[Dixielandjazz] Check out my band playing Ellington's Awful Sad!

[Madison T]

Bill! What sleuthing! Man id love to hear that Ted Steele version. Ill just
have to keep an eye out for the actual record i suppose

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 4:55 PM Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

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>
> Madison T <maditayl at gmail.com> wrote )in part):
> ...Thanks so much for the compliments. I'm so glad to be a part of this
> email list...Hear i thought Awful Sad was a super unknown tune. I'm also
> really interested in hearing that second redemption by Ellington's band.
> So, Bill, when you say it is unreleased, do you mean there is no version
> out there to listen to?
>
>
> Dear Madison,
> Unfortunately, no.
> If the rejected master of the 4 December 1933 Ellington rendition had been
> in the Victor vaults, it would almost certainly have appeared on LP or CD
> by now.
>
> I have also located another version of the tune recorded for Decca on 16
> October 1940 by pianist/organist Ted Steele and His Novatones for a 5-disc
> 78 album of Ellington tunes titled 'Mood Indigo'.
>
> https://www.discogs.com/Ted-Steele-And-His-Novatones-Mood-Indigo/release/10599053
> I have found four mp3s of sides from the album, but not "Awful Sad".
>
>
>
> Good hunting. Someone on the DJML must have it.
>
>  Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> I started the "pianoless" discussion by stating that it was strange to
> hear a pianoless version of an Ellington number.  What I meant had nothing
> to so with solos, but rather with pianoless rhythm sections.
>
>
> Dear Marek,
> Did you mean to imply that Ellington did not play on his recording of
> "Awful Sad"?
> If so, I agree. I have listened to it a few times times now and these
> worn-out old ears can't hear a piano in the rhythm section. Not a note.
> Try this clean youtube version:
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KulflBW4APE
>
> Cheers to both of you,
> Bill.
>
>
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