The Duke Box 1940-1949 - Duke Ellington

The Duke Box 1940-1949

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 2006

Tracklist

CD 1
1
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
1:07
2
Me and You
2:43
3
Grievin'
3:40
4
Little Posey
2:54
5
My Last Goodbye
3:19
6
The Gal From Joe's
3:36
7
Tootin' Through the Roof
4:57
8
Day In, Day Out
4:16
9
Merry-Go-Round
2:26
10
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
1:09
11
Ko Ko
2:25
12
Blue Goose
3:18
13
So Far, So Good
2:38
14
Cotton Tail
3:41
15
Concerto for Cootie
4:14
16
Jack the Bear
3:14
17
Boy Meets Horn
5:08
18
The Sergeant Was Shy
2:37
19
Never No Lament
0:56
CD 2
1
It's Glory
0:46
2
The Mooche
5:23
3
The Sheik of Araby
2:55
4
Sepia Panorama
1:15
5
Ko Ko
2:23
6
There Shall Be No Night
3:09
7
Pussy Willow
4:34
8
Chatterbox
3:22
9
Mood Indigo
4:14
10
Harlem Airshaft
3:42
11
Ferryboat Serenade
1:34
12
Warm Valley
3:36
13
Stompy Jones
2:45
14
Chloe
4:03
15
Bojangles
4:02
16
On the Air
5:08
17
Rumpus in Richmond
2:36
18
Chaser
0:16
19
The Sidewalks of New York
5:06
20
The Flaming Sword
5:00
21
Never No Lament
4:21
22
Caravan
3:44
23
Clarinet Lament
3:28
CD 3
1
Slap Happy
3:24
2
Sepia Panorama
5:12
3
Boy Meets Horn
5:36
4
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
1:28
5
Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
2:17
6
Five O'Clock Whistle
2:01
7
Fanfare
0:35
8
Call of the Canyon/Unidentified Title/All This and Heaven Too
1:35
9
Rockin' in Rhythm
4:52
10
Sophisticated Lady
5:11
11
Cotton Tail
3:07
12
Whispering Grass
2:30
13
Conga Brava
4:07
14
I Never Felt This Way Before
5:31
15
Across the Track Blues
6:44
16
Honeysuckle Rose
5:08
17
Wham
2:49
18
Star Dust
4:16
19
Rose of the Rio Grande
3:34
20
St. Louis Blues
5:39
21
Warm Valley
0:51
22
God Bless America
0:28
CD 4
1
Take the "A" Train
0:40
2
Hayfoot Strawfoot
2:36
3
It Can't Be Wrong
3:02
4
What Am I Here For?
3:35
5
Mainstem, a.k.a., Altitude
3:07
6
Could It Be You?
2:51
7
Goin' Up
3:45
8
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
3:48
9
Nevada
2:42
10
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
1:05
11
Take the "A" Train
0:46
12
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4:01
13
Mainstem, a.k.a., Altitude
3:00
14
I Don't Want Anyone at All
3:12
15
Johnny Come Lately
2:51
16
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
0:37
17
Moon Mist
2:59
18
You'll Never Know
3:08
19
Tonight I Shall Sleep
3:35
20
I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
3:23
21
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4:31
22
Moon Mist
0:39
23
Introduction
0:26
24
I Wonder Why
3:03
25
Goin' Up
3:44
CD 5
1
Star Spangled Banner
1:37
2
Introduction by Duke Ellington
1:03
3
Take the "A" Train
3:18
4
Moon Mist
3:37
5
Tea for Two
3:00
6
Honeysuckle Rose
3:46
7
Star Dust
4:42
8
The "C" Jam Blues
4:42
1.0 ★
9
West Indian Influence
3:20
10
Lighter Attitude
3:59
11
New World A-Comin'
14:11
12
Floor Show
3:50
13
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4:22
CD 6
1
Introduction by Duke Ellington
0:41
2
Ring Dem Bells
2:54
3
Medley
6:40
4
Jack the Bear
3:42
5
Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me
3:19
1.0 ★
6
Summertime
3:59
7
Cotton Tail
3:50
1.0 ★
8
Black and Tan Fantasy
5:56
9
Rockin' In Rhythm
5:16
1.0 ★
10
Sentimental Lady
3:52
1.0 ★
11
Trumpet in Spades
4:45
12
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
5:10
13
Announcer and Duke Ellington Introduction
0:35
14
G.I. Jive
1:40
15
Amor, Amor
2:32
16
Frankie and Johnny
2:59
CD 7
1
Take the "A" Train
0:45
2
Suddenly It Jumped
2:50
3
Laura
3:05
4
Kissing Bug
3:16
5
Stompy Jones
3:54
6
Solid Old Man
3:20
7
Carnigie Blues
3:01
8
In a Mellotone
3:01
9
Fancy Dan
4:15
10
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
1:02
11
Black and Tan Fantasy
2:17
12
Mood to Be Wooed
4:56
13
Frantic Fantasy
5:11
14
The "C" Jam Blues
2:47
15
Air Conditioned Jungle
4:45
16
On the Sunny Side of the Street
4:33
17
Rockin' in Rhythm
4:50
18
Take the "A" Train
0:41
19
The Blues
7:28
20
Sono
5:24
CD 8
1
Solid Old Man
3:27
2
Singin' in the Rain
6:06
3
Three Cent Stomp
4:07
4
Tulip or Turnip
3:00
5
Take the "A" Train
8:15
6
Hy'a Sue
3:53
7
The "C" Jam Blues
3:23
8
Passion Flower
4:12
9
Clementine
2:59
10
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
3:17
11
One O'Clock Jump
1:57
12
Unbooted Character
4:59
13
Paradise
4:48
14
How You Sound
4:15
15
It's Monday Every Day
3:16
16
Caravan
5:16
17
Cotton Tail
3:45

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Release credits

Al Hibbler
vocal [5-6]
Barney Bigard
clarinet [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Ben Webster
tenor saxophone [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Duke Ellington
piano [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 6.2-11, 5.1, 5.3-13, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23], spoken vocals [6.1, 5.2]
Fred Guy
guitar [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 6.2-11, 5.1, 5.3-13, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Harold “Shorty” Baker
solo [7], trumpet [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11]
Harry Carney
baritone saxophone [2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11]
Herb Jeffries
lead vocals [2.6, 3.8, 3.14], vocal [6]
Ivie Anderson
lead vocals [2.11, 3.4-6, 3.19-20], vocal [11]
Jimmy Blanton
double bass [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Jimmy Hamilton
clarinet [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-6, 6.8-11], solo [6], tenor saxophone [7]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
solo [8], trombone [5.1, 5.3-13, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 6.2-11, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [6.2-11, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3-13], solo [10]
Juan Tizol
trombone [2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22], valve trombone [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11]
Junior Raglin
bass [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11], solo [4]
Lawrence Brown
solo [5], trombone [6.2-11, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3-13]
Otto Hardwick
alto saxophone [2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 6.2-11, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3-13], clarinet [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Ray Nance
lead vocals [17], solo [3], trumpet [2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5-11, 5.13, 6.2-5, 6.7, 6.9-11], violin [5.4, 5.12, 6.6, 6.8], vocal [2]
Rex Stewart
cornet [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23], solo [11], trumpet [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11, 2.2-3, 2.5-7, 2.9-11, 2.13]
Skippy Williams
solo [7], tenor saxophone [6.2-11, 5.1, 5.3-13]
Sonny Greer
chimes [2, 9], drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22, 5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23]
Taft Jordan
solo [5], trumpet [5.1, 5.3-13, 6.2-11]
Wallace Jones
solo [8], trumpet [5.1, 5.3-13, 2.2-3, 2.5-11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.19, 2.22-23, 6.2-11, 3.1, 3.3-7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.15-16, 3.19-20, 3.22]

Issues

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The Duke Box 1940-1949
8x CD
2006