Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

Album by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is an album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, released in 1957. It features swing-era big-band arrangements of Duke Ellington's compositions with orchestral horns and Ella's vocal improvisation, and it is one of the Song Book albums she recorded in the 1950s that concentrated on a single composer's work.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Rockin’ in Rhythm
    5:21
  2. 2.
    Drop Me Off in Harlem
    3:51
  3. 3.
    Day Dream
    4:01
  4. 4.
    Caravan
    3:55
  5. 5.
    Take the “A” Train
    6:42
  6. 6.
    I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues
    4:43
  7. 7.
    Clementine
    2:40
  8. 8.
    I Didn’t Know About You
    4:13
  9. 9.
    I’m Beginning to See the Light
    3:27
  10. 10.
    Lost in Meditation
    3:27
  11. 11.
    Perdido
    6:14
  12. 12.
    Cotton Tail
    3:26
  13. 13.
    Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
    7:43
  14. 14.
    Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
    3:34
  15. 15.
    Solitude
    2:09
  16. 16.
    Rocks in My Bed
    3:59
  17. 17.
    Satin Doll
    3:29
  18. 18.
    Sophisticated Lady
    5:20

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Just Squeeze Me (but Don’t Tease Me)
    4:17
  2. 3.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    4:15
  3. 4.
    Azure
    2:23
  4. 5.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    4:11
  5. 6.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    2:47
  6. 7.
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    5:02
  7. 8.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    5:29
  8. 9.
    Mood Indigo
    3:28
  9. 10.
    In a Mellow Tone
    5:12
  10. 11.
    Love You Madly
    4:42
  11. 12.
    Lush Life
    3:40
  12. 13.
    Squatty Roo
    3:42
  13. 14.
    I’m Just a Lucky So and So
    4:14
  14. 15.
    All Too Soon
    4:24
  15. 16.
    Everything but You
    2:57
  16. 17.
    I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
    6:15
  17. 18.
    Bli‐Blip
    3:03

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Chelsea Bridge
    3:26
  2. 4.
    Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
    16:19
  3. 5.
    The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
    5:04
  4. 6.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 1, rehearsal)
    4:36
  5. 7.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 2, rehearsal)
    4:09
  6. 8.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 3, rehearsal)
    4:17
  7. 9.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 4, rehearsal)
    3:27
  8. 10.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 5, rehearsal)
    2:16
  9. 11.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 6, rehearsal)
    1:31
  10. 12.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 7, rehearsal)
    6:46
  11. 13.
    Chelsea Bridge (take 8, rehearsal)
    5:50
  12. 14.
    All Heart (alternate take)
    4:02
  13. 15.
    All Heart (take 1, complete take)
    3:42
  14. 16.
    All Heart (take 2, complete take)
    3:30
  15. 17.
    All Heart (take 3, complete take)
    3:43
  16. 18.
    Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald: Introduction (various takes)
    4:59

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