Ko-Ko; Conga Brava: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ko-Ko; Conga Brava: recording date: 1940. recording artist: Duke Ellington Orchestra. manufacturer: Blue Ace.
The object in the museum catalogue
Duke Ellington's Orchestra. side 1: Ko-Ko; side 2: Conga Brava (Blue Ace 208). 78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1940 and released on Victor 26577.
Blue Ace was a bootleg record label, founded around the late 1940s. The label was dedicated to the unauthorized reissue of jazz recordings from the 1935-1942 period. Brooklyn record store owner Sam Meltzer is allegedly to have produced the recordings, who was also associated with the bootleg Hot Jazz Club of America [HJCA] recordings, which focused on jazz recordings of the 1920s.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1940
- recording artist: Duke Ellington Orchestra
- manufacturer: Blue Ace
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, Brooklyn
- ID Number: 1988.0698.0962
- catalog number: 1988.0698.0962
- accession number: 1988.0698
- maker number: 208
- collector/donor number: E76
- Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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