Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year

Album by Duke Ellington

Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year is a compilation album by American jazz bandleader Duke Ellington, featuring recordings from 1938. The music is rooted in swing-era big band jazz with prominent brass sections, extended ensemble passages and rich harmonies, and it comes from a time when Ellington expanded his orchestral writing within the band's repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Steppin' Into Swing Society
    3:05
  2. 2.
    Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy
    2:34
  3. 3.
    The New Black and Tan Fantasy
    2:41
  4. 4.
    Riding on a Blue Note
    2:47
  5. 5.
    Lost in Meditation
    2:55
  6. 6.
    The Gal From Joe's
    3:03
  7. 7.
    Skrontch
    2:46
  8. 8.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    3:32
  9. 9.
    Braggin' in Brass
    2:44
  10. 10.
    Dinah's in a Jam
    2:56
  11. 11.
    You Gave Me the Gate (And I'm Swingin')
    2:25
  12. 12.
    Rose of the Rio Grande
    3:02
  13. 13.
    Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take)
    3:02
  14. 14.
    Pyramid
    2:54
  15. 15.
    When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
    2:41
  16. 16.
    A Gypsy Without a Song
    2:54

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Stevedore's Serenade
    2:39
  2. 3.
    A Blues Serenade
    2:23
  3. 4.
    Love in Swingtime
    2:37
  4. 5.
    Please Forgive Me
    3:02
  5. 6.
    Lambeth Walk
    2:29
  6. 7.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    2:58
  7. 8.
    Hip Chic
    2:58
  8. 9.
    Buffet Flat
    2:29
  9. 10.
    Mighty Like the Blues
    2:37
  10. 11.
    Jazz Potpourri
    2:57
  11. 12.
    T.T. on Toast
    2:48
  12. 13.
    Battle of Swing
    2:58
  13. 14.
    Blue Light
    2:39
  14. 15.
    Blue Light (alternate take)
    2:42
  15. 16.
    Boy Meets Horn
    3:02
  16. 17.
    Slap Happy
    2:43

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