Classics: 700, 717, 726. Title from disc label. Duke Ellington Orchestra. Recorded 1938. Booklets with liner notes in English inserted in containers.
Contents:
[disc 1]. Stepping into swing society (3:09) -- Prologue to black and tan fantasy (2:36) -- The new black and tan fantasy (2:44) -- Drummer's delight (2:27) -- If I thought you cared (3:02) -- Have a heart (lost in meditation) (2:47) -- My day (3:03) -- Silvery moon and golden sands (3:15) -- Echoes of Harlem (3:14) -- Riding on a blue note (2:48) -- Lost in meditation (2:56) -- The gal from Joe's (2:56) -- If you were in my place (what would you do) (2:58) -- Scronch (2:42) -- I let a song go out of my heart (3:08) -- Braggin' in brass (2:43) -- Carnival in Caroline (2:25) -- Jeep's blues (2:54) -- If you were in my place (what would you do) (2:57) -- I let a song go out of my heart (3:03) -- Rendezvous with rhythm (3:00) -- A lesson in C (2:33) -- Swingtime in Honolulu (2:43). disc 2. Carnival in Caroline (2:19) -- Ol' man river (2:46) -- Swingtime in Hololulu (2:53) -- I'm slappin' Seventh Avenue (with the sole of my shoe) (2:34) -- Dinah's in a jam (2:48) -- You gave me the gate (and I'm swingin') (2:18) -- Rose of the Rio Grande (2:56) -- Pyramid (2:50) -- When my sugar walks down the street (all the little birdies go tweet-tweet-tweet) (2:34) -- Watermelon man (2:30) -- A gypsy without a song (2:54) -- The stevedore's serenade (2:43) -- La de doody doo (2:23) -- You walked out of the picture (2:46) -- Pyramid (2:49) -- Empty ballroom blues (2:24) -- Lost in meditation (2:39) -- A blues serenade (2:38) -- Love in swingtime (2:46) -- Swingin' in the dell (2:31) -- Jitterbug's lullaby (2:56) -- Chasin' chippies (2:55) -- Blue is the evening (3:05). disc 3. Sharpie (2:42) -- Swing pan alley (2:33) -- A blues serenade (2:19) -- Love in swingtime (2:23) -- Please forgive me (2:47) -- Lambeth walk (2:24) -- Prelude to a kiss (2:57) -- Hip chic (2:53) -- Buffet flat (2:23) -- Prelude to a kiss (2:38) -- There's something about an old love (2:38) -- The jeep is jumpin' (2:24) -- Krum elbow blues (2:33) -- Twits and twerps (2:35) -- Mighty like the blues (2:34) -- Jazz potpourri (2:54) -- T.T. on toast (2:46) -- Battle of swing (2:54) -- I'm in another world (2:59) -- Hodge podge (2:33) -- Dancing on the stars (2:52) -- Wanderlust (2:57).
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