The Essential Duke Ellington

Tracklist

• CD 1: DISC ONE Rockin' in Rhythm
• 1
  Immigration Blues
  2:48
• 2
  New Orleans Lowdown
  2:53
• 3
  East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  2:43
• 4
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:16
• 5
  Hot & Bothered
  3:15
• 6
  The Mooche
  3:12
• 7
  Louisiana
  3:01
• 8
  Awful Sad
  3:05
• 9
  The Blues With a Feeling
  3:13
• 10
  Misty Morning
  3:18
• 11
  Doin' the Voom Voom
  3:12
• 12
  Rent Party Blues
  3:26
• 13
  Harlem Flat Blues
  3:15
• 14
  Jungle Jamboree
  3:04
• 15
  Sweet Mama
  2:58
• 16
  Double Check Stomp
  3:05
• 17
  Cotton Club Stomp (Wall Street Wail)
  3:00
• 18
  Ring Dem Bells
  2:50
• 19
  Mood Indigo
  3:02
• 20
  Sweet Chariot
  2:52
• 21
  Rockin' in Rhythm
  3:13
• 22
  Creole Rhapsody Pts. 1 & 2
  6:26
• CD 2: DISC TWO Reminiscing in Tempo
• 1
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3:08
• 2
  St. Louis Blues
  4:24
• 3
  Creole Love Call
  3:23
• 4
  Slippery Horn
  3:15
• 5
  Ducky Wucky
  3:02
• 6
  Lightnin'
  3:06
• 7
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:37
• 8
  Drop Me Off in Harlem
  3:03
• 9
  Bundle of Blues (Dragon Blues)
  3:10
• 10
  Harlem Speaks
  3:09
• 11
  Daybreak Express
  2:55
• 12
  Delta Serenade
  3:18
• 13
  Stompy Jones
  3:02
• 14
  Solitude
  3:26
• 15
  Saddest Tale
  3:16
• 16
  Moonglow
  3:05
• 17
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:13
• 18
  Showboat Shuffle
  3:01
• 19
  Reminiscing in Tempo Pts. 1, 2, 3, 4
  13:00
• CD 3: DISC THREE Ko-Ko
• 1
  Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)
  3:08
• 2
  Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)
  3:00
• 3
  Trumpet in Spades (Rex's Concerto)
  3:06
• 4
  Yearning for Love (Lawrence's Concerto)
  2:52
• 5
  It Was a Sad Night in Harlem
  3:04
• 6
  Caravan
  2:42
• 7
  Azure
  2:52
• 8
  Diminuendo in Blue
  2:43
• 9
  Crescendo in Blue
  3:15
• 10
  Harmony in Harlem
  3:06
• 11
  Steppin' Into Swing Society
  3:00
• 12
  Lost in Meditation
  3:04
• 13
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  2:58
• 14
  Prelude to a Kiss
  2:53
• 15
  Battle of Swing (Le Jazz Hot)
  3:05
• 16
  Blue Light (Transbluency)
  2:58
• 17
  Slap Happy
  3:08
• 18
  Subtle Lament
  3:10
• 19
  Serenade to Sweden
  3:02
• 20
  The Sergeant Was Shy
  2:57
• 21
  Jack the Bear
  2:57
• 22
  Ko-Ko
  2:39
• CD 4: DISC FOUR Main Stem
• 1
  Morning Glory
  3:15
• 2
  Conga Brava
  2:54
• 3
  Concert for Cootie
  3:19
• 4
  Cottontail
  3:08
• 5
  Never No Lament
  3:15
• 6
  Dusk
  3:19
• 7
  Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
  2:50
• 8
  A Portrait of Bert Williams
  3:09
• 9
  All Too Soon
  3:28
• 10
  Sepia Panorama
  3:20
• 11
  In a Mellotone
  3:19
• 12
  Warm Valley
  3:20
• 13
  Take the "A" Train
  2:54
• 14
  John Hardy's Wife
  3:28
• 15
  Blue Serge
  3:20
• 16
  Just a Settin' and a Rockin'
  3:33
• 17
  Jump for Joy
  2:50
• 18
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:52
• 19
  Raincheck
  2:28
• 20
  Perdido
  3:08
• 21
  The "C" Jam Blues
  2:37
• 22
  Moon Mist
  2:58
• 23
  Main Stem
  2:47

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