[78-L] EFHJREM

[David Lennick]

David Weiner wrote:
> The Duke version sounds like a school band playing it at a safe tempo, 
> so as to avoid mistakes and to impress the parents!
> 
>       Julian Vein
> __________ 
> I love both band versions - and there are alternate takes of both, as well -
> James did the first take in NY and the second a week later in LA, if memory
> serves and there are a lot of small differences between them, right from
> Allan Reuss' intro.  Both are fine, though.  An alternate of the Duke turned
> up on the 24-CD RCA Centennial box, and it's pretty sloppy compared to the
> issued take. 
> 
> Dave W. 
> 
I should know the answer to this but I'm not near the material or references. 
Did Ellington record the song for World Transcriptions?

dl