Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Volume 3: 1943 & 1945

Tracklist

• 1
  Somebody Loves Me
  1:35
• 2
  Jack the Bear
  3:15
• 3
  Harlem Air Shaft (take 1)
  3:13
• 4
  Harlem Air Shaft (take 2)
  3:14
• 5
  Harlem Air Shaft (take 3)
  3:15
• 6
  Ring Dem Bells
  3:07
• 7
  Rose Room (take 1)
  3:29
• 8
  Rose Room (take 2)
  3:48
• 9
  Honeysuckle Rose
  2:25
• 10
  Chopsticks
  2:12
• 11
  Midriff (take 1)
  4:10
• 12
  Midriff (take 2)
  3:24
• 13
  I Didn't Know About You (takes 1, 2 & 3, incomplete)
  2:05
• 14
  I Didn't Know About You (take 4)
  2:43
• 15
  I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 1, false start)
  0:58
• 16
  I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 2)
  3:10
• 17
  The Mood to Be Wooed
  4:25
• 18
  Blue Cellophane (takes 1 & 2, false starts)
  0:43
• 19
  Blue Cellophane (take 3)
  3:06
• 20
  Subtle Slough (take 1, false start)
  0:16
• 21
  Subtle Slough (take 2)
  2:36
• 22
  Subtle Slough (take 3)
  2:50
• 23
  Hit Me With a Hot Note (and Watch Me Bounce) (take 1, false start)
  0:58
• 24
  Hit Me With a Hot Note (and Watch Me Bounce) (take 2)
  2:35
• 25
  Hit Me With a Hot Note (and Watch Me Bounce) (take 3, false start)
  0:18
• 26
  Hit Me With a Hot Note (and Watch Me Bounce) (take 4)
  2:30
• 27
  The Air Conditioned Jungle
  4:09

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Release credits

• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [11-15, 17-27]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [11-15, 17-27]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Elmer Williams
  tenor saxophone [1-9]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [1-9]
• Harry Carney
  reeds [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Joya Sherrill
  vocal [13-14, 23-24, 26]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [1-9]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Otto Hardwick
  reeds [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [1-9]
• Rex Stewart
  trumpet [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [11-15, 17-27]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [1-9, 11-15, 17-27]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [1-9]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [11-15, 17-27]
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Issues

• D
  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Volume 3: 1943 & 1945

  CD
  1986