Duke Ellington's Big Band

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Duke Ellington and his band had good management and were financially successful. They performed all over Europe for years.

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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1946 Volume 1. All the riches of mid-40's Ellington has captured
in this series mastered magnificently from never-before-released radio transcriptions. Recorded
in New York City, March 28, 1946. Ellington was the first to win both the Swing and Sweet
Bands divisions of the Down Beat magazine poll.

1. Take The A Train
2. Cross Town
3. Passion Flower
4. Magenta Haze
5. Everything Goes
6. The Eighth Veil
7. Riff N' Drill
8. Blue Abandon
9. Transblucency
10. Rugged Romeo
11. Jennie
12. Roho
13. Jeep is Jumpin'

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Duke Ellington, The Concert May 27, 1960 in Santa Monica, California.
The program of tunes on this disc represents a balance of familiar
and seldom heard selections from Ellington.

1. Take The A Train
2. Red Carpet
3. Newport Up
4. Perdido
5. Matumba
6. Diminuendo in Blue & Crescendo in Blue

Duke Ellington 3 CD Box Set (vocals Al Hibbler, Kay Davis)

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Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra, Billy Strayhorn (piano), Fred Guy (guitar), Oscar Pettiford,
Wilson Meyers (bass); Sonny Greer (drums).Ray Nance/vocals,trumpet, Al Hibbler Kay Davis (vocals);
Otto Hardwicke, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears, Harry Carney, Russell Procope (reeds); Shelton
Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Bernard Flood, Harold Baker, Wallace Jones, Wilbur
Bascomb (trumpets); Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis, Tyree
Glenn (trombone).
63 songs digitally remastered on 3 CDs. Track by track annotation by Patricia Willard.
Collection of 1946-1947 recordings.

1. Take the A Train
2. Crosstown
3. Passion Flower
4. Magenta Haze
5. Everything Goes
6. The Eighth Veil
7. Riff N' Drill
8. Blue Abandon
9. Transblucensy
10. Rugged Romeo
11. Jennie
12. Sono
13. Jeep is Jumpin'
14. Perdido
15. Tip Toe Topic
16. Rockabye River
17. Pretty Woman (featuring Al Hibbler)
18. Gatherin' In A Clearing
19. You Don't Love Me No More (featuring Al Hibbler)
20. Just Squeeze Me (featuring Ray Nance)
21. Hey, Baby (featuring Ray Nance)
22. Suddenly It Jumped
Disc 2
1. Come Rain Or come Shine (featuring Kay Davis)
2. Fickle Fling
3. 9:20 Special
4. One O'Clock Jump
5. The Unbooted Character
6. The Suburbanite
7. Indiana
8. Moon Mist
9. In a Jam
10. On The Alamo
11. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
12. Tea for Two
13. Just You, Just Me
14. Someone
15. Double Ruff
16. A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing
17. The Mooche
18. Golden Cress
19. Flippant Flurry
20. Jam-A-Ditty
Disc 3
1. Fugueaditty
2. Happy Go Lucky Local
3. Overture to a Jam Session
4. Sultry Sunset
5. Beale St. Blues
6. Memphis Blues
7. St. Louis Blues (featuring Ray Nance)
8. Who Struck John?
9. Swamp Fire
10. How High the Moon
11. Blue Lou
12. Violet Blue
13. Royal Garden Blues
14. Jumpin' Punkins
15. Frustration
16. Blue Is The Night
17. Jump For Jo (featuring Roy Nance)
18. Far Away Blues
19. Embraceable You (featuring Kay Davis)
20. Frisky
21. Park At 106th
22. Take the A Train

Duke Ellington Volume 1 1940s

Duke Ellington, The Concert 1960

Duke Ellington 3 CD Box Set (vocals Al Hibbler, Kay Davis)

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