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

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love

  Duke Ellington
  2:51
• 2
  Washington Wabble (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:48
• 3
  Washington Wabble (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 4
  Black and Tan Fantasy

  Duke Ellington
  3:10
• 5
  Washington Wabble

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 6
  Creole Love Call

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 7
  Blues I Love to Sing (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 8
  Blues I Love to Sing (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:11
• 9
  Harlem River Quiver (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:45
• 10
  Harlem River Quiver (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:46
• 11
  Harlem River Quiver (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  2:48
• 12
  East St. Louis Toodle‐o

  Duke Ellington
  3:39
• 13
  Blue Bubbles (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:11
• 14
  Blue Bubbles (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 15
  Black Beauty

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 16
  Jubilee Stomp

  Duke Ellington
  2:35
• 17
  Got Everything Buy You

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 18
  Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 19
  I Done Caught You Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• 20
  The Mooche

  Duke Ellington
  3:32
• CD 2
• 1
  I Can’t Give You Anything but Love

  Duke Ellington
  3:19
• 2
  No Papa No

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 3
  No Papa No

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 4
  I Can’t Give You Anything but Love

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 5
  Bandanna Babies

  Duke Ellington
  3:18
• 6
  Diga Diga Do

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 7
  I Must Have That Man

  Duke Ellington
  3:22
• 8
  St. Louis Blues (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  4:11
• 9
  St. Louis Blues (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  4:15
• 10
  St. Louis Blues (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  4:20
• 11
  Flaming Youth (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 12
  Flaming Youth (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 13
  Saturday Night Function

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 14
  High Life

  Duke Ellington
  3:06
• 15
  Doin’ the Voom Voom (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 16
  Doin’ the Voom Voom (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:07
• 17
  Japanese Dream

  Duke Ellington
  3:32
• 18
  Harlemania

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• CD 3
• 1
  The Dicty Glide (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:11
• 2
  The Dicty Glide (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 3
  Hot Feet

  Duke Ellington
  2:40
• 4
  Sloppy Joe (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:16
• 5
  Sloppy Joe (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 6
  Stevedore Stomp

  Duke Ellington
  2:48
• 7
  A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 1 / Cotton Club Stomp Misty Mornin’

  Duke Ellington
  3:48
• 8
  A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 2 / Goin’ to Town Untitled Interlude Freeze and Melt

  Duke Ellington
  4:31
• 9
  Cotton Club Stomp

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 10
  Misty Mornin’

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 11
  Arabian Lover

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 12
  Saratoga Swing

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 13
  Mississippi

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 14
  The Duke Steps Out

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 15
  Haunted Nights

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 16
  Swanee Shuffle

  Duke Ellington
  3:19
• 17
  Breakfast Dance

  Duke Ellington
  3:06
• 18
  Jazz Lips

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 19
  March of the Hoodlums

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• CD 4
• 1
  Double Check Stomp

  Duke Ellington
  2:54
• 2
  My Gal Is Good for Nothing but Love

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 3
  I Was Made to Love You

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 4
  Sweet Dreams of Love (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:23
• 5
  Sweet Dreams of Love (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:25
• 6
  Jungle Nights in Harlem

  Duke Ellington
  2:54
• 7
  Sweet Jazz o’ Mine (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:42
• 8
  Sweet Jazz o’ Mine (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:40
• 9
  Shout ’Em Aunt Tillie

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 10
  Ring Dem Bells (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 11
  Ring Dem Bells (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 12
  Old Man Blues (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 13
  Old Man Blues (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 14
  Old Man Blues (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 15
  Three Little Words

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 16
  Three Little Words

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 17
  Ring Dem Bells

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 18
  Old Man Blues (take 4)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 19
  Old Man Blues (take 6)

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 20
  Hittin’ the Bottle (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:01
• 21
  Hittin’ the Bottle (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 22
  That Lindy Hop

  Duke Ellington
  2:54
• CD 5
• 1
  You’re Lucky to Me

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 2
  Memories of You

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 3
  Nine Little Miles From Ten‐Ten‐Tennessee (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:26
• 4
  Nine Little Miles From Ten‐Ten‐Tennessee (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:25
• 5
  I’m So in Love With You (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:34
• 6
  I’m So in Love With You (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:35
• 7
  What Good Am I Without You?

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 8
  Blue Again

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 9
  When a Black Man’s Blue

  Duke Ellington
  3:06
• 10
  Mood Indigo

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 11
  What Good Am I Without You?

  Duke Ellington
  2:51
• 12
  When a Black Man’s Blue

  Duke Ellington
  3:01
• 13
  The River and Me

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 14
  Keep a Song in Your Soul

  Duke Ellington
  2:41
• 15
  Sam and Delilah

  Duke Ellington
  3:30
• 16
  Rockin’ in Rhythm (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• 17
  Rockin’ in Rhythm (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 18
  Creole Rhapsody, Part 1

  Duke Ellington
  4:01
• 19
  Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  4:23
• 20
  Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  4:21
• CD 6
• 1
  Limehouse Blues

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 2
  Echoes of the Jungle

  Duke Ellington
  3:28
• 3
  It’s Glory

  Duke Ellington
  3:10
• 4
  The Mystery Song

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 5
  The Mystery Song

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 6
  Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call

  Duke Ellington
  7:39
• 7
  Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call

  Duke Ellington
  7:43
• 8
  East St. Louis Toodle‐o / Lot o’ Fingers / Black and Tan Fantasy

  Duke Ellington
  7:34
• 9
  Dinah

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 10
  Bugle Call Rag

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 11
  Maori

  Duke Ellington
  3:26
• 12
  Rude Interlude (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 13
  Rude Interlude (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 14
  Dallas Doings (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 15
  Dallas Doings (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• CD 7
• 1
  Dear Old Southland (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:36
• 2
  Dear Old Southland (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:27
• 3
  Daybreak Express (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 4
  Daybreak Express (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 5
  Delta Serenade (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:16
• 6
  Delta Serenade (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:18
• 7
  Stompy Jones

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 8
  Solitude

  Duke Ellington
  3:32
• 9
  Blue Feeling

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 10
  Ebony Rhapsody

  Duke Ellington
  3:23
• 11
  Cocktails for Two (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:28
• 12
  Cocktails for Two (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:26
• 13
  Live and Love Tonight

  Duke Ellington
  3:18
• 14
  I Met My Waterloo

  Duke Ellington
  3:30
• 15
  Troubled Waters (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:32
• 16
  Troubled Waters (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:30
• 17
  My Old Flame

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• CD 8
• 1
  You, You Darlin’

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 2
  Jack the Bear

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 3
  Ko‐Ko (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:39
• 4
  Ko‐Ko (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:42
• 5
  Morning Glory

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 6
  So Far, So Good

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 7
  Conga Brava

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 8
  Concerto for Cootie

  Duke Ellington
  3:19
• 9
  Me and You

  Duke Ellington
  2:54
• 10
  Bojangles

  Duke Ellington
  2:45
• 11
  Cotton Tail

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 12
  Never No Lament

  Duke Ellington
  3:19
• 13
  Blue Goose

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 14
  Dusk (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:20
• 15
  Dusk (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:16
• 16
  Bojangles

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 17
  A Portrait of Bert Williams

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 18
  Blue Goose

  Duke Ellington
  3:22
• 19
  Harlem Air‐Shaft

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 20
  At a Dixie Roadside Diner

  Duke Ellington
  2:49
• 21
  All Too Soon

  Duke Ellington
  3:30
• 22
  Rumpus in Richmond

  Duke Ellington
  2:49
• 23
  My Greatest Mistake

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• CD 9
• 1
  Sepia Panorama (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:25
• 2
  Sepia Panorama (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:23
• 3
  There Shall Be No Night

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 4
  In a Mellotone

  Duke Ellington
  3:16
• 5
  Five O’Clock Whistle

  Duke Ellington
  3:18
• 6
  Warm Valley

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 7
  Pitter Panther Patter (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 8
  Pitter Panther Patter (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:02
• 9
  Body and Soul (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 10
  Body and Soul (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:07
• 11
  Body and Soul (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  3:10
• 12
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 13
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  2:46
• 14
  Mr. J.B. Blues (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 15
  Mr. J.B. Blues (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• 16
  The Flaming Sword (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:22
• 17
  The Flaming Sword (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:07
• 18
  The Flaming Sword (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  3:10
• 19
  Warm Valley (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:20
• 20
  Warm Valley (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  3:22
• 21
  Across the Blues

  Duke Ellington
  3:01
• 22
  Across the Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 23
  Chloe (Song of the Swamp)

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• CD 10
• 1
  I Never Felt This Way Before (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:33
• 2
  I Never Felt This Way Before (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:35
• 3
  Day Dream

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 4
  Good Queen Bess

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 5
  Good Queen Bess

  Duke Ellington
  3:02
• 6
  That’s the Blues, Old Man

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• 7
  Junior Hop (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 8
  Junior Hop (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 9
  Without a Song (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:45
• 10
  Without a Song (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:46
• 11
  My Sunday Gal

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 12
  Mobile Bay (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 13
  Mobile Bay (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 14
  Linger Awhile (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:27
• 15
  Linger Awhile (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:25
• 16
  Charlie the Chulo (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 17
  Charlie the Chulo

  Duke Ellington
  0:48
• 18
  Charlie the Chulo (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 19
  Lament for Javanette

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 20
  Lament for Javanette (take 1a)

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 21
  A Lull at Dawn

  Duke Ellington
  4:14
• 22
  A Lull at Dawn

  Duke Ellington
  3:37
• 23
  A Lull at Dawn (take 1a)

  Duke Ellington
  3:28
• 24
  Ready Eddy (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• CD 11
• 1
  Ready Eddy

  Duke Ellington
  2:32
• 2
  Ready Eddy

  Duke Ellington
  0:16
• 3
  Ready Eddy (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 4
  The Sidewalks of New York

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 5
  Flamingo

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• 6
  The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:19
• 7
  The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• 8
  Take the “A” Train

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• 9
  Jumpin’ Punkins (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:41
• 10
  Jumpin’ Punkins (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:33
• 11
  John Hardy’s Wife

  Duke Ellington
  3:29
• 12
  Blue Serge

  Duke Ellington
  3:22
• 13
  After All

  Duke Ellington
  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
  3:25
• 19
  Are You Sticking? (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:05
• 20
  Are You Sticking? (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:04
• 21
  Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’

  Duke Ellington
  3:35
• 22
  The Giddybug Gallop

  Duke Ellington
  3:32
• 23
  Chocolate Shake

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• CD 12
• 1
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 2
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 3
  Clementine

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 4
  The Brown‐Skin Girl (in the Calico Gown)

  Duke Ellington
  3:10
• 5
  Jump for Joy (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 6
  Jump for Joy (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 7
  Moon Over Cuba

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 8
  Some Saturday

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 9
  Subtle Slough

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 10
  Menelik – The Lion of Judah (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 11
  Menelik – The Lion of Judah (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:16
• 12
  Poor Bubber

  Duke Ellington
  3:18
• 13
  Squaty Roo

  Duke Ellington
  2:23
• 14
  Passion Flower

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 15
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

  Duke Ellington
  3:38
• 16
  Goin’ Out the Back Way

  Duke Ellington
  2:43
• 17
  Five O’Clock Drag

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 18
  Rocks in My Bed

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 19
  Bli‐Blip

  Duke Ellington
  3:06
• 20
  Chelsea Bridge

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 21
  Brown Suede

  Duke Ellington
  3:07
• 22
  Noir Bleu

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 23
  “C” Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:52
• 24
  June

  Duke Ellington
  3:12
• CD 13
• 1
  Raincheck

  Duke Ellington
  2:31
• 2
  What Good Would It Do?

  Duke Ellington
  2:47
• 3
  I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:15
• 4
  I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 5
  Chelsea Bridge

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 6
  Perdido (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 7
  Perdido (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 8
  The “C” Jam Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:38
• 9
  Moon Mist (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 10
  Moon Mist (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 11
  What Am I Here For?

  Duke Ellington
  3:26
• 12
  I Don’t Mind (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:48
• 13
  I Don’t Mind (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 14
  Someone

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 15
  My Little Brown Book

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 16
  Main Stem

  Duke Ellington
  2:50
• 17
  Johnny Come Lately

  Duke Ellington
  2:41
• 18
  Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  2:34
• 19
  Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  2:34
• 20
  Sentimental Lady (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:03
• 21
  Sentimental Lady (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
  3:02
• 22
  A Slip of the Lip

  Duke Ellington
  2:57
• 23
  Sherman Shuffle

  Duke Ellington
  2:38
• CD 14
• 1
  I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 2
  I’m Beginning to See the Light (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
• 3
  I’m Beginning to See the Light (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
• 4
  Don’t You Know I Care (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
• 5
  Don’t You Know I Care (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
• 6
  I Didn’t Know About You

  Duke Ellington
• 7
  Work Song

  Duke Ellington
• 8
  Come Sunday

  Duke Ellington
• 9
  The Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 10
  Three Dances

  Duke Ellington
• 11
  Carnegie Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 12
  Blue Cellophane

  Duke Ellington
• 13
  Mood to Be Wooed

  Duke Ellington
• 14
  (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings

  Duke Ellington
• 15
  Kissing Bug

  Duke Ellington
• 16
  Everything but You

  Duke Ellington
• 17
  (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato

  Duke Ellington
• 18
  Prelude to a Kiss

  Duke Ellington
• 19
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
• 20
  Black and Tan Fantasy

  Duke Ellington
• 21
  Mood Indigo

  Duke Ellington
• 22
  In a Sentimental Mood

  Duke Ellington
• CD 15
• 1
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

  Duke Ellington
• 2
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
• 3
  Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)

  Duke Ellington
• 4
  The Minor Goes Muggin’

  Duke Ellington
• 5
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
• 6
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
• 7
  Solitude

  Duke Ellington
• 8
  Frankie and Johnny

  Duke Ellington
• 9
  Jumpin’ Room Only

  Duke Ellington
• 10
  Black Beauty

  Duke Ellington
• 11
  Every Hour on the Hour

  Duke Ellington
• 12
  Balcony Serenade

  Duke Ellington
• 13
  Strange Feeling

  Duke Ellington
• 14
  Dancers in Love

  Duke Ellington
• 15
  Coloratura (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
• 16
  Coloratura (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
• 17
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

  Duke Ellington
• 18
  Tell Ya What I’m Gonna Do

  Duke Ellington
• 19
  Come to Baby, Do!

  Duke Ellington
• 20
  I’m Just a Lucky So‐and‐So

  Duke Ellington
• 21
  Long, Strong, and Consecutive

  Duke Ellington
• 22
  The Wonder of You

  Duke Ellington
• 23
  Tonk

  Duke Ellington
• 24
  Drawing Room Blues

  Duke Ellington
• CD 16
• 1
  Rockabye River

  Duke Ellington
• 2
  Suddenly It Jumped

  Duke Ellington
• 3
  Transblucency

  Duke Ellington
• 4
  Just Squeeze Me

  Duke Ellington
• 5
  Gathering in a Clearing

  Duke Ellington
• 6
  You Don’t Love Me No More

  Duke Ellington
• 7
  Pretty Woman

  Duke Ellington
• 8
  Hey, Baby

  Duke Ellington
• 9
  (Back Home Again in) Indiana

  Duke Ellington
• 10
  Blue Is the Night

  Duke Ellington
• 11
  Lover Man (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
• 12
  Lover Man (take 2)

  Duke Ellington
• 13
  Just You, Just Me

  Duke Ellington
• 14
  Beale Street Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 15
  Memphis Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 16
  St. Louis Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 17
  My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms

  Duke Ellington
• 18
  (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You)

  Duke Ellington
• 19
  Swamp Fire

  Duke Ellington
• 20
  Royal Garden Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 21
  Esquire Swank

  Duke Ellington
• 22
  Midriff

  Duke Ellington
• CD 17
• 1
  Long, Long Journey

  Duke Ellington
  4:31
• 2
  The One That Got Away

  Duke Ellington
  4:23
• 3
  Gone With the Wind

  Duke Ellington
  4:35
• 4
  Metronome All‐Out

  Duke Ellington
  4:16
• 5
  Skin Deep

  Duke Ellington
  7:34
• 6
  How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me? (Sultry Serenade)

  Duke Ellington
  3:51
• 7
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  6:13
• 8
  Perdido

  Duke Ellington
  4:38
• 9
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
  4:13
• 10
  Harlem Suite

  Duke Ellington
  15:17
• 11
  The Hawk Talks

  Duke Ellington
  2:53
• 12
  Ellington Medley: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / In a Sentimental Mood / Mood Indigo / I’m Beginning to See the Light / Prelude to a Kiss / It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) / Solitude / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

  Duke Ellington
  6:54
• 13
  Jam With Sam

  Duke Ellington
  3:39
• CD 18
• 1
  In the Beginning God

  Duke Ellington
  20:02
• 2
  Tell Me It’s the Truth

  Duke Ellington
  2:46
• 3
  Come Sunday

  Duke Ellington
  3:53
• 4
  The Lord’s Prayer

  Duke Ellington
  2:43
• 5
  Come Sunday

  Duke Ellington
  6:05
• 6
  Will You Be There? Ain’t but the One

  Duke Ellington
  4:42
• 7
  New World A‐Comin’

  Duke Ellington
  8:26
• 8
  David Danced (Before the Lord with All His Might)

  Duke Ellington
  6:33
• 9
  Ninety Nine Percent

  Duke Ellington
  1:54
• 10
  My Mother, My Father and Love

  Duke Ellington
  3:56
• 11
  New World A‐Comin’

  Duke Ellington
  8:20
• 12
  A Christmas Surprise

  Duke Ellington
  3:53
• 13
  A Christmas Surprise

  Duke Ellington
  3:27
• CD 19
• 1
  Praise God

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 2
  Supreme Being

  Duke Ellington
  11:49
• 3
  Heaven

  Duke Ellington
  4:58
• 4
  Something ’Bout Believing

  Duke Ellington
  8:15
• 5
  Almighty God

  Duke Ellington
  6:36
• 6
  The Shepard

  Duke Ellington
  7:12
• 7
  It’s Freedom

  Duke Ellington
  13:05
• 8
  Meditation

  Duke Ellington
  3:13
• 9
  The Biggest and Busiest Intersection

  Duke Ellington
  4:00
• 10
  T.G.T.T.

  Duke Ellington
  2:27
• 11
  Don’t Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgiven Everyone

  Duke Ellington
  5:18
• CD 20
• 1
  Father Forgive

  Duke Ellington
  2:51
• 2
  Praise God and Dance

  Duke Ellington
  11:02
• 3
  Introduction by Sir Colin Crowe

  Duke Ellington
  1:33
• 4
  Introduction by Duke Ellington

  Duke Ellington
  0:59
• 5
  The Lord’s Prayer My Love

  Duke Ellington
  7:48
• 6
  Is God a Three‐Letter Word for Love? (Part I)

  Duke Ellington
  4:27
• 7
  Is God a Three‐Letter Word for Love? (Part II)

  Duke Ellington
  3:45
• 8
  The Brotherhood

  Duke Ellington
  5:34
• 9
  Hallelujah

  Duke Ellington
  3:29
• 10
  Every Man Prays in His Own Language

  Duke Ellington
  11:08
• 11
  Ain’t Nobody Nowhere Nothin’ Without God

  Duke Ellington
  4:17
• 12
  The Majesty of God

  Duke Ellington
  7:13
• CD 21
• 1
  Tourist Point of View

  Duke Ellington
  5:10
• 2
  Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)

  Duke Ellington
  3:17
• 3
  Isfahan

  Duke Ellington
  4:06
• 4
  Depk

  Duke Ellington
  2:40
• 5
  Mount Harissa

  Duke Ellington
  7:40
• 6
  Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)

  Duke Ellington
  3:01
• 7
  Agra

  Duke Ellington
  2:36
• 8
  Amad

  Duke Ellington
  4:27
• 9
  Ad Lib on Nippon

  Duke Ellington
  11:37
• 10
  Tourist Point of View (alternate take)

  Duke Ellington
  4:59
• 11
  Bluebird of Delhi (alternate take)

  Duke Ellington
  3:09
• 12
  Isfahan (alternate take)

  Duke Ellington
  4:12
• 13
  Amad (alternate take)

  Duke Ellington
  4:15
• CD 22
• 1
  Take the “A” Train

  Duke Ellington
  4:40
• 2
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)

  Duke Ellington
  2:36
• 3
  Perdido

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 4
  Mood Indigo

  Duke Ellington
  5:10
• 5
  Black and Tan Fantasy

  Duke Ellington
  5:12
• 6
  The Twitch

  Duke Ellington
  3:11
• 7
  Solitude

  Duke Ellington
  3:36
• 8
  Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

  Duke Ellington
  1:55
• 9
  The Mooche

  Duke Ellington
  5:36
• 10
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  3:02
• 11
  Creole Love Call

  Duke Ellington
  3:56
• 12
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
  5:27
• 13
  Wings & Things

  Duke Ellington
  1:59
• 14
  Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

  Duke Ellington
  1:58
• 15
  House of Lords

  Duke Ellington
  5:36
• 16
  The Second Portrait of the Lion

  Duke Ellington
  4:10
• 17
  Take the “A” Train

  Duke Ellington
  2:24
• 18
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
  4:37
• 19
  Mood Indigo

  Duke Ellington
  2:55
• 20
  Love Scene

  Duke Ellington
  2:24
• CD 23
• 1
  The Mooche

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• 2
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

  Duke Ellington
  2:46
• 3
  I’m Beginning to See the Light

  Duke Ellington
  2:39
• 4
  Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

  Duke Ellington
  2:44
• 5
  Sophisticated Lady

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 6
  Timon of Athens March

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 7
  Solitude

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• 8
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)

  Duke Ellington
  4:11
• 9
  Satin Doll

  Duke Ellington
  2:34
• 10
  Single Petal of a Rose

  Duke Ellington
  2:43
• 11
  Snibor

  Duke Ellington
  4:15
• 12
  Boo‐Dah

  Duke Ellington
  3:28
• 13
  Blood Count

  Duke Ellington
  4:18
• 14
  U.M.M.G.

  Duke Ellington
  3:14
• 15
  Charpoy

  Duke Ellington
  3:08
• 16
  After All

  Duke Ellington
  3:52
• 17
  The Intimacy of the Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 18
  Raincheck (take 6)

  Duke Ellington
  4:37
• 19
  Raincheck (take 4)

  Duke Ellington
  5:22
• 20
  Day Dream

  Duke Ellington
  4:25
• 21
  Rock Skippin’ at the Blue Note

  Duke Ellington
  3:00
• CD 24
• 1
  All Day Long

  Duke Ellington
  2:58
• 2
  Lotus Blossom (take 1)

  Duke Ellington
  3:56
• 3
  Lotus Blossom

  Duke Ellington
  4:57
• 4
  Smada (take 3)

  Duke Ellington
  3:21
• 5
  Smada (take 4)

  Duke Ellington
  3:20
• 6
  Midriff

  Duke Ellington
  4:35
• 7
  My Little Brown Book

  Duke Ellington
  4:13
• 8
  Acht O’Clock Rock

  Duke Ellington
  2:26
• 9
  The Piano Player

  Duke Ellington
  2:56
• 10
  Creole Love Call

  Duke Ellington
  4:29
• 11
  Don’t You Know I Care

  Duke Ellington
  4:30
• 12
  I Can’t Get Started With You

  Duke Ellington
  5:53
• 13
  New York, New York

  Duke Ellington
  3:01
• 14
  Pitter Panther Patter

  Duke Ellington
  2:27
• 15
  How High the Moon

  Duke Ellington
  2:17
• 16
  Basin Street Blues

  Duke Ellington
  2:59
• 17
  Tiger Rag

  Duke Ellington
  3:50
• 18
  Soso

  Duke Ellington
  3:43
• 19
  Meditation

  Duke Ellington
  3:24
• 20
  Mecuria, the Lion

  Duke Ellington
  4:01

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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

• Aaron Bell
  double bass [24.1, 23.11-14, 23.18, 23.21]
• Adelaide Hall
  vocal [6-8]
• Al Hibbler
  vocal [15.7, 15.11, 15.13, 15.20, 16.6-7, 14.1, 14.4-5]
• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [16.1-22, 15.1, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 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 [11.15, 5.1-18, 5.20, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 3.1-19, 2.1-18, 4.1-22, 1.15-17, 1.20]
• Babe Fresk
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Baby Cox
  vocal [1, 4]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [2.8-10, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 1.15-20, 10.16-24, 7.7, 7.13, 5.16, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19, 8.19-21, 8.21, 8.23, 12.4, 13.5-6], reeds [6.6-11, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 13.11-14, 3.1-19, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 8.22, 12.13-16, 12.20-24, 5.1-18, 5.20, 2.1-7, 2.11-18, 4.4-22], tenor saxophone [9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 11.5, 11.8, 12.4, 13.5, 5.16, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 1.15-17, 1.20, 7.7, 7.13]
• Barry Lee Hall
  trumpet [20.5-12, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [11], tenor saxophone [10.9-24, 12.4, 12.8-12, 12.20, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23]
• Benny Green
  trombone [20.1-2, 19.1-11]
• Benny Payne
  vocal [12]
• Bill Harris
  trombone [4]
• Billy Bauer
  guitar [4]
• Billy Strayhorn
  arranger [11.5, 8.1-2, 8.20, 9.23, 17.5-13, 13.5], piano [13.5, 10.24, 11.1-3, 11.5, 12.20-24, 17.1-3, 15.23-24]
• Bob Bain
  guitar [4]
• Bob Haggart
  double bass [15.1-5, 15.7, 14.22]
• Brad McCuen
  producer [18.3, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [5-13]
• Bruce Branson
  alto saxophone [4], baritone saxophone [4]
• Bubber Miley
  trumpet [1.1-4, 1.6-17, 2.5-16]
• Buddy DeFranco
  clarinet [4]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Buster Cooper
  trombone [20.1-2, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1, 19.1-11, 18.1-6, 18.8]
• 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, 24.1, 19.1-11, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 20.1-2], trombone [18.1-6, 18.8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 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, 13.6, 24.1, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 22.10, 3.1-6, 3.9-19, 11.15, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 20.1-2, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 4.1-16, 4.20-22, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 6.1-15, 18.1-6, 18.8, 10.3-8, 5.1-18, 5.20, 19.1-11], vocal [3.3, 4.10-11, 4.17]
• 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 [15.1-24, 21.3, 21.6, 21.6-7, 21.7, 21.9, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 5.1-16, 5.18, 5.20, 17.1-2, 17.5-13, 14.1-22, 20.1-2, 20.5-12, 22.10, 22.15-17, 22.20, 10.3-23, 6.1-15, 1.1-4, 1.6-20, 18.3, 18.7, 4.1-22, 7.1-2, 7.2-4, 7.7-10, 7.10, 7.13-17, 9.3-15, 9.21, 9.23, 12.4, 12.8-16, 3.1-19, 24.1, 24.9-10, 24.13-15, 24.18-20, 11.8, 11.14-15, 11.15-17, 2.1-7, 2.7-18, 19.1-11, 23.2-3, 23.5, 23.7, 23.9-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 13.6, 13.8, 13.11-17, 13.22-23, 16.1-22], spoken vocals [4]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [18.3, 3.3]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [1, 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 [3.1-12, 3.17-19, 2.1-18, 4.1-22, 7.1-4, 6.3-8, 6.10-11, 1.2-4, 1.6-17, 1.20, 11.15, 5.1-18, 5.20], guitar [15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 12.4, 12.13-16, 12.20, 5.18, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 11.5, 11.8, 14.1-15, 14.18-22, 16.1-22, 6.1-2, 6.9, 6.12-15, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 8.1-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-23]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [2.1-18, 6.1-15, 11.15, 4.1-19, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-14, 1.18-19, 5.3-18, 5.20, 3.1-12, 3.17-19]
• 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 [1.2-4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 1.20, 11.5, 11.8, 10.3, 10.9-15, 5.13-17, 13.5, 12.4, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 7.7, 7.13, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23], baritone saxophone [16.4, 16.8, 20.1-2, 17.4-13, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 10.3-15, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 13.5-6, 7.7, 7.13, 18.3, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 12.4, 12.8-9, 12.12-16, 12.21-24, 14.7-10, 15.10-13, 15.16, 19.1-11, 1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 11.5, 11.8], clarinet [16.4, 16.8, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 1.4, 1.20, 14.7-10, 18.3, 11.5, 11.8, 13.5, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 12.4, 7.7, 7.13], reeds [15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15, 15.17-22, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9-11, 1.13-14, 2.1-5, 2.11-18, 3.1-19, 8.3-6, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 8.22, 12.20, 5.1-12, 5.18, 16.1-3, 16.5-22, 9.3, 9.5-6, 11.15, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 18.1-6, 18.8, 21.6-7, 13.11-14, 4.4-22, 14.1-9, 14.11-22, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17], saxophone [5.18, 5.20, 12.8-12, 18.3, 20.5-12], soprano saxophone [12]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [4]
• Herb Jeffries
  vocal [12.4-5, 10.1-2, 8.1, 13.2-4, 13.15, 11.5-7, 9.3]
• Herbie Fields
  alto saxophone [4]
• Herbie Jones
  brass [7], trumpet [22.10, 20.1-2, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 18.1-6, 18.8, 24.1, 19.1-11]
• Hillard Brown
  drums (drum set) [1, 3, 5-14]
• Irving Mills
  vocal [1, 4, 6]
• Ivie Anderson
  vocal [9.5, 6.9, 11.23, 7.10, 7.15-17, 8.6, 8.9, 8.20, 12.1-2, 12.6, 12.18, 13.12-13, 13.18-19]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [4]
• Jeff Castleman
  double bass [19.1-11, 20.1-2, 23.15, 23.17, 23.20]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [13.6, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20-24, 9.3-15, 9.21, 9.23, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 10.3-24, 8.1-11, 8.11, 8.11-23]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  alto saxophone [3], clarinet [20.1-2, 16.4, 16.8, 14.7-10, 17.1-2, 19.1-11, 22.10, 15.10-11, 18.3], reeds [17.5-13, 18.1-6, 18.8, 24.1, 14.1-9, 14.11-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-17, 15.20-22, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 16.1-3, 16.5-22, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9], saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [14.7-10, 15.10-11, 16.4, 16.8, 19.1-11, 20.1-2]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [6.1-15, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 14.1-22, 2.4-18, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 3.1-19, 5.1-18, 5.20, 4.1-22, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 12.4, 12.20, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-19, 1.2-4, 1.6-17, 1.20, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 16.1-8]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [20.5-12, 24.9, 24.13-15, 24.18-19]
• John Lamb
  double bass [18.1-6, 18.8, 22.10, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9]
• John Sanders
  valve trombone [18, 21]
• Johnny Coles
  trumpet [24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 20.5-12]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [9.21, 9.23, 17.1-4, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 12.4, 12.13-16, 12.20, 1.20, 10.3-8, 16.1-22, 18.1-6, 18.8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 22.10, 5.13-18, 5.20, 19.1-11, 7.7, 7.13, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 20.1-2, 24.1, 14.1-22, 11.5, 11.8, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23], clarinet [11.5, 11.8, 2.8-10, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11-12, 8.19-21, 8.23, 9.21, 9.23, 12.4, 7.7, 7.13, 1.20, 13.5], reeds [4.4-22, 3.1-19, 8.10-11, 8.14-17, 8.22, 2.1-3, 2.5-7, 2.11-18, 9.3, 9.5-6, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 11.15, 5.1-12, 5.18, 6.1-15], saxophone [18.3, 8.3-6, 8.8-9, 10.6], soprano saxophone [7.7, 7.13, 8.13, 8.18, 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 [3.13-19, 17.5-13, 7.14-17, 5.1-18, 5.20, 6.1-10, 6.12-15, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 11.5, 11.8, 12.4, 12.20, 4.1-22, 13.5, 13.11-14, 8.1-11, 8.11-23]
• Junior Raglin
  double bass [13.5, 13.11-14, 14.1-7, 14.7-8, 14.8-9, 14.9-21, 15.8-19]
• Karl DeKarske
  trombone [4]
• Kay Davis
  vocal [14.1, 14.21, 16.3, 15.1, 15.7]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 16.1-22, 14.1-13, 14.13-22, 19.1-11, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 20.1-2, 6.11-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 24.1, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 22.10, 10.3-24, 18.1-6, 18.8, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 13.5-6, 13.11-14, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22]
• Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
  performer [1]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [18.1-6, 18.8, 17.5-13]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [1], trumpet [1], vocal [1]
• Louis Bacon
  trumpet [6.12-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-9, 11.15], vocal [11.15, 7.1-2]
• Louis Metcalf
  trumpet [2-4, 6-14, 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 [21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 22.10, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18, 18.1-6, 18.8, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 19.1-11, 20.1-2, 20.5-12]
• Money Johnson
  trumpet [19.1-11, 20.1-2, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18]
• Neal Hefti
  trumpet [4]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [15.20-22, 16.1-22]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.15-17, 6.11, 11.5, 11.8, 7.7, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.16, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 8.1-2, 8.4-5, 8.7-8, 8.11, 8.11-12, 8.19-22, 13.5-6, 12.4, 14.1, 14.3, 14.5-22], baritone saxophone [12], bass saxophone [7], clarinet [1.4, 2.8-10, 8.4], reeds [7.1-4, 7.7-9, 7.14-17, 15.15, 15.17-19, 13.11-14, 1.7-11, 1.13-14, 14.1-6, 14.11-14, 11.15, 8.3-6, 8.8-11, 8.13-18, 6.12-15], saxophone [1.2-4, 1.6, 9.3, 9.5-6, 2.6-7]
• Ozie Ware
  vocal [1.18-19, 2.3, 2.5-6]
• Paul Gonsalves
  reeds [3], saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [18.1-6, 18.8, 19.1-11, 17.5-13, 21.6-7, 21.9, 20.1-2, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 24.1, 22.10]
• 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, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 14.1-13, 14.15-22, 13.5, 13.11-14, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-19, 16.1-4, 16.8-22, 10.16-24], violin [15.10-13, 14.7-8, 14.14, 16.4], vocal [12.19, 16.4, 16.8, 16.17, 13.22, 14.17]
• Red Norvo
  vibraphone [2, 4]
• Remo Palmier
  guitar [1-3]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [13.5, 11.5, 11.8, 15.10-13, 15.16, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 14.11-14, 12.4, 12.8-9, 12.12], trumpet [12.8-12, 12.20, 13.6, 13.11-14, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15, 15.17-22, 14.11-22, 10.9-15, 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 [22.10, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 18.3, 19.1-11, 17.5-13, 16.1-4, 16.8-22, 15.20-22, 20.1-2, 24.1], clarinet [18.3, 19.1-11, 20.1-2], reeds [18.1-6, 18.8, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 16.3, 16.5-8, 21.3, 21.6-7, 21.9, 24.1, 24.13, 24.15, 24.18], saxophone [20.5-12, 18.3]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [23.15, 23.17, 23.20, 22.10, 20.1-2, 19.1-6, 19.8-11]
• 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) [13.5-6, 13.11-14, 4.1-22, 17.1-3, 9.3-6, 9.21, 9.23, 3.1-19, 1.1-4, 1.6-20, 2.1-13, 2.15-18, 16.1-22, 14.1-22, 6.1-15, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 12.4, 12.8-16, 12.20-24, 10.3-24, 11.1-3, 11.5, 11.8, 11.15, 15.1-3, 15.5-13, 15.15-17, 15.20-22, 8.1-11, 8.11-23, 5.1-16, 5.16-18, 5.20], vocal [3.4-5, 6.9]
• Steve Little
  drums (drum set) [20.1-2, 23.11-14, 23.18, 23.21, 19.1-11, 24.1]
• Sy Oliver
  arranger [4]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [14.1-22, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 16.1-22]
• 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 [13.5-6, 13.11-14, 9.4, 9.21, 9.23, 11.5, 11.8, 12.4, 12.20, 8.1-11, 8.11-23]
• Wardell Jones
  trumpet [3, 5-6]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [3.1-19, 6.1-15, 11.15, 4.1-22, 5.1-16, 5.16-18, 5.20, 2.1-18, 7.1-4, 7.7-10, 7.13-17, 1.2-4, 1.6, 1.9-17, 1.19], tuba [18, 20]
• Wendell Marshall
  double bass [5-13]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [15.20-22, 16.1-22]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [16.1-22, 24.1, 21.3, 21.6, 21.6-7, 21.7, 21.9, 15.1-3, 15.5-7, 15.10-13, 15.15-22, 23.11-15, 23.17-18, 23.20-21, 17.5-13, 14.1-22, 19.1-11, 18.1-6, 18.8, 20.1-2, 22.10]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [5-13]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [5-13]
• [unknown]
  cello [4], harp [4], trumpet [4], viola [4], violin [4]
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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