Essential Jazz

Tracklist

• 1
  Take the “A” Train

  Duke Ellington
  2:54
• 2
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 3
  Perdido

  Duke Ellington
  4:29
• 4
  I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)

  Duke Ellington
  3:36
• 5
  In a Mellow Tone

  Duke Ellington
  2:39
• 6
  Mood Indigo

  Duke Ellington
  3:45
• 7
  Happy Go Lucky Local

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 8
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

  Duke Ellington
  2:49
• 9
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 10
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 11
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

  Duke Ellington
  2:38
• 12
  Dancers in Love

  Duke Ellington
  2:17
• 13
  Something to Live For

  Duke Ellington
  2:43
• 14
  Solitude

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 15
  Black Beauty

  Duke Ellington
  3:11
• 16
  Black and Tan Fantasy

  Duke Ellington
  6:23
• 17
  U.M.M.G.

  Duke Ellington
  4:28

More by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

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

• Al Lucas
  double bass [16]
• Andrew “Fats” Ford
  trumpet [9, 17]
• Bobby Rosengarden
  percussion [17]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Chauncey Morehouse
  percussion [17]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [4, 9, 17]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [2]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [2, 4, 9, 16], piano accordion [17]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [9, 17]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Irving Townsend
  producer [17]
• James Johnson
  membranophone [9]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [2, 4, 9], tenor saxophone [2, 9, 17]
• Jimmy Woode
  bass [17], double bass [2, 4, 9]
• John Sanders
  trombone [17], valve trombone [2, 4, 9, 16]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Larry Keyes
  remixer [17]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [2, 4, 9, 17]
• Rosemary Clooney
  lead vocals [2]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [2, 4, 9, 16-17], clarinet [2, 4, 9, 16]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [2, 4, 16-17], membranophone [9]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [2, 4, 9, 16-17]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [2, 4, 9, 16]
• Show all credits (26)

Issues

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  E
  (Combined release view)
• 

  T
  The Essential Duke Ellington

  CD
  1990
• 

  E
  Essentiel Jazz: Duke Ellington

  CD
  1994
• E
  Essential Jazz

  Unknown format