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Also named C blues or Duke's place (singing version) or Jam session
(Duke Ellington)




ELLINGTON VERSIONS - 58
Date
Type
Album - Record
Label
1941 09 29 Radio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1941 (C blues)
THE DUKE 1941-1944 - CHELSEA BRIDGE
THE INDISPENSABLE VOLUMES 9/10 - JAZZ TRIBUNE n° 60
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 17
THE GREAT ELLINGTON UNITS
THE JIMMY BLANTON ERA (bonus CD)
CLASSICS
HISTORY
RCA
RCA
BLUEBIRD
GIANTS OF JAZZ

1941 11 or 12 Soundie HARLEM ROOTS volume 1 - THE BIG BANDS (Jam session) (various artists) (VHS) STORYVILLE

1942 01 21 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1942 - 1944
THE DUKE 1941-1944 - CHELSEA BRIDGE
THE BLANTON-WEBSTER BAND
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 216 : THE BEST OF DUKE ELLINGTON - THE GLORIOUS FORTIES
THE INDISPENSABLE VOLUMES 7/8 - JAZZ TRIBUNE n° 55
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 17
JOHNNY COME LATELY
CLASSICS
HISTORY
BLUEBIRD - RCA
EPM
RCA
RCA
RCA VICTOR

1943 06 20 Radio AT THE HURRICANE CLUB - N.Y.C. volume one HURRICANE

1943 09 03 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 19 D.E.T.S.

1943 09 05 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 16 D.E.T.S.

1943 11 08 Radio VOLUME 1 - 1943 CIRCLE

1943 12 11 Concert CARNEGIE HALL DECEMBER 11th 1943
LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL Dec. 11, 1943
EMBER
STORYVILLE

1945 05 19 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 4
TREASURY SERIES 6
A DATE WITH THE DUKE volume 2 - 1945-46
D.E.T.S.
PHONTASTIC
FAIRMONT RECORDS

1945 06 09 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 5
A DATE WITH THE DUKE volume 4 - 1945-46
A DATE WITH THE DUKE 1945
D.E..T.S.
FAIRMONT RECORDS
CARACOL (Ref. 433)

1945 07 21 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 8 D.E..T.S.

1945 08 03 Radio THE RADIO YEARS 1940 - 45 JAZZ UNLIMITED

1945 09 15 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 12 D.E.T.S.

1945 10 13 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 14 D.E.T.S.

1945 11 24 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 17
THE DUKE IS ON THE AIR
D.E.T.S.
FAMILY RECORDS

1946 01 16 Radio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1945 - 1946 (Woody Herman & D. E. Bands)
THE DUKE 1945-1946 - NEW WORLD A COMIN'
CLASSICS
HISTORY

1946 08 24 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 23 D.E.T.S.

1946 10 25 Radio AQUARIUM RESTAURANT NYC FANFARE

1947 05 10 Radio THE ALTERNATIVE TAKES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER volume 9 NEATWORK

1949 02 Concert DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE HOLLYWOOD EMPIRE
FOR COLLECTORS volume 3
STORYVILLE
RARETONE

1950 10 03 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1950
GREAT TIMES ! PIANO DUETS
DUKE ELLINGTON AND THE ELLINGTONIANS
ARCHIVE OF JAZZ volume 31
DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY STRAYHORN - Jazz Selection n° 2
MEMORIAL DUKE ELLINGTON
CLASSICS
RIVERSIDE
VOGUE
BYG
VOGUE-SONY MUSIC
ROULETTE

1951 08 19 Concert HERE IS DUKE ELLINGTON AT HIS RARE OF ALL RAREST PERFORMANCES volume 2 KINGS OF JAZZ

1952 04 29 Concert RARE 'LIVE' RECORDINGS 1952-3
FIRST ANNUAL TOUR OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
ACROBAT MUSIC
FOLKWAYS RECORDS

1952 11 24 Radio AT BIRDLAND 1952 JAZZ UNLIMITED

1953 04 29 Concert HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUKE ! volume 3 LASERLIGHT

1953 04 30 Concert RARE 'LIVE' RECORDINGS 1952-3 ACROBAT MUSIC

1953 06 24 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 24 D.E.T.S.

1954 02 08 Concert HAMILTON, ONTARIO CANADA (medley) MUSIC & ARTS

1954 04 26 Studio THE COMPLETE CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON
DANCE TO THE DUKE !
MOSAIC RECORDS
CAPITOL

1958 03 05 Concert THE PRIVATE COLLECTION volume 6 - DANCE DATES CALIFORNIA 1958 SAJA RECORDS

1958 04 24 Studio DUKE 56/62 volume 3 - Jazzothèque (Duke's place) CBS

1958 07 Concert LIVE AT NEWPORT 1958 - COMPLETE EDITION (Duke's place) COLUMBIA

1958 11 20 Concert THE CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS 1958 (2 versions : C jam blues + Duke's place)
IN CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS
LIVE IN PARIS OCT-NOV 1958
SUBMARINE RECORDS
MAGIC
FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES

1959 08 09 Concert LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE ROULETTE

1959 12 02 Studio BLUES IN ORBIT
BACKGROUND
CBS
CBS

1961 04 03 Studio THE GREAT REUNION - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (Duke's place)
ECHOES OF AN ERA
THE MAKING OF THE GREAT SUMMIT (Take 5)
ROULETTE
ROULETTE
ROULETTE JAZZ

1962 05 01 Studio FEATURING PAUL GONSALVES FANTASY

1963 01 22 Concert THE GREAT LONDON CONCERTS
THE GREAT CONCERTS
JAZZ HERITAGE
NIMBUS

1963 03 01 Studio Alice BABS & Duke ELLINGTON : SERENADE TO SWEDEN TELESTAR

1963 07 30 TV THEATRE - TV- CINEMA LA MAISON DU DUKE

1964 03 22 Concert HERE IS DUKE ELLINGTON AT HIS RARE OF ALL RAREST PERFORMANCES volume 1
AND HIS JAZZ GROUP
KINGS OF JAZZ
CARACOL

1964 05 20 Concert NEW YORK CONCERT (Blues medley)
THE GREAT CONCERTS
MUSIC MASTERS
NIMBUS

1964 05 31 Concert ALL STAR ROAD BAND volume 2 DOCTOR JAZZ

1965 01 29 Concert THEATRE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES Part. 2 TREMA

1965 10 Studio ELLA AT DUKE'S PLACE (Duke's place) VERVE

1966 02 07 Concert THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, 1966 - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington (Duke's place) (only brass & reeds) PABLO

1968 09 02 Concert THE DUKE IN SAO PAULO NO LABEL

1969 11 01 Concert BE COOL
S.R.O.
SQUATTY ROO
LCR

1969 11 02 Concert THE DUKE ELLINGTON MASTERS - 1969 (DVD)
TIVOLI - 1969 (DVD)
QUANTUM LEAP IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

1969 11 07 Concert ROTTERDAM 1969 (with Take the A train) STORYVILLE

1969 11 10 Concert LIVE AT THE OPERNHAUS, COLOGNE 1969 WDR

1970 02 04 Concert LIVE AT THE CAVE SQUATTY ROO

1971 10 22 Concert TOGO BRAVA SUITE
THE ENGLISH CONCERT
THE ENGLISH CONCERTS - 1969 and 1971
UNITED ARTISTS
UNITED ARTISTS
SEQUEL JAZZ

1971 11 07 Concert THE DUKE ELLINGTON MASTERS - 1971 (without Duke Ellington) (DVD) QUANTUM LEAP

1971 11 09 Concert UPPSALA 1971 STORYVILLE

1972 04 10 Concert LIVE AT THE WHITNEY IMPULSE

1973 05 25 Concert CONCERTS IN CANADA
RUGGED JUNGLE
ELLINGTON '87
LOST SECRET RECORDS

1973 11 16 Concert LIVE - Jazz Legends (DVD) EURO ARTS

REPRISES - OTHER VERSIONS - 76
Artist
Album
Date
Label
Jam session THE GREATEST JAZZ CONCERT IN THE WORLD 1967 PABLO

Monty ALEXANDER THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK 1984 MPS

Harry ALLEN PLAYS ELLINGTION SONGS 1999 RCA VICTOR

ANTIGUA JAZZ BAND 40 ANOS A LA ANTIGUA 2008 FONOCAL

Michael ARBENZ REFLECTIONS OF D (Duke's place) 2013 Self-released

Georges ARVANITAS PLAYS... DUKE ELLINGTON 1993 DJAZ DIFFUSION

Sidney BECHET LIVE volume 2 1950 VOGUE

BIG BAND RITMO SINFONICA A TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (medley) 1999 AZZURRA MUSIC

Teresa BREWER THE COTTON CONNECTION 1985 DOCTOR JAZZ

Teresa BREWER & Shelly MANN A SOPHISTICATED LADY (Duke's place) 1981 COLUMBIA

Dave BRUBECK NEWPORT 1958 - BRUBECK PLAYS ELLINGTON 1958 GAMBIT RECORDS

Henry BRUN RHYTHMS AND REEDS 2009 PULSAR RECORDS

Kenny BURRELL ELLINGTON IS FOREVER volume 1 1975 FANTASY

Franco D'ANDREA BLUES ON MY MIND 1996 PHILOLOGY

  SOLO 8 - CLASSIC JAZZ (medley) 2001 PHILOLOGY

  LIVE AT RADIO POPOLARE (medley) 2005 SENSIBLE RECORDS

Arne DOMNERUS & Bengt HALLBERG DOWNTOWN MEETING 1979 PHONTASTIC

DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS 2022 JUSTE UNE TRACE

Mercer ELLINGTON MUSIC IS MY MISTRESS 1989 MUSICMASTERS

Cynthia FELTON COME SUNDAY - The Music of Duke Ellington 2010 FELTON ENTERTAINMENT

Gordon FRANKS SALUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON & GLENN MILLER 1960 EMBASSY

Red GARLAND GROOVY 1957 PRESTIGE

Red GARLAND GROOVIN' LIVE 1974 ALFA JAZZ

Terry GIBBS PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON (Duke's place) 1957 CONCERT HALL

Dave GRUSIN HOMAGE TO DUKE 1993 GRP

Paul HEMMINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK 2018 LEADING TONE RECORDS

Barbara HENDRICKS TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (Duke's place) (CD) 1994 EMI

  TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (DVD) 1994 EMI CLASSICS

Earl HINES GRAND REUNION Volume 1 1965 LIMELIGHT

  PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1971 MASTER JAZZ RECORDINGS

Johnny HODGES TRIPLE PLAY 1967 RCA MASTERS

Sylvia HOWARD SINGS DUKE (Duke's place) 2014 BLACK AND BLUE

Abdullah IBRAHIM ODE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (Duke's place) (medley) 1973 WEST WIND

Jane JARVIS & Jay LEONHART AT DUKE'S PLACE 1995 PROGRESSIVE RECORDS

JAZZ BAND BALL ORCHESTRA TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON - Polish Jazz vol. 60 1979 MUZA

Hank JONES N.Y. SOPHISTICATE - A TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1983 DENON

Knud JORGENSEN DUKE'S IDEAS 1979 PHONTASTIC

Jay LEONHART, Joe BECK,
Gary BURTON & Terry CLARKE
FOUR DUKE 1994 LCR DTD.

LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA LIVE IN SWING CITY 1998 COLUMBIA

Wynton MARSALIS TIMELESS IS MODERN 2011 ST REGIS

Dave McKENNA SOLO PIANO (2 takes) 1973 CHIAROSCURO RECORDS

  LIVE AT MAYBECK RECITAL HALL 1989 CONCORD JAZZ

Marian McPARTLAND THE SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE 2003 CONCORD JAZZ

Mulgrew MILLER & NHO PEDERSON THE DUETS 1999 BANG & OLUFSEN

Charles MINGUS JAZZ IN DETROIT 1973 BBE

  MINGUS AT CARNEGIE HALL 1974 ATLANTIC

Sandy NELSON DRUMMIN UP A STORM 1962 LONDON

Phineas NEWBORN JR. PLAYS AGAIN! 1959 RED BIRD RECORDS

  C JAM BLUES 1986 PADDLE WHEEL

Magalie NOËL BORIS VIAN A TOUJOURS... (Chez Duke Ellington) 2010 DREYFUS

Oscar PETERSON NIGHT TRAIN 1962 VERVE

  LONDON CONCERT (medley) 1978 PABLO

Michel PETRUCCIANI PROMENADE WITH DUKE 1993 BLUE NOTE

John PIZZARELLI ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM 2010 TELARC

Django REINHARDT DJANGOLOGIE 18 1950 PATHE

SAX FOUR FIRES IN THE TIME FOREVER 2007 ALESSIO BROCCA

Shirley SCOTT SCOTTIE PLAYS THE DUKE 1959 PRESTIGE

Joya SHERRILL SINGS DUKE (Duke's place) 1965 VERVE

SLIM & BAM SON OF McVOUTY (medley) 1947 HEP

Daniel SMITH SMOKIN' HOT BASSOON BLUES 2014 SUMMIT

Slam STEWART FEATURING MILT BUCKNER AND JO JONES 1971 BLACK AND BLUE

Sonny STITT BLUES FOR DUKE 1975 MUSE RECORDS

SUN RA ELLINGTONIA Volume 1 - Mp3 Compilation 1951 BANDCAMP

Helen SUNG RECONCEPTION 2012 STEEPLE CHASE

Clark TERRY DUKE WITH A DIFFERENCE 1957 RIVERSIDE

Toots THIELEMANS THE WHISTLER AND HIS GUITAR (Duke's place) 1964 ABC RECORDS

  LIVE 3 1978 POLYDOR

Toots THIELEMANS & Louis VAN DJIK TOOTS & LOUIS (medley) 1982 POLYDOR

TORME, MULLIGAN & SHEARING THE CLASSIC CONCERT LIVE (Duke Ellington medley) 1982 CONCORD JAZZ

McCoy TYNER PLAYS ELLINGTON (Duke's place) 1964 IMPULSE

Enrique VILLEGAS VILLEGAS EN CUERPO Y ALMA (medley) 1966 DIORAMA

Ben WEBSTER IN NORTHWAY 1970 STORYVILLE

Randy WESTON GET HAPPY 1955 RIVERSIDE

  PORTRAITS OF DUKE ELLINGTON 1989 VERVE

Jessica WILLIAMS I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
(1 take C jam blues + 1 take Duke's place)
2000 HEP RECORDS

YALLOPPIN' HOUNDS THE ARCHITECT - Play the music of Duke Ellingon 2002 YALLOPPIN ENTERT.