The Duke: The Columbia Years (1927-1962)

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

JazzSwingBig Band

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Hot and Bothered
    2:53
  2. 2.
    East St. Louis Toodle‐Oo
    3:05
  3. 3.
    Black and Tan Fantasy
    3:25
  4. 4.
    Black Beauty
    3:02
  5. 5.
    Ring Dem Bells
    2:49
  6. 6.
    The Mooche
    3:14
  7. 7.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    3:10
  8. 8.
    Slippery Horn
    3:05
  9. 9.
    Saddest Tale
    3:18
  10. 10.
    Showboat Shuffle
    3:02
  11. 11.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    3:16
  12. 12.
    In a Jam
    2:59
  13. 13.
    Caravan
    3:06
  14. 14.
    The Gal From Joe’s
    2:56
  15. 15.
    Braggin’ in Brass (From the Broadway Revue, “Cotton Club Parade of 1938”)
    2:45
  16. 16.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    3:09
  17. 17.
    Battle of Swing
    2:57
  18. 18.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    2:58
  19. 19.
    Slap Happy
    2:45
  20. 20.
    Old King Dooji
    2:31
  21. 21.
    Portrait of the Lion
    2:24
  22. 22.
    Country Gal
    2:58
  23. 23.
    Little Posey
    2:40
  24. 24.
    Tootin’ Through the Roof
    2:53
  25. 25.
    Sophisticated Lady
    2:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Hy’a Sue
    2:54
  2. 3.
    Lady of the Lavender Mist
    3:18
  3. 4.
    Antidisestablishmentarianismist
    2:48
  4. 5.
    Golden Cress
    2:58
  5. 6.
    Sultry Serenade
    3:05
  6. 7.
    Maybe I Should Change My Ways
    3:16
  7. 8.
    Stomp, Look and Listen
    3:48
  8. 9.
    On a Turquoise Cloud
    3:23
  9. 10.
    Three Cent Stomp
    3:02
  10. 11.
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    3:04
  11. 12.
    Progressive Gavotte
    2:57
  12. 13.
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
    2:50
  13. 14.
    I Like the Sunrise
    4:31
  14. 15.
    Snibor
    2:53
  15. 16.
    Creole Love Call
    2:56
  16. 17.
    The Tattooed Bride
    11:43
  17. 18.
    Brown Betty
    3:06
  18. 19.
    Primpin’ at the Prom
    3:03
  19. 20.
    Monologue (Pretty and the Wolf)
    2:15
  20. 21.
    Take the “A” Train
    7:14

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Jeep’s Blues
    4:41
  2. 4.
    Solitude
    4:42
  3. 5.
    Blue Rose
    2:22
  4. 6.
    The Star‐Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl)
    4:02
  5. 7.
    Mood Indigo
    3:05
  6. 8.
    Dancers in Love
    2:19
  7. 9.
    Come Sunday
    7:58
  8. 10.
    Satin Doll
    3:44
  9. 11.
    Flirtbird
    2:12
  10. 12.
    Perdido
    4:36
  11. 13.
    “C” Jam Blues
    4:53
  12. 14.
    Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
    2:59
  13. 15.
    Happy Go Lucky Local
    3:01
  14. 16.
    Something to Live For
    2:44
  15. 17.
    Creole Blues (excerpt From ‘Creole Rhapsody’)
    2:31
  16. 18.
    Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
    4:06
  17. 19.
    Lotus Blossom
    3:14
  18. 20.
    A Midnight in Paris
    3:38
  19. 21.
    Asphalt Jungle Theme
    2:43
  20. 22.
    Battle Royal
    5:34
  21. 23.
    Duke Loves You Madly (spoken)
    0:11

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