The Best of Early Ellington

Tracklist

• 1
  East St. Louis Toodle-oo
  2:54
• 2
  Birmingham Breakdown
  2:40
• 3
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:19
• 4
  Take It Easy
  2:41
• 5
  Jubilee Stomp
  2:46
• 6
  Black Beauty
  3:07
• 7
  Yellow Dog Blues
  2:57
• 8
  Tishomingo Blues
  3:00
• 9
  Awful Sad
  3:17
• 10
  The Mooche
  3:12
• 11
  Doin' the Voom Voom
  3:10
• 12
  Rent Party Blues
  3:26
• 13
  Harlem Flat Blues
  3:09
• 14
  Jolly Wog
  3:05
• 15
  Jazz Convulsions
  2:51
• 16
  Sweet Mama
  3:09
• 17
  Cotton Club Stomp (take B)
  2:55
• 18
  Mood Indigo
  2:58
• 19
  Rockin' in Rhythm
  3:02
• 20
  Creole Rhapsody, Parts 1 & 2
  6:25

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The Intimacy of the Blues

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JazzTime

JazzTime 1989

Latin American Suite

Latin American Suite 1972

…and His Mother Called Him Bill

…and His Mother Called Him Bill 1968

Indigos

Indigos 1958

Release credits

• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [9-11, 11-19]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [11-16, 18-19], reeds [4-5, 7-11, 11-12, 14-17, 19]
• Bubber Miley
  trumpet [1, 3-5, 7-11, 11]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [12-17, 19]
• Cornell Smelser
  accordion [17]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [3], piano [1-5, 7, 7-9, 9-11, 11-19]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [1]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [1, 3-5, 7-11, 11-19]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [11, 11-17, 19]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [11-16, 19], reeds [4-5, 7-11, 11-12, 14-17, 19]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1, 3-5, 7-11, 11-19]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [11-16, 19], reeds [7-11, 11-12, 14-17, 19]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [14-17, 19]
• Louis Metcalf
  trumpet [1, 3-5, 7-8]
• Mack Shaw
  tuba [1, 3]
• Otto Hardwick
  reeds [1, 3-5], saxophone [1]
• Prince Robinson
  reeds [1, 3]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [1, 3-5, 9-11, 11-19]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [4-5, 7-11, 11-19]
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Issues

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  The Best of Early Ellington

  CD
  1996
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  T
  The Best of Early Ellington

  CD
  1996
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  T
  The Best of Early Ellington

  CD
  1996