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COTTON CLUB 1938 volume 1
IF DREAMS COME TRUE

(LP JAZZ ARCHIVES / JA 12) USA

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 15, 1938



Side 1 : Harmony in Harlem / Dinah / At your beck and call / If you were in my place / Oh baby ! Maybe someday / Downtown uproar.

Side 2 : If dreams come true / Birmingham breakdown / You went to my head / Rose room / The gal from Joes / Riding on a blue note.

COTTON CLUB 1938 volume 2
THREE BLIND MICE

(LP JAZZ ARCHIVES / JA 13) USA

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 29, 1938



Side 1 : Echoes of Harlem / Prelude in C sharp minor / If dreams come true / Harmony in Harlem / It's the dreamer in me / Every day.

Side 2 : Three blind mice / On the sunny side of the street / Dinah's in a jam / If dreams come true / Lost in meditation / Rockin' in rhythm.

LIVE RECORDING AT THE COTTON CLUB VOL. 1
(LP MUSIDISC - Jazz Anthology / 30 JA 5168) France

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 22, 1938



Side 1 : Intro - Jig walk / I'm slappin' on seventh avenue / Lost in meditation / Oh, babe ! Maybe someday / I let a song go out of my heart / Alabamy home / If you were in my place.

Side 2 : Harmony in Harlem / Dinah / At your beck and call / Downtown uproar / If dreams come true / Birmingham breakdown.

LIVE RECORDING AT THE COTTON CLUB VOL. 2
(LP MUSIDISC - Jazz Anthology / 30 JA 5169) France

Cotton Club, New York - April 17 to May 29, 1938



Side 1 : Echoes of Harlem / Prelude in C sharp minor / You went to my head / Rose room / The gal from Joe's - Riding on a blue note.

Side 2 : Three blind mice / On the sunny side of the street / Dinah's in a jam / It's the dreamer in me / Ev'ry day / Rockin' in rhythm.

COTTON CLUB NIGHTS
(CD ARPEGGIO / ARJ 009) UK

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 15, 1938

This CD groups together COTTON CLUB 1938 volumes 1 & 2, but in chronological order




If you were in my place / Oh babe ! Maybe someday / If dreams come true / Harmony in Harlem / Dinah / You went to my head / Three blind mice / Downtown uproar / On the sunny side of the street / Dinah's in jam / Harmony in Harlem / At your beck and call / The gal from Joe's / Riding on a blue note / If dreams come true (2 versions) / Birmingham breakdown / Rose room / Echoes of Harlem / It's the dreamer in me / Ev'ry day / Lost in meditation / Prelude in C sharp minor / Rockin' in rhythm.

COTTON CLUB NIGHTS
(CD MUSIC MEMORIA / 8403822) France

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 15, 1938



Same as previous album

AT THE COTTON CLUB 1938
(CD SANDY HOOK / CDSH 2029) USA

Cotton Club, New York - March 24 to May 15, 1938

Included in COTTON CLUB NIGHTS


Harmony in Harlem / Dinah / At your beck and call / If you were in my place / Oh babe ! Maybe someday / Downtown uproar / If dreams come true / Birmingham breakdown / You went to my head / Rose room / The gal from Joe's / Riding on a blue note.

AT THE COTTON CLUB
(LP JOKER / SM 3111) Italie

Cotton Club, New York - April 24 to Jun 25, 1938
("I've got to be a rug cutter" : New York - probably 1937)




Side 1 : East Saint Louis toodle-Oo / Jig walk / In a sentimental mood / I'm slappin' seventh avenue / Alabamy home / If you were in my place / I've got to be a rug cutter / Lost in meditation.

Side 2 : Oh, baby, maybe someday / Every day / Azure / Carnival in Caroline / Dinah's in a jam / Frolic Sam.

DUKE ELLINTON AT THE COTTON CLUB
(LP TAX / m 8001)

Cotton Club, New York -March 5, 1937 to August 4, 1938



Side 1 : I'm slappin' seventh avenue (With the sole of my shoes) / Swingtime in Honolulu / You gave me the gate (And I'm still swingin') / Watermelon man / Love in swingtime / When my sugar walks down the street (All the little birds go tweet-tweet-tweet) / If you were in my place / Skrontch.

Side 2 : Chatter box / Prologue to Black and tan fantasy / Please forgive me / Alabamy home / All god's chillun got rhythm / I've got to be a rug-cutter / The new Birmingham breakdown / Scattin' at the Kit-Kat.

AT THE COTTON CLUB
(CD double STORYVILLE / 1038415) Denmark

Form May 8, 1937 to April 29, 1939



CD 1 : Swing session / Medley : Solitude - In a sentimentqal mood / Harmony in Harlem / If you were in my place / Mood indigo / Theme : East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Theme : East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Oh babe, maybe someday / Dinah's in jam / If dreams come true / Scrontch / You went to my head / Three little mice / Solitude / Downtown uproar / Dinah's in jam / On the sunny side of the street / Ev'ry day / Azure / Carnival in Caroline / Harmony in Harlem / At your back and call / Solitude / The gal from Joe's / Riding on a blue note / If dreams come true.

CD 2
: Oh babe, maybe someday / I let a song go out of my heart / Birmingham breakdown / Rose room / If dreams come true / It's the dreamer in me / Lost in meditation / Ev'ry day / Echoes of Harlem / Theme : East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Jig walk / In a sentimental mood / I'm slapping 7th avenue / Lost in meditation / Alabamy home / If you were in my place / Prelude in C sharp minor / Rockin' in rhythm / Serenade to Sweden / Rockin' in rhythm / In a red little cottage.

Bonus video (2nd CD) : Clip from the Cotton Club.