The Best of Duke Ellington

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Way Back Blues
3:29
2Where's the Music?
3:17
3Rubber Bottom
recording of:
Rubber Bottom
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:50
4Jump for Joy
recording of:
Jump for Joy
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Sid Kuller and Paul Francis Webster
3:14
5In a Mellotone (take 1)
recording of:
In a Mellow Tone
lyricist:
Milt Gabler (in 1939)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Robbins and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
3:17
6Happy Reunion (take 1)
recording of:
Happy Reunion
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:33
7Dimenuendo and Crescendo in Blue (The Wailing Interval)
recording of:
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
medley of:
Diminuendo in Blue
medley of:
Crescendo in Blue
7:22
8New Mood Indigo
4:47
9Play the Blues and Go
recording of:
Play the Blues and Go
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:39
10Mack the Knife
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
2:35

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by:CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/9489291 [info]