6 00,3-25	.	.	2011
1940 10 04	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.		2011
1940 10 05	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 06	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	10,2-11 09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 08	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 09	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+ Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 10	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ + Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-19	.	.	2011
1940 10 11	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 11?	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 10 12	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 13	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 16	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Sustaining broadcast WMAQ+NBC + Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	09,3-10	.	.	2011
1940 10 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	RCA Studio A	Victor recording session Warm Valley The Flaming Sword	.	DE4031	09,3-10 04,2-22 03,2-28 01,2-30 = 01,2-29 00,2-19 98,4-14 98,2-22 95,1-5 89,1-16 ` 85,1-10	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-22
1940 10 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	closing night Sustaining broadcast WENR	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 10 18	1940 10 23	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 10 25	.	Cedar Rapids, Io.	Danceland	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 10 26	.	Gary	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-13	(credit KenSteiner as all 03,2-13 entries)	.	2011
1940 10 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	RCA Studio A	Victor recording session Across the Track Blues Chloe I Never Felt This Way Before	.	DE4032	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-22
1940 10 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	Parkway Ballroom	dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 10 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	Grand Terrace Ca	guest	.	.	04,3-12 04,2-22 00,4-23 98,4-14 89,1-16	.	.	2011
1940 10 29	1940 10 30	Madison	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 10 31	.	Columbus, Oh.	Columbus Auditorium	.	.	.	04,2-22 02,2-22	.	.	2011
November 1940
1940 11 01	.	Munice	Munice Fieldhouse	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 11 02	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Bluebird recording session,	.	DE4033	07,1-42 04,2-22 03,2-29 03,1-28 02,1-20 98,4-9 94,1-1 92,2-6 91,1-3 90,4-3 90,3-5 87,4-5 87,1-4 83,4-1 83,2-2	Timner corrections	.	2011
1940 11 02	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Cootie Williams leaves the band to join Benny Goodman, with Ellington’s encouragement. He will later form his own band, and return to Ellington’s band in 1962.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1940 11 04?	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	.	Uncertain	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 11 05	.	East Grand Forks, Minn.	States Ballroom	Dance In her liner notes to Storyville's double CD release The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition, Annie Kuebler speculates Ray Nance joined the band here, rather than at Fargo. Tribune, Nov.6 "Catching a train at Crookston, Minn. at 3:58 a.m. today, after playing for five hours at a dance in East Grand Forks, Duke Ellington and his orchestra rolled into town..."	Winnipeg Evening Tribune 1940-11-06,p.13	.	04,2-22	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-15 2013-05-26
1940 11 06 Wednesday 9 pm to 1.30 am	.	Winnipeg, Man.	Auditorium	Dance attended by 3,300 listeners and dancers Tickets $1.10 for the dance or to sit in the balcony Catching the 3:58 am train at Crookston, Minn., the band arrived in Winnipeg in the morning. Leaving Union Station, Ellington "reviewed" a Royal Canadian Air Force band marching along Main Street and turning onto Broadway. Later in the day, Ellington was interviewed at the McLaren Hotel by an unnamed Evening Tribune reporter, during which he declined to give an opinion about the U.S. presidential election in which FDR had just been re-elected.	Winnipeg Evening Tribune Preview publicity and ad, 1940-11-02 p.20 & 10 Interview, 1940-11-06 Review, 1940-11-07	.	05,1-13 04,3-12 04,2-22 00,1-11 99,4-12	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-27
1940 11 07	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ray Nance, trumpet, joins the band. He played both trumpet and violin on this, his first known day with the group.				New Desor vol.2 Images	djp	Added 2012-10-30
1940 11 07	.	Fargo, N.D.	Crystal Ballroom	Dance. See archivist Annie Kuebler's liner notes for the CD The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition (Storyville STCD 8317/17)	Journal of Jazz Studies, Winter 2012, pp. 137-162	DE4034	07,1-46 04,2-22 03,2-29 03,1-28 02,3-12 02,2-17 02,1-25 01,3-27 00,3-7+25 99,5-6 99,4-12	Lambert photos RIT photo WwoDE photos Images	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-14
1940 11 08	.	Duluth	Duluth Armory	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 11 11	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Bluebird recording session,	.	DE4035	11,2-18 07,1-42 04,2-22 03,1-16 02,2-17 87,2-11 87,1-4 Timner corrections	.	.	2011
1940 11 15	1940 11 21	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	Vail190photo	.	2011
1940 11 18	.	.	.	False Date See 17oct40	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1940 11 25	.	Detroit, Mich.	.	Uncertain date	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 11 28	1940 12 04	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Flatbush Theater	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-13	.	.	2011
December 1940
1940 12 05	1940 12 11	New York, N.Y.	Windsor Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 12 06	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Brookl Apollo	.	.	.	04,2-22 03,2-13	.	.	2011
1940 12 12 Thursday	.	Hamilton, N.Y.	Colgate Memorial Chapel, Colgate University	Concert Colgate scheduled Ellington's band for the second of its concert and lecture series programme, sponsored by Delta of Kappa Delta Rho. "More than 1,500 persons heard a program of 22 selections... The band swung into action 30 minutes late, but so popular were its renditions that the audience soon forgot its tardiness. A new number, to be published this week, was played for the first time 'I Never Felt This Way Before.' Herbie Jeffrey (sic) gave the vocal interpretation. Miss Ivie Anderson, who appeared after intermission, pleased with several vocal selections, including 'Way Down in New Orleans'..." Other sidemen specifically named: Stewart, Hodges, Nance, Brown (called a trumpeter), Greer, and Bigard (said to play alto sax).	Oswego Palladium Times, 1940-11-23 Daily Sentinel,Rome,N.Y. 1940-12-13 p.11 Vail I 191 photo Ulanov photo .	.	04,2-22		djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-14 & 2013-09-16
1940 12 13	1940 12 19	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 12 15	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Jack Teagarden recording session	.	.	99,4-23	.	.	2011
1940 12 20	1940 12 22	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 12 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	04,2-22	.	.	2011
1940 12 25 Wednesday Christmas Day	.	Cleveland, Ohio	Hotel Cleveland	Christmas Prom of the Ching Tang club	Glenn C. Pullen, "Andy Hardys About Town Shoot as High as the Moon for Holiday 'Jive' Favorites," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1940-12-20 p.18	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-10-30
1940 12 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Victor Studios	.	DE4036	.	.	.	2011
1940 12 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	08,3-6 04,2-22 98,4-14 89,1-16	.	.	2011
1940 12 30	.	El Paso, Tex.	Liberty Hall	Southwestern Sun Carnival Coronation Ball As part of the annual Sun Carnival (with parade and Sun Bowl football game), Duke Ellington and His Orchestra played for Coronation Ball at 10:00 p.m. A local broadcast was carried over KROD at 11:00 p.m. (radio listing, El Paso Herald Post, 30Dec40, p8).	El Paso Herald-Post 1940-12-12, p.5 1940-12-24, p.7 1940-12-28, p.7 1940-12-30, p.1	.	04,2-22	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-22
1940 12 31 Tuesday	.	Albuquerque, N.M.	Carlisle Gym	New Year's Eve dance, 9 pm to 4 a.m. for the benefit of the Albuquerque National Greek Relief Fund. Admission $1.75 per couple.	Ad, Albuquerque Journal 1940-12-31, p.7	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-10-22

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1941

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
January 1941
1941 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ellington hired Tom Whaley in 1941 to replace Juan Tizol as copyist. Whaley, born in 1892, first met Ellington at Robinson's Restaurant in New York, where Whaley was the pianist. Whaley was the Lafayette Theatre music director for one or two years before assuming that position with the Harlem Opera House in 1934. In 1935 he became Music Director of the Apollo Theatre,remaining until 1940. Whaley left the Ellington band briefly in 1950 but returned in 1951, and retired in 1971. In the 1960s, Whaley was the choirmaster for Ellington's sacred concerts, and he led the band in 1969 at the White House for Ellington's 70th birthday celebration.	Whaley biographer Catherine Goode, email correspondence, 2013-08-19 et subs.	.	.	.	djp	Added 2013-08-19
1941 01 02	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Arrival	.	.	90,3-2 90,2-4	.	(credit StevenLaskeras all 90,2-4 entries)	2011
1941 01 03	1941 01 31	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	.	07,3-20 04,2-22 90/2-4	.	.	2011
1941 01 03	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	“Lamplighter” KHJ-broadcast	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 01 15	.	Hollywood, Cal.	.	Victor Rec	.	DE4101	09,3-4 03,3-28 03,2-29 03,1-28 02,1-5 99,4-21 97,2-17 90/2-4	.	(credit DEMS as all 90,2-4 entries)	2011
1941 01 16	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	“Kraft Music Hall” NBC-broadcast 6-7pm	.	DE4102	10,1-12 90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 01 20	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Man	Radio Newsreel broadcast	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 01 28	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Man	.	.	DE4103	04,3-35 04,2-10 90,2-4 79,1-1	.	.	2011
February 1941
1941 02 01	1941 02 20	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	.	07,3-20 07,2-26 06,3-5	.	.	2011
1941 02 --	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	DE9060d-h	06,3-5	NDCS 1080	.	2011
1941 02 09	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	DE9060abc	06,3-5 90,2-4	NDCS 1080	.	2011
1941 02 09	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Broadcast “We Too Sing America”	.	.	.	.	CAHoct05	2011
1941 02 11	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	.	90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 02 13	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	DE4104	10,3-22 90,2-4 85,3-3	.	.	2011
1941 02 14	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	.	90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 02 15	.	Hollywood, Cal.	.	Victor recording session	.	DE4105	08,3-6 06,3-19 02,1-5 01,3-5/6 01,3-11 00,4-13 00,3-13 00,2-5 99,5-22 98,4-14 90,2-4 84,1-4	.	.	2011
1941 02 16	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	DE4106	11,1-22 02,1-5 01,3-6 fs97,2-16 90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 02 20	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	DE4107	05,2-38 04,3-35 04,2-10 99,3-5 93,1-6 90,2-4	NDCS 1004	.	2011
1941 02 21	.	San Diego, Cal.	Mission Beach	.	.	.	90,3-2 90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 02 23	1941 02 24	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet’s Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 02 25	.	Reno	El Patio Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 02 26	.	Stockton, Cal.	Cocoanut Grove	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 02 28	.	Napa, Cal.	Napa Pavilion	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1941
1941 03 01	.	Sacramento, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 03	1941 03 04	Portland	Uptown Ballroom	.(not 03-05)	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11	2011
1941 03 07	.	Yakima, Wash.	Fairmont Ballroom	.	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	2011
1941 03 08	.	Seattle, Wash.	New Armory	.	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	2011
1941 03 09	.	Olympia, Wash.	Evergreen Ballroom	.	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	2011
1941 03 10 Monday	.	Victoria, B.C.	York Theatre	Theatre show TOMORROW! One Day Only NO OVERCROWING! THOUSANDS OF SEATS! PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ALL VICTORIA THEATREGOERS! IN PERSON! Continuous Performances! COME ANY TIME AND SEE A COMPLETE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW! DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA AND ALL HIS ENTERTAINERS! ON OUR STAGE! THE TOP-FLIGHT RADIO-NETWORK AND RECORDING BAND! Greatest Musical Stage Show To Play Victoria In Years!...5 COMPLETE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOWS Doors Open At 12 Noon 'Ellington' At 1:50, 3:45, 5:40, 7:35, 9:40..."	Ads, The Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C. 1941-03-04 1941-03-05 1941-03-09.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 11	.	Vancouver, B.C.	Denman Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 12	.	Seattle, Wash.	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 13	.	Tacoma, Wash.	Century Ballroom	.	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	2011
1941 03 15	.	Seaside	Bungalow	.	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	2011
1941 03 16	.	Longview	Columbia Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 18	.	Boise	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 03 21	1941 03 25	Salt Lake C.	New Lake T	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not 21-24)	.	2011
1941 03 26	1941 03 27	Ogden	Egyptian Theatre	.	.	.	.	KenSteiner aug11 (not 25+26)	.	2011
1941 03 30	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	CBS Studios	.	.	DE9025	05,3-43 02,3-26 02,1-2 01,2-29	NDCS 1046	CAH16apr04 CAHoct05	2011
April 1941
1941 04 03	1941 04 09	Los Angeles, Cal.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 13	.	Dallas, Tex.	Skylon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 14	.	Shreveport	Palace Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 15	.	Alexandria	Murphy's	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 16	.	Houston, Tex.	Pilgrim Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 27	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Trianon	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 04 28	.	Kansas City	Municip.Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 04 29 Ellington's birthday	.	Pine Bluff	Masonic T.	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 04 30	.	Greenville, Miss.	.	Cottonpickers Carnival	.	.	90/2-4	.	.	2011
May 1941
1941 05 01 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 05 02 Friday 8 pm	1941 05 03 Saturday	St. Louis, Mo.	Municipal Auditorium	First of two concerts in aid of the 'Y' Camp Benefit Circus The Jeter-Pillars Club Plantation Orchestra shared the stage "The Y Circus was really a show, but we called it a circus because that's how it started - from scratch, in a gym at the Pine Street Y around 1924... The main purpose of the Y Circus was to benefit Camp River Cliff. That's the way we got the money to pay for the kids to go to camp. The kids didn't have any money; their parents didn't have any money - maybe we got five dollars for two weeks - so the Y Circus subsidized the rest." -George Elliott, Jr.	Vail I p.197 Ad, The Torch (St. Louis YMCA Pine Street Branch newsletter) 1941-03-28 That's the Way It Was: Stories of Struggle, Survival and Self-respect in Twentieth Century Black St. Louis, Vida Goldman Prince, The History Press, Charleston, S.C., 2013, p.154	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-24
1941 05 03 Saturday 8 pm	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Municipal Auditorium	Second concert - see 1951 05 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 04 Sunday	.	Peoria, Ill.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 05 05 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 05 06 Tuesday	.	Sheboygan, Wisc.	Sheboygan Theater	.	Sheboygan Press Mention, 1941-04-17, p.31 Ad 1941-05-02 p.17	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1941 05 07 Wednesday	.	Appleton, Wisc.	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 08 Thursday	.	Kenosha, Wisc.	Kenosha Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 09 Friday	.	Oshkosh, Wisc.	Oshkosh Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 10 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 11 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 12 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 13 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington Piano solos recorded: Dear Old Southland Solitude Solitude is incorrectly said to have been recorded May 15 on the sleeve of RCA EPA-5002.	Stratemann p.167	DE4108	07,1-47 90,3-2 90,2-4 79,2-1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-02
1941 05 15 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 16 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 17 Saturday	.	Crawfordsville, Ind.	Wabash College	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 18 Sunday	.	.		activities not documented Appears to be a travel day - Chicago Defender reported the band arrived at 5 am and was on its way again by 7 am.	.
1941 05 19 Monday	.			activities not documented Likely a travel day	.
1941 05 20 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Arrival	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 21 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 05 22 Thursday	.	.	.	Unexpected day off - activities not known. Stratemann says this scheduled club date at Topsy's Roost in Southgate was booked for May 22 but was postponed by a week. When it opened, Topsy's or Topsy's Roost had been renamed and was the Trianon Ballroom Cafe	Stratemann p.167	.	02,2-21	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-02
1941 05 23 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 05 24 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 05 25 Sunday	1941 06 18 Wednesday	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe 2800 East Firestone	Nightclub engagement (floorshow) Appearing with Ellington and his orchestra were Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries, dancer Peter Ray and the Four Kit Kats dance team (Billboard says Four Tic Tocs). While Stratemann has this engagement delayed until May 29, the band's performance of 25 May 1941 was reviewed in "The California Eagle" 29 May 41, indicating the residency began by 25 May at the latest. The closing date is based on a June 13 ad saying the last night will definitely be the 18th. Stratemann says during the Trianon residency, Ellington worked on music for Jump for Joy, the musical he would put on later in the year in Los Angeles. Billboard says club owner Jimmy Contratto, in the construction business, built Topsy's in 1932. He closed Topsy's, famous for food, renovated and reopened in May as the Trianon Ballroom with the Ellington orchestra and the floorshow. Amenities included parking, coat check, gardenia concessions in the men's and women's washrooms and a photography concession.	The California Eagle 1941-05-29 Ad, Long Beach Independent 1951-06-13, p.28 Stratemann p.167 'From a Night Club to Ballroom,' Billboard 1942-01-10, p.11	.	02,2-21	.	CAHoct05	added 2011 updated 2013-05-02 2013-10-16
1941 May or June	.	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	DE9010	11,2-6 00,3-24 00,2-21	NDCS 1029	.	2011
	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 26 Monday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 27 Tuesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 28 Wednesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 29 Thursday 5-6 pm	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	NBC Studios	Ellington and Blanton appeared on “Kraft Music Hall” NBC-broadcast. They performed Stomp Caprice as a duet, and Frankie and Johnny with the John Scott Trotter orchestra and a choir.	.	DE4109	10,1-12 02,3-14 00,2-12 98,2-20 90,2-4 88,3-7 87,4-6 82,5-3 80,4-1 80,3-2	.	.	2011
1941 05 29 Thursday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 30 Friday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 05 31 Saturday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1941
1941 06 01 Sunday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 --	.	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	DE4112	11,2-6 04,3-35 02,2-21 97,2-8	.	.	2011
1941 06 02	.	.	.	Date of 3 year contract between Ellington and the William Morris Agency - the contract is reproduced at DEMS 89/1-3 and sets out the variation in fees to be paid WMA based on the length of the engagement and the remuneration paid to Ellington and his orchestra.	.	.	DEMS 89/1-3	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-09-21
1941 06 02 Monday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 03 Tuesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 04 Wednesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 05 Thursday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 05	.	Hollywood, Cal.	RCA Studio	.	.	DE4110	06,3-19 03,1-16 98,4-14 90,2-4 89,1-16	.	.	2011
1941 06 06 Friday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 07 Saturday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 08 Sunday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 09 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	MBS Studios	MBS Broadcast, "Salute to Canada Lee"	.	DE4111	90,2-4	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-16
1941 06 09 Monday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 10 Tuesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 11 Wednesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 12 Thursday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	DE4113	90,2-4 85,3-4	.	.	2011
1941 06 13 Friday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 14 Saturday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 15 Sunday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 06 16 Monday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	DE4114	90,2-4	Timner corrections	.	2011
1941 06 17 Tuesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 18 Wednesday	.	Southgate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom-Cafe	Nightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25 Final night	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 18 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Capri	This may have been a gig, but more likely it was a jam session at the Capri after the band closed at the Trianon. "The Capri jumped last Wednesday night after hours. Every musician of note in town was there. Lunceford and Duke men had a chance to cut each other and knock everyone else out. Nellie Lucher, piano; Slam Stewart, bass; George Reed, drums; Joe Lewis, guitar; and Jackie Porter, trumpet; got the session going with Lady Be Good. " Late (sic) Ben Webster, Joe Thomas, Lester Young and Bumps Myers, all tenor saxes, battled for a while... Webster, as always, went six stories below the basement, to dish up his particular brand of dirty tone. ... "Rex Stewart ranked Gabriel with his expressive cornet choruses and Doutsie Williams wasn’t far behind. Proving his master touch Jimmie Blanton plucked bass on Body and Soul while Al Norris riffed a bit of gutter guitar. Lee Young deserves a big pat on the back ...for getting together such a fine group of musicians. .	"Jam Session," California Eagle, 1941-06-26 p.Two-B	.	05,2-40 05,1-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-16
1941 06 19 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 20 Friday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Victor Studios	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 06 20 Friday	.	Fresno, Cal	New Memorial Auditorium	"9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M."	ad, Fresno Bee, 19Jun41, p.17	.	.	.	K.Steiner Dec 2012	.Added 2013-11-24
1941 06 21 Saturday 9 P.M.	.	Capitola, Cal.	Capitola Ballroom	Duke Ellington One Big Night Admission 99 cents including tax .	Ad, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1941-06-20	.	.	.	Steiner	added 2013-11-24
1941 06 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 23 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 24 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 25 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 26 Thursday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Victor Studios	.	.	DE4115	08,3-32 07,1-47 06,1-27 90,2-4 89,1-16	.	.	2011
1941 06 27 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 28 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 06 29 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Bowl	KNX+CBS =USO-broadcast	.	DE4207	02,3-26 02,2-21	.	Hallström feb10	2011
1941 06 30 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
July 1941
1941 07 01 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 07 02 Wednesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Tickets for the forthcoming Jump for Joy musical went on sale				John Bloom, Michael Nevin Willard, editors, Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture, New York University Press, 2002, p.61	djp	Added 2013-10-16
1941 07 02 Wednesday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Victor Studios	.	.	DE4116	06,3-19 03,2-29 03,1-28 90,3-2 90,2-4 89,1-16	.	.	2011
1941 07 03 Thursday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Victor Studios	.	.	DE4117	04,1-32 03,3-27 03,2-20 03,1-16+28 02,1-20 99,3-11 90,2-4	NDCS 1004	.	2011
1941 07 04 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	"Lamplighter Show"	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 07 05 Saturday	1941 07 09	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Jump for Joy rehearsals	.	.	02,2-21 85,3-4	.	.	2011
1941 07 06 Sunday		Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Jump for Joy rehearsals	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 07 07 Monday		Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Jump for Joy rehearsals	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 07 08 Tuesday		Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Jump for Joy rehearsals	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 07 09 Wednesday		Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Jump for Joy rehearsals	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 07 10 Thursday	1941 09 27	Los Angeles, Cal.	Mayan Theatre	Ellington's full-length musical theatre show “Jump For Joy” opened at 9:10 p.m. in the Mayan Theatre and would run for 101 performances. It opened to mixed reviews, but in August The California Eagle's critic* wrote: "...Saw Jump for Joy again, and it was much improved since the first week's performance. Dorothy Dandridge is out and Wynelda Carter is in. ... However Ivie Anderson and Marie Bryant are still the life of hte show. There's never a dull moment when either of these gals are on deck. Ivie can sing a song so that the audience get every word, and at the same time make cracks at Sonny Greer, tease Duke and wink at the boys in the front row. Wednesday night she went into a dance routine that would have slayed you. Marie has enough pep for ten people. She and Paul White make a fine comedy team. The most killing thing in the play is Clarence Landry's superb acting (complete with hankjie) as a pansie. He's really marvellous. Now let us get to the subject of Joe Turner. Such blues shouting as that man can do! I was very surprised to note that he doesn't go in for jivin' the audiences a la Wynonie Harris. He just stands there, sort of looks over the gals on the front row with an "Oh, nuts!" expression and shouts the meanest verses since Simon Legree. And to the babes love it? He doesn't tone down his words either. Wednesday he did Cherry Red, Rocks in My Bed, Wee Baby and some others that I thought were restricted to down home consumption. But Turner shouts 'em at the Mayan and makes the folks like it. Rex Steward (sic) does some mighty fine answering after each line Joe shouts. It's wonderful the amount of talking Rex can get out of a horn - and if you can get your mind in a certain groove, Peace, It's Wonderful!..." The show was staged by Nick Castle, the music was written by Ellington, with assistance from his son Mercer, Hal Borne and Billy Strayhorn. Lyrics were by Paul Webster and Sid Kuller. Stratemann credits Langston Hughes, Otis René, Mickey Rooney, and Charles Leonard with contributing music or lyrics, and says sketches were by Kuller and Hal Fimburg. Songs written for and used in the show included Jump for Joy I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (sung by Ivie Anderson) Rocks in My Bed (sung by Joe Turner) Subtle Slough (later, with lyrics added, 'Just Squeeze Me') The Brown-Skin Gal With The Calico Gown (sung by Herb Jeffries) Bli-Blip (duet by Marie Bryant and Paul White Bugle Breaks Chocolate Shake Stomp Caprice Flame Indigo (sung by Herb Jeffries) Shhh! He's on the Beat Sharp Easter Old-Fashioned Waltz Concerto for Clinkers (Rex Stewart feature) Ellington: Working with those writers was a very interesting experience for me. The show was never the same, because every night after the final curtain we had a meeting up in the office. All fifteen writers would be present whenever possible, and we would discuss, debate, and make decisions as to what should come out of the show the next night... With the exception of Rex Stewart who was in a skit with Duke, the orchestra played in the pit and did not appear on stage. Stratemann attributes this to a union rule requiring extra pay if an orchestra appeared both in the pit and on stage.	MIMM, pp.175-180, shows the programme with details of creators, cast, production crew, scenes, songs, etc. Note the names in the programme are not all the same as in Stratemann. *Wilma Cockrell, Jam Session California Eagle 1941-08-14 p.2B Stratemann, pp.169-171, citing Mayan Theatre "The Playgoer" 1941-08-25 Hollywood Reporter 1941-07-11 1941-07-22 Variety 1941-07-16 p.25 1941-07-23 p.60 1941-07-30, p.45 1941-08-06 p.56 1941-08-13 p.58 1941-09-03 p.59 1941-10-01 p.91 Metronome 1941-10-00, p.20 Billboard (date not stated) Down Beat date not stated 1941-09-01 MIMM p.155 Patricia Willard's notes for the Smithsonian long-playing album R 073 Silent movie filmed in theatre by Mary and Andy MacKay Harry Carney's home movies John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category pp.246-248	.	90,2-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-15
1941 07 26 Saturday	.	.	.	FBI report: "The 'West Coast Volunteer' for June and July 1941, a monthly newsletter published by the Henry Eaton Post of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade ... reflected that the Hollywood Chapter of the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on July 26, 1941, gave a barn dance to raise funds. The publication related that Duke Ellington had appeared at the dance with a portion of his band..."	FBI file no. 100-43443, p.8	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-13
1941 07 15	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Mayan Theatre	show + dinner party for Disney strikers	.	.	10,1-10	.	.	2011
August 1941
1941 08 01	1941 08 31	Los Angeles, Cal.	Mayan Theatre	“JumpForJoy”	.	.	.	Stratemann 169 Vail199photo	.	2011
1941 08 20	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 08 24 5:00 pm	.	Pasadena, Cal.	Pasadena Gold Shell Memorial Park Old Town	"Starlight Fiesta presents The greatest musical event of the season featuring one of America's greatest composers. Playing symphonic arrangements of his own compositions as well as classics in the popular field. Duke Ellington In His First American Concert Appearance" Admission: Reserved $1.10, General 55¢, Bleachers 25¢	.	.	90,3-2	Vail200photo California Eagle, 1941-08-14	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-04-23
1941 08 25	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	CBS-Forecast #12	correct date is 1941 09 01 see there	.	DE4118	08,3-2 90,3-2 90,2-5 86,3-1	.	CAH feb10	2011
1941 08 29	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	CBS-Forecast #12	correct date is 1941 09 01 see there	.	.	90,2-5 85,4-4 85,3-4	.	CAH feb10	2011
September 1941
1941 09 --	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Meeting Orsonwelles	.	.	.	.	Stratemann 193	.	2011
1941 09 01	1941 09 27	Los Angeles, Cal.	Mayan Theatre	“JumpForJoy”	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 09 01	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	CBS-Forecast #12 live broadcast “Jubilee”	.	DE4118	08,3-2 90,3-2 90,2-5 86,3-1 85,4-4 85,3-4	.	Hallström feb10	2011
1941 09 01	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	NBC “Salute To Labor”	.	DE4119	06,3-19 03,1-19 97,4-2 97,3-14 90,2-5 87,2-1 87,1-2	Vail201photo	.	2011
1941 09 05	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	CBS Studios	.	.	.	85,3-4	.	(credit JerryValburn as all 85,3-4 entries)	2011
1941 09 17	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	RCA Studio	.	.	DE4120	09,3-4 07,1-47 04,1-32 03,3-27 99,4-21 90,2-5 79,2-1	.	.	2011
1941 09 26	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	RCA Studio	.	.	DE4121	06,3-19 03,2-29 00,2-15 90,2-5	.	.	2011
1941 09 29	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Recording session,	.	DE4122	03,1-28 90,2-5	.	.	2011
October 1941
1941 10 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Alvin R. “Junior” Raglin, bass, joins the band. Junior was Jimmie Blanton’s cousin and used Jimmie’s bass.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1941 10 01 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 02 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 03 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 04 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 05 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Elks Auditorium	Dance	.	.	90,3-2	.	.	2011
1941 10 06 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 07 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 08 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 09 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	"Kraft Music Hall" NBC-broadcast 6-7pm	.	DE4123	10,1-12 04,1-32 03,3-8 90,2-5	.	.	2011
1941 10 10 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 11 Saturday	.	Sacramento, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 10 12 Sunday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Oakland Ball Park	"Duke Ellington, composer, pianist and conductor of one of America's famous dance bandsm who will appear at Sweet's Ballroom Sunday night, will attend the championship game between the California Eagles and Ben's Golden Glow today at the Oakland Ball Park. Ellington, who made an appearance in Sacramento, talked with Paul (Spier?) publicity director, over the phone from there, and promised definitely he would bring his band to the game. Ellington will march with Colonel Young's Drum and Bugle Corps, American Legion Post 229, which band will be in attendance at the game, and will supply music to the contest."	Announcement, Oakland Tribune 1941-10-12 p.D12	.	.		K.Steiner	added 2013-05-22
1941 10 12 Sunday 3 pm	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Curran Theater	The Oakland Tribune reported Duke Ellington, Orson Wells and Ethel Waters would be guests of honour at a performance by Katherine Dunham and her Dunham Dancers, a troupe of 20 West Indian dancers accompanied by percussionists Gaucho Vanderhanz from Dutch Guinea and Ivan Lopez from Brazil.	Oakland Tribune 1941-10-12 p.11	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-17
1941 10 12 Sunday	1941 10 13	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 10 13 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 14 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 15 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 16 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1941 10 17 Friday	.	.	.	"Ellington was expected to attend a 17 October Los Angeles performance of 'Cabin in the Sky' by the Katherine Dunham Dancers."	Stratemann p. 171, citing California Eagle 1941-10-09	.	.	.	KSteiner	added 2013-05-23
November 1941
1941 11 01	1941 11 02	Los Angeles, Cal.	Mayan Theatre	“Jump for Joy”	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 11 02	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Jimmie Blanton leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1941 11 05	1941 11 11	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 11 14	.	Palo Alto, Cal.	Stanford University	.	.	.	90,3-2 90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 11 15 Saturday Doors, 8 PM	.	Salinas, Cal.	Salinas Armory	Dance to this great band! See the Show of Shows. Dance to the sween music of this famous maestro. Come early and stay late. Admission, Gents, $1.10¹ $1.00², Ladies, 75 cents,² Ladies or Service Men in Uniform, 75 cents¹ tax included.	Ads, Salinas Morning Post 1. 1941-11-11 1941-11-15	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-07-26	added 2013-07-26
1941 11 16 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 11 17 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 11 18 Tuesday	.	San Jose, Cal.	Civic Auditorium	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 11 19 Wednesday	1941 11 25	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 11 28	.	Berkeley Univ Dance	.	.	.	.	05,1-7 90,3-2 90,2-4	.	.	2011
December 1941
1941 12 --	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	“D.E. Soundies”,	.	DE4124	07,2-5 06,3-19 90,2-5	Stratemann 175 Stratemann 182+183photos	.	2011
1941 12 01 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom	opening night	.	.	.	Lester Y. p101	.	2011
1941 12 02 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Victor Studio	.	.	DE4125	07,1-47 04,3-33 03,1-28 99,3-21 90,2-5 89,1-16 1979,2-1	Vail207photo	.	2011
1941 12 03 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Victor Studio	.	.	DE4126	09,3-4 06,3-19 02,1-5 01,3-5/6 01,3-11 99,4-2 90,2-5 84,1-5 79,2-1	.	.	2011
1941 12 04 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 12 05 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1941 12 06 Saturday	.	.	.	activities not documented Lasker reports the band departed this date for Seattle and Portland, so the day seems to be a travel day.	.	.	90,3-2 90,2-4	.	.	2011
1941 12 07 Sunday	.	Eugene, Ore.	Armory	"Eugene Armory, Eugene, Oregon. Venue identified. "3:30 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 11 p.m." (Eugene Register-Guard, 7Dec41, ad) I have been unable to verify if this gig went on as scheduled following the attack on Pearl Harbor that morning. More research is needed. Ken Steiner" .	.	.	03,2-13	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-30
1941 12 08 Monday	1941 12 14	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 09 Tuesday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 10 Wednesday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 11 Thursday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 12 Friday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 12 Friday	.	Portland, Ore.	Portland Air Base	Free concert for air base personnel. A.F.of M. Local 99, Portland, objected to musicians playing for the military for free. Duke Ellington, having agreed to put on a one-hour show for the soldiers, was said to have denied the right of the local union to interfere. Ellington's band entertained a packed house at the base Friday night, December 12. The air base appears to be close enough to the city to allow the concert to have been played during the band's 4 pm to 6:55 pm break between sets at the theatre, or it could have been after the band finished at the theatre, shortly ater 10 pm. The earlier time seems more likely, because the base executive officer is quoted as saying the base postponed supper to hear Ellington.	The Oregonian 1941-12-20	.	.	.	Steiner 2013-10-30	added 2013-10-30
1941 12 13 Saturday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 14 Sunday	.	Portland, Ore.	Mayfair Theatre	Stage show - see 1941 12 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1941 12 15	1941 12 21	Seattle, Wash.	Palomar Theatre	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 12 15	.	Seattle, Wash.	Palomar Theatre	.	.	.	05,3-56	.	.	2011
1941 12 18	.	Seattle, Wash.	Owls’ Club	.	.	.	05,1-7	.	.	2011
1941 12 2?	1941 12 29	Los Angeles, Cal.??	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011

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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
January 1942
1942 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Herb Jeffries leaves the band.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1942 01 01 Thursday	1942 01 05 Monday	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater 1400 Main St.	Stage show	Billboard,1942-01-10 p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-10-16
1942 01 02 Friday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1942 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 03 Saturday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1942 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 04 Sunday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1942 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 05 Monday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Mainstreet Theater	Stage show - see 1942 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 06 Tuesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	.	Lay-over, activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 07 Wednesday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	.	Lay-over, activities not documented	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 08 Thursday	1942 01 09 Friday	Junction City, Kans.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 09 Friday		Junction City, Kans.	.	see 1942 01 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 10 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 01 11 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 01 12 Monday	.	Omaha, Neb.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 13 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 01 14 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 01 15 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 01 16 Friday	.	Madison, Wisc.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 17 Saturday	.	Waukegan, Ill.	Rink Ballroom	.	Peter Hammond's Pearl Harbour Jazz, pages 72 -74	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-02
1942 01 18 Sunday	.	Elkhart, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 19 Monday	.			activities not documented It is pure speculation, but with Elkhart known as "Band Instrument Capital of the World", it seems possible some band members may have visited one or more of their factories.	.
1942 01 20	1945 09 30	.	.	Peripheral event The United States implemented year-round daylight savings time, calling it War Time, with three time zones, Eastern (EWT), Central (CWT) and Pacific (PWT). The zones were relabeled “Peace Time” after Japan surrendered.				.	Carl Hällström	Added 2012-10-06
1942 01 21	.	Chicago, Ill.	Studio A	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwicke, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer Titles recorded: Perdido C-Jam Blues Moon Mist	.	DE4201	11,1-27 09,3-4 09,2-4 08,3-24+32 04,3-33+35 04,2-49 03,2-5+28 03,1-16+27 98,4-14 97,3-13 97,2-8 94,1-6 84,4-8 84,1-4 82,2-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-18
1942 01 23	1942 01 29	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theat	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 30	1942 01 31	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theat	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 01 30	.	.	.	Nbc-Broadcast “BirthdayCeleb”	.	.	01,2-20	.	.	2011
February 1942
1942 02 01	1942 02 05	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theat	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 06	1942 02 09	Canton	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 10	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Hill Street Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 11	.	Uniontown	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 12	1942 02 18	Boston, Mass.	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 20	.	Lawrence	Recreation Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 21	.	Portland	Ricker Gardens	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 22	.	Worcester	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 23	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 24	.	Toronto, Ont.	Dover Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 25	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 02 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 1	.	.	DE4202	05,3-56 03,1-16 99,5-22 81,5-2 79,4-4	Timner corrections	.	2011
1942 02 27	.	.	.	Nbc-Broadcast “FashionsInJazz”	.	.	01,2-20	.	.	2011
1942 02 27	1942 02 28	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	VARphoto Hasse281photo Vail211photo	.	2011
March 1942
1942 03 01	1942 03 05	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 03 06	1942 03 12	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 03 13	1942 03 19	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 03 20	1942 03 26	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 03 27	1942 03 29	Moline	Tri-State Theatr	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 03 30	1942 03 31	.	.	Travel To California	.	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1942
1942 04 01	.	.	.	Travel To California	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 04 02	1942 05 12 10:30 pm	South Gate, Cal.	Trianon Ballroom	Six week 50-minute floorshow averaging 7,000 patrons a week. Ellington's was the first band to play twice at the Trianon, and set attendance records on opening night and the first Saturday, when 2,150 customers came. Stratemann reported Ellington was the master of ceremonies and the first week, it appeared just Ellington and his rhythm team with Rex Stewart accompanied the floorshow. The floor show in the first week was Sleepy Wiliuams and Georgia (song and dance) Marie Bryant Leon Cepoas (tap) Ivie Anderson Closing duet by Marie Bryant and Ray Nance For the second and later weeks, the show featured Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, Ivie Anderson and Ray Nance, plus The Three Rockets dancers from Jump for Joy. Consistently, Billboard reported that in the first week, three acts were used and the show was not built around the band but in the second week two acts were used, with the band was worked in for a good part of the show. Stratemann reports frequent broadcasts on station KHJ and the MBS network.	Night Club Follow Up Reviews, Billboard, 1942-05-09 p.16 Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-02-18 p.45 Down Beat 1942-05-15 p43 Variety 1942-04-15 to 1942-05-13 Billboard 1942-04-17 pp.17 & 19 Billboard 1942-05-19 p.16 Metronome 1942-06	DE4203	11,2-6 96,1-4	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-27
May 1942
1942 05 01	1942 05 12	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 05 00	.	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	DE4206	91,2-1	Timner corrections	.	2011
1942 05 02	.	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	DE4204	11,2-6 11,1-22 00,2-21	.	.	2011
1942 05 07	.	Southgate	Trianon Ballroom	.	.	DE4205	05,3-42+56	.	.	2011
1942 05 13	1942 05 19	San Diego, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 05 18	.	Nbc-Broadcast “Fashionsinjazz”	.	.	.	.	01,2-20	.	.	2011
1942 05 20	1942 05 26	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 05 28	1942 05 29	Stockton Colonial Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 05 30	1942 05 31	Sacramento, Cal.	Hippodrome T	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1942
1942 06 03	.	Portland, Ore.	Uptown Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 05	1942 06 11	Vancouver, B.C.	Beacon Theatre	later Odeon Theatre Granville St.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 06	.	Vancouver, B.C.	Kelly's Record Store Seymour St.	CJOR remote broadcast	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 12	.	Seattle, Wash.	Civic Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 14	.	Tacoma, Wash.	Exposition	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 15	.	Salem	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 18	.	King City (Cal)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 19	.	Vallejo	Casa De Vallejo	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 20	.	San Jose, Cal.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 21	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Shrine Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 26	.	Ocean Park	Casino Gard.	“SwingSwiftDance” 1-6pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 26	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Victor St	.	.	DE4208	07,1-42 06,1-27 98,4-14 89,1-16	Timner corrections	.	2011
1942 06 26	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Masonic Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 06 27	.	Ocean Park	Casino Gard.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1942
1942 07 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Barney Bigard leaves the band, but will make a few recordings with it in 1945, 1961 and 1972				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1942 07 06	.	.	.	Elbert Skippy Williams ts	.	.	80,4-1 80,3-1	.	.	2011
1942 07 08	.	Salt Lake City	Cocoanut	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 07 10	1942 07 15	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Tax LP photo	.	2011
1942 07 10	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Chauncey Haughton, clarinet and tenor sax, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1942 07 14	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom	.	.	DE4209	02,1-16	.	.	2011
1942 07 15	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom	.	.	DE4210	02,1-16	.	.	2011
1942 07 17	1942 07 31	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	PantherRoom or BambooRoom daily bcs NBC-blue network except Mondays	.	.	.	.	CAHoct05+dec09	2011
1942 07 17	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	3 broadcasts: WJZ WENR WENR	.	.	.	.	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 18	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	4xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL WCFL WENR	.	.	.	.	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 19	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	2xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL	.	DE4211	03,2-29 03,1-28 85-3-4	.	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 21	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	2xbroadcast: WENR WENR	.	DE4212	11,1-22	WWoDE42-14+15	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 22	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	2xbroadcast: WENR WENR	.	DE4213	93,3-1 90,2-7	WWoDE42-16	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 23	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	4xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL WENR WENR	.	.	.	WWoDE42-17	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 24	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	3xbroadcast: WJZ WENR WENR	.	DE4214	CAHdec09	WWoDE42-18	.	2011
1942 07 25	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	4xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL WCFL WENR	.	.	.	.	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 26	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	3xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL WENR	.	.	DE4215	05,3-56 85,3-4	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 27	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	date correct? Mondays OFF! WMAQ-broadcast ??	.	DE4216	96,2-3 94,2-9	WWoDE42-19	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 28	.	Chicago, Ill.	Victor Studio A	"Treasury Corner" broadcast	.	DE4217	.	.	.	2011
1942 07 28	.	Hotel Sherman	.	1xbroadcast: WENR	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 07 28	.	.	.	.	.	DE4218	09,3-4 09,2-4 08,3-32 08,2-8 07,3-43 03,2-29 03,1-16+28 00,2-5 99,5-22 99,4-6 98,4-14 98,3-17 97,4-2 97,2-24 96,2-4 93,3-1 93,2-5 90,2-7 89,1-16 88,3-6 82,3-4 CAHdec09	WWoDE42-20+21	.	2011
1942 07 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	Navy Pier	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 07 29	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	1xbroadcast: WENR	.	.	.	WWoDE42-22	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 30	.	.	.	Death of Jimmie Blanton			.		djp	Added 2012 10 11
1942 07 30	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	3 broadcasts: WJZ, WMAL, & WENR	.	.	.	WWoDE42-23	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07 31	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	4xbroadcast: WJZ WMAL WENR WENR	.	.	.	WWoDE42-24	CAHdec09	2011
1942 07/08	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4219 DE4220	01,1-28	WWoDE42-30	.	2011
August 1942
1942 08 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Vocalist Joya Sherrill joins the band but leaves the same month.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1942 08 01 Saturday	1942 08 13	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	Panther Room or Bamboo Room daily broadcasts over the NBC - Blue Network except Mondays	.	.	.	.	CAHoct05+dec09	2011
1942 08 00	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4221	85,3-4 85,2-4	.	.	2011
1942 08 01 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	4 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WCFL WENR	.	.	.	.	CAHdec09	2011
1942 08 02 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	3 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WENR	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 07 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4222	85,3-4	.	.	2011
1942 08 08 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4223	85,3-4	.	.	2011
1942 08 11 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4224	85,3-4	.	.	2011
1942 08 13 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Hotel Sherman	.	.	DE4225	04,2-27 85,3-4	.	.	2011
1942 08 13 Thursday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ivie Anderson, vocalist, leaves the band and is replaced by a girl trio, Phyllis Smiley, Joya Sherrill and Betty Roché. Smiley left during the upcoming theatre tour and Sherrill went back to school at the end of the summer.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1942 08 14 Friday	1942 08 20	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show	Stratemann p.200 citing Downbeat 1942-08-15 Chicago Defender 1942-08-22, p.12 DESB	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1942 08 15 Saturday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 16 Sunday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 17 Monday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 18 Tuesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 19 Wednesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 20 Thursday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 21 Friday	1942 08 27 Thursday	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	.	Stratemann p.200 citing Billboard 1942-08-29 p.16 1942-09-05, p.14	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1942 08 22 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 23 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 24 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 25 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 26 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 27 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theater	Stage show - see 1942 08 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 28 Friday	1942 09 03 Thursday	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show	.	.	02,2-16	Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"	CAHoct05	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1942 08 29 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28 NBC remote broadcast of Tangerine Who Wouldn't Love You? unidentified I Wouldn't Want To Walk Without You	.	DE4226	02,3-14 02,2-16 01,2-29 98,2-20	Timner corrections -4/33	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1942 08 30 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 08 31 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
September 1942
1942 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Betty Roché, born 1920, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1942 09 01 Tuesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 02 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 03 Thursday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 08 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 04 Friday	1942 09 10 Thursday	Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show Gross for this week $11,700 compared to the normal average of house of $8,000/week.	Stratemann p.200 citing Down Beat 1942 -09-01 Billboard 1942-09-19 p.19	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 05 Saturday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 06 Sunday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 07 Monday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 08 Tuesday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 09 Wednesday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 10 Thursday		Dayton, Oh.	Colonial Theatre	Stage show - see 1942 09 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 11 Friday	1942 09 13 Sunday	Fort Wayne, Ind.	Palace Theatre	.	Stratemann p.200 citing Down Beat 1942-09-01.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 12 Saturday	1942 09 13	Fort Wayne, Ind.	Palace Theatre	see 1942 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 13 Sunday	1942 09 13	Fort Wayne, Ind.	Palace Theatre	see 1942 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 14	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Harold “Shorty” Baker, trumpet, joins the band. He and bandleader/arranger Mary Lou Williams had worked together before Ellington had stolen him from her small band. They married in Baltimore sometime after he joined after which she travelled with the band "so it was only natural she would try her hand at some arranging for it."¹ "Since her marriage to Harold Baker...she's been with the band on the road."²				New Desor vol.2 (1)Amsterdam News 1943-02-20 p.15 (2)Billboard 1943-02-27, p.23	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1942 09 14 Monday 8:30 pm	.	Chicago, Ill.	White City Ballroom 63rd and South Park	Dance Classic of the Season featuring THE ARISTROCRAT OF RHYTHM DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Special talent audition from 9:00 to 10:30 pm conducted by Duke Ellington. Sponsored by the National Negro Progress Association Special Balcony seat reservations 25 cents; general admission advance 85 cents door $1.00	Ad, Stratemann p.200	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 15 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 16 Wednesday	.	Moberly, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 17 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 09 18 Friday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 19 Saturday	1942 09 20	Topeka, Kan.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 20 Sunday	1942 09 20	Topeka, Kan.	.	see 1942 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 09 21 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 09 22 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 09 23 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 09 24 Thursday 10:25 - 10:30 pm	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	KPAS Studios	“Lamplighter Show” Brief guest appearance by Ellington	Stratemann p.200 citing Los Angeles Daily News 1942-09-24 p.9	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 25 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1942 09 26 Saturday 8:30 pm to 1:00 am	.	Long Beach, Cal.	Long Beach Auditorium	Dance with KFOX remote broadcasts from 9:00 to 9:15 and 10:00 to 10:30	Stratemann p.200 citing Los Angeles Daily News 1942-09-23 p.21 1942-09-24 p.9	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 27 Sunday	1942 10 07	Culver City, Cal.	M-G-M Studios	"Cabin In The Sky” Stratemann: "Upon arrival on the M-G-M lot, around September 27, Ellington and his men immediately went into rehearsal ..." Vail I places this on Monday instead - see 1942 09 28: "Cabin In The Sky” was only the third major all-black motion picture made for general audiences. In Stratemann's Louis Armstrong on the Screen, at p.140 he writes "Duke Ellington and his men were cast as the resident orchestra at Jim Henry's 'Paradise Café' and appeared on screen throughout the sequences enacted under its roof. On the soundtrack, however, they did just four numbers, faking during the remainder when the musical backings were actually played by the M-G-M studio orchestra. The 'Paradise' sequence opens with a street shot of blacks who walk and dance towards the dance hall entrance while the Ellington orchestra is heard in an abbreviated version of Things Ain't What They Used To Be, off-screen. The camera follows the couples as they enter the dance hall and finally comes to rest on the opposite end of the room, where the band segues into a number titled "Goin' Up," with the crowd clapping merrily along, shouting encouragement and jitterbugging during its uptempo segment. This, incidentally, is the only genuinely undisturbed Ellington performance in the film... Ellington's orchestra was hired the first week of August, replacing Cab Calloway's band.	Stratemann pp. 200 -221 (includes photos)	.	07,2-5 97,2-22 97,1-11	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-26
1942 09 28 Monday 7:30 pm	.	Culver City, Cal.	Stage No. 1 M-G-M Studios	Pre-recording for "Cabin In The Sky” - see 1942-09 27 Vail I: "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra report to the M-G-M lot and immediately start rehearsals...At 7:15 pm the Ellington Orchestra pre-records two numbers for the film." The recording schedule says the music was to arrive at 7:15 and the orchestra was to begin at 7:30	Stratemann, p.205: M-G-M recording schedule	DE4227	.	.	Timner	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 29 Tuesday appr. 4 pm	.	Culver City, Cal.	Stage No. 1 M-G-M Studios	Pre-recording for "Cabin in the Sky" - see 1942-09 27 Ellington band string section vocals by Buck and Bubbles Hall Johnson Choir Vail I, without citing sources, says "The rest of the week is spent filming the ballroom sequence for 'Cabin in the Sky' in which the orchestra is heavily featured."	Stratemann, p.206: M-G-M recording schedule	DE4228	.	Stratemann 201	Timner corrections	added 2011 updated 2013-03-25
1942 09 30 Wednesday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29	.
October 1942
1942 10 01 Thursday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29	.
1942 10 02 Friday	.	.	.	Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29	.
1942 10 03 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	M-G-M Studio	Possibly filming 'Cabin in the Sky' - see 1942-09-29	.
1942 10 03 Saturday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Hollywood Canteen 1451 Cahuenga Blvd.	Opening of new servicemen's club. Participating stars and entertainers: Eddy Cantor, master of ceremonies Bette Davis, president and founder Rudy Vallee and his Coast Guard Band Abbott and Costello, comedians Betty Hutton, singer Ginny Sims, singer Dinah Shore, singer Eleanor Powell, tapper Kay Kyser and his band, floor show Ellington and his orchestra for dancing	Stratemann p.237 Vail I	.	.	CAH photo	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-26
1942 10 04 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1942 10 05 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1942 10 06 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Possibly NBC studio	—date uncertain Armed Forces Radio Service recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwicke, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché Jubilee record 1. Titles recorded: Jubilee Theme Hayfoot, Strawfoot Going Up This session may have been either Oct. 6 or 7, since the record was "assembled" on Oct. 9 and the band was filming on the 8th. Stars in "Cabin in the Sky" appear on this transcription, except Lena Horne, who broke her ankle on Oct.6. If her absence is due to the injury, a recording date before that day is ruled out. See Stratemann for more.	Stratemann p.237 Vail I	DE4229	00,1-13 99,4-8 99,3-20 99,1-8 98,1-17 92,3-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-26
1942 10 07 Wednesday	.	.		activities not documented -possible date of the recording shown here as 1942 10 06	.
1942 10 08 Thursday 10:00 am to 4 pm	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Columbia Studios	Prerecording and filming to playback of Take the A Train for the film "Reveille With Beverly" Ellington's was but one of several bands and singers in this film. Others were The Mills Brothers Count Basie AHO Bob Crosby AHO Frank Sinatra Freddie Slack AHO	Stratemann pp 227-236 with photos	DE4230	07,1-42 02,2-28 99,1-9 93,3-2 93,2-5 92,3-1 89/1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-26
1942 10 09 Friday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Likely "Assembly date" for AFRS transcription Jubilee No. 1 (see 1942 10 06	.	DE4229	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-26
1942 10 10	.	Sacramento, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 11	1942 10 12	Oakland, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 13	.	San Jose, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 16	.	Salt Lake City, Utah	Coconut Grove	preview	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1942 10 17	1942 10 25	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 26	.	Omaha, Neb.	Dreamland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 27	.	Storm Lake (Ia)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 28	.	Fort Dodge (Ia)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 10 30	1942 10 31	St. Paul, Minn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1942
1942 11 01	1942 11 02	Madison, Wisc.	Capitol	.	.	.	.	ad	CAHsep11	2011
1942 11 02	1942 11 02	Madison, Wisc.	Capitol	.	.	.	.	ad	CAHsep11	2011
1942 11 06	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Jimmy Britton joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1942 11 06	1942 11 12	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 13	.	Toledo, Ohio	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 14	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle F	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 15	.	Youngstown, Ohio	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 16	.	Toronto, Ont.	Royal Park H.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 17	.	Kitchener	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 18	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 19 9:30 pm EWT	.	Fort Dix, N.J.		Concert NBC Blue Network national broadcast carried on (unconfirmed) WFL called Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 052 Ulanov's review said "...Ellington's first commercial air appearance in years, his first broadast over eastern radio in months. The expectancy was enormous. the delivery was even greater. Fortunately, Duke had the benefit of superb production from the agancy that handles the show. Coke plugs were few and far between. The announcer somehow caught the spirit of the Ellington music and his few introductory lines for each number jumped. The soldiers, as always, screamed, howled, broke their hands with tumultuaous applause. And the music built beautifully right along with the boys in khaki." Ulanov then describes some of the titles performed.	.	DE4231	11,2-6 05,1-39 04,3-50 03,3-10+11 02,2-22 99,3-20 81,3-2 81,1-2	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1942 11 20	1942 11 26	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 11 27	1942 11 30	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1942
1942 12 01	1942 12 03	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 04	1942 12 10	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 11	1942 12 13	Hartford, Conn.	State Theater	.	.	.	.	Vail227photo	.	2011
1942 12 14	1942 12 16	Bridgeport, Conn.	Lyric Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 17	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore H	.	.	DE4232	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 18	.	Harrisburg	Chestnut Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 22	1942 12 24	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1942 12 25	1942 12 31	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show. The Nielsen discography, page 6, apparently suggests the Ellington band might have played on "Uncle Sam's Christmas Tree of Spotlight Bands" from an Army camp near Detroit. The show was a 12 hour dance music marathon network radio broadcast on 142 NBC Blue (Stratemann) or ABC Blue (Hällström) stations, sponsored by Coca Cola. While 43 bands from as many military bases played for 15 minutes each, Hällström tells us only 4 black bands performed, and Ellington's was not one of them.	Billboard, 1943-01-23 p.15	.	02,1-14/4	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-04-30
1942 prob.	.	U.S.A	.	.	.	DE4233	.	.	.	2011

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1943

DE4359

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
January 1943
1943 01 01 Friday	.	Hamilton, Ont.	Royal Connaught Hotel	.	Stratemann,p.239	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 02 Saturday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Royal York Hotel 199 Queen St. W.	.	Stratemann,p.239	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 04 Monday	.	Ottawa, Ont.	Auditorium	.	Stratemann,p.239	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 05 Tuesday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Forum	Concert/dance The Forum announced a single price for all admissions..	Announcement, Montreal Gazette 1943-01-02, p.7	.	.	Stratemann,p.239	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-08
1943 01 06	.	Kingston, Ont.	Armory	.	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.239	.	2011
1943 01 07	.	London, Ont.	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 08 Friday	1943 01 11	Rochester, N.Y.	RKO Temple Theatre	"Duke Ellington and His Orchestra is appearing on the stage of the RKO Temple Theater in a three-day engagement ending tomorrow. The stage show also includes the "Hot Harlem Revue", with Betty Roche, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stuart, Ray Nance, Lillian Fitzgerald, Patterson & Jackson and Jig Saw Jackson. On the screen is "Destination Unknown,"...A complete midnight stage and screen show will start at 11:15 o'clock tonight"	Rochester Daily Record, 1943-01-09	.	.	Stratemann,p.239	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1943 01 12	1943 01 14	Utica, N.Y.	Stanley Theatre	Theatre show	Billboard 1943-01-16 p.26.	.	.	Stratemann,p.239	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	added 2011 updated 2013-04-30
1943 01 22	.	Rye, N.Y.	Rye High School	Preview (run-through?) of the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, audience of 1,000 Quentin Bryar comments: BB&B was indeed performed first at Rye High School, where according to Leonard Feather's notes to the Prestige LP issue of the Carnegie Hall concert, the head of music was one of those then very rare musicologists to appreciate DE's significance. Feather, who was there, says the Rye performance included some flag-waving lyrics in Beige which Ellington was persuaded to drop, so the piece ran a couple of minutes shorter at Carnegie Hall the next night. So strictly speaking, the premiere was at Rye, but that was clearly a dress rehearsal for the 'press night' at Carnegie Hall. Orchestra World has a photo of Duke having supper with a student before the concert. With him is Betty Roché, and Leonard Feather is sitting at another table behind him, with Dr. R.H.T.Mize, head of the Rye High School music department, who made the arrangements.	Email Bryar to Duke-LYM, 2013-04-23 Article, Dr. Mize, The Orchestra World, March 1943. Stratemann,p.239	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-23 & 2013-06-13
1943 01 23	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Concert, including the premiere of Black Brown and Beige Billboard announced Ellington would present the manuscript of BB&B to Yale University for its collection of Negro Arts and Letters. Jack Towers, re Prestige LP record album P-34004 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert #1 "...For the 1943 concert we used the "Hall of Fame" bootlegs for nearly all of the issue. The Bb&B that Jerry had, and my friend Granville had, proved to be from the Boston concert 5 days later. The Hall of Fame picked up "Black" at the end of Hodges "Come Sunday". We added the best all-round version of Black we could put together...plus "Black Beauty" from Boston. Jerry later discovered a poor quality Black and Tan and Rockin' in Rhythm from the Carnegie concert to fill out the numbers. The Hall of fame (sic) discs though were fast, so I tuned the numbers to the Victor issues, assuming they had the same charts on the stand for the concert. Anyway, it made Duke's voice sound right. "I really enjoyed putting all this together and tuning the excerpts to fit in. So I'd say it would be better to get the Prestige rather than the Hall Fame (sic) discs...which are marred by very bad edits where so much tape was taken out of quiet passages that the tempos go wild. It happened that some of the most flagrant instances were on numbers like Bakiff that we got from the Star Dust disc. But in BB&B I pretty well restored the tempo by making a dub...then marking the beats on the tape...and where the tempo was off, I clipped the required amount from the dub at that point and put it in the original. This pretty well solved the problem. But if you are listening carefully, you can tell where the trouble was..."	Billboard 1943-01-23 p.23 Letter, Jack Towers to Carl Hällström, 1977-12-10	DE4301	07,1-42 04,2-24 04,1-17 03,3-19 03,3-20 02,1-10 98,4-6 97,1-3 80,3-8 79,5-3	corr Timner Stratemann,p.239	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-30
1943 01 24	.	Bridgeport, Conn	Ritz Ballroom or Theatre (Stratemann)	.	ad, Yale Daily News	.	.	Stratemann,p.241	.	2011
1943 01 25	1943 01 27	Salem, Mass.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	Stratemann,p.241	.	2011
1943 01 28 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	Concert - repeat of Carnegie Hall program (includes Black, Brown and Beige) Capacity audience of 3,000, and 1,200 were turned away. $5,500 box office take. In a story datelined Boston, Feb. 11, the Courier said "Duplicating their N.Y. success of a week earlier, Duke Ellington and his aggregation packed Symphony Hall here January 28, for another swing concert. Encouraged by critics' reports on the Carnegie Hall affair, 3,000 Hub-towners braved the season's heaviest blizzard to see what the shouting was about. The program was almost a carbon copy of the earlier concert and achieved a sensational success with the audience. Proceeds of the perfromance are scheduled for (a) Soldiers and Sailors fund set up by the Younger People's Co-ordinating Committee, a colored association of Roxbury..."	Pittsburgh Courier 1943-02-13 p.20 Stratemann, p.241, citing Variety 1943-02-03 p.35 Down Beat 1943-02-15 p.12	DE4302	03,3-19 01,3-17 97,1-3	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-12
1943 01 28 Thursday	.	Boston, Mass.	Tic Toc Club	Concert "At the end of the concert a testimonial was tendered Ellington and his men at the local Tic Toc Club."	Stratemann, p.241, citing Billboard, 1943-02-13 p20	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-10
1943 01 29 Friday	1943 01 31	Providence, R.I.	Metropolitan Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 30 Saturday	.	Providence, R.I.	Metropolitan Theatre	see 1943 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 01 31 Sunday	.	Providence, R.I.	Metropolitan Theatre	see 1943 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
February 1943
1943 02 01 Monday	1943 02 03	Worcester, Mass.	Plymouth Theater	Stage show	Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-02-03, p.40.	.	.	.	.	2011added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1943 02 02 Tuesday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Plymouth Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 03 Wednesday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Plymouth Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 04 Thursday	1943 02 07	Passaic, N.J.	Central Theatre	Stage show Lionel Hampton subbed for Sonny Greer, who was ill, for two days of this engagement.	Stratemann, p.241 citing Variety 1943-01-10, p.33	.	.	photo Vail I p.231	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1943 02 05 Friday	.	Passaic, N.J.	Central Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 06 Saturday	.	Passaic, N.J.	Central Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 07 Sunday	.	Passaic, N.J.	Central Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 08 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 09 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 10 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 11 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 12 Friday	1943 02 18	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - Billboard reports the theatre's gross, with a seating capacity of 2,200 ("house average $6,000"), went "way over $10,000" for the week.	Stratemann p.241 citing Billboard 1943-02-27, p.14	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1943 02 13 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 14 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 15 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 16 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 17 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 18 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Fay's Theater	Stage show - see 1943 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 19 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 20 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Public Auditorium	Concert including "Black, Brown and Beige" performed for an audience of 7,200. Other performances were in Boston and Carnegie Hall. Clevelanders George Early and Francis Williams were members of the Ellington Orchestra per Jazzed in Cleveland Stratemann says Variety estimated the gross at $9,400	Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-02-24 p.31	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-08
1943 02 21 Sunday	.	Toledo Oh.	.	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	(credit Roger Boyes for 08,3-8 entries)	2011
1943 02 22 Monday	.	Warren, Oh.	Robin Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 23 Tuesday	.	Warren Oh.	Presumably Robin Theatre	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 02 24 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 02 25 Thursday	1943 03 03	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 25 Thursday	1943 03 03	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 26 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 27 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 02 28 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1943
1943 03 01 Monday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 02 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 03 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 02 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 04 Thursday	.	Newark, N.J.	.	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 03 05 Friday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard University	Dance (not confirmed) "Saturday March 20 1943 Duke Recieves Howard Trophy Washington (ANP) - At a benefit affair given by the student council of Howard University last Friday, Duke Ellington was the recipient of the first Student Council Achievement trophy. This trophy will be given annually to some out-standing Negro who has contributed something beneficial to the uplifting of the Negro race. It was presented to Mr. Ellington in recognition of 20 years of achievement in the field of music."	Stratemann p. 241 citing Variety 1943-03-03 p.34 Vail I ANP wirestory datelined Washington published in an unknown paper, 1943-03-20	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-21
1943 03 06 Saturday 2:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The Ellington orchestra was scheduled to play a CBS broadcast for the National Negro Publisher's Association	Stratemann, p. 241 citing Metronome 1943-03, p.7	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-03-08
1943 03 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Royal Windsor Ballroom	Dane - "rained out" - audience only 1550, about 2,000 fewer than expected. Bandleaders Hal McIntyre and Charlie Barnett attended; Helen Ward (McIntyre's singer) performed Don't Get Around Much Anymore with the band and Barnett subbed for Hardwick for the first set.	Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-03-10 p.43 Metronome 1943-04, p.8 Downbeat 1943-04-01 p.8	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-08
1943 03 07 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Turner's Arena 14th & W Streets, NW	.	Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-03-03 p.43	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-08
1943 03 08 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Albert Hall	.	Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-03-03 p.43	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Ballroom 148th St. and Lenox Ave.	"One Night Only celebrating Savoy's 17th Anniversary Week with a Gala Birthday Party...featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"	Ad, Amsterdam News, 1943-03-06, p.16	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 03 10 Wednesday	.	Hartfort, Conn.	.	Concert	Stratemann p.241 citing Downbeat 19430401 p.12	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 11 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 03 12 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Roseland State Ballroom Massachusetts Avenue	Stratemann and Vail 1 describe this engagement as being a week-long engagement but Roger Boyes' research shows other dates that week. An unattributed advertisement dated 1943-03-06 only refers to one night, Friday: The Esquire Club presents Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra featuring Jimmy Britton and Betty Rochye (sic) at Roseland State Ballroom Friday Eve. March 12th. Dancing (illegible) p.m. to 2 a.m."	Ad from unidentified newspaper 1943-03-06	.	08,3-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 03 13 Saturday	.	Portland, Maine	.	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 03 14 Sunday	1943 03 15 Monday	Holyoke, Mass.	.	.	R. Boyes, citing weekly financial statements in the Ellington Archive at the Smithsonian	.	08,3-8 09,1-15	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1943 03 15 Monday	.	Holyoke, Mass.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 16 Tuesday	.	Cumberland, Md.	Maryland Theatre	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, featuring Betty Roché, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart and Ray Nance. Four performances, 1:40, 4:10, 7:15, 9:30 pm The film is Laugh Your Blues Away The ads don't mention vaudevillians, so this may have been just the band.	Ad and plug, The Sunday Times, Cumberland, Md., 1943-03-14, p.15 Ad, The Evening Times, Cumberland, Md., 1943-03-15, p.7	.	09,1-15 08,3-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-26
1943 03 17 Wednesday	.	Greensburg, Penn.	.	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 03 18 Thursday	.	Johnstown, Penn.	.	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 03 19 Friday	1943 03 25 Thursday	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 20 Saturday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 21 Sunday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 22 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 23 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 24 Wednesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 25 Thursday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Stanley Theater	See 1943 03 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 26 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 03 27 Saturday	.	Steubenville	Capitol Theater	.	.	.	08,3-8	.	.	2011
1943 03 28 Sunday	.	New Haven, Conn.	Shubert Theater	.	.	.	.	ad jul11	.	2011
1943 03 29 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 03 30 Tuesday	.	Cambridge	Harvard University	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 03 31 Wednesday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Otto Hardwicke leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1943 03 31 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
April 1943
1943 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Scotty Scott, alto sax, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 04 01	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sax Mallard , clarinet and alto sax, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1943 04 01 Thursday	1943 09 23	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant 49th & Broadway	Dancing 7 pm to 4 am with 2 nightly performances of the floor show 'Mood Indigo' 10:45pm WOR-MBS broadcast The Afro-American 1943-05-15 edition announced Ellington had signed a contract with the Hurricane that would keep him there until Sept.15, and that he would compose the music for new shows every six weeks. Stratemann reports the contract was unique in that it was for six weeks, renewable only at Duke's option for two more six week periods. Stratemann reports the band played for dancing, alternating with the Dave Dennis orchestra, from 7 pm to 4 am, and for shows at 8 pm and 12:30 am. Ellington's contracts were for a percentage of the door receipts, initially with a guarantee of $2,000/week, increased in July to $2,500, however Ellington's weekly share was always at or above $3,000. The engagement continued until Sept. 23. Its success inspired club owner David Volper to book other bands, and he prebooked Ellington for 20 weeks in 1944. Stratemann says the band had Mondays off, and at least during the first term of the contract, was to be broadcast for 15 minutes six nights a week by radio station WOR on the MBS network, but radio logs show fewer broadcasts. Its 7 pm Sunday broadcast was called "Pastel Period." Many photographs, by Gordon Parks, of Ellington, the band, the audience, dancers and the club personnel can be seen on the Library of Congress website.	.	Undated April broadcasts: DE4306 DE4307 DE4308	85,3-4	Stratemann pp.241-243 ad	C.Hällström Sep11	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 04 02 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 03 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am WOR-MBS broadcast at midnight	.	DE4303	07,1-46 03,1-15 02,3-20 01,2-20	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 04 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am WOR-MBS broadcast at 10:45	.	DE4304	07,1-46	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 05 Monday 8:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Garden	Red Cross benefit concert by a galaxy of stars Stratemann reports this as Apr. 6 (1) but the N.Y. Times and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle say Apr. 5. Monday would be correct since Ellington worked at the Hurricane on Tuesdays. Stratemann says Ellington's band appeared in combination with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra to back Ethel Waters, but the Daily Eagle (2) names the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra. "Madison Square Garden was packed to the rafters last night by a crowd that had paid from $2.20 to $5,000 for the privilege of witnessing an extraordinary galaxy of stage, screen and radio stars in a benefit performance for the 1943 Red Cross War Fund."(3)	(1)Stratemann, p.242 citing Variety 1943-04-07 p.43 (2) Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1943-04-03 p.14 (3) New York Times 1943-04-06	.	.	.	CAH mar 08	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 04 06 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 07 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4305	85,3-4	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 08 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 09 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 10	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Chauncey Haughton leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1943 04 10 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 11 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 12 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 04 13 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 14 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 15 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 16 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 17 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 18 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 19 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 04 20 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.	.	DE4309	11,1-29 10,3-22	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 21 Wednesday	.	.	CBS studio	"Cresta Blanca Carnival" broadcast Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Mallard, Carney, Ellington, Raglin, and a CBS house band Titles performed: Mood Indigo/Sophisticated Lady It Don't Mean a Thing	.	DE4310	93,2-5	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 04 21 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list a broadcast on WOR this day, but has a variety show on WABC with Ellington on piano at 10:30 pm.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 22 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 23 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 24 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4311.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 25 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR. The Amsterdam News reported: "Duke Sponsors Charity Drive Duke Ellington, now appearing with his famous orchestra at New York's Hurricane, is vitally interested in the Colored Orphan Asylum at Riverdale, N.Y. and made a public appeal for aid for the Institution. The Asylum has a budget of $370,000 for this year and Mr. Ellington, in his appeal, reminded listeners that we have to meet this challenge to give these Negro children an opportunity for good citizenship in the world of tomorrow. Over 100 boys from the institution are now serving in the armed forces - protecting democracy."	Amsterdam News 1943-09-25 p.98	DE4307	02,1-23	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Little Theater New York University	Day off for the band. The James Weldon Johnson Society presented Ellington with its annual honorary music award.	Stratemann p.242 citing Variety 1943-04-28 p.48.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09
1943 04 27 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 28 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 29 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 04 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hotel Astor	Ellington received the New York Newspaper Guild Page One award for Great American Musician of the People.	Stratemann p.242 citing Amsterdam News 1943-04-24 and Variety 1943-04-28 Portsmouth N.H. Herald 1943-04-30 radio listings The Afro American 1943-05-08	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 04 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom 142nd St. & Lenox Ave.	Ellington was scheduled to appear at a gala dance held to benefit the Riverdale Club Division Colored Orphan Asylum with other personalities such as Canada Lee, Hazel Scott, the Berry Brothers and the Erskine Hawkins orchestra. The Amsterdam News, 1943-04-27: "The world's greatest orchestra led by the world's greatest jazz composer and conductor –Duke Ellington, will furnish the music for the Clubs of Harlem the night of April 30 when they sponsor 'Harlem on Parade for Riverdale' at the Golden Gate Ballroom. This unique event in which one of the city's best known and needed charitable institutions will benefit promised to be the season's most outstanding affair. The opportunity to help the colored Orphanage at Riverdale is striking a ready response throughout Harlem and the commendable action of the community's topnotch clubs and organizations in banding themselves together to put over the event is catching on. ...Lillian Sharpe Hunter, chairman of the dance, is asking all clubs who have not yet secured tickets to sell to come to the offices of the Amsterdam Star-News at once. Mrs. Bessie Buchanan is chairman of the entertainment committee and said all the community's uniformed organizations would be on hand ...for the affair." Admission $1.00 Tickets could be purchased at Amsterdam News, Peoples Voice and the Colored Orphan Asylum (106 Lenox Ave).	Stratemann, p.242 Amsterdam News Publicity, 1943-03-27 Ad, 1943-04-24 p.15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 04 30 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
May 1943
1943 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE In late May, Sax Mallard leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1943 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGES Scotty Scott leaves the band Jimmy Britton leaves the band Nat Jones, alto sax and clarinet, joins the band Clarinetist, tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton joins the band in late May Rex Stewart leaves the band in late May				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 05 01 Saturday 2 pm to 5 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City NBC Studio 6B	War Bond Rally The Ellington Orchestra's performance was broadcast by WEAF on the NBC network. Titles were Take the A Train, Hayfoot, Strawfoot, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, A Slip of the Lip and Take the A Train New Desor and Stratemann show the broadcast venue as the Central Park Mall, but New Desor Small Corrections in DEMS bulletin 2000-3 p.26 and Timner's Ellingtonia, 4th Edition say the recordings were made at Radio City. The NDSC suggestion is attributed to record producer Jerry Valburn and DEMS bulletins provide no other support. Valburn's discography for CD 1 of Duke Ellington, The Treasury Shows, Vol.1 (DETS 903 9001) places the recording at Radio City too. Listening to the broadcast, it seems the audience noise is added - the only applause is only at the beginning and after the end of each tune, and the final verbal track has Duke giving a phone number for bond buyers to call him. It seems very likely this is a studio session, not an outdoor rally.	.	DE4313	00,4-20 00,3-26 99,1-9 98,4-11	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 01 Saturday 7:03 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	WMCA studio	Appearance on Leonard Feather's Platterbrains quiz show half-hour broadcast	William Juengst column Radio Dialogue, Brooklyn Eagle 1943-04-30,p15	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-06
1943 05 01 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	WJZ Studio	NBC broadcast Ellington guested with the Paul Lavallee band on "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"	Stratemann p.242	DE4314	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 02 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 03 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 05 04 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 05 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 06 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 07 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 08 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 09 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 4:30 pm and 10:45 pm MBS broadcasts over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 10 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 05 11 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 12 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 13 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 14 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 15	.	.	.	Peripheral event The Afro-American, May 15 1943, reported 'Ellington is to be honored in a new volume entitled "Men of Popular Music," to be published early in 1944 by David Ewen. He will devote a full chapter to Duke and his work.' When it was published, Ellington was the subject of Chapter 6. The book can be read on, or downloaded from, the Internet Archive.				.	.	Added 2012-10-06
1943 05 15 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 16 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 17 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 05 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Garden	Benefit for Greek War Relief Ellington appeared with Ethel Waters and other performers.	Stratemann p.242 citing Variety 1943-05-19 p.4.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 18 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 19 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Jimmy Ryan's 53 W.52nd St	Surprise birthday party for Milt Gabler. According to "The Jazz Record" (1Jun43p2): "Highlight of the evening was the appearance of Duke Ellington and several members of his band, who jammed a birthday greeting that said more than words ever could..."	S. Lasker in DEMS 04,1-9	.	04,1-9	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 20 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am While the weekly radio schedule in the New York Times shows an Ellington broadcast at 10:15 pm, the daily schedule shows this time slot as fight night interviews.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 21 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 22 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 23 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4316	11,2-16 11,1-24	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 24 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 05 25 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 Dancing, with new floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR With the introduction of the new show, the evening's programme was revised, with Dave Dennis' group playing show music in the first half while Ellington emceed for the dancers. Ellington's band session began with a special stage holding Ellington and an upright piano being lowered from the ceiling as seen in this Gordon Parks photo. Brightening it shows the band members behind the descending stage.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 26 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 27 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 28 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4312	11,2-16 11,1-24 04,3-43 02,1-25 01,3-24/27 85,3-4	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 29	.	Unknown	Unknown	Kathy Craven interview	W.E.Timner, citing radio and television logs compiled by Jerry Valburn.	.	09,3-5 and-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-07
1943 05 29 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 30 Sunday 7:30 pm EWT	.	New York, N.Y.		NBC broadcast: "Fitch Bandwagon" Sponsored by Fitch Shampoo, this Sunday night radio show featured popular big bands. While Stratemann writes this was one of the few occasions that the full Ellington band appeared outside the Hurricane, it appears all the music was from airchecks of 1943 Hurricane broadcasts and from an NBC Blue Network broadcast from Fort Dix in November 1942. Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Vol. 16 (DETS 903 9016), CD 2 has this broadcast, although it may be incomplete Producer Jerry Valburn's CD liner notes suggest the broadcast was only 20 minutes, but Sjef Hoefsmit's tape is longer, with 4 additional titles and a commercial. It seems the controversy arises because there were several versions of the tape circulating among collectors, including tapes of rebroadcasts that had been edited by AFRS personnel. For a complete picture of this broadcast, one should follow the DEMS links here.	.	NDCS 1011 DE 4231 DE4318 DE4319 DE4320	99,1-8/9 99,3-20 99,4-6/7 00,1-25 00,2-19 01,3-24	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-07
1943 05 30 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times did not list an Ellington Orchestra broadcast on WOR this day.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 05 31 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 05 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Undated broadcast Titles recorded: Cabin in the Sky In a Mellow Tone I Don't Want Anybody At All Barzallai Lou Don't Get Around Much Anymore	.	DE4315	.	.	djp	2011added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
1943 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Taft Jordan, trumpet and vocal, joins the band in late May.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1943 05 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Undated broadcast Titles recorded: Take the A Train Java Jive Day Dream Way Low Perdido Don't Get Around Much Anymore	.	DE4317	.	.	djp	2011added 2011 updated 2012-10-06
June 1943
1943 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sandy Williams, trumpet, born in 1906, joins the band in early June				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 06 01 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 02 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 03 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 04 Friday 8 pm	.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Academy of Music Lafayette Ave & St. Felix St.	Benefit show for the 3rd Separate Battalion of the New York Guards In person: Duke Ellington, Canada Lee, Berry Bros., Reid Sisters, Billy Banks, Al & Freddy and other top headliners.	Stratemann p.242 citing Amsterdam News 1943-05-15 p.19	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 06 04 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 05 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 06 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4321	11,2-16 (11,1-24) 07,1-46 05,2-38 03,1-15 02,3-20	.	.	2011
1943 06 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	New Desor DE4322 lists a broadcast from the Hurricane on Monday June 7, 1943, as do DEMS 1985-3, p.4 and Timner's Ellingtonia. This is doubtful because: (1) there is no listing in the New York Times radio logs; (2)if Stratemann is correct, the Ellington orchestra had Mondays off; and (3)Ellington was scheduled to appear at the Negro Freedom Rally that evening.	.	DE4322	85,3-4	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-07
1943 06 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Garden	Ellington was scheduled to appearance at Negro Freedom Rally, alongside Paul Robeson, Canada Lee, Kenneth Spencer and Pearl Primus. The rally was attended by 20,000 to 25,000 people and was to start at 7:30 pm	Stratemann p.242 citing Amsterdam News 1943-05-15 p.19.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09
1943 06 08 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 09 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 10 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 11 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 12 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 13 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 14 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 06 15 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 16 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 17 Thursday	1943 06 19	New York, N.Y.	Pathé News Inc. studio	Pre-recording session for the soundtrack to the RKO Radio Pictures short “Duke Ellington and His Orchestra," subtitled "Jamboree." Filming was at the Movietone Studios in Manhattan but where the music was recorded isn't given in Stratemann or New Desor. The recording session was postponed from June 15 to 17 because Ellington didn't have the music ready.Only 1 of the 4 numbers was ready to record on the 17th, and it took 4 hours compared to the expected 3 hours booked for all 4 numbers. The other 3 numbers were recorded in 3 hours on the 19th. While the sidemen were paid immediately according to the contract, the studio withheld Ellington's fee because it wanted him to cover the extra $600 his lack of preparation cost. Ultimately Ellington's full $2,000 fee was paid on August 3.	.	DE4324	Strat245	06,1-5 07,2-5 05,2-38	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-08
1943 06 17 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 18 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4325	02,1-9 01,2-20	.	.	2011
1943 06 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé News Inc. studio	Final pre-recording session for the RKO short “Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" - see 1943 06 07	.	DE4324	Strat245	06,1-5 07,2-5 05,2-38	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-08
1943 06 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.		NBC “Million Dollar Band” broadcast featuring Ellington as the bandleader soloist of the week. The show was broadcast in Chicago at 9 pm CWT and in Los Angeles at 7 pm PWT, indicating the broadcast was made at 10 pm EWT in New York; however it is not shown in the New York Times radio schedule for this date.	Stratemann p.242 citing Variety 1943-06-16 p.30	DE4326	02,1-9 01,2-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-08
1943 06 19 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 20 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4327	79,2-9	.	.	2011
1943 06 21 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 06 22 Tuesday	1943 06 27	New York, N.Y.	.	Filming of RKO short Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" The filming date is not know, but Stratemann places it in the week of June 22 on the basis of indirect evidence.	.	.	Strat245 Stratemann p. 248photos	YouTubephotos+	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-08
1943 06 22 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 23 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 24 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 25 Friday 11:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS Playhouse #3	CBS broadcast “Broadway Bandbox” Originally thought to have been recorded July 19, M. Götting's suggestion this was June 25 has been accepted by the authors of New Desor. Ellington was a guest on Frank Sinatra's show, performing Solitude as a solo and Don't Get Around Much Anymore, accompanied by Raymond Scott and his orchestra.	.	DE4335	02,2-27 02,1-23	Timner corrections -4/33	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 25 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 26 Saturday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Article in New Journal and Guide: "Duke's Sunday Program Regular, Hit With Million Dollar Band" "Duke Ellington's 'Pastel Period' has now become a regular WOR-mutual feature every Sunday from 7 to 7:30 p.m. EWT, broadcast from the Hurricane on Broadway, where Duke and his orchestra have been held over until Labor Day. Tried out recently as a departure from his regular broadcasts, the 'Pastel Period' is a program of soft, relaxed intimate performances of typical Ellington compositions. To quote Ellington's own description of the idea, it is an attempt to make his music into a sort of whispering, swing or mood music, 'without sacrificing force of the emotion, the impact of the rhythm or the luster of the melody'..."				.	Nick Fernandes 2012-10-06	Added 2012-10-08
1943 06 26 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 27	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Al Hibbler, born in 1915, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1943 06 27 Sunday 4:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	Renaissance Casino	Tribute to Negro Servicemen FBI report: "The June 23, 1943 issue of the 'Daily Worker' contained an article ...[that] related that Duke Ellington among others was to appear at a program to be held on June 27, 1943, designated as a "Tribute to Negro Servicemen."	Stratemann, p.242 FBI file no. 100-43443, p.4	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-08
1943 06 27 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4328	79,2-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 28 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 06 29 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25 Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 30 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943-04-01 Dancing New floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	09,3-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 06 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4329 DE4323	00,4-20 98,4-11 90,4-4 79,5-6	.	.	2011
1943 summer	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Undated broadcast, summer of 1943	.	NDCS 1034 DE9022	.	Timner corrections -4/33	.	2011
July 1943
1943 07 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sandy Williams leaves the band in mid-July				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 07 01 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 02 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 03 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 04 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 05 Monday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Dancing and floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' - see 1943 04 01 & 06 30 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR Although the radio log shows this broadcast, this evening's appearance at the Hurricane cannot be confirmed until the club contract is seen. Strateman, p. 242, says Mondays were off, but there may have been a change to the contract when the new show was introduced in late June.	.	.	.	.	djp	2012-10-08
1943 07 06	.	New York, N.Y.	.	WMCA broadcast “Jumpin’ Jive” There is some uncertainty as to when this show was recorded. The arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown by Mary Lou Williams is mentioned in Metronome, March 1943 edition, p.8	.	DE4334	08,3-27 88,4-4 84,4-11 84,3-8 83,1-3	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 06 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 07 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 08 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4330	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 09 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 10 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Ellington was interviewed by Alistaire Cooke for shortwave BBC broadcast	.	DE4331	07,3-31 04,3-43	.	.	2011
1943 07 11 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4332	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 12 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 07 13 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 14 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	DE4333	.	.	.	2011
1943 07 15 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 16 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 17 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 18 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 19 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 07 20 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR but this is not in the daily schedule this date	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 21 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR but this is not in the daily schedule this date	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 22 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR but this is not in the daily schedule this date	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 23 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on a radio show called Treasury Star Parade on WEVD from 3:00 to 3:15 pm and on WBNX at 10 pm. It also shows him appearing on a quiz show "Platterbrains," at 7:03 pm on WMCA. It is possible the Treasury Star broadcasts were transcriptions known as Treasury Star Parade 231, 232 and 233, recorded in June 1943.	.	.	01/1-21/2 89-3/4	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 24 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 25 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WMCA at 11:45 pm see 1943 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WBYN from 10:30 to 10:45, but doesn't say if that's morning or evening. see 1943 07 24	.	.	.	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 27 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL 9:15 to 9:30 am and on WBYN from 10:30 to 10:45 am. - see 1943 07 24	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 28 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WEVD from 10:30-10:45; on WOV and WMCA from 11:45 to 12; and on WEIN from 1:30-1:45 am - see 1943 07 24	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 29 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL (9:15-9:30 am), WBYN (10:30-10:45) and WMCA (11:45-12:00 pm). - see 1943 07 24	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 30 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 07 31 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WEVD, 3-3:15; WNEW, 9:46-10:00; and WHN, 1:30-1:45 A. M. - see 1943 07 24	.	.	added 2012-10-08
1943 07 31 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
August 1943
1943 08 01 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL, 9:15-9:30 am, WBYN, 10:30 pm and VVMCA, 11:45 pm - see 1943 07 24	.	.	added 2012-10-09
1943 08 03 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4336	03,2-29 96,2-3 94,2-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 04 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 05 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 06 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 07 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ben Webster's last day with the band				DEMS 03,2-29	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1943 08 08 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 08 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ben Webster, tenor sax, leaves the band, opening with his own quartet at "The Three Deuces" 1943 08 10. Note New Desor and Stratemann dated his departure Aug. 13.				H. Baumeister in DEMS, citing Down Beat.	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 08 09 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 08 10 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR 8:00 to 8:30 pm broadcast on WHN	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 11 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 12 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00 to 8:30 pm broadcast on WHN	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 13 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 14	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Elbert 'Skippy' Elbert, tenor sax, born in 1916, replaces Ben Wester.				New Desor vol.2 Stratemann p.253	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 08 14 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:30-8:00 pm broadcast on WABC Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4338	08,3-38 04,3-43	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 15 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 16 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 08 16	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Juan Tizol takes a leave from the band. Bernard Archer subs for him				New Desor vol.2 Stratemann p.253 citing Metronme 1943-09, p7	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 08 17 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 18 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 19 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 20 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 21 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4339	07,3-31	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 22 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Gjonmili Studio 6 E23rd St	Band's night off from the Hurricane. Jam session with Duke Ellington, Eddie Condon, Billie Holiday and others “Fine and Mellow”	.	.	.	Vail I 240 photo Life Web photos	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09
1943 08 24 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news Broadcast acetates may exist	.	.	01,3-20, Q7	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 25 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 26 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30 -11:00 pm broadcast over WHN	.	DE4340	04,3-55	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 08 27 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 08 28 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news	.	DE4341	02,3-14 98,2-20 96,2-3	Timner corrections -4/33	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 08 29 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4342	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 08 30 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 08 31 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news	.	DE4343	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
September 1943
1943 09 01 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR	.	DE4344	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 09 02 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 03 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30-11:00 pm broadcast on WHN	.	DE4345	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 09 04 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news (DEMS 98,3-20 says Rosenkratz acetate 2-3-A + B was recorded Sept.11, not Sept.4 - see 1943 09 11)	.	.	98,3-20	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 09 05 Sunday 9:l5 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	WJZ broadcast (1) Basin Street Chamber Music: Jan Kiepura & Duke Ellington, Guests (2)The show's full title is "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street." Ellington played one piece, accompanied by the Paul Lavallee studio orchestra.	(1)New York Times weekly radio schedule 1943-09-05 (2)Stratemann p.243	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 09 05 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm "Pastel Period" MBS broadcast over WOR	DETS 16	DE4346 DE4347	02,3-14 01,3-24 98,2-20 90,4-7 82,3-5	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-10
1943 09 06 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 09 07 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news	.	DE4348 DE4349	10,1-11 09,3-2 99,3-22	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 08 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am Baron Timme Rosenkrantz recorded his sides 2-2-A + 2-2-B The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast.	.	DE9084 DE9085	10,1-11	NDCS 1098	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 09 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30-10:55 pm broadcast on WHN	.	DE4350	04,3-55	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 10 Friday 4:30 pm	.	New York , N.Y.	.	Ellington appeared on WOR's variety show "Full Speed Ahead," with Romo Vincent and Morton Downey	New York Times radio schedule 1943-09-10		.	.	djp	added 2012-10-09
1943 09 10 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am T.Rosenkrantz recorded his sides 2-1-A + B 10:30-10:55 pm broadcast on WHN	.	DE4351 DE9086 DE9087	09,3-2 98,3-20	NDCS 1098	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 11 Saturday 1:30 - 4 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"Battle Of New York" broadcast Six bands, including Ellington's orchestra, as well as other performers took part in a broadcast to raise funds for the Third War Loan Drive. Eight national War Loan Drives were held in the U.S. from 1942 to 1945 to raise funds for the war effort. Each town was assigned a quota to promote competition. On Sept.11, WEAF, the flagship station for the NBC Red network, devoted 30 minutes to each of the five New York boroughs. It isn't clear where the Ellington orchestra broadcast from; the New York Times radio log merely says "Third War Loan Drive Show: "The Battle of New York," Pickups from all Five Boroughs - WEAF 1:30-4."	Stratemann, p.243 New York Times radio log	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-10
1943 09 11 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 11:15 pm broadcast on WOR Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news DEMS 98,3-20 says Rosenkratz acetates 2-3-A and 2-3-B were recorded Sept.11 (rather than Sept. 4). The recordings were 4352e Cotton Tail 4352f On the Sands of Time 4352g A Slip of the Lip 4352h Don’t Get Around Much Anymore and 2-3-B In a Mellow Tone Rockin’ in Rhythm Tonight I Shall Sleep Stormy Weather	.	DE4352 DE9083 NDCS 1098	09,3-2 98,3-20 98,2-20 82,3-5 02,3-14	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1943 09 12 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am >New Desor reports 2 broadcasts this date, on WOR and on MBS. (WOR appears to have been a large station in the MBS network). The New York Times radio schedule only shows one Ellington broadcast, at 7 pm. There is no apparent Ellington broadcast listed in the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune or the Washington Post for this date.	JJ's Radio Logs	DE4353 DE4354	04,3-55	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1943 09 13 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 09 14 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column said "Dave Wolper, owner of the Hurricane, will present Duke Ellington with a diamond-studded wristwatch for breaking all records at the cafe. Last week's gross was over $35,000."	On Broadway, by Dorothy Kilgallen, Mansfield News-Journal, 1943-09-14, p.3	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09 and 2013-08-03
1943 09 15 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 11:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 16 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 17	.	.	.	Recording for “Liberty Party” #21 The Library of Congress holds an audio tape of an Office of War Information recording labelled Sept. 17, 1943, featuring The King Sisters, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman, which appears to have been a broadcast. The LOC site notes it's a dub and describes it as "radio recording, not necessarily broadcast." The date could be the original broadcast date or the recording date.	.	.	01,2-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1943 09 17 Friday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 10:30 -11:00 MBS broadcast on WHN	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 18 Saturday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 11:15 -11:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR after news Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 19 Sunday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 20 Monday	.			day off - activities not documented	.
1943 09 21 Tuesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 22 Wednesday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 11:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09
1943 09 22 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Treasury Bond Tent, Roxy Theater.	Billboard carried a story datelined New York Sept.25 on pages 3 and 27 which said, in part: "There was plenty of activity at the Treasury Bond Tent behind the Roxy Theater. Tuesday night was newspaper night, and appropriately enough, the cast of Early to Bed entertained. Wednesday the tent featured an inter-racial bond rally, with Bill Robinson, Duke Ellington, Etta (Porgy and Bess) Moten, Jerry Bergen, Conrad Nagel and Lucky Millinder featured."	Billboard 1943-10-02, pp.3 and 27	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-10
1943 09 23 Thursday 7 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	See 1943 04 01 & 06 30 Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am 8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN End of Hurricane Club run Stratemann reports Ellington's asking price was almost doubled by William Morris Agency as a result of the band's success at the Hurricane.	Stratemann p.253	DE4358	91,1-3 90,4-2	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-09 2013-05-09
1943 09 00	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Undated broadcasts New Desor lists 3 recorded September broadcasts from the Hurricane without precise dates. The New York Times lists the following "Ellington orchestra" broadcasts that are not identified in New Desor: 1943-09-02 Thursday 8:00 WHN 1943-09-04 Saturday 12:00 WABC (after news) 1943-09-14 Tuesday 7:15 WOR 1943-09-15 Wednesday 11:30 WOR 1943-09-16 Thursday 8:00 WHN 1943-09-17 Friday 10:30 WHN 1943-09-18 Saturday 11:15 WOR (after news) 1943-09-18 Saturday 12:00 WABC (after news) 1943-09-19 Sunday 7:00 WOR 1943-09-21 Tuesday 7:15 WOR 1943-09-21 Tuesday 8:00 WHN 1943-09-21 Tuesday 12:00 WABC (after news) 1943-09-22 Wednesday 11:30 WOL "Duke Ellington" (this is a Washington radio listing) 1943-09-24 Friday 10:30 WHN It seems likely the three undated broadcasts in New Desor are from this list, and it seems likely the September 24 listing is in error, since the Hurricane residency ended the previous day.	JJ's Radio Logs	DE4355 DE4356 DE4357	09,3-2 05,3-56	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1943 09 24 Friday	.	Rochester, N.Y.	Sports Arena Edgerton Park	.	"Orchestra Notes", Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26 Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09
1943 09 25	.	.	.	Peripheral event In a story datelined New York Sept.25, Billboard reported Rex Stewart, who had been leading his own band, was expected to rejoin Duke in time for the Sept.30 concert. It also said Juan Tizol was due back from vacation on the coast, and Ben Webster was being propositioned to play for Duke again.				Billboard 1943-10-02 p.17	.	Added 2013-06-10
1943 09 25 Saturday	.	London, Ont.	Arena	.	"Orchestra Notes", Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26 Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1943 09 26 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	"Orchestra Notes", Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26 Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 09 27 Monday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Mutual Arena	.	"Orchestra Notes", Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26 Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 09 28 Tuesday	.	Niagara Falls, Ont.	Arena	.	"Orchestra Notes", Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26 Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 09 29 Wednesday	.	Wilmington, Dela.	Arena	.	Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 09 30 Thursday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGES Rex Stewart and Juan Tizol rejoined the band. Stewart brought the trumpet section up to 5 horns. Stratemann reports Tizol had been off sick for some weeks, contradicting the earlier report he took leave to go to the West Coast.				New Desor vol.2 Stratemann p.253 citing Variety 1943-10-06 p.41 Down Beat 1943-11-01 p.1	djp	Added 2012-10-25 Updated 2013-05-09
1943 09 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Peripheral event In a story datelined New York Oct. 2, Billboard reported the Musicians' Union and Decca had signed an agreement on Thursday (Sept. 30), thus ending the recording ban for Decca and its affiliates, including World Broadcasting.				Billboard, 1943-10-09 pp.13 & 62	djp	Added 2013-06-10
1943 09 30 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Academy of Music	Benefit concert for NAACO Billboard: "...the staid old walls of the Academy resounded rhythmically to a whirlwind of righteous swing music... ... under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the swing recital tallied as big at the box office as it did on the musical and artistic side of the ledger. The 3,600-seat concert hall enjoyed an overflowing capacity that crowded the boxes and wings of the stage with 4,000 serious and swing-minded music fans. It was the biggest crowd in more than a decade for the Academy. Establishing a new attendance record, and with ducats scaled from $1.14 to $3.28, total take was $6,177.25. Dipping into his percentage for the date Ellington took out $2,700 as his share for this unprecedented and history-making evening. The concert was made up primarily of the Duke's own compositions... Save for three well-received excerpts from his Black, Brown and Beige Opus the selections were all along the popular lines..." Stratemann reports slightly different financial results and says Ellington's concert was the first played here by any black band.	Billboard 1943-10-09, p.5 Stratemann p.253	.	.	CAHclip	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09 2013-05-09
October 1943
1943 10 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event Metronome published Duke Ellington on Arrangers, a full page article by Ellington that compliments Will Vodery, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Sy Oliver, Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn, Kostelanetz, Morton Gould and David Rose.				Metronome, Oct 1943.	djp	Added 2013-05-14
1943 10 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Gjon Mili Studios	Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Mezzrow, etc	.	.	.	Life Webphotos	.	2011
1943 10 01 Friday	.	Wilmington, Del.	Armory	Dance	Stratemann, p.253 citing Billboard 1943-08-28 p.13 Vail I	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 10 03 Sunday	.	Springfield, Mass.	Municipal Auditorium	.	Stratemann, p.253	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 04 Monday	.	Cranston, R.I.	Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet	Dance	Vail I	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-09
1943 10 05 Tuesday	.	Harrisburg, Penn.	Chestnut Street Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 06 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Uline's Arena	Concert over 6,000 fans despite rain.	Stratemann p.253 citing Billboard 1943-12-18 p23 (actually p.17)	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-09
1943 10 07 Thursday	.	Akron	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 08 Friday	.	Akron	Fairgrounds	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 09 Saturday	1943 10 10	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 10 Sunday	1943 10 10	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farms	See 1943 10 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 11 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 12 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 10 13 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 10 14 Thursday	1943 11 10	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show for the film "Phantom of the Opera," which starred Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains and Edgar Barrier. The stage show included Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, as well as The Deep River Boys, Peg Leg Bates, Patterson and Jackson, and Lena Horne. Betty Roche, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance were also named in the New York Sun ad. Local 802 union rules required a full standby orchestra to be hired for a travelling band's full engagement. Since a band with even one member who was not in the local would deem it to be a travelling band, Shorty Baker, Nat Jones, and Junior Raglin were replaced by Taft Jordan, Dizzie Gillespie and John Simmons respectively, and Nance was billed as a singing and dancing single working with the band. Hardwick rejoined the band for this engagement only. The Afro-American described the engagement as a triumphal return to Broadway; Stratemann reports the show broke a 12 week attendance record grossing $85,000 the first week and $60,000 the last week. Bill Treadwell's syndicated column in 10 New York newspapers said "Duke Ellington Takes Broadway ...in New York little expected the scenes of riotous enthusiasm that took place when 'The Duke' opened at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway. If Harry James 'jive-bombed' the city, not so long ago, Duke blitzed the town. At 7 A.M. over 1,000 music lovers stormed the doors of the Capitol, and by the time the doors opened for admissions at 10 A.M., many additional calls had been sent for police to handle the thousands who milled around the theatre area..." The Courier reported the second week gross was $75,000 and "...a touching tribute was paid while at the theatre to Betty Roche, Duke's talented young vocalist, when a group of youngsters representing the entire membership of the High School of Commerce presented her with a petition signed by more than 200 children reading as follows: This petition is signed by many of the boys and girls who want recordings of Betty Roche. We feel that such talent should not be kept to the limits of Duke's audiences but that it should be recorded for the many thousands of her devoted fans." "...Duke Ellington's Orchestra came to town to do a month-long season at the Capitol Theatre. ... After leaving Ellington when the Capitol show closed on November 10, a new opportunity opened up for Dizzy....."	Ad and short publicity note, New York Sun 1943-10-12 p.25 Amsterdam News 1943-10-16,p.7B (or 76?) "802 Stand-By Rule Changes Ellington Band for Capitol," Billboard, 1943-10-23 Stratemann p.253 citing Variety 1943-10-20 p.24 1943-11-10 p.27 1943-11-23 p.42 Metronome 1943-11, pp.7 & 27 Billboard 1943-10-23, pp. 17 & 20 Vail I Pittsburgh Courier 1943-11-20, p.19 Baltimore Afro-American 1943-10-23 p.8 Leonard Feather Scrapbook 1943-1946 p.82 (Treadwell column - see White Plains News, 1943-11-09)	.	.	"Groovin' High - The Life Of Dizzy Gillespie," by Alyn Shipton, p.118	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-07
1943 10 15 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 18 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 20 Wednesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Stratemann reports the C.P. McGregor, Standard Radio and Lang-Worth Feature Programs transcription companies signed contracts with the musicians' union, removing them from the recording ban which remained outstanding against RCA Victor, Columbia Recording and NBC Recording.				Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-10-27 p.37	djp	Added 2013-06-10
1943 10 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom	The FBI report on Ellington said he, among others, was to appear in a "Davis Victory Show" to pay tribute to a Communist candidate for the New York city council.	FBI file no. 100-43443, p.4, citing Daily Worker 1943-10-07	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-13
1943 10 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Silver Screen Canteen	Dance and show date also featuring Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots.	Stratemann p.253 citing Variety 1943-10-27 p.4 Vail I	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Famous Door	DE guest	.	.	.	Vail243photo	.	2011
1943 10 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Harlem Hospital	The Baltimore Afro-American carried a photo of Duke visiting W.C.Handy in hospital. Handy, 70 years old, fractured his skull when he fell off a subway platform on Oct. 28. The caption says doctors reported Handy was recovering rapidly since Duke's visit. The caption did not date the visit, but it will have been between Oct. 28 and mid-November.	Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20 p.8	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-07
1943 10 29 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 10 31 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1943
1943 11 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom 143rd St. & Lenox Ave.	Gala Dance sponsored by the Harlem Riverside Committee of the National War Fund Guest Artists: Ralph Cooper, Ink Spots, Duke Ellington, Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Valaida Snow War Demonstrations at 8 p.m. sharp by the 15 Regt. N.Y.G. Dancing follows Music by 5 GREAT BANDS Admission including tax $1.10	Ad, _New York Age, 1943-11-06, p5	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-13
1943 11 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 07	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE New Desor shows John Simmons leaving the band on Nov.7, but it is more likely to have been after the Capitol engagement ended on Nov.10, since he was used in the band because he was a member of Local 402.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1943 11 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 08 Monday (All night)^{1, 2}	.	New York, N.Y.	World Studios 711 Fifth Ave.	World Broadcasting System recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra W.Jones, Stewart, Gillespie, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwicke, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Wilson Myers, Greer, Hibbler Titles recorded: Rockin' In Rhythm Blue Skies Boy Meets Horn Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Summertime I Didn't Know About You Tea For Two C-Jam Blues Rockabye River (Hop-Skip-Jump) Blue Skies Mood Indigo "...the band put in two all-night sessions at the World recording studios, making transcriptions of twenty-five numbers popularized during the band's New York broadcasts. These transcriptions will be heard on radio stations all over the country, but cannot be sold for usie in private phonographs since the Petrillo ban on recording is still in effect against the Victor Company."¹ Stratemann reports Ellington obtained a release from his contract with Standard Radio in early November so he could record for World.³	1."Duke Draws 85Gs...", Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20 Vail I 3. Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-11-10 p.60	08,3-27 00,1-13 99,3-20 97,4-15 85,3-5	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 11 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 09 Tuesday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Dizzie Gillespie leaves the band Shorty Baker and Junior Raglin rejoin				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1943 11 09 Tuesday (All night)^{1, 2}	.	New York, N.Y.	World Studios 711 Fifth Ave.	World Broadcasting System recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra W. Jones, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwicke, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Roche Titles recorded: Main stem A Slip Of The Lip Three Cent Stomp I Wonder Why Go Away Blues I Don't Want Anybody At All Ain't Misbehavin' Things Ain't What They Used To Be Baby, Please Stop And Think About Me Caravan	1."Duke Draws 85Gs...", Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20 Vail I 3. Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-11-10 p.60	DE4360	00,1-13 99,3-20 98,4-14 97,4-15 85,3-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-10
1943 11 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Capitol Theatre	Stage show - see 1943 10 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 11 Thursday	.	Taunton, Mass.	Roseland Ballroom	Baron Grace presents Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra in an Armistice Day Dance at Roseland Ballroom	Ad, Baltimore Afro-American 1943-10-23 p.17 'Advance Bookings' column, Billboard 1943-10-31	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Radio Box 11”	.	.	02,1-23	.	.	2011
1943 11 12 Friday	.	Portland, Me.	City Hall	.	'Advance Bookings' column, Billboard 1943-10-31	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 12 Friday	.	Worcester, Mass.	Municipal Auditorium	.	'Advance Bookings' column, Billboard 1943-10-31	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 13 Saturday	.	Worcester	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 14 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 11 15	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Forum	.	.	.	.	ad+review	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1943 11 15 Monday	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Chez Maurice Danceland	.	.	.	.	ad+review	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1943 11 16 Tuesday	.	Ottawa, Ont.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 17 Wednesday	.	Kingston	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 18 Thursday	1943 11 24	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 19 Friday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 20 Saturday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 21 Sunday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 22 Monday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 23 Tuesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 24 Wednesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Kingsway Club	See 1943 11 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 25 Thursday	.	London, Ont.	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 26 Friday	.	Kitchener, Ont.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 11 27 Saturday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Trico Prod.	Concert Victory Night Radio Broadcast Broadcast on WFL (not confirmed) and nationally on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 372 AFRS217	.	DE4361	03,3-11 01,2-21 00,1-13 99,4-7	Timner	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1943 11 28< Sunday/TD>	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1943 11 29 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Public Auditorium	Dance	.	.	.	Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"	.	2011
1943 11 30 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Carnegie Music Hall	.	.	.	.	Vail CAH-ad	C.Hällström	2011
December 1943
1943 12 01 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	1619 Broadway	A new business office was opened by Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway for the joint management of their bands and other individual interests. It will function under the supervision of William H. Mittler, auditor, who has handled business details for both attractions for many years...staff will include Sam Berk, theatrical agent,...and Sara Abrams, formerly private secretary to Irving Mills. The William Morris Agency will continue to book Ellington...	Down Beat, 1943-12-01, p.1	.	.	.	.	added 2013-08-09
1943 12 01 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	World Studios	Recording session	.	DE4362	98,4-14 97,4-15 87,3-2 85,4-6	.	.	2011
1943 12 02 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Compton Agency Off	Audition Show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 03 Friday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Lord B.Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 04 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Convention	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 05 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 06 Monday 8:45 pm	.	Washington, D.C.	Uline Arena Third and M Streets	Concert, attended by 6,000, by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, sponsored by Howard Park Civic Association for the benefit of child care units for the children of working mothers. Ticket prices were $1.35 $2.20 and $3.30 Ray Nance opened with Moon Mist on violin, and the program ended with Things Ain't What They Used To Be. Mentioned in the review or shown in photos were Nance, Roché, Hodges, Stewart, Wallace Jones, Brown and Hibbler. Hibbler was "uproariously applauded" for Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me and Summertime.	Baltimore Afro-American Publicity and ad, 1943-12-04, p.20 Photo and review, 1943-12-11 pp.19-20 Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-11-03 p.34 Vail I with an unattributed copy of an ad .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-09
1943 12 07 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Alcazar	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 08 Wednesday	.	Langley, Va.	Langley Air Force Base	Concert Victory Night Radio Broadcast Broadcast on WFL and nationally on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 381 AFRS226	.	DE4363	07,1-46 03,3-11 99,4-	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1943 12 09< Thursday/TD>	.	Norfolk	Palomar Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 10 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Convention	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	.	.	DE4364	07,1-46 02,1-19+25 01,3-16/24 92,1-1 80,3-1	Timner-4/33	.	2011
1943 12 12 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 13 Monday	.	Westport	Lincoln Park Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 14 Tuesday	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 15 Wednesday	.	Harrisburg Pa	Chestnut Street Hall	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez GascoP+Hallström dec09	2011
1943 12 16 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 17 Friday	.	Springfield	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 18 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 19 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera H.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 20 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 21 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 22 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 23 Thursday	.	Cedar Rapids Ia	Danceland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1943 12 24 Friday	.	Madison, Wisc	Union Th	.	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09	2011
1943 12 25 Saturday Christmas day	.	St. Louis	Opera House	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 26 Sunday	.	Kansas City	Municipal A	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1943 12 27 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 28 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 29 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 30 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1943 12 31 Friday	1944 01 27 Thursday	Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens Michigan Boulevard	Dancing all evening and at 9:15 and 12:15, a "musical show featuring some of its most beautiful arrangements and all of its wonderful musicians." Billboard published a glowing review by Carl Cons saying the house was packed on opening night, with some tables on the dance floor, and many walk-ins were standees. There were no outside acts. Stratemann reports the engagement did turn-away business for the first three nights.	On The Stand, Billboard, 1944-01-22, p.18 Stratemann p.256, citing Variety 1943-12-22 (for dates?)	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-01
1943 12 00	.	New York, N.Y.	Possibly Ellington's apartment	Time Inc.'s "March of Time" documentary series. Vol.10 No. 5, “Up Beat In Music,” reported about entertainment provided to American troops by American musicians and has about 20 seconds with Ellington, possibly filmed in his living room in a robe, seated at a piano writing on music paper and playing Dancers in Love. The music lasts 10 seconds. The film shows Ellington was working on the Perfume Suite a full year before its Carnegie Hall premiere in December 1944.	Stratemann pp. 251-252	DE4365	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-01

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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
January 1944
1943 / 44	.	Unk	.	Unknown Broadcast	.	DE9071	08,3-6	NDCS 1089	.	2011
1944 01 01 Saturday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 02 Sunday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 03 Monday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 04 Tuesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 05 Wednesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 06 Thursday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 07 Friday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 08 Saturday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 09 Sunday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 10 Monday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	NBC Studios	Peripheral event Ivie Anderson recording session in front of a studio audience, backed by the Cee Pee Johnson Orchestra. No Ellington involvement				02,1-13	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-06
1944 01 10 Monday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 11 Tuesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 12 Wednesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 13 Thursday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 14 Friday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 15 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Auditorium Servicemen's Center	Peripheral event Billboard 1944-01-22, p.18 reported Johnny Long played for 2,500 servicemen on 10 minutes notice, to replace Ellington, who had not been told he was scheduled to perform.				.	.	Added 2013-05-01
1944 01 15 Saturday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 16 Sunday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 17 Monday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 18 Tuesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 19 Wednesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 20 Thursday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 21 Friday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 22 Saturday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 23 Sunday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 24 Monday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 25 Tuesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 26 Wednesday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 27 Thursday		Chicago, Ill.	Boulevard Room Hotel Stevens	Restaurant (ballroom) residency - see 1943 12 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 28 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Great Northern Theater	Cancelled revue Stratemann, p.256, says Ellington had reserved the theatre for a revue, but plans for the show were dropped and the band went out on the road instead.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-01
1944 01 28 Friday	1944 02 03 Thursday	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	.	Stratemann p.256, citing Variety 1944-01-19 p.33	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 29 Saturday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 30 Sunday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 01 31 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theatee	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
February 1944
1944 02 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wallace Jones, trumpet, leaves the band although he will play a session in January 1947				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1944 02 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Shelton Hemphill joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1944 02 01 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 02 Wednesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 03 Thursday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Fox Theater	see 1944 01 28	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 04 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 05 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 06 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	White City Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 07 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 08 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 09 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 10 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 11 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Wini Johnson joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1944 02 11 Friday	1944 02 17 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 12 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 13 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 14 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 15 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 16 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 17 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 02 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 18 Friday	1944 02 21 Monday	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 19 Saturday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1944 02 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 20 Sunday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1944 02 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 21 Monday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1944 02 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 22 Tuesday	1944 02 24 Thursday	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 23 Wednesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1944 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 24 Thursday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1944 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 25 Friday	.	East Lansing, Mich.	Michigan State College	.	Stratemann p.256 citing DESB.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 26 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 27 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 02 28 Monday	.	Dayton, Oh.	Coliseum	According to Stratemann, Ellington was a guest at a black dance here before rejoining the band at Columbus.	Stratemann p.256	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 28 Monday	1944 02 29	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 02 29 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
March 1944
1944 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Harold “Shorty” Baker leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1944 03 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Betty Roché leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1944 03 01	1944 03 02	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 03	1944 03 05	Rochester, N.Y.	RKO Temple Theater	On stage; "Passport to Destiny" was on the screen	News of Downtown Theaters, Rochester Daily Record, 1944-03-04	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-14
1944 03 06	1944 03 08	Utica	Stanley Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 09	1944 03 15	Boston, Mass.	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 11	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	AFRS “Jubilee 69” assembly date	.	.	99,4-7 99,3-20	.	.	2011
1944 03 16	.	Fall River	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 17	1944 03 19	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 18	.	.	.	Peripheral event The March 18 1944 edition of The Melody Maker and Rhythm reported Wini Johnson was to join Ellington "this week," but Betty Roché was expected to stay with the band. Herbie Jeffries, who was recently drafted but almost immediately discharged, is rejoining Duke after almost three years absence. Wallace Jones, lead trumpet, is out, replaced by Scad Hemphill, and Harry Carney was to report for induction "any week now."				Leonard Feather 1943-1946 scrapbook, University of Idaho, p.101	.	Added 2013-06-13
1944 03 22	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 23	1944 03 29	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 03 30	1944 03 31	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	.	.	NewYorkPost articles	CAHjul11	2011
April 1944
1944 04 01	1944 04 30	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4401	11,2-6 04,2-44	Timner	.	2011
1944 04 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Salute to Fats Waller Tribute to the recently deceased pianist/composer. Ellington played solos of Sophisticated Lady and Dancers in Love.	Stratemann p.257, citing Spotlight, May 1944.	.	.	FBI file 100-43-4443	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1944 04 02	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4402 DE4403	03,2-13 02,3-13	.	.	2011
1944 04 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4404	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 08	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4405	09,3-2 08,3-6 84,1-1	.	.	2011
1944 04 09	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4406	09,3-2	.	.	2011
1944 04 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Society Downtown	Ellington and others particated in a jam session/photo shoot for Esquire "New York - 'Cafe Society Downtown' was open Monday evening, April 10, open for participants and guests of ESQUIRE'S Jam Session...this jam session was not open to the public but was staged by ESQUIRE'S Editorial Department to catch jazz men on kodachrome for a Christmas issue pictorial feature. Only musicians and their friends were admitted, and those members of the editorial staff who could convince Bernard Geis there were there 'working.' An Army Special Services crew recorded the session and discs will be sent to men overseas...Leonard Feather, who is in a class with Frank Buck when it comes to bringing back alive famous swingmen, was the invitation committee of one. Among the prize collection of hot and solid jivesters he assembled were Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Eddie Haywood, Sidney Catlett, Oscar Pettiford and other musical elite of 52nd Street swing shops... The session got under way soon after eleven and flash bulbs were still popping at 4 a.m. As soon as one musician stepped aside, another took his place. Some of the greatest jazz every heard in the famous New York hot spot blared out that night. Guests couldn't be kept at the tables and soon stood six deep around the players in ture jam session style... " Other information in the clipping: the party cost nothing except for drinks the club was normally closed Mondays, but management provided it free of charge for the session Two Esquire photographers were used - Anton Bruehl and Sydney Ravitz audience was told the event was for pictures and they would be moved out of the way if they were in the way of a shot the musicians came for the publicity and because they liked to sit in with other musicians	Undated, unsourced clipping at page 116 of Leonard G. Feather's January 1943 to March 1946 scrapbook	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-13
1944 04 13	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4407	08,3-6 84,3-3 81,5-2	Timner	.	2011
1944 04 14	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE9090 ND9091	09,3-2	T.Rosenkrantz 35-8-A + B NDCS 1099	.	2011
1944 04 16	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Hall Of Fame”	.	DE4408	.	Timner corrections	.	2011
1944 04 16	.	New York, N.Y.	17th Reg Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 18	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE9088	09,3-2	T.Rosenkrantz 35-2-B NDCS 1099	.	2011
1944 04 19	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE9089	09,3-2	T.Rosenkrantz 35-2-A NDCS 1099	.	2011
1944 04 20	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4409	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 21	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Juan Tizol leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1944 04 21	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4410	93,2-5	.	.	2011
1944 04 22	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trombonist Claude B. Jones joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1944 04 22	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4411	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4412	.	.	.	2011
1944 04 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4413 ND9092 ND9093	09,3-2	T.Rosenkrantz 35-5-A 35-10-A + B NDCS 1100	.	2011
1944 04 28	.	New York City, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1944
1944 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Skippy Elbert, tenor sax, leaves the band in mid-May				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1944 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Al Sears, tenor sax, born 1910, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1944 05 01	1944 05 31	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 02	.	.	.	Ray Nance recording session	.	.	98,3-23	.	.	2011
1944 05 05	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4414	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 06	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4415	11,2-6 04,3-51 04,2-44 01,2-20 99,3-16	.	.	2011
1944 05 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4416	04,2-44 99,3-16	.	.	2011
1944 05 12	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4417	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 14	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	FBI report: "...a concert was held at Carnegie Hall, New York City, under the sponsorship of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Duke Ellington was said to have volunteered his professional services for this concert which was reportedly attended by 2,000 persons..." The FBI report says the Committee had been cited by the Attorney General as Communist.	FBI file no. 100-43443, p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1944 05 19	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4418	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 20	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4419	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 21	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4420	01,3-17	Timner corrections	.	2011
1944 05 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4421	99,3-16	Timner corrections	.	2011
1944 05 25	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4422	04,2-44 00,1-24 94,1-7	.	.	2011
1944 05 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4423	00,1-24 98,4-14 98,3-23 94,1-7	.	.	2011
1944 05 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4424	00,1-24 99,3-16	.	.	2011
1944 05 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	T.Rosenkrantz 33-5-A + B	.	DE9094 ND9095	09,3-2	NDCS 1100	.	2011
1944 05 29	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Wnew-Broadcast "News..."	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 05 31	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4425	04,2-44 99,3-16 82,4-1 82,3-4	.	.	2011
June 1944
1944 05/06	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4426	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 01	1944 06 07	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE9026	03,2-20 02,3-24 02,2-13 02,1-2	NDCS 1035	.	2011
1944 06 02	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4427	99,3-16	.	.	2011
1944 06 03	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Delete This session, see 17dec44	.	DE4428	00,3-26	.	.	2011
1944 06 03	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4429	.	Timner corrections	.	2011
1944 06 04	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	.	.	DE4430	99,4-7 99,3-16	.	.	2011
1944 06 05	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Downbeat Hawk party	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	. Ellington singer Winnie Johnson was to marry actor Canada Lee on this date. After their wedding, he was to open at the Queensboro Theater, after which the couple was to have a party at the Hurricane. She was expected to return to the band after a two-week honeymoon. She	Brooklyn Eagle 1944-06-04 p.25.	DE4431	01,2-30 = 01,2-29	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-06-11
1944 06 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Hurricane Restaurant	Premature end to the Hurricane engagement - the restaurant was finding it difficult to pay Ellington's guarantee	Stratemann p.257 citing Variety 1944-05-24, p.33	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1944 06 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Downbeat Club	for Hawks farewell party with Monk	.	Vail	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 08	.	Boston, Mass.	Mechanics Build	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 09	.	Manchester, N.H.	Bedford Gardens Ballroom	Dance?	Ad, Lowell Sun, 1944-06-09 Georgia Urban tribute column, Troy Record, 1974-04-28, p.47	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-06
1944 06 10	.	Lewiston	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 11	.	New London, Conn	Ocean Beach	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 12	.	Taunton	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 13	.	Springfield	Riverside P	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 15	1944 06 17	Toronto, Ont.	Queensway Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 18	.	.	.	Day Off	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 19	1944 06 24	Toronto, Ont.	Queensway Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Wini Johnson leaves the band in the summer of 1944				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1944 06 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Gard	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 27	.	Mountain View Air Force Base	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 28	.	Niagara Falls	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 06 29	.	Hamilton	Pier Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1944
1944 07 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event Richard Boyer's profile of Ellington, The Hot Bach, is published in The New Yorker			.	.	Added 2012-08-22
1944 07 01 Saturday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Down Beat reported Al Celley had joined Ellington as road manager having started with Ina Ray Hutton and working for 2 years for Bob Chester. Since the story is dated July 1, he likely joined sometime in June.				Down Beat, 1944-07-01 p.5	.	Added 2013-06-24
1944 07 01 Saturday	.	Rochester, N.Y.	Edgerton Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 02 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 03 Monday	.	Camden, N.J.	Convention Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 04 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Town Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 05 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 07 06 Thursday	.	Bainbridge, Md.	Naval Training Center	This entry is likely in error - see 1944 07 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 07 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 07 08 Saturday	.	Bainbridge, Md.	Naval Training Center	Concert Broadcast on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, and later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 564 AFRS409 Announced as Your Saturday Date With The Duke.	.	DE4432	07,1-46 03,3-11	YouTube -"Duke Ellington at Naval Training Center in 1944 feat. Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Duke on piano"	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1944 07 08 Saturday	.	Newark, N.J.	Laurel Gardens 437 Springfield Ave.	Vail, vol.I, has an ad for "Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Recognized King of Swing" for "Saturday Night, July 8th." Vail does not identify the source of the advertisement.	Ad reproduced in Vail, Vol.1	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-02-07
1944 07 09 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 07 10 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 07 11 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 07 12	1944 07 31	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show. The stage show had Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Logan, Jerry Lester, Nadine Gae, and others. The film, Take It or Leave It, by 20th Century Fox, was panned in the PM newspaper. On opening night, Ellington was injured when the backstage elevator fell. Down Beat reported the incident as: New York - A falling elevator came dangerously close to ending the career of one of modern music's true greats, Duke Ellington, just before his opening at the Roxy here. The lift, in which the Duke was a passenger, got out of control and plummeted two stories down before it came to a jarring stop. The crash broke a light fixture in the ceiling. Falling glass cut Ellington's hand so severely that three stitches were required to close the wound. Despite the painful injury, the pianist-leader went on with the show. Fortunately, the cut was not expected to offer any permanent impairment to his piano plunking." While Ellington returned to work, Vail reports Strayhorn covered the piano.	Down Beat 1944-07-01 p.44 PM 1944-07-13,p.20 Brooklyn Eagle 1944-07-13,p.16 New York Sun 1944-07-13 p.20 Down Beat, 1944-08-01 p.1	.	.	Ad, New York Post	CAHsep11	added 2011 updated 2013-06-24
1944 07 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 25 Tuesday	.	Rochester, Minn.	Mayo General Hospital "Reconditioning Section"	Duke Ellington and Ray Nance were photographed with a group of injured soldiers. The date on this photograph is questionable.	Photograph on the Mule Walk and Jazz Talk webpage	.	.	.	djp	Added 2012-01-16
1944 07 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 07 31 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Roxy Theater	Stage show - see 1944 07 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1944
1944 08 01	1944 08 12	.	Vail I reports the band is given a 12 day vacation, during which Hodges and Carney record with Billy Taylor and his Orchestra. Down Beat said Ellington was taking a two week vacation after the Roxy, before resuming one-nighters and theatres, and that his hand was mending nicely.	.	Vail I Down Beat 1944-08-15 p.5	.	.		.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-11 and 2013-06-24
1944 08 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Mildred Bailey Show	.	DE4433	08,3-6	.	.	2011
1944 08 07	.	.	.	Peripheral event FBI file 100 43-4443 says Ellington was reported to be a member of the Executive Board of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, citing an article in the August 7, 1944 edition of "Daily Worker."			.	djp	Added 2012-11-13
1944 08 12	.	Chicago, Ill.	Benefit Event	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 13	.	Topeka	Meadow Acres Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 14	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 15	.	Lafayette	Columbian Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 17 Thursday 9 to 1	.	Davenport, Ia.	Danceland Ballroom Eagles Bldg.	Dance	Ad, Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1944-08-14, p.2	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-03-17
1944 08 18	.	Peoria, Ill.	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 19	.	St. Louis	Kiel Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 20	.	Kansas City	Municipal Au	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 22	.	Ottumwa	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 23	.	Omaha, Neb.	Dreamland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 24	.	Sioux Falls	Arkota Ballroom	.	.	01,3-24	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 25	.	Sioux City, Io.	Skylon Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 27	.	Des Moines, Io.	Val Air Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 29 ?	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Pre-Broadcast	.	98,2-20 82,3-5	.	.	.	2011
1944 08 30	.	Youngstown	New Elm Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
September 1944
1944 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sonny Greer, in from the beginning, leaves the band but will soon return.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1944 09 01	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Cat Anderson, trumpet, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1944 09 01 Friday	1944 09 07	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - this was Cat Anderson's first day with the band. He was called Bill Anderson at the time.	Stratemann p.258 citing a review in Metronome 1944-10 p.30	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-05
1944 09 02 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 03 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 04 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 05 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 06 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 07 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 08 Friday	1944 09 10	Canton, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Heading a Big Revue Featuring 4 Acts of Vod-Vil. Publicity says Black Brown & Beige will highlight the program on this tour, and says the band is 16 members.	Stratemann p.258 citing Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20 Canton Repository, Canton, Oh.,1944-09-03, p.20	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-09-05
1944 09 09 Saturday	.	Canton, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 10 Sunday	.	Canton, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show - see 1944 09 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 10 Sunday	.	.	.	Peripheral event One of two documented dates Gertrude Niesen appeared on Music America Loves Best broadcast see 1944 12 17 and DEMS 02,2-13				.	.	Added 2011
1944 09 11 Monday	.	Cambridge, Oh.	Fletcher General Hospital	Performance for patients in an army hospital. "DUKE ELLINGTON SHOW TO PLAY AT FLETCHER "Duke Ellington and his orchestra will entertain the boys at Fletcher General hospital at Cambridge on Sept.11 George A. Delis, district manager of the Constant theaters and manager of the Palace theater here, said he has made arrangements for the Ellington show to visit the hospital after it completes its three-day visit to the Palace stage starting Friday." The 1945-01-05 Zanesville Signal said Vaughn Monro entertained the troops at Fletcher General Hospital the night before, and this was the fourth of such affairs at the hospital, previous entertainment having been furnished by Duke Ellington, Freddie Slack and Jackie Heller.	Announcement, Canton Repository, Canton, Oh., 1944-09-03, p.20 Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Oh., 1945-01-05 .	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-01-13 and confirmed 2013-09-04
1944 09 12 Tuesday	1944 09 14	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	Stratemann p.258 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 13 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1944 09 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 14 Thursday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1944 09 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 15 Friday	1944 09 21	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 16 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 17 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 18 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 19 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 20 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 21 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	see 1944 09 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 22 Friday	1944 09 28 Thursday	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 23 Saturday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 24 Sunday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 25 Monday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 26 Tuesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 27 Wednesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 28 Thursday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1944 09 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 29 Friday	1944 10 12 Thursday	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 09 30 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1944
1944 10 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Marie Ellington, vocalist, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1944 10 01	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 01 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 02 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 03 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 04 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 05 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 06 Friday.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 07 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 08	.	Syracuse, N.Y.	State Armory	.	.	09,1-15	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 08 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 09 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 10 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 11 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 12 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Downtown Theater	see 1944 09 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 13 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 10 10	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	“Sports Newsreel” Interv for KFI (LA radio stat)	.	03,1-5	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 13	1944 10 19	Minneapolis, Minn.	Orpheum T	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 20	1944 10 26	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside T	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 27	.	Fort Wayne	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 28	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Castle Farm	The ads are for "Castle Farm Dine-Dance-Show" so it appears to be a dine and dance venue. Admission $1.25 plus tax, reservations not necessary.	Ads, Hamilton Journal, Hamilton, Oh.: 1944-10-27 p.18 1944-10-28.p.6	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-04
1944 10 29	.	Evansville	Roller Rink	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 30	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Tomlinson H	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 10 31	.	Dayton	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1944
1944 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Kay Davis, vocalist, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1944 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Joya Sherrill rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1944 11 01	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Ezzard Col.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 11 03	1944 11 09	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	ellingtonweb.ca	CAHoct05	2011
1944 11 10	1944 11 12	Chicago, Ill.	Coliseum	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 11 13	.	Louisville	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 11 15	.	Akron	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 11 17	1944 11 23	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 11 24	1944 11 30	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
Nov. 25 1944	.	.	.	Peripheral event Leonard Feather's column in the Nov. 25 1944 edition of The Melody Maker and Rhythm, p.2, reported "Winnie Johnson has been ill, and Duke now has three other girls with the band! They are Joya Sherrill, who worked with him briefly in 1942; Marie Ellington (no relation), formerly with Benny Carter; and Rosita Davis. Cat Anderson is now a permanent member of Duke's brass section."				.	djp	Added 2013-06-12
1944 11 29	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	DE4434	.	.	.	2011
December 1944
1944 12 01 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sonny Greer rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1944 12 01 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	RCA Studio 2	Initial recordings under Ellington's contract to make 30 sides for RCA-Victor	Stratemann p.262	DE4435	06,1-27 01,3-24 00,2-15 98,4-1	.	.	2011
1944 12 01b Friday	.	Newark, N.J.	Graham Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 02 Saturday	.	Wilmington	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 03 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Turner's A.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 04 Monday	.	Hagerstown	Franklin C.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 05 Tuesday	.	Richmond	Mosque Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 06 Wednesday	.	Wilmington	Odd Fellows	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 07 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mercan H.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 08 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 12 09 Saturday	.	Rochester, N.Y.	Edgerton Park	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 10 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Kleinhans Music	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 11 Monday	1944 12 12 Tuesday	New York, N.Y.	RCA Studio 2	.	.	DE4436	07,1-42 06,1-27 03,2-6 99,3-21 99,1-8 87,2-1 87,1-2	.	.	2011
1944 12 12 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	RCA Studio 2	.	.	DE4436	07,1-42 06,1-27 03,2-6 99,3-21 99,1-8 87,2-1 87,1-2	.	.	2011
1944 12 13 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 14 Thursday	.	Taunton	Roseland Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 15 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 12 16 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1944 12 17 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	NBC Studios	4:30 pm EWT broadcast on WEAF Transcribed for AFRS MALB-68 Music America Loves Best Duke Ellington with the Jay Blackton Orchestra and possibly singer Gertrude Niesen Titles broadcast: Medley:-Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, Caravan, Mood Indigo, It Don't Mean A Thing Main Stem Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Somebody Loves Me Gertrude Niesen may not have been present, since MALB records only show her in the series on 1944-09-10 and 1945-05-27. DEMS seems to have concluded the last two titles were edited into the AFRS transcription disc later. I suggest following the entire discussion in chronological order in the noted DEMS bulletins.	.	DE4437	87,1-6 (DESOR entry) 87,2-1 2000/1 page 9 2000/2 page 3 00,3-26 (p.10) 01,3-8/2 02,1-4 02,2-13	New York Times radio log	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-06-06
1944 12 17 Sunday	.	Worchester, Mass.	Auditorium	.	Vail I	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 18 Monday	.	Trenton	Memorial Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 19 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Recorded three hour concert Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Personnel: Stewart, Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Hillard Brown (drums), Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, Marie Ellington. The programme consisted of Star Spangled Banner Blutopia Midriff Creole Love Call Suddenly It Jumped Frustration It Don't Mean A Thing I Didn't Know About You Don't You Know I Care I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (vocal duet) I'm Beginning To See The Light Pitter Panther Patter Perfume Suite 1. Balcony Serenade (Love) 2.Strange Feeling (Violence) 3. Dancers In Love (Naivete) 4. Coloratura (Sophistication) Things Ain't What They Used To Be Black, Brown and Beige 1. Worksong 6. The Blues 4. West Indian Dance 10. Sugar Hill Penthouse 05. Emancipation Celebration 02. Come Sunday 03. Light Medley: In A Sentimental Mood / Mood Indigo / Sophisticated Lady / Caravan / Solitude / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Mood To Be Wooed Blue Cellophane Air Conditioned Jungle Frantic Fantasy Blue Skies Frankie And Johnny / Metronome All Out	Review, Harriett Johnson, New York Post, 1944-12-20 Review, Frank Stacy, Down Beat 1945-01-15, pp.7 & 12 Leonard Feather, Melody Maker, 1945-01-27, p.2	DE4438	08,2-26	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-06
1944 12 20 Wednesday	1944 12 31 Sunday	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	Down Beat's "Where the Bands Are Playing" has the engagement starting on the 19th but opening night appears to have been postponed due to Carnegie Hall. Stratemann says Ellington was paid $6,500 weekly, considered an all-time high for this type of job, especially since he only played 10 days during the engagement.	Down Beat, 1944-12-15, p.14 Stratemann p.260 citing Variety 1944-11-14 p.40 1944-11-15, p.38 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-07
1944 12 21 Thursday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 22 Friday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 23 Saturday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 24 Sunday	.	.	.	Day off	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 25 Monday Christmas day	.	.	.	Days Off	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 26 Tuesday	1944 12 31	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1944 12 27 Wednesday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 28 Thursday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 29 Friday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 30 Saturday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011
1944 12 31 Sunday	.	Providence, R.I.	Biltmore Hotel	see 1944 12 20	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011

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--> Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Akron, OH 23 June 1945 Broadcast, from Army Camp Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis,

Take The “A” Train (theme)
Jump For Joy
All At Once
D.E. Bond Promo
Ko-Ko
I Should Care
Go Away Blues
Tootin' Through The Roof
Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
I'm Beginning To See The Light - vJS and D.E. Bond Promo
Take The "A" Train (theme)
Take The "A" Train (theme)
BLUE BELLS OF HARLEM
Body And Soul and D.E. Bond Promo
Duke Ellington out. Add Billy Strayhorn,
The More I See You
Billy Strayhorn out. Add Duke Ellington,
What Am I Here For?
Warm Valley
D.E. Bond Promo
Stompy Jones
Take The "A" Train (theme)

New York City, NY 02 November 1945 Broadcast, Radio City Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, Take The "A" Train (theme) Clementine Jeep Is Jumpin' Don't Take Your Love From Me It Don't Mean A Thing Add Billy Strayhorn, D.E. Bond Promo If You Are But A Dream Billy Strayhorn out Emancipation Celebration Add The Mellotones, Caldonia The Mellotones out Ring Dem Bells Add Billy Strayhorn, Take The "A" Train (theme) A Door Will Open D.E. Bond Promo Billy Strayhorn out Court Session That's For Me On The Atcheson, Topeka And Santa Fe Ev'ry Hour On The Hour D.E. Bond Promo How Deep Is The Ocean Victory Drive Autumn Serenade Take The "A" Train (theme)

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
January 1945
1945 01 01	.	.	.	Peripheral event Down Beat announced Ellington won the Swing Band voting in Down Beat's eighth annual band poll, beating Woody Herman 1673:1606. Ellington also came in fifth in the Sweet Band category. Hodges came in fifth in Favorite Soloist, and topped Alto Sax with 3,596 votes, compared to his nearest rival who had 557. Willie Smith ranked third at 414. Ben Webster placed third in Tenor Sax. Carney ranked first in Baritone Sax, Dave Tough and Sonny Greer ranked third and eighth, respectively in Drums. Rex Stewart ranked fourth in Trumpet and Lawrence Brown made third in Trombone. Junior Raglin was seventh in Bass, Strayhorn was second in Arrangers, Hibbler placed eleventh in Male Singers With Band, Betty Roche was twelfth in Girl Singer With Band. Down Beat's 1944 Mythical Swing Band included Brown, Hodges and Carney.				Down Beat, 1945-01-01 pp.1, 13	.	Added 2013-05-05
1945 01 01 Monday	1945 01 15 Monday	New York, N.Y.	.	Possible first of three recording sessions for AFRS Jubilee transcription J-117. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Lena Horne sang two of the songs, which seem to have been recorded in the third session. Titles transcribed for broadcast: Take The "A" Train Suddenly It Jumped I'm Beginning To See The Light It Don't Mean A Thing I Didn't Know About You I Get A Kick Out Of You Midriff Blue Skies The World War II Jubilee transcriptions were 33 1/3 rpm 16" vinylite records produced in Hollywood by AFRS for broadcast to American military personnel. The series, sent to radio stations all over the world, was not broadcast on U.S. domestic networks. Sjef Hoefsmit reported the recordings were made on Mondays January 1, 8 and 15, with the recordings assembled into the transcription on January 18 and broadcast May 26, 1945. New Desor and Timner IV combine the recordings into one January session, DE4506, placed in Los Angeles, without the exact date. If Herr Hoefsmit is correct, the first session would have been in New York, the second in Detroit, and the third would have been immediately after arrival in Los Angeles at the end of a three day train trip. Herr Hoefsmit noted this was the only time Lena Horne performed with the Ellington band. While they worked together at other times and she sang accompanied by Strayhorn in December 1965, she never performed with the band apart from this Jubilee Show. Miss Horne appears to have been on the west coast - the Harrisburg Telegraph Jan 9 1945 places her in a show at the Hollywood Canteen for a New Years show.	Ellingtonia.com The AFRS Jubilee Transcription Series by Carl A. Hällström and Bo Scherman 1945 WWII Radio Archive 3	DE4506	00,2-8 00,1-13	Timner IV, p.66	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-07
1945 01 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Decca studio	World Broadcasting System recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, and possibly Davis, Marie Ellington and Hibbler. New Desor includes all 4 singers in the session, but the only name it attributes to vocals is Sherrill. Titles recorded: Midriff I Didn't Know About You I'm Beginning To See The Light (instrumental and vocal versions) Mood To Be Woed Blue Cellophane	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Timner IV, p.88	DE4501	02,2-6 93,2-5 85,4-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-06
1945 01 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Decca Studio	World Broadcasting System recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington and Hibbler. No vocal featuring Marie is shown in New Desor Titles recorded: Just Squeeze Me (Subtle Slough) Hit Me With A Hot Note Air Conditioned Jungle Pitter Panther Patter Frantic Fantasy Don't You Know I Care I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Blutopia Let The Zoomers Drool You Never Know The Things You Miss	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Timner IV pp 64-65	DE4502	02,2-6 97,4-15 93,2-5 88,2-4 87,1-6 85,4-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-07
1945 01 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Timner has Hillard Brown on drums instead of Greer, but Hoefsmit says to replace him with Greer. Titles recorded: Carnegie Blues Blue Cellophane Mood To Be Wooed My Heart Sings	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Timner IV p.65	DE4503	06,1-27 03,2-23 02,2-22 93,2-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-07
1945 01 05 Friday	1945 01 11 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show with Dusty Fletcher and Cook & Brown. Vail says singer Rosita Davis was temporarily replacing Kay Davis	Vail I "Band Routes," Down Beat, 1945-01-01 p.14 Stratemann p.260 citing Billboard 1945-01-27 p.22	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-05
1945 01 06 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 07 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 08 Monday	.	.	.	Second of three reported recording sessions for Jubilee broadcast transcription J-117 - see 1945 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 08 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 09 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 10 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 11 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Hughes Downtown Theater	Stage show - see 1945 01 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 12 Friday	.	Jackson, Mich.	Jackson County Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 13 Saturday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Municipal Auditorium	Dance (Stratemann has a footnote saying another DESB clipping suggests an appearance at the Midshipmen's School at Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana.	Stratemann p.260 citing DESB	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-07
1945 01 14 Sunday	1945 01 17	.	.	Travel Stratemann p.260 says "Upon arrival on the West Coast after three days of travel, the Ellington band participated in a heavily publicized concert evening..."	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 15 Monday	1945 01 17	.	.	In transit - see 1945 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 15 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal. or Hollywood	.	activity not documented Last of three reported recording sessions for Jubilee broadcast transcription J-117 - see 1945 01 01	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 16 Tuesday	1945 01 17	.	.	In transit - see 1945 01 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 16 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 01 17 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Philharmonic Hall	"Esquire Concert" the Ellington orchestra appeared with other artists, Art Tatum, Willie Smith, Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday, Al Casey, Sid Catlett. Ellington numbers named in an AP wirestory included Blutopia, Frustration, Blue Cellophane, Midriff and Frantic Fantasy. Down Beat: ...the affair was a memorable occasion, other than musically, with a packed house and such luminaries as Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Jerome Kern, Lionel Barrymore and Lena Horne. Fans, hoping for good jazz, found a program over-weighted with Ellington's not unmeritorious attempts at serious composition, which, if they belong in the true jazz category at all, are a type of jazz that Ellington's firmest admirers like to take in smaller doses. There were a few good moments during the evening. Al Sears, Duke's tenor man, broke loose on one of the few jump numbers. The rest of the boys seemed not to have time enough to fall into the right groove...	Charles Emge, "Coast Esquire Bash Misses On Jazz; Too Heavy," Down Beat 1945-02-01 p.6 Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, 1945-01-18 p.4: AP wirestory "Swing Session" Lowell Sun, 1945-01-18, p.1: AP wirestory "Barrelhouse, Boogie, Blues In Staid Haven Of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms"	DE4504	04,2-45 03,3-28 03,2-29 02,2-6 02,2-24 02,2-26 02,1-21 00,2-19 00,1-19 93,2-5	Ulanov photo Vail I BH77photo Vail I265 photos Driggs Webphoto corr Timner	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-02-02
1945 01 18 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	"Kraft Music Hall"	.	DE4505	02,1-21 01,2-20	.	.	2011
1945 01 18 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	AFRS Jubilee 117 assembly date (possibly no Ellington involvement)	.	DE4506	00,1-13 00,2-8 Timner corrections	.	.	2011
1945 01 19 Friday	.	Fresno, Cal.	Fresno Memorial Auditorium	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra presenting his great Carnegie Hall concert - Starts at 8:30 Seats on Main Flr and Balcony - Dancing 10 to 1. Tickets $1.50 including tax.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-06
1945 01 20 Saturday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 21 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 01 22 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 01 23 Tuesday	1945 01 29	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 24 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 25 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 26 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 27 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 28 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 29 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 01 23	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 30 Tuesday	.	Watsonville, Cal.	Civic Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 01 31 Wednesday	1945 02 06	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	Theatre show	Band Routes, Down Beat 1945-01-15 p.14 1945-02-01 p.14 Advance Bookings, Billboard, 1945-01-13, p.19 1945-01-20. p.22	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-08
February 1945
1945 02 01 Thursday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 02 Friday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 03 Saturday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 04 Sunday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 05 Monday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 06 Tuesday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	see 1945 01 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 07 Wednesday	.	Vallejo, Cal.	Dream Bowl	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 08 Thursday	1945 02 14	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	Stage show Duke Ellington America's Genius of Jazz and His Orchestra and Entertainers Stage show 2:00, 6:00, 9:45	Band Routes, Down Beat 1945-02-01 p.14 Oakland Tribune - announcement, ad and review, 1945-02-09, p.11	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-06
1945 02 09 Friday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08 The band might not have played here this day and evening - it was booked into Sweet's Ballroom (see next entry). It is possible, however, one was done after the other.		.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-06
1945 02 09 Friday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	Duke Ellington, His Band & Road Show	Ads, Oakland Tribune 1945-03-03 p.5 1945-03-09, p.12C	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-06
1945 02 10 Saturday 3:15 to 4:00 PM	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sherman, Clay store Broadway at Hobart	Duke was advertised to appear in Sherman, Clay's record department to autograph his new Victor records and albums	Oakland Tribune ad, 1945-02-09, p.d3	.	.	.	.	added 2013-08-06
1945 02 10 Saturday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08		.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 11 Sunday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08		.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 12 Monday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08		.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 13 Tuesday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08		.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 03	.	.	.	Peripheral event Under the headline "More $$ for Negro Musickers," subheaded "1944 Grosses Hit New High," Billboard quoted William Mittler, personal manager for Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington, as saying the two bands between them grossed well over $1,125,000. "Calloway's gross figure last year was close to $750,000 to which few if any ofay bands can come close. Ellington's gross, according to Mittler, was over $600,000."				Billboard 1945-02-03, p.13	.	Added 2013-08-13
1945 02 14 Wednesday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theatre	See 1945 02 08		.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 15 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 02 16 Friday	1945 02 28 Wednesday	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Nightclub date, with The Ivan Scott Orchestra and the Casaciro Rhumba Band as relief. The Ellington orchestra was the first name black band had been hired at this "swank" nightclub. Ellington played to capacity audiences the whole two weeks.	Los Angeles Band Briefs, Down Beat 1945-02-15 p.6 Billboard 1945-02-03. p.13 Stratemann p.261 citing Variety 1945-02-21 p.46 and Down Beat 1945-03-01 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-08
1945 02 17 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 18 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 19 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 20 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 21 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 22 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 23 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 24 Saturday	.	.	.	Sonny Greer recording session	.	.	06,1-27 97,2-23 96,2-2	.	.	2011
1945 02 24 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 25 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 26 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 27 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 02 28 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date, see 1945 02 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1945
1945 03 --	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	"Whi Is Which" Radio Show	.	.	.	Vail267photo	.	2011
1945 03 01 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 02 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	Vail I has Ellington playing the Casa Manana on March 2, 3, and 4 and opening a weekend engagement on the 16th, closing on the 18th. As usual, Vail provides no references.	Vail I Stratemann p.261	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-04
1945 03 03 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	Nightclub date and recorded AFRS broadcast. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis Titles broadcast and recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) I'm Beginning To See The Light I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Blue Skies Stratemann says print media showed Ellington was booked into the Casa Manana from March 3 to 20, and was to share the bandstand with Charlie Barnet's orchestra and the Red Callendar trio. The club, formerly Sebastian's Cotton Club, had a weekends only, three night a week policy. Stratemann says Ellington only appears to have played the club three times in March, occasionally just one weekend night or doubling from the Casa Manana, with other engagements in between. He listed March 3 "(two days?)", March 7 (with a question mark) and March 15 with a note "(final appearance March 20?)"	Vail I Stratemann p.261 Ellingtonia.com	DE4507	05,3-45	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-04
1945 03 04 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	See 1945 03 02	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 05 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Philharmonic Auditorium	Concert Duke Ellington's second concert appearance in Los Angeles, sponsored by Norman Granz, was sold out, with tickets ranging from $1.25 to $3.00 plus tax. Down Beat gave a favourable review, saying this affair was superior to the Esquire magazine concert in form, presentation and performance, although many numbers from the Esquire program were used plus some more popular numbers, with the audience favouring Ellington medley played as a piano solo. The audience was more subdued than usual for a Granz presentation, taking the music more serioulsy, with less shouting and cheering.	Down Beat 1945-04-01 p.1	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-06
1945 03 06 Tuesday	.	Santa Barbara, Cal.	Fox Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 07 Wednesday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	Unconfirmed -see 1945 03 02 Stratemann has a question mark beside this entry. It seems unlikely the band played here this day because it was booked into Fresno.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 07 Wednesday	.	Fresno, Cal.	Fresno Memorial Auditorium	Concert, 8 to 9 pm, dancing from 9 pm to midnight Admission: $1.50/person, tax included. Curiously, the Valley Amusement Association took out an ad on the 5th announcing it was in no way connected with or responsible for the coming engagement of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in Fresno. There must be a story there!	Ads, The Fresno Bee The Republican 1945-03-03, p.20 1945-03-04, p12 1945-03-05, p13	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-06
1945 03 08 Thursday	1945 03 13 Tuesday	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 09 Friday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	see 1945 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 09 Friday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	Duke Ellington, His Band & Road Show	Ads, Oakland Tribune 1945-03-09, p.12C 1945-03-03, p.5	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-06
1945 03 10 Saturday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	see 1945 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 10 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Casino Ballroom	Billboard reported a group of bandleaders, later identified as Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and another, had purchased the Hollywood Casino from the Zucca brothers, owners of Casa Manana. The spot was being remodelled to accommodate 2,000 people, and would have both white and black bands, playing Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. The deal later fell through when the owners couldn't agree on whether it would include dining.	Billboard 1945-03-17.	.	.	.	.	added 2013-08-13
1945 03 11 Sunday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	see 1945 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 12 Monday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	see 1945 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 13 Tuesday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	see 1945 03 08 Playing the Orpheum on March 13 is doubtful since the band played in Bakersfield this day (see next entry).	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 13 Tuesday	.	Bakersfield, Cal.	Fox Theater	Concert Critic Mae Saunders: Those looking for innovation in the excerpts from Ellington's best known work, Black, Brown and Beige, were disappointed. Instrumentation was original and there were powerful phrases and clever harmonies, but the general impression was that the work did not surpass the realm of average jazz works. She concluded with: Mr. Ellington ... would improve his ensemble by tuning out heavier brasses in crescendos and sweetening up the organization with a few more strings.	Bakersfield Californian: Ads 1945-03-02, p.11 1945-03-10, p.6 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 p.10 Announcement 1945-03-13 p.11 Review 1945-03-14, p.8	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-06
1945 03 14 Wednesday	.	San Bernandino, Cal.	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 15 Thursday	1945 03 20	Culver City, Cal.	Casa Manana	See 1945 03 02 Stratemann (p.261) says the club was only open three days a week, on weekends. If so, this Thursday appearance seems unlikely. Stratemann's entry is unclear: "March 15 Casa Manana, Culver City, Cal. (final appearance on March 20?)" On the same page he writes the band probably only played here 3 times in March. Also note the band was booked into the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium this date.	.	.	05,3-45(??)	.	.	2011
	1945 03 15 Thursday	.	Long Beach, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1945 03 16 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 17 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 18 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 19 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Billy Berg's	“Lamplighter" broadcast	.	DE4508	02,3-22 90,4-5 87,2-1 87,1-7 83,1-1	.	.	2011
1945 03 19 Monday	.	.	.	Peripheral event The New York Age, 1945-03-31, p.10, reported the Ellington crew departed from the Coast on March 19th and "right now they're doing one-nighters and will sandwich in an Ellington concert at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium."				.	djp	Added 2013-08-04
1945 03 20 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 21 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 22 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 23 Friday	.	Kansas City	Music Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 24 Saturday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Kiel Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 03 25 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera House	Concert, just the Ellington band, no guest artists. Down Beat says Ellington was selected as the first attraction in its series of jazz and swing concerts because he won the swing band division Down Beat poll and three of his sidemen were selected for the mythical all-star band. Brian Koller has kindly provided this recording of the men receiving the Down Beat awards from Down Beat managing editor Ned E. Williams..	Announcement, Down Beat 1945-02-15 p.1	DE4509	09,1-28 08,3-17 08,2-24 02,2-27+28 01,3-24 88,2-4 87,3-2 85,3-2 81,1-3 79,3-5 79,2-1	CAHclip	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-06
1945 03 26 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 27 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 28 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 29 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 30 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 03 31 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
April 1945
1945 04 01 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 04 02 Monday	.	Akron, Oh.	Armory	.	Stratemann p.261 citing Billboard 1945-03-17 p.18	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 03 Tuesday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Hunt Armory	Presumably a dance		.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-06
1945 04 04 Wednesday	1945 05 01 Tuesday	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	Down Beat reported Ellington would follow Dorsey into the 400 Club on Apr.3, but Stratemann and Vail have the band beginning here on Apr.4. New York Age: "Duke Ellington and his band moved into the 400 Club on Wednesday evening, marking the first time the noted musician has appeared in New York in nearly a year. His vocalists are Albert Hibbler, Joya Sherrill and Marie." Barry Ulanov in Metronome: The Duke returned to New York last month with a band in great shape. That the Ellington musicians should have been at all impressive was remarkable in the face of their experiences for five days before their opening at the 400 Club. They played five gruelling days of one-nighters, their last the night before the opening in Pittsburgh. This got them into New York the morning of the opening, knocked out, dragged, sleep-eyed and misty-headed. But from the first set at the 400, the band jumped, the solos were typically rich in ideas, smooth in execution. I joined the Ellington band in Chicago and accompanied them into New York... Ellington's contract was for a $3,500 weekly guarantee, with the first $2,500 in cover charges kept by the restaurant but the excess split 50/50 between Ellington and the club. In addition to the Treasury Department broadcasts, Stratemann reports the band broadcast coast-to-coast from the club almost nightly. The broadcssts listed in New Desor or http://ellingtonia.com are shown.	Down Beat 1945-04-01 p2 New York Age 1945-04-07 p.11 Stratemann p.261 Metronome, May 1945 p.12	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04 MBS and CBS broadcasts Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington Titles recorded: MBS: Frustration Blue Cellophane I'm Beginning To See The Light I Didn't Know About You CBS: Rockabye River (Hop Skip Jump) I Miss Your Kiss I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues	.	DE4510	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Restaurant	ABC network “Date With the Duke” or "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" broadcast This was a concert-like broadcast from the club from 5 to 6 pm, before the normal playing for restaurant patrons. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Blutopia Midriff Creole Love Call Suddenly It Jumped Frustration I'm Beginning To See The Light Perfume Suite 1. Balcony Serenade (Love) 2. Strange feeling (Violence) 3. Dancer In Love (Naiveté) 4. Coloratura (Sophistication) Air Conditioned Jungle I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Just Squeeze Me Passion Flower The broadcast was the first of a series of weekly one-hour broadcasts on ABC called A Date With The Duke or Your Saturday Date With the Duke, broadcast live on location wherever Ellington was playing, although some New York broadcasts were made from a Radio City studio. Sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department, these 'sustaining broadcasts' had no commercial sponsor but Ellington plugs war bonds in each broadcast (I left these out of the song lists below). AFRS recorded the broadcasts, editing them into half-hour transcriptions for broadcast by short-wave radio to forces overseas. Lambert: "These 'Date with the Duke' transcriptions are miracles of editing considering that tape technology had not yet become available." Not all the music appears on the AFRS transcriptions, and some pieces are used on more than one transcription record to make them exactly 30 minutes. Several also appear on V-Disc. The first series of 33 weekly broadcasts ran April 7 to November 24 1945, interrupted by Ellington's half-hour tribute broadcast to President Roosevelt on April 14. The series resumed April 13, 1946, with 17 broadcasts ending August 31 that year." Billboard: "New York April 9: Duke Ellington is getting a sensash break from Blue Network, being given an hour every Saturday from 5 to 6 p.m. while at the 400 Club here for concert of jazz and serious music. According to Bud Barry, Blue exec., Ellington will probably be given the same time after he finishes at the spot, with the net following him wherever he goes. That's the first time a net has ever followed a band. However, some time ago, the Blue carried an hour's show every Saturday afternoon from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, titled Matinee At Meadowbrook. After finishing his concert for radio, Ellington goes into dance tempos for 400's customers. First Saturday show came off last week, with repeats skedded from now on. Duke finishes at the spot around May 1. Ellington has given many concerts thruout the country, but never broadcast any of them. He's hit Carnegie Hall three times, but the fact that Blue net has taken interest in this, opens a new vista for bands now going into concert field for lucrative dough."	DETS 1	DE4511	11,1-22 03,2-23 00,4-20 98,4-11 93,2-6 81/1	.	djp	Added 2012-08-08 Updated 2013-08-04
1945 04 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04 MBS broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Someone Main Stem Don't You Know I Care Sentimental Journey I Didn't Know About You	Ellingtonia.com	DE4512	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 12 Thursday Afternoon	.	New York, N.Y.	.	President Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly of a cerebral hemmorhage in the early afternoon. (1) The day after President Kennedy was murdered, John Fox wrote an introspective column which included "The afternoon that FDR died was a shock...A Yankee team ...had beaten the Dodgers that afternoon, in a Red Cross benefit involving comics Olson and Johnson and Duke Ellington,..." (2) The appearance by Ellington, with his band, is confirmed in an review of the game in the New York Times. The Dodgers beat the Yanks 3 to 1. "The occasion was the interleague Red Cross game, which attracted 12,200 spectators, every one of them, even to the players and umpires, a cash customer. Early returns...placed the amount realized at $22,390..."	(1)Binghamton Press, 1963-11-24 (2)New York Times, 1945-04-13	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-09-12
1945 04 12 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 13 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 14 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 ABC broadcast from the club: “A Tribute to F.D.R. by The American Negro” Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis Titles recorded: Moon Mist New World A-Comin' Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Mood Indigo Chant For F.D. Roosevelt Come Sunday A City Called Heaven Creole Love Call Moon Mist Instead of the scheduled Your Saturday Date With The Duke, Ellington broadcast a special in tribute to the deceased president. This program was the only one aired by a dance or jazz orchestra following Roosevelt's death.	Stratemann p.262 citing Variety 1945-04-18 p.34 Down Beat 1945-05-01 p.2 Vail I Eddy Lambert: Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, pp 122-123 Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DETS 1	DE4513	00,4-20 98,4-11 89,4-4 89,3-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	30 minute WJZ/ABC broadcast "Tune In Tonight" Duke Ellington, Martha Tilton, an unnamed choir and Jeff Alexander's orchestra Titles recorded: Sophisticated Lady & Solitude (together) Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen	Ellingtonia.com Vail I Picture, The Raymond Times, 1945-14-15, p.10	DE4514	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 15 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 16 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 18 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 19 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 20 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 21 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 07 Recorded ABC network “Date With the Duke” or "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis, Marie Ellington Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Mood To Be Wooed If You Are But A Dream (Otto, Make That) Riff Staccato I'm Beginning To See The Light West Indian Dance The Blues Emancipation Celebration Sugar Hill Penthouse I Didn't Know About You Stomp, Look and Listen Frantic Fantasy It Don't Mean A Thing I Didn't Know About You	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Stratemann p.262 Vail I DETS 2	DE4515	11,1-22 01,2-17 98,4-14 98,4-11 82,4-1 80,3-2	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR studio	MBS broadcast: Ellington, interviewed by Dick Brown for The Dick Brown Show.	Vail I Ellingtonia.com	DE4516	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 22 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 CBS broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) After A While I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (Otto, Make That) Riff Staccato I Didn't Know About You Main Stem	Ellingtonia.com Vail I	DE4517	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 23 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 24 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 Recorded MBS remote broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer Titles recorded: All At Once Candy	Ellingtonia.com Vail I	DE4518	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 25 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Title recorded: Kissing Bug	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Vail I	DE4519	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 26 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	See 1945 04 04 MBS remote broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Davis Titles recorded: If You Are But A Dream West Indian Dance	Ellingtonia.com	DE4520	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 27 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 28 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast - see 1945 04 07 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Midriff Carnegie Blues Someone My Little Brown Book Kissing Bug Ring Dem Bells I'm Beginning To See The Light Worksong Come Sunday Candy Teardrops In The Rain Accentuate The Positive Way Low This was the last Date with the Duke broadcast from the club. Stratemann says: To continue the series...from ...theatres...a special permit had to be obtained from the Musicians Union: The Treasury broadcasts [advertised War Bonds], and ... were looked upon as commercials requiring extra pay to the musicians. Because Ellington's tie-up was with the Treasury Department and the war effort, however, he was granted [a] blanket permit by ... Petrillo to continue the series from the road. Petrillo and the AFM were dutifully given credit on all subsequent broadcasts. (There is a downloadable recording of DWTD-6 which the website identifies the episode date as 1945-04-28. It is actually a combination of tunes broadcast on 4 dates, including May 5.)	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Stratemann p.262 Vail I DETS 2	DE4521	07,2-10 01,3-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-08
1945 04 29 Sunday (Ellington's birthday)	.	New York, N.Y.	NBC Studios	NBC broadcast The Tommy Dorsey Show Ellington, as a guest, played two numbers with Dorsey and his orchestra and soloed with Dorsey's rhythm section on a third. Titles broadcast: I Didn't Know About You I'm Beginning To See The Light Dancers In Love	Ellingtonia.com Vail I	DE4522	01,3-8 01,2-20 01,1-13 00,3-10 00,2-3	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 29 Sunday (Ellington's birthday)	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 CBS remote broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles recorded: Hit Me With A Hot Note I Should Care Clementine I'm Beginning To See The Light Things Ain't What They Used To Be	Ellingtonia.com Vail I	DE4523	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
1945 04 30 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	see 1945 04 04 Last night of the engagement.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 04 00	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Club	Undated remote CBS broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer Titles recorded: Suddenly It Jumped Things Ain't What They Used To Be	Ellingtonia.com	DE4524	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-05
May 1945
1945 05 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	RCA Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles recorded: Everything But You (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection Timner IV p.69 Vail I	DE4525	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-09
1945 05 01 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Restaurant	Last performance at the 400 Club - see 1945 04 04. MBS remote broadcast from the club Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Nance, Hibbler and Davis announced by Jack Scanlon Titles broadcast and recorded: Take The "A" Train I Miss Your Kiss He's Home For A Little While Riff Staccato I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues I'm Beginning To See The Light This broadcast is included in disc 2 of DETS 2 CD set "Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Vol. 10," DETS (D) 903 9010, tracks 20 to 25, whose liner notes say it was a CBS broadcast on May 4 from the 400 Club. Scanlon's sign-off identifies the network: "This is the Mutual Broadcasting System." This broadcast cannot have been a live broadcast on May 4, because Ellington was in Newark and Benny Goodman was then playing at the 400 Club. Since there are no identifiable Ellington broadcasts in the radio logs for May 1 or 4 in the Chicago Daily Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times or the Washington Post, it may be that the broadcast was made earlier. DEPANORAMA.NET: Listed on 1may45 in the New Desor, but corrected in DEMS 04/2-42 Collector Richard Ehrenzeller in DEMS 04/2-42: Jerry Valburn has told me that he has evidence that the 400 Restaurant broadcast that is included in DETS Vol.10 is really from 4May45 and not from 1May45 as mentioned in the Ellington discographies." DETS CD 9039010 liner notes by Valburn: We continue with a broadcast from the 400 Restaurant on closing night, May 4, 1945. Many of the Ellington discographies show the broadcast date as May 1. We transferred this broadcast from acetates, the label shows "May 4, 1945." New Desor small corrections sheet 6000, page 5: 97 -Session 4526, 1May45. The correct date is: May 4, 1945. (04/2-42) Session 4526 is issued on DETS CD 9039010 Correction-sheet 3020. (04/2-42) Delete: MBS; add: CBS. (liner-notes DETS 10) New Desor Small Corrections are proposed updates and corrections that have not yet been agreed to by New Desor discographers Massagli and Volonté. As of August 2013, they have not issued an official correction sheet. Stratemann: the 400 Restaurant engagement ended May 1 the band played two 75 minute shows daily at the Adams Theatre May 3 to May 9 Variety full page May 2 ad saying Benny Goodman is currently at the 400 Club review of Goodman's May 2 opening at the 400 Billboard review of Goodman at the 400 on May 3 Down Beat Ellington, D. (Adams) Newark, N.J., 5/3-9, t DEMS 05/3-45 "Variety of 9May45 (ie after the event!) reviewed the engagement at the Adams Theatre in Newark NJ from 3 until 9May45"	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Stratemann pp. 261-262 Vail I Down Beat 1945-05-01 p.14, "Where the Bands are Playing" Billboard 1945-05-12 pp. 20-21 Variety 1945-05-02 p.64 1945-05-09 p.42 J.J.'s Radio Logs DETS 1	DE4526 NDCS 6000	05/3-45 04,3-51 04,3-53 04,2-42	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-09
1945 05 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 05 03 Thursday	1945 05 09 Wednesday	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre 28 Branford Place	Two 75-minute shows a day, with Bill Bailey (dancer) and Conway & Parks (comedy).	Where the Bands are Playing, Down Beat, 1945-05-01,p.14	.	05,3-45	.	djp	2011
1945 05 04 Friday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 05 Saturday	.	.	.	Peripheral event On May 5, German forces in north-west Europe surrendered, bringing the war in Europe to an end.				.	.	Added 2013-08-09
1945 05 05 Saturday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03 ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast from the stage Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Blutopia Clementine My Heart Sings Sentimental Journey I Got It Bad Three Cent Stomp Black And Tan Fantasy Blue Skies Passion Flower Air Conditioned Jungle Frantic Fantasy I'm Beginning To See The Light with D.E. Bond Promo Main Stem Everything But You Carnegie Blues Jump For Joy Things Ain't What They Used To Be	Ellingtonia.com Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama	DE4527	01,3-6 01,2-17 00,2-19 91,1-3	.	djp.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-09
1945 05 06 Sunday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 07 Monday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 08 Tuesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 09 Wednesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer Title recorded: Prelude To A Kiss	A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV, p.70	DE4528	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-09
1945 05 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill,Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis Titles recorded: Caravan Black And Tan Fantasy Caravan Mood Indigo	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.70	DE4529	98,4-14 97,4-16 92,1-1 79,2-1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast from Radio City (- see 1945 04 07) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Bob Haggart (bass), Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington Titles broadcast and recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Carnegie Blues Riff Staccato several D.E. Bond Promos All At Once Yesterdays I Miss Your Kiss Accentuate The Positive Blue Cellophane Prelude To A Kiss Caravan Sophisticated Lady I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues I'm Beginning To See The Light In A Mellow Tone Harlem Airshaft I Don't Mind Jeep Is Jumpin'	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama	DE4530	11,2-9 09,3-13 02,1-10 98,4-14 87,3-2 85,2-4 84,1-4/5	.	(credit G.Collombé as all 09,3-13 entries)+djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 13 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 05 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2 155 E.24th St.	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Haggart, Greer, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington, Tommy Dorsey Titles recorded: In A Sentimental Mood It Don't Mean A Thing Sophisticated Lady Tonight I Shall Sleep (With A Smile On My Face) Dorsey and Ellington were both under contract to RCA, were both recording this day and each appeared as a soloist with the other's band that day. Timner places this session after the session with the Dorsey band. Given the Ellington band's usual tardiness, that makes sense.	Stratemann p.262 with photo Vail I with photo Ellingtonia.com Record Labels A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection record labels Timner IV, p.70	DE4531	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Lotus Club Studio 57th St.	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra Ellington, Charlie Shavers, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra Ellington recorded The Minor Goes Muggin'	Stratemann p.262 with photo Vail I with photo Ellingtonia.com Record Labels A Duke Ellington Panorama DoojiCollection record labels Timner IV, p.70	DE4532	98,4-14 91,3-1 86,1-3	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles recorded: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Solitude	Ellingtonia.com Record Labels A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.70	DE4533	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA-Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Rhythm Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Raglin, Guy, Greer. Hibbler Titles recorded: Frankie And Johnny Jumping Room Only Black Beauty Ev'ry Hour On The Hour	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Dooji Collection record labels Timner IV, p.71	DE4534	03,2-7 98,2-20 90,4-4	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-10
1945 05 17 Thursday	.			activities not documented, likely a travel day	.
1945 05 18 Friday	1945 05 24 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show	Where the Bands are Playing, Down Beat, 1945-05-15,p14 Stratemann p.262 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-16
1945 05 19 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18 ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast - see 1945 04 07 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Davis Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Teardrops In The Rain Everything But You Perdido If You Are But A Dream Pitter Panther Patter Emancipation Celebration I Should Care Medley: In A Sentimental Mood, It Don't Mean A Thing, Solitude I'm Beginning To See The Light Just Squeeze Me C-Jam Blues Don't You Know I Care Stomp Look And Listen Things Ain't What They Used To Be	. Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV p.71 Stratemann p.262 Vail I	DE4535	00,2-19	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-11
1945 05 20 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 21 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 22 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 23 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 24 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Stage show - see 1945 05 18	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 25 Friday	1945 06 01 Friday	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show with Jesse & James and Conway & Parks	Ad, Chicago Defender 1945-05-26 Stratemann p.262 Vail I	.	.	TDESoct08	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-16
1945 05 26 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25 ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast - see 1945 04 07 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis Titles broadcast and recorded: Take the "A" Train (theme) Sugar Hill Penthouse Suddenly It Jumped Candy A Friend Of Yours Kissing Bug Hollywood Hangover Laura In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree Frankie and Johnny, Metronome All Out I'm Beginning to See The Light Midriff I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues My Honey's Lovin' Arms Rockin' In Rhythm	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV, p.71	DE4536	08,3-14 05,1-9 98,4-14 91,4-1 83,4-2 82,4-1 82,3-4	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-11
1945 05 27 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 27	.	.	.	Peripheral note Singer Gertrude Niesen, shown in discographies as singing in the 1944-12-17 Music America Loves Best AFRS broadcast, is only documented in the series on 1944-09-10 and 1945-05-27.			DEMS 02,2-13	.		added 2011 updated 2013-06-06
1945 05 28 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 29 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 30 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 05 31 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1945
1945 06 01 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 05 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 02 Saturday	.	Battle Creek, Michigan	Percy Jones Army Hospital	Concert with ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast (see 1945 04 07) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis Titles broadcast and recorded: Take The "A" Train (theme) Mood To Be Wooed Jack The Bear The More I See You Way Low Blues On The Double Summertime Come Sunday Light I'm Beginning To See The Light On The Alamo Carnegie Blues Riff Staccato Blue Skies Things Ain't What They Used to Be The Marshall, Mich., paper reported the announcer would be Bruce O'Leary from Marshall, that the program would be broadcast from 4 to 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and would be re-broadcast to foreign countries Saturday evening. Originally the Seventh Day Adventists' Battle Creek Sanitarium hospital, Percy Jones Army Hospital was sold to the U.S. Army in 1942 and by 1945 was the largest U.S. army hospital. A picture of the massive building can be seen here.	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV, p.72 The Evening Chronicle, Marshall, Mich., 1945-0531, p.2	DE4537	11,2-9 02,2-21 02,1-19 87,3-2	.	CAHoct05, djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-14
1945 06 02 Saturday	.	Kalamazoo, Mich.	Kalamazoo Armory	Dance "Miss Lois Drumm is visiting her sister Betty...Tonight she is attending the dance at the Armory, where Duke Ellington and his band are playing."	Stratemann p.262 Evening Chronicle, Marshall, Mich.,1945-06-02, p.2	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-11
1945 06 03 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 06 04 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 06 05 Tuesday	1945 06 07 Thursday	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 06 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show - see 1945 06 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 07 Thursday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show - see 1945 06 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 08 Friday	1945 06 10 Sunday	Toledo, Oh.	Paramount Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 09 Saturday	.	Toledo, Oh.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 06 09 ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast (see 1945 04 07) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Marie Ellington Titles broadcast and recorded: Take The “A” Train (theme) Blue Is The Night Can't You Read Between The Lines? Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, Jump) Kissing Bug Solid Old Man One O'Clock Jump I Miss Your Kiss Things Ain't What They Used to Be Blues Cluster (Diminuendo In Blue, Rocks In My Bed and Crescendo In Blue) I'm Beginning To See The Light Teardrops In The Rain My Little Brown Book Accentuate The Positive C-Jam Blues	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Timner IV, p.72 Vail I Stratemann p.262	DE4538	04,3,56 02,2-21 02,1-19	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-11
1945 06 10 Sunday	.	Toledo, Oh.	Paramount Theater	Stage show - see 1945 06 09.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 11 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 06 12 Tuesday	1945 06 17 Sunday	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens 1801 W.Franklin	Dance A newly converted bowling alley, Franklin Lanes, reopened as a ballroom with a Jitterbug Night on June 6, featuring two local bands, Betty McGuire and Her All-Girl Orchestra and George Fountain and His Orchestra, dancing from 9 pm to 2:30 am, admission $1.00. The Grand Opening was "A Gala Nite - Fun Galore" on June 8, with the same 2 bands, admission $1.50 plus tax. Ellington, the first name band to play in this converted ballroom, began on Tuesday, June 12, and was paid $8,500 for six days. Fountain, the house band was paid $1,500. "Continuous music by two orchestras. .. some tripping we'd say." The June 12 ad shows admission Tuesday to Thursday was $2.10 including tax, and Friday to Sunday, $2.40. Friday night was "colored only." Stratemann and Vail erroneously show the engagement was from June 11 to June 16 and the Joe Igo itinerary seems to have it as "10 thru 16- DEO received $6,500 for a six day run." Stratemann refers to the venue as "Franklin Lane Ballroom (Franklin Gardens)" Variety said Franklin Lane Ballroom "got notice among band agencies several weeks ago due to the high prices it was offering for name bands, closed last week. Spot, formerly a bowling alley, began its run by paying Duke Ellington for a six-day run and subsequently had Johnny Long and others. In the space of a few weeks the spot dropped $20,000 it's claimed, and ... made preparations to return to its original status as a bowling alley operation." David King, the current owner of Franklin Lanes, wrote "I have heard for many years that some big name bands played at Franklin Lanes during the summers of 1940's. The legend is the lanes were covered with a dance floor and big name bands played during summer." and "Our records show no games bowled June-July-Aug 1945, the lanes would have been covered easily with plywood and removed at end of summer for bowling." Thanks are due to Mr. King and to Ms Renny McBride, Local History Librarian, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library for their help with my research on this engagement.	Evansville Press: Ad, Ad, 1945-06-06,p.6 Ad, 1945-06-08,p.10a Ad, 1945-06-12, p.8 Announcement (Aisle Seat column by Ed Klinger), 1945-06-08 p.10 Ad, 1945-06-15, p.8 (Colored Dance) Comment, 1945-06-07, p.17 Stratemann, p.262, citing Variety 1945-07-25 p.42 Vail I Emails, King/Palmquist, August 2013 Emails, McBride/Palmquist, August 2013	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-15
1945 06 13 Wednesday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens	Dance - see 1945 06 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 14 Thursday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens	Dance - see 1945 06 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 15 Friday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens	Dance - Colored Only - see 1945 06 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 16 Saturday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Unnamed army camp at Evansville	Concert Since the nearest army base was Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, some 35 miles away, the Evansville librarian thinks it's possible the band might have played in the USO canteen. USO's were segregated in Evansville as elsewhere, and the USO for white servicemen was an abandoned and renovated train station with a large dance floor. Further research is required.	Stratemann p.263	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-15
1945 06 16 Saturday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens	Dance - see 1945 06 12- with recorded ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast New Desor and Stratemann have this broadcast originating from the army camp at Evansville, but Timner IV, depanorama.net, Vail I, DEMS 81/5-4 and DEMS 87/2-9 say it was from Franklin Gardens. This is supported by the Evansville Press "Ellington donates the use of his band for a weekly broadcast for the Treasury Department to plug War Bond sales. One of these will be at Franklin Gardens June 16. It's a Blue Network broadcast from 4 to 5 p.m. The Blue is sending its own technicians and announcers to Evansville to handle the broadcast. It'll be announced locally by Fred Rollison of Evansville-On-the-Air, Inc." Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis Titles broadcast: Take The “A” Train (theme) Back Home Again In Indiana Blue Serge The Wish That I Wish Tonight Jumpin' Punkins On The Sunnyside Of The Street Cotton Tail New World a-Comin’ I'm Beginning To See The Light Johnny Come Lately Yesterdays Let The Zoomers Drool Boy Meets Horn	Ellingtonia.com A Duke Ellington Panorama Stratemann p.263 Timner IV, pp.72-73	DE4539	11,2-9 09,3-13 02,3-14 02,2-28 00,3-26 98,4-14 91,1-3 83,4-2 81,5-3	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-08-12
1945 06 17 Sunday	.	Evansville, Ind.	USO canteen for whites	Under the heading "Duke Ellington to Play at USO Center" the Press reported "...A tea dance will be held Sunday afternoon with music by Herbie Hutchinson and his band. In the late afternoon, a concert by the Chicago Staff Band of the Salvation Army will be presented. Also scheduled is a Father and Son banquet with the American War Dads acting as fathers by proxy. Colonel A. E. Chesham, chief secretary for the Salvation Army in the 11 Central States, will speak. Special piano music will be furnished by Duke Ellington, who is in Evansville this week with his orchestra."	Evansville Press, 1945-06-14, p.15	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-15
1945 06 17 Sunday	.	Evansville, Ind.	Franklin Gardens	Dance - see 1945 06 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 17 Sunday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Around this time, bassist Al Lucas was hired by Ellington.				Stratemann p.263 citing Metronome 1945-08,p.10	.	Added 2013-08-13
1945 06 18 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 06 19< Tuesday/TD>	1945 06 21 Thursday	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	stage show	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-08-13
1945 06 20 Wednesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	stage show - see 1945 06 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 21 Thursday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	stage show - see 1945 06 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 22 Friday	1945 06 25 Monday	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 23 Saturday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 06 22	.	DE4540	11,2-9 09,3-13 85,3-2	.	.	2011
1945 06 23 Saturday	.	.		ABC network “Date With the Duke” broadcast - see 1945 04 07 Personnel: Titles recorded:	.		.	.	.	-added 2011 updated 2013-____
1945 06 24 Sunday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 25 Monday	.	Akron, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Stage show - see 1945 06 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 27	.	Atlantic City, N.J.	U.S. Coast Guard Training Center	Concert Your Saturday Date With the Duke (Victory Night Radio Broadcast) Broadcast on WFL and nationally on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 863 AFRS708	.	DE4541	03,3-11 02,3-14 98,2-20 80,1-5	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1945 06 29	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 06 30	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	DE4542	03,2-23 93,3-2 93,2-6	.	.	2011
July 1945
1945 07 01	1945 07 05	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	DE4543	00,3-24 00,2-18	.	.	2011
1945 07 05	.	.	.	Sidemen recording session	.	.	08,3-16 98,2-6	.	.	2011
1945 07 06	1945 07 08	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 07	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 07	.	New York, N.Y.	+ T.Rosenk Birthday	.	.	DE4544 DE4545	06,2-55 06,1-27 04,3-55+56 04,1-17 03,3-19 03,2-23 99,3-22 98,4-14 83-4-3 81,5-2 81,4-4	Timner	.	2011
1945 07 10	.	Cranston	Rhodes-On-The-	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 13	1945 07 18	Boston, Mass.	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 14	.	Boston, Mass.	RKO Theatre	.	.	DE4546	11,2-9 11,1-22 09,3-13 04,1-32 03,3-25	Timner	.	2011
1945 07 19	.	Boston, Mass.	Revere Beach	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 20	.	Burlington (Vt)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 21	.	Marshfield, Mass.	Fieldston Ballroom	.	.	DE4547	11,2-9 01,2-17 91,1-3	.	.	2011
1945 07 22	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	.	.	DE4548	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 25	.	??? Commodore Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	CAHmail	2011
1945 07 27	1945 07 29	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 28	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	DE4750	04,1-23	.	.	2011
1945 07 30	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	.	.	DE4551	.	.	.	2011
1945 07 31	.	New York, N.Y.	.	World Transcript	.	DE4552	97,4-15 86,1-7	.	.	2011
August 1945
1945 08 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event The August 1945 edition of _______ carried a sidebar column by Leonard Feather saying "Not long ago the Blue Network announced that it would pick up the band from wherever it happened to be each Saturday and give it a solid hour on the air from five to six p.m. EWT.				.	.	Added 2013-06-12
1945 08 00	.	.	.	Stratemann describes August as a time when Ellington's band was comparatively inactive. The Zanesville Signal reported the cancellation of an August 9 date at Buckeye Lake, saying Duke had suffered a heart attack. Billboard reported 11 one-nighters in the Midwest were cancelled, at a loss of $16,000 in guarantees. It says ballroom operators were forced to run notices of cancellation, and that Vearl Sissel of the Coliseum Ballroom in Oelwien, Ia., used radio, newspapers and a mailing list to inform his patrons, and explained in black type "Doctor's Orders - Duke Ellington will Play No One-Nighters."	Zanesville Signal, 1945-08-07, p.11 Stratemann, p.263 The Billboard 1945-08-25, p.19	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 01 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 02 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 03 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	Broadcast “Sittin’In With The Duke - Rehearsal Program No. 1”	.	DE4549	07,1-46 00,4-13 00,3-9 00,2-13/19	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 04 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	ABC Studio 6B Radio City	ABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" U.S. Treasury broadcast #17	.	DE4553	04,1-23	Vail I (Aug 1945)	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 05 Sunday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Broadcast "Canta Bing Crosby" Sjef Hoesfmit's opinion is that this seems to be an edited version of the 1945-01-18 broadcast listed in New DESOR DE4505	.	.	01,2-20	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 06 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 07 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 07 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Decca studios	World Broadcasting System recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles recorded: Everything But You Frustration Hollywood Hangover Blues On The Double Kissing Bug Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Passion Flower In A Jam In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree These titles were released on various World transcriptions - see The Dooji Collection Transcriptions page	.	DE4554	08,3-14 97,4-15 87,3-2 86,1-7	Vail I	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 08 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 09 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 10 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 11 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	ABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" U.S. Treasury broadcast #18	DETS 10	DE4555	11,2-9 05,2-27 04,2-42	.	djp	added 2011 2013-01-07
1945 08 12 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 13 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 14 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 15 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 16 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 17 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 18 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	ABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" U.S. Treasury broadcast #19	DETS 10	DE4556	11,2-9 09,3-13 04,2-42 93,2-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 19 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 20 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Ellington participated in a recording session for the Ben Webster All Stars The location is not established but Vail has a picture of Ben and Duke in the Onyx Club, across the street from the Spotlite, where Webster was playing. The picture does not appear to be taken at a recording session.	.	DE4557	03,3-25 84,3-8	Timner corrections Vail I p.279 (with photo)	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 21 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 22 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 22 Wednesday	.	.	Peripheral event The activities of Ellington and most of the band this day are not documented, however Harry Carney and Otto Hardwick were in a recording session by "Timmie Rosenkrantz and His Barons"				DEMS 03,1-13	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 23 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	BBC Studios	Activites not known Three acetates in the Danish Radio Archives dated August 23, 1945 appear not to be related to any Ellington activity on this date. Carl A. Hällström believes these were recorded 1945-08-03 for BBC, dubbed by BBC later, and dubbed again on Aug. 23. Mr.Hällström writes "BBC hired a "hall" at World and had them record a program with the Duke on August 3, 1945. At later dates, the BBC made copies of the program, maybe two sets went to London where the program was broadcast on BBC at XXX date/s/. Timme, who had long fingers and was around at the time, "obtained" one set of dubs of the program, which had been dubbed on August 23, 1945. Other sets of the program were probably dubbed at other dates, none of these dubbing dates is of any special significance..."	Personal emails - Hällström/Palmquist/Götting and others, 2013-01-07.	.	00,3-9	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-08
1945 08 24 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 25 Saturday	.	Marshfield, Mass.	Fieldston Ballroom	ABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" U.S. Treasury broadcast #18 from 5 to 6 pm EWT followed by a dance Due to the importance of the Treasury broadcasts, arrangements were made to continue the broadcasts when Ellington's band was on the road.	Vail I DETS 11	DE4558	11,2-9 09,3-13 08,2-20 08,1-18 06,1-33 05,3-57 05,2-28+37 04,2-43	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1945 08 26 Sunday	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland	Dance	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 08 27 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 28 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 29 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 30 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 08 31 Friday	1945 09 06	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
September 1945
1945 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Marie Ellington leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1945 09 01 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	DETS 11	DE4559	11,2-9 10,1-14 09,3-13 05,3-56+57 05,2-28+37 04,2-43	.	.	2011
1945 09 02 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 03 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 04 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 05 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 06 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Stage show - see 1945 08 31	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	400 Restaurant	Jam with T.Dorsey ++	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 07 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 09 08	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	DETS 12	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	+ Lincoln Square Center	.	.	DE4560 DE4557	11,2-9 05,3-45 03,3-25 98,4-14	.	.	2011
1945 09 09 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 09 10 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 09 11 Tuesday	.			activities not documented Stratemann reports Ellington opened at the Zanzibar on the 11th but I am unable to find his source for the 11th. Similarly, Vail I reports Ellington opening on the 11th, with Jordan coming in on the 12th, but provides no references.	.
1945 09 12 Wednesday	1945 12 04	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar Broadway at 49th	Extended nightclub residency in the former Hurricane along with Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five, singers The Golden Gate Quartet, comedians Carter & Moreland, and singer Gloria Shelton. Louis Jordan's Tympani Five was the second attraction. There was little advance advertising because of a billing problem - Jordan's original contract called for equal billing whereas Ellington had been promised top billing. Creative advertising in the print media, naming neither group, and word of mouth and radio spots that did name them resulted in a full house on opening night. By the third day the issue was resolved with Jordan agreeing to being billed as 'Extra Added Attraction.' Ellington's band broadcast regularly from the club, and AFRS transcribed several programs in its 'One Night Stand' and 'Magic Carpet' series. (The 'Date With The Duke' broadcasts for the Treasury Department were broadcast from ABC's studios, not the club.)	Stratemann, p.263, citing Billboard 1945-09-22 p.34 Variety 1945-09-19 pp.47-48 Down Beat 1945-10-01 p.1 .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-02
1945 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ray Nance leaves the band to form his own group during the week of September 12				Stratemann p.263 citing Metronome 1945-10, p.49	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1945 09 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City, possibly Studio 6B	U.S. Treasury Dept. broadcast on ABC: "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones,Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Just Squeeze Me C-Jam Blues Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Jeep Is Jumpin' Take The "A" Train (theme) Creole Love Call Frankie And Johnny / Metronome All Out Everything But You Emancipation Celebration Warm Valley Take The "A" Train (theme)	DETS 12	DE4561	11,2-9 06,2-52 06,1-33 05,3-45 03,3-28	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS broadcast from the club: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill (not confirmed), Hibbler, Davis Titles broadcast: There's No You Ko-Ko Flamingo Rockin' In Rhythm Take The "A" Train (theme) I cannot find this broadcast in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times radio logs for this date.	.	DE4562	.	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 11:30 pm NBC broadcast from the club over New York radio station WEAF: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Midriff Carnegie Blues Everything But You Teardrops In The Rain Mood To Be Wooed C-Jam Blues I Got It Bad Pitter Panther Patter Hollywood Hangover While this is apparently a network broadcast, I cannot find it in the Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times radio logs for this date.	.	DE4563	90,4-7	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS broadcast "One Night Stand #800" Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Take The "A" Train (theme) As Long As I Live 9:20 Special The Wonder Of You Walkin' With My Honey Three Cent Stomp Don't Take Your Love From Me Court Session Dates for AFRS One Night Stand transcriptions: Four 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #800, recorded 1945 09 18, was processed 1945 11 18.	Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press.	DE4591	05,3-22 02,2-6 02,1-19	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 with MBS broadcast: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Caravan Teardrops In The Rain My Heart Sings 9:20 Special Frustration Johnny Come Lately Tonight I Shall Sleep Harlem Air Shaft Take The "A" Train (theme)	.	DE4564	90,4-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 21 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS broadcast/AFRS "One Night Stand" transcription: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Midriff A Door Will Open My Little Brown Book Stomp, Look And Listen Waiting For The Train To Come In Diminuendo In Blue /-Rocks In My Bed / Crescendo In Blue / Everything But You Dates for AFRS One Night Stand transcriptions: Four 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #763, recorded 21Sep45, was processed 21oct45.	Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press.	DE4582	03,3-28 02,2-6 1979,2-1	Timner corrections -4/20	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 22	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	ABC network broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis> Titles broadcast: Someone Riff Staccato Homesick, That's All Kissing Bug Take The "A" Train (theme) Take The "A" Train (theme) Things Ain't What They Used To Be Three Cent Stomp There's No You Fancy Dan Everything But You Fickle Fling Blue Serge	DETS 13	DE4565	08,2-28 05,3-46	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 22 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 23 Sunday 4:30 PM EWT	.	New York, N.Y.	NBC Studio	NBC broadcast on New York station WEAF: "Music America Loves Best" Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and the Lou Bring Orchestra Titles broadcast: Solitude (Without Dorsey) The Minor Goes Muggin' (Dorsey added)	.	DE4566	01,3-8 01,2-20 00,3-26 00,2-3 80,3-6	NDCS 1102	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 23 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 - with MBS broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Just Squeeze me I'd Do It All Over Again Three Cent Stomp Love Letters Take The "A" Train Riff Staccato I'll Buy That Dream Cotton Tail Way Low (possibly A Train again)	.	DE4567	10,3-22+24	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 24 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 NBC broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Ray Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Stompy Jones Walkin' With My Honey Lily Belle Everything But You In A Mellow Tone Solid Old Man I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Blue Skies Suddenly It Jumped Take The "A" Train (theme)	DETS 13	DE4568	11,2-9 09,3-13 08,3-38 08,2-28 06,1-9 05,3-46 90,4-7	.	(credit Sjef Hoefsmit re 06,1-9 entries); djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 25 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 26 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Broadcast : Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Suddenly It Jumped Laura Kissing Bug Stompy Jones Solid Old Man Carnegie Blues In A Mellow Tone Fancy Dan Things Ain't What They Used To Be	.	DE4569	11,2-9 09,3-13 07,1-46 05,2-38 04,2-42 90,4-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 27 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 28 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Broadcast: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Walkin' With My Honey Lily Belle Everything But You I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me	DETS 10	DE4570	90,4-7	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 09 29 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 09 30 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1945
1945 10 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Caravan Three Cent Stomp Yesterdays Things Ain't What They Used To Be Blues On The Double Kissing Bug Riff Staccato Cotton Tail	DETS 12	DE4571	05,3-45 00,1-26 99,4-21 90,4-7	NDCS 1017	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 10 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Broadcast Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) I'd Do It All Over Again Homesick, That's All Go Away Blues It Don't Mean A Thing	.	DE4572	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 10 05 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 06	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City 6B	"Your Saturday Date With The Duke" Treasury Dept. broadcast on the ABC network Broadcast (network or station) session at (time) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Main Stem Carnegie Blues I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me What Am I Here For? Lilly Belle Homesick, That's All Go Away Blues Frantic Fantasy If You Are But A Dream Jack The Bear Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Cotton Tail Way Low (Lament In A Minor Mood) Teardrops In The Rain I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be (as Time's a-Wastin'?)	.	DE4573	08,2-28 05,3-46	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 10 06 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 07 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café, recorded by AFRS for its One Night Stand #764 transcription. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Love Letters Main Stem Fishing For The Moon Riff 'n' Drill Kissing Bug Suddenly It Jumped Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Cotton Tail Everything But You Dates for AFRS One Night Stand transcriptions: Four 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #764, recorded 7oct45, was processed 24oct45	Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press DETS 11 DETS 2	DE4574 DE4583	11,2-9 08,2-20 08,1-18+34 06,1-9 05,3-22 05,2-28 04,2-42 03,2-23+29 02,3-18 02,2-6 02,1-19 90,4-7 89,1-9 88,4-8 85,3-2	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-03
1945 10 08	.	New York, N.Y.	Victor Studio 2	RCA Victor recording session Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Ray Nance, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Catlett, Sherrill Titles recorded: Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do Come To Baby, Do!	.	DE4575	06,1-9 05,1-39	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-04
1945 10 08 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Sid Catlett subbed for Sonny Greer	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 09 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Sid Catlett subbed for Sonny Greer	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 10 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Sid Catlett, Sherrill Titles recorded from the broadcast In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree 9:20 Special Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do West Indian Dance A Door Will Open In A Mellow Tone Everything But You Solid Old Man Things Ain't What They Used To Be	Stratemann p.264	DE4576	11,2-9 06,1-9 05,3-22 01,3-14/17 90,4-7 88,4-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-11
1945 10 11 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles recorded from the broadcast Take The "A" Train Clementine I'll Buy That Dream Come To Baby, Do! Harlem Air Shaft Everything But You	.	DE4577	06,1-9 05,3-22 03,2-23 99,3-19	Timner corrections	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-11
1945 10 12 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	U.S. Treasury Dept. broadcast: Your Saturday Date With The Duke Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Things Ain't What They Used To Be Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Hollywood Hangover Take The "A" Train (theme) Autumn Serenade Rockabye River Ridin' On A Blue Note I'll Buy That Dream Riff 'n' Drill Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do How Deep Is The Ocean Mood Indigo Take The "A" Train Three Tunes in a Blue Mood (Diminuendo In Blue, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, and Crescendo In Blue) Everything But You Everything But You and D.E. Bond Promo Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea After All Out Of This World C-Jam Blues Take The "A" Train (theme) Radio logs: KJZ (New York), 4:30 pm EWT as Ellington Orchestra WMAL (Washington) 5:00 pm EWT as Ellington Orchestra Possibly WBBM Chicago 4:30 pm CWT: Treasury Bandstand Possibly KMTR Los Angeles 5:45 pm PWT as Treas.Salute Possibly WGYN (FM) 7:30 pm EWT as Treasury Salute	1945-10-13 radio logs: New York Times Washington Post Chicago Daily Tribune Los Angeles Times	DE4578	11,2-9 06,1-9 05,3-22+47 04,3-56 00,1-12 99,4-14 99,3-19	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1945 10 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 14 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 15 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Half-hour MBS Broadcast from the café Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles recorded: I'll Buy That Dream Fickle Fling Autumn Serenade How Deep Is The Ocean The broadcast is listed on WEAF in the New York Times at 11:30 pm EWT but not in the Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times	New York Times radio log 1945-10-15	DE4579 DE9006 (NDCS 1017)	06,1-9 00,1-26 99,4-21	NDCS 1017	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-11
1945 10 16 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 17 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 18 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer (no singers in this broadcast) Take The "A" Train (theme) A Door Will Open Lily Belle West Indian Dance Waiting For The Train To Come In Blues On The Double	DETS 11	DE4580	05,2-28 04,2-43	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-11
1945 10 19 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	U.S. Treasury Dept. broadcast: Your Saturday Date With The Duke series Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwicke, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis, Sherrill, Hibbler Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Ultra Blue (How Blue Can You Get #) Teardrops In The Rain Time On My Hands Riff Staccato Ko-Ko If I Loved You Just Squeeze Me Honeysuckle Rose Perdido Air Conditioned Jungle Waiting For The Train To Come In I'd Do It All Over Again Fancy Dan Homesick That's All Blues On The Double Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Caravan Riff 'n' Drill Things Ain't What They Used To Be The show is listed at 5 pm in the weekly radio schedule posted in the New York Times Oct. 13, 1945	New York Times 1945-10-13	DE4581	05,3-47	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1945 10 20 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 21 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub Residency - See 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) Midriff A Door Will Open My Little Brown Book Stomp, Look And Listen Waiting For The Train To Come In Diminuendo In Blue / Rocks In My Bed / Crescendo In Blue Everything But You	.	DE4582	11,1-22 10,3-22 02,2-6	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-12
1945 10 22 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 23 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 24 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 MBS Broadcast from the café Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill Titles broadcast: Take The "A" Train (theme) How Deep Is The Ocean Walkin' With my Honey Go Away Blues Homesick, That's All I'd Do It All Over Again Take The "A" Train Fancy Dan Ev'ry Hour On The Hour Emancipation Celebration Let The Zoomers Drool	.	.	.	.	djp	<added 2011 updated 2013-05-13
1945 10 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	false date see 07oct45	.	DE4583	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 25 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 26 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	.	DE4584	11,2-16 (11,1-24)	.	.	2011
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1945 10 27 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 28 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 29 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 30 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 31 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Stage Door Canteen	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 10 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4585	11,2-9 09,3-13 02,2-6 83,3-8	Timner corrections	.	2011
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1945 10 29	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4586	.	.	.	2011
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1945 10 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4587	02,1-10 01,2-16	.	.	2011
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November 1945
1945 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, trombone, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1945 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wilbur de Paris, trombone, joins the band in mid-November				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1945 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Junior Raglin, bass, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1945 11 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Lloyd Trottman, bass, is part of the band for two weeks in November.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1945 11 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	Broadcast 'Your Saturday Date With the Duke' Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Titles recorded:	.	.	.	.	djp
.	DE4588	11,2-16 (11,1-24)	.	.	2011
1945 11 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 18 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11 Down Beat reported Oscar Pettiford arrived in New York from the west coast in November, and joined Ellington at the Zanzibar on the 19th, replacing Junior Raglin.	"Pettiford Joins Duke" Down Beat 1945-12-01 p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-05
1945 11 20 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 21 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 23 Friday 10 pm EWT	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR studio	Ellington appeared on a music quiz radio network show: 'Duke Ellington, notable jazz pianist and composer; Annamary Dickey, Metropolitan soprano; and Jane Cowl, MBS acress and commentator; are among the celebrities who will take part in the quiz program "So You Think You Know Music," Friday night at 9:00...' '10-10:30—Musical Quiz: "So You Think You Know Music," Duke Ellington, William Primrose, Annamary Dickey, Jane Cowl, Guests—WOR'	Ironwood Times, Ironwood, Mich. 1945-11-21 Radio Today, New York Times, 1945-11-23 Today's Radio Programs, Washington Post, 1945-11-23	.	.	djp	added 2013-08-14
1945 11 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 29 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 10	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	.	DETS 16	DE4589	.	.	.	2011
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1945 11 11	.	New York, N.Y.	Alvin Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 11 17	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Bassist and cellist Oscar Pettiford joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1945 11 17	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	DETS 16	DE4590	.	.	.	2011
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1945 11 18	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4591	02,2-6 02,1-19 89,1-9	Timner corrections	.	2011
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1945 11 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	.	DE4593	.	.	.	2011
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1945 11 25	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Music America Loves”	.	.	DE4594	07,1-16 01,3-8 01,2-20 00,2-3	.	2011
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1945 11 26	.	New York, N.Y.	.	RCA recording session,	.	DE4595	.	.	.	2011
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1945 11 28	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4596	04,2-51 04,1-23	.	.	2011
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1945 11 --	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	.	.	DE4592 DE4597	11,2-9 09,3-13 02,1-10 85,3-2	.	.	2011
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December 1945
1945 12 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event Syndicated columnist Jack O'Brien wrote that Ellington had asked Lena Horne to star in his projected Broadway musical tentatively titled the Beggar's Opera, which he is writing with John LaTouche. Music scholar Dan Caine advises his research into Beggar's Holiday shows Latouche "was hired and began the libretto for BH in late autumn, 1945, nearly a year ahead of rehearsals and tryouts."				"Broadway," Evening Times, Cumberland Md., 1945-12-26, p.11 Email 2013-03-16, Caine to Palmquist, cc Duke-LYM	djp	Added 2013-03-17
1945 12 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Rex Stewart leaves the band in mid-December				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1945 12 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Francis Williams, born 1910, joins the band in mid-December				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1945 12 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency - see 1945 09 11	.	DE4598	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Café Zanzibar	Nightclub residency ends - see 1945 09 11 This was the last night. Cootie Williams and his orchstra opened at the Café Zanzibar the next day.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 05 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Garden	Newspaper Guild of New York Page One Ball of 1945. The Ellington, Eddie Condon, Hal McIntyre and Woody Herman bands were "set to appear". The event may have been broadcast at 11:30 pm on WABC, but the broadcast is not listed in the New York Times radio log for this date.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-20
1945 12 07 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 08 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 09 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Savoy Ballroom South Park at 47th St.	Dance	Sratemann p.264 citing Chicago Defender 1945-12-08 p.23	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-21
1945 12 10 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 11 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 12 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 13 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 14 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 15 Saturday	.	.	.	Peripheral event "If the Zanzibar drops its name band policy after the current engagement of Cootie Williams, the chatter is that Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford and Billy Eckstine, all William Morris bands, will jointly sponsor a new Broadway night club as a showcase for their orks."				Down Beat, 1945-12-15 p.1	.	Added 2013-05-05
1945 12 15 Saturday	.	South Bend, Ind.	Palais Royale Ballroom	Dance to Duke Ellington, His Orchestra and Show	Ads: The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.: 1945-11-15, p.2 1945-12-08, p.3 1945-12-14, p.3 The Herald-Press, St. Joseph, Mich.: 1945-12-08 p2 1945-12-14 p2 The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Ind.: 1945-11-30, p.7 1945-12-12,p.3 1945-12-14, p.12	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-03-17
1945 12 16 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 17 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 18 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 19 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 20 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1945 12 21 Friday	1945 12 23	Canton, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Theatre show	'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-05
1945 12 22 Saturday		Canton, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Theatre show - see 1945 12 21	'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 23 Sunday		Canton, Oh.	Palace Theatre	Theatre show - see 1945 12 21	'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18.	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 24 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 12 25 Tuesday	.			activities not documented The band was booked into the Mecca Temple in Scranton Penn., but didn't show. The William Morris Agency refunded the promoter's deposit without explanation. The Afro-American reported a dispute between promoter Max Kearson and the Agency, because Mr. Kearson also wanted to be reimbursed for his advertising and promotion costs. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1946-01-26,p.11 Stratemann p.264 Vail I	.
1945 12 26 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 12 27 Thursday 8:30 pm	.	Toronto, Ont.	Massey Hall	Concert Tickets: $1.20, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00	Ads, Toronto Daily Star 1945-12-22, p.10 1945-12-26 p.9 1945-12-27 p.11	.	99,5-8	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-21
1945 12 28 Friday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Arcadian Court 8th floor Simpson's department store Queen Street	Record signing	.	.	99,5-8 89,3-2(?) 87,4-10(?)	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-21
1945 12 28 Friday	.	St. Catherine's, Ont.	.	evening concert cancelled	Vail II	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 29 Saturday 10:15 - 11:15 AM	.	Toronto, Ont.	Arcadian Court 8th floor Simpson's department store Queen Street	Advertisement: The Hi Crowd is invited to hear Duke Ellington and his 17-piece band in Simpson's Arcadian Court - one full hour of 'solid' music for the Hi Crowd. Doors open 9:30 AM - better come early! No admission charge Broadcast over CFRB at 10:45 AM Review: The Duke Prefers Canada Fans 'Much More Musically Mature' Duke Ellington prefers Canadian to U.S. audiences. "They're much more musically mature," he told 2,000 cheering, jiving, and whistling "junior jitterbugs" who heard "the Duke" today - for free. "The Duke" was late, but no one seemed to mind. The management kept the audience on its toes with a repertoire of his "extra hot" numbers. An announcer was cheered madly, when apologizing for the delay, he assured them "the Duke" was worth waiting for. So was a Negro porter who appeared on the stage shortly after; loaded down with musical instrument and mistaken for the first of the tardy band. From the balcony, not a bald pate could be spotted amid the sea of bandann-d and shining heads. Zoot-suits, ski-suits, slacks, fur coats and bobby-socks were most in evidence among the "standees," cheering, tapping and swaying to the "jive" from tops of tables, radiators, window-sills, and each other's shoulders. "Cheer all you like, folks - bring the joint down. It doesn't belong to us," the announcer encouraged. The crowd did its best, obtaining its greatest volume after the last shrill squeals of "Streamlined Trumpet," or similar title, died down. In spite of the previous "no autographs" warning, a swarm of hopefuls headed for the stage after the half-hour show. They were finally discouraged by gentle but firm ushers.	Toronto Star Ad, 1945-12-28 p.14 Review, 1945-12-29, p.2 .	.	.	.	.	2011
1945 12 29 Saturday 2:30 pm	.	Toronto, Ont.	Massey Hall	"BY SPECIAL REQUEST DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA will give a MATINEE CONCERT AT MASSEY HALL SATURDAY 2.30 Popular prices $1.00 $1.50 plus tax"	Ad, Toronto Daily Star 1945-12-28 p.8	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-21
1945 12 29 Saturday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Queensway Club Lakeshore Rd. at Humber Bay Park Rd.	Evening dance and CBC broadcast. Tickets were $1.00 until Dec. 23, $1.25 in advance after Dec. 23, and $1.50 at the door.	Ads, Toronto Daily Star 1945-12-22, p.10 1945-12-26 p.9 1945-12-28 p.9	DE4599	99,5-8 95,2-7	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-20
1945 12 30 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1945 12 31 Monday	.			activity not documented A New Years Eve Dancing Party was broadcast from 11 pm to midnight. Harry Mackenzie, writing in COMMAND PERFORMANCE, USA!, Greenwood Press, 1996, "Discographies, Number 64," pp. 245 and 246: H-9-24, 60 minutes - NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCING PARTY Linking announcer: Don Wilson. Designed for broadcasting during the last hour of 1945, the transcriptions were assembled in the autumn, and released in December 1945. The selections used were drawn from other transcriptions and studio recordings. AFRS staff and radio announcers introduced each item from the studio in Los Angeles, but gave the impression the announcements came from various parts of the country. Special voice tracks of some leaders were also used. (Then follows a listing of the complete content of the program, two 16" transcriptions, 4 sides used, around 15 minutes each. Next to last title of the entire "broadcast" is Let The Zoomers Drool, with the Duke, dubbed from his June 16 1945 broadcast from Fletcher Gardens Ballroom. The entire program, except the Henry King title, has been released on CD by the Italian Suisa label.	.

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1946

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
January 1946
1946 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE 1. Singer Joya Sherrill leaves the band but will record with it several times in the 1950s and 1960s. 2. Bernard Flood, trumpet, joins the band 3. Lambert reports that, at the beginning of 1946, the band consisted of: Trumpets: Sheldon Hemphill Taft Jordan Cat Anderson Francis Williams Bernard Flood Trombones: Lawrence Brown Wilbur De Paris Claude Jones (valve trombone) Reeds: Otto Hardwick Al Sears Johnny Hodges Jimmy Hamilton Harry Carney Rhythm: Duke Ellington Fred Guy Oscar Pettiford Sonny Greer Billy Strayhorn (deputy pianist) Vocal: Kay Davis Al Hibbler				1.,2.: New Desor vol.2 3. Eddy Lambert: Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, p.128	djp	Added 2012-10-25 updated 2013-08-04
1946 01 01 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Academy of Music	Concert Greer, Guy and Hardwick celebrated their 22nd anniversary with the band during the concert.	Stratemann, p.264 citing Down Beat, 1946-01-15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-16
1946 01 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 03 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Concert Personnel: Hemphill Jordan Anderson F. Williams Brown de Paris Jones Hamilton Hardwicke Hodges Sears Carney Ellington Guy Pettiford Al Lucas Greer Hibbler Sherrill Davis	.	DE4601	08,2-20 08,1-18 06,2-37	Vail284photo	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-16
1946 01 05 Saturday	.			activities not documented A concert at Ogden Hall appears to have been planned for this date but postponed a week - see 1946 01 12	.
1946 01 06 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 07 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 08 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 09 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4602 DE4603	05,3-50 99,4-23 99,3-12 90,4-4	Timner corrections -4/33 Vail I-284 LushLife photo	.	2011
1946 01 11 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 12 Saturday	.	Hampton, Va.	Ogden Hall	Concert May have been the previous Saturday	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco 09 email-Gotting/Palmquist	2011
1946 01 12 Saturday	.	Hampton, Va.	.	After the concert, Ellington and his orchestra were honoured at a formal dinner under the auspices of the Omicron Social Club, the undergraduates' men's club at Hampton. Duke was made an honourary member of the club and was given a Scroll of Membership by club president Clarence Cooper. May have been the previous Saturday	New York Age 1946-01-19, p.7	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco 09 and djp (2013)	added 2011 updated 2013-07-29
1946 01 13 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	.	.	.	02,3-7	.	.	2011
1946 01 14 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 15 Tuesday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Ellington's first biography, Duke Ellington by Barry Ulanov, was released. In October, the Madison Free Library listed it as a new book, and it was one of seven musical biographies shown in Libary Notes in the Nashua Telegraph. References: Twisting Dials column, Zanesville (Ohio) News, 1946-01-20, p.7 Wisconsin State Journal, 1946-10-15 p.20 Nashua Telegraph, 1946-12-19, p.13				.	djp	Added 2013-03-13
1946 01 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	RCA-Victor Metronome recording session Metronome All-Star Band Ellington conducted and Carney and Hodges played in this all-star band. Other members of Ellington's band do not appear to have been involved. Title recorded: Metronome All Out	.	DE4604	05,3-1	Vail288photo	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-16
1946 01 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Ritz Theatre	Third Annual Esquire All American Jazz Concert An hour of the show was broadcast nationally by NBC - in Madison Wisc. it was on WGN and WENR at 8 pm (local time). The Ellington and Woody Herman bands were featured, and there were to be 12 soloists selected from the 1946 Esquire Gold award winners	Stratemann, p.265 Radio log, Wisconsin State Journal, 1946-01-16, p.15 Coe College Cosmos, 1946-01-09, p.3	DE4605	11,1-29 10,3-22 08,2-20 08,1-18 06,1-27 98,4-14 92,2-6	Lush Life photo Timner corrections -4/20	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
1946 01 17 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 17 Thursday	.	.	.	Peripheral event Beginning of "National Duke Ellington Week" publicity.				"Twisting Dials," Zanesville (Ohio) News, 1946-01-20, p.7	djp	Added 2013-03-13
1946 01 18 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 19 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 20 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera House	Concerts 3pm + 8:30pm The Oelwein Daily Register says crowds were turned away as "Symphony Hall" was crowded to the doors. Stratemann reports the concerts were sponsored by Down Beat to present Elilngton, Hodges, Carney and Brown with awards from its ninth annual musicians poll. Stratemann reports Ellington got $10,000 of the $19,800 ticket sales. The house seating capacity was 3,000, but 100 more seats were placed in the orchestra pit, yet 3,000 people were still turned away. AFRS used part of the programs on its Date With The Duke #33 transcription but not as part of the Treasury series.	Oelwein Daily Register, 1946-01-28, p.3 Stratemann, p.265 citing Downbeat 1946-05-15 and Variety 1946-01-23, p.34	DE4606 DE4607	08,2-20 08,1-18 99,5-5 98,4-5 98,3-14 94,3-6 83,4-2 83,3-2	Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
1946 01 21 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Millionaire's Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 01 22 Tuesday	.	Rochester, Minn.	Mayo Civic Auditorium	Public dance	Plug, Albert Lea Evening Tribune,1946-01-18,p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
1946 01 23 Wednesday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	.	Concert	Mention in plug, Albert Lea Evening Tribune,1946-01-18,p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
1946 01 24 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 25 Friday	.	Topeka, Kan.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 01 26 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 27 Sunday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 01 28 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 01 29 Tuesday	.	Oelwein, Io.	Coliseum Ballroom	Dance	Oelwein Daily Register, 1946-01-28, p.3	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
1946 01 30 Wednesday	1946 01 31	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House Dixie Highway	Two shows daily, 8:30 and 10:00 p.m.	Stratemann p.265, citing Billboard 1946-02-23 p.26	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 01 31 Thursday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House			.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
February 1946
1946 02 01 Friday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House			.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 02 Saturday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 03 Sunday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 04 Monday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 05 Tuesday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 06 Wednesday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 07 Thursday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 08 Friday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 09 Saturday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 10 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Alvin Theater	FBI report: "According to a reliable source Duke Ellington was e1ected to the Board of Directors of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, Incorportated, at the annual membership meeting of that organization..." (It seems unlikely Ellington was present, since the band wasd on tour, in Kentucky)	FBI file 100-43-4443, p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-13
1946 02 10 Saturday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 11 or earlier	.	.	.	Stratemann, p.280, citing DownBeat, 1946-02-11, says John LaTouche brought Ellington the libretto for Beggar's Holiday in early February 1946, and joined him for a number of days on his Eastern tour to work on the project. Note Ellington was in the midwest from mid-January until March 6, with the Eastern tour beginning March 8 in Baltimore.	Stratemann, pp. 280 - 284	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-03-15
1946 02 11 Monday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 12 Tuesday	.	Covington, Ken.	Lookout House	see 1946 01 30	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1946 02 13 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 02 14 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 02 15 Friday	1946 02 21	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 16 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 17 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 18 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 19 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 20 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 21 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 22 Friday	1946 02 28	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 23 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 24 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 25 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 26 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 27 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 28 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 02 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 02 00	.	.	Private residence	Floyd Snelson's column reported Marva Louis held a cocktail party to bid adieu to Duke after the Regal stay. In attendance were Duke and Bea, Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Guy, Strayhorn, Cook & Brown, Tom Whaley and several others.	California Eagle 1946-03-07 p.20.	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-13
March 1946
1946 03 01 Friday	.	Ottumva, Ia.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 03 03 Sunday	.	Gary, Ind.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 04	1946 03 06	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 05 Tuesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	See 1946 03 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 06 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	See 1946 03 04	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 07 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 03 08 Friday	1946 03 14 Thursday	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 09 Saturday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 10 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 11 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 12 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 13 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 14 Thursday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	see 1946 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 15 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Mercantile	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 16 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Teentimers 17”	.	DE4608	00,3-4/26 00,1-11	.	.	2011
1946 03 17 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	.	Turner's A	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 18 Monday	.	.	.	Broadcast «Carnation Hour»	.	.	01,3-24 01,2-29 99,4-23	.	.	2011
1946 03 19 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 03 20 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 03 21 Thursday	1946 03 27 Wednesday	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 22 Friday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 23 Saturday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 24 Sunday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 25 Monday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 26 Tuesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 27 Wednesday	.	Newark, N.J.	Adams Theatre	see 1946 03 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 28 Thursday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, trombone, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1946 03 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Capitol Transcript	.	DE4609	08,2-20 08,1-18 92,1-1 91,1-5 88,1-3 87,4-5 86,4-2 85,2-4 84,3-8 84,1-5	.	.	2011
1946 03 29 Friday	1946 04 04	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 03 31 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29		.	.	.	.	2011
April 1946
1946 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGES “Toby” Hardwicke leaves the band for the last time in mid-April Trumpeter Bernard Flood leaves Trumpeter Reunald Jones joins the band Reed player Russell Procope joins the band and will stay, except for a brief period in 1971, until the end. He previously recorded with the band (October 20, 1945)				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1946 04 01 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 02 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 03 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 04 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1946 03 29	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 05 Friday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ray Nance rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1946 04 05 Friday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Taft Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 06 Saturday	.	Fort Wayne, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 07 Sunday	1946 04 08	St. Louis, Mo.	Kiel Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 08 Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Kiel Auditorium	see 1946 04 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 09 Tuesday	.	Houston, Tex.	Rice University	Concert Stratemann says Samuel Huston College offered the Ellington orchestra to other colleges as a way to further racial tolerance. SHC guaranteed the band's usual minimum fee and acted as the co-promoter for each of these concerts. The concerts were not to be segregated. Surprisingly, SHC did not have one of these concerts on its own campus. Stratemann reproduces the announcemet by SHC, which says presentations of the series would be in Austin, Waco, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-10
1946 04 10 Wednesday	.	Waco, Tex.	Baylor University	Concert, co-sponsored by Samuel Huston College - see 1946 04 09	Stratemann p.266 Vail I	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-09
1946 04 11 Thursday 8:15 pm	.	Galveston, Tex.	City Auditorium	Benefit concert sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority; net proceeds to benefit poor students at a local high school. Note this date conflicts with Stratemann and Vail but is documented by a 'same day' announcement. The announcements make no mention of Samuel Huston College's 1946 Artist Series and the SHC announcement reproduced in Stratemann does not mention an appearance in Galveston.	Announcements, The Galveston News: 1943-04-08 1943-04-09 1943-04-10 1943-04-11 p.5	.	.	Stratemann, p.266.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1946 04 11 Thursday	.	Prairie View, Tex.	Texas A & M University	Concert, co-sponsored by Samuel Huston College - see 1946 04 09 Doubtful This date conflicts with the Galveston concert Vail does not name a source, it is likely Stratemann. Stratemann shows SHC's 1946 Artist Series announcement, which names the cities where appearances would be; Prairie View is not one of them.	Stratemann p.266 Vail I .	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-10
1946 04 12 Friday 8 pm	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Sunken Garden Theater	"Duke Ellington and his band will be the final of the Samuel Huston College artist series to be presented in San Antonio this spring. The concert is on April 12 at 8 o'clock in the Sunken Garden theater." The Sunken Garden is an amphitheatre adjacent to, but not part of, Brackenridge Park. Tickets: $4.00, $3.50, $2.40, $1.80	, San Antonio Light Announcement 1946-04-07 p.14-A Ad 1946-04-05 p.6-D 1946-04 p.15-A Ad 1946-04-09, p.8-A Ad 1946-04-12 p.12-A	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-07
1946 04 13 Saturday	.	San Antonio, Tex.	Fort Sam Houston	.	.	DE4610	85,2-5 84,3-2 81,5-2	.	.	2011
1946 04 14 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 04 15 Monday	.	Fort Worth, Tex.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 16 Tuesday	.	Beaumont, Tex.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 17 Wednesday	.	New Orleans, La.	Xavier University	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 18 Thursday	.	New Orleans, La.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 19 Friday	1946 04 25	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	WEBphoto	.	2011
1946 04 20 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	DE4611	07,1-46 04,1-31	Timner corrections -4/20	.	2011
1946 04 21 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 22 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 23 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 24 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 25 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	see 1946 04 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 26 Friday	.	Springfield, Mass.	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 27 Saturday	.	Worchester, Mass.	Municipal Auditorium	.	.	DE4612	.	Timner corrections -4/20	.	2011
1946 04 28 Sunday	.	New Haven, Conn.	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 29 Monday Ellington's birthday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Town Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 04 30 Tuesday 8 pm	.	Troy, N.Y.	State Armory	Concert at 8 pm, followed by a dance from 9 to 1	Ad, Times Record, Troy, 1946-04-15, p.15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
May 1946
1946 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Marion Cox joins the band in late May				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1946 05 01	.	Claremont (Nh)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 05 02	.	Cranston	Rhodes-On-The	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 05 03	.	Manchester (Nh)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 05 04	.	Hanover	Dartmouth Coll	.	.	DE4613	04,3-56	.	.	2011
1946 05 05	.	Atlantic City	Steel P.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 05 07	.	Newburgh, N.Y.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 05 08	1946 05 30	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	Vail295photo	.	2011
1946 05 18	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	.	DE4614	93,2-6 90,1-4 89,3-4 89,1-17 85-4-7	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 05 25	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City Studio 6B	.	.	DE4615	93,2-6 90,1-4 89,3-4 89,1-17 85,4-7	.	.	2011
June 1946
1946 06 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	DE4616	85,4-7	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 06 06	.	Washington, D.C.	Watergate Am	.	.	Vail296photo	.	Ripmaster	CAHdoc	2011
1946 06 07	.	Annapolis	Sharron Beach	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 08	.	Reading, Penn.	WEEU Studio	.	.	DE4617	85,4-7	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 06 10	.	Charleston, W.Va.	Municipal Auditorium	Concert	Plug, The Charleston Gazette, 1946-06-09 p.20	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-17
1946 06 11	.	Huntington, Va.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 12	.	Columbus, Ohio	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 13	1946 06 19	Chicago, Ill.	Oriental Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 20	.	Duluth	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 21	.	Port Arthur	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 22	.	Winnipeg, Man.	Amphitheatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 24	.	Saskatoon	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 25	.	Edmonton	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 26	.	Calgary	Metawa Armories	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 28	.	Seattle (Wa)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 06 29	.	Oakland, Cal.	Sweet's Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1946
1946 07 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Reunald Jones leaves the band. He was in the band again for a few days in November 1961.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1946 07 02	1946 07 08	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 06	.	New York, N.Y.	T.Rosenkrantz Appart	.	.	.	06,2-55	.	.	2011
1946 07 06	.	.	.	False Date Must Be 7jul45	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 07	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	.	.	DE4618	85,4-7	Timner corrections Timner corrections -4/29	.	2011
1946 07 09	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Harold “Shorty” Baker, trumpet, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1946 07 09	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4619	98,4-14 93,4-5 93,3-4 85,2-5 85,1-10	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 07 10	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Victor recording session,	.	DE4620	02,3-23	.	.	2011
1946 07 11	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Capitol Transcript	.	DE4621	93,3-2 93,2-4 92,1-1 87,4-5 84,1-5 81,5-1 81,2-1	.	.	2011
1946 07 13	.	Sacramento, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 14	.	Oakland, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 15	1946 07 18	Fresno, Cal.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 16	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Capitol Transcription	.	.	DE4622	11,2-6+9 04,2-10 04,1-32 03,3-8 00,1-24 92,1-1 84,1-5	NDCS 1057	.	2011
1946 07 17	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Capitol Transcription	.	.	DE4623	11,2-9 05,3-48 93,3-2 93,2-4 92,1-1 85,4-7 84,1-5	.	.	2011
1946 07 19 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Club Alabam	The California Eagle announced Ellington was among the guests expected to attend the Celebrity Cabaret Party given by the Southwest Business Men's Association at Club Alabam. The Association members represented "the leading cocktail lounges, night clubs, cafes, drug stores, malt shops and liquor dealers in all parts of the city." Celebrities who said they were coming were Ellington, Ida Mae James, the Ink Spots, and Earl Hines. The event was open to the public, tickets $1.10 advance, $1.25 at the door. Doors at 8 pm, floor shows by the new Alabam floor show and an in-house orchestra were scheduled for 10 pm and 1 am, and apparently there was to be dancing as well.	California Eagle, 1946-07-18 p.14.	.	.	.	.	added 2013-04-16
1946 07 20 or 21	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, trombone, was found dead in his bed at the Scraggs Hotel in San Francisco after he didn't show up for the band bus the morning of July 21. Stratemann tells us he died the night before; an obituary by Barry Ulanov says he died on the 21st. Tricky Sam had returned to the Duke Ellington band a few months earlier after being away due to illness from November 1945 to March 26, 1946; he had been paralyzed on his left side. "All of this, the illness, the return to the band, without full control of his lips, and the approach of death," he "took with the extraordinary calm which characterized everything he did, from blowing the greatest growl trombone jazz has ever known, to downing enormous quantities of liquor, to arguments about life, liberty and the pursuit of facts in the World Almanac and the news magazines, which he read devotedy and memorized avidly. Tricky Sam replaced Charlie Irvis under protest in June 1926. "He didn't want to take Irvis' place; he didn't think he was good enough, and besides, Charlie was a good friend. Duke had to take him by the arm forcibly, to get him in his band." "When Toby Hardwick had gotten to know Joe Nanton well, when he saw the struggle the little man went through to avoid difficult or complicated work, and the fight he put up to handle his horn with the least possible exertion, and the tricks he invented to accomplish these ends, he gave him a name: "Tricky Sam." ... nobody ever called Joe Nanton "Joe": from late in 1926 on he was Tricky Sam. ... a little man of completely winning charm, of softness and sweetness and great good sense..."				New Desor vol.2 Tricky Sam is Dead, Barry Ulanov in Metronome, 1946-09	djp	Added 2012-10-23 Updated 2013-07-02
1946 07 21	.	Vallejo (Cal)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 23	1946 07 29	San Diego, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 07 27	.	San Diego, Cal.	Orpheum Theater	.	.	DE4624	91,5-2 85,4-7	.	.	2011
1946 07 31	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1946
1946 08 01	1946 08 06	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 03	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Golden Gate Theater	.	.	DE4625	85,4-7	Timner corrections -4	.	2011
1946 08 07	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Shrine Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 08	1946 08 25	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 1-	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4626	98,3-22	.	.	2011
1946 08 14	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	"Perfume Suite"	.	DE4627	.	Stratemann 270-276photos Strat271 Vail301photo	.	2011
1946 08 16	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4628	01,3-21	.	.	2011
1946 08 17	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4629 DE4630	.	Timner corrections -4/17+20	.	2011
1946 08 18	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4631	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 19	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4632	85,3-2	.	.	2011
1946 08 22	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4633	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 24	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4634 DE4635	06,1-9 85,4-8	.	.	2011
1946 08 25 Sunday 4:30-5:00 PM PST	.	Culver City or Los Angeles, Cal.	NBC Hollywood Studios	“Tommy Dorsey Show” or Dorsey's Tender Leaf Tea Show, broadcast on local station KFI and the NBC network Ellington and Dorsey speak a little, then Duke plays Solitude and Take The A Train. The recording was reissued as a 16" transcription, the AFRS TOMMY DORSEY SHOW No. 57	C. Hällström, personal email, 2013-01-05	DE4636	06,1-28	.	CAH	added 2011 2013-01-06
1946 08 25 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	.	.	DE4637	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 26	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	RCA recording session,	.	DE4638	11,2-9 93,3-4 85,3-2	Timner-4/29	.	2011
1946 08 27 Tuesday	1946 09 02	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 08 28 Wednesday<	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	see 1946 08 27	.	.	98,3-22	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 08 29 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	see 1946 08 27	.	.	98,3-22	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 08 30 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	see 1946 08 27	.	.	98,3-22	Timner corrections	.	2011
1946 08 31 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	.	.	DE4639	85,4-8	Timner corrections	.	2011
September 1946
1946 09 01 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	see 1946 08 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 09 02 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Lincoln Theatre	see 1946 08 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 09 03 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	RCA Hollywood Studio	RCA recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestr Anderson, Baker, Hemphill, Jordan, Nance, Francis Williams, Brown, DeParis, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope,Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Cox Titles recorded: My Honey's Lovin' Arms Memphis Blues I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You St Louis Blues Swamp Fire Royal Garden Blues Esquire Swank Midriff This was the last session Ellington recorded under the RCA contract. Ellington had signed with Musicraft Records in May 1946, although RCA maintained its contract was until March 1947. The William Morris Agency's position was that it ran until November 1946.	Stratemann, p.277 citing Variety 1945-12-19 p37 and 1946-5-22 p47 and Billboard 1946-05-25, p23.	DE4640	98,4-14 93,3-4 82,3-4	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-25
1946 09 04 Wednesday	.			activities not documented Stratemann reports that, returning to the East, the band was to play one-nighters and concerts in Texas and other southern states, but Ellington asked the Morris agency to cancel these and return the deposits, due to racial disturbances, including four murders in Georgia. Corroborating this, San Antonio Light announced the cancellations. Further, and less reliable, is a gossip column that says Duke was a guest in a large party at Ciro's on the night Parisian Crooner Charles Tenet opened. While the story is headed Hollywood, there was a Ciro's in both Hollywood and New York.	Stratemann p.277 San Antonio Light, 1946 08 26, section B "Hollywood," The Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, 1946-09-14, p.4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-01-25, updated 2013-03-17
1946 09 05 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 06 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 07 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 09 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 11 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 12 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 13 Friday	1946 09 18	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 14 Saturday	.	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	See 1946 09 13	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 15 Sunday	.	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	See 1946 09 13	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 16 Monday	.	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	See 1946 09 13 Note a concert in Amarillo originally booked for this date was cancelled by Ellington due to race issues.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277 Amarillo Daily News, 1946-08-31, p.2	.	2011
1946 09 17 Tuesday	.	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	See 1946 09 13	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 18 Wednesday	.	Wichita, Kansas	RKO Theatre	See 1946 09 13	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 19 Thursday	1946 09 21 Saturday	Davenport, Ia.	.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 20 Friday	.	Davenport, Ia.	.	See 1946 09 19	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 21 Saturday	.	Davenport, Ia.	.	See 1946 09 19	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 23 Monday	.	Louisville Ky.	.		.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 24 Tuesday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	Kiel Auditorium (Opera House)	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 25 Wednesday	.	Joliet, Ill.	.	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 26 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 27 Friday	1946 09 29 Sunday	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 28 Saturday	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	see 1946 09 27	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 29 Sunday	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theatre	see 1946 09 27	.	.	.	Stratemann p.277	.	2011
1946 09 30 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 09 22	.	New York, N.Y.	.	In late September, 1946, Ellington announced the completion of the score and that he was ready to deliver the manuscripts in New York; the first practice sessions were scheduled on or about October 1.	Email 2013-03-16, Caine to Palmquist, cc Duke-LYM	.	.	.	.	added 2013-03-17
October 1946
1946 10 01 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 10 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 10 03	1946 10 30	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	$5,000/week engagement begins MBS broadcast with disc jockey Barry Gray on WOR Regular MBS broadcast as well While this engagement is often denigrated by Ellington scholars, Stratemann says one reason Ellington took the engagement was to be "close at hand fo the start of rehearsals of "Beggar's Holiday..."	Stratemann p.277	DE4641	.	Vail I 303 photo WEB photos	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 05 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03 ABC broadcast US Treasury series "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ( last of DETS programs)	.	DE4642	09,3-11	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 06 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 07	.	New York, N.Y.	.	NBC broadcast “Carnation Contented Hour” Ellington (piano) with Percy Faith's orchestra and chorus Preview of the Deep South Suite movement "There Was Nobody Looking," to be premiered that fall.	Stratemann p.277	DE4643	01,2-29	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 07 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03 Sjef Hoefsmit, writing in DEMS 06-1-9, suggests there were two broadcasts this date: "Magic Carpet" #131 (AFRS) and "One Night Stand" #764, but these may not have been live. See his extensive discussion in that bulletin.	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 08 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 09 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 10 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 11 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03 "Guest in the Nest" broadcast	.	DE4644	06,1-9 85,3-2	.	.	2011
1946 10 12 Saturday 11:00 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Radio City	Half-hour NBC national broadcast from WEAF “Teentimers Club" #47” The New Desor DE4648 entry was corrected based on research by Carl Hällström and Ted Hudson - see DEMS 003-4/26	.	DE4648	00,4-24 00,3-4/26 00,2-4 00,1-11 99,4-15	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 12 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 13 Sunday 11 am	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"The Teentimers Club #47" NBC broadcast, transcribed for AFRS New Desor and Stratemann dated this broadcast as Nov. 16, 1948, and Stratemann says both Chicago and Omaha have been suggested as the location. Ted Hudson and Carl Hällström's research has documented the program was performed Oct. 13, 1946, 11:00 am, in New York (see pages 4 to 6 of DEMS 2000-3)	Stratemann p.278	DE4648	00-4/24 00-3-4/26 00-4/24>	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 10 13 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 14 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 15 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 16 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 17 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 18 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 19 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Hotel Astor	Billboard carried a story datelined New York, Oct 12 1946, saying that in the New York election, the Independent Citizens' Committee of Arts, Sciences and Professions tied together an entertainment package in support of Senator James M. Mead and former Governor Herbert Lehman. The story named a dozen entertainers who would perform at the dinner at the Hotel Astor including Ellington. The New York Times carried a story after the event confirming dancer Paul Draper, Duke Ellington and his orchestra and entertainers, including Judy Holliday and Lew Parker contributed to the rally, "Broadway for Mead."	Billboard 1946-10-19 pp.3-4 New York Times 1946-10-21 p.3	.	.	.	djp/Nick Fernandez	added 2013-04-30 updated 2013-05-04
1946 10 20 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 21 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Rehearsals begin for "Beggar's Holiday", initially called "Twilight Alley."	Stratemann, p.280 Broadway After Dark, New York Sun, 1946-10-26, p.24	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-03-15
1946 10 21 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 22 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR Studio #3	First Musicraft recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Baker, Hemphill, Jordan, F. Williams, Nance, Brown, DeParis, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer Titles recorded: Diminuendo In Blue Magenta Haze	.	DE4645	10,2-10 09,3-12 94,1-1 85,1-10 Note this session is dated 1946 10 26 in DEMS 84-5 p.1	Stratemann p.277	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 23 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03 CBS broadcast A Garden In The Rain The Whole World Is Singing My Song Jennie The Things We Did Last Summer Rugged Romeo C-Jam Blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be	.	DE4646	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR Studio No.3	This entry, from DEMS 84,5, appears to be in error. WOR was the Mutual Broadcasting System flagship station. DEMS is about Diminuendo in Blue and Magenta Haze; New Desor shows these were recorded on 1946 10 23.	.	DE4645	84,5-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-26
1946 10 26 Saturday	.	NBC Network	.	"Duke Ellington features his new tune "Just Squeeze Me" when he and comedian Bert Lahr are guests on the Vaughn Monroe Show at 6:30..." The Vaughn Monroe Show national NBC radio show was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes in 1946 and may also have been known as Camel Caravan.	Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Ia., 1946-10-26 p.2	.	.	Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1946-10-26, p.2	djp	added 2013-01-06
1946 10 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 29 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Aquarium Restaurant	See 1946 10 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 10 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"Django Rhinehardt (sic), French guitarist, feted at welcoming cocktail party given by Duke Ellington and William Morris Agency Wednesday (30) after his arrival in the United States by plane from France." Billboard doesn't say where the party was, nor whether it was before or after the regular Aquarium show.	Billboard 1946-11-09, p.20	.	.	Stratemann p.277 Photograph (Vail I p.304 and MIMM, p.142) WEB photos	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1946 10 31 Thursday	.	Atlantic City, N.J.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1946
1946 11 01 Friday	.	Harrisburg, Penn.	Chestnut Street Hall	Dance	Stratemann p.277	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1946 11 02 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 11 03 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	Concert	Stratemann p.277	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1946 11 03 Sunday	.	.	.	Joe Mosbrook's Jazzed in Cleveland reports Reinhardt shared a two-berth compartment with Ellington, while the other band members were in a sleeping car. If true, then Ellington and his entourage left Buffalo at night instead of the next morning.	Jazzed in Cleveland	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-06
1946 11 04 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Hotel Statler East 12th and Euclid	Django and Duke shared a suite at the Hotel Statler at East 12th and Euclid. Cleveland Press columnist Milt Widder reported that before they left for the concert, they had dinner in the suite. Django was amazed when Ellington ate his dessert first, but Duke was quoted as saying, "I always eat my desert first."	Jazzed in Cleveland http:/www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz23.htm/, quoting Reinhardt's biographer Charles Delauney	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-07-06
1946 11 04 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Music Hall in Public Hall East 6th & St. Clair	1,800 people attended the concert marking Django Reinhardt's American debut. The Cleveland Press headline said "French guitarist steals Duke’s concert." Time reported "Django was so certain that he was famous in the U.S. that he left his guitar in France: U.S. guitar manufacturers would give him guitars and pay him for playing them. Last week, before he could go on stage in Cleveland's Public Music Hall, he had to go out and borrow a guitar. The concert manager, for one, had never heard of Django Reinhardt, so..."	.	.	.	Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" CAHmail08=1st DjangoR USA Time, 1946-11-18	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 11 05 Tuesday	.	Kitchener, Ont.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 06 Wednesday<	.	Toronto, Ont.	Mutual Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 07 Thursday	.	Toledo, Oh.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 08 Friday	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 09 Saturday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Murat Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 10 Sunday 3 pm and 8:30 pm	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera House	Two concerts First known public performance of Deep South Suite Reinhardt is featured in four selections in the middle of the concerts. Ellington financed the concerts, and grossed $18,200.	Stratemann p.278 citing Variety 1946-11-20 p58.	DE4647	10,3-22 09,3-29 06,2-32 04,3-50 02,2-26 99,5-18 98,3-14 94,3-6 84,3-9	Photo MIMM 142 Timner corrections	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-11
1946 11 11 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 11 12 Tuesday	.	Rochester, Minn.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 13 Wednesday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	Minneapolis Arena	Django Reinhardt played the Minneapolis Auditorium on November 13 1946 with Duke Ellington's orchestra. This was his only U.S. tour.	Website Robb Henry A Journeyman Guitarist's Scrapbook	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-08
1946 11 14 Thursday	.	Des Moines, Io.	KRNT Radio Theater	Concert 1,571 attended, grossing $3,160. Billboard calles this a rental deal handled by A & N Presentations of Kansas City, Mo. and said there was no radio advertising. Billboard speculated that lower revenues for the Ellington and Herman orchestras compared to Tommy Dorsey and Xavier Cugat's bands may have been hep fans getting too much of the same thing, or to the lack of radio promotion.	Stratemann, p.278, citing Billboard 1946-11-30 p.36	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 11 15 Friday	.	Lincoln, Neb.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 11 16 Saturday<	.	Omaha, Neb.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 16 Saturday<	.	.	.	False date for "Teentimers" broadcast - see 1946 10 12	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 11 17 Sunday	.	Kansas City. Mo.	Municipal Auditorium	Dance	"What to see in Kansas City," Maryville Daily Forum 1946-11-14, p.8 Stratemann p.278	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-12
1946 11 18 Monday	.	Kansas City, Mo.	.	"Race dance"	Stratemann, p.278, citing Billboard 1946-11-09 p.16	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 19 Tuesday 8:30 pm	1946 11 20	Cedar Rapids, Ia.	Coliseum	"Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra with Django Reinhardt, Famous French Guitarist in a 2 1/2 Hour Concert Tonight"	Ad, Olwein Daily Register, 1946-11-19 p.6 Brief society column mention, Journal-Tribune and Williamsburg Shopper Consolidated, 1946-11-28 p.8	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-14
1946 11 20 Wednesday	.	Cedar Rapids, Ia.	.	Stratemann reports Ellington was in Cedar Rapids for two days, but provides no information about the second day.	Stratemann p.278	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 11 21 Thursday	Saturday	New Haven, Conn.	Shubert Theater	Peripheral event First 4 tryouts of Beggar's Holiday under the name "Twilight Alley."	Stratemann, p. 280 citing Billboard, 1946-11-30-p.43 Baltimore Afro-American, 1946-11-16, p.8	.	.	.	.	added 2013-03-15
1946 11 21 Thursday	.			activities not documented While the band was not involved in Beggar's Holiday, it seems quite likely that Ellington, who wrote the music, and Strayhorn, who orchestrated it, would have been present for at least some of the rehearsals and initial tryouts.	.
1946 11 22 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1946 11 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	First of two concerts played to a sold-out theatre that seated 2,800. Deep South Suite was performed. Django Reinhardt was on the bill. Stratemann reports on various negative reviews of the concert and comments on the poor P.A. system.	Stratemann, p.278, citing Variety 1946-11-22 p41 Downbeat 1946-12-16 p2 Metronome 1947-01. p47 Detailed review by Harriett Johnson writing in PM, 1946-11-25, p.17	DE4649	06,2-37 03,1-10 98,4-14 85,1-10 84,5-1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-13
1946 11 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Second concert of a 2 night "Festival"	.	.	.	TDES Nov 2010 TDES Jun 2011	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 11 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR Longacre Theatre	Musicraft recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer Titles recorded: Sultry Sunset Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 2 Blue Skies Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 1	Stratemann p.278	DE4650	84,5-2	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 11 25 Monday	.	Hartford, Conn.	.	Peripheral event Beggar's Holiday tryouts continue. Stratemann says plans to continue tryouts at Newark's Opera House and in Philadephia appear to have been changed in favour of a week in Hartford.				Stratemann, p.280 ciitng Billboard 1947-01-11 p44	djp/td>	Added 2013-03-15
1946 11 26 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 27 Wednesday	.	Lynchburg, Va.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 28 Thursday	.	Petersburg, Va.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 29 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Academy of Music	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 11 30 Saturday	.	Syracuse, N.Y.	Lincoln Auditorium Syracuse Central High School	Concert	Announcement, Syracuse Herald-American, 1946-9-15, p23	.	.	CAH clipping	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-13
December 1946
1946 12 01 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 12 02 Monday	.	Cranston, R.I.	Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet	Probably a dance since the venue is a ballroom.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 12 03 Tuesday	1946 12 17?	Boston, Mass.	Opera House	Peripheral event The final two weeks of Beggar's Holiday tryouts begin in Boston. After the show returned to New York for restaging, star Libby Holman left the cast and was replaced by Bernice Parks 3 days before the New York opening.	Stratemann, p.280 citing Billboard 1947-01-11 p44	.	.	Added 2013-03-15
1946 12 03 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 04 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR Longacre Theatre	Musicraft recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis Titles recorded: The Beautiful Indians 2. Hiawatha Flippant Flurry Golden Feather The Beautiful Indians 1. Minnehaha	.	DE4651	85,3-2 84,5-2	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 12 06 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 07 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Masonic Temple Auditorium	2 hour concert 5,000 fans (Stratemann quotes Billboard as saying "near-capacity house of 4,400 people," grossing $9,546., or The band, starting 45 minutes late, included Hodges, Carney, Nance, Brown, Hibbler, Kay Davis, Pettiford, and Greer. Pieces played by the band included Deep South Suite (feature) The Golden Cress Transblucency "A medley" Django Reinhart (with 2 encores) played Honeysuckle Rose Just Me, Just You Improvisations No.7	Review, Windsor Daily Star, 1946-12-09 Stratemann p278 citing Billboard 1946-12-21 p.46	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 12 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 09 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 11 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	WOR Longacre Theatre	Musicraft recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis Titles recorded: Overture to a Jam Session I Overture to a Jam Session II Jam-a-Ditty	.	DE4652	84,5-1	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 12 12 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 13 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 14 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 15 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 16 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 17 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 17 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Peripheral event Hodges, Carney and Brown participated in a Columbia Records "Metronome All Stars" recording session	.	.	.	Vail I p308 photo	.	2011
1946 12 18 Wednesday	.	.	.	Musicraft recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis Titles recorded: Tulip or Turnip It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	.	DE4653	84,5-2	Timner corrections 4/21+29	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-03-15
1946 12 19 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 20 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 21 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 23 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Broadway Theatre	“Beggar’s Holiday”	.	92,3-5	Strat279	.	.	2011
1946 12 24 Tuesday	.			activities not documented Beggar's Holiday: false date? Ellington researcher/collector Benny Aasland wrote in DEMS Bulletin 1992/3 that Beggar's Holiday opened Dec. 24, but it actually opened on Dec. 26, with a preview on Dec. 25. See below.	.				added 2013-03-15
1946 12 25 Wednesday Christmas	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 25 Wednesday Christmas	.	New York, N.Y.	Broadway Theatre Broadway at 53 St.	Peripheral event Preview performance of Beggar's Holiday to benefit Paul Robeson's Council on African (sic) Affairs				Stratemann, p.280	djp	Added 2013-03-15
1946 12 26 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1946 12 27 Friday	1947 01 02	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 12 28 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 12 29 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 12 30 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1946 12 31 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011

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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
1946 – 1947	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"Carnation Contented Hour"	.	DE9072	08,3-6	NDCS 1089	.	2011
1947 00 00	1950 00 00	.	U.S.A.	In the 2013-01-29 New York Times, Grace Elizabeth Hale, a professor of history and American studies at the University of Virginia, wrote: "By the late 1940s, black sales representatives worked the Southern Black Belt and Northern black urban areas, black fashion models appeared in Pepsi ads in black publications, and special point-of-purchase displays appeared in stores patronized by African-Americans. The company hired Duke Ellington as a spokesman."(1) The New York Times obituary for Pepsi-Cola marketing executive Edward F. Boyd says "His program also included having celebrities like Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton give “shout-outs” for Pepsi from the stage."(2) "After World War II, seeking a competitive advantage over market leader Coca-Cola, Pepsi’s staunchly liberal CEO Walter Mack decided to radically expand his company’s marketing efforts in the underserved black community. He hired a team of black sales reps and marketers to blanket the rural Black Belt of the South and the urban enclaves of the North. This team was responsible for hiring some of the first black fashion models used by a major brand. They created the first in-store, point-of-purchase displays targeting black shoppers and hired Duke Ellington to endorse Pepsi from the stage during his shows."(3)	. (1) "When Jim Crow Drank Coke" by Professor Grace Elizabeth Hale, New York Times, 2013-01-29 (2) Edward F. Boyd obituary, New York Times 2007-05-06 Tanner Colby: Mad Men and Black America	.	.	.	.	added 2013-01-31
January 1947
1947 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Cat Anderson, trumpet, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012 10 10
1947 01 01 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 02 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	See 1946 12 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 03 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 01 04	.	Springfield, Ohio	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 05 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 01 06 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 01 07 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pathé Studios	Capitol Radio Transcription recording session Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Jordan, F. Williams, W. Jones, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer Titles recorded: Golden Feather Golden Cress Flippant Flurry Jam-A-Ditty Fugueaditti Happy Go Lucky Local - Parts 1 & 2 Overture To A Jam Session Sultry Sunset	Stratemann, p.285	DE4701	00,1-24	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
1947 01 08 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 01 09 Thursday	1947 01 15	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre (Stratemann) or RKO-Boston (Billboard 19470118)	Stage show Band plus Peck and Peck ("unusual impressionistic dances) Howell and Bouser ("old-fashioned type song-and-patter team", and Fred Douglas ("better at dancing than comedy or magic but he draws laughs") Billboard describes the show as "a model of musical interest, expertness and taste." Also: "Marian Cox is a tall, striking gal who sings odd variations on St. Louis Blues "Kay Davis' Minehaha displays a lovely voice and melody." Ray Nance has fun with Just Squeeze Me." "Al Hibbler...as a band singer...has a lot to offer audiences who are tired of crooners and groaners." On Jan. 18 Billboard carried a story datelined Jan. 11 saying the Boston Theater's stage show for the week ending Jan. 8 was by Professor Lamberti, Tommy Dix and Sybil Bowman, and "Nocturne held the screen."..."Current show at the Boston is headed by Duke Ellington and sidemen. On screen is Boston Blackie and the Law." (From what I can make out in "Built in Boston, City and Suburb 1800-2000," by Douglass Shand-Tucci, there was a Boston Theatre and an RKO Keith Theatre side by side, and across the street, the B.F.Keith Memorial Theatre. "Vaudeville Old & New, An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, Vol I" lists 14 Keith-Albee theatres in Boston on page 603, none named "Keith's RKO Theatre" so it is not clear which one Ellington appeared in.)	Billboard 1947-01-18 p.35 Stratemann p.285 citing Variety 1947-01-15 p.23 Billboard: 1947-01-11 p.35 1947-01-25 p.38	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
1947 01 10 Friday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09 During one of the performances Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler presented Ellington with his third Esquire 'Gold Award'. This award was for the 'top popular music composer and arranger' of 1946. Stratemann places this on Jan. 10 but Billboard's review of the show, datelined Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, announced "This week in Boston, Duke Ellington received from Arthur Fiedler..."	Billboard 1947-01-18 p.35	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
1947 01 11 Saturday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 12 Sunday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 13 Monday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 14 Tuesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 15 Wednesday	.	Boston, Mass.	Keith's RKO Theatre	Stage show - see 1947 01 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 16 Thursday	1947 01 22 Wednesday	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show	.	VARphoto	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 17 Friday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 18 Saturday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 19 Sunday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 20 Monday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 21 Tuesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 22 Wednesday	.	Baltimore, Md.	Royal Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 01 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 23 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 01 24 Friday	1947 01 30 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 25 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 26 Sunday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 27 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 28 Tuesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 29 Wednesday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 30 Thursday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	Theatre show - see 1947 01 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 01 31 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
February 1947
1947 02 01 Saturday	.	Gary, Ind.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 02	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE “Dud” Bascomb, trumpet, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1947 02 02 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera House	Recorded concert Personnel: Hemphill, Jordan, Bascomb, F. Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler Kay Davis, M.Cox Songs recorded: Happy Go Lucky Local Beggar's Holiday Medley: 1. Take Love Easy 2. When I Walk With You 3. Tomorrow Mountain 4. Brown Penny Triple Play Near Mess THE BEAUTIFUL INDIANS: 1. Minnehaha 2. Hiawatha	.	DE4702	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
1947 02 03	1947 02 05	Columbus, Ohio	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
	.	Columbus, Ohio	Palace Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011>
1947 02 03 Monday	.	Columbus, Ohio	Palace Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011>
1947 02 04 Tuesday	.	Columbus, Ohio	Palace Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011>
1947 02 05 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Ohio	Palace Theatre	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011>
1947 02 06 Thursday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 07 Friday	1947 02 13 Thursday	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 07	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 08 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 09 Sunday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 10 Monday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 11 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 12 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 13 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater		.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 14 Friday	1947 02 20	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 19 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 20 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 02 21 Friday	1947 02 27	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show Ellington is interviewed from the theatre, for radio, by Emerson Parker	.	DE4704	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
1947 02 22 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show -see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 23 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 24 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 25 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 26 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 27 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Theatre show - see 1947 02 21	.		.	.	.	2011
1947 02 28 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 02 --	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	.	Ellington interviewed for broadcast on Hot Corner by an unnamed radio host	.	DE4703	07,1-40	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-29
March 1947
1947 03 01 Saturday	.	Lancaster, Penn.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 02 Sunday	.	Richmond, Va.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 03 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 03 04 Tuesday	.	Norfolk, Va.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 05 Wednesday	.	Danville, Va.	North Theater	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	CAHmail	2011
1947 03 06 Thursday	.	Raleigh, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 07 Friday	.	Columbia S.C. or Columbus, Ga.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 08 Saturday	.	Macon, Ga.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 09 Sunday	.	Atlanta, Ga.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 10 Monday	.	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Auditorium	Concert & Dance “for colored”	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 11 Tuesday	.	Knoxville, Tenn.	Chilhowie Park	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 12 Wednesday	.	Charlotte, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 13 Thursday	.	Durham, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 14 Friday	.	Kinston, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 15 Saturday	.	Greensboro, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 16 Sunday	.	Atlanta, Ga.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 17 Monday	.	Charleston, S.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 18 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 03 19 Wednesday	.	Wilmington, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 20 Thursday	.	Maxton, N.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 21 Friday	.	Greenville, S.C.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 22 Saturday	.	Tuskegee, Ala.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 23 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 03 24 Monday	.	Lakeland, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 25 Tuesday	.	Orlando, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 26 Wednesday	.	Palatka, Fla.	.	Down Beat reported Ellington told them about the dance at Palatka. Hibbler was singing Don't Take Your Love From Me when something sounding like a couple of shots were heard. The band kept playing and Hibbler kept singing, until more shots rang out. The audience scattered and the band fled to the dressing rooms, abandoning the blind Hibbler, who kept singing. The article concludes by saying a dancer was killed and a second was paralyzed for life.	Stratemann, p.285 "Even Bullets Can't Keep Hibbler From Singing," Down Beat 1947 06 04	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-24
1947 03 27 Thursday	.	St Petersburg, Fla.	Joyland	preview	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1947 03 28 Friday	.	West Palm Beach, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 29 Saturday	.	Orlando, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 30 Sunday	.	Miami, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 03 31 Monday	.	Tampa, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
April 1947
1947 04 01 Tuesday	.	Fort Myers, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 02 Wednesday	.	Tampa, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 03 Thursday	.	Jacksonville, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.285	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 04 Friday	.	Savannah, Ga.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 05 Saturday	.	Kingsport, Tenn.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 06 Sunday	.	Nashville, Fla.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 07? Monday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 08 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 04 09 Wednesday	.	Des Moines, Io.	Tromar Ballroom	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 10 Thursday	.	Minneapolis, Minn.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 11 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 12 Saturday	.	Anderson, Ind.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 13 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 14 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 15 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 04 16 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 04 17 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 04 18 Friday	.	Louisburg, Penn.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 19 Saturday	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Sonny Greer hospitalized, drummer Ed McConney subs				Stratemann p.286 citing Down Beat, 1947-05-07	djp	Added 2012-11-14
1947 04 19 Saturday	.	Ithaca, N.Y.	Bailey Hall Cornell University	Concert for the Cornell Rhythm Club.	Stratemann, p.286	DE4705	05,2-29 04,3-56 96,2-3 94,2-9 91,1-6 90,1-8 86,1-3 84,3-9	Timner corrections -4/21	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 20 Sunday<	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 21 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 04 22 Tuesday	.	Newburgh, N.Y.	.	.	Stratemann, p.286	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 04 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Al Hibbler leaves the band before or during the upcoming Paramount run, but will return in August Singer Chester Crumper joins the band				New Desor vol.2 Stratemann p.286 citing Variety 1947-04-30 p.56	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1947 04 23 Wednesday	1947 05 19	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	Stage show - six shows daily Ellington's male vocalist during this engagement was Chester Crumpler. Ed McConney subbed for Greer, who was in Chicago suffering from pneumonia. Supporting acts: Buck & Bubbles Coke & Poke Golden Gate Quartet Calcutta Stratemann reports the show took in $315,000 (First week, $100,000; second, $85,000; third $70,000; final week, $60,000).	Billboard 1947-03-10, p.44 Stratemann, p.286 citing Billboard 1947-05-31 p.30 Pittsburgh Courier 1947-03-19,p.15	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1947 04 24 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 25 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 26 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 27 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 28 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 29 Tuesday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 04 30 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
May 1947
1947 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Marion Cox leaves the band , although she will record with the band in 1950 and 1955				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1947 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trombonist Tyree Glenn, born 1912, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1947 05 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 02 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	City Center Casion 133 W.55th St.	A four-day "carnival-bazar" sponsored by the National Council of American Soviet Friendship ...opened with a variety concert starring Anita Alvarez, John Buckmaster and Duke Ellington. The concert was followed by an auction sale and the official opening of merchandise booths,exhibits and an art show..."	Brooklyn Eagle 1947-05-05 p.7 FBI file no. 100-43443,p.6, citing Brooklyn Eagle 1947-05-05	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-14
1947 05 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 09 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Golden Gate Ballroom 142nd Street & Lenox Avenue	FEPC benefit dance "N.Y. Council for a Permanent FEPC presents FEPC Benefit Dance Erskine Hawkins and His Band were to provide the music, with entertainment provided by Duke Ellington, Ralph Cooper, Dave Finian's Rainbow" Wayne, Willie Bryant, Al Jones, Jimmy Daniels, John Mason, and Larry "Call Me Mister" Winters.	New York Age Announcement 1947-10-03, p.4 Announcement and ad, 1947-05-10 p.4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-06-01
1947 05 10 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 10 Saturday 8:35–9:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	WNEW “Saturday Night Swing Show” broadcast Ellington appeared with Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford and Sonny Greer. Their broadcast, described as "Swing Session, observing Duke Ellington's Twentieth Anniversary in Show Business," included Jack Teagarden, Skitch Henderson, Billy Strayhorn and possibly Buddy Rich as guest artists. Vail reports "WNEW presents an all day tribute to Duke Ellington," but does not cite a source. This is not shown in the WNEW listings in the New York Times radio log. Four titles were used for the All Services V-Disc transcriptions 795A and 795B	Stratemann, p.286 citing Down Beat 1947-05-21 and Rarities LP RAR-59 The Dooji Collection - V Discs Vail I New York Times radio log, 1947-05-10	DE4706	09,3-24 03,2-28 02,3-14 98,2-20 89,1-5 88,2-4 87,3-2	Timner corrections -4/17	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-01
1947 05 11 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 12 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 14 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 15 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 16 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 17 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 18 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1947-04-23	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1947 05 19 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Carnation Hour”	.	DE4707	01,2-29	.	.	2011
1947 05 22 Thursday	.	Worcester, Mass.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 05 23 Friday	.	Boston, Mass. (Ma)	South State Armory	Benefit dance, United Negro College Fund Admission $1.80 including tax, or $1.50 in advance	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-01
1947 05 24	.	Salem (Ma)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 05 25	.	Shrewsbury (Ma)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 05 30	.	Providence (Ri)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 05 31 Saturday	.	Lewiston, Ma.	Dancetime Maine State Fair Grounds	Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra Admission $1.50	Ad, Portland (Maine) Press Herald, 1947-05-31, p.6	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-03-18
June 1947
1947 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wilbur de Paris leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1947 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Taft Jordan, trumpet, leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1947 06 01	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 02	.	Fitchburg (Ma)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 03	.	Manchester (Nh)	.	Dance	.	DE9023	01,3-13	NDCS 1029	.	2011
1947 06 05	.	Baltimore,, Md.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 06	.	Rochester, N.Y.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 07	.	Sampson, N.Y.	Sampson College	Dance "Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shafer and Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lunkenheimer attended the dance at Sampson College last Saturday night, at which Duke Ellington's band played."	The Red Creek Herald, Red Creek, N.Y., 1947-06-12, p.5	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-16
1947 06 09	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Capitol recording session,	.	DE4708	90,4-3 84,3-9 82,2-7 81,5-1	.	.	2011
1947 06 10	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Capitol recording session,	.	DE4709	06,2-34 06,1-11+27 00,1-24 98,4-14 84,3-9	.	.	2011
1947 06 13	.	Washington, D.C.	Watergate	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 14	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Syria Mosque	Concert Pittsburgh Press music critic Ralph Lewando's glowing review gave some of the song titles: Diminuendo in Blue Crescendo in Blue Bluetopia Moon Mist Black Brown and Beige Rockin' in Rhythm Chaucogagaug Maushaugagog Chaubunagungamaug Flippant Flurry Mr.Lewando said the variety, climaxes and taperings off of tonal volume in Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue sent the audience into spasms of delight. Soloists mentioned: Hodges, Jordan, Brown, Carney, Hamilton Singers mentioned: Nance, Davis, Chester Crumpler Billy Strayhorn may have been present. His teacher, Max Adkins attended the concert. Ticket prices: $3.60 $3.00, $2.40 $1.80 $1.60	The Pittsburgh Press Preview, 1947-06-08 p.52 Ads, 1947-06-08, p.46, 1947-06-10 p.16 & 1947-06-13 p.30 Review "Duke adds Jet Power to Jazz," 1947-06-16, p.14 Vail I .	.	.	Stratemann p.287	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-06-14
1947 06 15	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 17	.	Springfield, Ill.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 18	.	Joliet, Ill.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 19	.	South Bend, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 21	.	Edelweiss, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 22	.	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 24	1947 06 25	Oklahoma City, Okla.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 27 Friday	1947 07 10 Thursday	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	Stratemann has this engagement ending July 10 but Vail says there was a broadcast on closing night, July 11. The latest recorded broadcast in New Desor is July 9.	Stratemann, p.287 Vail I	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
1947 06 28 Saturday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 29 Sunday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 06 30 Monday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1947
1947 07 01 Tuesday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27 radio broadcast recorded	.	DE4710	05,3-48	.	.	2011
1947 07 02 Wednesday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 03 Thursday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 04 Friday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27 Broadcast recorded	.	DE4711	05,3-48 90,1-4 89,4-3 89,3-6	.	.	2011
1947 07 05 Saturday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 06 Sunday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 07 Monday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 08 Tuesday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27 Broadcast recorded	.	DE4712	91,5-6 81,1-3	.	.	2011
1947 07 09 Wednesday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27 Broadcast recorded	.	DE4713	98,2-19 97,1-2 93,3-4 91,5-6	.	.	2011
1947 07 10 Thursday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 11 Friday	.	Denver, Col.	El Patio Ballroom Lakeside Park	see 1947 06 27 Vail shows a closing night broadcast July 11 but Stratemann has the date running only to July 10. The latest recorded broadcast shown in New Desor is July 9.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
1947 07 12	1947 07 19	Salt Lake City	Rainbow	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 21	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Opera House	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 25 Friday	1947 08 07 Thursday	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's 8433 Sunset Blvd.	Two week club date on Sunset Strip, with "numerous broadcasts" The July 25 broadcast was transcribed for the AFRS series Spotlight Bands no. 1044/47 It appears Ellington's orchestra appeared along with a house band, the Don Alfredo Rhumba Band.	Stratemann p.287 citing Billboard 1947-08-09 p.37	DE4714	03,3-11 80,3-2	Timner corrections -4/17 Vail, Vol.I Unsourced fractional ad	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
1947 07 26 Saturday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 07 27 Sunday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 07 28 Monday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 07 29 Tuesday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 07 30 Wednesday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25 The July 30 broadcast was transcribed for the AFRS series Spotlight Bands no. 1083	.	DE4715	03,3-11	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
.1947 07 31 Thursday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 01 Friday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 02 Saturday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 03 Sunday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 04 Monday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 05 Tuesday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 06 Wednesday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.1947 08 07 Thursday	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
.	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	Club date - see 1947 07 25	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1947
1947 08 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Chester Crumper leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1947 08 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Al Hibbler rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1947 08 01	1947 08 07	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 01	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	SpotlightBands 1077	.	DE4716	03,3-11	.	.	2011
1947 08 03	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's	.	.	.	03,3-11	.	.	2011
1947 08 05	.	Hollywood, Cal.	Ciro's Broadcast	.	.	DE9049	06,2-27 05,2-13	NDCS 1074	.	2011
1947 08 06	.	Hollywood Ciro's Broadcast	.	.	.	DE9050	.	NDCS 1074	.	2011
1947 08 07	.	Hollywood Ciro's Broadcast	.	.	.	DE9051	.	NDCS 1074	.	2011
1947 08 08	.	San Diego, Cal.	Pacific Sq	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 10	.	Oakland (Cal)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 14	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4717	07,3-29 06,2-41 06,1-16 03,1-18 83,1-6 Timner corrections -4/17	.	.	2011
1947 08 19	.	Eugene (Or)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 20	.	Albany (Or)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 21	.	Tacoma, Wash.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 08 22 Friday	.	White Rock, B.C.	Peace Arch border crossing.	CBC commentator Susan Fletcher, learning Ellington would not have time in Vancouver to be interviewed for her Flicks and Flashes national radio programme, drove to Peace Arch and "pushed a microphone in front of him as he went through the Customs. The interview was conducted with a background of car horns and assorted crowd sounds, all of which made the assignment just a bit tough!"	The Coaticook (Quebec) Observer, 1947 09-12	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-10-29
1947 08 22 Friday	.	Lower Mainland, B.C.	en route	The Province newspaper's Frank Mulcahy interviewed Ellington on the chartered bus as it travelled from Peace Arch to Malkin Bowl. The paper printed his account of the interview and concert the next day. The interview concerned Ellington's feelings about racial prejuduce and about music. According to the intro, the discussion carried on right up to the arrival at Malkin Bowl.	"Racial Prejudice Everywhere, Says Ellington" Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-23 p.9	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-01-05
1947 08 22 Friday 8:30 pm	.	Vancouver, B.C.	Stanley Park	Three hour outdoor concert in the Malkin Bowl amphitheatre. Arrangements were made to move the concert indoors if the weather was bad. The concert was advertised in the Daily Province as "Exactly as presented recently in Carnegie Hall, New York" and as "Exactly the same program as the orchestra will present next week in Hollywood Bowl." Tickets: "special chairs" $2.50 all other seats $2.00 Stratemann says Down Beat showed Ellington in Seattle on Aug. 22	Announcement, Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-21 p.6 Advertisements, Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-21 p.8 1947-08-22 p.8 Review, Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-23	.	.	Stratemann, p.287, citing Variety 1947-08-13 p.40	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
1947 08 23 Saturday	.	Portland, Ore.	.	.	.	.	.	Timner corrections -4/17+20	.	2011
1947 08 24 Sunday	.	Portland, Ore.	.	.	.	.	.	Timner corrections -4/17+20	.	2011
1947 08 25 Monday	.	.	Meadowbrook Gardens	activities not documented Vail, Vol.I reported Duke was a guest on Tommy Dorsey's Tender Leaf Tea radio show at the Meadowbrook Gardens in Culver City. This appears to be in error - see 1946 08 25	.	.	.	Vail, Vol.I	djp	added 2013-01-05
1947 08 26 Tuesday 2 to 3 pm	.	Victoria, B.C.	Fletcher's record store 1130 Douglas St.	Duke made a personal appearance to sign records for buyers.	Ad, Victoria Daily Colonist 1947-08-26, p.19	.	.	.	.	added 2013-01-05
1947 08 26 Tuesday 9 pm to 1 am	.	Victoria, B.C.	Bay Street Armoury	Concert and dance Special amplifying system Seating arrangement on balcony Tickets - advance, $1.75; at the door, $2.10 An unidentified reporter tried to interview Ellington before the performance, but didn't get very far. His report concludes "a reporter shuffled out at this point with no interview."	. Ads, Victoria Daily Colonist 1947-08-16 p.18 1947-08-23 p.18 1947-08-26 p.18 An anonymous report, Victoria Daily Colonist 1947-08-27, p.3	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-01-05
1947 08 27 Wednesday	.	Seattle, Wash.	.	.	Stratemann p.287 citing Variety 1947-08-13, p.40	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-01-05
1947 08 28 Thursday	1947 08 30 Saturday			activities not documented	.
1947 08 31 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Bowl	.	.	DE4718	90,1-5 89,1-17 81,2-7	.	.	2011
September 1947
1947 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Dolores Parker joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1947 09 --	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook	.	.	DE4720	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 01 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4719	03,1-18 83,3-8 83,1-6	.	.	2011
1947 09 02 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 03 Wednesday 8:30 pm	.	Tucson, Ariz.	Tucson High School Stadium	Concert sponsored by R. Paul Willett Chester Crumpler was announced as the male vocalist in the advance publicity, but the review says Al Hibbler sang. Ellington did not play the piano, saying the atmospheric conditions made the piano so out of tune it was impossible to "get the horns and piano together." A piano tuner had been hired but didn't show.	Tucson Daily Citizen Publicity, 1947-08-23 p.5 Publicity 1947-08-28 p.13 Note to Junior Optimists, 1947-09-03 Review 1947-09-04 p.4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-17
1947 09 04 Thursday	.	Tucson, Ariz.	West Congress Street	Dance: "The Ellington outfit will appear at a dance on West Congress Street this evening under a different sponsorship"	Tucson Daily Citizen 1947-09-04 p.4	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-17
1947 09 05 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 06 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 07 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 08 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 09 Tuesday	1947 09 15	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater -capacity 2,400	Variety show - Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Mantan Moreland with Haywood Jones and Martina D'Arcy, and Jessye Scott (song and dance) Picture: Too Many Winners. Prices 55 tp 98 cents Four shows daily	Review of Sept.10 show in Billboard, 1947-09-20 p52	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1947 09 10 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 11 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 12 Friday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 13 Saturday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 14 Sunday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 15 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	Variety show - see 1947 09 09	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 10 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 11 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 12 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 13 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 14 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 15 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 16 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 17 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 18 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1947 09 19 Friday	1947 09 21	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café 8781 W.Washington Blvd.	First of 3 three-day weekend spots. Guarantee $2,500/weekend or 70% of all admissions over $3,000. "Ellington and his orchestra will play at the Meadowbrook every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a Sunday concert from 8:30 tp 9:30 preceding the regular dancing."	Stratemann p.288 citing Variety 1937-08-20, p.45 Plug: "Duke Ellington Will Open Fri. Nite at Meadowbrook," California Eagle, date uncertain Ads, California Eagle 1947-09-27 p.18 1947-10-02 p.22	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-07-11
1947 09 20 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	see 1947 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 21 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	see 1947 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 22 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 09 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 09 24 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 09 25 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 09 26 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	Second three-day weekend gig - see 1947 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 27 Saturday	.	Vancouver, B.C.	.	Peripheral event Ivie Anderson interview by Bill Hill on Vancouver radio station CKMO				DEMS 01,2-16/2	added 2011 updated 2013-05-17
1947 09 27 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	see 1947 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 28 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	see 1947 09 19	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 09 29 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4721	83,4-2 83,2-1 81,4-3	.	.	2011
1947 09 30 Tuesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4722	83,2-1	.	.	2011
October 1947
1947 10 01 Wednesday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4723	07,3-29 06,2-19 06,1-16 00,3-24 93,3-4 83,3-8 83,2-1	Timner corrections -4/29	.	2011
1947 10 02 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4724	07,2-11 01,1-28 00,2-8	.	.	2011
1947 10 03 Friday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	Third 3 day weekend gig - marked unconfirmed because it isn't certain the band played on Oct 3. According to Stratemann, the contract was for three 3-day weekends, but Stratemann only shows the band playing at the Meadowbrook on Oct. 4 and 5 on this third appearance. Publicity and ads in the California Eagle, however, say Friday, Saturday and Sunday.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-11
1947 10 04 Saturday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	See 1947 09 19 and 1947 10 03	.	DE4725	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 05 Sunday	.	Culver City, Cal.	Meadowbrook Gardens Café	See 1947 09 19 and 1947 10 03	.	DE4726	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 06 Monday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4727	07,3-29 06,2-10 06,1-16 03,2-24+29 00,3-24 93,3-4 83,2-1	NDCS 1104	.	2011
1947 10 07 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 10 08 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 10 09 Thursday	.	El Paso, Tex.	El Paso Coliseum	Dance 8:30 - 12:30 "Duke Ellington will bring his band to El Paso Thursday for a dance at the Coliseum from 8:30 p.m.to12:30. Special bus service will be provided from San Jacinto Plaza. A large audience of spectators is expected. A special section will be set aside for Negroes..."	Ad and announcement, El Paso Herald-Post, 1947-10-04, p.6.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-06
1947 10 10 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 10 11 Saturday	1947 10 12 Sunday	Fort Worth, Tex.	Texas Christian University	College prom Stratemann: "the Ellignton band created a precedent as the first black orchestra to play for the white crowd at this location"	Stratemann p.288 citing Variety 1947-10-01 p.46.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-11
1947 10 12 Sunday	.	Fort Worth, Tex.	Texas Christian University	see 1947 10 11	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 13 Monday	.	Dallas, Tex.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 14 Tuesday	.	Hot Spring (Ark)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 15 Wednesday 9 PM-1 AM	.	Joplin, Mo.	Holiday Inn	One hour concert followed by 3 hours of dancing. Publicity says the band travels in its own railcars, and it was through the cooperation of the Frisco railroad that the Duke was routed through Joplin.	Joplin Globe Identical ads: 1947-09-30 p.9 1947-10-01 p.6 1947-10-02 1947-10-04 1947-10-10 9.B9 1947-10-11 p.7 Publicity 1947-10-12, pC-5	.	.	.	djp.	added 2011 updated 2013-07-11
1947 10 16 Thursday	.	St Joseph, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 17 Friday	.	Kansas City, Kan.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 18 Saturday	.	.	.	Peripheral event American Federation of Musicians president James C. Petrillo announced a recording ban effective December 31, spurring record companies to lay down as many records as possible before the ban. Columbia ran virtually around the clock, with 2 or 3 sessions a day.			Stratemann, p.288	djp	Added 2012-11-03
1947 10 18 Saturday	.	Topeka, Kan.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 19 Sunday	.	St. Louis, Mo.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 20 Monday	.	Davenport	St Ambrose	.	.	.	94,2-9	.	.	2011
1947 10 21 Tuesday	.	Rock Island, Ill.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 22 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1947 10 23 Thursday	.	Hayland, Mich.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 24	1947 10 30 Thursday	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 25 Saturday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 26 Sunday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 27 Monday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 28 Tuesday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 29 Wednesday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 30 Thursday		Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theater	See 1947 10 24.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 10 31 Friday	.	Ottawa, Ont.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1947
1947 11 01	.	Montréal, P.Q.	Coliseum	Concert/dance The Montréal Gazette's favourable review describes an extremely relaxed atmosphere, with people wandering on and off the bandstand in this very large barn-like structure with the acoustics of a boiler factory.	Review, Montréal Gazette, 1947-11-03	.	.	Stratemann p.288	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1947 11 04	.	Akron, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 05	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 06	.	Toledo, Oh.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 07	.	Lafayette, Ind.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 08	.	Louisville, Ky.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 10	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4728	04,3-33 03,3-28 03,2-24+28 00,4-14 00,2-19 00,1-16 98,4-14 93,3-4 83,3-8 83,2-1	NDCS 1018	.	2011
1947 11 11	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4729	03,2-24+28 00,2-19 98,4-14 81,2-6 81,1-3	Timner corrections	.	2011
1947 11 12	.	Baltimore,, Md.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 13	.	Stamford. Conn.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 14	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4730	05,1-32 03,2-24	.	.	2011
1947 11 15	.	.	.	Peripheral event In a story datelined New York, Nov. 15, Billboard reported radio station WMCA was hiring name band leaders such as Tommy Dorsey and Ellington as disc jockeys, and had signed Ellington. Rather than trying to invest in developing new names jockeys, the station was using recognized band leaders. It was now planning to recover its $200,000 annual costs with commericials and syndication. The article says the contracts were mostly for five years with Ellington reportedly being paid $1,500/week plus a quarter interest in the gross syndication proceeds. Ellington's first show, due to be broadcast Dec. 29, was already sold. WMCA would write, produce and package the program, selling it to other stations for a station's one-time national evening or daytime gross hourly rate, depending on whether the show was aired during the evening or the day.				Billboard 1947-11-22 pp.10-11	.	Added 2013-05-17
1947 11 16	.	Washington, D.C.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 18	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4731	05,1-32	.	.	2011
1947 11 20	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4732	05,1-32 03,2-24	Timner corrections	.	2011
1947 11 21	.	Newark, N.J.	Mosque Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 22	.	Haverford, Penn.	College	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 22	.	.	.	Peripheral event In a story datelined New York Nov. 22, Billboard reported MGM Records reported signing Billy Strayhorn to a recording contract under which he would be conductor, writer and pianist. It isn't clear if he was to work with Buddy Rich, who the story also reported was signed by MGM.				Billboard 29 Nov 1947 p.19	.	Added 2013-04-30
1947 11 23	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 11 24	1947 11 30`	Covington, Ky.	Lookout House	.	.	DE9013	00,3-1 00,2-13	NDCS 1022	.	2011
December 1947
1947 12 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event In a story datelined New York, Nov. 22, Billboard, Nov. 29 1947, p.38, reported Mercer Ellington's orchestra would play for dancing and back up the show at the new Club Ebony when it opened in December. The tunes were reportedly written by Ellington and Buster Harding.				.	djp	Added 2013-04-30
1947 12 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Junior Raglin, bass, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1947 12 01	1947 12 07	Covington	Lookout House	.	.	.	00,3-1 00,2-13	.	.	2011
1947 12 06	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	.	“NKC Time”	.	DE4733	09,2-9 08,3-6 03,2-24 00,2-13 91,3-6 91,2-7	.	.	2011
1947 12 06	.	Danville, Va.	North Theater and/or City Armory	It looks as if there may have been a theater engagement during the day and a dance in the evening.	Announcement re dance The Bee, 1947-12-16, p.2>	.	.	.	CAHmail	added 2011 updated 2012-08-06
1947 12 08	.	Nashville, (Tn)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 09	.	Knoxville (Tn)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 11	.	Columbia (Sc)	.	Concerts 3:00+8:30pm	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 12	.	Augusta (Ga)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 13	.	Birmingham, Al.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 14	.	Atlanta	City Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 15	.	Raleigh, N.C.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 16	.	Danville, Va.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 17	.	Asheville (Nc)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 18	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE “Dud” Bascomb leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-10
1947 12 19	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Al Killian, born 1916, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1947 12 22	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4734	06,1-27 93,4-5 93,1-6	.	.	2011
1947 12 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Liederkranz Hall	.	.	DE4735	04,3-51 04,2-30+50 03,3-20 03,2-24+28 03,1-22 00,2-19 90,1-5	NDCS 1069	.	2011
1947 12 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Savoy Plaza Aftern	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1947 12 26	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Concert. This concert included a performance referred to by PM as "Entrance of Youth" by Warren Norword (flute), Elaine Jones (F Horn) and Paul Rudolf (piano), the first three students to complete an advanced course at Juilliard on scholarships provided by Ellington. According to New Desor, they performed All Heart.	Photo and caption, PM, 1947-12-22, p.17	DE4736	06,2-37 04,2-30 02,3-26 00,3-26 00,2-18 85,4-4 85,3-2	Timner corrections CAHphoto	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-04
1947 12 27	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Concert This concert included the Juilliard trio noted in the 1947 12 26 entry.	.	DE4737	06,2-37 04,2-30 03,1-22 02,3-26 00,3-26 00,2-18 85,4-4 85,3-2	Stratemann 289	.	2011
1947 12 29	.	New York, N.Y.	Wmca Studios	“Paradise Wine”, “Dial The Duke” In a story datelined New York, Nov. 22, Billboard reported WMCA's new transcribed Duke Ellington disk jockey show would kick off December 29 and play from 9 to 10 am Monday to Friday and from midnight to 1 a.m. seven days a week. The entire nighttime version was already bought by Paradise Wine Corporation, and three sponsors each had purchased 15 minutes of the morning show. Bob Bach, formerly with Billboard, was to take over writing and disc selection duties.	Billboard, Nov. 29 1947, p.7	DE4738	08,3-6 93,4-6 91,3-2 85,3-2 82,2-6	.	CAHoct05; djp	added 2011 updated 2013-04-30
1947 12 30	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Columbia recording session,	.	DE4739	07,1-23 03,2-24 98,4-14 82,1-6 81,2-6	Timner corrections	.	2011
1947 12 30	.	Philadelphia	Academy of Music	Evening concert.	.	.	.	Stratemann p. 291	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-12
1947 12 31	.	Boston, Mass.	Symphony Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011

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1948

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
January 1948
1948 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Singer Dolores Parker leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1948 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Junior Raglin, bass, leaves the band. See story				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1948 01 09 Friday 8:30 pm	.	Cincinnati, Oh.	Taft Auditorium	Concert "Big Music Festival 25 Musicians and Entertainers ...featuring Liberian Suite Commissioned by the Government of Liberia for its Centennial, plus Many of the Favorite Numbers" Ticket prices $3.60, $3.00, $2,40, $1.80, $1.20	Ads, Hamilton (Ohio) Journal 1948-01-02, p.8 1948-01-05, p.4 1948-01-09, p.8	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-06
1948 01 10 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Masonic Auditorium	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 01 11 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera House	Two concerts, 3pm and 8:30 pm	.	.	.	Stratemann p.291 citing Down Beat 1948-01-28.	.	2011
1948 01 12 Monday	1948 01 14	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 01 13 Tuesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	See 1948 01 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 01 14 Wednesday	.	Columbus, Oh.	Palace Theatre	See 1948 01 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 01 15 Thursday	.	Fort Wayne, Ind.	>Quimby Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	C.Hällström oct09	added 2011 updated 2012-11-09
1948 01 16 Friday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	English Auditorium	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 01 18 Sunday 8:30 pm	.	Burlington, Ia.	Memorial Auditorium	Concert "exactly as presented in Carnegie Hall, New York"	Announcement and ad, Burlington, Ia., Hawk-Eye Gazette 1948-01-17,p.3	.	.	Vail I	A.Neegard oct09	added 2011 updated 2012-11-02
1948 01 19 Monday 8 pm	.	Lawrence, Ks.	Hoch Auditorium University of Kansas	"Carnegie Hall Concert"	Ad, Lawrence Daily Journal-World, 1948-01-07, p.3	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-07
1948 01 20 Tuesday	.	Ames, Iowa	Memorial Union Hall	.	Special to the Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nonpareil, 1948-01-16, p.19	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-05
1948 01 22 Thursday	.	Madison, Wisc.	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 01 23 Friday	1948 01 24	Urbana, Ill.	University of Chicago	Concerts, 2 consecutive evenings, with "frantically enthusiastic audiences"	Stratemann, p.292, citing Marshall Stearns and Down Beat, 1948-02-25 Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-02
1948 01 24 Sunday	.	Urbana, Ill.	University of Chicago	see 1948 01 22	.	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-02
1948 01 25 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	New Savoy Ballroom	Dance	Stratemann, p.292 citing Chicago Defender 1948-01-21 p.27.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 01 27 Tuesday 8:15 pm	.	Cedar Rapids, Io.	Coliseum (Likely Veteran's Memorial Coliseum)	.	Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3 Ad, unspecified source, from A.Neegard's research Oct.2009 Ad, Iowa City Press-Citizen 1948-01-20, p8 & 1948-01-24, p.10	.	.	.	A.Neegard oct09	added 2011 updated 2012-11-05
1948 01 29 Thursday	.	Cedar Falls, Io.	Iowa State Teachers College	Concert Sonny Greer absent, Oliver Coleman of Chicago subbed.	Announcement, Waterloo Daily Courier 1948-01-16 p9 Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3	.	.	.	A.Neegard 09	added 2011 updated 2012-11-05
February 1948
1948 02 06 Friday	1948 02 11	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	Stage show Appearance with impersonator George Kirby and dancers Peck & Peck.	Stratemann p.292 citing Variety 1948-11-02 p.48.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1948 02 07 Saturday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1948 02 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 08 Sunday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1948 02 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 09 Monday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1948 02 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 10 Tuesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1948 02 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 11 Wednesday	.	Louisville, Ky.	National Theater	see 1948 02 06	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 11	.	Akron, Oh.	Armory	Presumably a dance. Note this conflicts with the Louisville show.	.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-04
1948 02 12 Thursday	1948 02 18	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 13 Friday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 14 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 15 Sunday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 16 Monday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 17 Tuesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 18 Wednesday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 02 12	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 20	1948 02 26	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 02 27	1948 02 29	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1948
1948 03 01 Monday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	See 1948 02 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 02 Tuesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	See 1948 02 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 03 Wednesday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	See 1948 02 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 04 Thursday	.	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Theater	See 1948 02 27	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 05 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 06 Saturday	.	Gary, Ind.	Miramar Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 03 07 Sunday 2:30 pm	.	Bunker Hill Air Base, Ind.	Show Palace	Concert Sponsored by Logansport Beta Sigma Phi sorority, profits to benefit its charity fund. The publicity says "The Duke Ellington concert is considered one of the nation's great musical attractions. The same concert broke all records at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Chicago Civic Opera House." "Mr. and Mrs. James Hall and Beulah attended the Duke Ellington show at the Bunker Hill Air Base Show Palace Sunday afternoon." Bunker Hill Air Base is now Grissom Reserve Air Force Base on Hwy 31 between Peru and Kokomo.	Logansport Pharos-Tribune Ads 1948-01-26,p.3 1948-03-01 1948-03-28,p.8 Publicity 1948-02-26,p.14 1948-03-05,p.6 Society note 1948-03-09,p.7 Kokomo Tribune Ads 1948-03-03, p.10 1948-03-05,p.7 Publicity 1948-03-04,p.16	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-06 updated 2013-08-17
1948 03 08 Monday	1948 03 14 Sunday	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	.	Stratemann, p.292	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-12
1948 03 09 Tuesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 10 Wednesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 11 Thursday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 12 Friday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 13 Saturday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 14 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1948 03 08	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 15 Monday	1948 03 17 Wednesday	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	Theatre show	Stratemann, p.292.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 16 Tuesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 03 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 17 Wednesday	.	Youngstown, Oh.	Palace Theater	see 1948 03 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 18 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 19 Friday	1948 03 21 Sunday	Hartford, Conn.	State Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 20 Saturday	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 21 Sunday	.	Hartford, Conn.	State Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 22 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 23 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 24 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 25 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 03 26 Friday	1948 04 01 Thursday	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 27 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 28 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 29 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 30 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 03 31 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Oscar Pettiford leaves the band in the spring of 1948				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
April 1948
1948 04 01 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	Stage show - see 1948 03 26	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 02 Friday	.	En route	Train	Ellington collapsed on the train between Washington and New York and was taken to hospital on arrival in New York.	Stratemann, p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-12
1948 04 02 Friday	1948 04 08 Thursday	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	Guest conductor used, and Stratemann says Strayhorn subbed on piano. Variety 1948-04-07 named the piano sub as Una Mae Carlisle and the 1948-04-10 Billboard said the opening day subs were Teddy Wilson and Mary Lou Williams	Stratemann, p.292, citing Down Beat, 1948-04-24 Down Beat, 1948-05-05 Variety 1948-04-07 p.51 1948-04-10 p.41	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-12
1948 04 03 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 Guest conductor used, Strayhorn subbed on piano	Stratemann, p.292	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 04 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano	Stratemann, p.292	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Harkness Pavilion Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center	Duke has an operation on his kidney to remove a cyst.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 04 05 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04 Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 06 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04 Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 07 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04 Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 08 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 04 02 Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano	and 1948 04 04	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 09 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 10 Saturday	.	Syracuse, N.Y.	Civic Theater 572 S.Salina St.	Scheduled concert "cancelled on account of serious illness of Duke Ellington."	Publicity, Syracuse Post-Standard, 1948-03-28 Ad, Syracuse Post Standard, 1948-04-06	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-06
1948 04 11 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	Concert without Duke	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 04 12 Monday	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Savoy Ballroom	Stratemann, p.292, suggests this was cancelled. Götting's TDWAW, citing Vail, says "no Duke"	.	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-30
1948 04 13 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	Benefit concert for the Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund Stratemann, p.292, suggests this was cancelled, but this is incorrect. Howland's Ellington Uptown, p. 253, based on the concert program, says Duke was the MC and the Ellington band played one number. This is consistent with Vail,which says the orchestra,led by Strayhorn, played without Ellington. In a column headed Two Swell Joes In A Soft Shoe Number, Zanesville Times-Recorder columnist Earl Wilson reviews the concert and says Arthur Godfrey emceed it and introduced Ellington's band.	Zanesville Times Recorder Announcement, 1948-04-06, p.4 Review 1948-04-19, p.4 Vail I Ellington Uptown p.253	.	.	p	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-14
1948 04 14 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 15 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 16 Friday	.	Sandusky, Oh.	Junior High School	SA concert at the junior high school seems likely to have been cancelled. Stratemann, p. 292, says further bookings for the band were cancelled, and the band did not resume its schedule until the Paramount engagement	The Sandusky Register-Star-News 1948-03-06, p.10 Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-12
1948 04 17 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 18 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 19 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 20 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 04 21 Wednesday	1948 05 18	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	4 stage shows daily and 5 on weekends. With a show limited to 35 minutes that included Ella Fitzgerald (acc. by Hank Jones), the Four Step Brothers dance act and impersonator George Kirby, Ellington could only perform three numbers each time. The theatre grossed $381,000 over the four week run of this show.	Stratemann, p.292 citing Variety 1948-04-28 p.54 Billboard 1948-05-01, p.42 Down Beat 1948-05-19 Billboard 1948-06-05 p.37	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-12
1948 04 22 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 23 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 24 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 25 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Birdland or Ebony Club	Stratemann, p.306 has a photo showing a smiling Ellington sitting at a cocktail lounge table gazing at singer Ella Fitzgerald, with clarinet players Stan Hasselgard and Benny Goodman sitting at another table in the background. Stratemann's caption says the date is probably April 25 and he identifies the venue as Birdland, the occasion being Ella's birthday. Vail has the same photo on his April 1948 page, but says it is at the Ebony Club..	Stratemann 306 photo (DE-Ella) = Vail I 331 photo (DE-Ella)	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 04 26 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 27 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 28 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 29 Thursday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 04 30 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
May 1948
1948 05 01 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 02 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Rainbow Room	Duke attended Bing Crosby's birthday party	.	.	Photo, Vail I p.332	.	.	2011
1948 05 03 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 04 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 05 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 06 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 07 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 08 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 09 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 10 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 11 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 12 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 13 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 14 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 15 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 16 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 17 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 18 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theatre	see 1948 04 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 05 19 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 20 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 21 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 22 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 23 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 24 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 25 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 26 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 27 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 28 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 29 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 30 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 05 31 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
June 1948
1948 06 01 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 02 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 03 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 04 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Pine Room Warwick Hotel	Ellington hosted a cocktail party for the English press	Stratemann p.292 citing Billboard 1948-06-05 p.20	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-02
1948 06 05 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 06 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 07 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 08 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 09 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 10 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 06 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event While Ellington was overseas, Harry Carney had his only extended vacation in his first 25 years with Ellington (1927-1962), holidaying with his family at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Stratemann (p.293) reports the rest of the band was either on paid vacation or had had short paying gigs.				DEMS 1984-5, p.7	djp	Added 2013-01-06
1948 06 11 Friday	1948 06 18	New York, N.Y.	R.M.S. Media	Ellington, with manager Al Celley, barber Fernandez, and music publisher Jack Robbins, embarked on the Cunard White Star passenger liner R.M.S. Media for a tour of Great Britain as a cabaret act. Newbrook: "...The more I look into it, the more I read into it, I become quite convinced in my mind that Duke really regarded this visit as a holiday, a paid holiday, and very nice too. And that's reinforced by some notes I found. I actually did find in the archive the two copies of Down Beat which relate to his Paris trip which was the well-known 68 Hours Without Sleep by Ernest Bornemann. He actually asked Duke outright, did he like being over here with this small unit better than the big band. And Duke said, 'No, I was sick. They took a cyst out of my kidney and I wanted to take a rest.'" Peter Newbrook to Kay Davis: ...And I'd like to ask Kay if she has any memories of the actual opening of the show at the Palladium. Ms Davis:I don't really have any strong memories of anything. It was 50 years ago, right. But, I remember Pearl on the plane going over. We flew. Duke went on the ship, but we flew over. I think Ray flew, too. Newbrook: Ray did too, yes. Gloria Nance questions this. Ellington seems to contradict this in MIMM: "Jack and I used to play gin rummy all night, and at five o'clock every morning they would put on a crew of five to serve us breakfast, just Jack and me. After we had had our breakfast, I would go ito the salon to sita at the pinao and warm up my left hand,...I had to have my exercise. I would play and play until one by one the other passengers came in. We had a ball all the way over. Besides Kay Davis and Ray Nance, I had Hermandez, my barber, with me." Mrs. Nance said Ellington used this trip to entice Ray back into the band. Other passengers on the ship included Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Gregson (returning to England for a holiday) and Dr. Emory Ross, secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference.	Panel discussion, Peter Newbrook, Kay Davis, Gloria Nance, Jack Fallon, Malcolm Mitchell and Tony Crombie, "The British Tour, 1948," Blue Light 15/1 (Spring 2008) Personals, Portville, N.Y. Review, 1948-05-27, p.5 New York Age, 1948-06-19 Down Beat 1948 08 25 p.6 MIMM p.188	.	.	.	R.Boyes emails May 2013	added 2011 updated 2013-05-23 and 2013-09-15
1948 06 12 Saturday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 13 Sunday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 14 Monday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 15 Tuesday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 16 Wednesday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 17 Thursday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 18 Friday	.	Atlantic Ocean	RMS Media	At sea, bound for England	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 19 Saturday	.	Liverpool and London, England	.	Disembarking in Liverpool, Ellington travelled the same day to London, where a very tired and "browned off" Duke arrived late on the Saturday.	Stratemann p.292 Down Beat 1948-07-28 p. 2	.	91,3-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-19
1948 06 00	1948 07 00	Braintree, Essex, UK	Dance home	At some time during his time in England, Ellington visited the home of Stanley Dance's parents. (Stanley Dance was born in Braintree.) Three show Ellington with Stanley Dance, by himself and with Helen Dance.	Three photos credited to Stanley Dance, Peter Gammond's Duke Ellington His Life and Music, p.128 Vail I carries one of the photos	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-19
1948 06 20 Sunday	.	London, UK	Palladium	This day's activities are not documented but the wording in Down Beat seems to suggest this day was spent rehearsing "the rest of the big supporting bill."	Down Beat 1948-07-28 p. 2	.	.	.	djp	New.jpg> added 2013-05-19
1948 06 21 Monday	1948 07 03	London, England	Palladium	Concert - show in 2 parts - Ellington, Nance and Davis appeared in the second half, backed by the local "Skyrockets Orchestra." Stratemann p.292 says the Nicholas Brothers appeared near the end of the first half, and that Pearl Bailey was also in the show. Stratemann says Ellington was paid $10,000/week for the Palladium engagement. Opening night was panned by the critics.	Stratemann p.292 Stuart S. Allen: "London Largo. A Weary Duke Errs By Not Rehearsing with Ork," Down Beat 1948-07-28 p.2	.	91,3-6	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-05-19
1948 06 22 Tuesday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 23 Wednesday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 24 Thursday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 25 Friday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 26 Saturday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 27 Sunday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 28 Monday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 29 Tuesday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 06 30 Wednesday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1948
1948 00 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Hal Singer, tenor sax, joins the band in the summer of 1948 and leaves in the fall.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1948 07 01 Thursday	.	London, England	.	Peripheral event Ray Nance played in a Ray Ellington Quartet recording session (Ray Ellington was a pseudonym for English musician Reggie Pitts; the other musicians were .)			DEMS O1,1-24 97,2-8	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 01 Thursday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 07 02 Friday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 07 03 Saturday	.	London, England	Palladium	see 1948 06 21	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 07 04 Sunday	.	Southampton, England	Guildhall	Concert tour After leaving the Palladium, Ellington, Nance and Davis toured Britain with a two hour show, accompanied by a British trio: Malcolm Mitchell, guitar; Jack Fallon, bass; Tony Crombie, drums. They travelled by coach (bus). Mitchell said Ellington wrote out Take the A Train for him on the coach from London to Southampton. Crombie said there were about 40 people in the entourage, and Nance travelled with a big box of records weighing about 200 pounds, a record player, two instruments and a wardrobe.	Stratemann p.292 Panel discussion - see 1948 06 11	.	91,3-6	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-23
1948 07 05 Monday	1948 07 09	Bournemouth, England	Winter Garden	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 06 Tuesday	.	Bournemouth, England	Winter Garden	Concert, see 1948 07 04	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1948 07 07 Wednesday	.	Bournemouth, England	Winter Garden	Concert, see 1948 07 04	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1948 07 08 Thursday	.	Bournemouth, England	Winter Garden	Concert, see 1948 07 04	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1948 07 09 Friday	.	Bournemouth, England	Winter Garden	Concert, see 1948 07 04	.	.	.	.	djp	2011
1948 07 10 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 07 11 Sunday	.	Blackpool, England	New Opera House	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 12 Monday	.	Edinburgh, Scotland	Usher Hall	Concert, see 1948 07 04 After the show, Ellington, Mitchell, Fallon and Crombie attended a private party; host's name not documented.	Vail I Panel discussion - see 1948 06 11	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-19
1948 07 13 Tuesday	.	Glasgow, Scotland	St. Andrew's Hall	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 14 Wednesday	.	Newcastle-on-Tyne, England	City Hall	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 15 Thursday	.	Leicester, England	DeMontfort Hall	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 16 Friday	.	Nottingham, England	Albert Hall Methodist Mission	activities not documented A concert planned for this "temperance hall" was cancelled when the minister refused to allow it. Rev. Frank T. Copplestone...said: "We felt it seemed hardly the standard of concert we like to have in the hall – which, after all, is our church...We aim to let the hall be used for civic and social functions and high-class concerts.' The group therefor had the day off.	David Bradbury Duke Ellington Life & Times, Haus Publishing, 2005, p.73 Stratemann p.292 Vail I Panel discussion - see 1948 06 11	.	.	.	.	added 2013-05-23
1948 07 17 Saturday	.	Sheffield, England	City Hall	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-13
1948 07 18 Sunday	.	Buxton, England	.	Matinée, see 1948 07 04	R. Boyes	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-05-23
1948 07 18 Sunday	.	Manchester, England	King's Hall Belle Vue Zoological Gardens	Concert, see 1948 07 04	Stratemann p.292	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-05-23
1948 07 19 Monday	.	Travel to France	.	.	.	.	.	VARphoto Webphotos+	.	2011
1948 07 20 Tuesday	1948 07 21	Paris, France	Salle Pleyel	DE-FBphoto (party)	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 07 21 Wednesday	.	Paris, France	Salle Pleyel	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 07 22 Thursday	.	Bruxelles, La Belgique	.	.	.	.	.	KGphoto	.	2011
1948 07 2-	.	Zurich, Switzerland	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I 336photo	.	2011
1948 07 30 Friday	1948 08 03	Cherbourg /// Atlantic Ocean	Queen Elizabeth	sailing to NY	.	.	.	.	.	2011
August 1948
1948 08 01 Sunday	.	at sea	Queen Elizabeth	sailing home	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 08 02 Monday	.	at sea	Queen Elizabeth	sailing home	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 08 03 Tuesday	.	at sea	Queen Elizabeth	sailing home	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 08 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	Arrival in New York	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 08 05 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 06 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 07 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 08 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 09 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Café	Hodges, Hamilton, Glenn, Strayhorn, Raglin and Greer played one week here during Ellington's absence, had a week off, then played here another 2 weeks. On August 10 they gave Ellington a welcome home party at the café.	Stratemann, p.293 citing New York Age 1948-08-07 p.25 Billboard 1948-07-10 p.18	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-30
1948 08 10 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 11 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 12 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 13 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 14 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 15 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 16 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 17 Tuesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 18 Wednesday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 19 Thursday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 20 Friday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 21 Saturday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 22 Sunday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 23 Monday	.			activities not documented	.
1948 08 24 Tuesday	.			activities not documented Billboard 1948-08-21 p.21 reported the band would leave for a three week tour of Canada and the eastern US this date	.
1948 08 25 Wednesday	.	Verdun, P.Q.	Verdun Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 08 26 Thursday	.	Lake Bomoseen, Vt.	The Casino	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 08 27 Friday	.	Burlington	Bay Pavilion	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 08 28 Saturday	.	Lewiston	Fairgrounds	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 08 29 Sunday	.	New London, Conn.	Danceland	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 08 30 Monday	.	Fitchburg	Whalon Park	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 08 31 Tuesday	.	Alton Bay	Pavilion	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
September 1948
1948 09 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Wendell Marshall, bass, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1948 09 02 Thursday	.	Newport, Vt.	Intern Cl	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 09 03 Friday	.	Marshfield	Sea Gate	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 09 06 Monday	.	Hartford, Conn.	Auditorium	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 09 08 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Madison Square Gardens	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 09 15 Wednesday	.	Cumberland, Md.	Maryland Theater	"Duke Ellington, genius of modern American music, brings his world famous orchestra to the stage of the Maryland Theatre, for one day only, Wednesday, Sept.15. Featured with the Ellington band of 16 will be Ray Nance, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis,vocal; Johnny Hodge (sic), Harry Carney, Junior Raglin,and Lawrence Brown,novelties." Stage show 1:40, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:30 Adults 12 to 5 All Seats 60 cents Inc.Tax 5 to Close 80 cents Inc.Tax Children Under 12 Yrs. 20 cents Inc.Tax Gallery open 11:45 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. COLORED ONLY Gallery seats - 12 to 5 50 cents - 5 to Close 60 cents - Children 20 cents	Ad and publicity photo, Cumberland Sunday Times 1948-09-12, p.25	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-11-09
1948 09 16 Thursday	1948 09 18	Reading, Penn.	Rajah Theatre	.	Stratemann p.293, citing Variety 1948-09-15p52	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 09 17 Friday	.	Reading, Penn.	Rajah Theatre	see 1948 09 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 09 18 Saturday	.	Reading, Penn.	Rajah Theatre	see 1948 09 16	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 09 20 Monday	.	Mexico, N.Y.	Oswego Theater	.	Ad, The Mexico Independent, Mexico N.Y., 1948-09-16	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-08-18
1948 09 21 Tuesday	1948 09 22 Wednesday	Batavia, N.Y.	Mancuso Theatre	.	Ad, Wyoming Reporter–Silver Springs Signal–Western New-Yorker–Wyoming County Times– Wyoming County Gazette, 1948-09-16, p.4 Plug, Picket Line Post, Mount Morris, N.Y., 1948-09-17	.	.	Vail I	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-12 2013-06-15
1948 09 22 Wednesday	. Wednesday	Batavia, N.Y.	Mancuso Theatre	see 1948 09 21	.	.	.	Vail I	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-09-12
1948 09 23 Thursday	.	Uniontown	Melody Rink	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 09 26 Sunday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Murat Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1948
1948 10 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trombonist Claude B. Jones leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1948 10 03	.	Chicago, Ill.	Pershing Ballroom	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 05 Tuesday	.	Spring Green, Wisc.	Rainbow Gardens	.	ad, LaCrosse (Wisc.) Tribune, 1948-10-03,p.14	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-08-06
1948 10 06 Wednesday	.	Winona, Minn.	Armory	Dance sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce	ad, LaCrosse (Wisc.) Tribune, 1948-10-03,p.14	.	.	.	.	Added 2012-08-06
1948 10 08 Friday 9:30 pm	1948 10 09 Saturday	Aberdeen, S.D.	Civic Arena	"Concert as of his appearance at Carnegie Hall" Northern State Teachers College "Gypsy Day" program, attended by South Dakota's governor George Mickelson and his wife. Ticket prices including tax: $2.04 and $1.74 Jack Towers in 02/3 DEMS 08/1: "I had a chat with Sonny Greer, and he told about the fine time they had in Aberdeen... Sonny told me about the big mansion they stayed in, and the fine piano they had in the building."	Publicity, Huronite & Daily Plainsman, 1948-10-03 Ad, Huronite & Daily Plainsman, 1948-10-07	.	02,3-8 02,1-11	Stratemann p.293	Sjef dec09 AGP 2013-02-12	added 2011 updated 2013-02-12
1948 10 09 Saturday 9 pm	.	Aberdeen, S.D.	Civic Arena	Northern State Teachers College "Gypsy Dance" Stratemann, citing Downbeat 1948-07-28	Ad, Huronite & Daily Plainsman, 1948-10-07	.	.	.	AGP 2013-02-12	added 2011 updated 2013-02-12
1948 10 09 Saturday	.	Aberdeen, S.D.	Civic Arena	.	.	.	.	.	Sjef dec09	2011
1948 10 11	.	Omaha, Neb.	Dreamland	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 10 15	1948 10 21	Detroit, Mich.	Paradise Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 22	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trombonist Quentin “Butter” Jackson joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-23
1948 10 22 Friday	1948 11 02 Tuesday	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington Ninth and Vee Streets N.W.	The opening date of this residency and the days off are unconfirmed. Stratemann says the gig started Oct 22 but the Oct 30 Baltimore African American says "last Friday night," which is Oct 25. Writing in Ellingtonia (June 2004), Mack Grimmond says Duke announced the club would be the band's base in his home town, and that the club folded after New Years Day.	Baltimore Afro-American30/10/48, p.B10: "According to reports, Duke is co-owner of the spot along with Benjamin Bass and Herb Sachs."	.	03,3-25 02,3-8	Nick Fernandez email 2012-01-18	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-12
1948 10 23 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 24 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 25 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 26 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 27 Wednesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 28 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 29 Friday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 30 Saturday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 10 31 Sunday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
November 1948
1948 11 01 Monday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 02 Tuesday	.	Washington, D.C.	Club Ellington	see 1948 10 22	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 03 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 04 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 05 ? Friday	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	.	.	.	.	03,3-25	.	.	2011
1948 11 06 Saturday	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	Union College	NBC-broadcast	Sound file: Duke Ellington Remote from Union College	DE4801	03,3-25	.	.	2011
1948 11 07 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 08 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 09 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 10 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 11 Thursday	.	Washington, D.C.	.	Jack Towers, in 02/3 DEMS 8/1: "In late October, l948 Duke had a 5 or 6 day event in Aberdeen, when he likely could have been preparing numbers for his Carnegie Hall concert, set for November 13, l948. Duke and the band came to Washington, DC on November l for a l0-day gig. ...The band left Washington on the morning of November 11...	.	.	02,3-8	.	.	2011
1948 11 11	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Ben Webster, tenor sax, rejoins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1948 11 12 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 13 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	.	.	DE4802	02,3-8 91,4-1 91,3-7 91,1-6 90,4-3 82,4-1 81,2-7	DE-FB149photo Vail I 340photo DE'sAphoto	.	2011
1948 11 14 Sunday	.	Camden, N.J.	Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 15 Monday	.	.	.	Date of contract B2534 between Blue Note Cafe by Frank Holzfeind, Duke Ellington Inc. and William Morris Agency to provide 15 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington to perform six days weekly, not to exceed 38 hours per week, for 2 weeks beginning March 14, 1949, with Tuesdays off.	Contract B2534, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann Stratemann p.303	.	.	.	.	added 2012-10-31
1948 11 16 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Broadwood Hotel	Described as a fiasco by Billboard in an article titled "Philly Concert Season Flop," the band played to only 900 in the 4,000 capacity ballroom.	Billboard, 1948-12-04, p.18.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-06
1948 11 17 Wednesday	.	.	.	See 1948 12 10	.	.	91,2-7 90,4-3	.	.	2011
1948 11 18 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 19 Friday	.	Newark, N.J.	Terrace Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 11 20 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 21 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 22 Monday	1948 11 27	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	DE4803	04,2-45 79,2-1	.	.	2011
1948 11 23 Tuesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	see 1948 11 22	.	DE4804	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 24 Wednesday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	see 1948 11 22	.	DE4805	04,2-29	.	.	2011
1948 11 25 Thursday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	see 1948 11 22	.	DE4805	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 26 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	see 1948 11 22	.	DE4806	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 27 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	DE4807	00,3-26 00,2-19	.	.	2011
1948 11 28 Sunday	.	White Plains	Country Cen	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 11 29 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 11 30 Tuesday	.	Oil City, Penn.	Hasson Heights Recreation Center	Dance, sponsored by Friendship League of America, Inc. Ticket prices - advance $1.85 door $2.20	Friendship League ad, Oil City Derrick, 1948-11-24 Ad, The Blizzard 1948-11-23, p.4 Friendship League ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-25 Swanson's store ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-27 Swanson's store ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-30	.	.	.	AGP 2013-02-13	added 2013-02-13
December 1948
1948 12 00	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	.	Undated AFRS Radio Transcription recording session for 16 inch AFRS record “Here's to Veterans” (never issued) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Hemphill, Killian, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler, Davis Titles recorded: Take The "A" Train C-Jam Blues Brown Betty Blue Skies	.	DE4809	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-12
1948 12 01 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 02 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 03 Friday	.	Wilberforce	Jones Auditorium	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 12 04 Saturday	.	Cleveland, Oh.	Music Hall	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1948 12 05 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 06 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 07< Tuesday/td>	.	Pittsburgh, Penn.	Syria Mosque	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 08 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 09 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 10 Friday	.	Ithaca, N.Y.	Cornell University	.	.	DE4808	97,2-24 96,2-11 91,2-7 91,1-6 90,4-3 90,1-8 89,1-9 88,3-6 80,2-4	.	.	2011
1948 12 11 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 12 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 13 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 14 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 15 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 16 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 17 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 18 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 19 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 20 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 21 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 22 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 23 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1948 12 24 Friday	1948 12 30	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 25 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 12 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 26 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 12 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 27 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 12 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 28 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 12 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 29 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	See 1948 12 24 WMCA broadcst (Cotton Tail and Dancers in Love)	.	DE4810	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-12
1948 12 30 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater	see 1948 12 24	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1948 12 31 Friday	.			activity not documented	.

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1949

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
January 1949
1949 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Fred Guy leaves the band in mid January. Ellington does not replace him.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1949 01 01 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 02 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 03 Monday	1949 01 09	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 04 Tuesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 05 Wednesday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 06 Thursday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 07 Friday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 08 Saturday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 09 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	see 1949 01 03	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 10 Monday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Graystone Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 01 11 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 12 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 13 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 14 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 15 Saturday	.	Peoria, Ill.	Labor Temple Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 01 16 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Civic Opera H	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Al Sears leaves the band in mid-January				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1949 01 17 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 18 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 19 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 20 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 21 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 22 Saturday	.	Boulder, Col.	University of Colorado	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 01 23 Sunday	.	Bridgeport, Conn.	.	Peripheral event Singer Al Hibbler married Jeanette McAden. According to the New York Age, "Duke Ellington, playing an engagement in Denver, Colo. phoned his regrets on being unable to attend..."				New York Age 1949-01-19 1949-01-22 1949-02-05, p.10 Amsterdam News, New York, 1949-01-29. p.25	djp,N.Fernandes.	Added 2013-04-09
1949 01 23 Sunday	.			activities not documented possibly in Denver (see 'peripheral event' for this day)	.
1949 01 24 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 25 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 26 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 27 Thursday	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Shrine Auditorium	Concert "DUKE ELLINGTON will have his world famed 20 piece band tonight at the Shrine Auditorium for a concert of the composer's own works. Featured artists will include Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, and Kay Davis." GETTIN' THE NEWS FROM G. G.! There'll be a flock on hand to see the greatest of all "Duke Ellington" and his 20-piece band at the Shrine tonight, when Gene Norman presented his "Just Jazz""	California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16	.	.	Stratemann, p.294 citing Variety 1949-02-02, p.37	.	added 2011 updated 2012-08-17
1949 01 27 Thursday	.	.	.	Peripheral event DUKE ELLINGTON ONLY SEPIA ARTIST ON MICROGROOVES NEW YORK (CNS)—Duke Ellington is the sole Negro artist on Columbia's new microgroove records, better known as LPs (long playing) for an entire symphony which can be played from one side with only a special attachment to your phonograph. This Ellington number is called "Mood Ellington" and is complete on two sides with many of the Duke's more famous melodies. Source: California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16			djp	Added 2012-08-17
1949 01 28 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 01 29 Saturday	.	Long Beach, Cal.	Municipal Auditorium	2 ¹/2 hour concert Tickets priced from $1.20 to $3.60	Ads, publicity and review, Long Beach Press Telegram 1949-01-12, p.B-7 1949-01-25 1949-01-27 1949-01-29 1949-01-30 1949-01-31	.	.	.	AGP	added 2013-02-12
1949 01 30 Sunday	.	San Francisco, Cal.	Opera House	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 01 31 Monday 4:30 pm	.	Oakland, Cal.	Capwell's Record Shop 4^th Floor	Ellington made a personal appearance at Capwell's "to sign your Columbia platters".	Ad, Oakland Tribune, 1949-01-30	.	.	.	AGP	added 2013-02-12
1949 01 31 Monday	.	Oakland, Cal.	Auditorium	"Duke Ellington attracted 5,500 people to an Auditorium dance."	Oakland Tribune, 1949-02-06, p.27	.	.	.	djp?	added 2011 updated 2012-08-20
February 1949
1949 02 01	1949 02 20	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	.	06,2-40	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	ABC broadcast	.	DE4901	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	ABC broadcast	.	DE4902	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4903	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4906	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4907	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4908	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 00	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4909	07,1-46 05,3-36 05,2-31 03,3-21+25 80,1-4	.	.	2011
1949 02 06	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4902	91,4-1 82,2-7 80,1-4 79,5-3	.	.	2011
1949 02 09	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4904	82,2-7 80,1-4	.	.	2011
1949 02 10	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Hollywood Empire	.	.	DE4905	07,1-46 03,3-21 80,1-4	.	.	2011
1949 02 16	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	“Symphony In Swing” audio recording	.	DE4910	94,2-8 94,1-3 94,1-2	.	.	2011
1949 02 18	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	.	Filming "Symphony In Swing" “Shooting Call”	.	.	94,1-2	Stratemann 295 Strat298+photos Vail I 344photos	.	2011
1949 02 21	.	Long Beach, Cal.	Auditorium	.	Stratemann p.303	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 02 22	1949 02 28	Los Angeles, Cal.	Million Dollar Theater	.	Stratemann p.303	.	.	.	.	2011
March 1949
1949 03 02 Wednesday	.	Albuquerque, N.M.	.	Likely a dance; a "day of" preview in the March 4 Amarillo Daily News puts the band in Albuquerque the evening of March 2.	Amarillo Daily News, 1949-03-04	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-08-17
1949 03 03 Thursday	1949 03 04 Friday	Amarillo, Tex.	.	Arrival March 3 from Albuquerque (where the band performed Wednesday night)...	Amarillo Daily News, Preview, 1949-03-04	.	.	.	djp, agp	added 2012-08-17
1949 03 04 Friday 9 pm	.	Amarillo, Tex.	The Natatorium ("The Nat")	Concert "THE DUKE A HIT ELLINGTON'S MAGIC MUSIC KEEPS FANS BUNCHED AT THE STAND The Ellington appearance at the dance last night took on something of the atmosphere of a concert. Couples would start dancing and somehow before the number was half over they drifted up to the bandstand until only a half dozen or so were left dancing. Then the orchestra would start a fast-rhythm number and the audience would start dancing again. But the interest in technique always won out, and eventually the crowd would be at the bandstand again. The lower floor of the Nat was filled to capacity and the upstairs was comfortably filled...(clothing described)... Music for the evening included everything from Danny Boy to the hottest boogie-woogie, all performed in the inimitable Ellington Style. With Ellington astuteness, solos were cleverly fitted to the particular numbers. Junior Raglin, conspicuously placed, was an eye-and-ear full with his brass (sic) fiddle..."	Amarillo Daily News, Preview, 1949-02-27 Preview, 1949-03-04 Preview, 1949-02-25,p.21 Review, 1949-03-05 Preview, 1949-02-18, p.21 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, 1949-02-27, p.23	.	.	.	djp, agp	added 2012-08-17
1949 03 05 Saturday	.	Los Alamos, N.M.	Community Hall	Concert?	Santa Fe New Mexican, 1949-03-06, referring to a concert last night.	.	.	.	agp	added 2012-08-17
1949 03 06 Sunday	.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	.	"Dominic Vietta and Wayne Tolen, who attend East Central State college, spent the weekend in Oklahoma City where they attended a performance given by Duke Ellington and his orchestra." Whether this was Saturday or Sunday has not been confirmed, but Saturday is unlikely given that we have confirmed an appearance in Los Alamos that day.	Ada (Oklahoma) Evening News, 1949-03-10.p.3	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-08-17
1949 03 11	.	Los Angeles, Cal.	Shrine Auditorium	Unlikely to have occurred - this would have meant backtracking from New Mexico and Oklahoma before going to Chicago. According to Stratemann, the board of the Shrine Auditorium decided Ellington's January 27 concert would be the last jazz concert presented there due to the rowdiness of jazz audiences.	Stratemann p.303	.	.	.	.	2011 updated 2012-08-17
1949 03 13 Sunday	.	Decatur, Ill.	.	Concert 'Mrs. Irene McCormick, son, Jack, and Bob Beall attended the Duke Ellington concert in Decatur Sunday evening.'	The Daily Journal Gazette and Commercial Star, Mattoon, Ill, 1949-03-14 p.6	.	.	.	djp	added 2013-04-16
1949 03 14 Monday	1949 03 27 Sunday	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe 56 W. Madison St.	Two week engagement, with 15 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington to perform 6 days weekly according to club policy, not to exceed 38 hours per week, with Tuesdays off; $5,000/week	Contract B2534, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann Stratemann p.303	.	.	Timner corrections -4/33	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 15 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	day off	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 16 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 17 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 18 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 19 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 20 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 21 Monday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 22 Tuesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	day off	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 23 Wednesday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 24 Thursday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 25 Friday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 26 Saturday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 27 Sunday	.	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe	see 1949 03 14	.	.	.	.	.	updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 00	.	Chicago, Ill.	Two Ton Baker's home	Ellington played piano and spoke or sang on tape at a private party	.	DE4911	NDCS (DEMS 02,2-27) 01,3-21	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-31
1949 03 31 Thursday	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Armory	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
April 1949
1949 04 02 Saturday	.	West Lafayette, Ind.	Purdue University	The Kokomo Tribune reported "Mr.and Mrs.Roy Donica, Mr.and Mrs.Charles Helvig and Mr.and Mrs.Willard W.Clayton will go to Lafayette Saturday night to attend the Duke Ellington orchestra program at Purdue university."	Kokomo (Ind.)Tribune 1949-04-02 p.7	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2012-10-31
1949 04 08 Friday	1949 04 14	Cincinnati, Oh.	State Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 04 16 Saturday	.	Detroit, Mich.	Masonic Temple	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 04 17 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 04 20	1949 05 10	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	"Duke and his band, along with the croon-swooner Billy Eckstein, just completed engagement at N. York's Paramount Theater."(3)	Ad, New York Age 1949-04-23,p.7 2.Vail I 347 photo 3."Candid Comments," California Eagle, 1949-04-28	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 20	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 20 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 21 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	National Guard Armory Fifth Ave. & 142nd St.	"Duke Ellington to Play For Scholarship Dance" "...will be playing his first Harlem dance engagement in recent years, and in aid of education, when he appears under the auspices of the A.C.Powell Sr.Fund,Inc., at the National Guard Armory, ...on Friday evening April 22.	New York Age,1949-04-23, p.7.	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 22 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 23 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 24 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 25 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 26 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 27 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 28	.	.	.	Date of contract between Jack Holzstein, Duke Ellington, Inc. and William Morris Agency to provide 17 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington, not to exceed 38 hours per week, to the Blue Note Cafe for 3 weeks beginning October 17, 1949 at $5,000/week.	Contract B-1 1452, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann	.	.	.	.	added 2012-10-31
1949 04 28 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 29 Friday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	"Adventures In Jazz"	.	DE4912	.	.	.	2011
1949 04 29 Friday Ellington's birthday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 04 30 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
May 1949
1949 05 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Charlie Rouse, tenor sax, born 1924, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1949 05 01 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 02	.	New York, N.Y.	.	“Herb Shriner Show”	.	DE4913	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 02 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 03 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 04 Wednesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 05 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 06 Friday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 07 Saturday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 08 Sunday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 09 Monday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 10 Tuesday	.	New York, N.Y.	Paramount Theater Times Square	Theatre show - see 1949-04-20	.	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-11-03
1949 05 13	.	Gettysburg	University	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 14	.	New Castle	Cathedral H.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 15	.	Clairton	Downbeat Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 16	.	Morgantown	Metropolitain	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 17	.	.	.	Ben Webster Departure	.	.	04,3-31	.	.	2011
1949 05 18	.	Chester	Stanley Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 19	.	Trenton	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 20	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Jimmy Forest, tenor sax, joins the band. He is later credited with composing “Night Train,” which is based on one of Ellington’s “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” themes.			New Desor vol.2	DEMS 04,3-31	Hoefsmit, djp	added 2011 updated 2012-10-11
1949 05 20	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Temple Uni	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 21	.	New York, N.Y.	13th Reg Armory	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 23	.	Belleville (Can)	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 24	.	Hamilton (Can)	Armouries	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 25	.	Toronto, Ont.	Massey Hall	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 26	.	Sudbury	Capitol Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 27	.	Sault Ste Marie	Memor.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 28	.	North Bay	Memorial Gard	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 29	.	Noranda	Arena	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 05 30	.	Schumacher	Mcintyre Ar	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
June 1949
1949 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Francis Williams leaves the band. He will record with the band three times in the 1950s.				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1949 06 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Trumpeter Nelson “Cadillac” Williams, born 1917, joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-25
1949 06 02	.	London, Ont.	Grand Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 06 03	.	Guelph, Ont.	Memorial Gard	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 06 04	.	Peterborough, Ont.	Aragon	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 06 06	.	Detroit, Mich.	AAU Club	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 06 09	.	Wilberforce, Oh.	Wilberforce University	Ellington was awarded his second Doctorate of Music	.	.	94,2-9	.	.	2011
1949 06 10	.	Indianapolis, Ind.	Sunset Terr	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 06 11	.	Toledo, Oh.	Naval Armory	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 06 15 Wednesday 9 pm - 1 am	.	Windsor, Ont.	Windsor Arena	Dance Tickets $1.50	Ad, Windsor Daily Star, 1949-06-15 p.2	.	.	Vail I	.	added 2011 updated 2013-06-15
1949 06 18	.	South Bend	.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 06 19	.	Peoria, Ill.	Ing Ballroom	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 06 21	.	Madison	Orpheum Theatre	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 06 22 Wednesday	.	Racine, Wisc.	Warner Bros. Venetian Theater 505 Main St.	Stage show - 3 performances, 3:30, 6:35 and 9:40 "ONE DAY ONLY! ON the STAGE DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA In Person! Tickets were "our regular prices" of 50 cents until 2 pm and 65 cents after, children all day were 14 cents."	Racine Sunday Bulletin, 1949-06-19, p.5 Racine Journal-Times 1949-06-20 p.15 1949-06-21 p.15 1949-06-22 p.21	.	.	.	djp	added 2012-08-20
1949 06 23	1949 06 29	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Riverside Th	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
July 1949
1949 07 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Shelton Hemphill leaves the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-12
1949 07 01	1949 07 07	Chicago, Ill.	Regal Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 07 10	.	Chicago, Ill.	.	Telecast “Garroway At Large”	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 07 15	.	.	Johnny Hodges Rec Date	.	.	.	01,3-18	.	.	2011
1949 07 25	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Robin Hood Dell Fairmount Park	Joint outdoor concert with the Philadephia Orchestra and Sarah Vaughan, in which Ellington introduced his first hybrid arrangements for band and symphony with Grand Slam Jam (later renamed Non-Violent Integration). The New York Age reported: "Sarah Vaughan... scored the most illustrious triumph of her meteoric career as she captivated a crowd of more than 15,000 persons in an epic concert in historic Robin Hood Dell with the combined backing of the 100-piece Philadelphia Symphone Orchestra and Duke Ellington's band...With 118 musicians, the combined forces of the Philadelphia Symphony and the Ellington band, setting the musical background for her, Miss Vaughan electrified the 15,000 spectators as she rendered popular favorites..."	New York Age, 1949-08-06, p.19	.	09,2-5 05,3-33 00,3-12	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2012-08-28
1949 07 29	.	Providence, R.I.	Rhode Island Arcadia	.	.	.	.	Vail I CAHoct11 ad	.	2011
1949 07 30	.	Shrewsbury, Ma	Sun Valley	.	.	.	.	Vail I CAHoct11 ad	.	2011
August 1949
1949 08 00	.	.	.	PERSONNEL CHANGE Vocalist Lu Elliott joins the band				New Desor vol.2	djp	Added 2012-10-11
1949 08 01	.	Fitchburg	Whalom Park	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 08 02	.	Revere Beach	Red Roof	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 08 04	.	Old Orchard	Orchard Pier	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 08 07	.	Annapolis	Sparrow's B.	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 08 12	1949 08 18	Somer's Point	Gateway	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 08 16	.	.	.	Johnny Hodges recording date	.	.	01,3-18	.	.	2011
1949 08 19	1949 08 25	Washington, D.C.	Howard Theatre	.	.	.	.	Vail I	.	2011
1949 08 26	1949 08 31	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 08 31	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	DE4914	.	.	.	2011
September 1949
1949 09 00	.	.	.	Peripheral event During the first week of September, Ellington, obtained his release from the William Morris Agency, and would be represented by Cress Courtney, formerly head of Willaim Morris' band division, until Ellington signed up with Joe Glaser's ABC in 1951.				Stratemann, p.304	djp	Added 2013-02-07
1949 09 01 Thursday	.	New York, N.Y.	.	CBS recording session,	.	DE4915	11,2-11 07,3-44 07,2-24 03,2-24 81,4-3	Timner corrections	.	2011
1949 09 01 Thursday	1949 09 03	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 02 Friday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	DE4916	.	Timner corrections	.	2011
1949 09 03 Saturday	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	The Click	.	.	DE4917	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 04 Sunday	.	Buffalo, N.Y.	Memorial Auditorium	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 05 Monday<	1949 09 07	Toronto, Ont.	Canadian National Exposition	.	Billboard 1949-09-03 p.43	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1949 09 06 Tuesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Canadian National Exposition	see 1949 09 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 07 Wednesday	.	Toronto, Ont.	Canadian National Exposition	see 1949 09 05	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 08 Thursday	.	Sudbury, Ont.	Danceland	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 06 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 07 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 08 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 09 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 10 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 11 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 12 Monday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 13 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 09 14 Wednesday 8 pm to 4 am	1949 10 10	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	Club residency, Mondays off (Bop City closed on Mondays). The Ellington orchestra shared the residency with singer Savannah Churchill and with the Red Norvo Sextet. Bop City was the site of the old Paradise, Hurricane, Zanibar, Vanity Fair, and Harem clubs. The location became the Paradise again in 1950, but closed soon after. Newcomers to the band were tenorist Jimmy Forest and vocalist Lu Elliott who joined the band in August. Admission 98 cents including tax.	Stratemann, p. 305 Unsourced advertisement reproduced in Vail, Vol.I, Sept 1949	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1949 09 15 Thursday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 16 Friday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 17 Saturday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 18 Sunday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 19 Monday	.			Bop City closed on Mondays activities not documented	.
1949 09 20 Tuesday 8 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	NBC television network's Texaco Star Theater program “The Milton Berle Show,” Personal appearance by Duke, who played his medley, "customarily referred to in the contemporary press as 'And then I wrote...'"	Stratemann, p.305, citing Variety 1949-09-28 p 29	DE4918	90,1-8 89,4-1	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1949 09 20 Tuesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 21 Wednesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 22 Thursday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 23 Friday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 24 Saturday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 25 Sunday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 26 Monday	.			Day off from Bop City activities not documented	.
1949 09 27 Tuesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 28 Wednesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 29 Thursday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 09 30 Friday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
October 1949
1949 10 01 Saturday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 02 Sunday 7:30 pm	.	New York, N.Y.	.	CBS television show “This Is Show Business” Ellington made a personal appearance, performing "a specialty with the show's Henry Sylvern orchestra." Other guests were a singer and her husband/bandleader and a comedian and the guests were to present a special "problem" to an expert panel. Ellington's problem concerned bad night club business and high band salaries. Stratemann's description suggests he just got a sarcastic response from a panelist.	Stratemann, p.305, citing Variety 1949-10-05 p.49	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-02-07
1949 10 02 Sunday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 03 Monday	.			Bop City closed on Mondays activities not documented	.
1949 10 04 Tuesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 05 Wednesday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 06 Thursday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 07 Friday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 08 Saturday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 09 Sunday 8 pm - 4 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Bop City	Last night of residency - see 1949 09 14	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 10 10 Monday	.			Bop City was closed Mondays. activities not documented	.
1949 10 11 Tuesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 12 Wednesday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 13 Thursday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 14 Friday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 15 Saturday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 16 Sunday	.			activity not documented	.
1949 10 17	1949 10 31	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe 56 W. Madison St.	.	.	.	.	Vail I 353photo	.	2011
November 1949
1949 11 01	1949 11 06	Chicago, Ill.	Blue Note Cafe 56 W. Madison St.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 07	1949 11 09	Youngstown	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 10	1949 11 13	Toledo, Oh.	Paramount Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 15	1949 11 17	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's A Fabian Theater	Starts today, 3 days only ON THE STAGE - IN PERSON AMERICA'S FOREMOST MODERN COMPOSER WITH HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA AND A HOST OF SOLOISTS AND SPECIALTY ACTS. MUSIC! SONGS! COMEDY! The Duke and his group will present 3 shows each day.	Schenectady Gazette, 1949-11-03 p.28 1949-11-15, p.11 .	.	.	.	djp	added 2011 updated 2013-06-11
1949 11 16	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's	Stage show - see 1949 11 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 17	.	Schenectady, N.Y.	Proctor's	Stage show - see 1949 11 15	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 18	1949 11 24	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 23	.	Philadelphia, Penn.	Earle Theater	.	.	DE4919	.	.	.	2011
1949 11 25	1949 11 30	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
December 1949
1949 12 01	.	New York, N.Y.	Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 02	.	Amherst	University	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 03	.	Newark, N.J.	Terrace Gardens	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 05	.	Jamestown	Palace Theater	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 06	1949 12 08	Utica, N.Y.	Stanley Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 19	1949 12 25	Buffalo, N.Y.	Town Casino	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 22	.	New York, N.Y.	CBS recording session,	.	.	DE4920	05,1-32 03,2-24	.	.	2011
1949 12 24	.	New York, N.Y.	Carnegie Hall	false date	.	.	98,4-9	.	.	2011
1949 12 26	1949 12 28	Reading, Penn.	Rajah Theatre	.	.	.	.	.	.	2011
1949 12 28	.	.	.	Peripheral event Ivy Anderson died, age 45.			AP wirestory in The Kingston Daily Freeman, 1949-12-29	djp	Added 2012-09-10
1949 12 28	.	Reading, Penn.	Berkshire Contry Club	preview+review	.	.	.	.	Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11	2011
1949 12 31 Saturday 11 pm to 6 am	.	New York, N.Y.	Rockland Palace 280 W. 55th St.	New Years Eve Breakfast Dance Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra with Vocalists Kay Davis and Al Hibbler Others on the bill were Artie Suggs and his Orchestra, and Audrey Armstong, the exotic dancer Admission $2.50 at door, $2.00 in advance. Tables $5.00 and boxes $10 and $12	Stratemann, p.305 with reproduced, unattributed advertisement	.	.	.	.	added 2011 updated 2013-04-08

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September 1927

October 1927

The Duke Ellington Chronicle
or
The Duke – Where and When