Album
Deep Purple / Pastel Blue
1939 · Jazz, Pop
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Deep Purple / Pastel Blue is a Jazz album by Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, originally released in 1939.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Big Band & Swing
- polished
- dreamy
- romantic
Recorded March 12, 1939 at RCA Victor Studios, New York.
78s: Bluebird B-10178* and Montgomery Ward M-7957.
*Release date: 3/29/1939. Delete (cutout) date: 1945.
Instrumentation: Clarinet, 4 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, guitar, piano, string bass, and traps (Description: Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo).
"Deep Purple" (mx. BS-032964-1) also issued on HMV B-8906, AM-4954 JK-2067, K-8343, AL-2634, IP-371, TG-142 & Electrola EG-6883 (opens in a new tab), HMV EA-2310 (opens in a new tab), and HMV X-7535 (opens in a new tab).
"Pastel Blue (Why Begin Again?)" (mx. BS-032966-1) also issued on HMV B-8936, JK-238, JO-255 & AL-2651 (opens in a new tab), HMV EA-2375 (opens in a new tab), HMV HU-233 (opens in a new tab), Victor A-1218, and Victor JA-1342.
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