The Real… Duke Ellington

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 10 April 2012

jazz swing

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Aint Got That Swing
Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson
3:11
2
Lazy Rhapsody
Cootie Williams / Duke Ellington
3:17
3
Blue Tune
3:10
4
Baby When You Aint There
2:43
5
St. Louis Blues
4:31
6
Creole Love Call
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
4:13
7
Blue Harlem
2:54
8
The Sheik of Araby
2:59
9
Best Wishes
3:12
10
Blue Ramble
3:13
11
Clouds in My Heart
3:05
12
Blue Mood
2:53
13
Ducky Wucky
3:05
14
Jazz Cocktail
3:12
15
Lightnin'
3:08
16
Swing Low
2:42
17
Slippery Horn
3:04
18
Drop Me Off in Harlem
3:01
19
Happy as the Day Is Long
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:43
20
Get Yourself a New Broom
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:37
21
Bundle of Blues
3:12
22
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington / Arthur Fiedler
3:15
23
Jive Stomp
2:47
24
Harlem Speaks
3:09
25
Daybreak Express
2:56
CD 2
1
Ebony Rhapsody II
5:23
2
Ebony Rhapsody
5:05
3
Solitude
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3:13
4
Saddest Tale
3:19
5
Moonlight Fiesta
2:54
6
Prelude to a Kiss
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:59
1.0 ★
7
Hip Chic
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:54
8
Buffet Flat
2:27
9
Jazz Potpourri
2:57
10
It on Toast
2:49
11
In a Sentimental Mood
3:18
12
Showboat Shuffle
3:03
13
Merry‐Go‐Round
3:00
14
I Don’t Know Why I Love You So
3:10
15
Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?
3:10
16
Clarinet Lament
3:12
17
Echoes of Harlem
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3:03
18
Trumpet in Spades
3:09
19
Yearning for Love
2:55
20
In a Jam
2:59
21
Exposition Swing
3:11
22
Uptown Downbeat
3:23
23
Scattin’ at the Cotton Club
3:15
24
Black Butterfly
3:05
25
Battle of Swing
2:57
CD 3
1
The New Birmingham Breakdown
2:49
2
The New East St. Louis Toodle‐O
3:01
3
Caravan
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / Duke Ellington
2:41
4
Azure
Bunny Berigan
3:13
5
Chatterbox
2:45
6
Diminuendo in Blue
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:45
7
Crescendo in Blue
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3:16
8
Harmony in Harlem
3:08
9
Dusk on the Desert
3:06
10
Steppin’ Into Swing Society
3:06
11
Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy
2:35
12
The New Black and Tan Fantasy
2:42
13
Ridin’ on a Blue Note
2:47
14
Lost in Meditation
2:55
15
The Gal From Joe’s
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:57
16
Scrounch
2:42
17
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
3:07
1.0 ★
18
Braggin’ in Brass
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:44
19
Carnival in Caroline
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:26
20
I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:37
21
Dinah’s in a Jam
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:50
22
Rose of the Rio Grande
Duke Ellington / Ivie Anderson
2:59
23
Pyramid
2:53
24
A Gypsy Without a Song
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:56
25
Stevedore’s Serenade
2:46

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Release credits

Arthur Whetsel
trumpet [1.17, 2.4]
Barney Bigard
alto saxophone [25], clarinet [25], reeds [1.17, 2.4]
Billy Taylor Sr.
double bass [25]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Duke Ellington
piano [3.18, 2.4, 2.12, 2.20, 2.25, 1.17]
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [2.4, 1.17]
Fred Guy
banjo [17], guitar [2.25, 1.17]
Freddy Jenkins
trumpet [1.17, 2.4]
Harry Carney
alto saxophone [25], baritone saxophone [25], clarinet [25], reeds [2.4, 1.17]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trombone [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [25], clarinet [25], reeds [17], saxophone [4], soprano saxophone [25]
Juan Tizol
valve trombone [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Lawrence Brown
trombone [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Otto Hardwick
alto saxophone [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Rex Stewart
cornet [25]
Sonny Greer
drums (drum set) [2.4, 2.25, 1.17]
Wallace Jones
trumpet [25]
Wellman Braud
double bass [1.17, 2.4]

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The Real… Duke Ellington
3x CD
10 April 2012