The Centenary Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Saturday Night Function
  3:10
• 2
  Creole Love Call
  3:15
• 3
  Cotton Club Stomp
  2:58
• 4
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:10
• 5
  Snake Hip Dance
  2:50
• 6
  Jubilee Stomp
  2:38
• 7
  The Blues With a Feelin'
  3:04
• 8
  Doin' the Voom Voom
  3:14
• 9
  Black Beauty
  2:56
• 10
  Flaming Youth
  3:21
• 11
  The Duke Steps Out
  3:08
• 12
  I Must Have That Man
  3:11
• 13
  East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  3:40
• 14
  The Dicty Glide
  3:11
• 15
  Stevedore Stomp
  2:49
• 16
  Misty Mornin'
  3:11
• 17
  Jazz Convulsions
  2:41
• 18
  Saratoga Swing
  2:47
• 19
  Jungle Jamboree
  2:44
• 20
  Awful Sad
  3:10
• 21
  Washington Wabble
  3:00
• 22
  Syncopated Shuffle
  2:33
• 23
  Rent Party Blues
  3:30
• 24
  Hot and Bothered
  3:20
• 25
  The Moochie
  3:31
• CD 2
• 1
  Drop Me Off at Harlem
  3:02
• 2
  Mood Indigo
  3:00
• 3
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3:02
• 4
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:43
• 5
  Rockin' in Rhythm
  2:46
• 6
  Moonglow
  3:10
• 7
  Stompy Jones
  3:06
• 8
  Double Check Stomp
  2:55
• 9
  Rocky Mountain Blues
  2:59
• 10
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  2:44
• 11
  Lightnin'
  3:11
• 12
  Old Man Blues
  2:57
• 13
  Limehouse Blues
  3:00
• 14
  Tough Truckin'
  3:05
• 15
  Harlem Speaks
  3:13
• 16
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:20
• 17
  Blue Harlem
  2:44
• 18
  Showboat Shuffle
  3:06
• 19
  Solitude
  3:13
• 20
  Slippery Horn
  2:59
• 21
  Merry Go Round
  2:49
• 22
  Delta Serenade
  3:20
• 23
  Ring Dem Bells
  3:00
• 24
  In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
  2:54
• 25
  Daybreak Express
  2:54
• CD 3
• 1
  Caravan
  3:11
• 2
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:04
• 3
  Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)
  3:13
• 4
  Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)
  3:05
• 5
  Exposition Swing
  2:57
• 6
  Gypsy Without a Song
  2:56
• 7
  Battle of Swing (Le Jazz Hot)
  2:51
• 8
  Prelude to a Kiss
  2:58
  1.0 ★
• 9
  The Gal From Joe's
  3:00
• 10
  Azure
  3:05
• 11
  Diminuendo in Blue
  2:49
• 12
  Crescendo in Blue
  3:22
• 13
  Uptown Downbeat
  3:05
• 14
  Harmony in Harlem
  3:11
• 15
  Stepping Into Swing Society
  3:07
• 16
  Braggin' in Brass
  2:31
• 17
  Portrait of the Lion
  2:22
• 18
  Boy Meets Horn
  3:00
• 19
  Ridin' on a Blue Note
  2:47
• 20
  Dinah's in a Jam
  2:51
• 21
  Little Posey
  2:40
• 22
  Grievin'
  2:44
• 23
  Trumpet in Spades (Rex's Concerto)
  3:14
• 24
  The Sergeant Was Shy
  2:45
• 25
  Tootin' Through the Roof
  2:50
• CD 4
• 1
  Take the 'A' Train
  2:55
• 2
  Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
  3:21
  1.0 ★
• 3
  Perdido
  3:11
• 4
  The 'C' Jam Blues
  2:43
• 5
  Cotton Tail
  3:12
• 6
  In a Mellotone
  3:20
• 7
  Jack the Bear
  3:18
• 8
  Ko-Ko
  2:45
• 9
  Conga Brava
  2:58
• 10
  Concerto for Cootie (Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me)
  3:20
• 11
  All Too Soon
  3:32
• 12
  Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
  2:54
• 13
  A Portrait of Bert Williams
  3:15
• 14
  Harlem Air Shaft
  2:47
• 15
  Rumpus in Richmond
  2:46
• 16
  Sepia Panorama
  3:25
• 17
  Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin'
  3:37
• 18
  Warm Valley
  3:21
• 19
  Main Stem
  2:52
• 20
  Blue Serge
  3:25
• 21
  Midriff
  3:21
• 22
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:55
• 23
  Stomp, Look and Listen
  3:13
• 24
  I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
  3:10
• 25
  Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  3:07

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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

• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [2], tenor saxophone [2]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [2]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [4.2, 3.21]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [2]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [2], baritone saxophone [2], clarinet [2]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [2]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2], clarinet [2]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [2]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [2]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [2]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [2]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [2]

Issues

• T
  The Centenary Collection

  4x CD
  12 April 1999