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THE DUKE IN BOSTON
(CD JAZZ UNLIMITED / JUCD 2022) Sweden



Ritz Carlton, Boston - July 26, 1939

East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Jazz potpurri / Something to live for / Old King Dooji / In a mizz / Rose of the Rio Grande / Pussy willow / You can count on me / Way low.

Southland, Boston - January 9, 1940

East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Me and you / Grievin' / Little Posey / My last goodbye / The gal from Joe's / Tootin' through the roof / Day in, day out / Merry-go-round.

CHICAGO :: DETROIT 1940
(LP JAZZ MODERNE - Classics of Jazz Radio / DE-003)

Maybe some mistakes on the cover, the real dates seem to be :
Tracks 1 to 7 : Eastwood Garden, Detroit, USA - July 29, 1940
Tracks 8 to 10 : Coronado Hotel, St. Louis, USA - November 2, 1939
Track 11 : Capitol radio transcription recording session, Hollywood - July 11, 1946
The last track is a Count Basie radio broadcast (not mentioned on the cover)

Harlem airshaft / I don't mind (All too soon) / Me and you / Jack the bear / Concerto for Cootie / Ko-ko / Orchids for remembrance / Pyramid / Pussy willow / I'm checkin' out goodbye / Rockabye river / Harvard blues (Count Basie).

SESSIONS 1937/1940
(LP JAZZ SOCIETY / 67 403) France



Side 1 : Cotton Club, New York - March 18, 1937

Harlem speaks / Caravan / One, two botton on your shoe / Sophisticated lady / Rockin' in rhythm / East St-Louis toodle-Oo.

Side 2 : Southland - September 1st, 1940

East St-Louis todle-Oo / Grievin' / Little posey / The gal from Joe's / Tootin' through the roof / Day in, day out / Merry-go-round.

ELLINGTON ON THE AIR
(LP EMBER / CJS 840) UK

Cotton Club, New York - March 18, 1937
Southland - September 1st, 1940

Same as SESSIONS 1937/1940

AT SOUTHLAND - AT THE COTTON CLUB
(LP COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS / CC 16) Denmark

Southland - September 1st, 1940
Cotton Club, New York - March 18, 1937

Same as SESSIONS 1937/1940 (sides reversed)


VOLUME III
(LP EVEREST - Archive of Jazz & Folk Music / FS 266) USA

Side 1 : Cotton Club, New York - March 18, 1937
Side 2 : Southland - September 1st, 1940

Included in the 3 previous albums



Side 1 : Harlem speaks / Caravan / One, two botton on your shoe / Sophisticated lady / Rockin' in rhythm .

Side 2 : Day in, day out / Little posey / The gal from Joe's / Tootin' through the roof / Grievin'.

BASIE / ELLINGTON
FROM SOUTHLAND CAFE BOSTON 1940
(CD JAZZ ANTHOLOGY / 550 022)

Ellington part included in SESSIONS 1937/1940 and AT SOUTHLAND - AT THE COTTON CLUB

Southland - 1940
Count BASIE

One o'clock jump / Ebony rhapsody / Riff interlude / Darn that dream / Take it, Prez / Baby, don't you tell on me.

Southland - September 1st, 1940
Duke ELLINGTON

East St-Louis todle-Oo / Grievin' / Little posey / The gal from Joe's / Tootin' through the roof / Day in, day out / Merry-go-round.

DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA 1939-40
Jazz Spirit
(LP ALAMAC / 180 046) France

1939 - 1940



Side 1 : Jazz potpourri / Something to live for / Old king Dooji / Pussy willow / You can count on me / Way low.

Side 2 : Grievin' / Little Posey / The gal from Joes / Tootin' through the roof / Day in, day out / Merry go round.

REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON
(LP EVERYBODYS / EV 3005) USA

Included in STEREO REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON



February 3 and 9, 1932 - RCA studio sessions
August 17 to September 26, 1940 - Broadcast sessions

 Side 1 : Medley : Mood indigo - Hot and bothered - Creole love call / Medley : East St. Louis toodle-Oo - Lots o' fingers - Black and tan fantasy. / Harlem air shaft / I don't mind (All too soon) / Rose of the Rio Grande.

Side 2 : Riding on a blue note / Boy meets horn / Rose room / Stompy Jones / Jig walk / Little Posey / Warm valley.

LIVE FROM THE HOTEL SHERMAN, CHICAGO Volume 1
(LP double JAZZ SUPREME / JS 704) USA

Hotel Sherman, Chicago - September 6 to 11, 1940

DISC 1 : Sepia panorama / Concerto for Cootie / Azure / Five o'clock whistle / Sepia panorama (theme) + intro / Rumpus in Richmond / You think of everything / My greatest mistake / Bojangles.

DISC 2 : Tootin' through the roof / April in Paris / So far, so good / Whispering grass / The mystery song / Warm valley + broadcast closing / Madame will drop her shawl / Blue goose / Slap happy / I don't mind (All too soon) / Rocking in rhythm + broadcast closing.

LIVE FROM THE HOTEL SHERMAN, CHICAGO Volume 2
(LP double JAZZ SUPREME / JS 705) USA

Hotel Sherman, Chicago - September & October, 1940

DISC 1 : Solid old man / Maybe / Oh baby, maybe someday / Blueberry Hill / Harlem air shaft / Black beauty / Subtle lament / Stardust / The same old story.

DISC 2 : Ko-ko / Cotton tail / The sergeant was shy / Tootin' through the roof / Lady in doubt / in a mellotone / Ring dem bells / The gal from Joe's / Me and you / Echoes of Harlem.

AT THE HOTEL SHERMAN, CHICAGO, 1940
(CD DUKE ELLINGTON SOCIETY OF SWEDEN / DESS CD 4) Sweden
Private edition for members

September 6 to Octobre 17, 1940



Theme & intro (Sepia panorama) / Stompy Jones / Gal from Joe's / Me and you / In a mellotone / Chatterbox / Echoes of Harlem / St Louis blues / Theme & intro (Sepia panorama) / Rumpus in Richmond / You think of everything / My greatest mistake / Bojangles / Azure / Five o'clock whistle / Whispering grass / The mystery song / Warm valley / Madam will drop her shawl / Blue goose / Slap happy / Rockin' in rhyhtm / Maybe / Harlem airshaft / Stardust / Subtle lament / It' sthe same old story / Cottontail / At a Dixie Roadside diner / Black beauty.

AT FARGO, 1940 LIVE
(Box LP x 3 BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH RECORDS / 30 5622) USA

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Included in THE DUKE AT FARGO 1940 - SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

DISC 1 : The mooche / Sepia panorama / Ko-ko / There shall be no night / Pussy willow / Chatterbox / Mood indigo / Harlem air shaft / The ferryboat serenade / Warm valley / Stompy Jones / Bojangles / You took the advantage of me / Rumpus in Richmond.

DISC 2 : The flaming sword / Never no lament / Clarinet lament / Slap happy / Sepia panorama / Boy meets horn / Way down yonder in New Orleans / Oh, baby ! Maybe someday / Five o'clock whistle / Rockin' in rhythm / Sophisticated lady.

DISC 3 : Cotton tail / Whispering grass / Conga brava / I never felt this way before / Across the tracks blues / Honeysuckle rose / Wham / Stardust / Rose of de Rio Grande / St. Louis blues.

THE DUKE 1940
(LP double JAZZ SOCIETY / AA 520/21)

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Included in THE DUKE AT FARGO 1940 - SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION



DISC 1 : The mooche / Ko ko / Pussy willow / Chatterbox / Mood indigo / Harlem airshaft / Warm valley / Stompy Jones / Bojangles / You took advantage of me / Rumpus in Richmond / The flaming sword / Never no lament / Clarinet lament.

DISC 2 : Slap happy / Sepia panorama / Boy meets horn / Way down yonder in New Orleans / Oh, baby ! Maybe someday / Five o'clock whistle / Rockin' in rhythm / Sophisticated lady / Whispering grass / Conga brava / Stardust / Rose of the rio Grande / Saint-Louis blues.

LIVE FROM "THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM", FARGO,
NORTH DAKOTA
(LP double MUSIDISC - Jazz Anthology / 30 JA 5229/30) France

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Same as THE DUKE 1940
Included in THE DUKE AT FARGO 1940 - SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION



Side 1 : The mooche / Ko ko / Pussy willow / Chatterbox / Mood indigo / Harlem airshaft / Warm valley.

Side 2 : Stompy Jones / Bojangles / You took advantage of me / Rumpus in Richmond / The flaming sword / Never no lament / Clarinet lament.

Side 3 : Sophisticated lady / Whispering grass / Conga brava / Stardust / Rose of the rio Grande / Saint-Louis blues.

Side 4 : Slap happy / Sepia panorama / Boy meets horn / Way down yonder in New Orleans / Oh, baby ! Maybe someday / Five o'clock whistle / Rockin' in rhythm.

FARGO ENCORES...
(LP JAZZ GUILD / JA 1006) Canada

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Included in THE DUKE AT FARGO 1940 - SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION except "In a mellotone"

It's glory / Sheik of Araby / Sepia panorama (theme) - There shall be no night / The ferry boat serenade / Chloe / The sidewalks of New York / Caravan / Cotton tail / I never felt this way before / Across the tracks blues / Honeysuckle rose / Wham (Re-bop-boom-bam) / Dance date closing : Warm valley - God bless America / Sepia panorama (theme) - Stompy Jones / In a mellotone / Chaterbox / St. Louis blues.

FARGO ENCORES
(LP LP PHONTASTIK / NOST 7736) Sweden

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Same as previous album

THE DUKE AT FARGO 1940
SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
(Box with CD double + booklet STORYVILLE / STCD 8316/17) Denmark

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940



CD 1 : It's glory / The mooche / The sheik of Araby / Sepia panorama / Ko-ko / There shall be no night / Pussy willow / Chatterbox / Mood indigo / Harlem airshaft / Ferryboat serenade / Warm valley / Stompy Jones / Chloe / Bojangles / On the air / Rumpus in Richmond / Chaser / The sidewalks of New York / The flaming sword / Never no lament / Caravan / Clarinet lament.

CD 2 : Slap happy / Sepia panorama / Boy meets horn / Way down yonder in New Orleans / Oh babe, maybe someday / Five o'clock whistle / Fanfare / Call of the canyon - Unidentified title - All this and heaven too / Rockin' in rhythm / Sophisticated lady / Cotton tail / Whispering grass / Conga brava / I never felt this way before / Across the track blues / Honeysuckle rose / Wham / Star dust / Rose of the rio Grande / St. Louis blues / War valley / God bless America.

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA NOVEMBER 7, 1940
(double CD VINTAGE JAZZ CLASSICS / VJC 1019/20-2) USA

Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota - November 7, 1940

Same as previous album

DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Jazz Spirit
(LP ALAMAC / 180 041) France

Hollywood - January 15 and September 17, 1941

Included in HOLLYWOOD 1941 CLASSIC ERA and DUKE - CLASSIC TRANSCRIPTIONS (except "Chelsea bridge" for this last)



Side 1 : Take the A train / Bounce / It's sad but true / Madame will drop her shaw / I hear a rhapsody / Until tonight.

Side 2 : West indian stomp / Love and I / John Hardy's wife / Clementine / After all / Chelsea bridge.

JIVE RHAPSODY
(CD MOON RECORDS / MCD 084 2) Italy

Some dates on the album informations are false



New York - June 10, 1940

East St-Louis toodle-Oo (theme) / Ko-ko / Blue goose / So far so good / Cotton tail / Concerto for Cootie / Jack the bear / Boy meets horn / The seargent was shy / Don't get around much anymore (theme).

New York and Los Angeles - January and May, 1941

Jive rhapsody / Jumpin' punkins / Frankie and Johnny / Take the A train (unknow date).

Culver City - February, 16 1941

Take the A train / Jumpin' punkins / Flamingo / Jive rhapsody / After all / Chelsea bridge / Love like this can't last / Blue Serge.

JIMMIE BLANTON CHEZ DUKE ELLINGTON
(CD LA MAISON DU DUKE / MDD 012) France
Private edition for members

June 10, 1940 to October 9, 1941



Take the A train / Jack the bear / Cotton tail / The sergeant was shy / I don't mind (All too soon) / Harlem airshaft / Rose of the Rio Grande / Ridin' on a blue note / Stompy Jones / Bojangles / Solid old man / Jig walk / Little Posey / Jumpin' pumpkins / Jive rhapsody / Moon mist / Stomp caprice / Frankie and Johnny / In a mellow tone / Sepia panorama / Chelsea bridge / Frankie and Johnny / The sheik of Araby.

JAZZ LIVE & RARE volume 15
(LP JAZZLINE / 20 805) Germany

Southland, Boston - September 1st, 1940
Hollywood - December 3, 1941 : Included in HOLLYWOOD 1941 CLASSIC ERA except "You and I" and "I don't want to set the world on fire"



Side 1 : Grievin' / The gal from Joe's / Day in day out / Caravan / Stomp caprice / Bugle breaks / You and I.

Side 2 : Have you changed ? / Raincheck / Blue Serge / Moon mist / I don't want to set the world on fire / Easy street / Perdido.

THE GOLDEN ERA OF JAZZ 3.
Live and rare
(LP LP KREM / LPXL 17781) Hungary

Southland, Boston - September 1st, 1940
Hollywood - December 3, 1941

Same as JAZZ LIVE & RARE volume 15

HOLLYWOOD 1941 CLASSIC ERA
(LP double FESTIVAL / 237) France

January 15, 1941
Included in DUKE - CLASSIC TRANSCRIPTIONS
September 17, 1941
Included in DUKE - CLASSIC TRANSCRIPTIONS except "Chelsea bridge"
December 3, 1941
Included in JAZZ LIVE & RARE VOLUME 15 except "Bakiff"



Side 1 : Take the A train / Bounce / It's sad but true / Madame will drop her shawl / I hear a rhapsody / Until tonight;

Side 2 : West indian stomp / Love and I / John Hardy's wife / Clementine / After all / Chelsea bridge.

Side 3 : Jumpin' punkins / Frankie and Johnny / Love like this / Bakiff / Stomp caprice / Bugle breaks.

Side 4 : Have you changed / Raincheck / Blue Serge / Moon mist / Easy street / Perdido.

STEREO REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON
(STEREO REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON) USA



February 3 and 9, 1932 - RCA studio sessions

Medley : Mood indigo - Hot and bothered - Creole love call / Medley : East St. Louis toodle-Oo - Lots o' fingers - Black and tan fantasy.

August 17 to September 26, 1940 - Broadcast sessions

Harlem air shaft / I don't mind (All too soon) / Rose of the Rio Grande / Riding on a blue note / Boy meets horn / Rose room / Stompy Jones / Jig walk / Little Posey / Warm valley.

July 22 and 28, 1942 - Hotel Sherman, Chicago, USA

Home (I didn't know about you) / Things ain't what they sed to be / Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' / Solitude / Brazilali lou / Five o'clock drag / Perdido.

BLUE SKIES
(LP SWING TREASURY / ST 110) USA

Broadcast - 1943

Three cent stomp / Sentimental lady / It don't mean a thing / Ultra blue / Blue skies / Summertime / Rockin' in rhythm / C jam blues / Somebody loves me / Midriff / Rose room / Ring dem bells / Blue cellophane / Ain't misbehavin' / Blues on the double.

AT THE HURRICANE
(CD STORYVILLE / 101 8359) Denmark



Hurricane, New-York - April 3, 1943

Take the A train / Hayfoot, strawfoot / It can't be wrong / What am I here for ? / Mainstem / Could it be you ? / Goin' up / Don't get around much anymore / Nevada / Things ain't what they used to be.

Hurricane, New-York - April 4, 1943

Take the A train / Don't get around much anymore / Main stem / I don't want anybody at all / Johnny come lately / Things ain't what they used to be.

Hurricane, New-York - June 6, 1943

Moon mist / You'll never know / Tonight I shall sleep / I don't know what kind of blues I got / Don't get around much anymore / Moon mist.

AT THE HURRICANE CLUB - N.Y.C. volume one
(LP HURRICANE / HC 6001) Italy

Hurricane Club, New York - June 20, 1943

Theme & Black beauty / Could it be you / I have faith / Time on my hands / Tonight I shall sleep / C jam blues / Blue belles of Harlem / Don't get around much anymore.

Hurricane Club, New York - June 27, 1943

Theme & Close to you / Bagdad / Summertime / Caravan / Sunday, monday and always / Tonight I shall sleep / Dinah's in jam / Don't get arund much anymore.

AT THE HURRICANE CLUB - N.Y.C. volume two
(LP HURRICANE / HC 6002) Italy

Hurricane Club, New York - July 11, 1943

Theme & Out of nowhere / And Russia is her name / It don't mean a thing / Blue Serge / Blue belles of Harlem / Don't get around much anymore.

Hurricane Club, New York - July 14, 1943

Clementine / Sentimental lady / A slip of the lip / There is a man in my life / Pitter panther patter / Rockin' in rhythm / Do nothin' till you hear from me / Main stem / Don't get around much anymore.

THE DUKE IS ON THE AIR !
(LP QUEEN-DISC / Q 071) Italy

CBS broadcast, Hurricane Restaurant, New York, USA - August 28, 1943

Take the a train / Way low / Rockin' in rhythm / A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) / Tonight I shall sleep / Three cent stomp / I don't know what kind of blues I got / Later tonight - Don't get around much anymore.

CBS broadcast, Hurricane Restaurant, New York, USA - August 29, 1943

Moon mist (theme) / Do you know ? / Subtle slough / Do nothin' till you hear from me / Graceful awkwardness (Emancipation celebration) / Go away blues / Cotton tail / Tonight I shall sleep - Don't get around much anymore (partial).

LIVE AT THE HURRICANE 1944
(CD MUSICA JAZZ / MJCD 1124) Italy

Hurricane, New-York - May 6 to June 4, 1944



Perdido / Do nothin' till you hear from me / My gal Sal / Now I know / Jumpin' punkins / Poinciana / It don't mean a thing / Clementine / Someone / G. I. jive / Three cent stomp / Johnny come lately / Blue skies / Sentimental lady / Main stem / My little brown book / Too much in love / Mood to be wooed.

DUKE'S JOINT !
(CD BUDDAH RECORDS / 69171 2) UK

Zanzibar Restaurant, New York - January 10, 1945

Take the A train (intro) / Caravan / Three cent stomp / Yesterdays / Things ain't what they used to be / Blues on the double / Kissin' bug / (Otto made that) Riff Staccato / Cotton tail.

Zanzibar Restaurant, New York - January 15, 1945

I'll buy that dream / Fickle fling / Autumn serenade / How deep is the ocean (How high is the sky).

Langley Field AFB, Hampton - December 8, 1943

Goin' up / Jump for joy / I wonder why.

AN EVENING WITH THE DUKE
(LP double GIANT OF JAZZ / LP 1003) USA
Limited edition

Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles - January 17, 1945



Side 1 : Blutopia / Air conditioned jungle / Frustration / Blue cellophane / Suddenly it jumped / Coloratura.

Side 2 : It don't mean a thing / Frantic fantasy / I can't believe that you're in love with me / Frankie and Johnny.

ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE DUKE AT THE CIVIC OPERA
(LP JOYCE / LP 1053B) USA

Civic Opera, Chicago - March 25, 1945

Come Sunday / The blues / Three dances / Sonata / Strange feeling / Dancers in love / Coloratura / Blue skies.

GOIN' UP
(LP DUKE RECORDS / D 1011) USA

Fort Dix, New Jersey - November 19, 1942

The Coca Cola theme & intro / Perdido / Hayfoot strawfoot / Don't get around much anymore / Coca Cola commercial / Goin' up / Things ain't what they used to be / Take the A train (theme) / Broadcast closing & Coca Cola theme.

400 Restaurant, New York - April 22, 1945

Take the A train (theme) / After a while / I ain't got nothin' but the blues / Riff staccato / I didn't know about you / Mainstem & Broadcast clothing.

INDIANA LIVE SESSION - June 1945
(LP MUSIDISC - Jazz Anthology / 30 JA 5135) France

Franklin Gardens, Evansville - June 16, 1945

Take the A train (introduction theme) / Indiana / The wish I wish / Cotton tail / On the sunny side of the street / Johnny come lately / Jumpin' punkins..

Palace Theatre, Akron, USA - June 23, 1945

Jump for joy / I should care / Tootin' through the roof / What am I here for / Body and soul / Stompy Jones / Take the A train (final theme).

THE RADIO YEARS 1940 - 45
(CD JAZZ UNLIMITED / JUCD 2943) Denmark



CBS Studios, New York - June 10, 1940

East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Ko ko / Blue goose / So far, so good / Cotton tail / Concerto for Cootie / Jqck the bear / Boy meets horn / The sergeant was shy / Never no lament.

World Studios, New York - August 3, 1945

Black and tan fantasy / Mood to be wooed / Frantic fantasy / The C jam blues / Air conditioned jungle / On the sunny side of the street / Rockin' in rhythm / Tahe the A train.

A DATE WITH THE DUKE
(LP JAZZ CLUB / JC 122) France

Radio City, New York, USA - October, 1945

Take the A train / Diminuendo in blue / I got it bad and that ain't good / Crescendo in blue / Between the devil and the deep blue sea / After all / Take the A train / Autumn leaves / Hop skip and jump / Riding on a blue note / Riff 'n drill / I'll buy that dream / How deep is the ocean.

OCTOBER 20, 1945
(LP QUEEN DISC / Q 006) Italy

Radio City, New York, USA - October 20, 1945

How blue can you get (Ultra blue) / Tear drops in the rain / Time on my hands / Ko-ko / Honeysuckle rose / Perdido / Air conditioned jungle / Waitin' for the train to come in / I'd do it all over again / If I loved you / Fancy dan / Homesick, that's all / Blues on the double / Caravan.

LIVE SESSIONS 1943/1945
Jazz Anthology
(LP MUSIDISC / 30 JA 5124) France

New York - May 1, 1943 to May 4, 1946
Detroit, Evansville, Boston - May 19 to July 14, 1945



Side 1 : Take the A train / Hayfoot strawfoot / Don't get around much anymore / Slip of the lip / Blue Serge / Let the zoomers drool / Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Side 2 : Perdido / Esquire swank / Bugle breaks / I miss your kiss / Accentuate the positive / Old king Dooji / I can't get started with you.

1943 - 1946
(LP JAZZ SOCIETY / AA 501)

New York - May 1, 1943 to May 4, 1946
Detroit, Evansville, Boston - May 19 to July 14, 1945

Same as previous album but traks in different order

BROADWAY GALA
(LP GIANT OF JAZZ / LP 1020)
Limited edition



Club Zanzibar, New York - October 28, 1945
Radio City Music Hall, New York - November 10, 1945

Side 1 : Take the A train (theme) / In a mellotone / The wonder of you / Riff n' drill / The last time I saw you / How deep is the ocean ? / Riff staccato / Every hour on the hour.

Side 2 : Harlem airshaft / Take the A train (theme) / Light / 11:60 pm / Tell it to a star / I ain't got nothing but the blues / Cottontail.

ROYALTY
(LP ALLEGIANCE / AV 5007) USA

Hollywood - July 11 to 17, 1946
(*) New York - March 28, 1946

The mooche / Someone / I can't believe that you're in love / Indiana / Fickle fling / One o'clock jump / Tip top topic */ Tea for two / Gathering in a clearing / Suddenly it jumped

FICLE FLING
Original Revival Collection
(CD CDONE MUSIC SA / 8260) France

Hollywood - July 11 to 17, 1946
(*) New York - March 28, 1946

Same as ROYALTY

AQUARIUM RESTAURANT NYC
(LP FANFARE / LP35 135) USA

Aquarium Restaurant, New York - October 25, 1946

A garden in the rain / The whole world is singing my song / Jennie / The things we did last summer / Rugger Romeo / C jam blues / Things ain't what they used to be.

June 23, 1945 to October 11, 1946

Love letters / I'll buy that dream / 9:20 special / Just squeeze me / In a mellow tone / This is always / Body and soul.

THE GREAT CHICAGO CONCERTS
(CD double LIMELIGHT / 844 401 2)

CD 1 : Chicago - November 10, 1946
CD 2 : Chicago - January 20, 1946



CD 1 : Ring dem bells / Jumpin' punkins / Beale street blues / Memphis blues / The golden feather / Air-conditioned jungle / A very unbooted character / Sultry sunset / The Deep south suite : Magnolias just drippin' with molasses - Hearsay - There was nobody looking - Happy-go-lucky local / Things ain't wath they used to be / Hiawatha / Ride, red, ride / A blues riff / Improvisation / Honeysuckle rose / Blue skies (Trumpet no end).

CD 2 : Star spangled banner / In a mellotone / Solid old man / Come Sunday - Work song / Rugged Romeo / Circle / Dancers in love / Coloratura / Frankie & Johnny / Caravan / Take the A train / Mellow ditty / Fugue / Jam a ditty / Magenta haze / Pitter panther patter / Suburbanite.

CHICAGO 1946
(CD double NIMBUS RECORDS / NI 2719-20) UK

CD 1 : Chicago - November 10, 1946
CD 2 : Chicago - January 20, 1946

Same as previous album

DUKE ELLINGTON ON V-DISCS
(LP JAZZ LIVE - Serie Cicala / BLJ 8018) Italy

April 07, 1945 to November 23, 1946
Some dates and places on the album informations are false



Side 1 : The perfume suite : Introduction by Duke Ellington - Under the balcony - Strange feeling - Dancers in love - Coloratura / Diminuendo in blue / Crescendo in blue.

Side 2 : In the shade of the old apple tree / Esquire swank / Frankie and Johnny / Sultry sunset.

COMPLETE STUDIO TRANSCRIPTIONS - Centennial edition
(CD x 3 DEFINITIVE RECORDS / DRCD 11199) Spain

March 28 1946 to June 10, 1947

This triple CD groupe together THE UNCOLLECTED volumes 1 to 5

CD 1 : Take the A train / The eight veil / Riff n' drill / Blue abandon / Transblucency / Rugged Romeo / Jennie / Sono / Jeep is jumpin' / Perdido / Tip toe topic / Crosstown / Magenta haze / Everything goes / Passion flower / Rockabye river / Gatherin' in a clearing / You don't love me no more / Pretty woman / Just squeeze me / Hey, Baby / Suddenly it jumped / Come rain or come shine.

CD 2 : Flickle fling / 9:20 special / One o'clock jump / The unbooted character / The suburbanite / Indiana / Moon mist / In a jam / On the Alamo / I can't believe that you're in love with me / Tea for two / Just you, just me / Someone / Double ruff / The mooche / A flower is a lovesome thing / Golden cress / Flippant flurry / Jam-a-ditty / Fugueaditty.

CD 3 : Happy go lucky local / Overture to a jam session / Sultry sunset / Beale street blues / Memphis blues / Saint-Louis blues / Who struck John ? / Swamp fire / How high the moon / Blue Lou / Violet blue / Royal garden blues / Jumpin' punkins / Frustration / Blue is the night / Jump for joy / Far away blues / Embraceable you / Frisky / Park at 106th / Take the A train.

1946-1947
(LP PRIMA / DC 04) France

New York - March, 1946 and July, 1947
Hollywood - July, 1946

The jeep is jumpin' / Riff 'n drill / Rugged Romeo / Passion flower / Tip toe topic / Sono / Jennie / Blue abandon / Perdido / Suddenly it jumped / A gathering in a clearing / Rockabye river / The suburbanite / Moon mist / In a jam / A flower is a lonesome thing / Blues is the night.

SUDDENLY IT JUMPED
(LP BIG BAND ARCHIVES / LP 1217) USA

New York - March, 1946 and July, 1947
Hollywood - July, 1946

Same as 1946-1947, but tracks in different order

JAM-A-DITTY
(CD JAZZ & JAZZ / CDJJ 6023)



El Patio Ballroom, Denvers - July 1st, 1947

Orchids for madam / Golden feather / Flippant flurry / Jam-a-ditty / Passion flower / The beautiful indians : Minnehaha - Hiawatha.

El Patio Ballroom, Denvers - July 4, 1947

Caravan / Brown Penny / In a mellow tone / The mooche / Prisoner of love / Happy-go-lucky local.

TRANSBLUCENCY
(CD JAZZ & JAZZ / CDJJ 612)

El Patio Ballroom, Denvers - July 09, 1947

Overture to a jam session / It shouldn't happen to a dream / One o'clock jump / Beale street blues / St. Louis blues.

El Patio Ballroom, Denvers - July 11, 1947

How high the moon / Transblucency / Jam-a-ditty / A flower is a lonesome thing / Rockin' in rhythm / Tulip or turnip.

LIVE AT CIRO'S
(CD double SOUNDS OF YESTER YEAR / DSOD 2100) UK

Ciro's Restaurant, Hollywood - July 25 to August 7, 1947



CD 1 : Introduction : Moon mist / Prisoner of love / Harlem air-shaft / Brown Penny / Moon mist (closing theme) / Introduction : Beale Street blues / Memphis blues / St. Louis blues / Mood indigo / Harlem air-shat (closing theme) / Introduction : Take the A train / Happy-go-lucky local / The beautiful indians : Minnehaha / The beautifiul indians : Hiawatha / Warm valley / Beale Street blues (closing theme) / Introduction : Take the A train / It's kinda lonesome out tonight / Caravan / When I walk without you / Passion flower.

CD 2 : Introduction : Moon mist / Passion flower / Tulip or turnip / Stompy Jones / Squeeze me - Introduction / Take the A train / Royal Garden blues / I like the sunrise / Sophisticated lady / Brown Penny / How blue the night (closing theme) / Introduction : Take the A train / Flippant flurry / It's kind of lonesome out tonight / Hollywood hangover / Tulip or turnip (closing theme) / Introduction : Take the A train / Lady of the lavender mist / Flirtation (H'ya Sue) / Azalea / Caravan.

LIVE IN 1947 ! AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
(CD UNIQUE JAZZ / RKO 1033)

Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood - August 31, 1947



Blutopia / Overture to a jam session / Jumpin' punkins / Ring dem bells / Handy medley : Beale street blues - Memphis blues - Saint Louis blues / The golden feather / Air conditioned jungle / Golden cress / Diminuendo in blue / Tranblucency / Crescendo in blue.

THE DUKE IS ON THE AIR
(LP FAMILY RECORDS / SFR DP 641) Italy

1943 to 1948



In a jam / Ain’t misbehavin‘ / Goin’ up / Down beat shuffle / Way low / One o’clock jump (half past midnight jump) / C-jam blues / The mooche / You oughta / Blue skies (Trumpet no end) / One o’clock jump (two o’clock jump).

ON THE AIR Volume 2
(LP AIRCHECK RECORDS / 29) USA

Opera House, Chicago - March 25, 1945

Blue cellophane / Frustration / I'm beginning to see the light.

Carnegie Hall, New York - November 13, 1948

Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / Trumpets no end.

400 Club, New York - April 28, 1945

Midriff / Candy / Black, Brown & Beige suite (2 movements) : Work song - Spiritual song / Accentuate the positive / Way low.

ONE NIGHT STAND WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE CLUB ZANZIBAR
(LP JOYCE / LP 1066) USA

Club Zanzibar, New York - September 21, 1945

Midriff / A door will open / My little brown book / Stomp, look and listen / Waitin' for the train to come / Diminuendo in blue / Rocks in my bed / Crescendo in blue / Everything but you.

Click Restaurant, New York - November 22, 1948

Suddenly it jumped / It's Monday every day / How high the moon / On a turquoise cloud.

IMMORTAL SESSIONS Volume 2
(LP SAGA / 6926) UK

October, 1944

In a jam / Blues on the double / Hollywood hangover.

November 13, 1948

How high the moon / Cottontail.

December 3, 1941

Bugle breaks / Have you changed / Raincheck / Blue Serge / Moon mist / Easy street / Perdido.

THE DUKE AT CORNELL volume 1
(LP DESOR / 448 1) USA

Cornell University - December 10, 1948

Included in CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948 except "Just a sittin' and a rockin" and "Trees"

Reminiscing in tempo / Fantazm / Symphomaniac / My friend / Just a sittin' and a rockin' / Lover man / Hy'a Sue / Lover come back to me / Trees / It's monday every day / Dancers in love.

ELLINGTON IN CONCERT
(LP WORLD RECORD CLUB / T 160) UK

Cornell University - December 10, 1948

Included in CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948 except "Blue skies"



Side 1 : How high the moon / Brown Betty / Don't be so mean to baby / Humoresque.

Side 2 : Dancers in love / Creole love call / Don't blame me / Limehouse blues / Blue skies (trumpet no end).

ELLINGTON IN CONCERT - 2
(LP WORLD RECORD CLUB / T 195) UK

Cornell University - December 10, 1948

Included in CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948

Side 1 : She wouldn't be moved / Paradise / Tootin' through the roof / Lady of the lavender mist / Suddenly it jumped.

Side 2 : Medley : Don't get around much anymore - Do nothin' till you hear from me - In a sentimental mood - Mood indigo - I'm beginning to see the light - Sophisticated lady - Caravan - It don't mean a thing - I let a song go out of my heart/ The tattooed bride.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(CD MUSIC MASTERS JAZZ / 65114 2) USA

Cornell University - December 10, 1948

Same as CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948 CD 1

CORNELL UNIVERSITY - SECOND SET
(CD MUSIC MASTERS JAZZ / D 116738) USA

Cornell University - December 10, 1948

Same as CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948 CD 2

CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948
The Great Concerts
(CD double NIMBUS RECORDS / NI 2727/28)

Cornell University - December 10, 1948



CD 1 (FIRST SET) : Star spangled banner / Lady of the lavender mist / Suddenly it jumped / Reminiscing in tempo / She wouldn't be moved / Paradise / The symphomaniac part. 1 : Symphonic or bust / The symphomaniac part. 2 : How you sound / My friend / You oughta / Creole love call / Don't blame me / Lover man / The tattoed bride / Dancers in love.

CD 2 (SECOND SET) : Manhattan murals / Hy'a Sue / Fantazm / Tootin' through the roof / Brown Betty / Humoresque / How high the moon / Don't be so mean to baby / Lover come back to me / It's monday everyday / Medley : Don't get around much anymore - Do nothin' till you hear from me - In a sentimental mood - Mood indigo - I'm beginning to see the light - Sophisticated lady - Caravan - It don't mean a thing - I let a song go out of my heart / Limehouse blues.

DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE HOLLYWOOD EMPIRE
(CD STORYVILLE / 101 8346)

Hollywood Empire, Los Angeles - February, 1949 (* : February 10)



Solid old man * / Singin' in the rain * / Three cent stomp * / Tulip or turnip * / Take the A train * / Hy'a Sue / C jam blues / Passion flower / Clementine / Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' / One o'clock jump / Unbooted character / Paradise / How you sound / It's monday every day / Caravan / Cotton tail.