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Bass

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Collection Creator
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Duke Ellington Collection
Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.3: Sidemen's Books
Sponsor
Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Container
Box 466, Folder 1-2
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270. Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by: Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
Scope and Contents note
Index to Bass Titles (partial) 'At's In There -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #319 3 O'Clock Jump -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #167; also known as Three O'Clock Jump All Too Soon -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn); Set #92 All Too Soon -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Apple Blossoms In The Rain -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #342 Apres La Guerre -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #337 April In Paris -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #72 Are You Stickin' ? -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #79 As Long As I Live -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #392 At Last -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #771 Azalea -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #258 Barzallei Lou -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #12; verso Someone (Rab) BEAUTIFUL INDIANS - 'Watha -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #249; Hiawatha BEGGAR'S HOLIDAY - Brown Penny -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #182 BEGGAR'S HOLIDAY - Take Love Easy -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #270 BEGGAR'S HOLIDAY - W.W.W. -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #226; also known as W-W-W BEGGAR'S HOLIDAY - When I Walk With You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #234 Begin The Beguine -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #391 BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE - Cream -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE - Sand -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington) BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE - Symphonette -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #17 Blues -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Boogie Bop Blue -- Copyist: Unknown; see also Basso Mo Thundo C Jam Blues -- Copyist: JB (Joe Benjamin); Set #2; verso Old Feeling (Barney) C.E. Jones -- Copyist: Unknown; also known as Jones C-20 -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) C-3 -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington) C-7 -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Carne-y-val In Rhythm -- Copyist: Unknown Carnival In Rhythm -- Copyist: BF Clarinade -- Copyist: pub Conga Brava -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #44 DEEP SOUTH SUITE - Sultry Sunset -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #217; also known as Sultry Sun DEEP SOUTH SUITE - Sultry Sunset -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #260; also known as Sultry Sun Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn) Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #104 Don't Fence Me In -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Down By -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn); Set #335 Eagle And Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) East St. Louis Toodle-oo -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #185 Echoes Of Harlem -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #184 Falling Leaves -- Copyist: Unknown Fishin' For The Moon -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #379 Fly -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Frisky -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Ghost Of A Chance -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Ghost Of Love -- Copyist: MLW (Mary Lou Williams); Set #321 GI Jive -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #322 Going My Way -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #40 Golden Feather -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #179; verso I Didn't Know (Hard) Gone With The Blues -- Copyist: Unknown Guilty -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Gypsy Sweetheart -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #374 Hearts Are Made To Be Broken -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); also known as To Be Broken Hello My Love-Goodbye -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Hip Chic -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Homesick, That's All -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #362 Honky Tonk Donkey -- Copyist: GS Hot Canary -- Copyist: Unknown How Blue The Night -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #339 How Deep Is The Ocean -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #368 I Can't Begin To Tell You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #401; also known as Can't Begin I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #316; also known as Can't Believe I Kiss Your Hand Madame -- Copyist: JB (Joe Benjamin); Set #81 I Loves You -- Copyist: Unknown I Should Care -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #347 I'd Do It All Over -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #365 I'll Be Home For A Little While -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #339 I'll Be Seeing You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) I'll Be Walking With My Honey (Soon, Soon, Soon) -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #364; also known as Walkin' With My Honey I'll Be Yours -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #371 I'll Get By -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #328 I'm Beginning To See The Light -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #154 If You Don't -- Copyist: Unknown Interlude -- Copyist: JB (Joe Benjamin) Irish Lullaby -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) It Had To Be You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) It's A Cinch I'm In Love -- Copyist: MLW (Mary Lou Williams); also known as Cinch I'm In Love It's Monday Every Day -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #261; also known as Monday Every Day It's Only Account Of You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #389 Jealous -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #398 JUMP FOR JOY - Jump For Joy -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) JUMP FOR JOY - Subtle Slough -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Set #278; Subtle Slough verso Tonight I Shall Sleep With A Smile On My Face; see also Just Squeeze Me Koko -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #68 Last Summer -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Last Time I Saw You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #378 Let The Zoomers Drool -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #124; also known as L.T.Z.D. Lily Belle -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #363 Linger Awhile -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #151 Little Brown Bear -- Copyist: Unknown; also known as Futsy Wutsy Long Ago And Far Away -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn); Set #338 Long, Strong And Consecutive -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Louise -- Copyist: FW (Freddie Williams) Love Letters -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #360 Love You Madly -- Copyist: JB (Joe Benjamin); also known as Madly Lush Life -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #290; also known as L.L. M.I.H. -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Mad -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #231 Magenta Mist -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #182 Makes Me Know -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #277 March Medley -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Medley -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); verso Falling Leaves (Bass) Million Dollar Baby -- Copyist: Unknown Minor Goes Muggin' -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #380 Mirumba -- ? Copyist: ME (Mercer Ellington) Mode, The -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Mood For Coot -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Mood-Soph Medley -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Moon Mist -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington); Set #13 More I See You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #337; also known as More I Miss You MURDER AT THE VANITIES - Symphonie -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #396 My Heart Tells Me -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #340 My Little Brown Book -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn); Set #28; also known as Little Brown Book My Melancholy Baby -- Copyist: FW (Freddie Williams); also known as Melancholy Baby N.W. I -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) New One (Drag) -- ? Copyist: JH (Jimmy Hamilton) NEW WORLD A COMIN' -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #147 Night And Day -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn); Set #326 No Love, No Nothing -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #325 Nobody Knows -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #146 Now I Know -- Copyist: OH; Set #333 NYC Blues -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #90 Old King Dooji -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #73 On A Turquoise Cloud -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #75; also known as Turquoise On The Atcheson, Topeka And Santa Fe -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #369 Once Upon A Dream -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #171 Otto Make That Riff Staccato -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #90 Out Of This World -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #352 Overture To A Jam Session -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #223 Palisades -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Violet verso Palisades Pass Me By -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #403 Passe -- Copyist: Unknown; see LN PERFUME SUITE - Strange -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #142 PERFUME SUITE - Streamers -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Plea -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn) Portrait Of Bert Williams -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #75 Prelude In C# Minor -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #119 Prisoner Of Love -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Put -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #272 R.R. -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #250 R.W. 2 -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Rain In Your Eyes -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #43 Ray Nance -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Reconversion Is On The Go -- Copyist: MJ Reconversion -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #171 Reminiscing In Tempo -- Copyist: DE/JT (Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol); Set #140 Rhumba -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #158 Rose Of The Rio Grande -- Copyist: JB (Joe Benjamin); Set #53; also known as Rio Grande Rugged Romeo -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #183/225 S.S. -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #218; also known as Golden Cress S.S.S. -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington); Set #18; also known as Swing Shifter's Swing; Golden Cress Saffron -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn) San Fernando Valley -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #306 Sargeant Was Shy -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington); Set #46 Save Me A Dream -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Sentimental Journey -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #353; also known as Voyage Sentimentale Sentimental Lady -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington); Set #19 Showboat Medley -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Sig -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Since You Went Away -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #344 Singing My Song -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) So Little Time -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #343 So They Tell Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Someone To Watch Over Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #188 Sono -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #170 Sophisticated Lady -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) South America -- Copyist: RT Speak Low -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #336 Stop -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #102 Strike Up The Band -- Copyist: Unknown String Along -- Copyist: DE (Duke Ellington); Set #64 Stroller -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol) Suburbanite -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #248; see Toby in Miscellaneous SUITE THURSDAY - Schwiephthy -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); also known as Schweiphti Sultry Serenade -- Copyist: Unknown Sunday Kind Of Love -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Swanee -- Copyist: Unknown Sweet Duke -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #66; also known as Entre Y Sweet Georgia Brown -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #88; see ? Swingdom -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #165 Tadd Dameron -- Copyist: Unknown; also known as Todd Dameron; Dameron, Todd Taking A Chance On Love -- Copyist: DR Tell It To A Star -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #369 That Old Black Magic -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #384; also known as Black Magic That's For Me -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #387 There's No You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #306 These Foolish Things -- Copyist: LL; Set #171 Things You Miss -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) This I Love Above All -- Copyist: FW (Freddie Williams); Set #316 This Is Always -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) TONAL GROUP - Mellow Ditty -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #180 Tonight I Shall Sleep With A Smile On My Face -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #31 TOOT SUITE -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); JAZZ FESTIVAL JAZZ Tootin' Through The Roof -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #58 Tout A Coup aka All At Once -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #340 Transblucency -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #157 Trees -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #291 Triple Play -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #81 AFRO-EURASIAN ECLIPSE - True -- Copyist: FW (Freddie Williams); Set #309 Trumpet In Spades -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #111 Turtle -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Tutti Rooti Booti -- Copyist: Unknown Until It Happens To Me -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #304; also known as To Me Violet Blue -- Copyist: BS (Billy Strayhorn) Violet Blue -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #215 W.C. -- Copyist: MLW (Mary Lou Williams) W.R. -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #170 Waitin' For The Train To Come In -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #386 We're Together Again -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); also known as Together Again Where Or When -- Copyist: JT (Juan Tizol); Set #318 Where You Are -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #341 Wildest Gal In Town -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #266 Wish -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #354 Woman -- Copyist: Unknown; Set #259 Wonder Of You -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #148 Wonder -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #390 Yearning -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley) Yesterdays -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #351 You Don't Love Me No More -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #243; also known as No More Zodiac Suite - Scorpio -- Copyist: TW (Tom Whaley); Set #251
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Record ID
ebl-1503510514217-1503510515460-6
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep871716f19-3d98-4869-b528-6a9015767db5

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