Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C)
~ Recording by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 4.21 | Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C) | 3:06 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues) | MD11-248 |
Relationships
| alto saxophone: | Otto Hardwick (on 1933-02-17) |
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| banjo and guitar: | Fred Guy (on 1933-02-17) |
| double bass [bass]: | Wellman Braud (on 1933-02-17) |
| drums (drum set): | Sonny Greer (on 1933-02-17) |
| piano: | Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1933-02-17) |
| reeds: | Barney Bigard (on 1933-02-17) Harry Carney (on 1933-02-17) Johnny Hodges (on 1933-02-17) |
| trombone: | Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-02-17) Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1933-02-17) |
| trumpet: | Freddy Jenkins (on 1933-02-17) Arthur Whetsel (on 1933-02-17) Cootie Williams (on 1933-02-17) |
| valve trombone: | Juan Tizol (on 1933-02-17) |
| orchestra: | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1933-02-17) |
| recorded at: | American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1933-02-17) |
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| recording of: | Diga Diga Doo (on 1933-02-17: instrumental, medley) I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1933-02-17: instrumental, medley) |
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Related works
Diga Diga Doo
| lyricist: | Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) |
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| composer: | Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) |
| later translated versions: | Daiga-daiga duu |
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| is the basis for: | Bei mir bist du schoen (Diga Diga Doo interpolation) |
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co. New Dawn Music Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV Warner/Chappell North America Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 3) |
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| later translated versions: | Kumm hoit mi Porgy |
| version of: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy” |