The Capitol Sessions 1953-1955

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 16 October 2006

big band jazz

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Satin Doll
3:00
2
Without a Song
3:00
3
Cocktails for Two
2:58
4
My Old Flame
3:13
5
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
3:11
6
Ain't Nothin' Nothin' Baby Without You
2:57
7
Stormy Weather
3:12
8
Stardust
2:29
9
Three Little Words
2:45
10
Orson
2:52
11
Boo-Dah
2:54
12
Blossom
2:29
13
Ballin' the Blues
3:03
14
Warm Valley
3:22
15
Flamingo
3:42
16
Blue Jean Beguine
2:42
17
Liza
3:14
18
Who Knows
2:37
19
Retrospection
3:58
20
B Sharp Blues
2:47
21
Passion Flower
3:07
22
Dancers in Love
1:56
23
Reflections in D
3:35
24
Melancholia
3:19
25
Prelude to a Kiss
3:04
26
In a Sentimental Mood
2:32
CD 2
1
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
2:56
2
All Too Soon
3:08
3
Janet
2:14
4
Give Me the Right
2:46
5
Is It a Sin? My Loving You
2:56
6
Basin Street Blues
5:53
7
Big Drag
2:51
8
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
3:01
9
Kinda Dukish
2:32
10
Montevideo
2:33
11
December Blue
2:43
12
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
3:02
13
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream
3:15
14
What More Can I Say?
2:40
15
Rockin' in Rhythm
4:02
16
Ultra Deluxe
2:54
17
Flying Home
6:17
18
Blue Moon
2:47
19
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
2:44
20
Ultra Deluxe
2:48
21
Flying Home
6:11
22
What More Can I Say?
2:27
23
Serious Serenade
3:00
24
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
3:55
CD 3
1
Honeysuckle Rose
4:20
2
Stompin' at the Savoy
5:06
3
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
2:18
4
Black and Tan Fantasy
5:13
5
Frivolous Banta
2:39
6
In the Mood
6:02
7
One O'Clock Jump
5:13
8
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
6:22
9
Happy Go-Lucky Local
5:35
10
Rockin' in Rhythm
4:33
11
Falling Like a Raindrop
3:02
12
All Day Long
2:48
13
Bunny Hop Mambo
2:32
14
Isle of Capri
2:21
15
C Jam Blues
4:52
16
Band Call
2:33
17
Gonna Tan Your Hide
6:13
18
Smile
2:39
19
Echo Tango
2:36
20
If I Give My Heart to You
2:39
CD 4
1
Chile Bowl
2:42
2
Bakiff
5:48
3
Twelfth Street Rag Mambo
2:36
4
September Song
2:52
5
Caravan
4:32
6
La Virgen de La Macarena
4:02
7
Harlem Air Shaft
3:54
8
Look What I've Got for You
2:46
9
Commercial Time
3:56
10
Clarinet Melodrama
5:42
11
Theme for Trambean
3:26
12
Coquette
2:32
13
Serious Serenade
2:50
14
Body and Soul
4:50
15
Once in a Blue Mood
5:46
16
Lady Be Good
4:50
17
So Long
2:39
18
It Don't Mean a Thing
10:21

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Release credits

Butch Ballard
drums (drum set) [20, 22]
Duke Ellington
piano [20, 22]
Wendell Marshall
bass [22], double bass [20, 22]

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The Capitol Sessions 1953-1955
4x CD
16 October 2006