Pre-Show 00:00 – 03:44 On Broadway (GBenson recording)-> Robert Guillaume Introduction 03:44 – 22:25 Film soundtrack: “Making Ladies” (right channel has reels rewinding & cueing) 22:25 – 23:40 Robert Guillaume Narration 23:40 – 27:50 Cast Introductions 27:50 – 30:25 Robert Guillaume: Mercer Ellington Interview 30:25 – 32:33 On Broadway (GBenson recording) 32:33 – 33:38 Robert Guillaume Narration 33:38 – 34:04 opening announcements
ACT 1: 34:04 – 36:40 Overture: Things Aren’t What They Used To Be/Sophisticated Ladies/Perdido 36:40 – 39:28 I’ve Got To Be a Rug Cutter 39:28 – 41:49 Music Is A Woman (tape cut @41:42 during applause) 41:49 – 45:01 The Mooche 45:01 – 47:39 Hit Me With A Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce) 47:39 – 49:01 I Love You Madly 49:01 – 50:23 Perdido 50:23 – 52:13 Fat And Forty 52:13 -54:38 Everything But You 54:38 – 1:00:56 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 1:00:56 – 1:01:21 Take The A-Train (brief interlude) 1:01:21 – 1:03:06 Bli-Blip 1:03:06 – 1:06:06 Cotton Tail 1:06:06 – 1:09:54 Take The A-Train 1:09:54 – 1:13:22 Solitude 1:13:22 – 1:15:15 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore 1:15:15 – 1:19:20 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 1:19:20 – 1:22:23 Prelude To A Kiss 1:22:23 – 1:25:50 Drop Me Off In Harlem 1:25:50 – 1:30:48 Rockin’ In Rhythm
Break Content: 1:30:48 – 1:34:01 Robert Guillaume: Narration & Paula Kelly Interview 1:34:01 – 1:39:10 Ellington Orchestra break music: Diminuendo in Blue (Can hear RG talk leaking into in R channel) 1:39:10 – 1:41:09 Robert Guillaume: Hinton Battle Interview & Narration
ACT 2: 1:41:09 – 1:43:08 Duke’s Place 1:43:08 – 1:47:15 In A Sentimental Mood 1:47:15 – 1:50:10 I’m Beginning to See the Light 1:50:10 – 1:51:12 Satin Doll 1:51:12 – 1:53:20 Just Squeeze Me 1:53:20 – 1:57:26 Something To Live For 1:57:26 – 1:59:38 Echoes Of Harlem 1:59:38 – 2:07:29 I’m Just A Lucky So -and-So 2:07:29 – 2:12:39 Dancers in Love / tap dancing interlud 2:12:39 – 2:14:47 Caravan / Ko-Ko 2:14:47 – 2:16:13 I’m Checking Out Go’ombye 2:16:13 – 2:16:54 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 2:16:54 – 2:22:08 I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good 2:22:08 – 2:23:53 Mood Indigo 2:23:53 – 2:27:08 Sophisticated Ladies 2:27:08 – 2:36:51 It Don’t Mean a Thing (reprise)// Take The A Train (Outro)
Mercer Ellington – piano, musical director; Gregory Hines – vocals (+ dancing); Judith Jamison – vocals (+ dancing); Phyllis Hyman – vocals (+ dancing); Hinton Battle – vocals (+ dancing); Gregg Burge – vocals (+ dancing); Paula Kelly – vocals (+ dancing); Harold Minerve – saxophone, clarinet; Norris Turney – saxophone, clarinet; Joe Temperley – saxophone, clarinet; Chuck Connors – bass trombone; Barrie Lee Hall, Jr. – trumpet, flugelhorn; Lloyd Michels – trumpet, flugelhorn; Britt Woodman – trombone; Art Barron – trombone; Dominick Fiorre – bass, tuba; Rocky White – drums