In December 1978, “Book of the Month” label released “Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live”, a live album by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. It was recorded in November 1940, at “Crystal Ballroom” in the “Fargo City Auditorium”, in Fargo, North Dakota, US. In 1980, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

• Duke Ellington – piano
• Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick – alto saxophone
• Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
• Barney Bigard – clarinet
• Rex Stewart – cornet
• Ray Nance, Wallace Jones – trumpet
• Tricky Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown – trombone
• Fred Guy – guitar
• Jimmy Blanton – bass
• Sonny Greer – drums
• Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries – vocals

Track listing:

1. The Mooche
2. Sepia Panorama (theme)
3. Ko-Ko
4. There Shall Be No Night
5. Pussy Willow
6. Chatterbox
7. Mood Indigo
8. Harlem Air Shaft
9. The Ferryboat Serenade
10. Warm Valley
11. Stompy Jones
12. Bojangles
13. You Took Advantage of Me
14. Rumpus in Richmond
15. The Flaming Sword
16. Never No Lament
17. Clarinet Lament
18. Slap Happy
19. Sepia Panorama
20. Boy Meets Horn
21. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
22. Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday
23. Five O’Clock Whistle
24. Rockin’ in Rhythm
25. Sophisticated Lady
26. Cotton Tail
27. Whispering Grass
28. Conga Brava
29. I Never Felt This Way Before
30. Across the Track Blues
31. Honeysuckle Rose
32. Wham
33. Star Dust
34. Rose of the Rio Grande
35. St. Louis Blues