Creole Love Call is a 1927 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington with Bubber Miley and Rudy Jackson. It was recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Adelaide Hall singing a wordless counter-melody, in Camden, New Jersey on October 26, 1927 for Victor, and released that year. The track is notable for Hall’s vocal counterpoint, Miley’s trumpet and a distinctive clarinet trio, ending in a dissonant turn. It entered the US Billboard charts in 1928 at number 19. The song has a second landmark recording from 1949 by Ellington for Columbia with Kay Davis on vocals, showcasing a more mature arrangement and the same clarinet trio. Although originally a single, Creole Love Call has since been included on numerous Ellington compilations and is considered a jazz standard closely associated with his orchestra.
