Our Fargo box set has been out of stock for a while but we are now ready with a re-release of this fine double CD now packed as a digipak.
This new edition includes:
“The Fargo Dance Date” by Jerry Valburn, “After Fargo” by William Strother, then a 19 year old Ellington-fan who happened to catch the band the very next evening after the Fargo date. His impressions of his first “live” exposure of the Ellington band and “Recording The Duke at Fargo 1940 by Jack Towers.
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
Recording date November 17, 1940
It’s Glory
The Mooche
The Sheik Of Araby
Sepia Panorama
Ko Ko
There Shall Be No Night
Pussy Willow
Chatterbox
Mood Indigo
Harlem Airshaft
Ferryboat Serenade
Warm Valley
Stompy Jones
Chloe
Bojangles
On The Air
Wham
Rumpus In Richmond
Chaser
Chaser
The Sidewalks Of New York
Rose Of The Rio Grande
The Flaming Sword
The Flaming Sword
Never No Lament
Warm Valley
Caravan
God Bless America
Clarinet Lament
Slap Happy
Sepia Panorama
Boy Meets Horn
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
Five O’Clock Whistle
Fanfare
Call Of The Canyon
Rockin’ In Rhythm
Sophisticated Lady
Cotton Tail
Whispering Grass
Conga Brava
I Never Felt This Way Before
Across The Track Blues
Honeysuckle Rose
Wham
Star Dust
Rose Of The Rio Grande
St. Louis Blues
Warm Valley
God Bless America