Highlights From the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (1927 – 1973)

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:11
• 2
  Black Beauty
  2:53
• 3
  The Mooche
  3:34
• 4
  A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 1: Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Mornin’
  3:51
• 5
  Jungle Nights in Harlem
  2:53
• 6
  Ring Dem Bells
  2:54
• 7
  Mood Indigo
  3:09
• 8
  Rockin’ in Rhythm
  2:57
• 9
  Creole Rhapsody, Part 1
  4:01
• 10
  Creole Rhapsody, Part 2
  4:24
• 11
  Echoes of the Jungle
  3:27
• 12
  Daybreak Express
  2:58
• 13
  My Old Flame
  3:23
• 14
  Jack the Bear
  3:17
• 15
  Cotton Tail
  3:12
• 16
  Never No Lament (Don’t Get Around Much Anymore)
  3:16
• CD 2
• 1
  Sepia Panorama
  3:25
• 2
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:55
• 3
  Day Dream
  2:58
• 4
  A Lull at Dawn
  3:28
• 5
  Take the “A” Train
  2:56
• 6
  Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
  3:36
• 7
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
  3:20
• 8
  Passion Flower
  3:09
• 9
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
  3:39
• 10
  Rocks in My Bed
  3:08
• 11
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:55
• 12
  Perdido
  3:09
• 13
  I’m Beginning to See the Light (take 2)
  3:13
• 14
  Work Song
  4:36
• 15
  Caravan
  2:47
• 16
  The Minor Goes Muggin’
  3:02
• 17
  Tonk
  2:48
• 18
  Just Squeeze Me (but Don’t Tease Me)
  3:17
• CD 3
• 1
  Long, Long Journey
  4:31
• 2
  Perdido
  4:41
• 3
  Come Sunday
  3:57
• 4
  New World A‐Comin’
  8:26
• 5
  A Christmas Surprise
  3:30
• 6
  Ain’t Nobody Nowhere Nothin’ Without God
  4:19
• 7
  Isfahan
  4:06
• 8
  Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)
  3:02
• 9
  Take the “A” Train
  4:39
• 10
  The Second Portrait of the Lion
  4:15
• 11
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:21
• 12
  Blood Count
  4:18
• 13
  Raincheck
  4:38
• 14
  Basin Street Blues
  3:00
• 15
  Don’t You Know I Care (or Don’t You Care to Know)
  4:32

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Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  double bass [12]
• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [13, 15]
• Art Baron
  trombone [6]
• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [2-9, 11, 13]
• Babe Fresk
  tenor saxophone [16]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [1.2-3, 1.8, 1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11], reeds [1.4-9, 1.13, 2.8-9], tenor saxophone [1.2-3, 1.8, 1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11]
• Barry Lee Hall
  trumpet [6]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [1.14, 2.11, 3.2], piano [2.11, 2.17, 3.1]
• Bob Bain
  guitar [16]
• Bob Haggart
  double bass [16]
• Brad McCuen
  producer [7, 12]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [2]
• Bruce Branson
  alto saxophone [16], baritone saxophone [16]
• Bubber Miley
  trumpet [1-2]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [16]
• Buster Cooper
  trombone [7, 12]
• Charlie Shavers
  trumpet [3.1, 2.16]
• Chubby Jackson
  double bass [1]
• Chuck Connors
  bass trombone [12], trombone [6-7]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [2]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [13, 15]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1.5-9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.3, 2.7, 3.7, 3.12], vocal [6]
• Dick Noel
  trombone [16]
• Don Byas
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [14], celesta [7], piano [1.1-9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.13, 2.15-17, 3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6-7, 3.10, 3.12]
• Edwin Begley
  engineer [7]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [1-9], guitar [2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [4-9, 11]
• George Seaberg
  trumpet [16]
• Gerald Goff
  trumpet [16]
• Gus Bivona
  alto saxophone [16], clarinet [16], reeds [16]
• Harold "Geezil" Minerve
  saxophone [6]
• Harold Ashby
  saxophone [6]
• Harold Johnson
  trumpet [6]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 1.1-3, 1.8, 1.14, 1.16], baritone saxophone [3.2, 3.7, 1.1-2, 1.14, 1.16, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11], clarinet [1.1, 1.3, 1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11], reeds [2.13, 2.15, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 3.12], saxophone [1.9, 3.6]
• Herbie Jones
  trumpet [7, 12]
• Hillard Brown
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Ivie Anderson
  vocal [2.7, 2.10, 1.13]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [1.14, 1.16, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7-9]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [1], reeds [3.2, 3.7, 3.12, 2.13, 2.15]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1.1-9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [6]
• John Lamb
  double bass [7]
• Johnny Coles
  trumpet [6]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1.3, 1.8-9, 1.14, 1.16, 3.1, 3.7, 3.12, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15], clarinet [1.3, 1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11], reeds [4-7, 9, 11, 13]
• Joseph Park
  tuba [16]
• Joya Sherrill
  vocal [13]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [3.2, 1.5-9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [11, 13, 15]
• Karl DeKarske
  trombone [16]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [3.7, 3.12, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 1.13-14, 1.16]
• Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
  performer [1]
• Loren Schoenberg
  liner notes
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [1], trumpet [1], vocal [1]
• Louis Metcalf
  trumpet [1]
• Marshall Royal
  reeds [13]
• Mercer Ellington
  trumpet [6-7, 12]
• Orrin Keepnews
  liner notes
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [1.1-2, 1.14, 1.16, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15], clarinet [1], reeds [2.13, 1.13], saxophone [1]
• Paul Gonsalves
  reeds [7], tenor saxophone [2, 12]
• Percy Marion
  saxophone [6]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [2]
• Quentin White
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Ray Hall
  mix-DJ [12]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [5, 8-9, 11, 13, 15]
• Remo Palmier
  guitar [1]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 1.14, 1.16], trumpet [15]
• Rudy Jackson
  clarinet [1], reeds [1], tenor saxophone [1]
• Rufus Jones
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [2, 12], reeds [7, 12], saxophone [6]
• Sandy Block
  double bass [16]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [13, 15]
• Sid Cooper
  alto saxophone [16]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [3.1, 1.1-8, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15]
• Steve Backer
  executive
• Steve Little
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Sy Oliver
  arranger [16]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [13, 15]
• Tex Satterwhite
  trombone [16]
• The John Alldis Choir
  choir vocals [6]
• Tommy Dorsey
  trombone [16]
• Vido Musso
  tenor saxophone [16]
• Vince Prudente
  trombone [6]
• Vito N. Mangano
  trumpet [16]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 1.14, 1.16]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [1-2, 4-8, 8-9, 11, 13], tuba [3]
• Wendell Marshall
  double bass [2]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [2.13, 2.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.12]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [2]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [2]
• [unknown]
  cello [16], harp [16], trumpet [1], viola [16], violin [16]
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  Highlights From the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (1927 – 1973)

  3x CD
  4 April 2000