The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951–1958

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

JazzSwingBig Band

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Mood Indigo
    15:28
  2. 2.
    Sophisticated Lady
    11:29
  3. 3.
    The Tattooed Bride
    11:44
  4. 4.
    Solitude
    8:26
  5. 5.
    Vagabonds
    3:11
  6. 6.
    Smada
    2:48
  7. 7.
    Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note
    2:28

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Skin Deep
    6:49
  2. 3.
    The Mooche
    6:36
  3. 4.
    Take the “A” Train
    8:02
  4. 5.
    A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite)
    13:48
  5. 6.
    Perdido
    8:25
  6. 7.
    The Controversial Suite: Before My Time
    6:09
  7. 8.
    The Controversial Suite: Later
    4:14
  8. 9.
    The Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise
    4:28
  9. 10.
    The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1
    4:50
  10. 11.
    The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2
    3:26
  11. 12.
    The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3
    3:45
  12. 13.
    The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4
    3:04
  13. 14.
    The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5
    5:08

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Hey Baby
    3:55
  2. 4.
    Sophisticated Lady
    3:00
  3. 5.
    Me and You
    2:30
  4. 6.
    Passion Flower
    4:36
  5. 7.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
    2:40
  6. 8.
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
    2:51
  7. 9.
    Grievin'
    4:13
  8. 10.
    Blue Rose
    2:24
  9. 11.
    I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye
    3:12
  10. 12.
    I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
    3:10
  11. 13.
    Mood Indigo
    6:30
  12. 14.
    If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)
    3:04
  13. 15.
    Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
    2:40

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    A Drum Is a Woman
    3:39
  2. 5.
    Rhythm Pum Te Dum
    2:56
  3. 6.
    What Else Can You Do With a Drum
    1:53
  4. 7.
    New Orleans
    2:33
  5. 8.
    Hey, Buddy Bolden
    4:56
  6. 9.
    Carribee Joe / Congo Square
    9:00
  7. 10.
    A Drum Is a Woman, Part 2
    4:34
  8. 11.
    You Better Know It
    2:46
  9. 12.
    Madam Zajj / Ballet of the Flying Saucers
    9:50
  10. 13.
    Zajj's Dream
    3:00
  11. 14.
    Rhumbop / Carribee Joe, Part 2
    2:21
  12. 15.
    Finale
    3:50

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Such Sweet Thunder (Cleo)
    3:22
  2. 6.
    Sonnet for Caesar
    2:59
  3. 7.
    Sonnet to Hank Cinq
    1:23
  4. 8.
    Lady Mac
    3:40
  5. 9.
    Sonnet in Search of a Moor
    2:22
  6. 10.
    The Telecasters
    3:05
  7. 11.
    Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) (Puck)
    3:09
  8. 12.
    Sonnet for Sister Kate
    2:23
  9. 13.
    The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl)
    4:00
  10. 14.
    Madness in Great Ones (Hamlet)
    3:26
  11. 15.
    Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately)
    4:19
  12. 16.
    Circle of Fourths
    1:49
  13. 17.
    The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl) (stereo LP master)
    4:16
  14. 18.
    Circle of Fourths (stereo LP master)
    1:49
  15. 19.
    Suburban Beauty (master take)
    2:58
  16. 20.
    A Flat Minor (preferred take)
    2:35
  17. 21.
    Café au lait (preferred take)
    2:45
  18. 22.
    Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately) (alternate take)
    4:12
  19. 23.
    Suburban Beauty (alternate take)
    2:59
  20. 24.
    A Flat Minor (outtakes)
    3:52
  21. 25.
    Café au lait (outtakes)
    6:22
  22. 26.
    Pretty Girl (a.k.a. The Star-Crossed Lovers) (first recording)
    8:54

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Solitude
    4:43
  2. 7.
    Where or When
    3:58
  3. 8.
    Mood Indigo
    3:05
  4. 9.
    Autumn Leaves (full version)
    7:11
  5. 10.
    The Sky Fell Down
    2:58
  6. 11.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    4:43
  7. 12.
    Willow Weep for Me
    4:15
  8. 13.
    Tenderly
    5:21
  9. 14.
    Dancing in the Dark
    4:29
  10. 15.
    Night and Day
    2:51
  11. 16.
    Cop-Out
    2:52
  12. 17.
    The Perfume Suite: Under the Balcony
    2:57
  13. 18.
    The Perfume Suite: Strange Feelings
    3:55
  14. 19.
    The Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love
    2:19
  15. 20.
    The Perfume Suite: Coloratura
    2:49

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Part I (Work Song)
    8:17
  2. 8.
    Part II (Come Sunday)
    6:13
  3. 9.
    Part III (Work Song & Come Sunday a.k.a. Light)
    6:25
  4. 10.
    Part IV (Come Sunday)
    7:58
  5. 11.
    Part V (Come Sunday Interlude)
    3:46
  6. 12.
    Part VI (23rd Psalm)
    3:08
  7. 13.
    Track 360 (Trains) (alternate take)
    2:05
  8. 14.
    Blues in Orbit (Tender) (alternate take)
    2:41
  9. 15.
    Part I (1958 alternate take)
    6:48
  10. 16.
    Part II (alternate take)
    6:37
  11. 17.
    Part III (Light) (alternate take)
    3:07
  12. 18.
    Part IV (Come Sunday) (alternate take)
    2:23
  13. 19.
    Part V (Come Sunday) (alternate take)
    5:50
  14. 20.
    Part VI (23rd Psalm) (alternate take)
    1:59
  15. 21.
    [studio conversation: Mahalia swears]
    0:06
  16. 22.
    Come Sunday (a cappella)
    5:47

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Alice Blue Gown
    2:59
  2. 9.
    Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
    2:53
  3. 10.
    Got a Date With an Angel
    2:32
  4. 11.
    Poor Butterfly
    3:41
  5. 12.
    Satan Takes a Holiday
    3:17
  6. 13.
    The Peanut Vendor
    3:28
  7. 14.
    Satin Doll
    3:43
  8. 15.
    Lady in Red
    2:51
  9. 16.
    Indian Love Call
    3:39
  10. 17.
    The Donkey Serenade
    2:16
  11. 18.
    Gypsy Love Song
    3:57
  12. 19.
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh
    2:54

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Avalon
    3:21
  2. 10.
    Body and Soul
    4:57
  3. 11.
    Bass-Ment
    3:04
  4. 12.
    Early Autumn
    3:10
  5. 13.
    Jones
    2:55
  6. 14.
    Perdido
    2:49
  7. 15.
    St. Louis Blues
    5:07
  8. 16.
    Spacemen
    2:33
  9. 17.
    Midnight Sun
    3:38
  10. 18.
    Take the “A” Train
    5:00
  11. 19.
    Body and Soul (alternate take)
    4:46
  12. 20.
    Jones (alternate take)
    2:34

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