Jazz. Duke Ellington, piano; Duke Ellington Orchestra. Recorded 1940-1942, in Chicago, Hollywood, and New York. Compact discs. Program notes by Brian Priestley (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Sherman shuffle. Jack the bear -- Ko-Ko -- Morning glory -- So far, so good -- 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 -- There shall be no night -- In a mellotone -- Five o'clock whistle -- The flaming sword -- Warm valley -- Across the track blues -- Chloe (Song of the swamp) -- I never felt this way before -- The sidewalks of New York -- Flamingo -- The girl in my dreams tries to look like you -- Take the "A" train -- Jumpin' punkins -- John Hardy's wife -- Blue serge -- After all -- Bakiff -- Are you sticking? -- Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' -- The giddybug gallop -- Pitter panther patter -- Body and soul -- Sophisticated lady -- Mr. J.B. blues -- Ko-Ko -- Bojangles -- Sepia panorama -- Jumpin' punkins -- Jump for joy -- Chocolate shake -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Clementine -- The brown-skin gal (in the calico gown) -- Jump for joy -- Moon over Cuba -- Five o'clock drag -- Rocks in my bed -- Bli-blip -- Raincheck -- What good would it do? -- I don't know what kind of blues I got -- Chelsea Bridge -- Perdido -- The "C" jam blues -- Moon mist -- What am I here for? -- I don't mind -- Someone -- My little brown book -- Main stem -- Johnny come lately -- Hayfoot, strawfoot -- Sentimental lady -- A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) -- Sherman shuffle.
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