The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 3: 1933–1938The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 3: 1933–1938
The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 3: 1933–1938

The Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 3: 1933–1938

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 2000
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: 1933–1935
  • 1
    Harlem Speaks
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 2
    In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 3
    Rude Interlude
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 4
    Dallas Doings
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:54
  • 5
    Dear Old Southland
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:33
  • 6
    Daybreak Express
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 7
    Delta Serenade
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:18
  • 8
    Stompy Jones
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 9
    Solitude
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:27
  • 10
    Blue Feeling
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 11
    Ebony Rhapsody
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:26
  • 12
    Cocktails for Two
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:28
  • 13
    Live and Love Tonight
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:21
  • 14
    I Met My Waterloo
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:31
  • 15
    My Old Flame
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 16
    Troubled Waters
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:28
  • 17
    My Old Flame
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:22
  • 18
    Solitude
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 19
    Saddest Tale
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:19
  • 20
    Moon Glow
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 21
    Sump’n’ ’bout Rhythm
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:39
  • 22
    Admiration
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:37
  • 23
    Farewell Blues
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:24
  • CD 2: 1935–1936
  • 1
    Let’s Have a Jubilee
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:53
  • 2
    Porto Rican Chaos
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 3
    Margie
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 4
    Moonlight Fiesta (Porto Rican Chaos)
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 5
    Tough Truckin’
    The Duke Ellington Sextet
    3:07
  • 6
    Indigo Echoes
    The Duke Ellington Sextet
    2:52
  • 7
    In a Sentimental Mood
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    1:57
  • 8
    Showboat Shuffle
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 9
    Merry‐Go‐Round
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 10
    Admiration
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 11
    Cotton
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    0:29
  • 12
    Truckin’
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 13
    Accent on Youth
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 14
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:21
  • 15
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 16
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:14
  • 17
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 18
    I Don’t Know Why I Love You So
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 19
    Dinah Lou
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    2:25
  • 20
    Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 21
    (There Is) No Greater Love
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 22
    Clarinet Lament (Barney’s Concerto)
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 23
    Echoes of Harlem (Cootie’s Concerto)
    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • CD 3: 1936–1937
  • 1
    Love Is Like a Cigarette
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 2
    Kissin’ My Baby Good‐Night
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:20
  • 3
    Oh Babe! Maybe Someday
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:53
  • 4
    Shoe Shine Boy
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 5
    It Was a Sad Night in Harlem
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 6
    Trumpet in Spades (Rex’s Concerto)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 7
    Yearning for Love (Lawrence’s Concerto)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 8
    In a Jam
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 9
    Exposition Swing
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 10
    Uptown Downbeat (Black Out)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:25
  • 11
    Rexatious
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    2:48
  • 12
    Lazy Man’s Shuffle
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    3:01
  • 13
    Clouds in My Heart
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    3:00
  • 14
    Frolic Sam
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    3:03
  • 15
    Caravan
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    3:08
  • 16
    Stompy Jones
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:48
  • 17
    Scattin’ at the Cotton Club
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:20
  • 18
    Black Butterfly
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 19
    Mood Indigo and Solitude
    3:08
  • 20
    Sophisticated Lady and in a Sentimental Mood
    3:06
  • 21
    The New Birmingham Breakdown
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:50
  • 22
    Scattin’ at the Kit Kat
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:46
  • 23
    I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:36
  • 24
    The New East St. Louis Toodle‐O
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • CD 4: 1937
  • 1
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:56
  • 2
    Downtown Uproar
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:47
  • 3
    Digga Digga Do
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:55
  • 4
    Blue Reverie
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:59
  • 5
    Whispering Tiger (Tiger Rag)
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:48
  • 6
    My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
    The Gotham Stompers
    2:53
  • 7
    Did Anyone Ever Tell You?
    The Gotham Stompers
    3:03
  • 8
    Alabamy Home
    The Gotham Stompers
    3:06
  • 9
    Where Are You?
    The Gotham Stompers
    2:59
  • 10
    There’s a Lull in My Life
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 11
    It’s Swell of You
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 12
    You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 13
    Azur
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 14
    The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 15
    The Old Plantation
    Ivie Anderson and Her Boys From Dixie
    2:55
  • 16
    Solace (Lament for a Lost Love)
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:47
  • 17
    Four and One‐Half Street
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:41
  • 18
    Demi‐Tasse (Each Day)
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:43
  • 19
    Jazz à la carte
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:38
  • 20
    Caravan
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:44
  • 21
    Azure
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 22
    Foolin’ Myself
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:02
  • 23
    A Sallboat in the Moonlight
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • CD 5: 1937, Volume 2
  • 1
    You’ll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    2:32
  • 2
    Peckin’
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 3
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (instrumental)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:45
  • 4
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (vocal)
    Ivie Anderson and Her Boys From Dixie
    2:28
  • 5
    Alabamy Home
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:43
  • 6
    Get It Southern Style
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:44
  • 7
    Moonlight Fiesta
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:50
  • 8
    Sponge Cake and Spinach
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:36
  • 9
    If You’re Ever in My Arms Again
    Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
    2:55
  • 10
    The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    2:50
  • 11
    Swing Baby Swing (Love in My Heart)
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    2:36
  • 12
    Sugar Hill Shim Sham
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    0:58
  • 13
    Tea and Trumpets
    Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
    2:35
  • 14
    Chatter‐Box
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:48
  • 15
    Jubilesta
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 16
    Diminuendo in Blue
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 17
    Crescendo in Blue
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:21
  • 18
    Harmony in Harlem
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 19
    Dusk in the Desert
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 20
    Jubilesta
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:51
  • 21
    Watching
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:58
  • 22
    Pigeons and Peppers
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:58
  • 23
    I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:36
  • CD 6: 1938
  • 1
    Stepping Into Swing Society
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 2
    Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:37
  • 3
    The New Black and Tan Fantasy
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:43
  • 4
    Drummer’s Delight
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:29
  • 5
    If I Thought You Cared
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 6
    Have a Heart (Lost in Meditation)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:45
  • 7
    My Day
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:07
  • 8
    Silvery Moon and Golden Sands
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:19
  • 9
    Echoes of Harlem
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    3:19
  • 10
    Riding on a Blue Note
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:52
  • 11
    Lost in Meditation
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 12
    The Gal From Joe’s
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 13
    If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 14
    Scrounch
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    0:29
  • 15
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 16
    Braggin’ in Brass
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:47
  • 17
    Carnival in Caroline
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:30
  • 18
    Jeep’s Blues
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 19
    If You Were in My Place
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:02
  • 20
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 21
    Rendezvous With Rhythm
    Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 22
    A Lesson in C
    Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
    2:37
  • 23
    Swingtime in Honolulu
    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
    2:45

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Release credits

  • trumpet [4.13-14, 4.21, 2.1, 2.8, 2.11-23, 3.1-10, 5.14, 5.18-19, 1.1-21, 6.2-3]
  • alto saxophone [2-3, 16], clarinet [5.1-2, 5.6-9, 5.15-17, 6.1-5, 6.10-17, 1.8, 1.13, 4.6-12, 4.15-19, 4.22-23, 2.11-23, 3.4-10, 3.13-18, 3.21-24, 3.24], reeds [4.13-14, 4.21, 6.2-3, 6.6, 6.9, 6.16-17, 6.22-23, 1.1-23, 2.1-2, 2.7-10, 2.12-13, 2.16-17, 2.20-21, 3.1-4, 5.14, 5.18-23], tenor saxophone [1.8, 1.13, 4.15, 3.24]
  • tenor saxophone [2.11-13, 3.8-10]
  • guitar [6-9]
  • bass [3.4, 6.18], double bass [5.6-9, 5.20-23, 3.1-2, 3.2-9, 3.11-17, 3.21, 3.23-24, 1.22-23, 6.2, 6.2-3, 6.3-9, 6.15-16, 6.16-17, 6.17-23, 2.1-6, 2.8, 2.8-9, 2.11-20, 2.20-21, 4.6-12, 4.15-19], tuba [2.1, 3.4]
  • guitar [5.10-13, 3.11-12]
  • vocal [23]
  • trumpet [2.1-2, 2.7-10, 1.22-23]
  • maracas [7]
  • drums (drum set) [6-9]
  • trumpet [4.1-12, 4.15, 4.22-23, 2.1-4, 2.7-23, 5.1-2, 5.14-23, 3.1-10, 3.13-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 1.1-23, 6.1-2, 6.2-23]
  • performer [5.21, 6.22-23]
  • arranger [18-21], piano [1.1-11, 1.11-23, 3.1-20, 3.20-24, 3.24, 5.1-2, 5.6-23, 6.1-23, 2.1-23, 4.1-5, 4.10-19, 4.21-23], solo [19-20]
  • performing orchestra [3.1-4, 1.1-2, 2.1, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.16-17, 2.20-21, 4.13-14, 4.21, 5.14, 5.18-19, 6.2-3, 6.16-17]
  • drums (drum set) [7-10]
  • guitar [5.1-2, 5.6-9, 5.14-19, 6.1-3, 6.3, 6.6-9, 6.13-23, 1.1-23, 2.1-2, 2.7-10, 2.12-13, 2.16-17, 2.20-21, 4.10-15, 4.21-23, 3.1-10, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 3.24]
  • chimes [24], trumpet [2.1-4, 1.1-14, 1.22-23, 5.10-14, 5.18-19, 6.2-3, 6.16-17]
  • trumpet [1-3, 13-17]
  • alto saxophone [1.8, 1.13, 6.2-3, 6.16], baritone saxophone [1.8, 1.13, 3.4, 3.13-16, 3.24, 5.1-2, 5.6-9, 5.20-23, 6.2-9, 6.16-23, 4.1-9, 4.13-14, 4.16-19, 4.21-23], clarinet [3.24, 1.8, 1.13, 6.2-3, 6.16], reeds [3.1-12, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 1.1-23, 2.1-23, 5.10-19, 6.1-3, 6.10-17, 4.10-12, 4.15], saxophone [1.1-2, 2.1, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.16-17, 2.20-21, 5.21, 3.1-3], vocal [23]
  • double bass [3.1, 3.1-2, 3.2-3, 3.3-4, 3.4-7, 3.9-10, 3.17-18, 3.22, 3.24, 5.1-2, 5.10-13, 4.1-5, 4.10-12, 4.15, 4.22-23, 1.22-23, 6.1-2, 6.2-3, 6.3, 6.10-16, 6.16-17, 6.17, 2.1-7, 2.9-17, 2.20-21, 2.21-23], vocal [23]
  • trombone [16-17]
  • vocal [6.17, 1.11, 1.15-17, 2.1, 2.11-12, 2.19-20, 3.1-4, 3.23, 4.6-7, 4.9-12, 4.15, 5.5]
  • drums (drum set) [3.11-12, 5.10-13]
  • arranger [22]
  • vocal [6.22-23, 5.21]
  • trombone [2.1-4, 2.7-23, 5.14-19, 6.1-3, 6.6, 6.9-17, 6.22-23, 3.1-10, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 1.1-23, 4.1-5, 4.10-15, 4.21]
  • alto saxophone [3.1-4, 3.24, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.13, 2.1, 2.8, 2.12-13, 4.6-9, 4.21, 6.2-3, 6.7-8, 6.16-17, 6.22-23], clarinet [1.8, 1.13, 3.24, 6.2-3, 6.16], reeds [1.1-23, 2.1-23, 3.1-12, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 4.10-12, 4.15, 4.22-23, 5.1-2, 5.10-19, 6.1-3, 6.6-22], saxophone [6.2-3, 6.18-21, 4.1-5, 4.13-14, 2.20-21], soprano saxophone [1.8, 1.13, 6.2-3, 6.16], tenor saxophone [24]
  • performing orchestra [7-8, 18-21]
  • valve trombone [4.10-19, 4.21, 5.6-9, 5.14, 5.18-23, 2.1-4, 2.7-23, 6.2-5, 6.10-17, 3.1-10, 3.13-16, 3.24, 1.1-4, 1.14-23]
  • trombone [3.1-12, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 1.1-23, 4.10-15, 4.21, 2.1-4, 2.7-17, 2.20-23, 5.14-19, 6.1-2, 6.2-3, 6.7-8, 6.10-21]
  • trumpet [3, 5-10], vocal [3, 5]
  • reeds [15-17]
  • vocal [7-8, 19-20]
  • alto saxophone [2.12-13, 1.1-2, 1.8, 3.4, 3.24, 5.1-2, 5.20-23, 4.13-14, 4.21-23, 6.2-3, 6.3, 6.7-8, 6.16-23], bass saxophone [1-2, 8], reeds [2.1-4, 2.7-23, 3.8-10, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 4.10-12, 4.15, 5.14-19, 6.1-3, 6.10-17, 1.1-10, 1.14-15, 1.17-23], saxophone [2.1, 2.20-21, 5.21, 3.4-7]
  • alto saxophone [1-3]
  • alto saxophone [1-3]
  • cornet [3.1-12, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 1.22-23, 5.6-19, 6.1-3, 6.10-17, 4.10-12, 4.14-19, 4.21, 2.1-23], vocal [23]
  • trombone [6-9]
  • drums (drum set) [3.1-10, 3.13-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 2.1-4, 2.8, 2.11-23, 5.1-2, 5.6-9, 5.14-23, 1.1-23, 6.1-23, 4.1-5, 4.10-19, 4.21-23]
  • vocal [6, 9]
  • piano [6-9]
  • trumpet [6.1-3, 6.10-17, 5.15-17, 3.17-18, 3.21-24, 3.24, 4.10-12, 4.15]
  • arranger [6-9]
  • double bass [1.1-2, 1.2-21, 2.1]

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