Mississippi Suite

"Mississippi Suite, A Tone Journey Part 1 "Huckleberry Finn" "Old Creole Days""
1928 Victor Records release
Single by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
B-sideMississippi Suite, A Tone Journey Part 2 "Mardi Gras"
Written1926
PublishedApril 20, 1926 (1926-04-20) Leo Feist, Inc.[1]
ReleasedJanuary 1928 (1928-01)[2]
RecordedSeptember 7, 1927 (1927-09-07)[3]
StudioTrinity Church Studio, Camden, New Jersey[4]
GenreOrchestral jazz
Length3.48, 3.40
LabelVictor 35859 12" 78rpm
Composer(s), arrangement, orchestration by Ferdie Grofé

Mississippi; Tone Journey is a 1926 orchestral suite in four movements by Ferde Grofé, depicting scenes along a journey down the Mississippi River from its headwaters of Minnesota to New Orleans.

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1926). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1926 Music For the Year 1926 New Series Vol 21 Part 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ "Victor 35859 (Black label (popular) 12-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  3. ^ "Victor matrix CVE-39597. Mississippi suite / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. ^ "Victor Church Studio". www.vjm.biz. Retrieved 2021-09-01.