The Duke at His Best

Tracklist

• 1
  Take the A Train
  2:55
• 2
  Never No Lament
  3:18
• 3
  I’m Beginning to See the Light
  3:16
• 4
  Solitude
  2:56
• 5
  Caravan
  2:48
• 6
  Perdido
  3:11
• 7
  Just A-Settin’ and A-Rockin’
  3:34
• 8
  Prelude to a Kiss
  3:02
• 9
  Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
  3:10
• 10
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:46
• 11
  In a Mellotone
  3:17
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Conga Brava
  2:56
• 13
  Concerto for Cootie
  3:16
• 14
  I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
  3:18
• 15
  Cotton Tail
  3:11
• 16
  Ko-Ko
  2:44
• 17
  Harlem Air Shaft
  2:59
• 18
  Stormy Weather
  2:37
• 19
  Chloe
  3:25
• 20
  ’C’ Jam Blues
  2:31
• 21
  Main Stem
  2:41
• 22
  Jack the Bear
  3:10
• 23
  Rain Check
  2:22
• 24
  Jump for Joy
  2:56

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Money Jungle 1962

Side by Side

Side by Side 1959

Copenhagen 1964

Copenhagen 1964 2026

Release credits

• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [11], tenor saxophone [11]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [11]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [11]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [11]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [11]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [11], baritone saxophone [11], clarinet [11]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [11]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [11]
• Johnny Hodges
  soprano saxophone [11]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [11]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [11]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [11]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [11]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [11]

Issues

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  The Duke at His Best

  CD
  29 January 2003