The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 1: 1924-1930The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 1: 1924-1930
The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 1: 1924-1930

The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 1: 1924-1930

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 2000
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: 1924-1927
  • 1
    Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home)
    The Washingtonians
    3:16
  • 2
    Rainy Nights
    The Washingtonians
    3:27
  • 3
    I'm Gonna Hang Around My Sugar
    The Washingtonians
    3:03
  • 4
    Trombone Blues
    The Washingtonians
    3:01
  • 5
    Georgia Grind
    Duke Ellington’s Washingtonians
    2:45
  • 6
    Parlor Social Stomp
    Duke Ellington’s Washingtonians
    3:12
  • 7
    (You've Got Those) Wanna-Go-Back-Again Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:21
  • 8
    If You Can't Hold the Man You Love
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:23
  • 9
    Animal Crackers
    Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
    3:10
  • 10
    Li'l Farina
    Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
    3:05
  • 11
    East St. Louis Toodle O
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    2:55
  • 12
    Birmingham Breakdown
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    2:48
  • 13
    Immigration Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    3:02
  • 14
    The Creeper
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    2:52
  • 15
    New Orleans Low-Down
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    3:01
  • 16
    Song of the Cotton Field
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    3:02
  • 17
    Birmingham Breakdown
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    2:40
  • 18
    East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
    Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
    3:01
  • 19
    East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
    Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
    3:07
  • 20
    Hop Head
    Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
    2:59
  • 21
    Down in Our Alley Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
    3:03
  • 22
    Black and Tan Fantasy
    The Washingtonians
    3:21
  • 23
    Soliloquy
    The Washingtonians
    3:07
  • CD 2: 1927-1928
  • 1
    Washington Wobble
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 2
    Creole Love Call
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:14
  • 3
    The Blues I Love to Sing
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 4
    Black and Tan Fantasie
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 5
    Washington Wobble
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 6
    What Can a Poor Fellow Do?
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 7
    Black and Tan Fantasie
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:17
  • 8
    Chicago Stomp Down
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:47
  • 9
    Harlem River Quiver
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:46
  • 10
    East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:32
  • 11
    Blue Bubbles
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 12
    Red Hot Band
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:51
  • 13
    Doin' the Frog
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:15
  • 14
    Sweet Mama (Papa's Gettin' Mad)
    The Washingtonians
    2:55
  • 15
    Stack O'Lee Blues
    The Washingtonians
    2:51
  • 16
    Bugie Call Rag
    The Washingtonians
    2:40
  • 17
    Take It Easy
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 18
    Jubilee Stomp
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:45
  • 19
    Harlem Twist (East St. Louis Toodle-Oo)
    Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
    3:17
  • 20
    East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
    The Washingtonians
    2:55
  • 21
    Jubilee Stomp
    The Washingtonians
    2:37
  • 22
    Take It Easy
    The Washingtonians
    2:39
  • 23
    Take It Easy
    The Washingtonians
    2:39
  • 24
    Jubilee Stomp
    The Washingtonians
    2:43
  • CD 3: 1928
  • 1
    Black Beauty (Firewater)
    The Washingtonians
    3:10
  • 2
    Black Beauty
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:52
  • 3
    Jubilee Stomp
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:36
  • 4
    Got Everything but You
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 5
    Yellow Dog Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:49
  • 6
    Tishomingo Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 7
    Diga Diga Doo
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:54
  • 8
    Doin' the New Low-Down
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 9
    Black Beauty
    3:04
  • 10
    Swampy River
    2:52
  • 11
    The Mooche
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 12
    Move Over
    Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
    3:06
  • 13
    Hot and Bothered
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:18
  • 14
    The Mooche
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:49
  • 15
    Hot and Bothered
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:47
  • 16
    Move Over
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:56
  • 17
    The Mooche
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 18
    Louisiana
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 19
    Awful Sad
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:17
  • 20
    The Mooche
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:32
  • 21
    Santa Claus Bring My Man Back
    Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
    2:59
  • 22
    I Done Caught You Blues
    Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
    2:56
  • 23
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:07
  • 24
    No, Papa, No (instrumental)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:20
  • CD 4: 1928-1929
  • 1
    No, Papa, No (vocal)
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:21
  • 2
    Bandanna Babies
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:20
  • 3
    Diga Diga Doo
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:55
  • 4
    I Must Have That Man
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:24
  • 5
    The Blues With a Feelin'
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:16
  • 6
    Goin' to Town
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:59
  • 7
    Misty Mornin'
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:20
  • 8
    Hit Me in the Nose Blues
    Ozie Ware acc. by The Whoopee Makers
    3:20
  • 9
    It's All Comin' Home to You
    Ozie Ware acc. by The Whoopee Makers
    2:41
  • 10
    St. Louis Blues
    Warren Mills and His Blues Serenaders
    4:14
  • 11
    Hottentot
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:39
  • 12
    Misty Mornin'
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:49
  • 13
    Doin' the Voom Voom
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:14
  • 14
    Tiger Rag, Part I
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:51
  • 15
    Tiger Rag, Part II
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:54
  • 16
    Flaming Youth
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:18
  • 17
    Saturday Night Function
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:05
  • 18
    High Life
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:08
  • 19
    Doin' the Voom Voom
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:10
  • 20
    Japanese Dream
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:32
  • 21
    Harlemania
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 22
    Rent Party Blues
    The Jungle Band
    3:27
  • CD 5: 1929
  • 1
    Paducah
    The Jungle Band
    2:32
  • 2
    Harlem Flat Blues
    The Jungle Band
    3:09
  • 3
    The Dicty Glide
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:11
  • 4
    Hot Feet
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:37
  • 5
    Sloppy Joe
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:15
  • 6
    Stevedore Stomp
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:48
  • 7
    Saratoga Swing
    The Washingtonians
    3:00
  • 8
    Who Said ''It's Tight Like That''?
    The Washingtonians
    2:58
  • 9
    He Just Don't Appeal to Me
    Ozie Ware acc. by The Whoopee Makers
    2:56
  • 10
    I Must Have That Man
    Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
    3:24
  • 11
    Freeze and Melt
    Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
    2:52
  • 12
    Mississippi Moan
    Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
    3:24
  • 13
    A Nite at the Cotton Club, Part I (intro. Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Mornin')
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:48
  • 14
    A Nite at the Cotton Club, Part II (intro. Goin' to Town / Freeze and Melt)
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    4:33
  • 15
    Cotton Club Stomp
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:56
  • 16
    Misty Mornin'
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:09
  • 17
    Arabian Lover
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:49
  • 18
    Saratoga Swing
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:46
  • 19
    That Rhythm Man
    Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men
    2:45
  • 20
    Beggars Blues
    Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men
    3:22
  • 21
    Saturday Night Function
    Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men
    3:28
  • 22
    Black and Blue
    The Jungle Band
    3:25
  • 23
    Jungle Jamboree
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:43
  • CD 6: 1929-1930
  • 1
    Jungle Jamboree
    The Harlem Footwarmers
    3:04
  • 2
    Snake Hip Dance
    The Harlem Footwarmers
    2:50
  • 3
    Doin' the Voom Voom
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:49
  • 4
    Flaming Youth
    The Whoopee Makers
    2:24
  • 5
    Saturday Night Function
    The Whoopee Makers
    3:05
  • 6
    Jolly Wog
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:04
  • 7
    Jazz Convulsions
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:51
  • 8
    Mississippi
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:27
  • 9
    The Duke Steps Out
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:19
  • 10
    Haunted Nights
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:18
  • 11
    Swanee Shuffles
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:21
  • 12
    Six or Seven Times
    Six Jolly Jesters
    3:05
  • 13
    Goin' Nuts
    Six Jolly Jesters
    2:35
  • 14
    Oklahoma Stomp
    Six Jolly Jesters
    2:50
  • 15
    Breakfast Dance
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:03
  • 16
    Jazz Lips
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    3:15
  • 17
    March of the Hoodlums
    Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
    2:55
  • 18
    Lazy Duke
    The Harlem Footwarmers
    3:10
  • 19
    Blues of the Vagabond
    The Harlem Footwarmers
    3:17
  • 20
    Syncopated Shuffle
    The Harlem Footwarmers
    2:47
  • 21
    Sweet Mama
    The Jungle Band
    3:10
  • 22
    Wall Street Wall
    The Jungle Band
    3:00
  • 23
    Cincinnati Daddy
    The Jungle Band
    3:19
  • 24
    St. James Infirmary
    The Ten Black Berries
    3:00

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Release credits

  • vocal [2-3, 8]
  • trumpet [4.1-8, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 6.1-2, 6.6-11, 6.15-17, 6.19-24, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19-20, 3.23]
  • vocal [11, 13, 23]
  • clarinet [2.14-15, 2.17-19, 6.1-2, 6.6-7, 6.18-23, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20-22, 4.6, 4.8, 4.22, 5.1, 5.23], reeds [3.6, 3.19, 3.23, 2.14-15, 2.23-24, 4.1-7, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 6.6-11, 6.15-24, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23], tenor saxophone [6.1-2, 6.18-20, 5.1, 2.14-15, 2.17-19, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20, 4.6]
  • cornet [1-2], trumpet [3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19, 1.2, 1.9-22, 4.2-6, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 2.1-5, 2.9, 2.11, 2.11-15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24]
  • trombone [1-10]
  • trumpet [9-12, 14, 17, 19-21, 23]
  • trumpet [4.7, 4.22, 6.6-11, 6.15-24, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23], vocal [4, 8]
  • clarinet [8], reeds [5-7]
  • arranger [1.1-23, 6.18-20, 2.6, 2.8, 2.17-19, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 4.6], conductor [4], piano [6.1-11, 6.15-24, 1.1-3, 1.3-4, 1.4-23, 2.1-6, 2.8-11, 2.11-15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 4.2-4, 4.4-9, 4.11-13, 4.13-22, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8-9, 3.9-10, 3.10-11, 3.13, 3.18-19, 3.19-23, 5.1-8, 5.10-18, 5.21-23], solo [9-10]
  • performing orchestra [4]
  • alto saxophone [11-13, 15-16, 18-21]
  • banjo [4.1-8, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 1.1-23, 6.1-2, 6.6-7, 6.15-23, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.11-15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19-20, 3.23]
  • trumpet [3.21-23, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 4.1-7, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 6.6-7, 6.15-24]
  • banjo [2]
  • reeds [7-8]
  • alto saxophone [5.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.17-19, 6.1-2, 6.18-20, 1.20, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20], baritone saxophone [5.1, 5.23, 6.1-2, 6.6-7, 6.18-23, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.17-19, 1.19-21, 4.22], clarinet [1.20, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20, 6.1-2, 6.18-20, 5.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.14-15, 2.17-19], reeds [4.1-2, 4.7, 4.15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 6.6-11, 6.15-24, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 2.1-5, 2.11-15, 2.23-24, 3.6, 3.19, 3.23]
  • trumpet [5-8]
  • tuba [20]
  • tuba [1-10, 12, 14, 17, 19-20, 20-21, 21, 23]
  • vocal [3.7-8, 3.23, 4.3]
  • trumpet [6, 8]
  • trombone [7-8], vocal [8]
  • trombone [1.9-23, 2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.11-15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19-20, 3.23, 4.1-8, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 6.1-2, 6.6-11, 6.15-23], trumpet [11]
  • alto saxophone [3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20, 4.6, 4.22, 5.1, 5.23, 6.6-7, 6.19-23], baritone saxophone [8], clarinet [4.6, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20, 5.1], reeds [6.6-11, 6.15-17, 6.21-24, 4.1-7, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 3.6, 3.19], soprano saxophone [3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 4.6, 5.1]
  • valve trombone [6.6-11, 6.15-17, 6.19-24, 5.23]
  • trumpet [23]
  • trumpet [5-8]
  • guitar [3.11, 3.13, 4.1, 4.5-6]
  • trumpet [1.11-23, 2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.9, 2.11, 2.11-15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 3.3-4, 3.6]
  • tuba [11-13, 15-16, 18-22]
  • alto saxophone [1.4, 1.19-21, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.17-19, 3.2-4], baritone saxophone [2.6, 2.8, 2.14-15, 2.17-19, 1.19-21], clarinet [4], reeds [1.1-2, 1.5-12, 1.14-23, 2.11-15, 2.23-24], saxophone [2.1-5, 1.2, 1.5-6, 1.12-13, 4.3-6, 4.11-15], soprano saxophone [1.19-21, 2.6, 2.8, 2.14-15, 2.17-19]
  • vocal [4.1-3, 4.8-9, 3.21-22]
  • trumpet [3-4]
  • clarinet [19-21], reeds [3-23], tenor saxophone [19-21]
  • baritone saxophone [20], clarinet [1.19-21, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11], reeds [1-5, 11-15], tenor saxophone [1.19-21, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8]
  • chimes [18], drums (drum set) [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.11-14, 2.14-15, 2.15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23, 6.1-2, 6.6-11, 6.15-18, 6.18-19, 6.19-20, 6.20-24, 1.1-20, 1.20-21, 1.21-23, 3.2-4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19-23, 4.1-6, 4.6-8, 4.11-15, 4.17, 4.20-22], vocal [5]
  • guitar [8-11]
  • double bass [2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.11-14, 2.14-15, 2.15, 2.17-19, 2.23-24, 6.1-2, 6.6-11, 6.15-24, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19, 3.22-23, 4.1-6, 4.6-8, 4.11-15, 4.17-18, 4.20-22, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.15-17, 5.23], tuba [20-21]
  • trumpet [4]

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