A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)

Name: A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
Duration: 2 min 59 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
3.21	A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)	2:59	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	The Blanton-Webster Band	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	US1986	Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)	5659-2-RB
3.21	A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)	2:59	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	The Blanton-Webster Band	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	US1993	Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)	74321131812

alto saxophone:	Otto Hardwick (on 1942-07-28)
alto saxophone and clarinet:	Johnny Hodges (on 1942-07-28)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:	Harry Carney (on 1942-07-28)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:	Chauncey Haughton (on 1942-07-28)
cornet:	Rex Stewart (on 1942-07-28)
double bass:	Junior Raglin (bass) (on 1942-07-28)
drums (drum set):	Sonny Greer (on 1942-07-28)
guitar:	Fred Guy (on 1942-07-28)
piano:	Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1942-07-28)
tenor saxophone:	Ben Webster (on 1942-07-28)
trombone:	Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-07-28) Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1942-07-28)
trumpet:	Wallace Jones (on 1942-07-28) Ray Nance (on 1942-07-28)
valve trombone:	Juan Tizol (on 1942-07-28)
vocals:	Ray Nance (on 1942-07-28)
arranger:	Billy Strayhorn (on 1942-07-28)

recording of:	A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) (on 1942-07-28)

writer:	Mercer Ellington Luther Henderson