The Essential

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  3:29
• 2
  East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  3:09
• 3
  Hot and Bothered
  3:21
• 4
  Take It Easy
  2:40
• 5
  The Mooche
  3:27
• 6
  Creole Rhapsody, Parts 1 & 2
  8:31
• 7
  Rockin’ in Rhythm
  3:20
• 8
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
  3:13
• 9
  Creole Love Call
  3:17
• 10
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:19
• 11
  Drop Me Off in Harlem
  3:05
• 12
  Solitude
  3:17
• 13
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:22
• 14
  Clouds in My Heart
  3:01
• 15
  Echoes of Harlem (Cootie’s Concerto)
  3:05
• 16
  Back Room Romp
  2:52
• 17
  Caravan
  2:44
• 18
  Crescendo in Blue
  3:17
• 19
  Blue Reverie
  2:59
• 20
  Diminuendo in Blue
  2:47
• CD 2
• 1
  Prelude to a Kiss
  3:02
• 2
  Pyramid
  2:59
• 3
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:12
• 4
  Tired Socks
  2:55
• 5
  Cotton Tail
  3:16
• 6
  Ko-Ko
  2:47
• 7
  Mood Indigo
  2:46
• 8
  Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)
  3:23
• 9
  Harlem Air Shaft
  3:02
• 10
  Take the “A” Train
  3:00
• 11
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
  2:53
• 12
  Three Cent Stomp
  3:05
• 13
  Brown Betty
  3:09
• 14
  Perdido
  8:27
• 15
  Primpin’ at the Prom
  3:06
• 16
  Blue Rose
  2:25
• 17
  Jeep’s Blues
  4:46
• 18
  Dancers in Love
  2:22
• 19
  The Star-Crossed Lovers
  4:05
• 20
  Come Sunday: Black, Brown and Beige Suite, Part 4
  7:59

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Release credits

• Arthur Whetsel
  trumpet [8]
• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8], reeds [5], tenor saxophone [1.8, 2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9]
• Ben Webster
  arranger [5], tenor saxophone [5, 5-6, 9]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [14]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [14, 16]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [14]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [1.8, 1.19, 2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.16]
• Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
  performer [19]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [5, 9], piano [1.8, 1.19, 2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.14, 2.16]
• Fred Guy
  banjo [8], guitar [5, 5-6, 9]
• Freddy Jenkins
  trumpet [8]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8], baritone saxophone [1.8, 1.19, 2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.14, 2.16], clarinet [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8], reeds [5-6]
• Hayes Alvis
  double bass [19]
• Hilton Jefferson
  alto saxophone [14]
• Ivie Anderson
  lead vocals [8]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [5, 5-6, 9]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [14, 16], tenor saxophone [14, 16]
• Jimmy Woode
  double bass [16]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8, 1.19]
• John Sanders
  valve trombone [16]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.16, 1.8], clarinet [1.8, 2.5-6, 2.9], reeds [5], saxophone [1.19, 2.6], soprano saxophone [8]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [5], valve trombone [1.8, 2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.14]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [5, 5-6, 9], clarinet [6], reeds [5-6]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [14, 16]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [14, 16]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [14, 16]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [5, 5-6, 9], trumpet [5]
• Rosemary Clooney
  lead vocals [16]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [14, 16], clarinet [14, 16]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [16]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [2.5, 2.5-6, 2.9, 1.8, 1.19]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [5, 5-6, 9]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [8]
• Wendell Marshall
  double bass [14]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [14, 16]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [14, 16]
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  The Essential

  2x CD
  17 August 2009