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Forties
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THE DUKE 1938 - 1940 volume 1
Duke Ellington masterpieces - Jazz for ever (CD BLACK & BLUE / 59 233 2) France December 19, 1938 to March 15, 1940  Buffet flat / Jazz pot-pourri (Myrtle avenue stomp) / Old King Dooji / Boy meets horn / Slap happy / Pussy willow / Subtle lament / Portrait of the Lion / Solid old man / Cotton club stomp / Doin' the voom voom / Way low / Bouncing buoyancy / The sergeant was shy / Grievin' / Tootin' through the roof / Weely / Killing myself / Jack the bear / Ko-ko / Morning glory / Conga brava / Concerto for Cootie. |
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THE BRITISH CONNECTION 1933 - 1940
(CD JAZZ UNLIMITED / JUCD 2069) July 13, 1933 to June 12, 1940 Last tune: probably October 17, 1958 Hyde Park / Harlem speaks (2 takes) / Ain't misbehavin' / Chicago (2 takes) / Jazz pot-pourri / Lady in doubt / Every day / Jeep's blues / Ellington greeting into I let a song go out of my heart / Chatterbox / Old King Dooji / Azure / Harmony in Harlem / East Saint-Louis toodle-Oo / Ko-ko / Blue goose / So far so good / Cotton tail / Concerto for Cootie / Jack the bear / Boy meets horn / The sergeant was shy / Never no lament / Take the A train. |
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KO-KO
(CD DREYFUS JAZZ / 36 717 2) France March 6, to October 28, 1940 Included in CHRONOLOGICAL 1940 and CHRONOLOGICAL 1940 volume 2 Jack the bear / Ko-ko / Morning glory / Conga brava / Concerto for Cootie / Cotton tail / Never no lament / Dusk / Bojangles / A portrait of Bert Williams / Harlem air shaft / All too soon / Rumpus in Richmond / Sepia panorama / In a mellotone / Warm valley / Across the tracks blues / Chloe (Song of the swamp) / Pitter panther patter. |
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KO-KO
(LP DREYFUS JAZZ / 842 138 1) France March to October, 1940 Included in previous album Jack the bear / Ko-ko / Conga brava / Cotton tail / Concerto for Cootie / Never no lament / Dusk / Harlem air shaft / A portrait of Bert Williams / Bojangles / All too soon / In a mellotone / Chloe (Song of the swamp) / Warm valley. |
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1940-1941
La storia del jazz (LP JOKER / SM 3120) Italy 1940 - 1941 Side 1 : Stomp caprice / Bugle breaks / You and I / Have you changed ? / Raincheck. Side 2 : Blue Serge / Moon mist / I don't want to set the world on fire / Easy street / Perdido. |
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THE IMMORTAL DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP STEREO GOLD AWARD - Nostalgia series / MER 605) UK 1940 - 1941 Same as DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1940-1941
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DUKE ELLINGTON SMALL GROUPS (1940-1941)
TREASURY OF JAZZ N° 71 (LP RCA VICTOR / 430 732) France Included in CHRONOLOGICAL 1940 volume 2 and CHRONOLOGICAl 1941 Johnny HODGES November 2, 1940 and July 3, 1941 Things ain't what they used to be / Squatty roo / Passion flower / That's the blues old man / Good Queen Bess / Day dream / Junior hop / Going on the back way. Rex STEWART Same dates Linger awhile / Mobile bay / Some Saturday / Poor Bubber / My Sunday gal / Menelik (The Lion of Judah) / Without a song / Subtle slough (Just squeeze me). |
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THE JIMMY BLANTON ERA
(CD GIANTS OF JAZZ / CD 53048) Europe November 22, 1939 to September 29, 1941 In a mellotone / Ko-ko / Jack the bear / Harlem air shaft / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / Sepia panorama / Jumpin' punkins / Mr. J.B. blues / Body and soul / Bojangles / The sidewalks of New York / Pitter panther patter / Sophisticated lady / Across the tracks blues / Pluged again / Blues / Chloe / "C" blues / Weely / Junior hop / Dusk / Blue Serge / Morning glory. . |
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THE GREAT ELLINGTON UNITS
(CD BLUEBIRD / ND 86751) November 2, 1940 to September 29, 1941 Johnny HODGES : Day dream / Good Queen Bess / That's the blues old man / Junior hop / Rex STEWART : Without a song / My Sunday gal / Mobile bay / Linger awhile / Barney BIGARD : Charlie the chulo / Lament for javanette / A lul at dawn / Ready Eddy / Rex STEWART : Some Saturday / Subtle slough / Menelik (the lion of Judah) / Poor Bubber / Johnny HODGES : Squatty roo / Passion flower / Things ain't what they used to be / Going out the back way / Barney BIGARD : Brown Suede / "C" blues. |
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GREAT 1940-1942 BAND
(CD double MCPS / AMSC 1143) UK 1940 to 1942 CD 1 : Jack the bear / Morning glory / So far, so good / Ko-ko / Conga brava / Concerto for Cootie / Me and you / Cotton tail / Never no lament / Dusk / Bojangles / A portrait of Bert Williams / Blue goose / Harlem air shaft / At a Dixie Roadside diner / All too soon / Rumpus in Richmond / My greatest mistake / Sepia panorama / In a mellotone / Five o'clock whistle / Pitter panther patter / Body and soul / Sophisticated lady / Mr. J.B. blues. CD 2 : Warm valley / The flaming sword / Across the track blues / Chlo-e / The sidewalks of New York / Flamingo / Take the A train / Jumpin' pumpkins / John hardy's wife / Blue Serge / After all / Bakiff / Are you sticking ? / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / The giddybug gallop / Chocolate shake / I got it bad and that ain't good / Clementine / Moon over Cuba / Five o'clock drag / Chelsea bridge / Raincheck / Perdido / C jam blues. |
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THE DUKE AND HIS MEN
(LP RCA VICTOR / LPM-1092) USA March 06, 1940 au Janurary 21, 1942 Side 1 : Chelsea bridge / Five o'clock drag / John Hardy's wife / Bakiff / The giddybug gallop / Clementine. Side 2 : The C jam blues / Moon over Cuba / Morning glory / Dusk / Moon mist / Are you sticking ? |
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THE DUKE AND HIS MEN
Horizons du Jazz n° 4 (LP RCA VICTOR / 430 227) France March 06, 1940 au Janurary 21, 1942 Same as previous album |
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THE C JAM BLUES
Black & White volume 3 (LP RCA / 730 559) France March 06, 1940 au Janurary 21, 1942 Same as previous album |
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IN A MELLOTONE
(LP RCA / 730 567) France May 4,1940 to June 26, 1942 Take the A train / A portrait of Bert Williams / Main stem / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / I got it bad (And that ain't good) / Perdido / Blue serge / The flaming sword / In a mellow tone / Cotton tail / I don't know what kind of blues I got / Rumpus in Richmond / All too soon / Sepia panorama / Rocks in my bed / What am I here for ? |
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IN A MELLOTONE
(LP RCA / RD 27134) UK May 4,1940 to June 26, 1942 Same as previous album |
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JOHNNY COME LATELY
(LP RCA VICTOR / RD 7888) UK January 21, 1942 to May 14, 1945  C jam blues / Moon mist / I don't mind / Someone/ Johnny come lately / Hayfoot strawfoot / A slip of the lip (Can sink a ship) / Sherman shuffle / I ain't got nothin' but the blues / Mood to be wooed / Kissing bug / Everything but you / (Otto make that) Riff Staccato / Prelude to a kiss / Caravan / It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing). |
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THE BEST OF DUKE ELLINGTON
Original sessions 1942 / 1946 (LP double FESTIVAL / ALBUM 130) France 1942 - 1946 Disc 1 : Frankie & Johnny / Ring dem bells / Diminuendo in blue & Crescendo in blue / In the shade of the old apple tree / Harlem air-shaft / Creole love call / It don't mean a thing / The kissing bug / Prelude to a kiss. Disc 2 : Jam a ditty / The beautiful indians : Hiawatha / The beautiful indians : Minnehana / Happy go lucky local parts 1 & 2 / Overture to a jam session parts 1 & 2 / Blue skies / Diminuendo in blue / Magenta haze / Golden feather / Sultry sunset / Flippant flurry. |
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PRETTY WOMAN
(LP RCA VICTOR / RD 7942) UK 1945 - 1946 My honeys lovin' arms / Pretty woman / Midriff / Esquire swanq / Just squeeze me / Memphis blues / I'm just a lucky so and so / St. Louis blues / A gathering in a clearing / I let a song go out of my heart / Back home again in Indiana / Long, strong and consecutive / Tonk / Hey baby / Beale street blues. |
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THE EVERLASTIN' DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP VERNON RECORDS / 502) USA October 23 to December 11, 1946 Included in the next album Jam a ditty / The beautiful indians parts. 1 & 2 / Flippant flurry / Overture to a jam session parts. 1 & 2 / Golden feather / Diminuendo in blue. |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP ALLEGRO / 1591) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Included in CHRONOLOGICAL 1946 and CHRONOLOGICAL 1946-1947 Side 1 : Overture to a jam session parts. 1 & 2 / Jam a ditty / The beautiful indians part. 1 : Hiawatha / The beautiful indians part. 2 : Minnehana / Happy-go-lucky local parts. 1 & 2. Side 2 : Blue skies (Trumpet no end) / Diminuendo in blue / Magenta haze / Golden feather / Sultry sunset / Flippant flurry. |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP ALLEGRO / 1591) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same reference as previous album but different cover |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP ULTRAPHONIC / 1591) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP ALLEGRO / 3074) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album |
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA AND SOLOISTS
(LP RONDO-LETTE / A7) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album |
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
(LP EMBER / EMB 3327) UK October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album |
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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY LOCAL
(CD MUSICRAFT / MVSCD 52) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album with "It shouldn't happen to a dream" added |
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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY LOCAL
(CD MUSICRAFT / MVSCD 52) USA October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album with different cover |
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IT'S DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP EMBER - Famous Artists Series / FA 236) UK October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album but tracks in different order |
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IT'S DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP EMBER / EMB 3327) UK October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album with "Flippant flurry" added |
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DUKE ELLINGTON '46
(LP SWING - Jazz Story / SLDE 874) France October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as previous album |
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LIVE IN THE BIG APPLE
(CD TDK MAGNUM MUSIC / CECD 024) UK October 23 to December 18, 1946 This is not a live album ! Same as previous album but track in different order |
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BLUE SKIES
(LP SUPER MAJESTIC/ SBBH 2000) October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as the first IT'S DUKE ELLINGTON but tracks in different order Side 1 : Jam a ditty / The beautiful indians part. 1 : Hiawatha / The beautiful indians part. 2 : Minnehana / Happy-go-lucky local parts. 1 & 2 / Overture to a jam session parts. 1 & 2. Side 2 : Blue skies (Trumpet no end) / Diminuendo in blue / Magenta haze / Golden feather / Sultry sunset / Flippant flurry. |
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THE GREAT DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP MUSIDISC / CV 1077) France October 23 to December 18, 1946 Same as BLUE SKIES |
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VOL II - THE EARLY YEARS
(LP EVEREST - Archive of Jazz & Folk Music / FS 219) USA October 23 to December 5, 1946 Included in previous album Side 1 : The beautiful indians part. 1 : Hiawatha / The beautiful indians part. 2 : Minnehana / Happy-go-lucky local parts. 1 & 2 / Flippant flurry. Side 2 : Blue skies / Magenta haze / Golden feather / Sultry sunset / Diminuendo in blue. |
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THE COLLECTION '46-47 RECORDINGS
(Box CD x 3 HINDSIGHT / HBCD 501) 1946 - 1947 CD 1 : Take the A train (theme) / Crosstown / Passion flower / Magenta haze / Everything goes / The eighth veil / Riff n'drill / Blue abandon / Transblucency / Rugged Romeo / Jennie / Sono / Jeep is jumpin' / Perdido / Tip toe topic / Rockabye river / Pretty woman / Gatherin' in a clearing / You don't love me no more / Just squeeze me / Hey, baby / Suddenly it jumped. CD 2 : Come rain or come shine / Fickle fling / 9:20 special / one o'clock jump / The unbooted character / The suburbanite / Indiana / Moon mist / In a jam / On the Alamo / I can't believe that you're in love with me / Tea for two / Just you, just me / Someone / Double ruff / A flower is a lovesome thing / The mooche / Golden cress / Flippant flurry / Jam-a-ditty. CD 3 : Fugueaditty / Happy go lucky local / Overture to a jam session / Sultry sunset / Beale street blues / Memphis blues / St. Louis blues / Who struck John ? / Swamp fire / How high the moon / Blue Lou / Violet blue / Royal garden blues / Jumpin' punkins / Frustration / Blue is the night / Jump for joy / Far away blues / Embraceable you / Frisky / Park at 106th / Take the A train (closer). |
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THE COLLECTION '46-47 RECORDINGS
(Box CD x 3 HINDSIGHT / HBCD 501) 1946 - 1947 Same as previous, same reference but different cover |
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THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(LP double COLUMBIA / CG 32 564) August 14 to December 22, 1947 Side 1 : H'y a Sue / Lady of the lavender mist / Women (They'll get you) / Golden cress / Its' mad, mad, mad ! / You gotta crawl before you walk. Side 2 : Kitty / Brown penny / Maybe I should change my ways / Boogie bop blues / Sultry sunset / Stomp, look and listen. Side 3 : Air conditioned jungle / Three cent stomp / Progressive gavotte / Take love easy / I can't believe that you're in love with me / How high the moon. Side 4 :Ssingin' in the rain / Don't get around much anymore / I could get a man / On a turquoise cloud. |
