Duke Ellington

The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1959-1961 (886979388925)

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The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1959-1961

Duke Ellington

Columbia

886979388925

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886979388925

JAZZ

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The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1959-1961

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This 10-disc anthology includes Ellington's film soundtracks, interpretations of classical pieces and timeless collaborations with jazz contemporaries. This essential Ellington library features rare bonus tracks and new state-of-the-art mixes of some of the most enduring recordings in American jazz history. Members of Duke’s orchestra line-up in the 1950s—Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Clark Terry, Ray Nance and Harry Carney among others, as well as Duke's right hand man, composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn—can be heard on these 10 stunning albums, most of which feature exciting bonus tracks to complete the latest chapter in the ongoing definitive account of Ellington’s output for Columbia Records.

CD 1: ELLINGTON JAZZ PARTY
New York, February 19 & 25, 1959

01 Malletoba Spank
02 Medley: Toot Suite
03 Satin Doll
04 U.M.M.G.
05 All of Me
06 Tymperturbably Blue
07 Fillie Trillie
08 Hello Little Girl

CD 2. ANATOMY OF A MURDER
New York, May 29 and June 1 & 2, 1959

01 Main Title and Anatomy of a Murder
02 Flirtibird
03 Way Early Subtone
04 Hero to Zero
05 Low Key Lightly
06 Happy Anatomy
07 Midnight Indigo
08 Almost Cried
09 Sunswept Sunday
10 Grace Valse
11 Happy Anatomy
12 Haupe
13 Upper and Outest
14 Anatomy of a Murder (*)
15 Merrily Rolling Along (*)
16 Beer Garden (*)
17 Happy Anatomy (*)
18 Polly (aka Grace Valse, Hauoe, Low Key Lightly, Midnight Indig) (*)
19 Polly (*)
20 Happy Anatomy (*)
21 More Blues (*)
22 Almost Cried (*)
23 Sound Track Music: Anatomy of a Murder (*)
24 Anatomy of a Murder (*)
25 The Grand Finale (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 3: FESTIVAL SESSION
New York, September 8, 1959

01 Perdido
02 Copout Extension
03 Duael Fuel, Pt. I
04 Duael Fuel, Pt. II
05 Duael Fuel, Pt. III
06 Idiom ’59, Pt. I
07 Idiom ’59, Pt. II
08 Idiom ’59, Pt. III
09 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
10 Launching Pad
11 V.I.P.’s Boogie (*)
12 Jam with Sam (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 4: BLUES IN ORBIT
Recorded in Los Angeles & New York, 1958-1959

01 Three J’s Blues
02 Smada
03 Pie Eye’s Blues
04 Sweet & Pungent
05 C Jam Blues
06 In a Mellow Tone
07 Blues In Blueprint
08 The Swingers Get the Blues, Too
09 The Swinger’s Jump
10 Blues In Orbit
11 Villes Ville Is the Place, Man
12 Track 360 (*)
13 Sentimental Lady (*)
14 Brown Penny (*)
15 Pie Eye’s Blues (*)
16 Sweet & Pungent (*)
17 The Swinger’s Jump (*)
18 Blues In Orbit (*)
19 Track 360 (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 5: THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
Los Angeles, May 26, June 3, 20 & 22, 1960

01 Overture
02 Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
03 Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
04 Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
05 Entr’acte
06 The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
07 Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
08 Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
09 Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)
10 Girls (*)
11 Mahalia (*)
12 Peg O’ My Heart (*)
13 Sweet Adeline (*)
14 Juanita (*)
15 Sylvia (*)
16 Lena (*)
17 Dinah (*)
18 Clementine (*)
19 Diane (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 6: PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND
Hollywood, CA, May 31, 1960.

01 Happy Go Lucky Local
02 What Am I Here For
03 Kinda Dukish / Rockin’ In Rhythm
04 Perdido
05 I’m Beginning to See the Light
06 Mid-Riff
07 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
08 Main Stem
09 Take the “A” Train
10 Lullaby of Birdland (*)
11 The Wailer (*)
12 Dreamy Sort of Thing (*)
13 Lullaby of Birdland (*)
14 Harlem Air Shaft (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 7: PEER GYNT SUITES
Los Angeles June 28-30 and October 10, 1960

01 Morning Mood
02 In the Hall of the Mountain King
03 Solvejg’s Song
04 Ase’s Death
05 Anitra’s Dance
06 Misfit Blues
07 Schwiphti
08 Zweet Zurzday
09 Lay-By

CD 8: UNKNOWN SESSION
Los Angeles, July 14, 1960

01 Everything but You
02 Black Beauty
03 All Too Soon
04 Something to Live For
05 Mood Indigo
06 Creole Blues
07 Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care to Know)
08 A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
09 Mighty Like the Blues
10 Tonight I Shall Sleep
11 Dual Highway
12 Blues

CD 9: PIANO IN FOREGROUND
Los Angeles, March 1 & 2, 1957

01 I Can’t Get Started
02 Cong-Go
03 Body and Soul
04 Blues for Jerry
05 Fontainebleau Forest
06 Summertime
07 It’s Bad to Be Forgotten
08 A Hundred Dreams Ago
09 So
10 Searching (Pleading for Love)
11 Springtime In Africa
12 Lotus Blossom (*)
13 All The Things You Are (*)
14 All The Things You Are (*)
15 Piano Improvisation No. 2 (*)
16 Piano Improvisation No. 3 (*)
17 Piano Improvisation No. 4 (*)
18 Piano Improvisation No. 1 (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 10: FIRST TIME: DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COUNT BASIE
New York, July 6, 1961

01 Battle Royal
02 To You
03 Take the “A” Train
04 Corner Pocket (aka Until I Met You)
05 Wild Man
06 Segue In C
07 B D B
08 Jumpin’ at the Woodside
09 One More Once (*)
10 Take the “A” Train (*)
11 Jumpin’ at the Woodside (*)
12 B D B (*)
13 Blues In Hoss’ Flat (*)
14 Wild Man (*)
15 Battle Royal (*)

(*) Bonus tracks