Masterpieces 1926-1949 - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Masterpieces 1926-1949

Compilation by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Released 16 July 2001

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
4
Black Beauty
2:53
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
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
12
Congo Brava
2:59
13
Concerto for Cootie
3:21
14
Cotton Tail
3:13
15
Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
3:19
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
20
All Too Soon
3:31
21
Sepia Panorama
3:24
22
In a Mellow Tone
3:17
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
9
Chelsea Bridge
2:56
10
Raincheck
2:31
11
Perdido
3:10
12
"C" Jam Blues
2:39
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

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The Best of Early Ellington

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The Intimacy of the Blues

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JazzTime

JazzTime 1989

Latin American Suite

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…and His Mother Called Him Bill

…and His Mother Called Him Bill 1968

Release credits

Arthur Whetsel
trumpet [1.18, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Barney Bigard
alto saxophone [6], clarinet [2.5, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 1.18], reeds [3.14, 2.2, 2.4-5], tenor saxophone [3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 2.5, 1.18]
Ben Webster
arranger [14], tenor saxophone [10, 14, 14-15, 19, 22]
Billy Strayhorn
arranger [10]
Billy Taylor Sr.
double bass [6]
Bubber Miley
trumpet [1, 3]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [2.2, 2.4-5, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 1.18]
Duke Ellington
arranger [3.10, 3.14, 3.19, 1.3], piano [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.18, 1.24, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22], solo [4]
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [2]
Edgar Sampson
alto saxophone [1]
Fred Guy
banjo [2.2, 1.1, 1.3, 1.18], guitar [3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Freddy Jenkins
trumpet [1.18, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Harry Carney
alto saxophone [2.5, 1.18, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22], baritone saxophone [2.5, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 1.18], clarinet [1.18, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 2.5], reeds [2.2, 2.4-5, 3.14]
Ivie Anderson
lead vocals [18]
Jimmy Blanton
double bass [10, 14, 14-15, 19, 22]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trombone [1.1, 1.3, 1.18, 2.2, 2.4-5, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 2.5, 1.18], clarinet [2.5, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14-15, 3.19, 1.18], reeds [3.14, 2.2, 2.4-5], soprano saxophone [2.5, 3.6, 3.22, 1.18]
Juan Tizol
trombone [14], valve trombone [1.18, 2.2, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22]
Lawrence Brown
trombone [3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 1.18, 2.2, 2.4-5]
Louis Bacon
trumpet [4-5]
Louis Metcalf
trumpet [1, 3]
Mack Shaw
tuba [1, 3]
Otto Hardwick
alto saxophone [3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 2.2, 2.5], bass saxophone [5], reeds [1.1, 1.3, 2.4-5, 3.14], saxophone [1]
Prince Robinson
reeds [1, 3]
Rex Stewart
cornet [6, 10, 14, 14-15, 19, 22], trumpet [14]
Sonny Greer
drums (drum set) [3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.14-15, 3.19, 3.22, 2.2, 2.4-5, 1.1, 1.3, 1.18]
Wallace Jones
trumpet [6, 10, 14, 14-15, 19, 22]
Wellman Braud
double bass [1.18, 2.2, 2.4-5]

Issues

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Masterpieces 1926-1949
4x CD
16 July 2001