[78-L] Duke Records (c1945 label) questions

[Philip Fukuda]

Julian,
Thanks for information on the Freddie Green session for Duke. I wonder if that was his first session as a leader. Anyhoo, I'll add those to the list of Duke 78s. So far, that makes a potential total of only 6 issues.

Philip

> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:24:09 +0100
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Duke Records (c1945 label) questions
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> On 10/04/13 03:45, Philip Fukuda wrote:
> > I've been looking for some information on the mid-1940s
> jazz label, Duke. Most of the information online redirects
> to the 1950s R&B label.
> >
> > My questions are a) how many issues were there and b)
> what was the relationship (if any) to the Cosmo label?
> >
> > Here's the scanty amount of information I've uncovered
> s far:
> >
> > I've seen an advertisement in Billboard, May 19, 1945:
> >
> > Duke Record Company, 769 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn 12,
> NY lists records 110, 112
> >
> > An LP (Xanadu 208) says that Bob Shad may have produced
> the sessions.
> >
> > Here is the discographical information from Lord,
> supplemented with some additional sleuthing:
> >
> > Trummie Young & his Lucky Seven (rec NYC 5/2/1945)
> > Trummy Young, Buck Clayton, Ike Quebec, Kenny Kersey,
> Slam Stewart,  Lord Byron (Mike Bryan), Jimmy
> Crawford.
> > DU4900A    Good 'N' Groovy (Quebec) Duke
> 110
> > DU4901A    I'm Living For Today - vTY
> (Trummie Young) Duke 110
> > DU-4900-B    Rattle And Roll (Clayton)
> Duke 111 (also issued on Cosmo JS-901)
> > DU-4901-B    Behind The Eight Bar
> (Kersey) Duke 111 (also issued on Cosmo JS-901)
> >
> > Frankie Socolow and his Duke Quintette (rec NYC
> 5/2/1945)
> > Freddie Webster, Frank Socolow, Bud Powell, Leonard
> Gaskin, Irv Kluger. May 2, 1945.
> > DU4903    The Man I Love (Gershwin) Duke
> 112
> > DU4905    Reverse The Charges (F.
> Webster) Duke 112
> > unknown mx    September In The Rain
> (Warren-Dubin) Duke 115 (single-sided)
> > unknown mx    Blue Fantasy (unissued)
> >
> > I've seen Duke 110 and 112, but none of the others. Was
> Duke 111 issued at all? It turns up on Cosmo.
> >
> > It seems odd that Duke 115 would have been issued as a
> single-sided record. That sounds more like a test pressing
> to me.
> >
> > Philip
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> There's also this session:
> 
> Freddie Green And His Kansas City Seven:
> Buck Clayton (tp) Dicky Wells (tb) Lucky Thompson (ts) Sammy
> Benskin (p) 
> Freddie Green (g) Al Hall (b) Shadow Wilson (d) Sylvia Sims
> (vcl)
> New York, May 7, 1945
> du4907    I'm in the mood for love   
> Duke 113, Elsa (Nor)EP1, Swingtime 
> (It)ST1005,
>          Classics (F)968 [CD]
> du4909    Sugar hips    Duke 113, Elsa
> (Nor)EP1, Swingtime (It)ST1005,
>          Classics (F)968 [CD],
> Musica Jazz
>          (It)MJCD1103 [CD]
>      Get lucky    Duke 114
>      I'll never be the same   
>     -
> Note: Rodney Richardson is usually listed as the bass player
> for the 
> above session but Duke 113 shows Al Hall on the label and
> there seems no 
> reason to doubt this.
> Classics (F)968 [CD] titled "Buck Clayton 1945-1947"; rest
> of CD by Buck 
> Clayton, J.C Heard, Canada Lee.
> 
>       Julian Vein