The Great Chicago Concerts

Tracklist

• CD 1: Recorded November 10, 1946 in Chicaco
• 1
  Ring Dem Bells

  Duke Ellington
• 2
  Jumpin’ Punkins

  Duke Ellington
• 3
  Beale Street Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 4
  Memphis Blues

  Duke Ellington
• 5
  The Golden Feather

  Duke Ellington
• 6
  The Air-Conditioned Jungle

  Duke Ellington
• 7
  A Very Unbooted Character

  Duke Ellington
• 8
  Sultry Sunset

  Duke Ellington
• 9
  The Deep South Suite: Magnolias Just Dripping With Molasses

  Duke Ellington
• 10
  The Deep South Suite: Hearsay

  Duke Ellington
• 11
  The Deep South Suite: There Was Nobody Looking

  Duke Ellington
• 12
  The Deep South Suite: Happy-Go-Lucky Local

  Duke Ellington
• 13
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

  Duke Ellington
• 14
  Hiawatha

  Duke Ellington
• 15
  Ride, Red, Ride

  Duke Ellington
• 16
  A Blues Riff

  Duke Ellington
• 17
  Improvisation, #2

  Duke Ellington
• 18
  Honeysuckle Rose

  Duke Ellington
• 19
  Blue Skies (Trumpet No End)

  Duke Ellington
• CD 2: Recorded January 20, 1946 in Chicago
• 1
  Star Spangled Banner

  Duke Ellington
• 2
  In a Mellotone

  Duke Ellington
• 3
  Solid Old Man

  Duke Ellington
• 4
  Come Sunday, Work Song

  Duke Ellington
• 5
  Rugged Romeo

  Duke Ellington
• 6
  Circe

  Duke Ellington
• 7
  Dancers in Love

  Duke Ellington
• 8
  Coloratura

  Duke Ellington
• 9
  Frankie & Johnny

  Duke Ellington
• 10
  Caravan

  Duke Ellington
• 11
  Take the A Train

  Duke Ellington
• 12
  Mellow Ditty

  Duke Ellington
• 13
  Fugue

  Duke Ellington
• 14
  Jam a Ditty

  Duke Ellington
• 15
  Magenta Haze

  Duke Ellington
• 16
  Pitter Panther Patter

  Duke Ellington
• 17
  Suburbanite

  Duke Ellington

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Release credits

• Al Sears
  tenor saxophone [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• Bernard Flood
  trumpet [1-6, 8-15, 17]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• Django Reinhardt
  electric guitar [15-18], guest [15-18]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [2.1-17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [1-6, 8-15, 17]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [1-16, 18-19]
• Harry Carney
  reeds [2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [2.1-17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Otto Hardwick
  reeds [1-6, 8-15, 17]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [1-16, 18-19], vocal [1]
• Russell Procope
  reeds [1-16, 18-19]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [2.1-17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• Wilbur de Paris
  instrument [19], trombone [1.1-16, 1.18-19, 2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [2.1-6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 1.1-16, 1.18-19]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  The Great Chicago Concerts

  2x CD
  1994
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  The Great Chicago Concerts

  2x CD
  1994
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  The Great Chicago Concerts

  2x CD
  1996