Frankie & Johnny/ Ring dem bells/ Diminuendo and crescendo in blue/ In the shade of the old apple tree/ Harlem air-shaft/ It don't mean a thing/ The kissing bug/ Prelude to a kiss/ Jam a ditty/ The beautiful indians/ Happy go lucky local/ Overture to jam-session/ Blue skies/ Diminuendo in blue/ Magenta haze/ Golden feather/ Sultry sunset/ Flippant flurry
Line-up :
Shelton Hemphill, Harold Baker, Francis Williams, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan (tb) Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur de Paris, Claude Jones (tb) Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Ben Webster, Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney (sax, cl) Duke Elllington (pn) Fred Guy (gt) Oscar Pettiford (cb) Sonny Greer (dms)
Festival, 1942