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The Essential Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2005
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Tracks

CD 1: East St. Louis Toodle-oo; Black and Tan Fantasy; Take it Easy; Hot and Bothered; The Mooche; Rockin' in Rhythm; Creole Rhapsody; It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing; Creole Love Call; Sophisticated Lady; Drop Me Off in Harlem; Solitude; In a Sentimental Mood; Back Room Romp; Clouds in My Heart; Echoes of Harlem; Caravan; Blue Reverie; Diminuendo in Blue; Crescendo in Blue. CD 2: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; Pyramid; Prelude to a Kiss; Tired Socks; Mood Indigo; Ko-Ko; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Cotton Tail; Take the 'A' Train; Harlem Air-Shaft; Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me; Satin Doll; Perdido; Come Sunday; Jeep's Blues; Black Beauty; Arabesque Cookie.

Personnel

Duke Ellington

piano

Additional Personnel / Information

Duke Ellington: piano, leader; Billy Strayhorn: piano; Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley, Jabbo Smith, Arthur Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Wallace Jones, Harold Baker, Wardell Jones, Harold Grimes, Wilbur Bascombe, Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Clark Terry, John Cook, Andres Meringuito, Eddie Mullins: trumpet; Ray Nance: trumpet, violin, cornet; Rex Stewart: cornet; Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Claude Jones, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Booty Wood: trombone; Juan Tizol: valve trombone; Johnny Hodges: clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone; Rudy Jackson, Russell Procope: clarinet, alto saxophone; Rick Henderson, Hilton Jefferson, Bill Graham: alto saxophone; Otto Hardwick: clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone; Barney Bigard, Jimmy Hamilton: clarinet, tenor saxophone; Ben Webster, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves: tenor saxophone; Harry Carney: clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Fred Guy: banjo, guitar; Lonnie Johnson, Brick Fleagle: guitar; Wellman Braud, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Blanton, Edgar Brown, Wendell Marshall, Jimmy Woode, Aaron Bell: bass; Bass Edwards: tuba; Sonny Greer, Fred Avendorf, Jack Maisel, Butch Ballard, Louis Bellson, Sam Woodyard: drums; Baby Cox, Ivie Anderson, Al Hibbler: vocals.