A Portrait of Duke Ellington

Tracklist

• 1
  C Jam Blues
  4:04
• 2
  Satin Doll
  2:43
• 3
  Main Stem
  3:17
• 4
  Prelude to a Kiss
  4:43
• 5
  Take the “A” Train
  4:15
• 6
  I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
  3:09
• 7
  In a Mellotone
  2:41
• 8
  Solitude
  8:25
• 9
  Kinda Dukish / Rockin’ in Rhythm
  5:49
• 10
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:58
• 11
  Perdido
  8:21
• 12
  UMMG
  4:30
• 13
  All Too Soon
  3:09
• 14
  Mood Indigo
  6:29
• 15
  The Mooche
  6:36
• 16
  Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  3:03
• 17
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
  2:56

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Money Jungle

Money Jungle 1962

Side by Side

Side by Side 1959

Copenhagen 1964

Copenhagen 1964 2026

Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  bass [9], double bass [13]
• Al Hibbler
  lead vocals [16]
• Al Sears
  saxophone [16]
• Andres Meringuito
  trumpet [9]
• Andrew “Fats” Ford
  trumpet [8, 12, 17]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [6]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [8, 11, 15]
• Bobby Rosengarden
  percussion [12]
• Booty Wood
  trombone [7, 9]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [4, 6-7, 9-12, 14-15, 17]
• Chauncey Morehouse
  percussion [12]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [4, 11-12, 15, 17]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [16]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [6, 10, 14]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [4, 6, 6-11, 13-17], piano accordion [12]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6, 10]
• Francis Williams
  trumpet [16]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [6, 16]
• Gerald Wilson
  trumpet [9]
• Harold “Shorty” Baker
  trumpet [4, 8, 12, 16-17]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [4, 6, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17], bass clarinet [4], clarinet [4], saxophone [9, 16]
• Hilton Jefferson
  alto saxophone [11, 15]
• Irving Townsend
  producer [12-13]
• James Johnson
  membranophone [17]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [6]
• Jimmy Grissom
  cello [4]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [4, 6-8, 10-11, 14-15, 17], saxophone [9, 16], tenor saxophone [4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17]
• Jimmy Johnson
  drums (drum set) [7], membranophone [7]
• Jimmy Woode
  bass [4, 7, 12], double bass [6, 10, 14, 17]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [6]
• John Sanders
  trombone [4, 12], valve trombone [6, 10, 14, 17]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [4, 6, 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 17], saxophone [9, 16]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [6, 9], valve trombone [11, 15]
• Larry Keyes
  remixer [12]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [6, 8-9, 16]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [11, 15]
• Matthew Gee
  trombone [7]
• Mercer Ellington
  trumpet [8]
• Nelson Williams
  trumpet [8]
• Oscar Pettiford
  double bass [16]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [6]
• Ozzie Bailey
  cello [4]
• Paul Gonsalves
  saxophone [9], tenor saxophone [4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14-15, 17]
• Ray Nance
  cello [4], trumpet [4, 6-12, 14-17]
• Rex Stewart
  trumpet [6]
• Rosemary Clooney
  lead vocals [6, 10, 14]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17], clarinet [4, 6-8, 10-11, 14-15, 17], saxophone [9, 16]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [4, 6, 10, 12-14], membranophone [9, 17]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [16]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [6, 8, 16]
• Tyree Glenn
  trombone [8, 16]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [6]
• Wendell Marshall
  double bass [8, 11, 15]
• Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb
  trumpet [16]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14-15, 17]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [4, 6, 9-11, 14-15, 17]
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Issues

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  A
  A Portrait of Duke Ellington

  CD
  1999