Proper: P 1197--P1200 (on outer container: Properbox 25) Jazz; most works by Duke Ellington. Compact discs. Previously released as analog discs on various labels. Biographical and program notes by Joop Visser, including discographic data (51 p. : ill.) included. Duke Ellington, piano, with his orchestra, and various other orchestras and ensembles (Kentucky Club Orchestra, Washingtonians, Cotton Club Orchestra, Jungle Band, Harlem Footwarmers). Recorded between Nov. 29, 1926 and Dec. 30, 1947.
Contents:
CD-1: Mood indigo. East St. Louis toodle-oo -- Birmingham breakdown -- Black and tan fantasy -- Black beauty -- The mooche -- Awful sad -- The blues with a feelin' -- Misty mornin' -- Flaming youth -- Hot feet -- Double check stomp -- Ring dem bells -- Old man blues -- Mood indigo -- Rockin' in rhythm -- Echoes of the jungle -- The mystery song -- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) -- Lazy rhapsody -- Creole love call -- Blue ramble -- Ducky wucky -- Eerie moan -- Sophisticated lady. -- CD-2: In a sentimental mood. Slippery horn -- Drop me off at Harlem -- Daybreak express -- Delta serenade -- Stompy Jones -- Solitude -- Blue feeling -- Saddest tale -- Moonglow -- In a sentimental mood -- Showboat shuffle -- Reminiscing in tempo, pts. 1-4 -- Clarinet lament (Barney's concerto) -- Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's concerto) -- Black butterfly -- Caravan -- Azure --Diminuendo in blue -- Crescendo in blue -- Steppin' into swing society -- Lost in meditation. -- CD-3: Ko-ko. I let a song go out of my heart -- Rose of the Rio Grande -- Pyramid -- Prelude to a kiss -- Blue light (Transbluency) -- Boy meets horn -- Slap happy -- Serenade to Sweden -- The sergeant was shy -- Jack the bear -- Ko-ko -- Congo brava -- Concerto for Cootie -- Cottontail -- Never no lament -- Dusk -- Bojangles (A portrait of Bill Robinson) -- A portrait of Bert Williams -- Harlem air-shaft -- All too soon -- Sepia panorama -- In a mellotone -- Warm valley -- Across the track blues. -- CD-4: Take the A-train. Pussy willow -- The sidewalks of New York -- Take the "A" train -- Blue serge -- Just a-settin' and a-rockin' -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Clementine -- Jump for joy -- Chelsea Bridge -- Raincheck -- Perdido -- The "C" jam blues -- Moon mist -- What am I here for? -- Main stem -- Johnny come lately -- I'm beginning to see the light -- Transbluency -- Lady of the lavender mist -- Sultry seremade -- Air conditioned jungle -- The clothed woman -- Snibor.
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