The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973

Compilation by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Released 27 April 1999

big band jazz swing

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CD 1: 1927-28
1
If You Can't Hold the Man You Love (Don't Cry When He's Gone)
Miss Evelyn Preer with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
2:51
2
Washington Wabble (take 1)
2:48
3
Washington Wabble (take 2)
2:50
4
Black and Tan Fantasy
3:10
5
Washington Wabble
3:04
6
Creole Love Call
3:15
7
Blues I Love to Sing (take 1)
3:08
8
Blues I Love to Sing (take 2) (alternate take)
3:11
9
Harlem River Quiver (take 1)
2:45
10
Harlem River Quiver (take 2)
2:46
11
Harlem River Quiver (take 3)
2:48
12
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:39
13
Blue Bubbles (take 1)
3:11
14
Blue Bubbles (take 2)
3:15
15
Black Beauty
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:53
16
Jubilee Stomp
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:35
17
Got Everything but You
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:59
18
Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back
Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
3:00
19
I Done Caught You Blues
Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
2:56
20
The Mooche
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:31
CD 2: 1928-29
1
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (alternate take)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:19
2
No, Papa, No
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:21
3
No, Papa, No (alternate take)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:21
4
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:05
5
Bandanna Babies
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:18
6
Diga Diga Do
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:58
7
I Must Have That Man!
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:22
8
St. Louis Blues (take 1)
Warren Mills and His Blues Serenaders
4:11
9
St. Louis Blues (take 2)
Warren Mills and His Blues Serenaders
4:15
10
St. Louis Blues (take 3)
Warren Mills and His Blues Serenaders
4:20
11
Flaming Youth (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:15
12
Flaming Youth (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:15
13
Saturday Night Function
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:03
14
High Life
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:06
15
Doin' the Voom Voom (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:08
16
Doin' the Voom Voom (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:07
17
Japanese Dream
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
3:32
18
Harlemania
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
2:55
CD 3: 1929
1
The Dicty Glide (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:11
2
The Dicty Glide (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:14
3
Hot Feet
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:40
4
Sloppy Joe (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:16
5
Sloppy Joe (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:15
6
Stevedore Stomp
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:48
7
A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 1 / Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Mornin'
3:48
8
A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 2 / Goin' to Town / Untitled Interlude / Freeze and Melt
4:31
9
Cotton Club Stomp
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:57
10
Misty Mornin'
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:08
11
Arabian Lover
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:50
12
Saratoga Swing
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:50
13
Mississippi
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
3:21
14
The Duke Steps Out
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
3:15
15
Haunted Nights
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
3:14
16
Swanee Shuffle
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
3:19
17
Breakfast Dance
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:06
18
Jazz Lips
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:17
19
March of the Hoodlums
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:54
CD 4: 1930
1
Double Check Stomp
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:54
2
My Gal Is Good for Nothing but Love
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:00
3
I Was Made to Love You
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:59
4
Sweet Dreams of Love (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:23
5
Sweet Dreams of Love (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:25
6
Jungle Nights in Harlem
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:54
7
Sweet Jazz o' Mine (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:42
8
Sweet Jazz o' Mine (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:40
9
Shout 'em Aunt Tillie
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:55
10
Ring Dem Bells (take 2)
2:53
11
Ring Dem Bells (take 3)
2:53
12
Old Man Blues (take 1)
3:03
13
Old Man Blues (take 2)
3:04
14
Old Man Blues (take 3)
3:04
15
Three Little Words
3:04
16
Three Little Words
3:05
17
Ring Dem Bells
2:58
18
Old Man Blues (take 4)
3:09
19
Old Man Blues (take 6)
3:05
20
Hittin' the Bottle (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:01
21
Hittin' the Bottle (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:58
22
That Lindy Hop
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:54
CD 5: 1930-31
1
You're Lucky to Me
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:58
2
Memories of You
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:15
3
Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:26
4
Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:25
5
I'm So in Love With You (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:34
6
I'm So in Love With You (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:35
7
What Good Am I Without You? (alternate take)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:57
8
Blue Again
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:15
9
When a Black Man's Blue (alternate take)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:06
10
Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:09
11
What Good Am I Without You?
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:51
12
When a Black Man's Blue
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:01
13
The River and Me
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:17
14
Keep a Song in Your Soul
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:41
15
Sam and Delilah
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:30
16
Rockin' in Rhythm (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:56
17
Rockin' in Rhythm (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:53
18
Creole Rhapsody, Part 1
4:01
19
Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 3)
4:23
20
Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 2)
4:21
CD 6: 1931-33
1
Limehouse Blues
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:12
2
Echoes of the Jungle
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:28
3
It's Glory
3:10
4
The Mystery Song
3:13
5
The Mystery Song (alternate take)
3:13
6
Mood Indigo / Hot And Bothered / Creole Love Call
7:39
7
Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call (stereo version)
7:43
8
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo / Lot o' Fingers / Black and Tan Fantasy (stereo version)
7:34
9
Dinah
2:55
10
Bugle Call Rag
3:04
11
Maori (A Samoan Dance)
3:26
12
Rude Interlude (take 1)
3:12
13
Rude Interlude (take 2)
3:09
14
Dallas Doings (take 1)
2:59
15
Dallas Doings (take 2)
2:54
CD 7: 1933-34
1
Dear Old Southland (take 1)
3:36
2
Dear Old Southland (take 2)
3:27
3
Daybreak Express (take 1)
2:57
4
Daybreak Express (take 2)
2:58
5
Delta Serenade (take 1)
3:16
6
Delta Serenade (take 2)
3:18
7
Stompy Jones
3:03
8
Solitude
3:32
9
Blue Feeling
3:12
10
Ebony Rhapsody
3:23
11
Cocktails for Two (take 1)
3:28
12
Cocktails for Two (take 2)
3:26
13
Live and Love Tonight
3:18
14
I Met My Waterloo
3:30
15
Troubled Waters (take 1)
3:32
16
Troubled Waters (take 2)
3:30
17
My Old Flame
3:21
CD 8: 1940
1
You, You Darlin'
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:21
2
Jack the Bear
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:17
3
Ko-Ko (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:39
4
Ko-Ko (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:42
5
Morning Glory
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:17
6
So Far, So Good
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:53
7
Conga Brava
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:58
8
Concerto for Cootie
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:19
9
Me and You
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:54
10
Bojangles (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:45
11
Cotton Tail
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:12
12
Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:19
13
Blue Goose
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:21
14
Dusk (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:20
15
Dusk (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:16
16
Bojangles
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:53
17
A Portrait of Bert Williams
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
18
Blue Goose
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:22
19
Harlem Air-Shaft
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:59
20
At a Dixie Roadside Diner
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:49
21
All Too Soon
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:30
22
Rumpus in Richmond
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:49
23
My Greatest Mistake
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:23
CD 9: 1940
1
Sepia Panorama (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:25
2
Sepia Panorama (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:23
3
There Shall Be No Night
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:12
4
In a Mellow Tone
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:16
5
Five O'Clock Whistle
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:18
6
Warm Valley
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:14
7
Pitter Panther Patter (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:08
8
Pitter Panther Patter (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:02
9
Body and Soul (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:05
10
Body and Soul (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:07
11
Body and Soul (take 3)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:10
12
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:55
13
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:46
14
Mr. J. B. Blues (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:03
15
Mr. J. B. Blues (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:12
16
The Flaming Sword (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:22
17
The Flaming Sword (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:07
18
The Flaming Sword (take 3)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:10
19
Warm Valley (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:20
20
Warm Valley (take 3)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:22
21
Across the Track Blues
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:01
22
Across the Track Blues
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:59
23
Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:23
CD 10
1
I Never Felt This Way Before (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:33
2
I Never Felt This Way Before (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:35
3
Day Dream
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:57
4
Good Queen Bess
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:00
5
Good Queen Bess (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:02
6
That's the Blues, Old Man
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:56
7
Junior Hop (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:05
8
Junior Hop (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
9
Without a Song (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:45
10
Without a Song (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:46
11
My Sunday Gal
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
12
Mobile Bay (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:05
13
Mobile Bay (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:04
14
Linger Awhile (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:27
15
Linger Awhile (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:25
16
Charlie the Chulo (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
17
Charlie the Chulo (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
0:48
18
Charlie the Chulo (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:03
19
Lament for Javanette (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:17
20
Lament for Javanette (take 1a)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:51
21
A Lull at Dawn (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
4:14
22
A Lull at Dawn (alternate take)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:37
23
A Lull at Dawn (take 1a)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:28
24
Ready Eddy (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:11
CD 11: 1941
1
Ready Eddy (breakdown)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:32
2
Ready Eddy (false start)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
0:16
3
Ready Eddy (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:08
4
The Sidewalks of New York
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:15
5
Flamingo
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:24
6
The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:19
7
The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:24
8
Take the "A" Train
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:56
9
Jumpin' Punkins (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:41
10
Jumpin' Punkins (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:33
11
John Hardy's Wife
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:29
12
Blue Serge
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:22
13
After All
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:22
14
Dear Old Southland (take 1)
Duke Ellington
3:19
15
Dear Old Southland (take 2)
Duke Ellington
3:25
16
Solitude (take 1)
Duke Ellington
3:30
17
Solitude (take 2)
Duke Ellington
3:16
18
Bakiff
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:25
19
Are You Sticking? (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:05
20
Are You Sticking? (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:04
21
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:35
22
The Giddybug Gallop
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:32
23
Chocolate Shake
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:52
CD 12: 1941
1
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:21
2
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:21
3
Clementine
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:00
4
The Brown-Skin Girl (In the Calico Gown)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:10
5
Jump for Joy (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:53
6
Jump for Joy (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:58
7
Moon Over Cuba
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:15
8
Some Saturday
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
3:00
9
Subtle Slough
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
3:15
10
Menelik: The Lion of Judah (take 1)
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
3:17
11
Menelik: The Lion of Judah (take 2)
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
3:16
12
Poor Bubber
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
3:18
13
Squatty Roo
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:23
14
Passion Flower
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:08
15
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:38
16
Goin' Out the Back Way
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:43
17
Five O'Clock Drag
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:13
18
Rocks in My Bed
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:08
19
Bli-Blip
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:06
20
Chelsea Bridge (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:00
21
Brown Suede
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:07
22
Noir Bleu (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:13
23
"C" Jam Blues
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:52
24
June (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:12
CD 13: 1941-42
1
Raincheck
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:31
2
What Good Would It Do?
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:47
3
I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:15
4
I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:21
5
Chelsea Bridge
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:55
6
Perdido (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
7
Perdido (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
8
"C" Jam Blues
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:38
9
Moon Mist (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:59
10
Moon Mist (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:59
11
What Am I Here For?
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:26
12
I Don't Mind (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:48
13
I Don't Mind (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:50
14
Someone
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
15
My Little Brown Book
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:13
16
Main Stem
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:50
17
Johnny Come Lately
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:41
18
Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:34
19
Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:34
20
Sentimental Lady (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:03
21
Sentimental Lady (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:02
22
A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:57
23
Sherman Shuffle
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:37
CD 14
1
I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
2:41
2
I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 1)
3:12
3
I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 2)
3:11
4
Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know) (take 1)
3:06
5
Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know) (take 2)
2:58
6
I Didn't Know About You
2:44
7
Black, Brown and Beige: Work Song
4:35
8
Black, Brown and Beige: Come Sunday
4:30
9
Black, Brown and Beige: The Blues
4:32
10
Black, Brown and Beige: Three Dances
4:34
11
Carnegie Blues
2:47
12
Blue Cellophane
2:54
13
The Mood to Be Wooed
2:58
14
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
2:51
15
Kissing Bug
3:01
16
Everything but You
2:51
17
(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
3:04
18
Prelude to a Kiss
3:00
19
Caravan
2:46
20
Black and Tan Fantasy
2:48
21
Mood Indigo
2:47
22
In a Sentimental Mood
3:01
CD 15
1
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3:00
2
Sophisticated Lady
2:39
3
Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)
2:55
4
The Minor Goes Muggin'
Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
3:02
5
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:03
6
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:02
7
Solitude
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:04
8
Frankie and Johnny
Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
3:02
9
Jumpin' Room Only
Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
2:56
10
Black Beauty
2:49
11
Every Hour on the Hour (I Fall in Love With You)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:04
12
The Perfume Suite: Balcony Serenade
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
13
The Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:13
14
The Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:20
15
The Perfume Suite: Coloratura (take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:57
16
The Perfume Suite: Coloratura (take 1)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:58
17
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:07
18
Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:47
19
Come to Baby, Do!
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:49
20
I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
3:09
21
Long, Strong, and Consecutive
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:54
22
The Wonder of You
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2:45
23
Tonk
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
2:47
24
Drawing Room Blues
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
3:37
CD 16
1
Rockabye River
3:02
2
Suddenly It Jumped
2:47
3
Transblucency
3:00
4
Just Squeeze Me (but Don't Tease Me)
3:20
5
A Gathering in a Clearing
3:10
6
You Don't Love Me No More
3:25
7
Pretty Woman
2:45
8
Hey, Baby
2:48
9
(Back Home Again in) Indiana
2:48
10
Blue Is the Night
3:06
11
Lover Man (take 1)
3:19
12
Lover Man (take 2)
3:18
13
Just You, Just Me
2:52
14
Beale Street Blues
2:52
15
Memphis Blues
3:04
16
St. Louis Blues
2:58
17
My Honey's Lovin' Arms
3:09
18
(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You)
3:02
19
Swamp Fire
2:51
20
Royal Garden Blues
3:07
21
Esquire Swank
3:27
22
Midriff
3:15
CD 17: The Seattle Concert
1
Long, Long Journey
Leonard Feather's Esquire All-Americans
4:31
2
The One That Got Away
Leonard Feather's Esquire All-Americans
4:23
3
Gone With the Wind
Leonard Feather's Esquire All-Americans
4:35
4
Metronome All-Out
Metronome All-Stars
4:16
5
Skin Deep
7:34
6
How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me? (Sultry Serenade)
3:51
7
Sophisticated Lady
6:13
8
Perdido
4:38
9
Caravan
4:13
10
Harlem Suite
15:17
11
The Hawk Talks
2:53
12
Ellington Medley: Don't Get Around Much Anymore / In a Sentimental Mood
6:54
13
Jam With Sam
3:39
CD 18: The First Concert of Sacred Music
1
In the Beginning God
20:02
2
Tell Me It's the Truth
2:46
3
Come Sunday
3:53
4
The Lord's Prayer
2:43
5
Come Sunday
6:05
6
Will You Be There? / Ain't but the One
4:42
7
New World A-Comin'
8:26
8
David Danced (Before the Lord With All His Might)
6:33
9
Ninety Nine Percent
1:54
10
My Mother, My Father and Love
3:56
11
New World A-Comin' (alternate take)
8:20
12
A Christmas Surprise (first performance)
3:53
13
A Christmas Surprise (second performance)
3:27
CD 19: The Second Sacred Concert
1
Praise God
3:14
2
Supreme Being
11:49
3
Heaven
4:58
4
Something 'Bout Believing
8:15
5
Almighty God
6:36
6
The Shepherd
7:12
7
It's Freedom
13:05
8
Meditation
3:13
9
The Biggest and Busiest Intersection
4:00
10
T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title)
2:27
11
Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgotten Everyone
5:18
CD 20: The Second Sacred Concert (cont'd) / The Third Sacred Concert
1
Father Forgive
2:51
2
Praise God and Dance
11:02
3
Introduction by Sir Colin Crowe
1:33
4
Introduction by Duke Ellington
0:59
5
The Lord's Prayer / My Love
7:48
6
Is God a Three-Letter Word for Love?, Part I
4:27
7
Is God a Three-Letter Word for Love?, Part II
3:45
8
The Brotherhood
5:34
9
Hallelujah
3:29
10
Every Man Prays in His Own Language
11:08
11
Ain't Nobody Nowhere Nothin' Without God
4:17
12
The Majesty of God
7:13
CD 21: The Far East Suite
1
Far East Suite: Tourist Point of View (take 7)
5:10
2
Far East Suite: Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (take 12)
3:19
3
Far East Suite: Isfahan (take 1)
4:07
4
Far East Suite: Depk
2:42
5
Far East Suite: Mount Harissa
7:42
6
Far East Suite: Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)
3:01
7
Far East Suite: Agra
2:37
8
Far East Suite: Amad (take 3)
4:28
9
Far East Suite: Ad Lib on Nippon
11:36
10
Far East Suite: Tourist Point of View (take 5)
4:59
11
Far East Suite: Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (take 8)
3:10
12
Far East Suite: Isfahan (take 2)
4:13
13
Far East Suite: Amad (take 5)
4:15
CD 22: The Popular Duke Ellington / The Jazz Piano / The Duke at Tanglewood
1
Take the ''A'' Train
4:40
2
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
2:36
3
Perdido
3:14
4
Mood Indigo
5:10
5
Black and Tan Fantasy
5:12
6
The Twitch
3:11
7
Solitude
3:36
8
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
1:55
9
The Mooche
5:36
10
Sophisticated Lady
3:02
11
Creole Love Call
3:56
12
Caravan
5:27
13
Wings & Things
1:59
14
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
1:58
15
House of Lords
5:36
16
The Second Portrait of the Lion
4:10
17
Take the ''A'' Train
2:24
18
Caravan
4:37
19
Mood Indigo
2:55
20
Love Scene
2:24
CD 23: The Duke at Tanglewood (cont'd) / ...and His Mother Called Him Bill
1
The Mooche
3:24
2
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
2:47
3
I'm Beginning to See the Light
2:39
4
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2:44
5
Sophisticated Lady
3:21
6
Timon of Athens March
3:08
7
Solitude
3:00
8
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
4:11
9
Satin Doll
2:34
10
Single Petal of a Rose
2:43
11
Snibor
4:16
12
Boo-Dah
3:28
13
Blood Count
4:18
14
U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
3:14
15
Charpoy
3:08
16
After All
3:52
17
The Intimacy of the Blues
2:58
18
Raincheck (take 6)
4:37
19
Raincheck (take 4)
5:22
20
Day Dream
4:25
21
Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note
3:00
CD 24: ...and His Mother Called Him Bill (cont'd) / Eastbourne Performance
1
All Day Long
2:58
2
Lotus Blossom (take 1)
3:56
3
Lotus Blossom
4:57
4
Smada (take 3)
3:21
5
Smada (take 4)
3:20
6
Midriff
4:35
7
My Little Brown Book
4:13
8
Acht O'Clock Rock
2:26
9
The Piano Player
2:56
10
Creole Love Call
4:29
11
Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know)
4:30
12
I Can't Get Started With You
5:53
13
New York, New York
3:01
14
Pitter Panther Patter
2:27
15
How High the Moon
2:17
16
Basin Street Blues
2:59
17
Tiger Rag
3:50
18
Soso
3:43
19
Meditation
3:24
20
Mecuria, the Lion
4:01

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Latin American Suite

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Release credits

Aaron Bell
double bass [24.1, 23.11-14, 23.18, 23.21]
Adelaide Hall
vocal [6-8]
Al Hibbler
vocal [16.6-7, 15.7, 15.11, 15.13, 15.20, 14.1, 14.4-5]
Al Sears
tenor saxophone [15.1, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 16.1-22, 14.1-22]
Alice Babs
lead vocals [19.3, 19.5, 19.10, 20.2]
Art Baron
trombone [20.5-12, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18]
Arthur Whetsel
trumpet [5.1-20, 3.1-19, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 11.15, 2.1-18, 4.1-22, 6.1-15, 1.15-17, 1.20]
Babe Fresk
tenor saxophone [4]
Baby Cox
vocal [1, 4]
Barney Bigard
clarinet [9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 5.16, 7.7, 7.13, 1.15-20, 13.5-6, 2.8-10, 12.4, 10.16-24, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19, 8.19-21, 8.21, 8.23, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8], reeds [7.7-10, 7.13-17, 5.1-20, 3.1-19, 6.6-11, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 8.22, 13.11-14, 12.13-16, 12.20-24, 2.1-7, 2.11-18, 4.4-22], tenor saxophone [1.15-17, 1.20, 7.7, 7.13, 12.4, 13.5, 11.5, 11.8, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 5.16, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23]
Barry Lee Hall
trumpet [24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 20.5-12]
Ben Webster
arranger [11], tenor saxophone [8.1-11, 8.11-23, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 12.4, 12.8-12, 12.20, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 10.9-24]
Benny Green
trombone [19.1-11, 20.1-2]
Benny Payne
vocal [12]
Bill Harris
trombone [4]
Billy Bauer
guitar [4]
Billy Strayhorn
arranger [17.5-13, 11.5, 9.23, 13.5, 8.1-2, 8.20], piano [15.23-24, 17.1-3, 13.5, 10.24, 12.20-24, 11.1-3, 11.5]
Bob Bain
guitar [4]
Bob Haggart
double bass [14.22, 15.1-5, 15.7]
Brad McCuen
producer [23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 18.3, 24.1, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9]
Britt Woodman
trombone [5-13]
Bruce Branson
alto saxophone [4], baritone saxophone [4]
Bubber Miley
trumpet [1.1-17, 2.5-16]
Buddy DeFranco
clarinet [4]
Buddy Rich
drums (drum set) [4]
Buster Cooper
trombone [18.1-6, 18.8, 19.1-11, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 20.1-2, 24.1, 22.10]
Charlie Shavers
trumpet [15.4, 17.1-2]
Chick Bullock
vocal [13-15]
Chubby Jackson
double bass [1-4]
Chuck Connors
bass trombone [22.10, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 19.1-11, 24.1, 20.1-2], trombone [21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 18.1-6, 18.8, 20.5-12]
Clark Terry
flugelhorn [12, 14], trumpet [5-13]
Claude Jones
trombone [14.1-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 16.1-22], valve trombone [8]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [8.1-11, 8.11-23, 4.1-16, 4.20-22, 11.15, 19.1-11, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 22.10, 5.1-20, 10.3-8, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 20.1-2, 3.1-6, 3.9-19, 18.1-6, 18.8, 13.6, 24.1, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 6.1-15], vocal [4.10-11, 4.17, 3.3]
Dave Tough
drums (drum set) [4]
Dick Noel
trombone [4]
Dick Robertson
vocal [5.1-2, 5.7, 5.11, 4.20-22]
Don Byas
tenor saxophone [1-3]
Duke Ellington
arranger [1-2, 11, 19-20], conductor [17.4, 3.3], piano [11.8, 11.14-15, 11.15-17, 15.1-24, 2.1-7, 2.7-18, 24.1, 24.9-10, 24.13-15, 24.18-20, 1.1-20, 6.1-15, 13.6, 13.8, 13.11-17, 13.22-23, 20.1-2, 20.5-12, 7.1-2, 7.2-4, 7.7-10, 7.10, 7.13-17, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 5.1-16, 5.18-20, 4.1-22, 9.3-15, 9.21, 9.23, 18.3, 18.7, 17.1-2, 17.5-13, 12.4, 12.8-16, 23.2-3, 23.5, 23.7, 23.9-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 19.1-11, 3.1-19, 10.3-23, 14.1-22, 21.3, 21.6, 21.6-7, 21.7, 21.9, 16.1-22, 22.10, 22.15-17, 22.20], spoken vocals [4]
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [3.3, 18.3]
Edgar Sampson
alto saxophone [1, 5, 7-8], violin [1]
Edwin Begley
engineer [3, 6-7, 9], recording [3]
Evelyn Preer
vocal [1]
Flip Phillips
tenor saxophone [4]
Francis Williams
trumpet [1-22]
Frank Marvin
vocal [2-3]
Fred Guy
banjo [5.1-20, 3.1-12, 3.17-19, 4.1-22, 6.3-8, 6.10-11, 2.1-18, 7.1-4, 1.2-17, 1.20, 11.15], guitar [16.1-22, 8.1-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-23, 12.4, 12.13-16, 12.20, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 14.1-15, 14.18-22, 5.18, 6.1-2, 6.9, 6.12-15, 11.5, 11.8, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 13.5-6, 13.11-14]
Freddy Jenkins
trumpet [1.18-19, 2.1-18, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-14, 11.15, 3.1-12, 3.17-19, 5.3-20, 4.1-19, 6.1-15]
George Seaberg
trumpet [4]
Georgie Auld
tenor saxophone [4]
Gerald Goff
trumpet [4]
Gus Bivona
alto saxophone [4], clarinet [4], reeds [4]
Harold "Geezil" Minerve
saxophone [5-12], woodwind [13, 15, 18]
Harold Ashby
reeds [13, 15, 18], saxophone [5-12]
Harold Johnson
trumpet [5-12]
Harold “Shorty” Baker
trumpet [1-22]
Harry Carney
alto saxophone [7.7, 7.13, 13.5, 1.2-4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 1.20, 12.4, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 5.13-17, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 10.3, 10.9-15, 11.5, 11.8], baritone saxophone [15.10-13, 15.16, 19.1-11, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 16.4, 16.8, 12.4, 12.8-9, 12.12-16, 12.21-24, 13.5-6, 22.10, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 7.7, 7.13, 11.5, 11.8, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 10.3-15, 14.7-10, 17.4-13, 20.1-2, 18.3], clarinet [9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 13.5, 16.4, 16.8, 11.5, 11.8, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 14.7-10, 18.3, 12.4, 7.7, 7.13, 1.4, 1.20], reeds [6.1-15, 16.1-3, 16.5-22, 3.1-19, 5.1-12, 5.18, 18.1-6, 18.8, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9-11, 1.13-14, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 21.6-7, 4.4-22, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 8.3-6, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 8.22, 13.11-14, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 2.1-5, 2.11-18, 14.1-9, 14.11-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15, 15.17-22, 9.3, 9.5-6, 11.15, 12.20], saxophone [18.3, 20.5-12, 12.8-12, 5.18-20], soprano saxophone [12]
Harry “Sweets” Edison
trumpet [4]
Herb Jeffries
vocal [12.4-5, 13.2-4, 13.15, 8.1, 10.1-2, 11.5-7, 9.3]
Herbie Fields
alto saxophone [4]
Herbie Jones
brass [7], trumpet [19.1-11, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1, 22.10, 18.1-6, 18.8, 20.1-2]
Hillard Brown
drums (drum set) [1, 3, 5-14]
Irving Mills
vocal [1, 4, 6]
Ivie Anderson
vocal [7.10, 7.15-17, 9.5, 11.23, 13.12-13, 13.18-19, 8.6, 8.9, 8.20, 12.1-2, 12.6, 12.18, 6.9]
J.C. Higginbotham
trombone [4]
Jeff Castleman
double bass [23.15, 23.17, 23.20, 20.1-2, 19.1-11]
Jimmy Blanton
double bass [13.6, 8.1-11, 8.11, 8.11-23, 10.3-24, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20-24, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 9.3-15, 9.21, 9.23]
Jimmy Hamilton
alto saxophone [3], clarinet [17.1-2, 16.4, 16.8, 18.3, 20.1-2, 22.10, 15.10-11, 14.7-10, 19.1-11], reeds [15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-17, 15.20-22, 17.5-13, 14.1-9, 14.11-22, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1, 18.1-6, 18.8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 16.1-3, 16.5-22], saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [19.1-11, 14.7-10, 15.10-11, 20.1-2, 16.4, 16.8]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trombone [5.1-20, 1.2-17, 1.20, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-19, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 3.1-19, 12.4, 12.20, 14.1-22, 4.1-22, 16.1-8, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 2.4-18, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 8.1-11, 8.11-23]
Joe Benjamin
double bass [20.5-12, 24.9, 24.13-15, 24.18-19]
John Lamb
double bass [21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 18.1-6, 18.8]
John Sanders
valve trombone [18, 21]
Johnny Coles
trumpet [20.5-12, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 16.1-22, 20.1-2, 24.1, 9.21, 9.23, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 1.20, 22.10, 12.4, 12.13-16, 12.20, 11.5, 11.8, 14.1-22, 5.13-20, 18.1-6, 18.8, 17.1-4, 19.1-11, 7.7, 7.13, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 10.3-8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9], clarinet [12.4, 7.7, 7.13, 11.5, 11.8, 13.5, 2.8-10, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 9.21, 9.23, 1.20], reeds [5.1-12, 5.18, 2.1-3, 2.5-7, 2.11-18, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 11.15, 3.1-19, 4.4-22, 8.10-11, 8.14-17, 8.22, 9.3, 9.5-6], saxophone [8.3-6, 8.8-9, 18.3, 10.6], soprano saxophone [8.13, 8.18, 7.7, 7.13, 9.4]
Joseph Park
tuba [4]
Joya Sherrill
vocal [15.1, 15.5-7, 15.21-22, 14.2-3, 14.6, 14.9, 14.14-16]
Juan Tizol
trombone [8.11, 13.6], valve trombone [12.4, 12.20, 13.5, 13.11-14, 17.5-13, 5.1-20, 11.5, 11.8, 3.13-19, 6.1-10, 6.12-15, 7.14-17, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 4.1-22, 8.1-11, 8.11-23]
Junior Raglin
double bass [14.1-7, 14.7-8, 14.8-9, 14.9-21, 13.5, 13.11-14, 15.8-19]
Karl DeKarske
trombone [4]
Kay Davis
vocal [16.3, 15.1, 15.7, 14.1, 14.21]
Lawrence Brown
trombone [16.1-22, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 6.11-15, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 20.1-2, 18.1-6, 18.8, 10.3-24, 24.1, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 14.1-13, 14.13-22, 19.1-11, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23]
Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
performer [1]
Louie Bellson
drums (drum set) [17.5-13, 18.1-6, 18.8]
Louis Armstrong
lead vocals [1], trumpet [1], vocal [1]
Louis Bacon
trumpet [6.12-15, 11.15, 7.1-4, 7.7-9], vocal [11.15, 7.1-2]
Louis Metcalf
trumpet [2-14, 16-17]
Marian Cox
vocal [11-12, 16, 18]
Marie Ellington
vocal [1, 7]
Marshall Royal
reeds [17]
Mary Lou Williams
arranger [17]
Mercer Ellington
brass [7], trumpet [18.1-6, 18.8, 19.1-11, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 22.10, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 20.1-2, 20.5-12]
Money Johnson
trumpet [20.1-2, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 19.1-11]
Neal Hefti
trumpet [4]
Oscar Pettiford
double bass [15.20-22, 16.1-22]
Otto Hardwick
alto saxophone [11.5, 11.8, 12.4, 13.5-6, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.16, 6.11, 14.1, 14.3, 14.5-22, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-22, 7.7], baritone saxophone [12], bass saxophone [7], clarinet [1.4, 2.8-10, 8.4], reeds [11.15, 14.1-6, 14.11-14, 15.15, 15.17-19, 13.11-14, 6.12-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-9, 7.14-17, 8.3-6, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 1.5, 1.7-11, 1.13-14], saxophone [1.2-4, 1.6, 2.6-7, 9.3, 9.5-6]
Ozie Ware
vocal [2.3, 2.5-6, 1.18-19]
Paul Gonsalves
reeds [3], saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [24.1, 19.1-11, 17.5-13, 18.1-6, 18.8, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 20.1-2]
Percy Marion
saxophone [5-12], tenor saxophone [13, 15, 18]
Pete Candoli
trumpet [4]
Queen Esther Marrow
vocal [3]
Quentin Jackson
trombone [18.1-6, 18.8, 17.5-13]
Quentin White
drums (drum set) [24.9, 24.13-15, 24.18, 20.5-12]
Ray Hall
mix-DJ [23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1]
Ray Nance
cornet [3], lead vocals [8], trumpet [12.4, 12.13-16, 12.20-24, 13.5, 13.11-14, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 10.16-24, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-19, 16.1-4, 16.8-22, 14.1-13, 14.15-22], violin [15.10-13, 14.7-8, 14.14, 16.4], vocal [14.17, 12.19, 16.4, 16.8, 16.17, 13.22]
Red Norvo
vibraphone [2, 4]
Remo Palmier
guitar [1-3]
Rex Stewart
cornet [13.5, 11.5, 11.8, 14.11-14, 12.4, 12.8-9, 12.12, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 15.10-13, 15.16], trumpet [10.9-15, 12.8-12, 12.20, 13.6, 13.11-14, 14.11-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15, 15.17-22, 8.11]
Rudy Jackson
clarinet [4, 6, 12], reeds [2-4, 6, 9-11, 13-14], tenor saxophone [4, 12]
Rufus Jones
drums (drum set) [3, 6-7, 9]
Russell Procope
alto saxophone [17.5-13, 15.20-22, 16.1-4, 16.8-22, 18.3, 20.1-2, 22.10, 19.1-11, 24.1, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21], clarinet [19.1-11, 20.1-2, 18.3], reeds [16.3, 16.5-8, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 18.1-6, 18.8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18], saxophone [18.3, 20.5-12]
Sam Woodyard
drums (drum set) [22.10, 19.1-6, 19.8-11, 23.15, 23.17, 23.20, 20.1-2]
Sandy Block
double bass [4]
Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
trumpet [15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 14.1-22, 16.1-22]
Sid Catlett
drums (drum set) [18-19]
Sid Cooper
alto saxophone [4]
Sid Garry
vocal [8-9]
Sid Weiss
double bass [5-7]
Smith Ballew
vocal [3-4]
Sonny Berman
trumpet [4]
Sonny Greer
chimes [14], drums (drum set) [10.3-24, 1.1-20, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 5.1-16, 5.16-20, 4.1-22, 17.1-3, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20-24, 3.1-19, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 16.1-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-13, 15.15-17, 15.20-22, 14.1-22, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 2.1-13, 2.15-18], vocal [3.4-5, 6.9]
Steve Little
drums (drum set) [23.11-14, 23.18, 23.21, 19.1-11, 20.1-2, 24.1]
Sy Oliver
arranger [4]
Taft Jordan
trumpet [15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 16.1-22, 14.1-22]
Teddy Bunn
guitar [13-16]
Teddy Wilson
piano [4]
Tex Satterwhite
trombone [4]
The John Alldis Choir
choir vocals [5-12]
The Rhythm Boys
vocal [16]
Tiny Grimes
guitar [4]
Tommy Dorsey
trombone [17.4, 15.3-4]
Vido Musso
tenor saxophone [4]
Vince Prudente
trombone [5-12]
Vito N. Mangano
trumpet [4]
Wallace Jones
trumpet [12.4, 12.20, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 11.5, 11.8]
Wardell Jones
trumpet [3, 5-6]
Wellman Braud
double bass [3.1-19, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 11.15, 4.1-22, 6.1-15, 2.1-18, 5.1-16, 5.16-20, 1.2-4, 1.6, 1.9-17, 1.19], tuba [18, 20]
Wendell Marshall
double bass [5-13]
Wilbur de Paris
trombone [16.1-22, 15.20-22]
William “Cat” Anderson
trumpet [17.5-13, 24.1, 21.3, 21.6, 21.6-7, 21.7, 21.9, 18.1-6, 18.8, 16.1-22, 22.10, 14.1-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 19.1-11, 20.1-2, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21]
Willie Cook
trumpet [5-13]
Willie Smith
alto saxophone [5-13]
[unknown]
cello [4], harp [4], trumpet [4], viola [4], violin [4]

Issues

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The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973
24x CD
27 April 1999
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The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973)
24x CD
1999