G.I. Jive

The Duke Box includes more than eight hours of music from what many consider the greatest decade (1940s) of the greatest orchestra in the history of jazz.

This CD consists of 24 numbers recorded during rehearsal in New York by the Woody Herman Orchestra for broadcasts on CBS Old Gold Cigarettes summer radio shows in 1944.

Duke Ellington was one American patriot who truly and gladly symbolized American culture at its finest. Here, in celebration of his 100th birthday, is a collection of tare and exciting live sessions on his home turf around Washington D.C.

Recorded in November 1943, these two half-hour radio programs were part of a series made in the 1940's specifically for the US Armed Forces.