The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962)

Tracklist

• CD 1: Volume I (1927–1940)
• 1
  Hot and Bothered

  Mills' Ten Black Berries
  2:53
• 2
  East St. Louis Toodle‐Oo

  The Washingtonians
  3:05
• 3
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:25
• 4
  Black Beauty

  Duke Ellington
  3:02
• 5
  Ring Dem Bells

  The Harlem Music Masters
  2:49
• 6
  The Mooche
  3:14
• 7
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
  3:10
• 8
  Slippery Horn
  3:05
• 9
  Saddest Tale
  3:18
• 10
  Showboat Shuffle
  3:02
• 11
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:16
• 12
  In a Jam
  2:59
• 13
  Caravan
  3:06
• 14
  The Gal From Joe’s
  2:56
• 15
  Braggin’ in Brass (From the Broadway Revue, “Cotton Club Parade of 1938”)
  2:45
• 16
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:09
• 17
  Battle of Swing
  2:57
• 18
  Prelude to a Kiss
  2:58
• 19
  Slap Happy
  2:45
• 20
  Old King Dooji
  2:31
• 21
  Portrait of the Lion
  2:24
• 22
  Country Gal
  2:58
• 23
  Little Posey
  2:40
• 24
  Tootin’ Through the Roof
  2:53
• 25
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:51
• CD 2: Volume II (1947–1951)
• 1
  Hy’a Sue
  2:54
• 2
  Lady of the Lavender Mist
  3:18
• 3
  Antidisestablishmentarianismist
  2:48
• 4
  Golden Cress
  2:58
• 5
  Sultry Serenade
  3:05
• 6
  Maybe I Should Change My Ways
  3:16
• 7
  Stomp, Look and Listen
  3:48
• 8
  On a Turquoise Cloud
  3:23
• 9
  Three Cent Stomp
  3:02
• 10
  Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  3:04
• 11
  Progressive Gavotte
  2:57
• 12
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
  2:50
• 13
  I Like the Sunrise
  4:31
• 14
  Snibor
  2:53
• 15
  Creole Love Call
  2:56
• 16
  The Tattooed Bride
  11:43
• 17
  Brown Betty
  3:06
• 18
  Primpin’ at the Prom
  3:03
• 19
  Monologue (Pretty and the Wolf)
  2:15
• 20
  Take the “A” Train
  7:14
• CD 3: Volume III (1956–1962)
• 1
  Jeep’s Blues
  4:41
• 2
  Solitude
  4:42
• 3
  Blue Rose
  2:22
• 4
  The Star‐Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl)
  4:02
• 5
  Mood Indigo
  3:05
• 6
  Dancers in Love
  2:19
• 7
  Come Sunday
  7:58
• 8
  Satin Doll
  3:44
• 9
  Flirtbird
  2:12
• 10
  Perdido
  4:36
• 11
  “C” Jam Blues
  4:53
• 12
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
  2:59
• 13
  Happy Go Lucky Local
  3:01
• 14
  Something to Live For
  2:44
• 15
  Creole Blues (excerpt From ‘Creole Rhapsody’)
  2:31
• 16
  Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
  4:06
• 17
  Lotus Blossom
  3:14
• 18
  A Midnight in Paris
  3:38
• 19
  Asphalt Jungle Theme
  2:43
• 20
  Battle Royal
  5:34
• 21
  Duke Loves You Madly (spoken)
  0:11

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Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  double bass [14-15, 19]
• Al Hibbler
  lead vocals [10]
• Al Sears
  saxophone [10], tenor saxophone [2]
• Andrew “Fats” Ford
  trumpet [10, 12]
• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [1, 5-9, 12]
• Baby Cox
  vocal [6]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [1, 5-6, 13, 25], reeds [1, 7-9, 20, 22, 24-25], tenor saxophone [1, 5-6]
• Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
  performer [13]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [25]
• Bill Graham
  alto saxophone [7]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [2]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [10-13, 20, 22, 24]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [7, 10, 12]
• Bubber Miley
  trumpet [2, 6]
• Charlie Allen
  trumpet [10-11]
• Charlie Johnson
  trumpet [2]
• Chuck Connors
  bass trombone [19]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [7, 10, 12, 19]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [2, 10]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1, 5, 7-13, 20, 22, 24-25], vocal [5]
• Cornell Smelser
  accordion [1]
• Dick Robertson
  vocal [1]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [1-3, 5-6], piano [1.1-4, 1.4-13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.19-25, 2.1-6, 2.9-11, 2.13, 2.18-19, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14-16, 3.19], solo [4]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [7, 20, 22, 24-25]
• Ed Mullens
  trumpet [19]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [2]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [2, 10]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [1-3, 5-7], guitar [2.2, 2.10, 1.8-12, 1.20, 1.22, 1.24-25]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [1, 5, 7-8]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 2.2, 2.10]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [1, 3, 5-6], baritone saxophone [3.7, 3.14, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.13, 1.20, 1.22], clarinet [1, 3, 5-6], reeds [2.2, 3.10, 3.12, 3.19, 1.1, 1.7-9, 1.12, 1.25], saxophone [1.24, 2.10]
• Henry Edwards
  tuba [2]
• Irving Townsend
  producer [7]
• Ivie Anderson
  vocal [7]
• Jabbo Smith
  trumpet [3]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [25]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [7], reeds [2.2, 3.10, 3.12, 3.19], saxophone [10]
• Jimmy Johnson
  drums (drum set) [10, 12]
• Jimmy Woode
  bass [7], double bass [10, 12]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [1-3, 5-12, 20, 22, 24-25]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [10, 12]
• John Sanders
  trombone [10, 12], valve trombone [7]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2.2, 1.1, 1.5-7, 1.22, 1.25, 3.14, 3.19], clarinet [5-6], reeds [3.10, 3.12, 1.1, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.20, 1.25], saxophone [1.24, 2.10], soprano saxophone [1, 5-6]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [13], valve trombone [1, 5, 7-13, 20, 22, 24-25]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1.8-12, 1.20, 1.22, 1.24-25, 2.2, 2.10, 3.14-15, 3.19]
• Lonnie Johnson
  guitar [6]
• Lou Blackburn
  trombone [19]
• Louis Metcalf
  trumpet [2-3]
• Mack Shaw
  tuba [2]
• Mahalia Jackson
  vocal [7]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [2, 10]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [2-3, 22, 24], baritone saxophone [2-3], reeds [2, 8-9, 12, 20, 25], saxophone [25], soprano saxophone [2-3]
• Paul Gonsalves
  reeds [10, 12], tenor saxophone [7, 19]
• Prince Robinson
  clarinet [2], reeds [2], tenor saxophone [2]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [7, 10, 12]
• Ray Nance
  cornet [14], trumpet [3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.19, 2.10], violin [7]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [10-12, 20, 22, 24-25]
• Rudy Jackson
  clarinet [2-3], tenor saxophone [2-3]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [7], clarinet [7], reeds [3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.19, 2.2], saxophone [10]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [7, 10, 12, 14, 19]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [2, 10]
• Sonny Greer
  chimes [5], drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 1.5-13, 1.20, 1.22, 1.24-25, 2.2, 2.10]
• Tyree Glenn
  trombone [2, 10], vibraphone [2]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [20, 22, 24-25]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [1, 3, 5-9]
• Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb
  trumpet [2, 10]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [7, 10, 12, 19]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [10, 12, 19]
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Issues

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  The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927–1962)

  3x CD
  1999
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  The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927–1962)

  3x Digital Media
  31 January 2000
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  The Duke - The Essential Collection (1927-1962)

  3x CD
  February 2000