Duke Ellington Plays The Blues

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Duke Ellington Plays the Blues is an album by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, released in 1957. The music uses blues forms within Ellington's big-band jazz and alternates slow blues with swinging ensemble passages that use blues-based harmonies and prominent solos, and it came after his mid-1950s recordings that renewed wider interest in his orchestra.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Royal Garden Blues
  2. 2.
    Frankie and Johnnie

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Memphis Blues
  2. 3.
    Pretty Woman

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Beale St. Blues
  2. 4.
    Transblucency (A Blue Fog That You Can Almost See Through)

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    St. Louis Blues
  2. 5.
    Drawing Room Blues

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