Favourite recording of ... 'Digga Digga Do'?
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Favourite recording of ... 'Digga Digga Do'?
I love this song . Some of my favourite versions are:
Irving Mills available on this CD
Duke Ellington available on this CD
Thelma Carpenter available on this CD
What are your favourite recordings?
Irving Mills available on this CD
Duke Ellington available on this CD
Thelma Carpenter available on this CD
What are your favourite recordings?
- JesseMiner
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The only version I ever play is by Artie Shaw, found on his Self Portrait collection. No other versions I have heard have quite the same drive.
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I LOVE the Duke Ellington cut that you posted. It was the first version of the tune that I heard, and still my favorite. Admittedly, it's not something I'd usually play at a dance in Chicago (unless a group of people came out of the woodwork that really dig dirty, jungle-growly, low-fi jazz, which I doubt is gonna happen any time soon no matter how hard I wish).
There's also a cool vocal version with the Mills Brothers up front.
The Artie Shaw cut that Jesse mentioned certainly has a great drive, and is the only version I've heard that would be palatable for mainstream audiences and on your average sound system.
There's also a cool vocal version with the Mills Brothers up front.
The Artie Shaw cut that Jesse mentioned certainly has a great drive, and is the only version I've heard that would be palatable for mainstream audiences and on your average sound system.
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There are quite a lot of versions I really like.
Duke Ellington - 08/03/37 NYC Studio Recording
Artie Shaw - 1939 - Radio Broadcast
Benny Goodman - 06/06/35 NYC - Radio Broadcast
Bob Crosby - 19/10/1938 Chicago Studio Recording (this was over the two sides of the 78.
Ella Fitzgerald - 25/01/40 Broadcasts from the Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York City (NBC)
And of course the origional Ellington recording on July 10, 1928. NYC.
From looking up the amount of recordings (160+) of this song there are some great bands / recordings I'd love to look into.
The Sizzlers - 27/11/1928 NYC
Efim Schachmeister - December 1928 Burlin
Jack Hylton April 7th 1929 - London
Three Blue Boys - 23/05/1929 NYC
The Rhythmic Eight - 11/06/1929 Hayes, Middlesex
Philip Lewis - 20/7/1929 London
Teddy Kline - August 1929 Berlin
Wiener & Doucet - 05/12/1929 Paris
Three Scamps - 21/02/1934 NYC
Dorsey Brothers - Early 1934 NYC
Nisse Lind - December 1935 Stockholm
Santa Paula Serenaders - 01/7/195 Buenos Aires
Bill Challis - 1936
Paul Whiteman - Radio Broadcast. 23/02/1936 NYC
Frankie Trumbauer - 15/06/1936 NYC
Russ Morgan - 06/04/1938 NYC
Van Alexander - 27/12/1938 NYC
Adrian Rollini - 28/09/1939 Hollywood, C.A.
Alice Babs - 10/01/1940 Stockholm
Art Hodes - May 1940 NYC
Rex Stewart - 23/07/1940 NYC
The New Hot Players - 29/-8/1940 Zurich
George Hartman - 14/03/1941 New Orleans
Buddy Bertinat - 25/7/1942 Basel
Lena Horne - January 1943 Hollywood, C.A.
The Berry's - Feb 1943
Phil Green - 16/09/1943 London
Jean Rings - October 1943 Basel
Gosta Torner - 14/03/1944 Stockholm
Mildred Bailey - 8/09/1944 CBS Broadcast - NYC
Buck Clayton - 07/06/1945 NYC
Joe Rispoli - July 1945 Buenos Aires
Bud Jacobson - 01/07/1945 Chicago
Benny Carter - 07/01/1946 NYC
Woddy Herman - 22/03/1946
The list goes on and on.
Oscar Peterson even recorded it.
Duke Ellington - 08/03/37 NYC Studio Recording
Artie Shaw - 1939 - Radio Broadcast
Benny Goodman - 06/06/35 NYC - Radio Broadcast
Bob Crosby - 19/10/1938 Chicago Studio Recording (this was over the two sides of the 78.
Ella Fitzgerald - 25/01/40 Broadcasts from the Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York City (NBC)
And of course the origional Ellington recording on July 10, 1928. NYC.
From looking up the amount of recordings (160+) of this song there are some great bands / recordings I'd love to look into.
The Sizzlers - 27/11/1928 NYC
Efim Schachmeister - December 1928 Burlin
Jack Hylton April 7th 1929 - London
Three Blue Boys - 23/05/1929 NYC
The Rhythmic Eight - 11/06/1929 Hayes, Middlesex
Philip Lewis - 20/7/1929 London
Teddy Kline - August 1929 Berlin
Wiener & Doucet - 05/12/1929 Paris
Three Scamps - 21/02/1934 NYC
Dorsey Brothers - Early 1934 NYC
Nisse Lind - December 1935 Stockholm
Santa Paula Serenaders - 01/7/195 Buenos Aires
Bill Challis - 1936
Paul Whiteman - Radio Broadcast. 23/02/1936 NYC
Frankie Trumbauer - 15/06/1936 NYC
Russ Morgan - 06/04/1938 NYC
Van Alexander - 27/12/1938 NYC
Adrian Rollini - 28/09/1939 Hollywood, C.A.
Alice Babs - 10/01/1940 Stockholm
Art Hodes - May 1940 NYC
Rex Stewart - 23/07/1940 NYC
The New Hot Players - 29/-8/1940 Zurich
George Hartman - 14/03/1941 New Orleans
Buddy Bertinat - 25/7/1942 Basel
Lena Horne - January 1943 Hollywood, C.A.
The Berry's - Feb 1943
Phil Green - 16/09/1943 London
Jean Rings - October 1943 Basel
Gosta Torner - 14/03/1944 Stockholm
Mildred Bailey - 8/09/1944 CBS Broadcast - NYC
Buck Clayton - 07/06/1945 NYC
Joe Rispoli - July 1945 Buenos Aires
Bud Jacobson - 01/07/1945 Chicago
Benny Carter - 07/01/1946 NYC
Woddy Herman - 22/03/1946
The list goes on and on.
Oscar Peterson even recorded it.
Just out of interest Brian, what was your source for that list?Bob the Builder wrote:There are quite a lot of versions I really like.
Duke Ellington - 08/03/37 NYC Studio Recording
Artie Shaw - 1939 - Radio Broadcast
Benny Goodman - 06/06/35 NYC - Radio Broadcast
Bob Crosby - 19/10/1938 Chicago Studio Recording (this was over the two sides of the 78.
Ella Fitzgerald - 25/01/40 Broadcasts from the Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York City (NBC)
And of course the origional Ellington recording on July 10, 1928. NYC.
From looking up the amount of recordings (160+) of this song there are some great bands / recordings I'd love to look into.
The Sizzlers - 27/11/1928 NYC
Efim Schachmeister - December 1928 Burlin
Jack Hylton April 7th 1929 - London
Three Blue Boys - 23/05/1929 NYC
The Rhythmic Eight - 11/06/1929 Hayes, Middlesex
Philip Lewis - 20/7/1929 London
Teddy Kline - August 1929 Berlin
Wiener & Doucet - 05/12/1929 Paris
Three Scamps - 21/02/1934 NYC
Dorsey Brothers - Early 1934 NYC
Nisse Lind - December 1935 Stockholm
Santa Paula Serenaders - 01/7/195 Buenos Aires
Bill Challis - 1936
Paul Whiteman - Radio Broadcast. 23/02/1936 NYC
Frankie Trumbauer - 15/06/1936 NYC
Russ Morgan - 06/04/1938 NYC
Van Alexander - 27/12/1938 NYC
Adrian Rollini - 28/09/1939 Hollywood, C.A.
Alice Babs - 10/01/1940 Stockholm
Art Hodes - May 1940 NYC
Rex Stewart - 23/07/1940 NYC
The New Hot Players - 29/-8/1940 Zurich
George Hartman - 14/03/1941 New Orleans
Buddy Bertinat - 25/7/1942 Basel
Lena Horne - January 1943 Hollywood, C.A.
The Berry's - Feb 1943
Phil Green - 16/09/1943 London
Jean Rings - October 1943 Basel
Gosta Torner - 14/03/1944 Stockholm
Mildred Bailey - 8/09/1944 CBS Broadcast - NYC
Buck Clayton - 07/06/1945 NYC
Joe Rispoli - July 1945 Buenos Aires
Bud Jacobson - 01/07/1945 Chicago
Benny Carter - 07/01/1946 NYC
Woddy Herman - 22/03/1946
The list goes on and on.
Oscar Peterson even recorded it.
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I've just listend to this version by the Firecracker Jazz Band which someone recommended in another thread and it's pretty dang good.
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I wonder which version you're speaking of; there are two by Ellington that I know of. One of which has a lot of vocals and scatting (which prompted Jonathan Stout to do in kind) and one that's solely music.. I love both. Those have to be my favorite versions. I do like Artie's take, but the others just have more pop to them.dogpossum wrote:I like the version by Cootie Williams And His Rug Cutters (1937) which you can find on The Duke's Men: Small Groups Vol. 1 (Disc 1). I'm pretty certain that it's actually the session you mentioned first, Brian:Duke Ellington - 08/03/37 NYC Studio Recording
I think the vocal ones are earlier.lindyhop4life wrote:I wonder which version you're speaking of; there are two by Ellington that I know of. One of which has a lot of vocals and scatting (which prompted Jonathan Stout to do in kind) and one that's solely music.. I love both. Those have to be my favorite versions. I do like Artie's take, but the others just have more pop to them.dogpossum wrote:I like the version by Cootie Williams And His Rug Cutters (1937) which you can find on The Duke's Men: Small Groups Vol. 1 (Disc 1). I'm pretty certain that it's actually the session you mentioned first, Brian:Duke Ellington - 08/03/37 NYC Studio Recording