A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led the housebands at various times. All the tracks feature acts who performed at the club during it's heyday. Tracks include; "Cotton Club Stomp" - Duke Ellington, "Stormy Weather" - Ethel Waters, "Fifteen Minute Intermission" - Cab Calloway, "West End Blues" - Louis Armstrong, "Your Heart And Mine" - the Nicholas Brothers. Acrobat. 2003.
1 Cotton Club Stomp - Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra
2 Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
3 Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford
4 Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters
5 Doin' the New Low Down - Don Redman & His Orchestra, Bill Robinson
6 As Long As I Live - Horace Henderson & His Orchestra, Lena Horne
7 Shake Your Ashes - Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra
8 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington
9 West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
10 Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams
11 I Want a Tall Skinny Papa - Lucky Millinder, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
12 Creole Love Call - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Adelaide Hall
13 Your Heart and Mine - the Nicholas Brothers
14 Kickin' the Gong Around - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
15 Fine and Mellow - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy, June Richmond
16 Passionette - Teddy Hill & His Orchestra
17 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)
18 Fifteen Minute Intermission - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
19 Our Monday Date - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
20 Loch Lomond - John Kirby & His Orchestra, Maxine Sullivan
21 I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra
A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led the housebands at various times. All the tracks feature acts who performed at the club during it's heyday. Tracks include; "Cotton Club Stomp" - Duke Ellington, "Stormy Weather" - Ethel Waters, "Fifteen Minute Intermission" - Cab Calloway, "West End Blues" - Louis Armstrong, "Your Heart And Mine" - the Nicholas Brothers. Acrobat. 2003.