Beyond Category

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  East St. Louis Toodle-oo
  3:39
• 2
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:09
• 3
  Creole Love Call
  3:12
• 4
  Black Beauty
  2:55
• 5
  Old Man Blues
  3:07
• 6
  Mood Indigo
  3:08
• 7
  Rockin' in Rhythm
  2:57
• 8
  Creole Rhapsody, Parts 1 & 2
  8:35
• 9
  Daybreak Express
  2:57
• 10
  Delta Serenade
  3:20
• 11
  Jack the Bear (Take It Away)
  3:18
• 12
  Ko-Ko
  2:44
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Concerto for Cootie
  3:20
• 14
  Cotton Tail
  3:12
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Dusk
  3:21
• 16
  Pitter Panther Patter
  3:03
• 17
  Across the Track Blues
  3:01
• 18
  Mobile Bay
  3:10
• 19
  Take the "A" Train
  2:57
  1.0 ★
• 20
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
  3:20
• 21
  Subtle Slough
  3:20
• 22
  Passion Flower
  3:09
• CD 2
• 1
  Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  3:43
• 2
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:55
• 3
  Moon Mist
  3:00
• 4
  Main Stem
  2:52
• 5
  I'm Beginning to See the Light
  3:15
• 6
  Carnegie Blues
  2:48
• 7
  Transblucency (A Blue Fog You Can Almost See Through)
  2:59
• 8
  Harlem Suite
  15:08
• 9
  Caravan
  4:13
• 10
  Come Sunday
  4:02
• 11
  Isfahan
  4:07
• 12
  Ad Lib on Nippon
  11:33
• 13
  Blood Count
  4:18
  1.0 ★
• 14
  The Intimacy of the Blues
  2:59
• 15
  Lotus Blossom
  4:58

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Duke Ellington's Finest Hour

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

• Aaron Bell
  double bass [13]
• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [6]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [6, 12, 14, 19-20], reeds [14], tenor saxophone [6, 12, 14, 19-20]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [14], tenor saxophone [12, 14, 19-20]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [20]
• Brad McCuen
  producer [13-14]
• Buster Cooper
  trombone [13-14]
• Chuck Connors
  bass trombone [13-14]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 2.13-14]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [6, 14, 20], celesta [20], piano [1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 1.19, 2.13-14]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [6], guitar [12, 14, 19-20]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [6]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [6, 12, 14, 19-20], baritone saxophone [6, 12, 14, 19-20], clarinet [6, 12, 14, 19-20], reeds [2.13-14, 1.12, 1.14]
• Herbie Jones
  trumpet [13-14]
• Ivie Anderson
  vocal [20]
• Jeff Castleman
  double bass [14]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [12, 14, 19-20]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [13-14]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [6, 12, 14, 19-20]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 1.19-20, 2.13-14], clarinet [6, 12, 14, 19-20], reeds [14], saxophone [12], soprano saxophone [6]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [14], valve trombone [6, 12, 14, 19-20]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [2.13-14, 1.12, 1.14, 1.19-20]
• Mercer Ellington
  trumpet [13-14]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [12, 14, 19-20], clarinet [12], reeds [12, 14]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [13-14]
• Ray Hall
  mix-DJ [13-14]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [19-20]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [12, 14, 19-20], trumpet [14]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [13-14], reeds [13-14]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Sonny Greer
  chimes [6], drums (drum set) [6, 12, 14, 19-20]
• Steve Little
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [12, 14, 19-20]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [6]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [13-14]
• Show all credits (35)

Issues

• B
  Beyond Category

  2x CD
  1994