Duke Ellington Plays The Blues

Tracklist

• 10" Shellac 1
• 1
  Royal Garden Blues
• 2
  Frankie and Johnnie

  Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
• 10" Shellac 2
• 1
  Memphis Blues
• 2
  Pretty Woman
• 10" Shellac 3
• 1
  Beale St. Blues
• 2
  Transblucency (A Blue Fog That You Can Almost See Through)
• 10" Shellac 4
• 1
  St. Louis Blues
• 2
  Drawing Room Blues

  Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

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The Best of Early Ellington

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The Intimacy of the Blues

The Intimacy of the Blues 1991

JazzTime

JazzTime 1989

Latin American Suite

Latin American Suite 1972

…and His Mother Called Him Bill

…and His Mother Called Him Bill 1968

Release credits

• Al Hibbler
  vocal [2]
• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 2.1-2]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [2]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [2.1-2, 3.1, 1.1, 4.1]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [1.1, 3.1, 2.1-2, 4.1-2]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [3.1, 1.1, 2.1-2, 4.1]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [3.1, 2.1-2, 4.1, 1.1]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [2.1-2, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1]
• Harry Carney
  reeds [3.1, 1.1, 4.1, 2.1-2]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [1.1, 4.1, 2.1-2, 3.1]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2.1-2, 1.1, 4.1, 3.1]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [4.1, 3.1, 1.1, 2.1-2]
• Marian Cox
  vocal [1]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [2.1-2, 3.1, 4.1, 1.1]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [3.1, 4.1, 1.1, 2.1]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [2.1, 4.1, 1.1, 3.1], reeds [2]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [2.1-2, 3.1, 4.1, 1.1]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [4.1, 2.1-2, 1.1, 3.1]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 2.1-2]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [1.1, 4.1, 2.1-2, 3.1]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [2.1-2, 3.1, 4.1, 1.1]
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Issues

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  Duke Ellington Plays The Blues

  4x 10" Shellac
  August 1947