0094 Ray Nance [Ray Nance And The Ellingtonians] FLAC 4(14.27)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
If the Trades Description Act had been on the books in 1948 then these recordings would surely have been a prime candidate for prosecution.
The 'Ellingtonians'  were actually the Ray Ellington Quartet, a group of British (well, two West Indians, a German and one Briton of American and Jewish parentage) musicians who mainly played on the nightclub circuit.
Ray Nance was touring the UK with Duke Ellington as a 'variety act' to get round the strict UK Musicians Union rules at the time about foreign musicians not being able to play in the UK without Union approval.
The British musicians all assumed other names for this recording session for Esquire in 1948. Nance plays violin, trumpet and sings and full details of the session and the circumstances in which it was recorded are given in the sleeve notes to the Keith Christie posting earlier on this blog.

Ray Nance - trumpet, violin, vocals
Dick Katz - piano
Lauderic Caton - guitar
Coleridge Goode - bass
Ray Ellington - drums

01 Moon Mist
02 Sometimes I'm Happy
03 I Can't Give You Anything but Love
04 Blues for Duke

Label: Esquire 10-041/2
Recorded: July 01 1948
Lineage: 2 X 78>FLAC