The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Moon Over Dixie
    2:57
  2. 2.
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
    3:10
  3. 3.
    Lazy Rhapsody
    3:15
  4. 4.
    Blue Tune
    3:09
  5. 5.
    Baby When You Ain’t There
    2:41
  6. 6.
    St. Louis Blues
    4:27
  7. 7.
    Creole Love Call
    4:06
  8. 8.
    Rose Room
    3:00
  9. 9.
    Blue Harlem
    2:51
  10. 10.
    The Sheik of Araby
    2:56
  11. 11.
    Swampy River
    2:56
  12. 12.
    Fast and Furious
    2:48
  13. 13.
    Best Wishes
    3:10
  14. 14.
    Slippery Horn
    3:13
  15. 15.
    Blue Ramble
    3:10
  16. 16.
    Clouds in My Heart
    3:02
  17. 17.
    Lazy Rhapsody (alternate take B)
    3:11
  18. 18.
    Blue Tune (alternate take B)
    3:07
  19. 19.
    St. Louis Blues (alternate take A)
    4:27
  20. 20.
    Creole Love Call (alternate take B)
    4:08
  21. 21.
    Best Wishes (alternate take A)
    3:08
  22. 22.
    Blue Ramble (alternate take B)
    3:13
  23. 23.
    Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A)
    2:59

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Blue Mood
    2:53
  2. 3.
    Ducky Wucky
    3:02
  3. 4.
    Jazz Cocktail
    3:09
  4. 5.
    Lightnin’
    3:05
  5. 6.
    Stars
    3:04
  6. 7.
    Swing Low
    2:39
  7. 8.
    I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A)
    2:59
  8. 9.
    Baby! (alternate take A)
    3:06
  9. 10.
    Any Time, Any Day, Any Where
    2:49
  10. 11.
    Delta Bound
    2:52
  11. 12.
    Blue Mood (alternate take C)
    2:51
  12. 13.
    Blue Mood (alternate take B)
    2:51
  13. 14.
    Ducky Wucky (alternate take B)
    3:00
  14. 15.
    Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B)
    3:12
  15. 16.
    Lightnin’ (alternate take B)
    3:08
  16. 17.
    Stars (alternate take B)
    3:03
  17. 18.
    Swing Low (alternate take B)
    2:40
  18. 19.
    I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B)
    3:06
  19. 20.
    Baby! (alternate take B)
    3:07
  20. 21.
    Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B)
    2:51
  21. 22.
    Delta Bound (alternate take B)
    2:57

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Diga Diga Do
    3:04
  2. 4.
    I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
    3:05
  3. 5.
    Porgy
    3:10
  4. 6.
    I Must Have That Man! (master take C)
    3:04
  5. 7.
    Baby! (master take C)
    3:05
  6. 8.
    Eerie Moan
    3:08
  7. 9.
    Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3)
    2:50
  8. 10.
    Sophisticated Lady
    3:40
  9. 11.
    I’ve Got the World on a String
    3:21
  10. 12.
    Down a Carolina Lane
    3:06
  11. 13.
    Diga Diga Do (alternate take B)
    3:05
  12. 14.
    I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B)
    3:08
  13. 15.
    Porgy (alternate take C)
    3:16
  14. 16.
    Porgy (alternate take B)
    3:09
  15. 17.
    I Must Have That Man! (alternate take D)
    3:11
  16. 18.
    Baby! (alternate take D)
    3:00
  17. 19.
    Eerie Moan (alternate take B)
    3:08
  18. 20.
    Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2)
    2:52
  19. 21.
    Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1)
    3:38

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Slippery Horn
    3:02
  2. 5.
    Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby!
    3:02
  3. 6.
    Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
    3:00
  4. 7.
    Drop Me Off in Harlem
    2:58
  5. 8.
    Happy as the Day Is Long
    2:39
  6. 9.
    Raisin’ the Rent
    2:50
  7. 10.
    Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away)
    2:35
  8. 11.
    Bundle of Blues
    3:09
  9. 12.
    Sophisticated Lady
    3:12
  10. 13.
    Stormy Weather
    3:01
  11. 14.
    I’m Satisfied
    3:03
  12. 15.
    Jive Stomp
    2:45
  13. 16.
    Harlem Speaks
    3:06
  14. 17.
    In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
    3:09
  15. 18.
    Solitude
    3:10
  16. 19.
    Saddest Tale
    3:16
  17. 20.
    Moonglow
    3:04
  18. 21.
    Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm
    2:36
  19. 22.
    Slippery Horn (alternate take B)
    3:02
  20. 23.
    Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B)
    3:03
  21. 24.
    Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C)
    3:06
  22. 25.
    Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B)
    3:06
  23. 26.
    Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B)
    2:39
  24. 27.
    Bundle of Blues (alternate take B)
    3:07
  25. 28.
    Jive Stomp (alternate take B)
    2:28

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Admiration (matrix C883)
    2:40
  2. 6.
    Farewell Blues
    2:28
  3. 7.
    Let’s Have a Jubilee
    2:55
  4. 8.
    Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2)
    2:59
  5. 9.
    Margie
    2:57
  6. 10.
    Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1)
    2:51
  7. 11.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    3:13
  8. 12.
    Showboat Shuffle
    2:59
  9. 13.
    Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408)
    2:55
  10. 14.
    Admiration (matrix B17409)
    2:51
  11. 15.
    Cotton
    3:05
  12. 16.
    Truckin’
    3:00
  13. 17.
    Accent on Youth
    3:06
  14. 18.
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1
    3:23
  15. 19.
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2
    3:14
  16. 20.
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3
    3:15
  17. 21.
    Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4
    3:13
  18. 22.
    I Don’t Know Why I Love You So
    3:05
  19. 23.
    Dinah Lou
    2:28
  20. 24.
    Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?
    3:10
  21. 25.
    (There Is) No Greater Love
    3:10
  22. 26.
    Clarinet Lament
    3:12
  23. 27.
    Echoes of Harlem
    3:04
  24. 28.
    Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix B16974-2)
    2:46
  25. 29.
    I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2)
    3:05
  26. 30.
    Dinah Lou (alternate take 3)
    2:29

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Love Is Like a Cigarette
    3:04
  2. 7.
    Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night
    3:19
  3. 8.
    Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday
    2:51
  4. 9.
    Shoe Shine Boy
    3:13
  5. 10.
    It Was a Sad Night in Harlem
    3:05
  6. 11.
    Trumpet in Spades
    3:08
  7. 12.
    Yearning for Love
    2:55
  8. 13.
    In a Jam
    2:58
  9. 14.
    Exposition Swing
    3:12
  10. 15.
    Uptown Downbeat (Blackout)
    3:25
  11. 16.
    Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat)
    3:15
  12. 17.
    Black Butterfly
    3:08
  13. 18.
    The New Birmingham Breakdown
    2:48
  14. 19.
    Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club)
    2:44
  15. 20.
    I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter
    2:34
  16. 21.
    The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
    2:59
  17. 22.
    Exposition Swing (alternate take 2)
    3:13
  18. 23.
    Black Butterfly (alternate take 2)
    3:12
  19. 24.
    The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2)
    2:47
  20. 25.
    Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2)
    2:47
  21. 26.
    I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2)
    2:35
  22. 27.
    The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2)
    2:57

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    There’s a Lull in My Life
    2:59
  2. 8.
    It’s Swell of You
    2:44
  3. 9.
    You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight
    2:38
  4. 10.
    Azure
    3:02
  5. 11.
    The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed
    2:43
  6. 12.
    Old Plantation
    2:51
  7. 13.
    Caravan
    2:40
  8. 14.
    Azure
    3:13
  9. 15.
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519)
    2:43
  10. 16.
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520)
    2:26
  11. 17.
    Alabamy Home
    2:42
  12. 18.
    Chatter-Box (Jumpy)
    2:45
  13. 19.
    Jubilesta
    2:53
  14. 20.
    There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2)
    2:56
  15. 21.
    It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2)
    2:47
  16. 22.
    You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2)
    2:37
  17. 23.
    Azure (alternate take 2)
    2:58
  18. 24.
    Old Plantation (alternate take 2)
    2:55
  19. 25.
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2)
    2:45
  20. 26.
    All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2)
    2:24
  21. 27.
    Alabamy Home (alternate take 2)
    2:43

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Diminuendo in Blue
    2:46
  2. 9.
    Crescendo in Blue
    3:16
  3. 10.
    Harmony in Harlem
    3:08
  4. 11.
    Dusk on the Desert
    3:06
  5. 12.
    Stepping Into Swing Society
    3:07
  6. 13.
    Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy
    2:36
  7. 14.
    The New Black and Tan Fantasy
    2:43
  8. 15.
    Riding on a Blue Note
    2:49
  9. 16.
    Lost in Meditation
    2:56
  10. 17.
    The Gal From Joe’s
    2:58
  11. 18.
    If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)
    2:55
  12. 19.
    Skrontch (Scrounch)
    2:44
  13. 20.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    3:08
  14. 21.
    Braggin’ in Brass
    2:45
  15. 22.
    Carnival in Caroline
    2:29
  16. 23.
    Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2)
    2:39
  17. 24.
    Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2)
    3:14
  18. 25.
    Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X)
    3:09
  19. 26.
    Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1)
    3:00
  20. 27.
    Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1)
    3:15
  21. 28.
    Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2)
    2:51
  22. 29.
    The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2)
    3:10
  23. 30.
    If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1)
    2:54
  24. 31.
    Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1)
    2:43
  25. 32.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1)
    3:11
  26. 33.
    Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2)
    2:45

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Swingtime in Honolulu
    2:55
  2. 10.
    I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe)
    2:38
  3. 11.
    Dinah’s in a Jam
    2:52
  4. 12.
    When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet)
    2:40
  5. 13.
    You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’)
    2:23
  6. 14.
    Rose of the Rio Grande
    3:01
  7. 15.
    Pyramid
    2:57
  8. 16.
    The Stevedore’s Serenade
    2:48
  9. 17.
    La De Doody Doo
    2:28
  10. 18.
    Watermelon Man
    2:37
  11. 19.
    (A) Gypsy Without a Song
    2:58
  12. 20.
    A Blues Serenade
    2:23
  13. 21.
    Love in Swingtime
    2:36
  14. 22.
    Please Forgive Me
    3:01
  15. 23.
    Lambeth Walk
    2:28
  16. 24.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    3:00
  17. 25.
    Hip Chic
    2:56
  18. 26.
    Buffet Flat
    2:27
  19. 27.
    Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1)
    2:44
  20. 28.
    Mighty Like the Blues
    2:39
  21. 29.
    Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2)
    2:59
  22. 30.
    Pyramid (alternate take 2)
    2:53
  23. 31.
    Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2)
    2:58
  24. 32.
    Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2)
    2:46
  25. 33.
    Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1)
    2:37

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Jazz Potpourri
    2:58
  2. 11.
    T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt)
    2:51
  3. 12.
    Battle of Swing
    2:59
  4. 13.
    Old King Dooji
    2:33
  5. 14.
    Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps)
    3:02
  6. 15.
    Slap Happy
    2:47
  7. 16.
    Pussy Willow
    2:43
  8. 17.
    Subtle Lament
    3:03
  9. 18.
    Lady in Blue
    2:55
  10. 19.
    Smorgasbord and Schnapps
    2:41
  11. 20.
    Portrait of the Lion
    2:29
  12. 21.
    (I Want) Something to Live For
    2:53
  13. 22.
    Solid Old Man
    2:41
  14. 23.
    T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2)
    2:50
  15. 24.
    Battle of Swing (alternate take 1)
    2:57
  16. 25.
    Slap Happy (alternate take 2)
    2:47
  17. 26.
    Subtle Lament (alternate take X)
    3:17
  18. 27.
    Lady in Blue (alternate take X)
    3:14
  19. 28.
    Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2)
    2:34

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Cotton Club Stomp
    2:53
  2. 12.
    Doin’ the Voom Voom
    2:42
  3. 13.
    Way Low
    3:30
  4. 14.
    Serenade to Sweden
    3:23
  5. 15.
    In a Mizz
    3:09
  6. 16.
    I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye
    2:29
  7. 17.
    A Lonely Co-Ed
    3:19
  8. 18.
    You Can Count on Me
    2:56
  9. 19.
    Bouncing Buoyancy
    2:43
  10. 20.
    The Sergeant Was Shy
    2:44
  11. 21.
    Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064)
    3:38
  12. 22.
    Little Posey
    2:41
  13. 23.
    I Never Felt This Way Before
    3:00
  14. 24.
    Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093)
    2:52
  15. 25.
    Tootin’ Through the Roof
    2:55
  16. 26.
    Weely
    3:00
  17. 27.
    Your Love Has Faded
    2:55
  18. 28.
    Killin’ Myself
    2:28
  19. 29.
    Country Gal
    2:58
  20. 30.
    Solitude
    3:00
  21. 31.
    Stormy Weather
    2:35
  22. 32.
    Mood Indigo
    2:45
  23. 33.
    Sophisticated Lady
    2:51
  24. 34.
    I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B)
    3:03
  25. 35.
    Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B)
    2:54

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