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The Essential Duke Ellington

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: 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; In a Sentimental Mood; Back Room Romp; Clouds in My Heart; Echoes of Harlem; Caravan; Blue Reverie; Diminuendo in Blue; Crescendo in Blue; 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.

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Duke Ellington: The Essential Duke Ellington

Read "The Essential Duke Ellington" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Anytime the term “essential" is utilized in a compilation of an artist's work, critics are ready to second-guess it. But this two-CD set issued by Columbia/Legacy, now a part of the parent company Sony-BMG, represents a good cross-section of Duke Ellington's studio recordings and even licenses a few tracks from other companies to fill some gaps, ...

Album

The Essential Duke Ellington

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: 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.

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Duke Ellington: The Essential Duke Ellington

Read "The Essential Duke Ellington" reviewed by Jim Santella


Trying to compile an album of essential Duke Ellington performances is a difficult task indeed. How can you get it all in? How does one performance of “It Don't Mean a Thing" compare to another? It's all arbitrary, and that's why our record collections continue to grow. The recordings reissued on this two-CD compilation ...


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