The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1944-1945

Tracklist

• 1
  Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues
  2:45
• 2
  I'm Beginning to See the Light
  3:19
• 3
  Don't You Know I Care
  3:01
• 4
  I Didn't Know About You
  2:47
• 5
  Work Song
  4:39
• 6
  Come Sunday
  4:36
• 7
  The Blues
  4:37
• 8
  Three Dances
  4:33
• 9
  Carnegie Blues
  2:52
• 10
  Blue Cellophane
  2:59
• 11
  Mood to Be Wooed
  3:02
• 12
  My Heart Sings
  2:55
• 13
  Mood Indigo

  Sonny Greer and the Duke’s Men
  2:59
• 14
  Bug in a Rug

  Sonny Greer and the Duke’s Men
  2:50
• 15
  The Mooche

  Sonny Greer and the Duke’s Men
  3:08
• 16
  Kandylamb

  Sonny Greer and the Duke’s Men
  2:58
• 17
  Perfume Suite, Part 1: Under the Balcony / Strange Feeling
  5:52
• 18
  Perfume Suite, Part 2: Dancers in Love / Coloratura
  5:12

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Duke Ellington's Finest Hour 2002

The Best of Early Ellington

The Best of Early Ellington 1996

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 [1, 3]
• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [1-12, 17-18]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [13-16]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [1-12, 17-18]
• Duke Ellington
  piano
• Fred Guy
  guitar
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [5-8], clarinet [5-8], reeds [1-7, 9-12, 17-18]
• Hillard Brown
  drums (drum set) [1-12]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [5-8], reeds [1-7, 9-12, 17-18], tenor saxophone [5-8]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1-12, 17-18]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1-12, 17-18]
• Joya Sherrill
  vocal [2, 4, 7, 12]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [1-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-12, 17-18]
• Kay Davis
  vocal [1]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1-11, 11-12, 17-18]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone, reeds [1-4, 9-12]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [1-11, 17-18], violin [5-6, 12, 17-18]
• Red Callender
  double bass [13-16]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [9-12, 17-18], trumpet [9-12]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [1-12, 17-18]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set)
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [1-12, 17-18]
• Show all credits (23)

Issues

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  The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1944-1945

  CD
  1996