Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936–1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions

Album by Duke Ellington

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Tough Truckin’
    3:05
  2. 2.
    Tough Truckin’ (alternate take)
    2:46
  3. 3.
    Indigo Echoes
    2:49
  4. 4.
    Indigo Echoes (alternate take)
    2:46
  5. 5.
    Rexatious (alternate take)
    2:45
  6. 6.
    Rexatious
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Lazy Man’s Shuffle
    2:58
  8. 8.
    Lazy Man’s Shuffle (alternate take)
    2:50
  9. 9.
    Clouds in My Heart (alternate take)
    2:58
  10. 10.
    Clouds in My Heart
    2:59
  11. 11.
    Frolic Sam (alternate take)
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Frolic Sam
    3:01
  13. 13.
    Caravan
    3:07
  14. 14.
    Caravan
    3:08
  15. 15.
    Stompy Jones
    2:45
  16. 16.
    Stompy Jones
    2:41
  17. 17.
    Mood Indigo / Solititude
    3:06
  18. 18.
    Sophisticated Lady / In a Sentimental Mood
    3:04
  19. 19.
    I Can’t Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take)
    2:54
  20. 20.
    I Can’t Believe That You Are in Love With Me
    2:54
  21. 21.
    Downtown Uproar (alternate take)
    2:46
  22. 22.
    Downtown Uproar
    2:43
  23. 23.
    Digga Digga Do (alternate take)
    2:53
  24. 24.
    Digga Digga Do
    2:52

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Blue Reverie
    2:57
  2. 3.
    Blue Reverie (alternate take)
    2:56
  3. 4.
    Tiger Rag
    2:45
  4. 5.
    Tiger Rag
    2:40
  5. 6.
    My Honey's Lovin' Arms
    2:45
  6. 7.
    Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take)
    3:01
  7. 8.
    Did Anyone Ever Tell You?
    2:57
  8. 9.
    Alabamy Home
    3:00
  9. 10.
    Where Are You?
    2:52
  10. 11.
    Lament for a Lost Love
    2:44
  11. 12.
    Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take)
    2:44
  12. 13.
    Four and One-Half Street (alternate take)
    2:43
  13. 14.
    Four and One Half Street
    2:36
  14. 15.
    Demi-Tasse (alternate take)
    2:39
  15. 16.
    Demi-Tasse
    2:37
  16. 17.
    Jazz a la Carte
    2:33
  17. 18.
    Jazz a la Carte (alternate take)
    2:40
  18. 19.
    Foolin' Myself (alternate take)
    2:58
  19. 20.
    Foolin' Myself
    3:00
  20. 21.
    A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take)
    2:58
  21. 22.
    A Salboat in the Moonlight
    3:05
  22. 23.
    You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
    2:29
  23. 24.
    You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
    2:24
  24. 25.
    Peckin'
    3:14
  25. 26.
    Peckin'
    3:12
  26. 27.
    Peckin'
    3:07

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Get It Southern Style (alternate take)
    2:41
  2. 4.
    Get It Southern Style
    2:43
  3. 5.
    Moonlight Fiesta
    2:48
  4. 6.
    Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take)
    2:50
  5. 7.
    Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take)
    2:36
  6. 8.
    Sponge Cake and Spinach
    2:35
  7. 9.
    If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take)
    2:55
  8. 10.
    If You're Ever in My Arms Again
    2:54
  9. 11.
    The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
    2:49
  10. 12.
    The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)
    2:50
  11. 13.
    Love in My Heart (alternate take)
    2:36
  12. 14.
    Love in My Heart
    2:35
  13. 15.
    Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take)
    2:22
  14. 16.
    Sugar Hill Shim Sham
    2:38
  15. 17.
    Tea and Trumpets (LP take)
    2:34
  16. 18.
    Tea and Trumpets (CD take)
    2:33
  17. 19.
    Tea and Trumpets (78 take)
    2:33
  18. 20.
    Jubilesta
    2:49
  19. 21.
    Watchin'
    2:56
  20. 22.
    Pigeons and Peppers
    2:54
  21. 23.
    I Can't Give You Anything But Love
    2:37
  22. 24.
    Drummer's Delight
    2:27
  23. 25.
    If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
    3:02
  24. 26.
    If I Thought You Cared
    3:00
  25. 27.
    Lost in Meditation
    2:48
  26. 28.
    Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
    2:43

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    My Day
    3:04
  2. 5.
    Silvery Moon and Golden Sands
    3:15
  3. 6.
    Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take)
    5:13
  4. 7.
    Echoes of Harlem
    3:15
  5. 8.
    Echoes of Harlem (alternate take)
    3:13
  6. 9.
    Jeep’s Blues
    2:55
  7. 10.
    If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?
    2:58
  8. 11.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    3:03
  9. 12.
    Rendezvous With Rhythm
    3:01
  10. 13.
    A Lesson in C
    2:34
  11. 14.
    Swingtime in Honolulu
    2:45
  12. 15.
    Carnival in Caroline
    2:24
  13. 16.
    Ol’ Man River
    2:50
  14. 17.
    You Walked Out of the Picture
    2:50
  15. 18.
    You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take)
    2:50
  16. 19.
    Pyramid
    2:53
  17. 20.
    Empty Ballroom Blues
    2:29
  18. 21.
    Lost in Meditation
    2:43
  19. 22.
    Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
    2:46
  20. 23.
    A Blues Serenade
    2:41
  21. 24.
    Love in Swingtime
    2:48
  22. 25.
    Swingin’ in the Dell
    2:34
  23. 26.
    Jitterbug’s Lullaby
    2:57

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Chasin' Chippies
    2:57
  2. 6.
    Blue Is the Evening
    3:09
  3. 7.
    Sharpy
    2:43
  4. 8.
    Swing Pan Alley
    2:34
  5. 9.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    2:43
  6. 10.
    There's Something About an Old Love
    2:43
  7. 11.
    The Jeep Is Jumpin'
    2:29
  8. 12.
    Krum Elbow Blues
    2:37
  9. 13.
    I'm in Another World
    3:02
  10. 14.
    Hodge Podge
    2:35
  11. 15.
    Dancing on the Stars
    2:55
  12. 16.
    Wanderlust
    2:59
  13. 17.
    Delta Mood
    2:46
  14. 18.
    The Boys From Harlem
    2:19
  15. 19.
    Mobile Blues
    2:32
  16. 20.
    Mobile Blues (alternate take)
    2:26
  17. 21.
    Gal-Avantin'
    2:22
  18. 22.
    Blue Light
    2:43
  19. 23.
    Blue Light
    2:41
  20. 24.
    Like a Ship in the Night
    2:38
  21. 25.
    Mississippi Dreamboat
    2:37
  22. 26.
    Swingin' on the Campus
    2:39
  23. 27.
    Dooji Wooji
    2:54

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Beautiful Romance
    2:42
  2. 7.
    Boudoir Benny
    2:49
  3. 8.
    Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take)
    3:13
  4. 9.
    Ain't the Gravy Good?
    3:06
  5. 10.
    She's Gone
    3:01
  6. 11.
    Just Good Fun
    2:41
  7. 12.
    Informal Blues
    2:56
  8. 13.
    San Juan Hill
    2:41
  9. 14.
    I'll Come Back for More
    2:54
  10. 15.
    "Fat Stuff" Serenade
    2:41
  11. 16.
    Savoy Strut (alternate take)
    2:33
  12. 17.
    Savoy Strut
    2:33
  13. 18.
    Rent Party Blues
    2:41
  14. 19.
    Dance of the Goons
    2:41
  15. 20.
    Good Gal Blues
    3:01
  16. 21.
    Finesse
    2:46
  17. 22.
    Kitchen Mechanic's Day
    2:30
  18. 23.
    My Heart Jumped Over the Moon
    2:37
  19. 24.
    You Can Count on Me
    3:16
  20. 25.
    Home Town Blues
    2:40
  21. 26.
    Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
    2:47
  22. 27.
    Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)
    2:42
  23. 28.
    Barney Goin' Easy
    2:59
  24. 29.
    Just Another Dream
    2:44
  25. 30.
    Night Song
    2:44

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Blues a Poppin'
    2:52
  2. 8.
    Top and Bottom
    2:57
  3. 9.
    Black Beauty
    2:47
  4. 10.
    The Rabbit's Jump
    2:41
  5. 11.
    Moon Romance
    2:48
  6. 12.
    Truly Wonderful
    2:23
  7. 13.
    Dream Blues
    3:02
  8. 14.
    Skunk Hollow Blues
    2:40
  9. 15.
    I Know What You Do
    2:42
  10. 16.
    Your Love Has Faded
    2:50
  11. 17.
    Tired Socks
    2:52
  12. 18.
    Blues
    2:45
  13. 19.
    Early Mornin'
    2:31
  14. 20.
    Minuet in Blues
    2:50
  15. 21.
    Lost in Two Flats
    2:33
  16. 22.
    Honey Hush
    2:51
  17. 23.
    Blues
    2:54
  18. 24.
    Plucked Again
    3:01
  19. 25.
    Pelican Drag
    3:01
  20. 26.
    Tapioca
    2:32
  21. 27.
    Mardi Gras Madness
    2:33
  22. 28.
    Watch the Birdie
    2:42
  23. 29.
    Black Butterfly
    2:42
  24. 30.
    Dry Long So
    2:51
  25. 31.
    Toasted Pickle
    2:37
  26. 32.
    Give It Up
    2:55

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