Flamingo

~ Recording by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Flamingo3:25Duke Ellington & His OrchestraFlamingo / The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like YouDuke Ellington & His OrchestraSingle
RCA Victor27326
2.8Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His OrchestraThe Blanton-Webster BandDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)5659-2-RB
2.8Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His OrchestraThe Blanton-Webster BandDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)74321131812
1.6Flamingo3:26Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1940-1941Duke Ellington and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)837
1.17Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His Orchestra1943-47 V-Disc RecordingsDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-04-20
Collectors’ Choice Music
11.5Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His Famous OrchestraThe Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973Duke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-04-27
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)63386
29.11Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His OrchestraThe DukeDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)204139, 204140, 204141, 204142, 204143, 204144, 204145, 204146, 204147, 204148, 204149, 204150, 204151, 204152, 204153, 204154, 204155, 204156, 204157, 204158, 204159
11.5Flamingo3:24Duke EllingtonThe Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973)Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026-63386-2
1.19Flamingo3:25Duke EllingtonBest of Jazz - The Swing Era: An Introduction to Duke Ellington - His Best Recordings 1927-1941Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
Best of Jazz (French label, The Swing Era series)4024
1.18Flamingo3:25Duke EllingtonEbony Rhapsody: The Great Ellington VocalistsDuke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)829865
2.5Flamingo3:24Duke Ellington & His OrchestraNever No Lament: The Blanton‐Webster BandDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-04-01
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)50857
2.5Flamingo3:25Duke EllingtonNever No Lament: The Blanton‐Webster Band, 1940-1942Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-04-01
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)82876-50857-2
1.4Flamingo3:25Duke Ellington & His OrchestraJazz in the Charts 063 (1941)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223762-222

Relationships

alto saxophone:Otto Hardwick (on 1940-12-28)
alto saxophone and clarinet:Johnny Hodges (on 1940-12-28)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:Harry Carney (on 1940-12-28)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:Barney Bigard (on 1940-12-28)
cornet:Rex Stewart (on 1940-12-28)
double bass:Jimmy Blanton (on 1940-12-28)
drums (drum set):Sonny Greer (on 1940-12-28)
guitar:Fred Guy (on 1940-12-28)
piano:Billy Strayhorn (on 1940-12-28)
tenor saxophone:Ben Webster (on 1940-12-28)
trombone:Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-12-28)
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-12-28)
trumpet:Wallace Jones (on 1940-12-28)
Ray Nance (on 1940-12-28)
valve trombone:Juan Tizol (on 1940-12-28)
vocals:Herb Jeffries (on 1940-12-28)
arranger:Billy Strayhorn (on 1940-12-28)
recording of:Flamingo (on 1940-12-28)

Related works

Flamingo

lyricist:Edmund Anderson
composer:Ted Grouya