Classic Recordings, Vol. 5 (1938): Braggin' in Brass

Album by Duke Ellington

Classic Recordings, Vol. 5 (1938): Braggin' in Brass is a compilation album of 1938 recordings by American jazz bandleader Duke Ellington. The music features big band jazz arrangements with prominent brass writing and orchestral colour, and it reflects Ellington's ensemble approach and the directions he explored as a bandleader and composer in the late 1930s.

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  1. 1.
    Stepping into Swing Society
    3:08
  2. 2.
    The Gal from Joe's
    5:15
  3. 3.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    3:09
  4. 4.
    Braggin' in Brass
    2:46
  5. 5.
    Dinah's in a Jam
    2:51
  6. 6.
    You Gave Me the Gate and I'm Swingin': You Gave Me the Gate (and I'm Swingin')
    2:22
  7. 7.
    Pyramid
    2:55
  8. 8.
    When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
    2:39
  9. 9.
    A Gypsy Without a Song
    2:58
  10. 10.
    Watermelon Man
    2:35
  11. 11.
    Please Forgive Me
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Lambeth Walk
    2:28
  13. 13.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    3:00
  14. 14.
    Buffet Flat
    2:27
  15. 15.
    T. T. On Toast
    2:49
  16. 16.
    Blue Light (Transblucency)
    2:43
  17. 17.
    Old King Dooji
    2:33
  18. 18.
    Boy Meets Horn
    3:02
  19. 19.
    Mighty Like the Blues
    2:39
  20. 20.
    Slap Happy
    2:45

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