Favourite recording of ... 'Digga Digga Do'?

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Favourite recording of ... 'Digga Digga Do'?

#1 Post by Haydn » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:07 am

I love this song :D. 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?

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#2 Post by JesseMiner » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:00 am

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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#3 Post by zipthebird » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:43 am

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.

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#4 Post by remysun » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:00 pm

I think the kazoo break into "Cantina Band" from Star Wars makes the Asylum Street Spankers cover an interesting rendition.

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#5 Post by Surreal » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:45 am

Didn't Campus Five do a recording? I don't remember if it's particularly danceable though.

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#6 Post by Bob the Builder » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:23 pm

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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#7 Post by Haydn » Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:43 am

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.
Just out of interest Brian, what was your source for that list?

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#8 Post by Bob the Builder » Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:19 pm

Tom Lord Jazz Discography.
http://www.lordisco.com/
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#9 Post by Haydn » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:01 am

Bob the Builder wrote:Tom Lord Jazz Discography.
http://www.lordisco.com/
Thanks 8)

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#10 Post by dogpossum » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:45 pm

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

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#11 Post by sdswingr » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:30 pm

Favorite live recording is on the Live at the Lindy Binge cd. Great musicians, good sound quality, and amazing energy

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#12 Post by kitkat » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:30 pm

Haydn wrote:Three Scamps - 21/02/1934 NYC
?!?!

I wonder if that's the great KC band ("The Scamps") that's been together since the 30's and is still together but that everyone thought only had recordings from their 40's & 50's jive era...

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#13 Post by dogpossum » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:52 pm

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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#14 Post by lindyhop4life » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:03 pm

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 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. :P Those have to be my favorite versions. I do like Artie's take, but the others just have more pop to them.

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#15 Post by CafeSavoy » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:56 am

lindyhop4life wrote:
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 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. :P Those have to be my favorite versions. I do like Artie's take, but the others just have more pop to them.
I think the vocal ones are earlier.

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