Duke Ellington

PLUS 2 BONUS TRACKS

PERSONNEL:

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA:

A1, A3-A6:
Ray Nance (tp, vln), Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Matthew Gee (tb),
Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as),
Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar, b-cl, cl),
Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Jimmy Johnson (d).
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, Midnight to 4:30 a.m., December 2, 1959.

A2, B1-B4:
Same personnel as above except Paul Gonsalves out; Billy Strayhorn (p)
replaces Ellington on A2 & B2.
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, Midnight to 4:30 a.m., December 3, 1959.

B5 & B7:
Cat Anderson, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Clark Terry (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln),
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts),
Bill Graham (as, ts, bar), Russell Procope (as, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts),
Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (b),
Sam Woodyard (d).
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, February 12, 1958.

B6:
Ray Nance (tp), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb),
Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (bar), Duke Ellington (p),
Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d).
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, February 25, 1959.

Originally Columbia

SIDE A:

01 THREE J’S BLUES
02 SMADA
03 PIE EYE’S BLUES
04 SWEET & PUNGENT
05 C JAM BLUES
06 SWEET & PUNGENT [alt tk](*)

SIDE B:

01 IN A MELLOW TONE
02 BLUES IN BLUEPRINT
03 THE SWINGERS GET THE BLUES, TOO
04 THE SWINGER’S JUMP
05 BLUES IN ORBIT)
06 VILLES VILLE IS THE PLACE, MAN
07 BLUES IN ORBIT (*)

(*) Bonus tracks