Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
2010

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Moon Over Dixie 2:57
2 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 3:10
3 Lazy Rhapsody 3:15
4 Blue Tune 3:09
5 Baby When You Ain’t There 2:42
6 St. Louis Blues 4:27
7 Creole Love Call 4:07
8 Rose Room 3:00
9 Blue Harlem 2:51
10 The Sheik of Araby 2:57
11 Swampy River 2:56
12 Fast and Furious 2:48
13 Best Wishes 3:10
14 Slippery Horn 3:13
15 Blue Ramble 3:10
16 Clouds in My Heart 3:03
17 Lazy Rhapsody (alternate take B) 3:12
18 Blue Tune (alternate take B) 3:07
19 St. Louis Blues (alternate take A) 4:28
20 Creole Love Call (alternate take B) 4:08
21 Best Wishes (alternate take A) 3:09
22 Blue Ramble (alternate take B) 3:13
23 Clouds in My Heart (alternate take A) 2:59
Total time 75:13
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Blue Mood 2:53
2 Ducky Wucky 3:03
3 Jazz Cocktail 3:09
4 Lightnin’ 3:06
5 Stars 3:05
6 Swing Low 2:39
7 I Must Have That Man! (alternate take A) 2:60
8 Baby! (alternate take A) 3:06
9 Any Time, Any Day, Any Where 2:50
10 Delta Bound 2:52
11 Blue Mood (alternate take C) 2:51
12 Blue Mood (alternate take B) 2:52
13 Ducky Wucky (alternate take B) 3:01
14 Jazz Cocktail (alternate take B) 3:12
15 Lightnin’ (alternate take B) 3:08
16 Stars (alternate take B) 3:04
17 Swing Low (alternate take B) 2:40
18 I Must Have That Man! (alternate take B) 3:06
19 Baby! (alternate take B) 3:08
20 Any Time, Any Day, Any Where (alternate take B) 2:51
21 Delta Bound (alternate take B) 2:57
Total time 62:33
CD 3
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Diga Diga Do 3:04
2 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 3:06
3 Porgy 3:11
4 I Must Have That Man! (master take C) 3:04
5 Baby! (master take C) 3:06
6 Eerie Moan 3:08
7 Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049-3) 2:50
8 Sophisticated Lady 3:41
9 I’ve Got the World on a String 3:21
10 Down a Carolina Lane 3:06
11 Diga Diga Do (alternate take B) 3:05
12 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B) 3:09
13 Porgy (alternate take C) 3:16
14 Porgy (alternate take B) 3:10
15 I Must Have That Man! (alternate take D) 3:11
16 Baby! (alternate take D) 3:00
17 Eerie Moan (alternate take B) 3:08
18 Merry-Go-Round (matrix W265049 alternate take 2) 2:52
19 Sophisticated Lady (alternate take 1) 3:39
Total time 60:08
CD 4
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Slippery Horn 3:02
2 Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! 3:03
3 Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 3:01
4 Drop Me Off in Harlem 2:58
5 Happy as the Day Is Long 2:40
6 Raisin’ the Rent 2:50
7 Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away) 2:35
8 Bundle of Blues 3:09
9 Sophisticated Lady 3:12
10 Stormy Weather 3:01
11 I’m Satisfied 3:04
12 Jive Stomp 2:46
13 Harlem Speaks 3:07
14 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 3:10
15 Solitude 3:11
16 Saddest Tale 3:16
17 Moonglow 3:05
18 Sump’n ’Bout Rhythm 2:36
19 Slippery Horn (alternate take B) 3:02
20 Blackbird Medley, Part 1: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Doin’ the New Low Down / I Must Have That Man! / Baby! (alternate take B) 3:04
21 Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C) 3:06
22 Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B) 3:06
23 Drop Me Off in Harlem (alternate take B) 2:39
24 Bundle of Blues (alternate take B) 3:07
25 Jive Stomp (alternate take B) 2:29
Total time 74:19
CD 5
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Admiration (matrix C883) 2:41
2 Farewell Blues 2:29
3 Let’s Have a Jubilee 2:55
4 Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2) 2:60
5 Margie 2:58
6 Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1) 2:52
7 In a Sentimental Mood 3:14
8 Showboat Shuffle 2:60
9 Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408) 2:56
10 Admiration (matrix B17409) 2:52
11 Cotton 3:05
12 Truckin’ 3:00
13 Accent on Youth 3:07
14 Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1 3:24
15 Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2 3:14
16 Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3 3:16
17 Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4 3:14
18 I Don’t Know Why I Love You So 3:05
19 Dinah Lou 2:28
20 Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing? 3:10
21 (There Is) No Greater Love 3:11
22 Clarinet Lament 3:13
23 Echoes of Harlem 3:05
24 Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix B16974-2) 2:47
25 I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2) 3:06
26 Dinah Lou (alternate take 3) 2:29
Total time 77:48
CD 6
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Love Is Like a Cigarette 3:05
2 Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night 3:19
3 Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday 2:51
4 Shoe Shine Boy 3:13
5 It Was a Sad Night in Harlem 3:06
6 Trumpet in Spades 3:09
7 Yearning for Love 2:55
8 In a Jam 2:58
9 Exposition Swing 3:13
10 Uptown Downbeat (Blackout) 3:25
11 Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat) 3:15
12 Black Butterfly 3:09
13 The New Birmingham Breakdown 2:49
14 Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) 2:45
15 I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter 2:35
16 The New East St. Louis Toodle-O 2:60
17 Exposition Swing (alternate take 2) 3:13
18 Black Butterfly (alternate take 2) 3:12
19 The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2) 2:48
20 Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2) 2:48
21 I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2) 2:36
22 The New East St. Louis Toodle-O (alternate take 2) 2:58
Total time 66:21
CD 7
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 There’s a Lull in My Life 2:59
2 It’s Swell of You 2:44
3 You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight 2:38
4 Azure 3:03
5 The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed 2:44
6 Old Plantation 2:51
7 Caravan 2:41
8 Azure 3:14
9 All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519) 2:44
10 All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520) 2:27
11 Alabamy Home 2:43
12 Chatter-Box (Jumpy) 2:46
13 Jubilesta 2:54
14 There’s a Lull in My Life (alternate take 2) 2:56
15 It’s Swell of You (alternate take 2) 2:48
16 You Can’t Run Away From Love Tonight (alternate take 2) 2:37
17 Azure (alternate take 2) 2:58
18 Old Plantation (alternate take 2) 2:56
19 All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2) 2:45
20 All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2) 2:24
21 Alabamy Home (alternate take 2) 2:43
Total time 58:35
CD 8
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Diminuendo in Blue 2:47
2 Crescendo in Blue 3:16
3 Harmony in Harlem 3:08
4 Dusk on the Desert 3:07
5 Stepping Into Swing Society 3:07
6 Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy 2:37
7 The New Black and Tan Fantasy 2:43
8 Riding on a Blue Note 2:49
9 Lost in Meditation 2:56
10 The Gal From Joe’s 2:58
11 If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) 2:55
12 Skrontch (Scrounch) 2:44
13 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 3:09
14 Braggin’ in Brass 2:45
15 Carnival in Caroline 2:29
16 Diminuendo in Blue (alternate take 2) 2:39
17 Crescendo in Blue (alternate take 2) 3:14
18 Harmony in Harlem (alternate take X) 3:09
19 Harmony in Harlem (alternate take 1) 3:01
20 Dusk on the Desert (alternate take 1) 3:16
21 Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2) 2:51
22 The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2) 3:10
23 If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1) 2:55
24 Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1) 2:44
25 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1) 3:12
26 Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2) 2:46
Total time 76:28
CD 9
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Swingtime in Honolulu 2:56
2 I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe) 2:39
3 Dinah’s in a Jam 2:53
4 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet) 2:41
5 You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’) 2:24
6 Rose of the Rio Grande 3:02
7 Pyramid 2:57
8 The Stevedore’s Serenade 2:48
9 La De Doody Doo 2:29
10 Watermelon Man 2:37
11 (A) Gypsy Without a Song 2:59
12 A Blues Serenade 2:23
13 Love in Swingtime 2:37
14 Please Forgive Me 3:04
15 Lambeth Walk 2:28
16 Prelude to a Kiss 3:01
17 Hip Chic 2:56
18 Buffet Flat 2:28
19 Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1) 2:44
20 Mighty Like the Blues 2:39
21 Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2) 2:59
22 Pyramid (alternate take 2) 2:53
23 Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2) 2:59
24 Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2) 2:47
25 Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1) 2:38
Total time 69:01
CD 10
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Jazz Potpourri 2:59
2 T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) 2:52
3 Battle of Swing 2:60
4 Old King Dooji 2:33
5 Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps) 3:02
6 Slap Happy 2:47
7 Pussy Willow 2:43
8 Subtle Lament 3:04
9 Lady in Blue 2:55
10 Smorgasbord and Schnapps 2:41
11 Portrait of the Lion 2:29
12 (I Want) Something to Live For 2:54
13 Solid Old Man 2:42
14 T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2) 2:50
15 Battle of Swing (alternate take 1) 2:57
16 Slap Happy (alternate take 2) 2:47
17 Subtle Lament (alternate take X) 3:17
18 Lady in Blue (alternate take X) 3:15
19 Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2) 2:35
Total time 54:23
CD 11
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Cotton Club Stomp 2:53
2 Doin’ the Voom Voom 2:43
3 Way Low 3:31
4 Serenade to Sweden 3:23
5 In a Mizz 3:09
6 I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye 2:29
7 A Lonely Co-Ed 3:20
8 You Can Count on Me 2:57
9 Bouncing Buoyancy 2:44
10 The Sergeant Was Shy 2:45
11 Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064) 3:39
12 Little Posey 2:42
13 I Never Felt This Way Before 3:00
14 Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093) 2:53
15 Tootin’ Through the Roof 2:56
16 Weely 3:00
17 Your Love Has Faded 2:55
18 Killin’ Myself 2:29
19 Country Gal 2:58
20 Solitude 3:01
21 Stormy Weather 2:36
22 Mood Indigo 2:45
23 Sophisticated Lady 2:52
24 I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B) 3:04
25 Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B) 2:54
Total time 73:37



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