Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926-1931

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 25 October 1994

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CD 1: 1926-28
1
East St Louis Toodle-O (1st version)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
2:54
2
Birmingham Breakdown (1st version)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
2:47
3
Immigration Blues
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
3:02
4
The Creeper (take 1)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
2:51
5
The Creeper (take 2)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
2:49
6
New Orleans Low-Down
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
3:00
7
Song of the Cotton Field
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
3:00
8
Birmingham Breakdown (2nd version)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
2:41
9
East St. Louis Toodle-O (2nd version)
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
3:02
10
Black and Tan Fantasy
The Washingtonians
3:19
11
Soliloquy
The Traymore Orchestra
3:09
12
Red Hot Band
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
2:55
13
Doin' the Frog
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:10
14
Take It Easy
The Washingtonians
2:42
15
Jubilee Stomp
The Washingtonians
2:46
16
Black Beauty (take 1)
The Washingtonians
3:08
17
Black Beauty (take 2)
The Washingtonians
3:14
18
Yellow Dog Blues
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:58
19
Tishomingo Blues
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3:01
20
Awful Sad
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:18
21
The Mooche
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:13
22
Louisiana
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
3:01
CD 2: 1929
1
Doin' the Voom Voom
The Jungle Band
3:11
2
Tiger Rag, Part I (take A)
The Jungle Band
2:55
3
Tiger Rag, Part I (take B)
The Jungle Band
2:54
4
Tiger Rag, Part II
The Jungle Band
2:54
5
Rent Party Blues
The Jungle Band
3:27
6
Paducah
The Jungle Band
2:32
7
Harlem Flat Blues
The Jungle Band
3:10
8
(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
The Jungle Band
3:30
9
Jungle Jamboree
The Jungle Band
2:47
10
Ain't Misbehavin'
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy‐Totsy Gang
3:21
11
Doin' the New Low Down
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy‐Totsy Gang
3:06
12
Jolly Wog
The Jungle Band
3:05
13
Jazz Convulsions
The Jungle Band
2:52
14
Six or Seven Times (take A or B)
Six Jolly Jesters
3:08
15
Six or Seven Times (take B or A)
Six Jolly Jesters
3:03
16
Goin' Nuts
Six Jolly Jesters
2:34
17
Oklahoma Stomp (take A)
Six Jolly Jesters
2:47
18
Oklahoma Stomp (take B)
Six Jolly Jesters
2:43
19
Sweet Mama
The Jungle Band
3:10
20
Wall Street Wail (take A)
The Jungle Band
2:59
21
Wall Street Wail (take B)
The Jungle Band
3:01
22
Cinncinnati Daddy
The Jungle Band
3:21
CD 3: 1930-31
1
Maori (A Samoan Dance) (1st version)
The Jungle Band
3:10
2
When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You) (take A)
The Jungle Band
3:06
3
When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You) (take B)
The Jungle Band
3:06
4
Maori (A Samoan Dance) (2nd version, take A)
The Jungle Band
3:01
5
Maori (A Samoan Dance) (2nd version, take B)
The Jungle Band
3:06
6
Admiration
The Jungle Band
3:10
7
Double Check Stomp
The Jungle Band
2:53
8
Accordion Joe (take A)
The Jungle Band
2:59
9
Accordion Joe (take B)
The Jungle Band
3:00
10
Cotton Club Stomp (take A)
The Jungle Band
2:53
11
Cotton Club Stomp (take B)
The Jungle Band
2:56
12
Runnin' Wild!
The Jungle Band
2:45
13
Mood Indigo
The Jungle Band
2:58
14
Home Again Blues
The Jungle Band
3:00
15
Wang-Wang Blues
The Jungle Band
3:02
16
Rockin' Chair
The Jungle Band
3:10
17
Rockin' in Rhythm
The Jungle Band
3:02
18
Twelfth Street Rag
The Jungle Band
3:00
19
The Peanut Vendor
The Jungle Band
3:19
20
Creole Rhapsody, Part I
The Jungle Band
3:10
21
Creole Rhapsody, Part II (take A)
The Jungle Band
3:21
22
Creole Rhapsody, Part II (take AA)
The Jungle Band
2:55
23
Is That Religion?
The Jungle Band
2:20

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Release credits

Arthur Whetsel
trumpet [3.1-23, 1.20-22, 2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-13, 2.19-22]
Barney Bigard
clarinet [2.1, 2.5-7, 2.9, 2.12-13, 2.19-20, 2.22, 3.7, 3.10, 3.13, 3.17, 3.20-21], reeds [2.1, 2.4-5, 2.8-9, 2.12-13, 2.19-22, 3.1-12, 3.14-23, 1.14-22], tenor saxophone [6]
Benny Payne
vocal [15-16]
Bubber Miley
trumpet [1.1-10, 1.12-22, 2.1, 2.1-4]
Charlie Johnson
trumpet [1]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [3.1-12, 3.14-23, 2.5-9, 2.12-22], vocal [14-15]
Cornell Smelser
accordion [7-11]
Dick Robertson
vocal [7-9, 12, 14-15, 23]
Duke Ellington
arranger [1, 3, 6-7, 9-10], piano [1.1-18, 1.18-20, 1.20-22, 2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-22, 3.1-23]
Edgar Sampson
alto saxophone [1-9, 11]
Fred Guy
banjo [3.1-23, 1.1-22, 2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-22]
Freddy Jenkins
trumpet [2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-13, 2.16-22, 3.1-12, 3.14-23], vocal [16]
Harold Randolph
kazoo [16-18]
Harry Carney
alto saxophone [6], baritone saxophone [2.1, 2.5-7, 2.9, 2.12-13, 2.19-20, 2.22, 3.7, 3.10, 3.17, 3.20-21], clarinet [6], reeds [1.12-22, 2.1, 2.1-5, 2.8-9, 2.12-13, 2.19-22, 3.1-12, 3.14-23]
Irving Mills
vocal [2-3]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trombone [3.1-23, 1.1-22, 2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-22]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [2.1, 2.5-7, 2.9, 2.12-20, 2.22, 3.7, 3.10, 3.17, 3.20-21], clarinet [6], reeds [2.1, 2.1-5, 2.8-9, 2.12-13, 2.19-22, 1.18-22, 3.1-12, 3.14-23], soprano saxophone [6]
Juan Tizol
valve trombone [2.9, 2.12-13, 2.19-22, 3.1-12, 3.14-23]
June Clark
trumpet [11]
Louis Metcalf
trumpet [1-19]
Mack Shaw
tuba [1-11]
Otto Hardwick
reeds [1-2, 6-17], saxophone [1.3-5, 2.4]
Prince Robinson
reeds [1-10]
Rudy Jackson
reeds [12-13]
Sonny Greer
drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-22, 3.1-23, 1.1-17, 1.20-22], vocal [14-15]
Teddy Bunn
guitar [16-18]
Wellman Braud
double bass [3.1-23, 1.12-22, 2.1, 2.1-9, 2.12-15, 2.19-22]

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Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926-1931
3x CD
25 October 1994