Original Album Series

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

5 CD box set of albums originally released cfrom 1963 through 1966

Annotation last modified on 2015-06-25 16:58 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1: Jazz Violin Session
#TitleRatingLength
1Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Tempo (on 1943-02-19)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
4:23
2In a Sentimental Mood
recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
3:48
3Don't Get Around Much Anymore
recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
3:59
4Day Dream
recording of:
Day Dream
lyricist:
John Latouche (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941) and Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
3:11
5Cotton Tail
recording of:
Cotton Tail
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:39
6Pretty Little One
piano:
Billy Strayhorn
4:26
7Tricky's Licks
3:18
8Blues in C
3:55
9String Along With Strings
piano:
Billy Strayhorn
6:26
10Limbo Jazz
recording of:
Limbo Jazz (with Rolf Wilkinson lyrics)
lyricist:
Rolf Wilkinson
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
version of:
Limbo Jazz
5:26
11The Feeling of Jazz
recording of:
The Feeling of Jazz
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), George T. Simon (US jazz writer, critic & drummer) and Bobby Troup
3:23
▶CD 2: Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
▶CD 3: Mary Poppins
▶CD 4: Ellington '65
▶CD 5: Ellington '66