Milestones of Jazz Legends - Duke Ellington and The His Vocalists - Box Set 10CDs

Tracklist: 

CD 1

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON CD 1 - RECORDING FOR THE FIRST TIME

1. Duke's Place 5.04 (Katz, Thiele, Ellington, Roberts)

2. I'm Just a Lucky so and So 3.09 (Ellington, David)

3. Cotton Tail (Ellington) 3.42

4. Mood Indigo (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) 3.57

5. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 2.38 (Russell, Ellington)

6. The Beautiful American (Ellington) 3.08

7. The Mooche (Ellington, Mills) 4.00

8. Drop Me off in Harlem 3.49 (Ellington, Kenny)

9. Black and Tan Fantasy 3.39 (Miley, Ellington)

10. In a Mellowtone (Ellington) 3.49

Louis Armstrong (voc, tp), Duke Ellington (p), Trummy Young (tb) Barney Bigard (cl), Mort Herbert (b) Danny Barcelona (drs)

Recorded in New York City on April 3 and 4, 1961

Total Time 36.58

CD 2

ELLA SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK - VOL. I

1. Rockin' in Rhythm (Carney, Ellington, Mills) 5.20

2. Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington, N. C. Kenny) 3.51

3. Day Dream (Latouche, Ellington, Strayhorn) 4.00

4. Caravan (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) 3.55

5. Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) 6.42

6. I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues (Ellington, George) 4.42

7. Clementine (Strayhorn) 2.41

8. I Didn't Know About You (Ellington, Russell) 4.14

9. I'm Beginning to See the Light (George, Ellington, Hodges, James) 3.28

10. Lost in Meditation (Singer, Ellington, Tizol, Mills) 3.28

11. Perdido (Tizol, Lengsfelder, Drake) 6.15

12. Cotton Tail (Ellington) 3.27

13. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington, Russell) 7.40

Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Duke Ellington (p, narrator, arranger, conductor)

Billy Strayhorn (p, narrator) William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook (tp)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp on track 5) Ray Nance (tp, violin) Stuff Smith (violin)

John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb) Johnny Hodges (as)

Russell Procope (as, cl) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster (ts)

Harry Carney (cl, brs) Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith (p) Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (git)

Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller (drs)

Recorded in NYC on June 25-27 and in Los Angeles September 4 and 16, and October 17, 1957

Total Time 59.46

CD 3

ELLA SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK VOL. I / VOL. II

1. Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin' 3.34 (Strayhorn, Ellington, Gaines)

2. Solitude (De Lange, Ellington, Mills) 2.09

3. Rocks in My Bed (Ellington) 3.58

4. Satin Doll (Ellington) 3.30

5. Sophisticated Lady 5.21 (Ellington, Parish, Mills)

6. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 4.16 (Gaines, Ellington)

7. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Ellington, Mills) 4.15

8. Azure (Ellington, Mills) 2.23

9. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart 4.12 (Ellington, Mills, Nemo, Redmond)

10. In a Sentimental Mood 2.48 (Ellington, Mills, Kurtz)

11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 5.02 (Ellington, Russell)

12. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington, Mills, Gordon) 5.29

13. Mood Indigo (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) 3.28

14. In a Mellow Tone (Ellington) 5.10

15. Love You Madly (Ellington) 4.41

16. Lush Life (Strayhorn) 3.41

17. Squatty Roo (Hodges) 3.39

Ella Fitzgerald (voc)

Duke Ellington (p, narrator, arranger, conductor)

Billy Strayhorn (p, narrator)

William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry,

Willie Cook (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp on track 5)

Ray Nance (tp, violin) Stuff Smith (violin)

John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin

Jackson (tb) Johnny Hodges (as)

Russell Procope (as, cl) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,

ts) Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves,

Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (cl, brs)

Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith (p)

Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (git) Ray Brown,

Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode (b)

Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller (drs)

Recorded in NYC on June 25-27 and in Los Angeles September 4 and 16, and October 17, 1957

Total Time 67.38

CD 4

ELLA SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK - VOL. II

1. I'm Just a Lucky so-and-So (Ellington, David) 4.16

2. All Too Soon (Ellington, Sigman) 4.24

3. Everything but You (James, Ellington, James) 2.57

4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Ellington, Webster) 6.15

5. Bli-Blip (Kuller, Ellington) 3.04

6. Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) 3.25

7. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald (Ellington, Strayhorn) 16.15

8. The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke) (Ellington, Strayhorn) 4.49

Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Duke Ellington (p, narrator, arranger, conductor)

Billy Strayhorn (p, narrator) William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook (tp)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp on track 5) Ray Nance (tp, violin) Stuff Smith (violin)

John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb) Johnny Hodges (as)

Russell Procope (as, cl) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts)

Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (cl, brs)

Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith (p) Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (git)

Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller (drs)

Recorded in NYC on June 25-27 and in Los Angeles September 4 and 16, and October 17, 1957

Total Time 45.29

CD 5

GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN´S PORGY AND BESS - PART 1

1. Introduction / Summertime 2.51

2. Summertime 4.00

3. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing 2.40

4. Here Come De Honey Man... 1.44

5. Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys... 0.59

6. No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft on 6.57

No Woman... (Scene: Crap Game and Murder) 

7. Gone, Gone, Gone 2.21

8. Overflow, Overflow 2.37

9. I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out... 1.29

10. My Man's Gone Now 4.26

11. Oh the Train Is at the Station... 3.21

12. Oh I'm Agoin' out to the 2.52

Blackfish Banks...

13. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 3.14

14. Mornin', Lawyer. Looking for 4.23

Somebody?...

15. Buzzard Song 3.12

16. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 4.58

17. Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music) 1.55

18. Porgy, I Hates to Go... 1.01

19. I Got Plenty O Nuttin' (Reprise) 0.37

20. It Ain't Necessarily So (Instrumental) 2.27

21. It Ain't Necessarily So 5.22

22. What You Want Wid Bess?... 2.47

23. Oh I'm a Goin' out to the 1.58

Blackfish Banks... (Reprise)

24. Oh, Doctor Jesus... 2.02

25. Here Come De Honey Man... / 3.33

Oh Dey's so Fresh and Fine... /

I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs...

CD 6

GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN´S PORGY AND BESS - PART 2

1. I Loves You, Porgy 7.02

2. Summertime (Reprise) 1.33

3. Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' at De Do'... 2.24

4. If God Want to Kill Me... 2.12

5. A Red-Headed Woman... 2.47

6. Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise) 1.34

7. Clara, Clara, Don't You Be 1.47

Downhearted...

8. Summertime (Reprise) 3.03

9. Oh, Lawd, What I Goin' Do?... 1.31

10. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon 3.12

for New York

11. How Are You Dis Mornin'?... 2.21

12. Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess 2.19

13. Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way 1.58

Music by George Gershwin, Text by Dorothy

Heyward, Du Bose Heyward, Ira Gershwin

Al Jazzbo Collins (narrator) Frances Faye (voc Bess)

Betty Roché (voc Clara) Johnny Hartman (voc Crown)

Frank Rosolino (voc Jake) Mel Tormé (voc Porgy)

Sallie Blair (voc Serena) George Kirby (voc Sportin´Life)

Russ Garcia (conductor Bethlehem Orchestra)

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, The Bethlehem Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet 

Recorded in 1956

BETTY ROCHÉ - TAKE THE "A" TRAIN

14. Take the "A" Train (Ellington) 3.14

15. Something to Live For (Ellington, Strayhorn) 4.06

16. In a Mellow Tone (Ellington, Gabler) 2.31

17. Time After Time (Styne, Cahn) 3.06

18. Go Away Blues (Ellington) 3.19

19. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man 3.43

(Hammerstein II, Kern)

20. Route 66 (Troup) 4.36

21. All My Life (Davis, Akst) 3.49

22. I Just Got the Message, Baby (Carr) 2.41

23. All Too Soon (Sigman, Ellington) 4.09

24. You Don't Love Me No More (Ellington) 3.19

25. September in the Rain (Warren, Dubin) 3.55

Betty Roché (voc) Conte Candoli (tp) Eddie Costa (vibes) Donn Trenner (p) Whitey Mitchell (b), Davey Williams (drs) 

Recorded April 1956 in New York City

Total Time 76.14

CD 7

DUKE ELLINGTON FEAT. MAHALIA JACKSON - BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE

1. Part I (Work Song - Full Orchestra) 8.15

2. Part II (Come Sunday Instrumentally) 6.13

3 Part III (Work Song and Come Sunday) 6.25

4. Part IV (Come Sunday) 7.58

5. Part V (Come Sunday Interlude) 3.45

6. Part VI (23rd Psalm) 3.05

Compositions by Duke Ellington.

Mahalia Jackson (voc) Duke Ellington (p, conductor) William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Harold Shorty Baker (tp), Ray Nance (tp, violin) Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb), Bill Graham (as) Russell Procope (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts) Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (brs) Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (drs)

Recorded in NYC on February 4, 5, 11 and 12, 1958

EUGENIE BAIRD SINGS DUKE´S BOYS PLAY ELLINGTON

7. I'm Beginning to See the Light 2.13 (George, Ellington, Hodges, James)

8. In a Sentimental Mood 3.35 (Ellington, Mills, Kurtz)

9. Something to Live For 3.02 (Ellington, Strayhorn)

10. Mood Indigo (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) 3.58

11. Everything But You 2.08 (Ellington, George, James)

12. I Let a Song Go out of Your Heart 2.34 (Ellington, Mills, Nemo, Redmond)

13. Lush Life (Strayhorn) 3.41

14. Solitude (De Lange, Ellington, Mills) 3.11

15. Pass Me By (Ellington) 2.14

16. Well Well (Ellington) 2.53

Eugenie Baird (voc) Mercer Ellington (conductor, arranger) James Taft Jordan (tp)

Clarence W. Ross (tb) Tyree Glenn (tb, vibes)

Ben Webster, Harold K. Ashby (ts)

David Rivera (p) Skeeter Best (git)

Wendell Marshall (b) Joe Marshall, Jr. (drs)

Recorded in 1959

Total Time 65.13

CD 8

ROSEMARY CLOONEY & DUKE ELLINGTON - BLUE ROSE

1. Hey Baby (Ellington) 3.49

2. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Mills, Parish) 3.01

3. Me and You (Ellington) 2.31

4. Passion Flower (Strayhorn, Raskin) 4.36

5. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart 2.41 (Ellington, Mills, Nemo, Redmond)

6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Ellington, Mills) 2.55 

7. Grievin' (Ellington, Strayhorn) 4.11

8. Blue Rose (Ellington) 2.25

9. I'm Checkin' Out - Goombye 3.13 (Ellington, Strayhorn)

10. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) 3.11 (Ellington, Webster)

11. Mood Indigo (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) 6.31

Rosemary Clooney (voc)

Duke Ellington (piano) Billy Strayhorn

(arranger, conductor)

Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance,

Clark Terry (tp) Quentin Jackson, Britt

Woodman, John Sanders (tb) Russell

Procope (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Jimmy

Hamilton (ts, cl) Harry Carney (brs)

Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (drs)

Recorded in NYC on January 23 and 27, 1956 and in L.A. February 8 and 11, 1956

DUKE ELLINGTON - UPTOWN

12. Skin Deep (Louis Bellson) 6.50

13. The Mooche (Ellington, Mills) 6.37

14. Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) 8.03

15. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite) 10.41

16. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 8.24

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p)

Betty Roche (voc track 14) Cat Anderson (tp, tracks 1-3 & 5) Shorty Baker, Willie Cook (tp)

Clark Terry (tp) Francis Williams (tp, tracks 15) Ray Nance (tp, violin) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol (tb) Willie Smith (as, 12, 15) Russell Procope (cl, as) Jimmy

Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, track 14)

Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (brs)

Wendell Marshall (b) Louis Bellson (drs)

Recorded in 1951 and 1952

Total Time 79.38

CD 9

DUKE ELLINGTON - A DRUM IS A WOMAN

Part 1

1. A Drum Is a Woman 3.36

2. Rhythm Pum Te Dum 2.54

3. What Else Can You Do with a Drum 1.51

Part 2

4. New Orleans 2.31

5. Hey, Buddy Bolden 4.52

6. Carribee Joe 3.25

7. Congo Square 5.27

Part 3

8. A Drum Is a Woman (Part 2) 2.48

9. You Better Know It 2.45

10. Madam Zajj 3.45

11. Ballet of the Flying Saucers 4.38

Part 4

12. Zajj's Dream 3.07

13. Rhumbop 2.12

14. Carribee Joe (Part 2) 3.06

15. Finale 0.43

Music & Lyrics & Arranged by Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington (p) Joya Sherrill, Margaret Tynes, Ozzie Bailey (voc) Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie Cook (tp)

Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson (tb) Johnny Hodges (as), Rick Henderson, Russell Procope (as, cl)

Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (brs, cl) Betty Glamann (harp)

Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard, Terry Snyder (drs) Candido Camero (bongos)

Recorded in NYC on September, 25 and 28, and October 23, 1956

Total Time 47.41

CD 10

DUKE ELLINGTON - ELLINGTON JAZZ PARTY

1. Malletoba Spank (Ellington) 3.40

Toot Suite

2. Red Garter (Ellington) 3.41

3. Red Shoes (Ellington) 3.46

4. Red Carpet (Ellington) 7.45

5. Ready, Go! (Ellington) 6.24

6. U.M.M.G. (Strayhorn) 4.30

7. All of Me (Marks, Simmons) 2.30

8. Tymperturbably Blue (Ellington, Strayhorn) 4.24

9. Hello Little Girl (Kempk, Ellington) 7.49

Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jones (p) Jimmy Rushing (voc)

Andres Ford, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance (tp), Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson (tb)

Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (brs, cl) Jimmy Woode (b)

Sam Woodyard (drs) Robert M. Rosengarden, Bradley Spinney, Chauncey Morehouse, Elden C. Bailey, George Gaber, Harry Breuer, Milton Schlesinger, Morris Goldenberg, Walter E. Rosenberger (percussion)

Recorded in NYC February 19, 1959

Total Time 44.31