Tough Truckin'; Indigo Echoes
Tough Truckin'; Indigo Echoes
- Description
-
Duke Ellington's Sextet. side 1: Tough Truckin'; side 2: Indigo Echoes (Columbia 37297), from the album, Hot Jazz Classics - Ellington Special (Columbia C-127).
78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1935. This album was released in 1947. -
The cover art for this album was made by Robert M. Jones (1913-1993) an American graphic designer and printmaker. Jones worked as art director for Columbia Records from 1945-1953, then for RCA Victor and affiliated labels.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sound recording
- recording date
- 1935
- release date
- 1947
- recording artist
- Duke Ellington's Sextet
- manufacturer
- Columbia
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.514
- maker number
- 37297
- C-127
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.514
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Family & Social Life
- Jazz
- Sound Recordings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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