Duke Ellington - Masterpieces 1926-1949 4CD

Disc One - MOOD INDIGO
1. EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO (Ellington, Miley) p 1926
2. BIRMINGHAM BREAKDOWN (Ellington) p 1926
3. BLACK AND TAN FANTASY (Ellington, Miley) p 1927
4. BLACK BEAUTY (Ellington) p 1928
5. THE MOOCHE (Ellington, Mills) p 1928
6. AWFUL SAD (Ellington) p 1928
7. THE BLUES WITH A FEELIN’ (Ellington) p 1928
8. MISTY MORNIN’ (Ellington, Whetsol) p 1928
9. FLAMING YOUTH (Ellington) p 1929
10. HOT FEET (Fields, McHugh) p 1929
11. DOUBLE CHECK STOMP (Bigard, Braud, Hodges) p 1930
12. RING DEM BELLS (Ellington, Mills) p 1930
13. OLD MAN BLUES (Ellington) p 1930
14. MOOD INDIGO (Ellington, Bigard, Mills) p 1930
15. ROCKIN’ IN RHYTHM (Ellington, Carney) p 1930
16. ECHOES OF THE JUNGLE (Willams, Mills) p 1931
17. THE MYSTERY SONG (Ellington, Mills) p 1931
18. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) (Ellington, Mills) p 1932
19. LAZY RHAPSODY (Ellington, Mills, Gaskill) p 1932
20. CREOLE LOVE CALL (Ellington, Miley) p 1932
21. BLUE RAMBLE (Ellington) p 1932
22. DUCKY WUCKY (Ellington, Bigard) p 1932
23. EERIE MOAN (Wiley, Young) p 1933
24. SOPHISTICATED LADY (Ellington, Parish) p 1933

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Disc Two - IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
1. SLIPPERY HORN (Ellington) p 1933
2. DROP ME OFF AT HARLEM (Ellington, Carney) p 1933
3. DAYBREAK EXPRESS (Ellington) p 1933
4. DELTA SERENADE (Ellington) p 1934
5. STOMPY JONES (Ellington) p 1934
6. SOLITUDE (Ellington, De Lange, Mills) p 1934
7. BLUE FEELING (Ellington) p 1934
8. SADDEST TALE (Ellington) p 1934
9. MOONGLOW (Hudson, De Lange, Mills) p 1934
10. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) p 1935
11. SHOWBOAT SHUFFLE (Ellington) p 1935
12. REMINISCING IN TEMPO, PTS. 1,2,3,4. (Ellington) p 1935
13. CLARINET LAMENT (BARNEY’S CONCERTO) (Ellington, Bigard) p 1936
14. ECHOES OF HARLEM (COOTIE’S CONCERTO) (Ellington) p 1936
15. BLACK BUTTERFLY (Ellington, Mills, Carruthers) p 1936
16. CARAVAN (Ellington, Tizol) p 1937
17. AZURE (Ellington, Mills) p 1937
18. DIMINUENDO IN BLUE (Ellington) p 1937
19. CRESCENDO IN BLUE (Ellington) p 1937
20. STEPPIN’ INTO SWING
SOCIETY (Ellington, Nemo) p 1938
21. LOST IN MEDITATION (Tizol, Ellington, Mills) p 1938

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Disc Three - KO-KO
1. I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART (Ellington, Mills, Nemo) p 1938
2. ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE (Leslie, Warren, Gorman) p 1938
3. PYRAMID (Tizol) p 1938
4. PRELUDE TO A KISS (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) p 1938
5. BLUE LIGHT (Transbluency) (Ellington) p 1938
6. BOY MEETS HORN (Ellington, Stewart, Mills) p 1938
7. SLAP HAPPY (Ellington) p 1938
8. SERENADE TO SWEDEN (Ellington) p 1939
9. THE SERGEANT WAS SHY (Ellington) p 1939
10. JACK THE BEAR (Ellington) p 1940
11. KO-KO (Ellington) p 1940
12. CONGO BRAVA (Ellington, Tizol) p 1940
13. CONCERTO FOR COOTIE (Ellington) p 1940
14. COTTON TAIL (Ellington) p 1940
15. NEVER NO LAMENT (Ellington) p 1940
16. DUSK (Ellington) p 1940
17. BOJANGLES (A PORTRAIT OF BILL ROBINSON) (Ellington) p 1940
18. A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS (Ellington) p 1940
19. HARLEM AIR-SHAFT (Ellington) p 1940
20. ALL TOO SOON (Ellington) p 1940
21. SEPIA PANORAMA (Ellington) p 1940
22. IN A MELLOTONE (Ellington) p 1940
23. WARM VALLEY (Ellington) p 1940
24. ACROSS THE TRACK BLUES (Ellington) p 1940
25. DAY DREAM (Strayhorn, Ellington) p 1940

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Disc Four - TAKE THE A-TRAIN
1. PUSSY WILLOW (Ellington) p 1940
2. THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (Lawlor, Blake) p 1940
3. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN (Strayhorn) p 1941
4. BLUE SERGE (M. Ellington) p 1941
5. JUST A-SETTIN’ AND A-ROCKIN’ (Ellington, Strayhorn, Gaines) p 1941
6. I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD) (Ellington, Webster) p 1941
7. CLEMENTINE (Strayhorn) p 1941
8. JUMP FOR JOY (Ellington, Webster, Kuller) p 1941
9. CHELSEA BRIDGE (Strayhorn) p 1941
10. RAINCHECK (Strayhorn) p 1941
11. PERDIDO (Tizol) p 1942
12. THE “C” JAM BLUES (Ellington) p 1942
13. MOON MIST (M. Ellington) p 1942
14. WHAT AM I HERE FOR? (Ellington) p 1942
15. MAIN STEM (Ellington) p 1942
16. JOHNNY COME LATELY (Strayhorn) p 1942
17. I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE
LIGHT (Ellington, James, Hodges, George) p 1944
18. TRANSBLUENCY (Ellingon, Brown) p 1946
19. LADY OF THE LAVENDER MIST (Ellington) p 1947
20. SULTRY SERENADE (Ellington) p 1947
21. AIR CONDITIONED JUNGLE (Ellington) p 1947
22. THE CLOTHED WOMAN (Ellington) p 1947
23. SNIBOR (Strayhorn) p 1949