Musical Bacon: Otto Hardwick

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	alto saxophone, bass saxophone, reeds, saxophone	(A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, A Portrait of Bert Williams, A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship), Accent on Youth, Across the Track Blues, Admiration (matrix B17409), Admiration (matrix C883), After All, Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), All Too Soon, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where, Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B), Are You Sticking?, At a Dixie Roadside Diner, Azure, Azure (alternate take 2), Baby! (alternate take A), Baby! (alternate take B), Bakiff, Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Best Wishes, Best Wishes (alternate take A), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby!, Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C), Bli-Blip, Blue Goose, Blue Harlem, Blue Ramble, Blue Ramble (alternate take B), Blue Serge, Bojangles, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Buffet Flat, Bundle of Blues, Bundle of Blues (alternate take B), Caravan, Carnival in Caroline, Chatter-Box (Jumpy), Chelsea Bridge, Chloe (Song of the Swamp), Chocolate Shake, Clarinet Lament, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A), Conga Brava, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Cotton Tail, Country Gal, Crescendo in Blue, Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Delta Bound, Delta Bound (alternate take B), Diga Diga Do, Diga Diga Do (alternate take B), Diminuendo in Blue, Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2), Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Down a Carolina Lane, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B), Dusk, Dusk on the Desert, Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1), Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Farewell Blues, Fast and Furious, Five O'Clock Whistle, Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Happy as the Day Is Long, Harlem Air Shaft, Harlem Speaks, Harmony in Harlem, Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1), Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X), Hayfoot Strawfoot, Hip Chic, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B), I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, I Don't Mind, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A), I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), I got It Bad and That Ain't Good, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), In a Mellotone, In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, It’s Swell of You, It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2), I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Satisfied, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jack the Bear, Jazz Cocktail, Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B), Jazz Potpourri, Jive Stomp, Jive Stomp (alternate take B), John Hardy's Wife, Johnny Come Lately, Jump for Joy, Jumpin' Punkins, Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin', Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Killin’ Myself, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lambeth Walk, Let’s Have a Jubilee, Lightnin’, Lightnin’ (alternate take B), Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love in Swingtime, Main Stem, Margie, Me and You, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2), Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3), Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Mood Indigo, Moon Mist, Moon Over Cuba, Moonglow, Morning Glory, My Little Brown Book, Old King Dooji, Old Plantation, Old Plantation (alternate take 2), Perdido, Porgy, Porgy (alternate take B), Porgy (alternate take C), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Pussy Willow, Raincheck, Raisin’ the Rent, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Rocks in My Bed, Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Rumpus in Richmond, Saddest Tale, Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Sentimental Lady, Sepia Panorama, Serenade to Sweden, Sherman Shuffle, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Slippery Horn, Slippery Horn (alternate take B), Smorgasbord and Schnapps, So Far, So Good, Solid Old Man, Solitude, Someone, Sophisticated Lady, Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1), Stars, Stars (alternate take B), Stepping Into Swing Society, Stormy Weather, Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm, Swampy River, Swing Low, Swing Low (alternate take B), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), Take the "A" Train, The Brown-Skin Gal (in the Calico Gown), The Flaming Sword, The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The Giddybug Gallop, The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You, The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed, The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O, The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2), The Sergeant Was Shy, The Sheik of Araby, The Sidewalks of New York, The Stevedore’s Serenade, There Shall Be No Night, There’s a Lull in My Life, There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2), Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, What Am I Here For?, What Good Would It Do?, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight, You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2), You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), You, You Darlin', Your Love Has Faded
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters	alto saxophone, reeds, saxophone	A Lesson in C, Blue Is the Evening, Carnival in Caroline, Chasin' Chippies, Delta Mood, Gal-Avantin', I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Jubilesta, Mobile Blues, Mobile Blues (alternate take), Ol' Man River, Pigeons and Peppers, Sharpy, Swing Pan Alley, Swingtime in Honolulu, The Boys From Harlem, Watchin'
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	alto saxophone	A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take), A Salboat in the Moonlight, Foolin' Myself, Foolin' Myself (alternate take), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?, Jeep's Blues, My Day, Peckin', Rendezvous With Rhythm, Silvery Moon and Golden Sands, You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart), You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Duke Ellington	alto saxophone	Blue Serge, C Jam Blues, Clementine, Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail, Five O'Clock Drag, In a Mellow Tone, Ko Ko, Main Stem, Perdido, Take the "A" Train, Warm Valley
Edna Bentz Woods	alto saxophone, clarinet, reeds	Flamingo, Ko-Ko, Midriff, My Greatest Mistake, Never No Lament
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians	alto saxophone	Rainy Nights
Keklik Aile	alto saxophone	Diga Diga Doo

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