Masterpieces 1926-1949

Tracklist

• CD 1: Mood Indigo
• 1
  East St. Louis Toodle-oo

  Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
  2:57
• 2
  Birmingham Breakdown

  Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
  2:49
• 3
  Black and Tan Fantasy

  The Washingtonians
  3:20
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Black Beauty
  2:53
  1.0 ★
• 5
  The Mooche
  3:14
• 6
  Awful Sad
  2:51
• 7
  The Blues With a Feelin'
  3:16
• 8
  Misty Mornin'
  3:20
• 9
  Flaming Youth
  3:16
• 10
  Hot Feet
  2:40
• 11
  Double Check Stomp

  Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
  2:53
• 12
  Ring Dem Bells
  2:54
• 13
  Old Man Blues
  3:06
• 14
  Mood Indigo

  The Jungle Band
  2:58
• 15
  Rockin' in Rhythm

  The Harlem Footwarmers
  3:15
• 16
  Echoes of the Jungle

  Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
  3:28
• 17
  The Mystery Song
  3:13
• 18
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3:12
  2.0 ★
• 19
  Lazy Rhapsody
  3:18
• 20
  Creole Love Call
  4:10
• 21
  Blue Ramble
  3:16
• 22
  Ducky Wucky
  3:08
• 23
  Eerie Moan
  3:14
• 24
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:39
• CD 2: In a Sentimental Mood
• 1
  Slippery Horn
  3:08
• 2
  Drop Me Off at Harlem
  3:00
• 3
  Daybreak Express
  2:56
• 4
  Delta Serenade
  3:18
• 5
  Stompy Jones
  3:04
• 6
  Solitude
  3:32
• 7
  Blue Feeling
  3:12
• 8
  Saddest Tale
  3:20
• 9
  Moonglow
  3:09
• 10
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:19
• 11
  Showboat Shuffle
  3:04
• 12
  Reminiscing in Tempo, Parts 1-4
  12:35
• 13
  Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)
  3:11
• 14
  Echos of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)
  3:03
• 15
  Black Butterfly
  2:57
• 16
  Caravan
  3:08
• 17
  Azure
  3:03
• 18
  Diminuendo in Blue
  2:48
• 19
  Crescendo in Blue
  3:20
• 20
  Steppin' Into Swing Society
  3:05
• 21
  Lost in Meditation
  2:46
• CD 3: Ko-Ko
• 1
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:03
• 2
  Rose of the Rio Grande
  3:06
• 3
  Pyramid
  2:57
• 4
  Prelude to a Kiss
  2:57
• 5
  Blue Light (Transblucency)
  2:41
• 6
  Boy Meets Horn
  3:01
• 7
  Slap Happy
  2:47
• 8
  Serenade to Sweden
  3:23
• 9
  The Sergeant Was Shy
  2:43
• 10
  Jack the Bear
  3:17
• 11
  Ko-Ko
  2:43
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Congo Brava
  2:59
• 13
  Concerto for Cootie
  3:21
• 14
  Cotton Tail
  3:13
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
  3:19
  1.0 ★
• 16
  Dusk
  3:21
• 17
  Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
  2:54
• 18
  A Portrait of Bert Williams
  3:10
• 19
  Harlem Air-Shaft
  3:00
  1.0 ★
• 20
  All Too Soon
  3:31
• 21
  Sepia Panorama
  3:24
• 22
  In a Mellow Tone
  3:17
  1.0 ★
• 23
  Warm Valley
  3:15
• 24
  Across the Track Blues
  3:01
• 25
  Day Dream
  2:57
• CD 4: Take the "A" Train
• 1
  Pussy Willow
  4:33
• 2
  The Sidewalks of New York
  3:15
• 3
  Take the "A" Train
  2:57
• 4
  Blue Serge
  3:23
• 5
  Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
  3:36
• 6
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
  3:21
• 7
  Clementine
  3:01
• 8
  Jump for Joy
  2:59
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:56
• 10
  Raincheck
  2:31
• 11
  Perdido
  3:10
• 12
  "C" Jam Blues
  2:39
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Moon Mist
  3:00
• 14
  What Am I Here For?
  3:27
• 15
  Main Stem
  2:51
• 16
  Johnny Come Lately
  2:43
• 17
  I'm Beginning to See the Light
  3:11
• 18
  Transbluency
  3:00
• 19
  Lady of the Lavender Mist
  3:21
• 20
  Sultry Serenade
  3:10
• 21
  Air-Conditioned Jungle
  2:42
• 22
  The Clothed Woman
  3:54
• 23
  Snibor
  2:52

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 Sears
  tenor saxophone [17-18]
• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [1.9, 1.11, 1.15-18, 2.2, 2.4-7]
• Barney Bigard
  alto saxophone [6], clarinet [3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22-24, 2.5, 4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 1.15, 1.18], reeds [1.9, 2.2, 2.4-7, 3.14, 3.17, 4.14], tenor saxophone [4.9, 2.5, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24, 1.15, 1.18]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [14], tenor saxophone [3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-24, 4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [4.9, 3.10], piano [9]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [6]
• Bubber Miley
  trumpet [1, 3, 9]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [17-18]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [4.11, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-25, 1.11, 1.15-18, 2.2, 2.4-7]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [3.10, 3.14, 3.19, 1.3], piano [4.1, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-25, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.9, 1.11, 1.16-18, 1.24, 2.2, 2.4-7], solo [4]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [1]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [18]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [1.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.15, 1.17-18, 2.2], guitar [4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22-24, 2.2, 2.4-7, 1.16]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [2.2, 2.4-7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.15-18]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [18]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [1.18, 2.5, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24-25, 4.9], baritone saxophone [4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24-25, 1.15, 1.18, 2.5], clarinet [2.5, 4.9, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24, 1.15, 1.18], reeds [2.2, 2.4-7, 1.9, 1.16-17, 3.11, 3.14, 3.17, 3.23, 4.14, 4.17-18]
• Hillard Brown
  drums (drum set) [17]
• Ivie Anderson
  lead vocals [18]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [4.1, 4.11, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-25]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [17-18]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2.2, 2.4-7, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-24, 1.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.15-18, 4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.24-25, 2.5, 1.15, 1.18], clarinet [2.5, 1.18, 4.9, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.24], reeds [3.14, 3.17, 3.23, 1.9, 1.16-17, 2.2, 2.4-7], saxophone [11], soprano saxophone [2.5, 3.6, 3.22, 1.18]
• Joya Sherrill
  vocal [17]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [3.14, 4.1, 4.11], valve trombone [1.11, 1.15-18, 4.9, 4.14, 2.2, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-24]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [9, 14, 17]
• Kay Davis
  vocal [18]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18, 2.2, 2.4-7, 1.15, 1.18, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-25]
• Louis Bacon
  trumpet [4-7]
• Louis Metcalf
  trumpet [1, 3]
• Mack Shaw
  tuba [1, 3]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [18]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [2.2, 2.5, 4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.17, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24], bass saxophone [5], clarinet [4.1, 3.11], reeds [2.4-7, 4.14, 4.17, 3.11, 3.14, 3.17, 1.1, 1.3], saxophone [1.1, 3.23]
• Prince Robinson
  reeds [1, 3]
• Ray Nance
  cornet [18], trumpet [1, 9, 14, 17-18]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-24, 4.1, 4.9], trumpet [3.14, 4.1, 4.11, 4.14]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [18], reeds [18]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [17-18]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22-25, 2.2, 2.4-7, 4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.17-18, 1.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.15-18]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [17-18]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [4.1, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 3.6, 3.10-12, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.19, 3.22, 3.24]
• Wardell Jones
  trumpet [23]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [1.9, 1.11, 1.16-18, 2.2, 2.4-7]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [18]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [17-18]
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Issues

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  Masterpieces 1926-1949

  4x CD
  16 July 2001