In a Mellotone

Tracklist

• 1
  Take the "A" Train
  2:57
• 2
  A Portrait of Bert Williams
  3:14
• 3
  Main Stem
  2:52
• 4
  Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin'
  3:37
• 5
  I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  3:21
• 6
  Perdido
  3:12
• 7
  Blue Serge
  3:24
• 8
  The Flaming Sword
  3:10
• 9
  In a Mellotone
  3:21
• 10
  Cotton Tail
  3:14
• 11
  I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
  3:17
• 12
  Rumpus in Richmond
  2:51
• 13
  All Too Soon
  3:33
• 14
  Sepia Panorama
  3:27
• 15
  Rocks in My Bed
  3:10
• 16
  What Am I Here For?
  3:25

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Release credits

• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [1-2, 2-7, 7-10, 10, 10-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14-16], reeds [10], tenor saxophone [2, 7, 10, 12-14]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [10], tenor saxophone [1-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [14]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [5]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1-5, 5-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [10, 14], piano [1-5, 5-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [1-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [2, 7, 10, 12-14], baritone saxophone [1-5, 5-7, 7, 7-10, 10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16], clarinet [2, 7, 10, 12-14], reeds [10]
• Herb Jeffries
  vocal [11]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [1-2, 2-10, 10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [5], tenor saxophone [5]
• Jimmy Woode
  double bass [5]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• John Sanders
  valve trombone [5]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1-2, 2-5, 5-7, 7-10, 10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16], clarinet [2, 7, 10, 12-14], reeds [10]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [1-12, 14-16], valve trombone [2, 7, 10, 12-14]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [1-10, 10-14, 14-16], reeds [10]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [5]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [5, 7]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [2, 7, 10, 12-14], trumpet [1-12, 14-16]
• Rosemary Clooney
  lead vocals [5]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [5], clarinet [5]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [1-7, 7-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [1-10, 10-14, 14-16]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [5]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [5]
• Show all credits (30)

Issues

• 

  I
  In a Mellotone

  12" Vinyl
  1956
• I
  In a Mellotone

  CD
  15 August 1995