Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Songtexte
Accordion Joe "C" Jam Blues Menelik: The Lion of Judah

Masterpieces by Ellington

1. Mood Indigo
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. The Tattooed Bride (von Duke Ellington)
4. Solitude
5. Vagabonds
6. Smada
7. Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note

Ellington Uptown

1. Skin Deep
2. The Mooche
3. Take the “A” Train
4. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite)
5. Perdido
6. The Controversial Suite: Before My Time
7. The Controversial Suite: Later
8. The Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise
9. The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1
10. The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2
11. The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3
12. The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4
13. The Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5

Blue Rose

1. Hey Baby (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
2. Sophisticated Lady (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
3. Me and You
4. Passion Flower (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
5. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (von Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra)
6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
7. Grievin' (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
8. Blue Rose (von Duke Ellington)
9. I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye (von Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
10. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
11. Mood Indigo (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
12. If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (von Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
13. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'

A Drum Is a Woman

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

Such Sweet Thunder

1. Such Sweet Thunder (Cleo)
2. Sonnet for Caesar
3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
4. Lady Mac
5. Sonnet In Search of a Moor
6. The Telecasters
7. Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) (Puck)
8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
9. The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl) (von Duke Ellington)
10. Madness In Great Ones (Hamlet)
11. Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately)
12. Circle of Fourths
13. The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl) (stereo LP master)
14. Circle of Fourths (stereo LP master)
15. Suburban Beauty (master take)
16. A Flat Minor (preferred take)
17. Café au lait (preferred take)
18. Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately) (alternate take)
19. Suburban Beauty (Alternate Take)
20. A Flat Minor (Outtakes)
21. Café au lait (outtakes)
22. Pretty Girl (a.k.a. The Star-Crossed Lovers) (first recording)

Ellington Indigos

1. Solitude
2. Where or When
3. Mood Indigo
4. Autumn Leaves (full version)
5. The Sky Fell Down
6. Prelude to a Kiss
7. Willow Weep for Me
8. Tenderly
9. Dancing in the Dark
10. Night and Day
11. Cop-Out
12. The Perfume Suite: Under the Balcony
13. The Perfume Suite: Strange Feelings
14. The Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love (von Duke Ellington)
15. The Perfume Suite: Coloratura

Black, Brown and Beige

1. Part I (Work Song)
2. Part II (Come Sunday)
3. Part III (Work Song & Come Sunday a.k.a. Light)
4. Part IV (Come Sunday) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Mahalia Jackson)
5. Part V (Come Sunday Interlude) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ray Nance)
6. Part VI (23rd Psalm) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Mahalia Jackson)
7. Track 360 (Trains) (alternate take)
8. Blues in Orbit (Tender) (alternate take)
9. Part I (1958 alternate take)
10. Part II (alternate take)
11. Part III (Light) (alternate take)
12. Part IV (Come Sunday) (alternate take) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Mahalia Jackson)
13. Part V (Come Sunday) (alternate take) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ray Nance)
14. Part VI (23rd Psalm) (alternate take) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Mahalia Jackson)
15. [studio conversation: Mahalia swears] (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra feat. Mahalia Jackson)
16. Come Sunday (a cappella) (von Duke Ellington and His Orchestra feat. Mahalia Jackson)

At the Bal Masque

1. Alice Blue Gown
2. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
3. Got a Date With an Angel
4. Poor Butterfly
5. Satan Takes a Holiday
6. The Peanut Vendor
7. Satin Doll
8. Lady in Red
9. Indian Love Call
10. The Donkey Serenade
11. Gypsy Love Song
12. Laugh, Clown, Laugh

The Cosmic Scene

1. Avalon
2. Body and Soul
3. Bass-Ment
4. Early Autumn
5. Jones
6. Perdido
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Spacemen
9. Midnight Sun
10. Take the “A” Train
11. Body and Soul (alternate take) (von Duke Ellington’s Spacemen)
12. Jones (alternate take) (von Duke Ellington’s Spacemen)

1. Island Virgin
2. Virgin Jungle
3. Fiddler on the Diddle
4. Jungle Kitty
5. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
6. Big Fat Alice's Blues
7. Chelsea Bridge
8. The Opener
9. Mysterious Chick
10. Barefoot Stomper
11. Fade Up

1. Limbo Jazz
2. Mood Indigo (von Coleman Hawkins)
3. Ray Charles' Place (von Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins)
4. Wanderlust (von Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins)
5. You Dirty Dog (von Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins)
6. Self Portrait (Of The Bean) (von Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins)
7. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
8. The Ricitic (von Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins)
9. In a Sentimental Mood (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
10. Take the Coltrane (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
11. Big Nick (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
12. Stevie (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
13. My Little Brown Book (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
14. Angelica (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)
15. The Feeling of Jazz (von Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)

CD 1: January 1943

1. The Star Spangled Banner
2. Black and Tan Fantasy
3. Rockin' In Rhythm
4. Moon Mist
5. Jumpin' Punkins
6. Portrait of Bert Williams
7. (Portrait of) Bojangles
8. Portrait of Florence Mills (Black Beauty)
9. Ko-Ko
10. Dirge
11. Stomp (Johnny Come Lately)
12. Are You Stickin'?
13. Black, Brown & Beige: I. Black

CD2: January 1943

1. Black, Brown & Beige: II. Brown
2. Black, Brown & Beige: III. Beige
3. Bakiff
4. Jack the Bear
5. Blue Belles of Harlem
6. Cotton Tail
7. Day Dream
8. Boy Meets Horn
9. Rose of the Rio Grande
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
11. Goin' Up
12. Mood Indigo

CD3: December 1944

1. Blutopia
2. Midriff
3. Creole Love Call
4. Suddenly It Jumped
5. Pitter Panther Patter
6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
7. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
8. Perfume Suite: Introduction
9. Perfume Suite: Sonata
10. Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling
11. Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love
12. Perfume Suite: Coloratura

CD4: December 1944

1. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Work Song
2. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: The Blues
3. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Three Dances: West Indian Dance / Creamy Brown / Emancipation Celebration
4. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Come Sunday
5. The Mood to Be Wooed
6. Blue Cellophane
7. Blue Skies
8. Frankie and Johnny

CD5: January 1946

1. Caravan
2. In a Mellow Tone
3. Solid Old Man
4. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: Spiritual (Come Sunday) / Worksong
5. Selections from Black, Brown and Beige: The Blues
6. Rugged Romeo
7. Sono
8. Air-Conditioned Jungle
9. Pither Panther Patter

CD6: January 1946

1. Take the "A" Train
2. A Tonal Group: Meloditti
3. A Tonal Group: Fugueaditty
4. A Tonal Group: Jam-a-ditty
5. Magenta Haze
6. Diminuendo in Blue / Transblucency
7. Crescendo in Blue
8. Suburbanite
9. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
10. Riffin' Drill

CD7: December 1947

1. The New Look (Snibor)
2. Blue Serge
3. Triple Play
4. Harlem Airshaft
5. Johnny Hodges Medley: Wanderlust / Junior Hop / Jeep's Blues / Squatty Roo / The Mood to Be Wooed
6. Mella Brava
7. Kickapoo Joy Juice
8. On a Turquoise Cloud
9. Bakiff
10. Cotton Tail

CD8: December 1947

1. Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise
2. Liberian Suite: Dance 1
3. Liberian Suite: Dance 2
4. Liberian Suite: Dance 3
5. Liberian Suite: Dance 4
6. Liberian Suite: Dance 5
7. Theme Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-oo / Echoes of Harlem / Black and Tan Fantasy / Things Ain't What They Used to Be
8. Basso Profundo
9. New York City Blues
10. Clothed Woman
11. Trumpets No End (Blue Skies)