A Giant Among the Giants: The Best LPs 1950 to 1961

Album by Duke Ellington

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Cottontail
    2:55
  2. 2.
    C Jam Blues
    2:58
  3. 3.
    Flamingo
    3:00
  4. 4.
    Bang-Up Blues
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Tonk
    2:59
  6. 6.
    Johnny Come Lately
    3:01
  7. 7.
    In a Blue Summer Garden
    4:06
  8. 8.
    Great Times
    2:56
  9. 9.
    Perdido
    2:57
  10. 10.
    Take the "A" Train
    2:20
  11. 11.
    Oscalypso
    2:44
  12. 12.
    Blues for Blanton
    2:39
  13. 13.
    Skin Deep
    6:49
  14. 14.
    The Mooche
    6:36
  15. 15.
    Take the "A" Train
    8:02
  16. 16.
    A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite)
    13:48
  17. 17.
    Perdido
    8:23

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    2:33
  2. 3.
    Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
    2:58
  3. 4.
    Reflections in D
    3:37
  4. 5.
    Who Knows?
    2:39
  5. 6.
    Melancholia
    3:23
  6. 7.
    All Too Soon
    3:09
  7. 8.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    3:05
  8. 9.
    B Sharp Blues
    2:48
  9. 10.
    Passion Flower
    3:06
  10. 11.
    Janet
    2:15
  11. 12.
    Retrospection
    3:59
  12. 13.
    Dancers in Love
    1:59
  13. 14.
    Alice Blue Gown
    3:03
  14. 15.
    Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
    2:53
  15. 16.
    Got a Date With an Angel
    2:28
  16. 17.
    Poor Butterfly
    3:42
  17. 18.
    Satan Takes a Holiday
    3:16
  18. 19.
    The Peanut Vendor
    3:31
  19. 20.
    Satin Doll
    3:51
  20. 21.
    Lady in Red
    2:49
  21. 22.
    Indian Love Call
    3:39
  22. 23.
    The Donkey Serenade
    2:14
  23. 24.
    Gyspy Love Song
    3:58
  24. 25.
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh
    3:00

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Such Sweet Thunder
    3:17
  2. 4.
    Sonnet for Caesar
    3:01
  3. 5.
    Sonnet to Hank Cinq
    1:22
  4. 6.
    Lady Mac
    3:43
  5. 7.
    Sonnet in Search of a Moor
    2:22
  6. 8.
    The Telecasters
    3:03
  7. 9.
    Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)
    3:08
  8. 10.
    Sonnet for Sister Kate
    2:24
  9. 11.
    The Star-Crossed Lovers
    4:02
  10. 12.
    Madness in Great Ones
    3:24
  11. 13.
    Half the Fun (Also Known as "Lately")
    4:20
  12. 14.
    Circle of Fourths
    1:49
  13. 15.
    Part I
    8:14
  14. 16.
    Part II
    6:13
  15. 17.
    Part III (aka Light)
    6:25
  16. 18.
    Part IV (aka Come Sunday)
    7:58
  17. 19.
    Part V (aka Come Sunday)
    3:45
  18. 20.
    Part VI (23rd Psalm)
    3:04

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Main Title / Anatomy of a Murder
    3:52
  2. 5.
    Flirtibird
    2:13
  3. 6.
    Way Early Subtone
    4:00
  4. 7.
    Hero to Zero
    2:14
  5. 8.
    Low Key Lightly
    3:40
  6. 9.
    Happy Anatomy (Band-Movie version)
    2:31
  7. 10.
    Midnight Indigo
    2:43
  8. 11.
    Almost Cried (studio)
    2:28
  9. 12.
    Sunswept Sunday
    1:54
  10. 13.
    Grace Valse
    2:30
  11. 14.
    Happy Anatomy (P.I. Five version)
    1:26
  12. 15.
    Upper and Outest
    2:24
  13. 16.
    Morning Mood
    4:23
  14. 17.
    In the Hall of the Mountain King
    2:34
  15. 18.
    Solvejg's Song
    3:59
  16. 19.
    Ase’s Death
    3:49
  17. 20.
    Anitra’s Dance
    2:56
  18. 21.
    Misfit Blues
    4:07
  19. 22.
    Schwiphti
    3:03
  20. 23.
    Zweet Zurzday
    3:50
  21. 24.
    Lay-By
    4:53

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Happy Go Lucky Local
    3:00
  2. 6.
    What Am I Here For
    4:06
  3. 7.
    Medley: Inda Dukish / Rockin’ in Rhythm
    5:52
  4. 8.
    Perdido
    6:50
  5. 9.
    I’m Beginning to See the Light
    2:08
  6. 10.
    Midriff
    4:29
  7. 11.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    4:27
  8. 12.
    Main Stem
    4:15
  9. 13.
    Take the "A" Train
    5:33

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Hey Baby
    3:48
  2. 7.
    Sophisticated Lady
    3:00
  3. 8.
    Me and You
    2:31
  4. 9.
    Passion Flower
    4:35
  5. 10.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    2:40
  6. 11.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    2:54
  7. 12.
    Grievin’
    4:10
  8. 13.
    Blue Rose
    2:24
  9. 14.
    I’m Checking Out - Goombye
    3:12
  10. 15.
    I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
    3:10
  11. 16.
    Mood Indigo
    6:30

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Duke’s Place
    5:07
  2. 8.
    I’m Just a Lucky So and So
    3:13
  3. 9.
    Cottontail
    3:48
  4. 10.
    Mood Indigo
    4:02
  5. 11.
    Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
    2:41
  6. 12.
    The Beautiful American
    3:11
  7. 13.
    Black and Tan Fantasy
    4:04
  8. 14.
    Drop Me Off in Harlem
    3:55
  9. 15.
    The Mooche
    3:46
  10. 16.
    In a Mellowtone
    3:53
  11. 17.
    Battle Royal
    5:36
  12. 18.
    To You
    3:56
  13. 19.
    Take the "A" Train
    3:48
  14. 20.
    Corner Pocket (aka "Until I Met You")
    4:56
  15. 21.
    Wild Man (aka "Wild Man Moore")
    6:24
  16. 22.
    Segue in C
    8:23
  17. 23.
    B D B
    4:45
  18. 24.
    Jumpin’ at the Woodside
    3:13

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Just Scratchin’ the Surface
    6:44
  2. 9.
    El Gato
    4:18
  3. 10.
    Happy Reunion
    3:05
  4. 11.
    Multicolored Blue
    5:38
  5. 12.
    Princess Blue
    10:39
  6. 13.
    Jazz Festival Jazz
    7:22
  7. 14.
    Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
    7:01
  8. 15.
    Juniflip
    3:49
  9. 16.
    Prima Bara Dubla
    5:43
  10. 17.
    Hi Fi Fo Fum
    5:54

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    A Drum Is a Woman
    3:35
  2. 10.
    Rhythm Pum Te Dum
    2:54
  3. 11.
    What Else Can You Do With a Drum
    1:51
  4. 12.
    New Orleans
    2:31
  5. 13.
    Hey, Buddy Bolden
    4:51
  6. 14.
    Carribee Joe
    3:24
  7. 15.
    Congo Square
    5:26
  8. 16.
    A Drum Is a Woman, Part 2
    2:48
  9. 17.
    You Better Know It
    2:45
  10. 18.
    Madam Zajj
    3:44
  11. 19.
    Ballet of the Flying Saucers
    4:38
  12. 20.
    Zajj’s Dream
    3:07
  13. 21.
    Rhumbop
    2:11
  14. 22.
    Carribee Joe, Part 2
    3:05
  15. 23.
    Finale
    0:42

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Stompy Jones
    6:39
  2. 11.
    Squeeze Me
    4:38
  3. 12.
    Big Shoe
    5:36
  4. 13.
    Going Up
    4:53
  5. 14.
    Just a Memory
    5:54
  6. 15.
    Let’s Fall in Love
    6:49
  7. 16.
    Ruint
    2:34
  8. 17.
    Bend One
    3:00
  9. 18.
    You Need to Rock
    5:51

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