The Duke

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Box with 20 slimline jewel cases à 2 CDs.
The set cat# is 204139, the rest are individual cat#s.

Annotation last modified on 2014-07-06 10:01 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Hop Head (1924–1928) (CD 1)
2▶CD: Hop Head (1924–1928) (CD 2)
3▶CD: Jubilee Stomp (1928) (CD 1)
4▶CD: Jubilee Stomp (1928) (CD 2)
5▶CD: High Life (1928–1929) (CD 1)
6▶CD: High Life (1928–1929) (CD 2)
7▶CD: The Duke Steps Out (1929–1930) (CD 1)
8▶CD: The Duke Steps Out (1929–1930) (CD 2)
9▶CD: Black and Tan Fantasy (1930–1931) (CD 1)
10▶CD: Black and Tan Fantasy (1930–1931) (CD 2)
11▶CD: Creole Rhapsody (1931–1932) (CD 1)
12▶CD: Creole Rhapsody (1931–1932) (CD 2)
13▶CD: Sophisticated Lady (1932–1934) (CD 1)
14▶CD: Sophisticated Lady (1932–1934) (CD 2)
15▶CD: Solitude (1934–1936) (CD 1)
16▶CD: Solitude (1934–1936) (CD 2)
17▶CD: Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (1936–1937) (CD 1)
18▶CD: Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (1936–1937) (CD 2)
19▼CD: Jazz a la Carte (1937–1938) (CD 1)
#TitleRatingLength
1Jazz a la Carte
2:34
2Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
2:40
3Azure
recording of:
Azure
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
3:13
4Foolin’ Myself
2:59
5A Sailboat in the Moonlight
3:06
6You’ll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
2:31
7Peckin’
recording of:
Peckin’
orchestrator:
J.A.C. Redford
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Ben Pollack
composer:
Thomas Newman (American score composer)
3:10
8All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (instrumental)
recording of:
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Jurmann and Bronisław Kaper
2:43
9All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (vocal)
recording of:
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Jurmann and Bronisław Kaper
2:27
10Alabamy Home
2:43
11Get It Southern Style
2:44
12Moonlight Fiesta
2:49
13Sponge Cake and Spinach
2:35
14If You’re Ever in My Arms Again
2:54
15The Back Room Romp
2:49
16Swing Baby Swing (Love in My Heart)
2:35
17Sugar Hill Shim Sham
recording of:
Sugar Hill Shim Sham
2:37
18Tea and Trumpets
2:34
19Chatterbox
2:46
20Jubilesta
2:55
20▶CD: Jazz a la Carte (1937–1938) (CD 2)
21▶CD: Rendezvous With Rhythm (1938) (CD 1)
22▶CD: Rendezvous With Rhythm (1938) (CD 2)
23▶CD: Prelude to a Kiss (1938–1939) (CD 1)
24▶CD: Prelude to a Kiss (1938–1939) (CD 2)
25▶CD: I’m Checkin’ Out, Goom Bye (1939) (CD 1)
26▶CD: I’m Checkin’ Out, Goom Bye (1939) (CD 2)
27▶CD: Cotton Tail (1940) (CD 1)
28▶CD: Cotton Tail (1940) (CD 2)
29▶CD: Blue Serge (1940–1941) (CD 1)
30▶CD: Blue Serge (1940–1941) (CD 2)
31▶CD: Chelsea Bridge (1941–1944) (CD 1)
32▶CD: Chelsea Bridge (1941–1944) (CD 2)
33▶CD: Mood Indigo (1945) (CD 1)
34▶CD: Mood Indigo (1945) (CD 2)
35▶CD: New World a Comin’ (1945–1946) (CD 1)
36▶CD: New World a Comin’ (1945–1946) (CD 2)
37▶CD: Magenta Haze (1946) (CD 1)
38▶CD: Magenta Haze (1946) (CD 2)
39▶CD: In a Mellow Tone (1946–1947) (CD 1)
40▶CD: In a Mellow Tone (1946–1947) (CD 2)