The Very Best of Duke Ellington

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3:11
• 2
  Take the 'A' Train
  2:52
• 3
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  2:58
• 4
  Creole Love Call
  4:09
• 5
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:39
• 6
  I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  3:17
• 7
  Concerto for Cootie
  3:16
• 8
  Rockin' in Rythym
  2:41
• 9
  In a Mellow Tone
  3:18
• 10
  Ko Ko
  2:42
• 11
  Perdido
  3:08
• 12
  Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
  2:52
• 13
  Harlem Air Shaft
  2:59
• 14
  Drop Me Off in Harlem
  2:59
• 15
  Daybreak Express
  2:55
• 16
  Stompy Jones
  3:04
• 17
  Harlem Speaks
  3:10
• 18
  Lightnin'
  3:09
• 19
  Solitude
  2:58
• 20
  Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
  3:28
• 21
  The 'C' Jam Blues
  2:30
• CD 2
• 1
  Mood Indigo
  2:56
• 2
  Stormy Weather
  2:33
• 3
  Caravan
  2:31
• 4
  Never No Lament
  3:07
• 5
  Main Stem
  2:49
• 6
  Jack the Bear
  3:11
• 7
  Ducky Wucky
  3:05
• 8
  Bundle of Blues
  3:11
• 9
  Moonglow
  3:08
• 10
  What Am I Here For?
  3:24
• 11
  Warm Valley
  3:20
• 12
  Chelsea Bridge
  2:53
• 13
  Moon Mist
  2:57
• 14
  Delta Serenade
  3:18
• 15
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:18
• 16
  All Too Soon
  3:31
• 17
  St. Louis Blues
  4:26
• 18
  Raincheck
  2:30
• 19
  Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  3:10
• 20
  Congo Brava
  2:50
• 21
  The Mouche
  3:26
• 22
  Cotton Tail
  2:56

More by Duke Ellington

Ken Burns Jazz

Ken Burns Jazz 2000

Ella at Duke’s Place

Ella at Duke’s Place 1966

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1963

Money Jungle

Money Jungle 1962

Side by Side

Side by Side 1959

Copenhagen 1964

Copenhagen 1964 2026

Release credits

• Barney Bigard
  clarinet [9, 13], tenor saxophone [9, 13]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [9, 13]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [9, 13]
• Duke Ellington
  arranger [13], piano [9, 13, 17]
• Fred Guy
  guitar [9, 13]
• Harry Carney
  alto saxophone [9, 13], baritone saxophone [9, 13], clarinet [9, 13]
• Jimmy Blanton
  double bass [9, 13]
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
  trombone [9, 13]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [13], clarinet [13], soprano saxophone [9]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [9, 13]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [9, 13]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [9, 13]
• Rex Stewart
  cornet [9, 13]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [9, 13]
• Wallace Jones
  trumpet [9, 13]

Issues

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  The Very Best of Duke Ellington

  2x CD
  2004