Duke Ellington - 1979 - Up in Duke's Workshop

Tracklist: 

1. "Blem" – 6:55

2. "Goof" – 3:14

3. "Dick" – 2:57

4. "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) – 4:23

5. "Bateau" – 5:23

6. "Wanderlust" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 6:26

7. "Neo-Creole" – 3:52

8. "Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:40

9. "Mendoza" – 5:43

Duke Ellington – piano

Wild Bill Davis – organ (track 4–7)

Cat Anderson (tracks 2, 4–8), Johnny Coles (track 9), Willie Cook (tracks 1–8), Mercer Ellington (tracks 3, 4, 6–9), Money Johnson (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Jimmy Owens (track 2), Eddie Preston (track 6), Al Rubin (track 5), Fred Stone (track 4), Cootie Williams – trumpet

Lawrence Brown (track 2), Buster Cooper (track 2), Tyree Glenn, (track 9), Benny Green (tracks 1 & 3), Benny Powell (track 1), Julian Priester (tracks 4–8), Vince Prudente (track 9), Malcolm Taylor (track 5), Booty Wood (track 4–8) – trombone

Chuck Connors (tracks 2 & 4–9) – bass trombone

Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone

Harold Minerve – flute, alto

Johnny Hodges (tracks 2 & 3), Buddy Pearson (track 8), Norris Turney (tracks 2–5) – alto saxophone

Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby – tenor saxophone

Harry Carney – baritone saxophone

Joe Benjamin (track 4–8), Victor Gaskin (tracks 2 & 3), Paul Kondziela (tracks 1–3) – bass

Rufus Jones – drums

Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York on April 25, 1969 (track 1), 23 May 1969 (track 2), June 20, 1969 (track 3), June 15, 1970 (track 4), December 9, 1970 (track 5), February 1, 1971 (track 6), February 3, 1971 (track 7), June 29, 1971 (track 8), December 6, 1972 (track 9).